BFF's (Chapter 2)

BFFs Chapter 2

Louise had a piece of paper with Lisa Simpson's phone number on it. She was debating on whether she should call now or wait for her to call. She didn't want to come off as desperate. She decided, against everything belief she had dear, to ask her mom for advice. The rest of her family either had weird people for friends, or freaked everyone out so that they didn't want to be their friend. Breathing hard, she walked into the kitchen and went to her mom.

"Uh…hi Mom," Louise said nervously.

"Hey, Louise. We just got you enrolled in Springfield Elementary. You'll start next week, since we wanted to give you time to adjust to this new town," Linda explained.

"Cool…I…actually wanted to …ask you…a question; I met this girl the other day, and we exchanged phone numbers. I was talking to her outside after she had helped me get some of the stuff I spilled out of my suitcase. And…I was wondering if I should call her now, or wait until she does," Louise said a little nervously, not used to asking for help from anyone.

"Well, I think you should call her whenever you feel like. It doesn't matter if you come off as a little desperate, but she knows you want to be friends with her, and that's all that really matters," Linda answered while waiting for her daughter's response. Louise just sat there in shock. She thought her mom would sing some stupid song about her problem, or just give her some really crappy advice, but Louise actually made sense of this advice and thought she should follow it.

In a move that shocked not only Linda, but Louise, Louise actually went and hugged her mother.

"Thanks Mom," Louise said simply as she walked to the phone with Lisa's phone number in her hand. Just before she could reach the phone, however, she noticed that Tina was using it.

"Tina, get off the phone. I need to call my possibly new friend, Lisa," Louise said as she was getting ready to take the phone from her.

"It's for you, Louise. Some girl named Lisa," Tina told her in her usual monotone voice.

"Sweet. Thanks, Tina," Louise said as she took the phone and went to a room. She needed to make calls like this in private.

"Hello?" Louise asked into the phone.

"Yeah, Louise. It's me, Lisa," Lisa replied.

"Hey, Lisa. How's it going? I was just about to call you," Louise said.

"Everything's going fine. I just wanted to know if you wanted to have a sleepover at my house this weekend," Lisa asked with a little excitement in her voice. Louise was really surprised. She normally didn't like sleepovers, as she felt that most of the other girls in her class were a bunch of freaks, even more than she and some of her family was.

On the other hand, she really did feel a better connection with Lisa than with the other girls in her school.

"I'd really like that. I mean, we are friends, aren't we?" Louise asked. She had wanted to make sure she didn't misinterpret any of Lisa's signals, and worked her question into the conversation very well. Lisa just laughed, which worried Louise. Maybe Lisa didn't want to be her friend, and she was just being nice to her since she was the new girl in the neighborhood. But, those fears were assuaged once she heard Lisa's voice again.

"Of course we're friends. I just want to make sure you knew it," Lisa replied, which calmed Louise down considerably.

"Wait! I need to make sure it's okay with my parents. I help my Dad out with his restaurant," Louise told her.

"Really? What kind of restaurant does your dad own?" Lisa asked, with her curiosity peaked, as she never had a friend whose parent owned a business.

"My dad owns a burger joint. He calls it Bob's Burgers," Louise answered.

"Oh. Well, I'm a vegetarian, so I wouldn't really want to eat there," Lisa said.

"I think my Dad might like it though. He and the rest of my family are always into the fast food and all that crap," Lisa continued.

"Alright, Lisa. Let me talk to my parents about it, and I'll get back to you when I get an answer," Louise said as she was about to leave.

"Okay, Louise, I'll see you," Lisa said before hanging up the phone.

Louise walked back into the kitchen, and her mom was immediately on her case about the call.

"So, honey, what did your little friend want?" Linda asked.

"Well, Lisa wanted to know if I'm available to sleepover at her house for the weekend," Louise said, hoping that they would say yes.

"Well, Louise, we need you here at the restaurant, and we just got here and you don't know this girl very well, in fact at all," Bob started, not saying no, but not saying yes.

"Come on, please. Mom! You always wanted me to have a sleepover, and now's my chance to go to a sleepover," Louise said, trying to use her Mom's desire to have friends as the deciding factor in having her go to the sleepover.

"Come on, Bobby. It'll be good for her," Linda said, trying to help her daughter out. Bob thought about it for a couple of seconds, and took a deep breath.

"If we can meet the girl, and everything goes well, we'll let you go to her house for the entire weekend," Bob said, not sounding too enthusiastic about the idea. Louise got a smile on her face before sheering and leaving the room. She had a phone call to make.