Audrey's POV
I watched as Henry and my dad were playing ping pong down in the Man Cave.
"Here it comes!" Henry predicted.
"Bring it, son." My dad told Henry.
"Yeah, I'll bring it." Henry scoffed.
"You got nothing!" My dad laughed.
"What do you call this?" Henry hit the ping pong harshly but my dad hit it.
"Lame!" I yelled.
"Hey guys, Harrison Ford just crash landed his airplane in the Jandy River!" Schwoz told us.
"Again?" I looked at Schwoz.
"Isn't this, like, his third plane crash?" My dad asked. "Ha!" My dad made Henry miss the ball.
"Dah!" Henry shouted in frustration.
"21 to 19!" My dad danced around. "I win again!"
"Dang it, dang it! Frigid diphthong kumquat dang, dang it!" Henry yelled and put shook hands with my dad. "Good game."
"Thanks." My dad smiled.
"Boys these days." I rolled my eyes and grabbed my bubblegum tube container.
"Now.. let's blow a bubble and get Harrison Ford out of trouble." My dad said when we blew our bubble.
We transformed into our superhero suits.
"Let's go." Captain Man told us and we ran to the tubes.
Captain Man went under his tube slot when Kid Danger and I went under ours. I hugged Kid Danger's waist and we tapped our belt buckles.
The tube went down around us but Kid Danger and I's tube was all disgusting and was covered in mud and nacho sauce.
"Up— what the!" Captain Man looked at our tube. "What is all over your tube?"
Captain Man pressed his belt buckle to make the tube go up while Kid Danger and I did the same.
"Okay." I sighed, looking at Schwoz who was shaking his head.
"Yesterday, Schwoz told me to go up the tube with a hot nacho platter and the suckage made the cheese and the refried beans go everywhere." Kid Danger admitted.
"Schwoz?" Captain Man looked at Schwoz.
"My sister is in town, and she wanted a taste of Mexico!" Schwoz argued.
"All right. Well, now, all of you are going to clean that whole tube!" Captain Man demanded.
"Oh, come on!" Schwoz frowned.
"The tubes is, like, 100 feel tall!" I objected.
"Well, you should've thought of that before you tried to fly it up with a hot sloppy snack!" Captain Man groaned.
Schwoz put the phone up to his ear. "Wait, wait, what? Okay." Schwoz took the phone off of his ear. "Harrison Ford's airplane just sank. You guys should go save him."
"We will." Kid Danger told Schwoz. "After one more quick game?"
"We can't ju— my serve." Captain Man and got on either sides of the ping pong table.
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In the Man Cave, Henry and my dad continued to play ping pong.
"You're going down!" Henry told my dad.
"I'm coming up." My dad corrected.
"Here it comes!" Henry hit the ball.
"Here it comes back!" My dad told Henry.
"I'm the king of ping." Henry exclaimed.
"I'm the master of pong!" My dad remarked.
"Look out now!" Henry yelled.
The elevator door opened and Schwoz blew the trumpet which made Henry miss the ball. My dad started to laugh at Henry.
"And I win again." My dad laughed.
"No!" Henry slammed his paddle down.
"Yes!" My dad reached for something under the ping pong table. "And that means I get to keep.." My dad picked up a big belt. "The ping pong championship belt."
My dad put the belt on while Henry stared at him.
"But Schwoz distracted me!" Henry complained.
"Hey." My dad turned to Henry. "Ping pong's about three things, paddles, staying focused, and small plastic balls."
"Why'd you walk in here and blow that thing?" Henry asked Schwoz.
"I found it in a dumpster." Schwoz replied.
The tube beeping sound came down and Henry and I's tube went down.
"Ugh, gross. You guys still haven't cleaned that tube?" My dad groaned.
Charlotte came down the tube, not blinking at all.
"Hello." Schwoz greeted.
"Hey, Char." I waved.
"Hey Charlotte." Henry greeted.
"Hi. Charlotte." My dad sighed.
"No thanks, I just ate a taco." Charlotte sat on the monitor seat.
