Hey, so I decided to write a new story, alongside my other current stories. As long as I get Ideas, I can continue to write new stories. But I need reviews to continue my stories, so please leave reviews every time you all read my stories. So the story, I will be writing, will be the grandmother story. So now onto the story.

Chapter 1: A visit

A few years had passed since everyone had saved summer vacation in between the fourth and fifth grade, and Spinelli and her friends were now in their freshman year of high school. It was spring and a few months away from summer vacation.

Spinelli had changed over the years, a least physically. She was still small and petite, but quite thin, and she had grown into a bit of a looker, but she had no interest in her looks. Her bulky boots had been replaced by a pair of sneakers, as she had grown out of her boots, much to her own disappointment but her mother's joy. Her leather jacket had also gotten too small, despite her wanting to continue to wear it. Her frog and stockings had been replaced by a pair of skater pants and a hoodie; two sizes too big for her. She would have continued to wear her beanie, had her own mother not thrown it away; claiming it was getting too old and too smelly to wear, so she replaced it with a baseball cap. Most of her clothes were mostly just worn by boys but Spinelli didn't care, she didn't want to wear girls clothes. She had replaced her old pig tails with a messy ponytail, worn inside her cap.

Her personality on the other hand, hadn't changed that much; She was still a full-on tomboy, much to her mother's charging. She still liked fighting and wrestling and carried a skateboard around. She was still obsessed with wrestling, cars and fighting. She still detested her first name and the four girls, who shared her first name. Her mom was still trying to get her to behave more girly and stay out trouble. She tended to get detention a lot during middle school, much to her parents, mostly her mom's disappointment. Her dad would try to remain passive during the arguments between his wife and daughter but would gladly watch wrestling with his daughter. She had grown into quite the looker but had no boyfriend, due to most boys being spooked by her constant fighting and eating habits. Her mom had been wanting her to join the cheerleading squad, since middle school, due to her believing that it would benefit Spinelli a lot and it would be good for Spinelli to experience some real school spirit. Plus Spinelli had some practice from the dance classes she took, when she was younger. Spinelli however had wanted to join the wrestling, but since she needed a permission slip and her mom not wanting her to join the wrestling team, she wasn't allowed to join. Her mom thought that she was too small and too petite to join the wrestling team, fearing that she would get hurt. Since she wasn't allowed to join the wrestling team, she saved her fighting for the school hallways, which caused her to get in trouble. It was disappointing to her parents, when she would get into trouble, but they had tried just about everything to keep her out of trouble.

Today was Friday, so Spinelli finally had weekend and was finally done with her detention. She and her friends had plans to meet up at Kelso's the next day. She went home with T.J, who had also been given detention. When she reached her house, she waved goodbye to her friend, and walked inside. She walked inside and heard her mom speaking to someone on the phone. She walked into the living room, and found her dad watching a wrestling match.

"Hey dad." Spinelli said.

"Oh hi Pookie, how did your went."

"Boring, as usual."

"Oh, well at least you have weekend now." Her dad tried to cheer her up.

"Dinner's ready." Flo said.

"sweet, I'm starving." Spinelli said.

They all went into the kitchen to eat.

As they were busy eating, Flo started to talk. "Oh Ashley, I was just on the phone with your grandmother."

"Which grandma." Spinelli asked.

"My mother." Flo answered.

"Oh, her."

"Yes her. She's coming by for a visit tomorrow afternoon, so Ashley I need you to be on your best behavior tomorrow. Oh, and please be home, when she comes by."

"But I have plans with my friends tomorrow."

"Then cancel them." Flo was hoping that a little visit from her grandma, would help Ashley stay out of trouble.

"What! No, I'm not canceling on my friends."

"Okay, how about this. Ashley can go hang out with her friends, and then come home, just before her grandmother comes by. How does that sound." Bob said trying to reason with both his wife and daughter."

"Okay, you can go hang out with your friends, but you must be home before three o'clock, because that's when your grandma will come. Oh, and please try to wear something nice when she visits." Flo said.

"I promise to be home, but do I have to wear a dress." Spinelli knew that when her mom used the word 'something nice' she usually meant a dress.

