(A/N: Originally, this was going to be in only one part, but it was starting to get too long for that. XD Enjoy!)

R.V. Having Fun Yet?

BxB Version

On a nice day in November, Randy and Lucy Carmichael brought a small, portable TV with a preview of a parade in Manhattan from last Thanksgiving playing. "Wow, Susie!" said Lil DeVille, "Being chosen to sing in the Gracy's Day Parade in New York City! This is big!"

"Bigger than big!" Phil DeVille agreed.

"This is as big as Dummi Bear's head from last year's parade!" Chuckie Finster chimed in. On the TV, the bear balloon was slightly wedged in between two buildings from its massive size.

"Sometimes I can't believe it," Susie Carmichael remarked, "I am representing the American Cheese Council!" She breathed deeply in an attempt to keep her cool. "Did you know cheese represents .02% of our national product?" As she talked, Angelica Pickles was filing her nails indifferently with a jealous scowl.

"Uh no," Dil Pickles replied.

"Really?" Lil said, now sounding bored.

"Interesting," Phil replied.

"Did you know that, Angelica?" Kimi Finster asked the blonde.

Angelica gave the Asian girl an innocent smile. "I'm sorry, I wasn't listening. I was just admiring my cuticles. Aren't they lovely?" When she put her fingers out, she spilled a latte on Susie's lap. "Oops."

"You did that on purpose!" Kimi glared at her.

"Did what?"

"I wish you guys could come to New York City, and cheer me on," Susie remarked as she cleaned her shirt and jeans.

"New York City?" Angelica smiled with ecstacy, "That sure would take the sting out of narrowly missing the chances to sing in the parade."

"Narrowly?" Susie said, "You didn't even make it past the first audition." Angelica then spilled another drink on her lap, making Susie stand up and glare at her.

"Were you talking to me?"

"Might as well forget New York," Kimi frowned sadly, "No way that's happening."

"Take the kids to New York City?" Charlotte Pickles exclaimed at another table with Lucy, Didi Pickles, Betty DeVille, and Kira Finster.

"Why not? We're not using the plane tickets the parade gave us," Lucy told them.

"But it still wouldn't cover all of us going," Kira pointed out.

"What if it was just the moms and kids?" Didi suggested, "This could be our last chance to bond with our adorable children before they turn to sulking, blood-sucking ciphers." They looked at the kids, before Betty spoke up.

"Well, if it's a bonding experience you want, why fly? Why not see the country the way I did? From the road!"

"That's a great idea, Betty," Lucy smiled, "We can drive cross-country."

"You in, Charlotte?" Betty asked the blonde woman.

"Ha! You kidding? I haven't driven cross-country since I was a college gal!"

Betty then came up to the kids with the rest of the moms behind her. "Guess what? We just decided to take all of you to New York City to see Susie sing!" All the kids cheered with joy, even Angelica.

"What's going on?" Tommy Pickles asked them as he walked in the cafe, from a date with his girlfriend Rachel.

"We're all going to se the Gracy Day parade!" Chuckie told him with excitement.

"No way!" Tommy smiled with estacy, "That's wicked awesome!" He turned to the mothers. "So how're we getting there? First class airfare?"

"Staying in swanky hotels?" Lil asked them.

"Better!" Betty said, "We're takin' an RV!" The kids' smiles and excitement faded away quickly.

"You've gotta be kidding," Angelica deadpanned after a couple seconds of silence.

"Just you and your mothers for a whole week!" Didi exclaimed as she smoothed Tommy's purple hair down, again.

"Wicked," Tommy smiled nervously.

"Cheese!" Susie smiled. Lucy took a picture of the kids, who all had uncomfortable smiles except Angelica, who was scowling again.

"Um, c-can I invite another friend to come with us?" Chuckie timidly requested, "One more can't hurt, right?"

"I think I know who you're talking about," Betty smiled cheekily at him, "That new Shenzi girl at your school, right?"

"Y-yeah," He nodded.

"You guys sure are close for being "just friends"," Kimi used air quotes.

