Erin
Glad to see that someone else is going to get the aloe vera talk. I still have grease behind my ears from that trip we took to see the University of Miami’s marine biology program when Wes was choosing colleges.
Wes
Not helping, Frizzy!
She was, actually; Lori switched the topic back to her writing.
Mom
Have you read your story in the magazine yet, sweetheart?
Erin
Yes! Now I want to publish another one. But first, I need to finalize a concept… and write it.
Dad
What about trains in space?
Mom
Like that Magic School Bus episode where Ms. Frizzle and the class get lost in zero gravity, but with trains?
Dad
It could work.
Wes
Especially since, for the Halloween that Adrian and I were Ian Malcolm and Alan Grant from Jurassic Park, Mom made you a Frizzle costume.
Adrian
You refused to take it off afterward. You wore it to school for—what? Two weeks?
Mom
You looked adorable.
Erin
Better Ms. Frizzle than some pseudo-scientists participating in an ecological disaster! You’d both better hope that those pictures never come to light.
Adrian
Is that a threat?
Erin
I don’t know. Is it?
Dad
But you couldn’t use Ms. Frizzle in the story, kiddo. Copyright issues.
Mom
