Miss Queen B: Bob's burgers have been one of my favorite cartoon shows for the past few years so I knew eventually I would write a story about it. Fair warning: there's a lot of things in this story that are a bit taboo for younger readers, hint for it's T rating. Other than that, Enjoy.
Chapter One
Reflections
Tina and Gene would think after dealing with their younger sister's odd and insane behavior over the years nothing could surprise or concern them any more. Yet here they were peeking inside her bedroom with a worried look on their faces.
"She's been staring at her mirror for nearly an hour." Gene whispered, a little more loudly than he wanted it to be.
"I've been standing here for ten minutes and I don't think she's blink the entire time." Tina said. "Did something happen at school?" she asked.
"All she told me today was she got ask out to the Prom. Which is strange because for the past couple of weeks she told me over and over again she didn't want to go."
"Well, maybe this is her way to express her joy?" Tina questioned, shrugging her shoulders.
"Should we tell mom and dad?" Gene asked.
"I can hear you guys, you know." Louise said, in a robot like tone.
All the colors washed out of the two older siblings when Louise tilted her head over to them with dry, red eyes. Since when did Louise cry they both thought or have the look of loss on her face.
"Sorry, I tried not to whisper so loud, but I can't help it sometimes. " Gene said as they both took a few steps into her room.
"Are you OK, you haven't been yourself today." Tina asked.
Louise growled while her eyes quickly darted over to her bed. Spread out on her pink and green sheets were pictures, an old newspaper, a small pink and green laptop and her cell phone. In her mind, stuff she should of thrown out two years ago after….
Biting her lip for a sudden flashback, she made two shaky fist out of her hands and shallow the dry lump in her throat. "I'm fine, can you guys leave." she said, coldly and straight to the point.
Her older siblings stared at each other before looking back at Louise. "Are you sure?" Gene asked, a little nervous that he might unleash all Hell's fury.
"LEAVE!" Louise shouted, grabbing the nearest object she can reach (her shoe) and threaten to throw it at them. Tina and Gene ran backwards out of her room and slammed the door before the flying shoe could hit them. Louise was surprise by herself, not only did she left a small dent in her door with a shoe, she can still strike terror in her brother and sister. She would think a twenty-two year old and a twenty year old would have more backbone.
She chuckled almost forgetting how sad and angry she was till she turn her attention back to her bed. She grabbed her phone and noticed a text message for Rudy. Saying he was happy about going to the prom with her with two happy smiley faces at the end to the sentence. She wanted to kick herself for saying yes in the first place, but it was her senior year and that was one of the biggest milestone to cross off the list in High School….right? She should be happy….right? She tossed the phone back onto the bed and grabbed one of the pictures. A sense of sadness and regret wash over her.
A selfie of her angry and blushing beet red with Logan laughing and wearing her bunny hat. That was taken on their first "Not-Date" since she was only fifteen at the time and Logan was twenty-two. She pick up another picture of them at the fair with her shoving pink cotton candy into Logan's face. Another was a surprise snapshot he took of himself smiling while she was resting her head of his chest. Her eyes were close and had a small smile on her face. Solid evidence to prove how happy she was at the time. Another one was from one of those photo booths of them making faces. She giggled from the memories till she saw the last one. Another selfie of them kissing they took before he had to head over to his parent's house. Something they needed to discuss with him.
Then the next day on a raining afternoon….it was over.
She was sixteen when he ended it. The fight was loud, petty and made no sense. Looking back at her reflection in the mirror she realize that's how it all started. With a loud, petty fight.
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Three years ago….
It was one of those rare times when their parents left them alone to run the restaurant with Tina being nineteen and old enough and experience enough to be left in charge. Louise was in a sour mood because her dad not only left Tina in charge, but as well as the cook for the evening. Her sister didn't have the passion and thrill like Louise did and Louise had so many ideas for burgers she wanted to make. Being the youngest always had its' drawback in her opinion and even at fifteen they still treat her like a child. With Tina on the grill and Gene taking the orders since she was no good when it comes to talking to people "nicely" she was left with the cleaning and mopping. The evening was steady and boring in her point of view, but the only thing keeping her positive was the weekly visit from her former arch enemy. Logan came home after graduating from his University about two months ago. After that he came by the restaurant two to three times a week. She told everyone, who had an ear, the sheer joy of him leaving for four years though her heart told her otherwise. In fact the only two people who saw through this hoax was Tina and Logan.
