#21 Mallory and the Trouble With Twins Part 4 (Chapters 10-12)
Part 1 (Chapters 1-3)
Part 2 (Chapters 4-6)
Part 3 (Chapters 7-9)
God fucking dammnit, I can't come up with an upload schedule to save my life. Sorry.
Also, I legit just realized that there's a button to insert an lj-cut. Still a bit of a newbie, I guess.
Chapter 10:
Great. MA and Dawn journal entry. Apparently Mal roped them into helping out at the twins' birthday party. According to Dawn, they're brats. Isn't that the pot calling the kettle black?
Side note: I really, really DO NOT like Dawn. Why couldn't we read about this Dawn?
Blonde, vegetarian, cares about the environment, yet still awesome.
Or even this one (who's almost as annoying as BSC Dawn)?
Pokemon > BSC
Sorry, BSC Dawn ruined the name Dawn forever. Anyway, the girls are there an hour early to help Mrs. Arnold set up for the party, which is supposed to have around fifteen little girls total and what the fuck? That's a lot of people for a kid's birthday party. I think when I was young, I had maybe six guests tops. I dunno, maybe they each invited a certain number of people. Also, why the hell does Mallory have to help frost the cake? That should've been done already.
Mal apparently has found more ways to tell the girls apart in both appearances and actions. Way to go, girl!
Mrs. Arnold tells Mal to help the twins get dressed. On each of their beds is a new dress (white with pink ribbon running in rows from neck to waistline and lots of lace). I'm starting to think Mrs. Arnold has a lace fetish. Also, white dresses for a birthday party? Really? That's just asking for cake to get spilled all over.
The twins don't seem to be too thrilled about the identical dresses. While they enjoyed dressing alike the previous year, they don't find it fun anymore. Mal suggests that one could wear her sailor dress, but they refuse because they have to dress alike. I keep thinking about that one Sweet Valley Kids (basically the LS version of Sweet Valley Twins) book where Jessica and Elizabeth are arguing over which dress they want for their birthday party before finally getting two different dresses. We also get this sad bit courtesy of Marilyn and Carolyn
"Hardly anyone knows whether I'm Marilyn or Carolyn. No one even cares."
"It's like we're one person instead of two," Carolyn added.
Man, now I just want to hug the both of them.
The guests arrive, and the party is in full swing. They play Pin the Tail on the Donkey (which I have fond memories of, since my dad would print out the donkey on his map maker, and the donkey looked hilarious), Musical Chairs, and have a peanut hunt. Also, Carolyn falls down twice during Musical Chairs. How the fuck do you do that? I can see people ending up in each other's laps, but not falling down unless you're either really clumsy or if someone pushes you.
It's now time to open presents. Unfortunately, most of their presents seem to be one each of the same thing (two Raggedy Anns, two stuffed elephants, etc.). The twins aren't impressed and toss most of the gifts onto the floor. Okay, I guess that's a bit bratty, but at least they weren't angrily throwing them on the floor.
They finally get to Mal's gifts and think that some sort of mistake was made, because the gifts are different shapes and sizes. That's just sad. Marilyn gets a tiny piano pin, and Carolyn gets a book of science experiments. The twins, of course, are ecstatic. Their good mood doesn't last long, because it's picture time and of course they have to be all twinny and shit. Apparently, when it comes time to blow out the candles on the cake, they look really pissed. I'm guessing that said picture was the one on the cover. When the party ends, Mal leaves feeling bad for the twins and wanting to do something about it.
Chapter 11
It's Tuesday, which means another sitting job at the Arnolds'! This time, without a journal entry. WTF?
The twins are super excited to see Mal, and decide to take her up to their room to see some more of their birthday swag. Apparently their relatives had also given them identical gifts. They got jump sticks (jump rope type things, only with a rope down the middle of a stick), identical brass doll beds, and some really pimped-out dollhouses. Really? Their parents and relatives couldn't even get them different gifts? Their favorite gifts, though, were the pin and the book. Why? Because they were different.
Mal tells the girls about the triplets, and they're aghast when they learn that they don't dress alike or have the same things. Marilyn and Carolyn explain to Mal that when she told them they were cute during her first job, they thought that she meant that the matching was cute and didn't care that there were two of them, so they decided to be brats. I wouldn't exactly call that justification, but I'm not exactly familiar with the logic of eight-year-olds anymore. Mal suggests that they tell their mom about how they feel.