"What's up with her?" I turned to the boys.
"Worry about her later." My dad told us. "Right now you, Henry, and Schwoz are going to clean that tube."
"Or.." Henry began. "I challenge you."
"To what?" My dad spat.
"To another game of ping pong." Henry replied.
"Huh." My dad gasped.
"If I lose, me and Audrey and Schwoz clean the tube. If you lose, you clean it." Henry explained.
"While wearing ducky pajamas." My dad added.
"No, don't make this bet!" Schwoz told Henry.
"It's a bet." Henry told my dad.
"He made it despite my protests!" Schwoz yelled.
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Henry and I stopped talking when we caught Charlotte looking at photos of a girl on the monitor.
"Hey, Charlotte." Henry began to walk over to Henry. "Charlotte!"
"Charlotte!" I tapped Charlotte's shoulder.
"What?!" Charlotte suddenly turned over to Henry and I which made us almost fall. "What, what, what?!"
"Why are you looking at pics of Jasper's girlfriend?" Henry asked.
"Jasper has a girlfriend?" I asked in shock.
"Yeah, apparently. Her name is Courtney, we met her at school." Henry replied.
"Jasper's girlfriend is trying to kill me!" Charlotte answered.
"What?" I looked at Charlotte.
"Last night, I think she loosened some bolts in my ceiling fan. Because it fell and almost took my head off!" Charlotte explained.
"Why would Courtney want to hurt you?" I asked.
"I don't know." Charlotte stood up. "But she's acting all jealous. Why would she be jealous of me?"
"Uh..." Henry began.
"What do you mean, 'uh'?" Charlotte crossed her arms.
"See, at school, I might have kind of made Courtney think that Jasper kind of— loves you." Henry confessed.
"Well, why would you say that?!" Charlotte yelled.
"Because he does love you as a friend! But she didn't get that!" Henry panicked.
"Yeah, all she got was a reason to kill me!" Charlotte scoffed.
"Well, what do you want us to do?" Henry asked.
"Help me tell Jasper that his girlfriend is a crazy jealous lunatic." Charlotte answered.
"He'll never believe us." I pointed out.
Charlotte sighed. "Okay. Then we're going to tell him, and we're going to show him."
"How?" Henry asked.
"You, Audrey, and Jasper are going to go to hide in my room tonight, and he'll see for himself how his koo-koo his girlfriend is." Charlotte explained.
"Ah, I don't know." Henry crossed his arms.
"Please?" Charlotte pleaded.
"Do you still keep that gummy bear dish of gummy bears by your closet door?" Henry asked.
"Yeah." Charlotte responded.
"Okay, I'll do it." Henry nodded.
"I guess me too." I shrugged.
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At night, Henry and I were hiding in Charlotte's closet while Jasper was in Charlotte's trunk at the end of her bed.
Henry slowly opened the closet door and we peeped out to see Courtney sound asleep. I gave Charlotte a thumbs up while Charlotte put a finger up to her lips.
Jasper peeped out of the trunk and gave us a thumbs up. Henry was about to grab a gummy bear but Courtney started to wake up so we immediately went back into the closet.
"Hi!" I heard Charlotte yell and the lights went on. "How are you? Why did you get out of bed?"
"Oh, I just need to use the bathroom." Courtney told Charlotte.
"Wait." Charlotte called after Courtney.
"Yeah?" Courtney turned back to Charlotte from the door.
"Umm, listen. I know Henry told you that Jasper loves me." Charlotte admitted.
"Oh. Well, yeah. He did." Courtney nodded.
Henry opened the closet door and tried to grab some gummy bears for us.
"Right." Charlotte began. "But I want you to understand, he meant just as friends."
Henry and I kept on shoving the gummy bears in our mouth.
Charlotte ran over to the closet door which made Henry and I close the closet door quietly.
"I promise I'm not trying to take Jasper away from you or anything like that." Charlotte told Courtney.
"Oh." Courtney said. "Well, thanks. I really appreciate you telling me."
