"IF YOU THROW THE BASEBALL AT me one more time I won't hesitate to shove it where the sun don't shine." Aliya snapped, smacking Luke's baseball out of his hands as he continued to mock her
"Oh, you did not just knock my ball out of my hands." He gasped, glaring at the rolling ball
"What you gonna do? Break dance at me?" Aliya joked making him launch himself towards her, only for Jessie to quickly pull him back and set him on the park bench
"Thank you for letting me bring Mr. Kipling on our outing, Jessie." Ravi smiled, pushing Aliya back further from Luke so they wouldn't kill each other
Aliya gently nudged the giant lizard's tail with her foot, only to be lightly whacked in response.
"He's been very lonely lately." Ravi continued, staring down at the reptile
"Probably because Bertram's leg broke up with him." Jessie laughed
"He sighs all the time, and he just pushes his crickets around his dish. Also, he insists I read him nothing but paranormal teen romance." Ravi explained, confusing everyone with the last bit of information
"I knew I saw drool on my Twilight books. I just thought it was mine." Jessie admitted, "I'm definitely team Jacob."
"You're telling me you'd take a dog over Robert Pattinson? What did they teach you in Texas?" Aliya wondered, refusing to accept her choice
Luke smirked at the older woman, moving to lean next to her, "How do I get you on team Luke?"
Jessie rolled her eyes, "Change your age, height, and abs."
"I have a six pack." Luke lied, too confidently
Zuri rolled her eyes and pulled herself from under the bench, "Yeah, of pudding cups."
"Well, Jacob may have abs, but he's just a big, glorified dog." Luke shot back
"Huh. Only time you've ever said something remotely correct." The Dresmond girl shrugged, plopping onto the concrete
Jessie scoffed in disagreement, taking the baseball from Luke's hand and tossing it in the other direction, "Hey. Luke, fetch."
Luke quickly ran after the ball, Ravi and Aliya quickly chasing after him in order to tease him when he finished his retrieval
Mr. Kipling refused to do what Ravi said, and practically dragged the poor boy back to the playground.
Aliya chased after them, hoping to save her best friend before he was smacked into a tree or something. Luke was fast on her tail, also worried for his brother
The giant lizard stopped in front of the playground's plastic lizard, and cemented himself in her spot.
"So, now we just stand here until we have to leave?" Aliya asked, watching Ravi hopelessly tug on the leash
"We can watch Luke fetch the ball, again." Ravi suggested, making the young girl laugh and Luke glare in response
"Well, I'm not waiting," Luke sassed, turning away from the two, "Jessie, come quick!"
Emma and Jessie quickly got off of their park bench, rushing towards the group, "Okay, please tell me Mr. Kipling did not eat a toddler!"
"No, but I wish he had eaten Luke." Aliya groaned, grossing her arms in disappointment as she sat on the playground ladder
"He won't let anyone play on the dinosaur." Luke spoke, pointing down to the lizard's spot besides the plastic toy
"Hey, I know that longing look. It's the way that Bertram looks at his recliner." Emma smiled
Luke smirked, "And TV shows about cupcakes."
"Mr. Kipling is in love!" Emma cheered, clapping her hands together
"With a plastic toy? Someone call TLC and tell them we got a new show." Aliya sighed
Ravi cooed at his let lizard, "Aw, I always knew this day would come. I need to have 'the talk' with him. But first, someone needs to have it with me."
Emma and Jessie shook their heads, laughing nervously in response to his request.
"Just use Jessie's copy of Twilight. You'll learn plenty there." Aliya joked, making the older woman glare at her
Zuri ran towards the group, quickly ending the awkward conversation, "Jessie, Jessie, I made a new friend."
"Really? That's great." Jessie smiled
"Her name is Nana Banana, and she's magical." Zuri smiled before running off again
"So are my charmingly handsome looks. What up!" Luke cheered, holding his hand out for a high five which he never received
"No, they're imaginary just like Zuri's new friend. What up!" Aliya snapped back, holding her hand out to Ravi for a high five, quickly receiving one
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After Zuri freaked Jessie out about her "new friend", she made the group head back to the Ross's penthouse early.
Little did they know, the group would be quickly back at the park after it got dark, searching for Ravi's giant, runaway lizard.
Looking around the park, the group quickly found the lizard at his previous spot by the giant plastic lizard toy on the play ground.
"I cannot believe he ran away." Ravi sighed, looking down at the reptile
"I told you Mr. Kipling would be here." Emma smiled
"Well, he's not surrounded by the bones of innocent toddlers, so that's good." Jessie shrugged
"Who said he's digested them yet?" Aliya joked, earning a scolding look in response, "Kidding. I think."
Everyone looked at the lizard, knowing good and well he probably could've eaten a toddler if he wanted to.
Emma smiled when she noticed the tails of the two lizards, "Aw, look, they're holding tails!"
"Mr. Kipling, you reptilian Romeo!" Ravi giggled, making his best friend laugh
They all stopped laughing when a weird man with a flashlight snuck up from the side, blinding the group with his obnoxious light.