"What can I say?" Chuckie shrugged, "She's a wonderful girl." He turned to the mothers. "So, may I invite her?"

"Sure," Kira smiled.

"You surely can," Betty assured him, "Just keep the romance to a minimum, okay?" She teased him.

"There's no romance between us!" Chuckie blushed in embarrassment, "We're just good friends!"

"Oh, I'm just playin' with ya," Betty laughed, "No need to be embarrassed. Just pop the question to her, and hope she'll say yes."

"I will," Chuckie nodded, oblivious to how she said it.

Later before dinner, he walked to the Tuck residence, and knocked on the door. He heard light footsteps walk up, before the door was opened, revealing Shenzi Tuck herself. She was wearing black capri pajama pants, a black Akumu Ink "Delectable Tea Party" t-shirt, a matching hoodie with the same design on the back, black, white and red tuxedo socks that reached her mid-calves, black barbells in her pointy ears, and a red extension in her long, black hair, where her long bangs covered her left eye. "Oh, hi Chuckie," She smiled at him, "What's up?"

"Um, well I uh," Chuckie stuttered; Although they were just friends, she was the prettiest girl in their school in his eyes. He usually got a little tongue-tied when she was around.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I-I'm fine," He assured her, "It's just uh... my friends and I, and our mothers, are going to watch Susie sing in the Gracy's Thanksgiving Day parade, in person."

"Whoa, really?" Her eyes widened, "That's awesome! My family and I watch the parade on TV every year! You're so lucky!"

"Thanks," He smiled timidly, "And you can be too; You want to come with us?"

"Really?" Her jaw dropped a bit, revealing the braces on her teeth, "Oh, that'd be wicked awesome! I'll ask my parents! Come on in!" After opening the door further to let the redhead enter the house, the emo girl rushed in the living room. "Mom! Dad! Chuckie invited me to go with him and his friends to the Gracy's Day parade in Manhattan! Can I go, please?"

"I don't know," Chuckie heard her father, Friar Tuck from the living room, "New York City?"

"I'll be extra careful, I promise!"

Chuckie decided to intervene, so he walked in the living room. "We'll take very good care of her," He assured her parents, and her older sister, "I promise. So, can she go with us?"

"Hmm, well..." Friar Tuck still looked hesitant.

"Isn't Manhattan dangerous?" Felicia Tuck wondered aloud.

"I'll protect her from anything and everything," Chuckie told them, "No matter the cost."

"We can't let her miss this opportunity," 12-year-old Frankie Tuck chimed in, "She's always wanted to see the parade in person, ever since we were little."

"Our moms will be with us," Chuckie told them, "She'll be alright, I promise." He saw that Shenzi had a pleading look on her face.

"Well..." Friar Tuck then made his decision. "Alright, she can go." Felicia nodded in agreement.

"Yay!" Shenzi gasped and cheered, before she jumped on Chuckie in a huge hug from excitement. "Thanks, guys!" She smiled to her parents as Chuckie supported her with his arms and hands, "This'll be the greatest Thanksgiving ever!" She then jumped on the floor on her feet. "I'll go pack up now!" She dashed up to her room upstairs like the Road Runner in ecstacy.

"Guys, I-I'm glad you're letting her do this," Chuckie didn't know what else to say.

"Just take good care of my baby sister, Finster," Frankie told him, before she giggled. "That rhymes, sort of. But still, if she's hurt in any way when you're back home, I'm going to kick your butt."

"D-deal," He stuttered nervously. "Tomorrow, we're going to search for an RV to rent for the trip."

"You're going in an RV?" Frankie asked them, "That's neat."

"I guess," He shrugged, "We'll be gone for a week. I'll go tell Shenzi." He walked up the stairs, and saw the emo girl organizing some necessities clothes in her backpack and suitcase. Surprisingly, the former wasn't the one she always used in school. "Hey Shen?"

She stopped, and looked up at him. "What's up?"

"I just thought I'd let you know that we'll be gone for a week," He told her.

Her eyes widened again. "Whoa, really? How're we getting there?"

"Tomorrow, we're going to browse RVs."

"An RV? That's awesome! I've always wanted to travel in one!"

