NINE
morning

Laverne and Shirley come out of their bedroom and find Lauren still sleeping on the couch, hugging a pillow.

"Maybe you shoulda given her BooBooKitty?" Laverne said, smiling.

Shirley glared at her. "You know I don't like it when others touch BooBooKitty..."

"...or Carmine!" Laverne added.

"True... Come on, let's wake her up."

The girls went over to the couch and began lightly shaking Lauren. Before she woke up, she mumbled something, but the only word the girls understood was 'Lenny'.

Lauren finally opened her eyes. "Morning already?" she asked, yawning.

"Yup. Ya want breakfast?" Laverne said, going to the kitchen.

"Yeah," Lauren answered, sitting up. She got up and helped Shirley fold the blankets.

The three girls sat at the kitchen table. Lauren started eating, but Laverne and Shirley sat looking at her.

Lauren stopped eating and looked up. "What?" Lauren asked.

Laverne hit Shirley in the arm.

"Why were you... huggin' the pillow?" Shirley asked.

Laverne rolled her eyes, thinking that that wasn't what she was supposed to ask about.

"I dunno..I just do that sometimes," Lauren answered.

Shirley hit Laverne in the arm.

"We heard you mumblin' somethin' about Lenny before you woke up..." Laverne said

Lauren's eyes went wide when Laverne said 'Lenny'. "Okay. I went out to sit on the stoop at about nine o'clock last night because I couldn' sleep and Lenny came out. We got to talkin'... and he kissed me," Lauren explained and went back to eating.

Suddenly, the door flew open and the boys came in.

"Hello!" Squiggy said, angrily.

The girls started trying to make Lauren remember that she was still in her PJ's. She looked at them. "What? I'm wearin' sweats and a T-shirt... it's not like I'm in my underwear!" Lauren said and went back to eating.

The boys came over to the living room/kitchen divider. Lauren turned around and looked at Squiggy.

"You still haven't learned..." Lauren started.

"I don't care! You've made me mad as a hat rack!" Squiggy started.

The three girls started chuckling.

Squiggy continued, "You come here to visit me and ya end up makin' out with Lenny!"

Lenny glared at Squiggy. That obviously wasn't what he told him.

Lauren stood up and went face-to-face with Squiggy. "We weren't makin out! He gave me a kiss and I did come to visit you, but you're makin' it kinda hard to do! I-I wish you were more LIKE Lenny!" she yelled, then ran into the girls' bathroom.

Shirley shook her head.

"Maybe one of us oughta talk to her," Laverne said to Shirley.

"I will," Lenny said and he headed to the bathroom.

"Good luck..." Squiggy said.

Laverne and Shirley looked at each other. They got up and started pushing him to the door and finally got him to leave.

Meanwhile, Lenny is trying to talk to Lauren, but she won't say anything - she won't even look at him.

"Awe, c'mon, you know how big-a mouth he's got. He didn't mean nothin'!" Lenny said, trying to console her.

Lauren, who's been sitting on the side of the tub with her face covered by her hands, sighed, and mumbled through her hands, "I dunno why I said I came to visit that jerk!"

"Huh?" Lenny said, checking his ears.

Lauren looked at him finally. "I only came because I wanted to meet you guys - you, Laverne, Shirley, Carmine, and Mrs. Babish. I could've cared less about whether I saw Squiggy or not!"

TEN
just outside the bathroom door, the girls are eavesdropping

The door opened suddenly and the girls are caught.

"Hi," the girls said in unison.

"You didn't have to listen at the door..." Lauren said, going over to sit on the couch, leaving Lenny at the door.

"Well?" Laverne asked.

Lenny shrugged his shoulders. "She never wanted to visit him. She just wanted to meet us... I'm gnna go give Squig a punch!" He went to the door and left, slamming it behind him.

The girls went over to the couch and sat next to Lauren, one on either side.

"Just because he's my step-brother doesn't mean I have to like him..." Lauren started, "He's such a jerk."

"Yeah, but he's always been a jerk!" Laverne said.

Shirley gave Laverne a slap on the back of her head. "You need to talk to him... and not about him!"

Lauren sighed. "Yeah, I know, but he doesn't listen..."

Suddenly, there's a knock at the door.

"Come in," Laverne said, loudly.

The door opened and Squiggy came in, holding a hand on his gut.

"Uh, Laverne, why don't we let them talk..." Shirley said, grabbing Laverne's arm.

The two girls went into the bedroom and Squiggy came up to the couch.

"Can I sit... or ya gonna have Lenny punch me again?" Squiggy asked.

"I didn't tell him to punch you. If I'd had the chance first, I prob'ly would've," Lauren said. "...You finally knocked..."

