Karen & Albert

Karen & Albert is the fourth episode of the first season of At Home With Karen.

Summary
Karen gets the opportunity to meet the Loud sisters' grandfather, Albert, when he comes up for a visit.

Story
One day, Steve was at the auto parts store buying some antifreeze when he bumped into his neighbor, Frank Hardy.

"Hey, Frank," said Steve, "what's up?"

"Nothing much," said Frank, "I'm just buying a muffler for the Pacer."

"Nice," said Steve, "how's school going?"

"Great," said Frank, "Lola and Lana love their new teacher."

"Cool," said Steve.

"And the Loud sisters' grandfather is coming into town for a visit," said Frank.

"Oh, yeah," said Steve, "You introduced me, Joe, Fred, and Daphne to him when you video-called him last month."

"Yeah," said Frank.

"So," asked Steve, "when will he be here?"

"He arrived at the airport this morning," said Frank, "he's staying at the hotel and taking a cab to our house."

"Cool," said Steve.

Just then, Frank had an idea.

"Hey, Steve," said Frank, "I don't think Karen has met Albert yet. Suppose she'd like to come meet him."

"Sure," said Steve, "I'll ask her when I get home."

Later, Steve arrived home and told Fred, Joe, and Daphne the news.

"That sounds wonderful," said Daphne.

"Yeah," said Joe, "it's about time I met that old geezer in person."

Just then, Karen came downstairs.

"What's going on," asked Karen.

"The Loud sisters' grandpa's in town for a visit," said Fred.

"Cool," said Karen.

"We were just about to go next door and meet him," said Joe, "wanna come?"

"Sure," said Karen.

Soon, they arrived at the Hardy/Loud residence, where Karen saw three male youths with Lynn, Luna, and Leni. The first youth was a blond wearing black shirt, blue jeans, and white sneakers, the second had light brown hair and was wearing a plaid shirt, a dark blue and salmon undershirt, blue jeans, and gray sneakers, and the third had dark brown hair and was wearing a purple shirt, navy blue jeans, a wristband on his left wrist, and blue sneakers. There were also twelve boxes of pizza from Papa John's evenly stacked on the coffee table, with four boxes in each stack.

"Who're you three," asked Karen.

"Karen," said Joey, "these three are Jonny Quest, Henry Hart, and Freddie Benson. They're Lynn, Luna, and Leni's boyfriends."

"Wait," said Karen, "are you three from the Bailey's World YouTube channel?"

"Yup," said Henry, the youth with light brown hair.

"Leni, Luna, and Lynn invited us over so we can meet Albert, too," said Jonny, the blond youth.

"And I'm glad we did," said Lynn, "I've been wanting to introduce Jonny to him."

Soon, Karen saw Albert enter the house.

"Hey, Albert," said Joey, "glad you could make it!"

"Me too," said Albert.

Albert then noticed Lynn Sr., Jonny, Freddie, Henry, and Karen.

"Well," said Albert, "who're these fellows?"

"Albert," said Joey, "you probably already know Lynn Sr."

"Oh, yes," said Albert, "Liz's husband."

"Good to see you, Albert," said Lynn Sr.

"What about the others," asked Albert.

"Pop-Pop," said Lynn, "this is Jonny Quest, my boyfriend."

"Nice to meet you, Mister Quest," said Albert.

"Please," said Jonny, "just Jonny."

"Right," said Albert.

"I'm Henry Hart," said Henry, "Luna's boyfriend. And this is Freddie Benson, Leni's boyfriend."

"It's very nice to meet you both," said Albert.

"And this," said Fred, "is my adopted little sister, Karen."

"Oh, yes," said Albert, "Lucy's told me about you."

"It's nice to meet you, Mister Albert," said Karen.

"Nice to meet you, too," said Albert.

Just then, Karen noticed the anchor tattoo on Albert's arm.

"Are you a sailor," asked Karen.

"Well," said Albert, "I was a sailor. In fact, I was in the Navy."

"Nice," said Karen.

"Wanna have some pizza," asked Freddie.

"Sure," said Albert.

With that, Albert helped himself to some pizza and he told more stories from his days in the Navy. After a while, it was time for him to head back to the hotel.

"Well," said Albert, "I've had a lovely time."

"Happy trails, Albert," said Steve.

"I'll see you when I see you," said Albert, "And Steve, Joe, tell your grandma that ol' Albert said hello, okay?"

"Will do, Chief," said Steve.

Albert waved goodbye to everyone, then got in the cab to take him back to the hotel.

"Well," said Karen, "that was a nice experience for me to meet my best friend's grandpa. I really hope I get to see him again."

The End