Tina told her she was acting the same way she did when she had a crush on Boo Boo when she was a little girl. Even down to the cheap thrills she got from slapping or punching him in the face or gut. Logan thought it was cute that someone like her of all people is going to miss him which made her clench her teeth a bit. Being "cute" was one of her many pet peeves since that was something you call a child or some dumb animal. He did promise her before he left town that he will e-mail her everyday if it makes her feel better. The only reaction she could muster was a nod with pinkish cheeks.
Of course, Logan coming back as a twenty-two year old man did a number on Louise. The first time he drop by with his friends, she was in plain clothes full of grease stains, no make-up with her hair tied up in a messy bun that was stuffed inside her bunny hat. They stood there with their eyes lock on one another seeing who would break the awkward silence. For once, Louise didn't feel pretty and that right there dumbfounded her since she never care how she look to other people.
"Four Ears…" was the only thing Logan said before Louise ran out of the restaurant and didn't stop til she was in her room with the door shut. It took hours for the rest of the Belcher family to get her out.
Louise didn't know what was wrong with her. She never felt so girly yet here she was looking at herself in the mirror. Making sure her hair was done in a low ponytail and wearing a clean green shirt with hip hugger jeans. Perfume borrowed from Tina and a few earrings to sparkle. If Logan came by again, she wanted to look nice. Tina was happy to see her sister finally expressing her emotions. Her dad, on the other hand, didn't feel right seeing his youngest trying to grab a much older guy's attention. Her mom thought it was cute to see her baby growing up…..
The sound of a small bell snapped the young Belcher out of her thoughts and saw Logan at the door with a rather nervous look on his face.
She smiles while collecting dirty plates from a table and pilling them in her hands, "Hey Dork…"
A tall, pretty, redhead woman appeared next to Logan and grip his sleeve with her polish French-tip fingernails.
"...face." Louise trailed off while her smile slowly form into a frown.
Gene, who was sitting behind the counter texting on his phone, shot up which startled the guests and Louise and said "Welcome to Bob's Burgers…oh."
"Hey guys." Logan nervously chuckle. "It is just you two this evening?"
Gene's eyes shifted over to Louise, who seems to have lost all her ability to speak or move and frown. The seventeen year old knew Louise had some kind of thing for Logan. He made not be the brightest one of the bunch, but even he saw the changes his sister went through over the past two months to get the older guy's attention. The redhead scowled, "Are you going to sit us or just stare at us all night, little girl."
Logan slightly nudge the redhead, "Just sit down anywhere." He said, annoyed.
"Oh, it's one of THOSE type of places."
They both jumped when Louise slammed the plates back down before storming over to Gene behind the counter. Gene, who was sweating from the tension, had enough time to say "Just seat wherever" before being dragged to the back by the shirt. "Give us a minute."
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"Louise! Your nails are digging into my skin!" Gene said, putting his feet down to stop her in her tracks.
Louise let him go and let out a huge breath of air. She didn't realize she was holding her breath that long while everything around her turn red. "What the hell!" She spat.
"Calm down, these are thin walls you know." Gene said.
They titled their head forward to peek outside the small window above the grill to see Logan and the girl sitting at the counter. Logan didn't seem like he wanted her around from the miserable look on his face. The girl was too busy texting on a phone that probably cost more money than their rent on the house. In fact everything about the girl cost more than their rent on the house. She look rich, snobby and someone Louise thought Logan would never hang out with.
"Unbelievable, why would he bring some chick here of all places" Louise whispered though clench teeth. "If he thinks bringing some skank is going to piss me off he has another thing coming."
"Uh, I don't think he's doing this as a joke. Or else he would be rubbing it in your face the second he came through the door."
