Girls Secret Life of Boys

Hanging with the boys is fun, but I miss my friends.

Ginger's Ninjas.

OK, that's not quite what we call ourselves, but you get it.

I was going to ask Aunt Corey to help me find some friends my age,

but I'm not too sure about her judgment

after she got me this frock.

Eurgh! Awkward!

CREAK!

That was weird.

-Right. How many, Chris?

-I want 12!

-Ha-ha!

-How about you start with one?

Eat that and you get the other 11. Deal?

Deal.

Mm! Zombie pancakes.

Ah! Deliciously undead. Argh!

'Who's eating who?

'Stop taking my bra-a-a-a-ins!'

You'll never defeat the zombie pancakes!

Are those teeth?

Put your brains in my mouth.

I cannot reach them.

Think you're tough, huh? Try spending five minutes on a griddle!

Eur-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-rgh!

Breakfast!

We only made enough for some of you, so I recommend swiftness!

Hey, Robbie! That skate park you go to, are there a lot of girls?

Um...a few.

-Yeah.

-Cool! Can I come with you today?

-You skate?

-Does a koala eat gum leaves?

-Hm?

-It...it...it does.

OK. So let me see you kickflip into an ollie

and finish with a butter flip.

Here I go.

SHE SIGHS

No!

Clearly not a good idea.

Please, Robbie! Pl-e-e-e-e-ase!

Come on, Robbie! I just want to meet some girls that are my age

and are fun and adventurous, like me!

-I'll come find you later.

-Thanks, Robbie, you're the best!

Did you see the dress, Ginger?

Oh, yes. I love it. Can't wait to wear it.

Lies! She hates it. She called it a frock.

You were spying on me?

I wasn't spying, I was just walking by very slowly.

Ethan, you know better than that.

Ginger, it's fine if you don't like the dress.

SHE SIGHS It just...

-It looks like a dress for a special occasion.

-That's fair.

But I could put it on after breakfast. Fashion show?

Ooh! That sounds like fun.

Just got to run one quick errand first.

My pancakes! Where'd they go?

When you eat breakfast in this house, you have to be quick.

Or the food ninja will get you. That's me.

Argh! Yargh! Argh!

H-a-a-a-a-ah!

H-a-a-a-a-a-ar!

By the time they realise what's happening, it's already happened.

Time to feed the beast.

You look amazing!

But I don't want to ruin it skateboarding, so...

Oh, I have good news.

You don't have to go skateboarding to find girlfriends.

I've found one for you!

There's a girl about your age lives down the road.

-She's very eager to meet up.

-When?

-DOORBELL

-Around about now-ish.

CONTINUOUS DOORBELL

Hello! Are you Ginger?

Of course you're Ginger. You're obviously not one of the boys.

Stupid question! I'm Penny! Penny Parker!

I live two houses down and I'm so looking forward to this!

I can see this house from my house. Especially when I'm riding my pony.

Do you like ponies? I love them!

Am I talking too much? I feel like I'm babbling. I tend to babble.

I am babbling, aren't I? Ooh, stop me any time.

How long have you been here?

Your aunt said you were from Australia!

That's something. Not many girls to hang around with.

I can't believe we're hanging out! Our very own hang!

Sorry, what?

-SHE SIGHS

-Come in, come in!

Nice dress.

Ah, thank you!

Yours is lovely, as well.

Ginger, why don't you show Penny your room?

Er...yeah, of course.

Ooh, it's starting!

Drop it!

Back away slowly.

Dad, it's not what it looks like.

Oh, so, you weren't trying to break into that chest, then?

Yeah... No.

I wasn't getting at the dangerous stuff,

just my glow-in-the-dark paint.

Sorry, off limits.

Ooh! Isn't that your first skateboard?

Yeah, it's for Ginger.

She wants to learn how to skate,

but if I'm going to teach her, she needs her own board.

So I just thought I'd repaint it for her.

Well, that's a lovely idea, Robbie.

I don't know what to paint on it.

Well, you could sneak into her room, get some inspiration.

That is a good idea! I've got just the invention for it!

Another invention? Robbie!

I promise, this one isn't dangerous...yet.

-What?

-Nothing, nothing!

-Right.

Hm!

Mum and Dad hid some of my old inventions.

The glow-in-the-dark paint, that was a good one.

EVIL CACKLE

And there was my home-made blow dart.

Even I didn't think that was going to work.

-But Ethan found out that it did.

