Part 2

Five
Laverne and Shirley's apartment, afternoon

The girls come in.

"I wonder how the labeling machine got jammed?" Shirley asked.

"I dunno, but atleast we got off work!" Laverne said, cheerfully.

Shirley frowned. "Yeah, but we don't get paid. If we don't get paid, we'll end up doin' God-knows-what..."

Laverne stopped Shirley. "I don't need to hear this. We've got no jobs and no money." She started towards the kitchen. When she got there, she opened the fridge door. "Ants eat better than we do..."

Their door flew open.

"Hello!" Squiggy said, coming in. He took a seat on their couch.

Lenny stayed in the doorway.

"Not now, boys. C'mon, we've got a big problem..." Shirley started.

"Yeah, and we don't need you two addin' to it!" Laverne said.

"Wait a second, we just came to visit. Can't we do that?" Squiggy asked.

The girls looked at each other. "No!" They went over to Squiggy and started pushing him towards the door. Finally, they got him out. They looked at Lenny, then looked at each other again.

"Uh, Len?" Laverne said. "Is there somethin' goin' on that we don't wanna know about?"

Shirley hit her on the arm

"No... well, kinda. You remember that guy, Ned Sterns?" Lenny asked.

The girls waited for him to continue. Nothing. "Yes," they answered in unison, impatiently.

Lenny continued, "Well, I saw him with Jo at the Pizza Bowl..."

"And you're jealous because you wanna be with her," Laverne said.

"No, I'm happy for her. The problem is is that she didn't look too happy, but Fonzie was beaming," Lenny said.

"I'll bet Fonzie set her up with him... Hey, Shirl, was that the guy that..." Laverne said.

Shirley glared at her. "Don't even!..."

The girls started fighting.

"Girls," Lenny said. "Girls!" He went over to them and tried to break them up.

The door flew open and Jo stood at the doorway. "I'm not interrupting anything, am I?"

The girls stopped fighting and Lenny landed on the floor.

"You could earn money if you had people pay you two to watch you fight," Jo said and came in.

"That's it!" Laverne said.

"No," Shirley said. "So, what brings you here? Fonzie being a pain again?"

"Yes and no," Jo answered. She went past the three of them and sat on the couch. "The thing is, I'm dating one guy, but I can't stand him. I like another guy, but Fonzie can't stand him."

"Who?" the girls asked in unison.

"Him," Jo said, pointing at Lenny.

Six
late afternoon

The girls are sitting at their kitchen table, searching through the newspaper.

"We've got to find a job until they fix the labeling machine," Shirley said, getting frustrated.

"We'll find somethin'... we did talk Lenny and Jo into helpin' us look, didn't we?" Laverne said, taking Shirley's portion of the newspaper.

"Yeah... I'm just worried... I can't help it," Shirley said, crossing her arms.

Laverne sighed. "Well, it's a toss-up, either waitresses or taxi-dancers... of course we could sell plants door-to-door again!?"

Shirley made a look of disgust. "Waitresses... that way the customers aren't as greasy..."

"Hello!" Squiggy said, barging in. He walked across the room. "Whatcha doin'?"

"Lookin' for jobs until Shotz fixes the labeling machine," Laverne answered, hoping Squiggy would leave.

He didn't. Squiggy took a seat at the kitchen table with them. He looked confused.

"What're ya doin' here?" Laverne asked.

"It's the strangest thing - I went out to get the mail - I come back and the apartment door's locked an' I didn't lock it," Squiggy answered. "An' I don't got a key."

The girls looked at each other.

"You must've locked yourself out..." Shirley started.

"Maybe Lenny locked me out. I'm gonna call," Squiggy said, beginning to get up.

Laverne sat him down. "Lenny and Jo are out helping us find jobs!" She thought for a moment and came up with a blank look. "Call!" She gave Squiggy a shove.

He staggered and tripped over to the couch, straightened out, and got to the phone. Squiggy dialed the number, listened, then hung up. "It's busy."