"Don't defend him!" she shouted.
"I'm not. Come on, you guys have been flirting for the past two months with the bickering, throwing things and just being vicious to one another, why would he bring a girl into it all of a sudden?"
"Who said we are flirting?! I don't like him that way!"
"You liar, it's written all over your face. You're blushing right now as we speak."
The door to the basement open to reveal Tina with an blood stained apron on and a nasty look on her face. "I don't know how dad can grind the meat and make patties everyday." She said, wiping her hands. She look up to see her sister with a red face and steam coming out of her ears and her brother rubbing his head from stress. "What's going on."
"Nothing. I'm leaving." Louise said, taking off her apron.
"Hello! We are like starving over here!" The redhead shouted from the other side.
"There's customers and you guys are back here goofing off." Tina shouted.
"WE ARE NOT GOOFING OFF!"
"Logan's here and brought a girl with him and now Louise is jealous." Gene said, dully.
"Shut up Gene, it's not like that."
"Louise, can you please calm down and Gene go take the order because I'm the one dad is going to get on to if he gets a complaint." Tina said.
"Alright, alright." Gene said, heading out the door.
"I'm still leaving."Louise said. "I'm not going to stand around while he drools over little Miss Easy."
"No, Dad left me in charge and you need to finish cleaning up the place before we close. Stop acting childish and deal with it" Tina said, putting her foot down.
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Louise had to admire the leadership in her sister. Tina just wanted to show their dad she can lead and do everything right unlike her clumsy days when she was younger. Taking a deep breath and holding her head up high she turned around and walked out of the kitchen to finish her duties. The second she was on the other side where she can see Gene trying the take an order, but the girl kept yapping and killing the mood.
"I don't get why it took you guys so long to come serve us. I mean we can you hear talking only six feet away. You never see this kind of poor treatment at other places. At other NICER places a matter of fact." She said, shaking her head.
"Give it a rest, Christine and order something." Logan said, trying his hardest to keep his temper intact.
"Well, I don't know why you wanted to come here to begin with. There are better places than this." She said.
Logan rolled his eyes, "I always come here. YOU didn't have to follow me."
Gene was getting very uncomfortable by the way he was tapping the pencil on the little notebook in his hand. "Logan, I can come back if you like-"
"NO! It took nearly twenty minutes to get your attention and you're not leaving till we order!" Christine snapped.
Louise gave up trying to collect dirty plates from the tables and grab a towel to wipe down the counter.
"Then order something!" Logan said, making hands gestures to the menu in front of her.
"Is this place Vegan-friendly?" She asked.
Logan facepalmed his forehead and didn't dare to look over at Louise, who was now next to her brother looking very annoyed and offended.
"Hey lady, it's a burger place why would you ask something that stupid." Louise sneered.
"Dear god, Louise…" Gene mumbled to himself, knowing something is about to happen.
"All restaurants should have a vegan friendly menu because some of us don't believe in murder." Christine said with enough sass on her tongue.
"Well, good thing you missed the slaughter of cows my Sister did in the basement to make these delicious, queasy, burgers. I must say it was a wonderful site to see." Louise snickered as she lean over the counter to add a bit of spook.
Logan started to laugh when he saw the gross, horrified expression on the redhead's face. Christine whipped her head sharply to Logan, "Are you going to let some Help talk to me that way."
"It was funny." Logan said, looking over at Louise. His smile faded a bit when Louise didn't smile back at him. She was mad by the way her eye was twitching from this little snob's comments.
"No it's not, Logan. I don't know why you brought me here in the first place. We could be at some nice French restaurant and dining with better people than sitting here in this dump!"
"Hey, don't talk about our business that way." Louise shouted.
"Don't interrupt me when I'm talking!" Christine spat.
"Ladies, please.." Gene said, coming between them. From the looks of it, the redhead was about to jump over the counter if Louise didn't shut her mouth. Last thing they need was their parents coming home from date night to see the cops here.
"SHUT UP!" The girls shouted at Gene.
"TINA!" Gene shouted, walking away from the feud "you might need to come out here."