"Cool," He smiled, "I'll uh, I'll let you pack up. I need to get home for dinner."

"Okay," She nodded, "Bye Chuckie!"

"Bye, Shen."

The next day, Shenzi prepared herself for RV shopping. She changed into a black sleeveless playdress with a hot pink Evil Cupcakes skirt, a black short-sleeved hoodie, black and neon pink argyle knee-high socks, black knee-high sneakers with pink laces, black bow earrings, a pink extension, and a large, pink pleather bow in her hair. "Okay, I'll be with my friends! I'll be back when we're done browsing!" She called out to her parents and sister on her way out the door as she grabbed her handbag. After around a minute, her ride came so she sat in the back with Chuckie and Tommy. "How come you guys are so mopey? RVs are awesome! I've always wanted to travel in one!"

"At least one of you is enthusiastic," Betty remarked, "RVs are the most convenient ways to travel cross-country. It's cheaper for one thing."

"Yeah, that is true," Tommy shrugged.

"She does have a point," Chuckie said, "We won't have to pay for all those hotels."

When around a minute or two of driving passed, they arrived at "Cascabe Supreme", the RV lot. After a short while of searching, they saw a large, orange and yellow one called the "Cascade Supreme." Once inside, Tommy and Chuckie were sitting on a two-passenger recliner with an air conditioner blowing on them. "Sweet," Tommy remarked as the rest of the kids were exploring the RV. Phil looked in the refrigerator as Lil spotted a mysterious door.

"Guys! The bathroon has a spa tub!" Kimi exclaimed from the bathroom, sliding down in the spa tub in relaxation.

"I am finally beginning to understand the pioneers' spirit," Chuckie remarked as he turned an overhead AC on and off.

"What's this do?" Shenzi wondered aloud as she pressed a switch under the microwave. To Tommy and Chuckie's surprise, the section they were in moved back, a TV came down from the ceiling, small doors opened from one wall to reveal DVD players, the door that caught Lil's interest came down to the floor, revealing a bed, and two tubes came up, popping a piece of candy out of each of them on the two pillows. In the bathroom, a safe fire brewed up in the fireplace, the microwave turned on, and a soda popped out of the arm of Chuckie's seat, so Phil caught it.

"Whoa!" They all exclaimed in awe.

"This is the greatest RV ever!" Shenzi smiled, "We should rent this one!"

In the driver's seat, Dil was viewing the security cameras, from where they saw their mothers outside. "Check it out; We can see where we're going, and where we've been to at the same time!" Dil pointed out to Angelica, who was lounging in the passenger seat. "I've been training myself to do that for over a year!" He then made his eyes lopsided to do so, but he wasn't able to fix his eyes. "Uh, Angelica?" She slapped him on the back of his head, so he was cured. "Thanks. Y'know, I'm kind of surprised you wanted to come on this trip," He then remarked to her, "What with Susie getting some televised facetime, while you're still being basically, I dunno, a nobody."

"Please Dil, Susie is my friend," Angelica claimed, "And I'd feel terrible if something awful prevented her from performing in the parade." All the while, Dil was switching between security cameras from front to back. Angelica then got an idea; When somebody stopped at the door, she swung it open, assuming it was Susie. But when she looked, it was actually Charlotte! "I thought you were...!" She was about to say when she saw Susie glaring at her. "Never mind."

"Okay, show's over," Betty helped Charlotte stand up, "Let's get goin'. We're going to have an early start tomorrow. And I mean early!"

The next morning, Shenzi struggled to keep her eyes open as Friar Tuck drove her to Tommy's house, where the trip would officially start. She slumped down so her face was in her lap, and she assumed that she dozed off right then and there. "Uh, Shenzi?" Her father's voice startled her out of her slumber.

"I didn't do it!" She exclaimed as she shot up.

He chuckled amusedly as she fixed her glasses. "Sorry about that, kiddo; You can sleep along the way."