Seven
outside the boys' apartment

Squiggy, Laverne, and Shirley come running up the stairs and start pounding on the door. A few seconds later the door opens.

"What's goin' on?" Lenny asked.

"I thought you and Jo were out helpin' us," Laverne said. She pushed past him, into the room, looking around.

Shirley and Squiggy stood at the door, glaring at Lenny.

He turned away from them and went up to Laverne. "Jo's out helpin' ya."

"Huh?" Laverne said, confused.

"After we left your apartment, I realized that I didn't have my key. So, I told Jo to wait on the stoop. I came up here, got my key, and I was gonna leave when the phone rang. I was talkin' to Lauren so I yelled out the window to Jo to go on without me..." Lenny said.

Laverne stopped him. "Why didn't ya tell Lauren to call back later?"

"This was later," Lenny said.

"What?" Laverne said, even more confused.

"She called earlier an' I told her to call back later - this was later," Lenny said.

"Hey, girls!?" Jo yelled from down stairs.

Shirley turned and went down the stairs.

Squiggy came in the room and closed the door behind him.

"I thought ya wanted to go with Jo, instead ya stayed to talk to Lauren... I'm glad I'm not a part of this," Laverne said. She shook her head, still very confused.

"You was," Squiggy said.

Laverne glared at him. "Shut up!" She turned and went to the door. "I'm leaving before I get 'ny more confused."

Squiggy waved at her as she slammed the door behind her.

Lenny sat on Squiggy's bunk. "What was that about?"

"How can I put this gently?..." Squiggy said. He paused, "One word: vodey-yo-doe."

"That ain't one word... Hey!" Lenny said. He jumped up and went after Squiggy.

Eight
the girls' apartment, early evening

Laverne, Shirley, Lenny, and Squiggy are all sitting on the couch.

"What did Jo say this was about?" Laverne asked.

"All she said was for the four of us to meet her here," Shirley answered.

The door flew open and Fonzie stormed in, but still cool. Jo was behind him, trying to hold him back.

"You!" Fonzie said, and pointed at Lenny.

Lenny gulped. "Me?" He began trying to hide behind Squiggy.

"Fonzie, knock it off!" Jo demanded. "I need to say something. First of all, I don't like that Ned Sterns guy and I don't care if he IS a doctor. That doesn't matter. And second, me and Lenny are friends and there's no reason for you to want to pound him!"

Fonzie looked Jo in the eye. "Who said I wanted to pound him... I just want you to be happy."

"Thank you..." Jo started.

Fonzie started towards the door.

"Where're you going?" Jo asked.

"There's five girls waiting for me at Inspiration Point and I don't wanna disappoint them," Fonzie said and left.

Jo turned back to the four on the couch.

"Boy, this has been some day," Shirley said, got up, and went into the bedroom.

Laverne got up to follow her, but stopped next to Jo. "We don't mind ya stayin', just make sure that these two don't hang around if you leave!"

Jo smiled and Laverne went into the bedroom.

"Well, this has been fun... I'll be goin' now," Squiggy said, got up, and left.

Jo looked at Lenny, who was looking at the floor.

She sat on the couch next to him.

"Just friends?" Lenny asked.

"No, not JUST friends..." Jo started.

Lenny looked at her and grinned.

"...Best friends," Jo finished. "Besides, I thought you liked Lauren?"

"Yeah, but I don't see her," Lenny said.

"You'll live - you have before. Why don'tcha go up to your apartment, huh?" Jo suggested.

"Okay."

Nine
the boys' apartment, night

Squiggy is coming out of the bathroom and Lenny is already in bed, staring at the ceiling. Squiggy goes over to the bunks.

"What's wit' you?" Squiggy asked.

"I dunno - I just have a feelin' that tomorrow ain't gonna be much different than today," Lenny answered.

"What'd ya mean?"

"Tomorrow mornin' we'll be throwin' that dumb clock down the mine-shaft again!"

THE END :)~