"LOGAN!" Christine shouted. "Do something!"
"Yeah, Logan, you need to teach this Thing some matters." Louise said, pointing a finger at the Redhead.
"What do you want me to do. I told you, you didn't have to follow me here. I wanted a burger and eat it in peace instead of hearing you screaming in my ear all day."
"Is this how you treat all your dates!"
"This is not a date!" He said, throwing his hands up in the air.
"It's not?" Louise said out loud. She quickly covered her mouth.
"Your mother said it was. She wanted us to get to know one another!" Christine shouted. Her face was almost matching the color of her hair.
"Who gives a fuck what my mother said. Why do you think I told you to scram because I had other plans."
"You would rather be here eating this trash in this crappy place than hang out with me!" Christine screamed.
"Stop calling my father's place crappy, you redhead bimbo!" Louise shouted, slamming her hands down on the counted.
"Louise, stop it and go home now!" Tina shouted.
She and Gene were standing a few feet away from them. Preparing themselves to drag their sister out the door before things could get any worse.
"Oh, tough talk coming from some little girl in a bunny hat." Christine smirked.
Like some slow motion scene in a movie, Christine reach over and grab a handful of Louise's hat and shoved her backwards. Her back collided against the coffee maker. Her siblings and Logan's jaws dropped with Tina grabbing her cheeks with her hands. Louise grabbed the coffee pot and screamed. "You BITCH!"
"Louise don't-" Her siblings begged while holding their hands outward.
She threw the pot with all her strength and watch it make a direct hit to the redhead's forehead. The pot didn't shatter on contact, thankfully, but coffee splattered all over her designer clothes and perfect hair. There was a sound of glass shattering on the floor follow by the girl shrieking so loud everyone around her expect Louise cringed.
Louise was about to take off when Christine tried to jump over the counter, but Logan grabbed her by the waist and dragged her backwards to the door. "YOU PIECE OF GARBAGE. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH THESE CLOTHES COST! LET ME GO LOGAN! WAIT TILL I TELL YOUR MOTHER ABOUT THIS. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO MY DADDY IS. I WILL GET THE PLACE BURN DOW-"
Logan pushed her out the door, gave the Belcher teens one frustrated look before walking out himself. Louise could see the girl stomping her feet and pointing angrily at her hair and clothes and a few times at the building. She could hear her screaming though it was just a low muffle due to the window. Logan tried to say a few words, but was just tune out from the girl's non stop wailing to the point he just stood there and cover his ears.
"Dammit, Louise, what were you thinking!" Tina said, rubbing her temples, "Dad is going to kill me."
"I can just imagine it." Gene said, then in his best Bob's voice. "So kids how was the evening? Oh fine Dad, made some burgers, Logan came by, Louise gave a customer third degrees burns with hot coffee. You know the unusual."
"I turn the coffee maker off an hour ago. The only thing i gave her was cold coffee and a bruised ego." Louise said, defending herself
"Can we just close now and clean up tomorrow." Gene asked.
"We can't leave coffee and glass on the floor." Tina said, looking at the messy floor.
"Get Louise to do it since she's the one having boyfriend troubles."
Louise tune them out since she wanted to see what was happening outside through the giant window. Part of her was planning on escaping through the back door, climb up the fire escape ladder and hide out in her room, but she couldn't get her feet moving again. Her eyes grew when the girl slap Logan in the face before storming off down the street and leaving Logan there rubbing his cheek and looking rather pissed.
"Louise, are you even listening to me?" Tina snapped.
Her sister's voice finally unglued her feet from the floor and she leaped over the counter and ran out of the restaurant ignoring Tina's protest. The night air was cool and calm, but she was sweating like it was in the triple digits. Logan was leaning against the building, still rubbing his cheek and not saying anything.
Louise clear her throat and tried to stay in character, "So where's your little friend" she asked, crossing her arms.
"Oh Shut it, Louise. I'm in no mood for your bullshit." He said, looking down at her.