I heard the door open then shut.
I opened the closet door and I saw Jasper come out of the trunk. Henry and I started to stuff our faces with the gummy bears.
"See? She's not insane!" Jasper whispered. "You all owe me an apology."
"No. She may be acting nice now, but I'm telling you, she needs help." Charlotte told Jasper.
"I think she seems pretty nice." I chewed on my gummy bears.
"Word." Henry nodded.
"Then explain the ceiling fan almost falling on my head." Charlotte pointed to the ceiling.
Courtney came in with a Viking hat on and some weapon. "Stay away from my man!" Courtney turned on the chainsaw and we all started to yell.
"Henry and Audrey!" Charlotte screamed.
Henry and I ran out of the closet door. We were about to grab Courtney but moved aside when she showed us the chainsaw.
After a while, Henry and I finally tackled Courtney on the floor but then got up because of the chainsaw.
Henry and I struggled to get off of the bed because we were terrified. Henry had to pull me off the bed. Courtney started to chase us
Courtney tried to get Henry but I pushed him down. Henry grabbed bean bag and pushed Courtney out the window with it.
The glass broke and there was a big crash.
"I'll get you for that!" Courtney yelled from outside. "I'll get you!"
Henry put the bean bag down and we all looked at each other.
"Okay, maybe she does need help." Jasper finally agreed.
"You think?" I crossed my arms.
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Henry and my dad were playing ping pong down in the Man Cave. The loser had to clean the tube, which I really did not feel like doing.
Henry missed the ball and my dad laughed.
"Ha, ha! Yeah!" My dad laughed. "That's 17 to 20. One more point and I win!"
"I know how ping pong scoring works." Henry glared at my dad.
"Your serve." My dad told Henry.
Henry started to bounce the plastic ball onto his ping pong paddle.
"Are you stalling?" My dad looked at Henry.
"No." Henry denied. "It's just Schwoz is supposed to be here and he's late, sooo."
"Kid, it's game point." My dad told Henry. "Just serve, lose, and get to scrubbing the filthy tube."
"Hey, guys." Schwoz walked out from the back door with another guy. "Ray, this is Larry."
"What, are you crazy?" My dad scoffed. "You can't just bring people down to the Man Cave."
"Larry is family." Schwoz objected. "You said I could bring anyone in my family down here expect for my sister who looks like a horse."
"Oh. All right." My dad gave in. "But I'm just about to beat Henry at ping pong so if you
guys—"
"Just a sec." I began. "Larry, right there." I made Larry stood on the tube slots.
Larry took off his shirt and Schwoz caught it.
"What's happening?" My dad asked.
"You said playing ping pong is all about staying focused." Henry reminded.
I took out my remote and pressed a button.
"Yeah, but what's the—" My dad got cut off by me playing music. My dad stared at Larry who was dancing around.
Henry served, but my dad missed it.
"18-20!" I told them.
"18-20." Schwoz repeated.
"Wait a minute. I wasn't ready." My dad objected.
"Got to stay focused." Henry reminded.
My dad continued to be distracted by Larry dancing. My dad missed the ball again.
"Haha! 19-20!" Henry cheered.
"19-20!" Schwoz teased.
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Then, Larry got in a bikini top and started jump roping which made my dad miss.
"Ooh. 20-20!" I cheered.
My dad looked at Henry. "You got to win by two!"
"No prob!" Henry smiled.
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Larry started to bounce around with a siren on his head. My dad missed again.
"21-20!" Henry announced.
"Henry, one more point and we won't have to clean the tube!" I exclaimed.
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You cannot be serious!" My dad yelled, watching as Larry and a dog ate spaghetti together.
My dad kept on watching Larry and the dog eat spaghetti together.
"Ha, ha!" Henry laughed when my dad missed. "22-20! The kid wins!" Henry threw the paddle down.
We all started to dance around my dad and Henry took my dad's champion belt.
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"Keep it up, dad." I grinned at my dad as I ate my Chinese food.
I watched as my dad cleaned the tube with his ducky pajamas.