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[Stephanie and Michelle walk over to their room with D.J.'s things.]

Michelle: Shouldn't we ask D.J. before we borrow her stuff?

Stephanie: Michelle, D.J. and I have a special understanding. What's mine is hers, and what's hers...

D.J.: [from her current room – off-camera] Hey! Who swiped my stuff?!

Stephanie: ...is still hers.

[D.J. walks over to her former room.]

D.J.: Aha! My sweater. And my bracelets. You know, I'm tired of you guys stealing my stuff.

Stephanie: We're not stealing. We're simply borrowing.

D.J.: And when did you plan to give it back?

Michelle: [smiles] When you caught us.

D.J.: It's stealing, you guys.

Stephanie: No, it's not!

D.J.: You go into my room every time I leave, and you take something.

[They all end up arguing in the same room, when their dad, hearing the commotion, enters.]

Danny: Girls. Girls. Girls! [They finally stop.] You know the rule: No arguing an hour after eating. Anyone got a cramp?

D.J.: Dad, every time I take a shower, Stephanie goes in my room and swipes something. And now Michelle's doing it too.

Michelle: So? [smiles] Stop taking showers.

Stephanie: Then we definitely stop borrowing your clothes.

[After Danny's 'dad talk', D.J. declares that it's 'time' for her sisters to return her stuff.]

Stephanie: Couldn't 'last time' be 'this time', so 'this time' could be 'next time'?

Michelle: I gotta learn to tell time.

Steve: Deej, it's not that bad.

D.J.: Not that bad? I got a ticket. My dad's never gonna let me drive his car again. I can't believe I'm a pedestrian.

Kimmy: Deej, this isn't about religion. You're gonna be walking.

Steve: You know, Kimmy, this is all your fault.

Kimmy: Hey, I was airing out my socks. Who knew that hanging your feet out the window was illegal in this state?

D.J.: Well, this ticket says you're obstructing my view.

Steve: [takes the ticket and looks at it, then at Kimmy, and then back at the ticket] Boy, I thought you got it because her feet didn't meet current pollution standards. [D.J. takes the ticket back from Steve.]

[Steve and Kimmy leave D.J., as her eavesdropping sisters step in.]

Stephanie: Hi, Deej.

D.J.: How long have you guys been here?

Michelle: Seven years.

D.J.: I don't mean on the planet, Michelle. How much did you guys hear?

Stephanie: Hmm... Just enough to ruin your life.

D.J.: Look, you two. Not a word to Dad.

Stephanie: You mean, you want us to keep something from Father?

[She and Michelle gasp.]

Michelle: We couldn't.

D.J.: OK. What do you guys want?

Stephanie: Well, for starters, how about taking a little tour of your closet? [smiles]

D.J.: OK, you little rats can borrow my clothes.

Michelle: That's just the beginning. We also need to accessorize. [smiles]

[Danny has just laid down the law – separately – for the girls.]

Stephanie: Grounded?

Michelle: But then D.J. can't take us any place.

Danny: See, that's the fair part.