Louise blush in embarrassment from the height difference. No matter how old she was getting and growing he was still more than a foot taller than her. Her head barely reach the top of his shoulder and he knew which buttons to push to make her feel small. "So now you're mad at me too even though she started it." She growled. "I should be blaming you for bringing her."
"I didn't have a choice! God, I didn't expect you to throw a coffee pot at her. Do you have any idea how much trouble I'm going to be in!" He shouted at her.
Great, more screaming, no doubt half the neighborhood is already awake and listening in. Now he was facing her with his blue eyes lock on hers. Her heart is pounding and she was peeved about the whole thing. "She pushed me and that's all you're thinking about is what mommy and daddy is going to say?!"
"Yes! You don't get it Louise, that was Christine Miles, my mom's boss's daughter. The one that my mom told me over and over again how big and important she is when it comes to connections to a "higher status in our social circle" and that I should be happy she wanted to date me and how much this is going to make her and dad happy. Please don't screw this up, Logan, blah, blah, blah. Now I'm pretty sure she is on the phone telling her dad about some kid throwing coffee at her and when I get home that's all I'm going to hear about for the next couple of days."
"Don't call me a kid and that Snob got what she deserved! Was bringing her here some sick joke because I don't see anyone laughing!"
"For the last time. I wanted to come alone. My parents set me up with her even after I told them no and I thought there was no way she would step foot in some low class joint-"
"Watch your words or I'll gut punch you in the gut just like the good old days-"
"Stop interrupting!"
"Well, I don't like it that you're taking her side knowing she pushed me and wouldn't stop insulting my dad's restaurant." She screamed, her face beat red. "Don't you care about me and my feelings!"
The last sentence shut both their mouths with Logan staring at her with wide eyes. Their surrounding area went quiet as if the Earth stood still. That didn't come out the way she wanted it. It was full of rage and jealousy instead of hurt and being look down on. She could feel her cheeks burning, "dammit, Louise." She whispered to herself while looking down at her shoes.
"So this isn't about what Christine said to you or pushing you…..Four Ears…. Were you-"
"I'm not jealous of her or who you date, but you can do a lot better than that idiot!" Louise screamed while staring deep into his eyes. Blushing so bad her cheeks were hurting and wanting to smack that smirk off his face.
"I'm not dating her. I just took her out to shut my mom up. See you were jealous over nothing."
"I said I'm not jealous!" She repeated herself, now stomping her feet.
"You're blushing. It's cute" He snickered.
Now there was steam coming out of her ears. Everyone thinks she's so cute for being the smallest, the youngest and even for having some feelings for a boy (man, in this case) now he sees her as cute as well. She really thought he would see her as something more than the little girl he stole her hat six years ago.
"Don't call me cute." She warned him.
"You know seeing you this way is actually helping my headache. Very cute in deed." He laughed, bending down to pinch her red hot cheek.
"I'll show you cute!"
She gripped his shirt with both of her tiny hands and shoved him hard against the wall. The force made the large window in front of the restaurant vibrate. No doubt caught Gene and Tina by surprise and attention. It definitely caught Logan's attention by how large his eyes got. Emotions ran wildly in the young Belcher's heart as she pulls him forward and kiss him hard on the lips…..
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There was a soft knock at her door followed by her mother's voice. "Louise, honey, can I come in?"
"I want to be alone right now. Thanks" She said, turning away from her mirror again and stood next to her bed.
"Are you sure? Tina told me you were upset about something." Linda asked in a worry tone.
Picking up the old newspaper she saved nearly a year ago was folded in a way where only one article stood out. Logan Bush and Christine Miles' Engagement Announcement in big black bold letters with a picture of the disgusting couple staring back at her, mocking her.
She thought she would be over him after seeing the announcement in the paper. She thought she didn't care anymore about what he did after being dumped by him. She thought the sooner he gets married the better for her. But no…
She had to be curious. She had strolled his facebook to find information about the wedding like some silly teenager. Nothing much, but his name was tagged in one of the post on the Airhead's page talking about getting hitch in a week and how everything is so happy in the world.
"I'm fine….really!" She said, trying to convince herself more than her mother.
It only makes sense they would get marry the same night of her Senior Prom….