-SIRENS WAIL

Then there was my Supa Slip. S-U-P-A.

I made it by using slippery things I found around the house.

It's great for kitchen hockey.

And it usually dries up in about 15 minutes.

-Whoop!

-MIAOW!

-HE CHUCKLES

-Whoa!

I wonder where Dad keeps his hammer?

-Ethan!

-Who are you?

I'm Penny, Penny Parker. I'm hanging with Ginger.

We're having a hang.

Your mum invited me. Sorry, I think I'm talking too fast.

Ooh! That's a lovely jar.

I'm going to find a beetle I gave to Ginger, but whatever.

A beetle! Lovely!

She just left me out here!

What if a bird ate me?!

You said that Ginger was trouble.

I should have listened to you!

I'm going to poop on her pillow.

BEETLE LAUGHS

HIGH-PITCHED GIBBER

Where did you get this? It's lovely!

Let's see the rest of your clothes!

Make yourself at home(!)

A-hem!

Lots of...trousers.

Are your skirts and dresses hidden somewhere else?

No. Hey, do you skateboard? My cousin Robbie...

No. It looks scary.

Maybe...we...could...

Glad Chris had something for us to do.

I got this from one of my dad's friends.

He thought I was a girl for some reason.

I could make jewellery all day, Gingy!

Please don't call me Gingy.

Come on, Gingy!

Found him! No thanks to you, Ginger.

And now you're not getting him back, so don't bother asking.

Fine by me.

The beetle I got for Ginger?

No, I didn't put much effort into it.

Just a dumb beetle.

Can't even remember what country it's from, or whatever.

If she doesn't want it, who cares? I don't care. Not a bit.

I like beetles! They're the best!

-Penny?

-Hm?

-Are you crushing on Ethan?

What? No.

Is his room near yours?!

He's so dark and unpredictable!

Do you want to go into his room?

An adventure!

Oh, it's locked! But don't let that stop you.

Oh, it won't.

Ah! Oh!

Abracadabra!

Whoa! You're in deep.

Where did Chris go?

The keyring to rule them all!

Mum! Mum!

What is it, Matt?

Queen Corin, I'll have my 20 pieces of Elven silver.

My treasures have been raided by your dwarf brothers!

And what of the hobbit, Ginger?

Did she enjoy her new frock of mithril?

That garment can hardly be described as a frock.

Its beauty is renowned.

She wore it and went west with Penelope, daughter of Penelopin.

She's playing with Penny from up the road.

Penny? Really? They hitting it off?

Of course. Why?

Ginger's pretty cool and Penny,

she's the kind of girl who wears a frock without being forced to.

They'll be best friends by the end of the day, you'll see.

If you say so. £20?

What have you been up to? I haven't seen much of you today.

Um...I asked you a question!

Keep a secret? I didn't need the money.

I already got Dad to buy me an indoor barbecue.

But only because Mum took away the one I made.

'Something about it being too stupid and dangerous.'

But that's all right, the proper one will be here soon.

And now I have an extra £20!

I like to ask for some money here and there, even if I don't need it.

See? Up to 600 now.

One day, I'll have my own restaurant.

Or some trainers made of gold!

Trolls!

I've got the key!

Chris, where'd you find that?

I cannot reveal my sources.

Mum thinks her keys are a secret, but we all know where they are.

And sometimes, we even switch them for fun.

Then Mum tries them, but they don't work.

It's funny!

Open it, the suspense is killing me!

GINGER SIGHS

-Duck!

-ALARM WAILS

Oh! My dress! Aunt Corey's not going to like this.

Wow!

Whoa!

He's really good!

Scary, but good.

-Let me see!

-Don't touch anything, he'll know!

This is amazing!

I feel like...I'm inside his head.

I understand you, Ethan.

Ah! I may even love you.

Stop being weird!

Speaking of weird...

Where does a kid get police tape from?

-A crime scene.

-Ethan!

Does privacy mean nothing to you?

Says the guy who listens

to everything I say from outside my door.

I don't go in there and I don't bring my friends in, do I?

She's not my friend!

Oh, what I meant was, I...I, er...

Er...

That's all right, I'll just...

How did you even get in here?

I cannot reveal my sources.

-Say nothing!

-N-Nothing!

-Chris, you're dead!

-Uh-oh!

Hold on, Ginger.

Did you go through this?

No.

Maybe.

Yes, but only the first couple of pages.

