The Surprise

The Surprise is the fifth chapter of You Bring The Summer.

Summary
Frank, Joey, and the girls are in for a big surprise when some friends from Colorado come to Winter City.

Story
James and Edward then joined their friends at the party, where Lynn happily sipped a Pepsi and chatted happily with Emily, Molly, and Mavis, then joined Luna and Leni in a shuffleboard game against Thomas, Stanley, and Ryan while Frank, Joey, and Lori looked on.

"Now that's the Lynn we know," said Joey.

Just then, Edward came over.

"Hey," said Edward, "just letting you know that we've got a surprise for you guys later."

"Really," asked Frank.

"Yeah," said Edward, "I'd tell you, but I'd rather have you wait to see for yourselves."

"Good point," said Lori.

Edward then left to join James and the Scots at a game of beanbags.

"What do you think the surprise could be," asked Joey.

"I don't know," said Lori.

Just then, Frank felt someone tugging at his pant leg, and when he looked down, he saw Lana with a drowsy expression on her face.

"Aw, sleepy," asked Frank.

Lana nodded.

"Okay," said Frank, "come here, you."

Frank then picked Lana up.

"I'm gonna take her back to the hotel, okay," asked Frank.

"Okay," said Joey.

With that, Frank carried Lana to the nearest bus stop, where Bertie The Bus took them back to the hotel. When they got back, Frank took off Lana's shoes, put her in her sleeping bag, gave her her teddy, draped a blanket over her, and kissed her on the head.

"Goodnight, my little angel," Frank whispered.

"Goodnight, Frankie," Lana whispered back.

While Lana drifted off to Dream Land, Frank himself decided to take a little snooze, so he kicked off his shoes, climbed into his bed, and fell asleep.

Back at the party, Joey and Lori were watching the sunset.

"It's so beautiful," said Lori.

"Yeah," said Joey, "but not as beautiful as you."

Joey and Lori then leaned in to kiss each other, but were interrupted by the sound of Edward's whistle.

"S'mores are on," Edward said, "come and get 'em!"

Joey and Lori went back to the party, where they enjoyed s'mores and watched a fireworks display from the park. Eventually, the festivities began to die down and everyone started going home, but Joey, Lori, and the rest of the girls got a lift back to the hotel from James.

"See you guys tomorrow," James said as Joey, Lori, Leni, Luna, Luan, Lynn, Lucy, Lola, and Lisa went inside.

"You too," Joey said.

The next day, James took Frank, Joey, and the girls to meet his friends Doki Spott, Gabi Allen, Anabella McPherson, Fico Hudson, Oto Standish, and Gabi's pet, a German Shepherd puppy named Chase. They were all in the treehouse in Doki's backyard, where they had lemonade and cookies baked by Gabi's grandmother, Edith.

"So," asked Oto, "do you guys like Winter City so far?"

"Yes," said Lynn, "especially that Totally 60's place."

"Nice," said Doki, "you know, they say you can't say you've been to Winter City without having been to Totally 60's."

"Yeah," said Leni, "we learned that the easy way."

"Say," said Fico, "do you guys know there's a concer-"

But Fico's question was cut short when he saw Doki giving him the death glare.

"Never mind," said Fico.

"So," asked Gabi, "what do your parents have for jobs?"

"Our dad used to be a detective with the NYPD when we used to live in New York," said Joey, "but he resigned from the force after Frank was born."

"Yeah," said Frank, "and now he's an auto mechanic."

"My dad's my teacher," said Lucy.

"Cool," said Doki, "My stepmom's trying to find a job, my dad's an architect, my Grandpa Simon's an interior designer, and my Uncle Cooler coaches our local high school football team, the Winter City Walruses."

"Nice," said Leni.

"My dad's an auto mechanic," said Fico, "Mom's a librarian."

"My daddy's a vet," said Anabella.

"My dad's a college professor of archaeology at Salt Lake Community College," said Oto.

"My dad's a cop," said Gabi, "and my grandma's a hairdresser."

"What about your mom," asked Leni.

At Leni's question, Gabi just hung her head sadly.

"What," asked Leni.

"Her mom died in a bus crash two years ago," said James.

"Oh," said Leni, "sorry, Gabi."

"It's okay," said Gabi, "you didn't know."

"Well," said Joey, "we'd love to stay, but we've gotta go."

"Yeah," said Frank, "See ya!"

James then took the Hardys and the Louds back to the hotel, where they all had pizza from Pizza Planet for lunch while watching Full House on TV. Later that evening, James came back to the hotel.

"Hey," said James, "something's going on at the park that I think you should see."

"Okay," said Frank, "what is it?"

"Just come on," said James.

"Okay," said Frank, "we're coming."

With that, the Hardys and the Louds got into James' carriage and he took them to the park, where they saw a stage that had been put together.

"What's going on," asked Leni.

"I don't know," said Luna.

Nevertheless, they took their seats at the front row, and Phoenix Wright, the mayor of Winter City, approached the center of the stage.

"Ladies and gentlemen," said Phoenix, "it gives me great pleasure to introduce to you tonight, a group of five talented young men from Starlet City, Colorado. Please give a big Winter City welcome to Vanilla!"

The audience cheered as Vanilla, which consisted of Lynn, Luna, and Leni's boyfriends, Jonny Quest on guitar, Henry Hart on bass and lead vocals, and Freddie Benson on drums as well as their two friends Bailey Handler on lead guitar and Hudson Gimble on keyboard, opened up their performance with "Saturday Night" by Scottish pop band The Bay City Rollers, which totally surprised Joey, Frank, and the girls, especially Lynn, Luna, and Leni.

"Wow," said Leni, "what a surprise!"

"Yeah," said Luna, "our boyfriends, here in Winter City!"

Soon, the song ended, and Henry spoke into the mic.

"Hello, Winter City," said Henry, "before we carry on, let me introduce myself and my friends here. I'm Henry Hart on bass and lead vocals, and to my sides are Jonny Quest on the left and Bailey Handler on the right on lead and rhythm guitars!"

The audience cheered as Bailey and Jonny bowed.

"And behind us," said Henry, "Freddie Benson on drums and Hudson Gimble on keyboard!"

Freddie and Hudson waved.

"And now," said Henry, "I'll let Jonny take the mic."

"Thank you, Henry," said Jonny after he set down his Yamaha Revstar RS320 guitar, "This next one goes out to my girl, Miss Lynn Loud!"

Lynn smiled and blew a kiss to Jonny, who then sang Davy Jones' "Girl", which was the very song the latter performed when he guest starred on The Brady Bunch in the episode "Getting Davy Jones". Soon, he finished and picked his guitar back up.

"And now," said Henry, "this last bit's dedicated to a man from a British band with an American term for its name."

Bailey then pulled off a sheet covering a large photo of late Outfield songwriter and guitarist John Spinks.

"Ladies and gentlemen," said Henry, "Jonny thought of the first song of this batch after Lynn was taken to the hospital after breaking her leg."

The crowd went "Aww!" and Lynn smiled.

"Alright, boys," said Henry, "hit it!"

The band then sang "Since You've Been Gone", "All The Love", "Tonight You're Mine", and "Everytime You Cry", all by The Outfield, then they all bowed.

"Thank you and goodnight, Winter City," said Hudson.

The curtain closed and the audience cheered, especially Joey, Frank, and the girls, mainly Lynn, Luna, and Leni.

"That was great," said Lynn, "Thanks, guys!"

End Of Chapter 5