"O-okay," She yawned, while rubbing her eyes as they burned slightly from fatigue. Her backpack and suitcase were in the seat next to her, filled up with necessities for the trip: Changes of clothes and jewelry, hair accessories, toothbrush, toothpaste, pajamas, underwear, hair brush, hair extensions, a blanket, and don't laugh, a toy or two. She set her backpack in her lap, and before long, she was out like a light again.

"Shenzi?"

"Oh!" She yelped, shooting up again, "S-sorry."

"Don't be, it's understandable," He assured her, "I'm not exactly alert myself." He then slowed to a stop in front of the Pickles house. "Good thing we're here." Stifling a yawn, she unbuckled herself, slung her bag on her back, grabbed her suitcase's handle, and stumbled out of the car.

"Well, here's my stop," She said awkwardly, not knowing what to say.

"I wonder where the others are," He remarked.

"Probably inside," She yawned. A second later, the garage door opened and the gang sans Tommy, who was at a different car with Rachel, walked out yawning, trying to keep their eyes open and carrying their necessities for the trip. The mothers, who were surprisingly wide awake, followed them as Lucy's cell phone rang. An exhausted Stu clad in his pajamas waved goodbye to them, before he walked back in the house.

"Woo-hoo!" Lucy cheered, before she hung up and turned to the others. "That was Betty, everyone; She's on her way with the RV right now!" Meanwhile, Lil and Kimi were dozing off while sitting on the latter's large, green suitcase with Lil's head on Kimi's.

"You be careful, sweetheart," Friar Tuck told Shenzi, who gazed tiredly at him, "I don't want you to get hurt."

"I will," She smiled sleepily, before they shared an embrace. "I'll see you in a week."

"Alright," He nodded, heading back to the car, "And we hope to see you on TV." With that, he entered the vehicle and drove off.

After she watched him go, she walked to her friends. More specifically, Chuckie. "Hi Chuck," She greeted him.

He looked to her, his eyes barely open. "H-hi Shen," He smiled sleepily at her, "Glad you could make it." She was wearing a Batman reveal tuxedo t-shirt, a black tutu skirt with a faux leather waistband, graveyard faux thigh high tights (although the nude color was different from her skin's), black hi-top sneakers that almost reached her knees, black star earrings, and a yellow extension. He smiled internally at her Kuromi backpack that held some of her stuff. Although he wasn't that much into Japanese culture, he did think that Kuromi was like Shenzi; Dark-looking, but cute on the inside. And outside. She also had a black rolling suitcase with white Hello Kitty heads, bows, and signatures all over. He was surprised that she wasn't best friends with Kimi instead of him; He could imagine them bonding over their love for Japanese icons.

"Tommy! Did you go to the little boy's room?" Shenzi snapped awake when she heard Didi's voice. "We're leaving." After Tommy cringed in embarrassment, Rachel kissed him on the lips, before she went in her car.

"Did you see that?" Chuckie asked Shenzi in surprise, "Did you?" She nodded tiredly. "She kissed him! On the mouth, and everything!"

"Mm hmm," She mumbled.

"But I'm 13 months, 3 weeks, and 5 days older than Tommy, and no girl's ever planted one on me. It's never gonna happen for me, Shen." He walked away from her sadly. "No girl's ever gonna wanna kiss me."

"You don't know that," She laid a hand on his shoulder in assurance, "This is a big country! I'm sure somewhere out there, there's a girl who finds you freakishly attractive."

"You think?" He smiled at her.

"Uh huh," She nodded, "Who knows? Maybe that girl lives in this very town." She moved her hand to his other shoulder, and her left to his chest.

"Hmm, maybe," He pondered on the possibility, making her smile with hope, "But I don't think Angelica is into me that way." Her eyes widened at that. "And I'm not into her either." He looked up when he along with the others heard a strange vehicle drive up clunkily. He walked back to the others as she stayed in place; She scowled and groaned at his cluelessness before she followed him. The group saw Betty drive the RV up, but to the kids' confusion, it wasn't the one they had explored yesterday. This one was green, and looked beaten up. Some small parts even fell off along the way.

Betty tried to roll her window down, but strangely, it stayed more than halfway up. "Feast your sockets on the Itex American Cruise Deluxe!"