You're really good.

-There's a page missing. You took it!

-No way!

We only came in here because Penny is totally crushing on you.

-Penny took it!

-Get it back!

Not friends? Really?

I'm sorry, Penny, I just... personally, I need some time

before I can be friends with someone.

I just...I need to get to know them a bit.

The minute I met you, I saw you as a friend.

You don't even know anything about me!

I don't need to. You invited me into your house,

we broke into Ethan's room. Sounds like friend stuff to me.

OK, I'm sorry, but I'll make it up to you.

But I have to ask, did you take something from Ethan's room?

I need it back!

I'll only give it back if I can meet up with Ethan.

He'll never do that!

Then you'll never get this back!

Robbie! No!

What have I said to you about using my electric sander?

Um...only use it on Tuesdays?

Not quite. What I said was, never use it!

Drop it!

No!

Ooh, Ginger! Oh, what happened to your dress?

I swear I didn't do this because I hate it!

-So you do hate it, then.

-No!

Maybe. Yeah. It just... It isn't me.

No worries. I was actually just looking for you.

I have something I think you might like.

I always look at this whenever I need a bit of girl time.

Since you were asking about girls who were adventurous, like you,

I thought you might like it.

Cool! Thanks.

By the way, next time you go in Ethan's room, duck.

ALARM WAILS

-Where's Penny?

-Oh, she's mad at me.

She wants to meet up with Ethan, but he's being so rude.

Whenever I want Ethan to be somewhere,

I always use a bit of creativity.

-You mean, lie?

-I never said that.

Now, take off that frock. We'll burn it later.

Have you seen a snake?! Ginger said there was a snake out here!

Just me.

I think we've been set up.

Ginger! Not cool!

I like your hair.

Whatever. Open!

So much in common!

-Ethan, just speak to her. It won't hurt.

-No! Open!

You like bugs? Maybe we can find some together!

Heart!

I want to love your heart!

Quiet! I don't want to talk to you, I'm not talking to you

-and I'm never talking to you!

-But I thought...

Thought what? That we'd get married and move out to the country?

I'm 12. Just go home!

Hey, don't talk to my friend like that!

-So, she's your friend now?

-Yes, she is!

Now, be nice, or you're not getting that page back!

Thank you.

Sorry I was mean to you earlier.

That's OK. This is for you...friend.

Want to come to my room and hang?

More hanging! I'd love to!

Welcome to Ginger's Ninjas! Hiyah!

Let's go.

IMITATES A BOY: Hey, Ethan, want some chocolate cake?

That was a terrible impression.

Well, you opened your door, so, whatever.

OK, now, listen, I just wanted you to know that you were totes wrong

and...so was I.

I'm sorry I crossed the line and I shouldn't have gone in your room.

Ginger?

I'm sorry I spied on you.

Keep it. It's yours.

Ethan, is this...?

SHE SIGHS

All done, Dad. What do you think?

Oh, Robbie! That's fantastic!

Yeah. Some excellent work there...!

-Ooh!

-What is it?

Well, Ginger's name.

Yeah, isn't it G-I-N-G-E-R?

Oh, it's not J-E-R?

-I'm pretty sure it's a G.

-Oh.

-Yeah.

Hm.

HE SIGHS

HE SIGHS

Ginger, look! Christmas is early!

Ah, Ginger, just in time.

I went to get you new clothes, but I didn't know what you'd like.

Any of these all right?

They're all great.

Ginger?

OK. Er...I like these three.

They are yours. And I'm sorry about the frock.

Just so many boys around, I wanted to dress a girl for once.

You can dress me, Mrs Hughes!

KNOCK ON DOOR

Sorry for the delay, Ginger, I was, um...busy making you this.

Robbie! Did you do all this?

I love trolls!

What an amazing day!

New clothes, new skateboard, new friends!

Thanks, Aunt Cor.

Thanks, Robbie.

And thanks...

So, how's this...?

MIAOW!

Look at that cartoon Ethan drew.

It's me! Pretty awesome, huh, Dad?

Oh, and I finally found my ninjas.

Penny turned out to be cool

and Aunt Corey is a rock star.

She gave me this really sweet photo album

full of photos of her and Mum when they were younger.

Ah. Looking through it was nice.

Felt like a nice woolly blanket, you know?

Oh, anyweirdz, today was the best.

But I've no idea how I'm going to get to sleep.

I should try.

Good night, Dad.