It started on the very last day of school, Huey, Dewey and Louie weren't exactly excited for summer; which is weird because most kids would be but to them summer wasn't about going away on some amazing adventure, it was about watching everyone leave while you stay on the houseboat and play a bored game watching tv, worrying that Donald works too hard. It wasn't exactly ideal.
"Where are you going for summer vacation?"Valery asked.
"My dad is taking my family to lusterworld! It's going to be amazing!"
"Way cool!"Val said, "Dewey where are you going?"
"Oh us? Well..."
"Oh please"Derek said, "They're not going anywhere"He then whispered to Val "They're too poor."
"That's not true!"Dewey said defensively.
Derek argued back, "My dad says that your uncle doesn't even have a job!"
"My Uncle Donald works hard!"He yelled again.
"Guys please...this isn't nice"Val said.
"Oh yeah?"Derek laughed, "Where does he work?"
"He- um".
"That's what I thought"Derek said, he turned around to walk away when Dewey shouted "For your information, we're going to cape suzette this summer!"
He turned to face Dewey "Really?"
Dewey suddenly grew anxious, he rubbed his arm awkwardly and replied: "Uh yeah..uncle Donald actually has friends there who are pilots".
Derek and Valerie suddenly looked interested in what he was saying, "That's really cool Dewey"Valerie said.
"Oh please, he's obviously lying"Derek argues, "There's no way someone like his uncle actually has friends."
"Well he does." Dewey says.
"You better take pictures to back it up"Derek smirks, "You'll look pretty stupid without proof."
Dewey was a goner.
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On the way back to the marina Dewey was desperate to find a solution to this problem, he can't go back to school without evidence.
"Why don't you just tell them the truth?"Huey suggested.
Dewey sarcastically remarked, "Oh yeah, I could just tell them that I lied and we really are as poor as they think and we did nothing interesting and that my self esteem begins and ends with other people's Acceptance."
"Yeah, sounds good"Huey said, despite being autistic, he understood the sarcasm.
"How about telling them that we had to cancel because uncle Donald's friend got lice?"Louie suggested.
"Thank you Louie, that was actually helpful"Dewey said.
"Why lice?"Huey asked.
"Nobody argues with lice"He explained, "Remember Claudia? She had lice two years ago and people still keep their distance."
They walked into the houseboat and threw their backpacks on the floor (except Huey who put his away then came back for the other two) and then they waited for Donald to get off the phone, they wondered how can one guy repeat himself that many times and still be calm? But then they guessed he'd be use to it by now.
"Thank you so much, you have no idea what this means- I said you have no idea- I'll see you Thursday"He said then hung up. He took a deep breath and smiled at the boys, "Guess who has a job interview?"
The boys congratulated him excitedly all at once, "Really? Oh my gosh!", "That's amazing uncle Donald!", "I have a feeling you'll make it this time!" Then rushed over to give him a hug. "Thanks boys"He chuckled, "I want you all on your best behavior for the babysitter".
They didn't like the sound of that. "Why do we need a babysitter? We're mature enough to take care of ourselves"Louie said.
Donald raised an eyebrow.
"Ok, Huey is mature enough".
"I'm sorry boys but I just can't do that to you."
Huey nodded, knowing exactly what he meant. Huey was perfectly ok with watching his siblings, it's not like they were that much younger then him. But Donald meant that he didn't want the boys to have to be alone.