"What happened to the nice, tasteful Cascade Supreme?" Lucy asked her.

Betty finally pushed her window the rest of the way down, before quickly regaining her composure. "Sold out. Besides, I got twice the size, for half the price! Especially for Chuckie's little date."

"Oh, we're not..." Shenzi was about to protest.

"Oh, I'm just teasin' you, Shenster." As the kids headed for the door, Angelica and Susie saw the right headlight pop out and hang by a wire. When Tommy attempted to open the door, the knob came off in his hand, so he opened it with where the knob used to be. They were greeted by tattered furniture, "Come on in! Oh, and don't worry about that moldy bathin' suit smell; She'll air out." The kids plugged their noses at the awful scent as they entered the vehicle.

"Um, well, it is roomy," Chuckie remarked as Shenzi stood next to him on the stairs.

"Yeah," Lil agreed, "It-it'll still be fun." To her surprise, her foot sank in the floor!

"Guys?" Phil called out from outside, "Did you see this?" They looked, and saw that where the words were, most of the letters had fallen off. The only ones unintentionally left spelled out "I am crud."

"I am crud?" Chuckie quoted it with confusion. A couple of boys riding by stopped, and laughed at the vehicle, before they rode away, throwing a newspaper to Dil, who caught it. But then, the bumper fell off right under him, so he fell with it.

Later that day, the RV was going along a busy highway. "Ah, the open road!" Betty exclaimed as she drove the vehicle.

"According to Lipschitz, this could be our last great bonding experience with the kids, Betty," Didi pointed out, "I don't want to miss one natural wonder or cultural highlight."

"Ah, just as long as we make good time, we got a whole country to cross in 5 days."

"My, that is a lot of driving."

"That's why I brought along my own personal blend of beans," Betty patted a bag of coffee beans, "I call it Betty Blast. Couple swigs of this, and I'm good to go!" She looked up when Kira groaned in agony.

"Betty, I'm not feeling so good," She told her, with an arm on her stomach, "I think it was that burrito we had for lunch."

"Nonsense; You always find the best roadside chow in diner/car washes." At that, Kira rushed in the bathroom, and emptied her stomach.

"I'll be sure to write that down," Charlotte remarked.

The kids were doing their own thing as the hours seemed to drag on; Tommy was playing with his video camera, Phil and Kimi were playing cards, Dil was gazing out the window, Susie was strumming her guitar, and Chuckie was simply moping. Shenzi was sitting next to him, simply holding a blue Tokidoki Mermicorno figure on the table. She was feeling mopey as well, but for a different reason; Why couldn't Chuckie see how she felt about him? She gave him hints that anyone could understand!

"Lil, are you gonna dribble that ball all the way to New York City?" Phil asked his sister with annoyance.

"Uh huh," She replied, "87. I'm going for the book of world records. All I have to do is keep this ball off the ground, and Alvin Freemont's 1998 Sydney to Melbourne record is dust." She headed for a different area in the RV as the others watched her.

"Four," Phil set a card face-up on the table. "I wish we had that RV with the plasma screen and 600 channels and satellite TV."

"The moms wouldn't let us watch it anyway," Tommy pointed out, "Remember the Lipschitz rule: No electronic devices. No cell phones, computer games. Nothing but long stretches of open road to numb our minds."

"Oh, it's not so bad," Shenzi remarked, "Doesn't excessive screen time give you guys headaches? I get them. Besides," She turned to the window, "How often do we get to see the world right before our eyes?"

"You've got a point there," Dil agreed.

Meanwhile, Angelica witnessed Susie practicing her song in the bedroom. Kira came out of the bathroom feeling better, but when she heard Susie's song, which was about cheese, she ran back in the bathroom. "Talk about mind numbing," Angelica remarked.

"Boy, are you guys sticks in the mud," Dil remarked about his brother, the twins, and the Finster siblings, "This trip's gonna be epic. You wanna know why? Because this is the south west, my friend. Home of UFO crashes, nuclear test sites, frozen alien bodies hidden in government hangers. And well, with all my missing socks, we are talking the freaky capital of the freaky world! Then I say... look, Bigfoot!" The others looked out the window, and saw that Dil was actually incorrect about the last part.