"Yes. It's one day, and it won't kill you. Oh, and no cap, for your grandma's visit."

"Okay fine." Spinelli knew that arguing with her mom was pointless. But hey, it was just one day. It wasn't like she had to change her entire wardrobe.

The rest of dinner went by as usual, with Spinelli talking wrestling with her dad.

The next day, Spinelli met up with her friends at Kelso's right after lunch.

Her friends could tell that she was upset about something, so T.J asked her. "hey what's wrong Spin."

"Oh nothing. It's just that my grandma is dropping by for a visit."

"Oh Spinelli, that's nothing to be upset about. Grandparents are always so nice." Mikey said, trying to cheer his friend up."

"Besides I thought that you liked your grandma." T.J said, clearly confused about why his tomboy friend would be upset about that."

"No, I like one of my grandmothers. My dad's mom. This is my mom's mom."

"Okay, so what's wrong with her." Now Vince asked.

"She's nice enough but she's super old fashioned, and every time we visit her, I have to be on my best behavior and wear a dress."

"Oh." Her friends were finally starting to understand why she was upset."

Soon enough, Gretchen asked Spinelli. "So how long will she be there for a visit."

"Uhm just for a couple of hours today."

"So that's not so bad. It's just for a couple of hours, where you have to be on your best behavior and wear a dress. When she leaves, you can go back to be the same old Spinelli, that we all know and love." T.J said, before he started to speak to them all. "Guys let's go to the mall, and to the comic bookstore. There's a new comic, that I've been dying to get."

"I don't know Teej. I have to be home, before my grandma arrives or my mom will kill me." Spinelli said.

"At what time does she get here." T.J asked.

"At 3 o'clock, so I have to be home at 2:30."

"Well then relax. We'll be at the comic bookstore for a couple of hours, and then make sure that you get home before your grandma arrives." T.J was absolutely sure that they could manage to get Spinelli home on time.

"Well then, in that case, what are we waiting for, let's go." Spinelli said.

With that, they all left to go check out the new comic that T.J wanted to get, figuring that Spinelli could still be home on time. They then all went to the comic bookstore, but only Gus and Gretchen wore watches, and they had to leave early. At the store, everyone was getting caught up in their own thing, each finding a comic book that they liked. Eventually Spinelli asked someone who worked there, what time it was, and he answered that it was now 3 o'clock. Spinelli then found T.J and told him. "Uhm Teej, it's 3 o'clock, and I was supposed to be home half an hour ago. Man my mom is going to be so pissed at me. I think she might ground me."

"Okay Spinelli just relax. Just go home and explain that you got caught up in something. Maybe if you're lucky, your grandma hasn't even come by yet. But you might want to hurry up."

Soon enough Spinelli grabbed her skateboard and quickly left, hoping that she could make it home before her grandma came. On her way home, she managed to get dirt on her face, from rushing home. She finally made it home and walked inside, only to find her grandma sitting on the couch. Her mom walked up to her and said. "I thought that I had made it clear, that you had to be home at 2:30."

"Sorry, I got distracted."

"Oh well, it doesn't matter now, just go wash your face, and take off both your sweatshirt and your cap. You don't have time to change now."

With that, Spinelli went to go wash her face, and left her cap and sweatshirt in her room, and went back to the living room. She went back to the living room where her mom, dad and grandma was waiting for her. Her mom told her to say hi to her grandma, which she did.

"Well I'm glad that you could join us Ashley, though it has been a while since I've seen you. Now I talked to your mother on the phone yesterday, and she told me that you been getting into trouble lately."

"It's not that bad. I just been taking down a couple of suckers."

"So you get into fighting."

"Only a little bit."

"I see. Well what I was about to tell your parents before you walked in and what I want to tell you now, is that, I'm planning on staying a little bit longer than just for a couple of hours."

"Oh, so how long are you planning on staying then."

"I'm thinking about a month. Since I am retired, I can afford to do so, and I wanted to spend some time with my family."

"Oh."

"Yes, well I think that we're about finished with tea. Now I will go help your mom out with dinner."

Next chapter: Spinelli's grandmother reveals exactly why she chose to stay for a month

So, that's it for chapter 1, hope you all enjoyed it.

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