"Freeze, you hippies! I may be old but I can still throw down!"
"Hoedown, throwdown?" Aliya tried to joke, making him shine the light in her face, "Gosh, can't make a joke around anyone."
"Should we make a run for it?" Emma whispered
"I think we can make a slow, leisurely walk for it." Luke joked, making Aliya lightly smirk in amusement
She hated the kid, but had to admit, he's the only one of the Ross's to almost equally match her own sense of humor
"Uh, sir." Jessie began, "Our pet ran away, so we had to come get him."
The old man laughed, shining his light on Mr. Kipling, "That is one big wiener dog. Hello, fella."
He lent down to pet the lizard, before quickly getting hissed at, "And it seems to have sprung a leak!"
"Which is why we're just gonna take him home and patch him up!" Jessie lied, gesturing for the group to make barking noises
The group immediately began to bark, except for Ravi, who decided it was a good idea to meow in response, "Sorry, I panicked."
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The next day, Jessie refused to let Ravi take Mr. Kipling to the park to see his girlfriend, so he teamed up with Aliya, Emma, and Luke to steal it
They all dressed in black, convinced they could hide like the movies, and made their way to the park with a small wagon to carry the toy in
When the group arrived, they crept down and gently pulled the wagon to the plastic lizard, while Emma quietly cheered, "This is so romantic!"
"It is so kind of you three to help me bring Mr. Kipling his true love." Ravi smiled
"Whatever. I'm just here to commit the greatest crime of the century." Luke shrugged
"It's a plastic lizard, not a Swarovski diamond." Aliya argued
"All right, crime of the week, but that's as low as I'm going." He sighed, before opening up his bag of tools, "We have the sledgehammer, blowtorch, plunger."
"I don't think we need all that stuff." Emma sighed
"I was talking to Ravi. This is man's work." Luke snapped, quickly pissing Emma and Aliya both off
"And we, we're men!" Ravi cheered, making Aliya smack him in the back of the head
"I'm not letting Luke corrupt you." She shrugged, as Ravi rubbed his head
"Guys, we don't need all these things. All we have to do is pick it-" Emma began, before she was stopped by Ravi
"Quiet, woman! Dark the socks, cook the curry, and let us handle our thingies."
"Oh, shut up." Aliya groaned, quickly picking the dinosaur off the ground and dropping it in the cart, before turning to the boys and jokingly patting her chest, "Me strong man. Me lift."
"See ya at home." Emma smiled, grabbing the wagon as the two girls ran out of the empty park.
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The next morning, the Ross clan plus a Dresmond sat on their large terrace for lunch.
"If I eat your broccoli will you eat my blueberries. I hate them." Aliya begged Ravi, glaring at the blue fruit on her plate
"No. Normally, I would say you need your nutrients, but this time I'm saying no because someone else is already taking care of them." Ravi laughed, making Aliya turn her attention back towards her plate
Luke had been quietly snatching the blueberries off the girl's plate when her back was turned.
Aliya smacked his hand off of her plate, "If I knew you'd want them, I wouldn't have offered them up in the first place."
"They're delicious." Luke smiled, showing off the blueberries he had jokingly put in front of his teeth
Aliya was about the reply, when they interrupted but Zuri's friend, Nana Banana, who actually turned out to be a weird old lady and not an imaginary friend, "Hey, kids!"
"Nana Banana!" Zuri cheered, jumping up from her chair to greet the older woman
The old woman was dressed head to toe in odd banana clothing, "Why do bananas wear sunscreen? Because they peel! Whoo-hoo!"
"This woman's crazy." Aliya whispered
"Why is Mrs. Arthur in our apartment?" Luke asked the three others
"She's dressed like that, and that's the first question you ask?" Emma asked, waving her hand at the woman's ridiculous outfit
"In India, the elderly are revered for their wisdom and experience." Ravi began, before a horn was honked in his face and he dropped his cup on the table, "But this lady is just a big, yellow loon!"
Jessie pat the young boy's shoulder, "I'll go get you some napkins. Hey, Zuri, while I'm gone, no more clowning around!"
Everyone cringed at her joke, and watched her awkwardly walk away, before the old woman turned back towards the kids, "So, who wants cookies?"
"Jessie says every time we eat dessert before our vegetables, a fairy dies." Emma frowns
"Aren't you like thirteen?" Aliya whispered aloud, squinting at the older girl
"Well, don't you kids have a dog? They're good for eating more than just homework." The old woman sighed
"We have a giant lizard." Zuri offered
"Love it!" The woman cheered, pulling out a plastic bag, "Okay, lets put the veggies in this bag. Come on."
The kids all quickly lifted the veggies off their plate and threw them into the plastic bag.
"This is so not good for the environment." Aliya added, shaking my head
"Your best friend just became my best friend." Luke smiled at Zuri, shoving all of his veggies deep into the bag
"Now, make like bananas, and split!" Nana Banana cried
Ravi, Emma, Luke, and Aliya quickly left their spots on the terrace and raced upstairs to feed the giant lizard.