"Yeah... I heard ya through the door - I didn't mean to listen," Squiggy said. "I won't be such a jerk no more!" He gave her a pleading, pathetic look.

Lauren surrendered. "Okay... just stop looking at me like that!" She began laughing.

ELEVEN
mid-morning

Everyone is sitting around playing a game of Monopoly.

"C'mon Boardwalk!..." Lauren said, shaking the dice. She rolled them and the dice went off the table. "What'd they land on?"

Laverne checked the dice. "Snake eyes!"

"One, two... Park Place... shoot!" Lauren said.

Lenny put his hand out. "C'mon, pay up!"

"I landed here the last time around," Lauren complained, handing Lenny the money. "I'm sick of this game. Isn't there anything else we could do?"

Laverne grabbed the newspaper and began flipping through the pages. "Hey, there's a monster movie marathon playing at the NewView!"

"Really!?" Lauren said.

"Yeah... why don't we all go?" Laverne suggested.

"I can't. I'm gonna be going out with Carmine a little later," Shirley said, picking up the game.

"Well, maybe the four of us could go?" Lauren suggested.

Laverne looked at Squiggy, who was now puckering up. "No way!" she exclaimed.

"Hmm..." Lauren looked at Lenny. "You and me?"

"Sure," Lenny answered.

The two got up and left.

Shirley stopped picking up the game. "Those two make such a cute couple," Shirley said. She looked at Laverne.

"What?... Hey, I don't have a problem with that - he had the crush on me! Don't look at me like that, Shirl!" Laverne said, correcting Shirley. "Hey, Squig, what do you think?"

"Me? It's none-a my business what she does. But if anythin' happens to her, I'm gonna run over Lenny with my beer truck!" Squiggy answered, then left.

The girls stood silently for a moment, then looked at each other.

"Oh, please. There's no doubt that Lauren could beat up Lenny... even you could, Shirl!" Laverne teased.

Shirley threw a pillow at her and the girls began laughing.

TWELVE
the Pizza Bowl, afteroon

Laverne and Shirley came in and sat at a table.

"Vernie!" Shirley whispered, excitedly. "Look over there!" She pointed past Laverne.

Laverne turned around to see what Shirley was pointing at. She turned back around to Shirley. She started giggling. "I hope my Pop doesn't catch 'em makin' out like that!"

Shirley got a strange look on her face. "Maybe Lauren's in a little over her head... Quick, turn away!"

The girls turned away just before Lauren and Lenny walked by. They stopped at the door and Lauren said something to Lenny. He left and she came up behind the girls.

Lauren leaned on the backs of their chairs. "I hope you're not checkin' up on me!" she said, smiling. "Oh, and, by the way, we did watch the movies..." She turned and left.

"Why do I believe her?" Shirley asked.

"Because Lenny doesn't like to miss any of the movies!" Laverne answered.

THIRTEEN
the girls' apartment, early evening

All three girls are sitting on the couch, watching TV. A commercial came on.

"Could I use the phone?" Lauren asked. "I wanna call my parents."

"Sure, but don't talk too long!" Shirley said.

Lauren went over, picked up the receiver, and dialed the number.

Laverne and Shirley started fighting over what to watch next.

"Awe, why can't I stay longer?" Lauren asked.

The girls stopped arguing and looked at Lauren.

"Oh, alright," Lauren said. She looked at her watch, "The next train leaves in twenty minutes. I'll get that one. Bye." She hung up the phone and turned to the girls. "I gotta get my stuff together and catch that train!"

The three girls began running around like crazy to gather Lauren's things.

FOURTEEN
night

"It's so quiet around here now. Even the boys haven't been around..." Shirley said.

"I wonder if she said goodbye to them?" Laverne asked.

Suddenly, the door flew open and the boys came in.

"Hello!" Squiggy said. He looked around. "Where's Lauren? I were espectin' her to yell at me again!"

Laverne and Shirley looked at each other. They started having a slap fight and Laverne won.

"Well... she went home," Shirley said.

"What!?" Lenny asked, surprised.

"She didn't say why - she'd called home, then had twenty minutes to catch the train..." Laverne stopped.

Squiggy stood there silently, but Lenny turned and left.

"I didn't think she hated me that much!" Squiggy said.

FIFTEEN
the next day

Shirley was vaccuuming and Laverne was ironing.

Suddenly, the door flew open and Lenny ran in, holding a card. "Look at what I found!" Lenny said.

The girls came up to him to look at the card.

It read:
      "Thanx for the date!
      Now, don't be late,
      You can come visit me,
      Just don't bring Squiggy!"

THE END :)~