When Mrs. Arnold gets home, the twins explain to their mother that they're not, in fact, the same person. Apparently Mrs. Arnold thought that dressing them alike would be easier and more adorable and WTF? She didn't even take their feelings into account? She also thought that since she and their dad liked how they looked, the twins obviously did too. Maybe if you paid attention to your kids for ONE GODDAMNED SECOND, you'd realize that that is not the case. Luckily, the twins convince their mother to let Mal take them shopping for new clothes on Thursday, and to let them look different and shit. YAY! Just please, for the love of God, don't make them watch people getting their ears pierced.
Chapter 12
Mal is home and decides that if the twins could ask their parents for permission to look different, she could ask hers about a haircut, new clothes, pierced ears, and contact lenses. She apparently knows how to bargain, having had experience at flea markets.
She decides to wait until after dinner to tell them. Dinner, of course, is standard Pike fare. Nicky teases Claire, the triplets are annoying, and Margo turns green. Vanessa isn't mentioned, and I'd like to think that she was rhyming under her breath about her brothers being idiots.
After dinner, Mal voluntarily cleans up the table and makes her parents coffee in hopes of getting some suck-up points. When they're finally settled down to talk, she first decides to throw out an offer she knew they'd refuse (new hair, pierced ears, new wardrobe, and contacts), doing her best to be diplomatic. Of course, her parents are all "fuck no" to the new wardrobe and contacts due to not having that kind of money to throw around and Mal being too young for contacts. They do, however, let her get a haircut as long as she pays half the cost and goes to the salon so that she doesn't end up with a green mohawk. Which, of course, makes me think of Duncan from Total Drama:
NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE
After a little bit of begging, they also let Mal get her ears pierced, so long as she pays for everything, does her best to prevent infected ears, and doesn't stick with boring gold posts. I couldn't help but crack up at that. They also agreed to let Mal spend her own money on clothes sometimes. Mal is excited and calls Jessi with the good news, encouraging her to be "diplomatic" as well. End chapter
FUCK YOU, MRS. ARNOLD. That's all I have to say about you for right now.
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Part 2 (Chapters 4-6)
Part 3 (Chapters 7-9)
God fucking dammnit, I can't come up with an upload schedule to save my life. Sorry.
Also, I legit just realized that there's a button to insert an lj-cut. Still a bit of a newbie, I guess.
Chapter 10:
Great. MA and Dawn journal entry. Apparently Mal roped them into helping out at the twins' birthday party. According to Dawn, they're brats. Isn't that the pot calling the kettle black?
Side note: I really, really DO NOT like Dawn. Why couldn't we read about this Dawn?
Blonde, vegetarian, cares about the environment, yet still awesome.
Or even this one (who's almost as annoying as BSC Dawn)?
Pokemon > BSC
Sorry, BSC Dawn ruined the name Dawn forever. Anyway, the girls are there an hour early to help Mrs. Arnold set up for the party, which is supposed to have around fifteen little girls total and what the fuck? That's a lot of people for a kid's birthday party. I think when I was young, I had maybe six guests tops. I dunno, maybe they each invited a certain number of people. Also, why the hell does Mallory have to help frost the cake? That should've been done already.
Mal apparently has found more ways to tell the girls apart in both appearances and actions. Way to go, girl!
Mrs. Arnold tells Mal to help the twins get dressed. On each of their beds is a new dress (white with pink ribbon running in rows from neck to waistline and lots of lace). I'm starting to think Mrs. Arnold has a lace fetish. Also, white dresses for a birthday party? Really? That's just asking for cake to get spilled all over.
The twins don't seem to be too thrilled about the identical dresses. While they enjoyed dressing alike the previous year, they don't find it fun anymore. Mal suggests that one could wear her sailor dress, but they refuse because they have to dress alike. I keep thinking about that one Sweet Valley Kids (basically the LS version of Sweet Valley Twins) book where Jessica and Elizabeth are arguing over which dress they want for their birthday party before finally getting two different dresses. We also get this sad bit courtesy of Marilyn and Carolyn
"Hardly anyone knows whether I'm Marilyn or Carolyn. No one even cares."
"It's like we're one person instead of two," Carolyn added.