"Uh, Dil? That's just a really hairy guy with his shirt off," Shenzi pointed out in disgust. Kira had come out again, yet ran back in the bathroom upon hearing the emo girl's comment.

"Dil's right," Tommy said to them all, "I'm getting down on this trip before we've even started." He then turned to his camera. "Hey, look what I pulled off the 'net." He gave a sheet of paper to Kimi.

"The 100 most upchuckingest thrill rides in America?" Kimi read the title out loud, as the others looked interested.

"And we'll be passing at least half of them," Tommy informed his friends. All of a sudden, the RV screeched to a stop, so he fell back on the couch.

"Okay everybody, first stop," Didi announced to the group.

"Where is it, Mom?" Tommy asked her, "Crazy Canyons?"

"Whiplash Willows?" Chuckie chimed in.

"An empty restroom?" Shenzi asked sheepishly.

"Even better! Welcome to Clifford, California; Onion capital of the west!"

The kids were bored out of their minds, as they were dragged on a tour in an onion museum, with a tour guide who sounded as bored as they were, if not more so. "It's the onions, right?" Lil asked her twin brother when he was sniffling with tears in his eyes.

"No," Phil replied, "I'm just bored to tears!"

The tour group then headed for the gift shop. "Don't touch anything, kids," Didi told them; She swung her purse on her shoulder, and accidentally knocked over a mountain of onions, before all of them went down. The group exited the gift shop, as they all sniffled from the onion smell permeating the air.

After Chuckie, Shenzi, and Phil exited, Chuckie spotted an attractive girl standing by herself next to a car. "Watch the Finster magic at work," He smiled to his friends before he walked to the girl. Shenzi furrowed her eyebrows as a feeling of... something filled her up. "Hi."

"Hi," The girl greeted him back.

"Have you been eating onions?" He asked her. Now offended, she slapped him and walked away angrily. "Ow," He laid a hand on his now aching cheek. Shenzi facepalmed at the whole scene.

"Okay everybody," Lucy got their attention, "Photo op!" The dull tour guide went to take a picture of the group in front of the "World's Biggest Onion" sign.

As the guide slowly counted, Phil grabbed something from the concrete. "Hey, look! A flattened lizard!"

"Eww!" Shenzi grimaced, as Kira rushed away to the restroom. Just then, the photo was taken; It showed Kira running off, Didi smoothing Tommy's hair, and Shenzi making a grossed-out face.

On their next stop, they looked at the World's Widest Christmas Tree. In a photo op with the group, Kira had rushed to the bathroom yet again. "Dil, don't touch," Didi scolded Dil when he grabbed an ornament off the tree. She put the ornament back, but the rest of them, along with the lights had fallen off, followed by the pine needles, and the star.

"Isn't it wonderful how well our girls are getting along?" Lucy asked Charlotte.

"I know!" The blonde woman smiled, "Angelica hasn't shown one hand of jealousy about the parade."

In the restroom, Susie entered one of the stalls, initially unaware that Angelica was watching her. Angelica sneaked over, and used a broom to keep the door closed, but Susie saw her. So she sneaked out of the stall and out of the bathroom, locking the door from the outside in an act of revenge. "Hey! Susie, you locked the door!" Outside, Susie barricaded the door with a trashcan. "Susie? Susie?" Outside, the RV drove off, unknowingly without her. "Susie?"

Their next stop was the world's biggest ball of string. "486, 487," Lil counted her ball dribbles as the group boarded the RV again. "488, 489..."

Tommy saw a man bungee-jumping from a crane a distance away. "Hey Mom, why can't we go do that?"

"You'll hurt yourself," Didi replied as she brushed dirt off his shirt.

"Besides, you can do cheap thrill rides anywhere," Betty told him, "Where else but in Needlestone Nevada could you have seen the world's biggest ball of string?" As she boarded the RV, Didi unknowingly had the end of the string ball on her shoe, so the door closed on it. When they drove off, the string ball went with them, before it completely unraveled. The two guys in charge of the exhibit stood in terror, before one of them started raveling.

