Adventures in Babysitting Page #3

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and then we're heading straight home.

If anyone asks,

where did we go, people?

Ice cream.

You know, a professional manicure

could do your hands wonders.

- How old are you?

- Seven.

You know what I was doing

with my hands when I was seven?

No, and she doesn't want to.

At least pretend to set an example.

- Smile, Jenny.

- This is no time for pictures.

It is always the time for pictures.

Art is spontaneous.

- So say cheese!

- No!

Okay, guys,

we find this pawn shop,

get Trey, and get home

as fast as possible.

Turn left in 600 feet.

Turn left.

Are you sure this is right?

Well, yeah, that's what the GPS says.

Turn left in 200 feet.

Hey, puddle!

That was close.

If anything happens to this car,

we're dead.

Approaching destination on left.

There it is, there it is.

Park here, park here.

- Park here.

- Okay!

Okay, you guys wait here. I'll go.

- Um, Jenny.

- Oh, Katy.

Why didn't you go before we left?

I didn't have to go

before we left, obviously.

It's okay. I'll take her.

No. Babysitting rule number two.

Leave no child behind.

Come on, kids, let's go.

- Cool car.

- Yes, it's lovely.

Yeah, yeah, we're all set.

Midnight. We bring the varmint,

you bring the 100 grand cash.

Yeah, yeah, 100 grand.

Look, this is a sapphire ferret.

There's only three of them

in the whole entire world.

You want me to make it 200 grand?

All right then.

Midnight.

No funny business. I gotta go.

What do you kids want?

This place is so cool. It's so rustic.

Hey, no pictures.

Watch the camera, man.

Hi. We are looking for Tiny.

I'm Tiny. Who wants to know?

My name is Jenny Parker.

I'm a babysitter,

and we are looking for a teenage boy.

He came here earlier

to buy some concert tickets.

Oh, yeah. You want the Scalper.

Make it quick.

Uh, you know what? That's okay.

He looks busy. We can wait.

No, we can't.

- Let's go.

- Come on.

Thanks, dude.

Let go.

Stay ahead. Stay ahead of me.

Hi there, Mr. Scalper sir.

Sorry to interrupt

your little martial arts routine there,

but did you happen to sell

Psychic Rockets tickets

to a kid earlier today?

Maybe I did.

Maybe I didn't.

Well,

maybe if we called the cops,

and told them there's a weird

scary dude with a sword

selling tickets to minors,

would you remember him then?

Kid paid with ones.

I hate ones.

Hey, little guy. Hungry?

Ahhh!

Kid said something about pizza.

I hate pizza.

Pizza? That's great.

That narrows it down to about,

I don't know, 4,000 restaurants.

Mario's. It's his favorite pizza place.

I mean, if I was gonna guess.

Guessing?

Is that what they call stalking

these days?

Jenny! It's trying to get me!

Bobby, what are you doing?

Bobby, calm down.

What is that, a weasel?

I don't know.

Kids, don't touch it.

Kids, stay back.

Hey, man. Hey, watch it.

What are you doing?

Hey, the ferret's loose.

- Move, move!

- Got it, got it.

Come on. Come here, boy.

I got him. Okay.

I got him.

That's so cool. Smile.

Hey, I said no more pictures!

Lola, no means no.

Get the ferret! We need the ferret!

Don't let the ferret get away!

The car's being towed. Let's go!

Where'd it go? I got it!

Hey, wait!

No, no, no. Stop!

No, really, stop.

Okay, go. Hi, sorry.

We did not see the sign.

This isn't even my car.

If you could just please unhook it,

we're here now.

Sure, for 100 bucks.

100 bucks? That's highway robbery.

We should have you towed.

No, that's fine. 100 bucks.

- Debit card is like cash, right?

- Yeah.

Oh, no. My purse.

- I left it at the Andersons.

- Of course.

If you could just please

give us the car now,

I promise you I will

give you the money tomorrow.

I don't do layaway, kid.

Okay, does anyone have any money?

Why do you think I'm babysitting?

I close at midnight.

But you can't just leave us

stranded here.

I mean, we're just kids.

- Time to grow up.

- Seriously?

No, wait. Don't go!

Hey, you better wash that!

That's my mom's car!

Well, what now?

Great.

Anybody got any bright ideas?

No, it's fine. It's totally under control.

We've just got no car, no money,

no Trey, and we need

100 bucks by midnight.

It's doable. It's totally doable.

Wait, what about the ice cream money?

Yes, great thinking.

Um...

Ten bucks. What's that gonna do?

I saw a bus stop a few blocks over.

We take the bus to Mario's,

get Trey, and by then,

I'll figure out what I'm gonna do next.

Okay. Whatever you say.

Let's go.

- Jenny.

- Yeah?

I'm scared.

Sweetie,

there's nothing to be scared of.

How can you snack right now?

I'm not snacking. I'm taste testing.

Where did you get the candy?

Uh, in the pawn shop.

Bobby, you took candy from a stranger?

They were in a bowl.

I thought they were free.

Hey!

I guess they weren't free.

You kids are in big trouble!

- What do we do? What do we do?

- Run!

- Jenny, run!

- Are they still chasing us?

I don't know, I don't know!

We can't lose those kids.

They got a picture of me

with the sapphire ferret,

which would prove that we stole it.

I'm not goin' back to jail.

We can get 'em at that pizza place.

Hurry, guys. Let's run.

These shoes

aren't made for running.

Children, everyone, on the bus.

Go, go, go.

Good evening, kind sir.

Six kids. That's 12 bucks.

Is it 12, now?

My, my, how times have changed.

Uh, let's just call it close enough, yeah?

- Let's not.

- Okay, well,

the thing is, uh, Karl,

we're having, like,

a minor situation tonight.

You see, thanks to Jenny,

the world's greatest babysitter here,

we don't have

any additional actual money.

- So...

- Don't listen to her, Karl.

This whole fiasco is her fault.

I think we can all stop pointing

fingers and worry about Trey.

Don't pretend to care about Trey.

Honestly, Karl, she doesn't care

about anybody but herself.

I care about a lot of things, Karl,

like art and expression

and photography.

I bet she didn't even know

who Leon Vasquez was until today.

I did too. I read all about him.

Please, I saw your portfolio.

It's as stiff as you are.

Where'd you learn to take pictures,

sweetheart, your computer?

Where'd you learn

all this snappy sarcasm?

We know it wasn't college.

Enough! Get on and zip it!

If you could just send me the address,

- I'd be happy to send you the balance.

- Sit!

Hey, guys.

AJ? What are you doing here?

Trey Anderson, freeze.

- Who's that?

- His babysitter.

You have a babysitter?

I want a babysitter.

She's hot.

You are so lucky we found you.

Hey, Jenny. You look great.

Hi, Trey.

Please don't rat me out, Jenny.

I'll be grounded for life.

Probably till you're 18.

- Who are you?

- Lola.

Technically, I'm your babysitter,

so thanks for making me

look bad, by the way.

You didn't need help for that.

Come on, Trey, let's go.

What about the concert?

There's no way

you're going to that concert.

Besides, we have much

bigger problems to deal with right now.

Jenny got Mom's new car towed.

- You drove my mom's car into the city?

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