Man, now I just want to hug the both of them.
The guests arrive, and the party is in full swing. They play Pin the Tail on the Donkey (which I have fond memories of, since my dad would print out the donkey on his map maker, and the donkey looked hilarious), Musical Chairs, and have a peanut hunt. Also, Carolyn falls down twice during Musical Chairs. How the fuck do you do that? I can see people ending up in each other's laps, but not falling down unless you're either really clumsy or if someone pushes you.
It's now time to open presents. Unfortunately, most of their presents seem to be one each of the same thing (two Raggedy Anns, two stuffed elephants, etc.). The twins aren't impressed and toss most of the gifts onto the floor. Okay, I guess that's a bit bratty, but at least they weren't angrily throwing them on the floor.
They finally get to Mal's gifts and think that some sort of mistake was made, because the gifts are different shapes and sizes. That's just sad. Marilyn gets a tiny piano pin, and Carolyn gets a book of science experiments. The twins, of course, are ecstatic. Their good mood doesn't last long, because it's picture time and of course they have to be all twinny and shit. Apparently, when it comes time to blow out the candles on the cake, they look really pissed. I'm guessing that said picture was the one on the cover. When the party ends, Mal leaves feeling bad for the twins and wanting to do something about it.
Chapter 11
It's Tuesday, which means another sitting job at the Arnolds'! This time, without a journal entry. WTF?
The twins are super excited to see Mal, and decide to take her up to their room to see some more of their birthday swag. Apparently their relatives had also given them identical gifts. They got jump sticks (jump rope type things, only with a rope down the middle of a stick), identical brass doll beds, and some really pimped-out dollhouses. Really? Their parents and relatives couldn't even get them different gifts? Their favorite gifts, though, were the pin and the book. Why? Because they were different.
Mal tells the girls about the triplets, and they're aghast when they learn that they don't dress alike or have the same things. Marilyn and Carolyn explain to Mal that when she told them they were cute during her first job, they thought that she meant that the matching was cute and didn't care that there were two of them, so they decided to be brats. I wouldn't exactly call that justification, but I'm not exactly familiar with the logic of eight-year-olds anymore. Mal suggests that they tell their mom about how they feel.
When Mrs. Arnold gets home, the twins explain to their mother that they're not, in fact, the same person. Apparently Mrs. Arnold thought that dressing them alike would be easier and more adorable and WTF? She didn't even take their feelings into account? She also thought that since she and their dad liked how they looked, the twins obviously did too. Maybe if you paid attention to your kids for ONE GODDAMNED SECOND, you'd realize that that is not the case. Luckily, the twins convince their mother to let Mal take them shopping for new clothes on Thursday, and to let them look different and shit. YAY! Just please, for the love of God, don't make them watch people getting their ears pierced.
Chapter 12
Mal is home and decides that if the twins could ask their parents for permission to look different, she could ask hers about a haircut, new clothes, pierced ears, and contact lenses. She apparently knows how to bargain, having had experience at flea markets.
She decides to wait until after dinner to tell them. Dinner, of course, is standard Pike fare. Nicky teases Claire, the triplets are annoying, and Margo turns green. Vanessa isn't mentioned, and I'd like to think that she was rhyming under her breath about her brothers being idiots.
After dinner, Mal voluntarily cleans up the table and makes her parents coffee in hopes of getting some suck-up points. When they're finally settled down to talk, she first decides to throw out an offer she knew they'd refuse (new hair, pierced ears, new wardrobe, and contacts), doing her best to be diplomatic. Of course, her parents are all "fuck no" to the new wardrobe and contacts due to not having that kind of money to throw around and Mal being too young for contacts. They do, however, let her get a haircut as long as she pays half the cost and goes to the salon so that she doesn't end up with a green mohawk. Which, of course, makes me think of Duncan from Total Drama:
NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE
After a little bit of begging, they also let Mal get her ears pierced, so long as she pays for everything, does her best to prevent infected ears, and doesn't stick with boring gold posts. I couldn't help but crack up at that. They also agreed to let Mal spend her own money on clothes sometimes. Mal is excited and calls Jessi with the good news, encouraging her to be "diplomatic" as well. End chapter
FUCK YOU, MRS. ARNOLD. That's all I have to say about you for right now.
I can has feedback?