They crouched by the large cage, and gently stuck the vegetables through some of the wiring
"Look, he likes them!" Ravi cheered, watching the lizard gulp down some carrots
The door to Ravi's room busted open, and Aliya quickly hid the bag of vegetables behind her so Jessie wouldn't catch them.
Sadly, she had already caught the group another way, "Would anyone like to tell me why there's a trail of veggies leading up here?"
"Uh, so we could find our way back to the living room?" Luke tried, making the young girl laugh
"This is a really big apartment." Emma added, hoping to sell the lie
"With many confusing twists and turns. It's a labyrinth." Ravi continued
Jessie looked towards Aliya for my addition to the lie, and she quickly shrugged, "Yeah. What they said."
"You should not feed your vegetables to Mr. Kipling. A, you need the vitamins. They're good for you. And B..." Jessie began
She was quickly interrupted by the sound of belching, and a large stream of vomit erupting from Mr. Kipling's mouth, and onto Luke's shoes.
"Lizard Barf? Awesome!" Luke cheered, while the rest backed up from the mess
"Guys, you're cleaning this up." Jessie started, before she quickly noticed the green lizard toy on the other side of the room, "Hey, hey! What the heck is this dinosaur doing here?"
"Obviously, she's trying to make a difficult long-distance relationship work." Emma said
"Come on, Jessie. They're trying to break the stereotype that long distance doesn't work out." Aliya added, like it was obvious
"Guys, it's bad enough I have to deal with a banana lady who's a fruitcake. I don't want to have to explain to your parents that you went to jail for grand theft Dino." Jessie snapped, snatching the toy from the ground
The lizard growled at the older lady, making her roll her eyes, "It never would have worked out anyways. You're a Pisces, and she's plastic!"
"I'm not cleaning that up! I got acting class...important stuff." Aliya shrugged, slowly backing up from Ravi's room
Emma caught onto her escape plan, quickly joining in, "Oh, yep. Me too. Homework..or something."
The two girls made eye contact, before sprinting out of the room.
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The next day, Jessie forced the group to go to the park and return the lizard before anyone saw them.
"Hurry up and put the ex-Mrs. Kipling back before we get caught." Jessie snapped, shooing them to hurry up
"A-ha! So it was you guys!" A voice called, revealing the old security guard from the other night, "Didn't I tell you hippies to stay out of the park?"
They all replied with No's, except for Ravi, who just quietly meowed in response, "Okay, we really need to work on your lying skills." Aliya whispered to her best friend
"I panicked again." He sighed
"Uh, look, Ranger Bill, let me explain. See, we have this lizard, right. He fell in love, and there was this clown and a lot of horn honking. So there you have it." Jessie attempted to explain
"Okay, am I really old, or was that really confusing?" He asked
"I was there, and I'm gonna be honest, I'm confused too." Aliya agreed, shaking her head
"Either way, I'm taking you punks in." Ranger Rill decided
Luke cockily leaned closer, "Uh, I thought we were hippies."
"Don't sass me, little girl." Ranger Bill replied, making Aliya break out into a smile
"Oh, that was perfect. I am never ever forgetting that." The young girl smiled, laughing with Ravi
"Hello, Bill." Nana Banana greeted, coming up behind the old ranger
"Oh, hi, Mrs. Arthur." Bill smiled, nervously removing his hat, "I haven't seen you in the park lately."
"That's because I've been spending time with this lovely family. And they're no criminals. Look at those cute, little faces." Nana smiled, pointing to the group
Quickly, they all put on their best puppy dog faces, hoping to convince Bill to let them leave without any trouble
"Oh, okay, I'll let them go." Bill decided, "But only because they're friends with a very, very, very lovely young lady."
"Oh, thank you." Jessie laughed, before quickly realizing the compliment wasn't about her, "And, you meant Nana."
"I'll text you. If I can find my phone." Bill smiled at Nana, before walking off to attend to his other duties
"Yay! Nana Banana saved us from the slammer!" Emma cheered
"Yes, but I'm sentencing you to two weeks of no TV." Jessie added
"Thank goodness I don't live with you guys." Aliya smirked, earning an arm slap from Luke
"You know that means you'll just have to entertain us, right?" Luke smirked at Jessie, already coming up with evil plans in his head
"Okay, one week. Now, go play for a sec." Jessie said, waving the group off
After setting up Nana with Bill on a date, Nana insisted the group do Tai chi with her. They stood on a piece of grassy land, slowly moving their arms around to her lead
Emma sighed, "Wow, we're moving slower than Bertram on laundry day."
"Or any day." Ravi and Aliya added in unison, high fiving each other in response
"Tai Chi promotes longevity. Don't you want to look as good as me someday?" Nana asked
"Is that a trick question?" Luke whispered
Aliya smirked, getting into their little chi dance, "I feel like Daniel Larusso. Now, all I need is a Bonsai tree."
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Sorry I haven't updated in a while lol. But Connie comes up the next episodeeeee