That night, the kids were planning on sleeping in a large tent, while the mothers slept in the vehicle. Clad in their pajamas, the boys and Lil were preparing their sleeping bags for the night. Shenzi had accidentally forgotten hers, so Chuckie allowed her to sleep in his with him. She was wearing a black sleep camisole, black sleep leggings with white polka dots, pink and black Victoria's Secret ankle socks, and black barbells in her ears. Her hair was extension-free.

Tommy was simply looking into his video camera again. "It's official; This trip is a bust," He remarked.

"Four hours in the Museum of Mayonnaise," Lil agreed, kicking her soccer ball while laying on her sleeping bag. "When do we get to do what we wanna do?"

Phil was naming off weird things as he rummaged through his backpack. "What is that?" Shenzi asked him in disgust.

"My collection," He replied, "I'm so bored, I'm exploring my interests as a budding naturalist... or a chef." He held a wiggling tail up to her face.

"Ew!" She exclaimed, quickly crawling away from Phil and to Chuckie.

"What is it with moms, anyway?" Tommy wondered aloud, "Why do they have to be all over us, all the time?"

"Yeah, what's with all these photographs?" Chuckie agreed.

"Memories?" Shenzi shrugged timidly.

"And the "don't touch anything"s?" Lil used air quotes.

"And why are they always coming at you with their spit?" Tommy wondered aloud, "On your face, in your hair."

"I'd get grounded for spitting on someone's hair," Phil remarked.

"When's my mom going to realize that I'm grown up?"

"I dunno," Dil chimed in after a couple seconds of silence, "I kinda like it when Mom wipes my face with a saliva soaked tissue. It's like a warm, wet "I love you."" The others stared at him at the last thing.

They looked towards the door when it was zipped open, revealing Kimi outside. "I was over at the bathrooms, and guess what I found digging in the garbage?"

"Hey, I was here the whole time!" Phil exclaimed.

Turned out, Kimi found a small, brown and white dog! "I went to every campsite, and no one knew him. He must be abandoned."

"Mom said you can keep him?" Chuckie asked her in surprise.

"No way," She shook her head, "So I figured I'll sneak him in."

"Oh boy," Shenzi mumbled, while fiddling with a plushie she had in her lap.

Kimi turned to the dog. "Come on, Pumpkin." She crawled in the tent and laid on her sleeping bag as the dog followed her.

"Well, one good thing: We're out in the fresh air, and not stuck in the crudinator," Lil pointed out, and everyone agreed with her as they started settling down to sleep. Lil then kicked her soccer ball in the basket on the tent to continue her mission tomorrow. Since the tent was filled up with everyone, almost, Shenzi laid on top of Chuckie, and to her relief, he didn't protest. She was light anyway. As they drifted off to sleep, a new problem came along: Bugs. After having to smack themselves at least a hundred times, they decided to forget about sleeping in fresh air; After the door was pulled open, they sleepily walked out of the tent. The order was Lil, Tommy, Dil, Chuckie, Shenzi, Phil and Kimi with Pumpkin.

In the bedroom, Shenzi tried to find a good bed to sleep on, but all of them seemed to be taken. None of them seemed to want a bedmate. "Shen." She looked up, and saw Chuckie sitting on the bunk on the right side of the room, on the top. "Come on up; You can sleep here with me," He whispered to her.

"Thanks," She smiled up at him. With her toy in tow, she climbed up the ladder and laid on the mattress, remembering to make room for her best friend. "Night, Chuck."

"Night, Tuck." She giggled at his rhyme, before drifting off to sleep. Chuckie smiled when she hugged her toy to her face and neck. It was Kuromi as a baby in a black cradle. It was adorable, just like her.

(A/N: Well, there's part 1. You know the disclaimer; None of the characters used belong to me, except Shenzi, Frankie, and Felicia. I hope this isn't too similar to the episode itself; I tried not to quote it too much. I went to PerkyGoth14's version for inspiration, as recommended by celrock.)