THE TRIAL OF JUBILATION LEE
Part 2
written by
Jenni
Jubilee on Trial
Chapter 2
Disclaimer: i don't own gen x, fluppy,the judge judy show, or the pokemon
show.
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"Now lets get this straight children,"stated Monet, as she walked over to her
bench, the couch. "I am the prosecuting attorney,Jono is the defense
attorney. Angelo is the bailiff. Leech, Artie, and Franklin are the jury. The
three young boys smiled as they were recognized. They had convinced Paige to
let them play too. And the honorable judge Everett Thomas is prosiding."
Jubilee sat on the red armchair that was to be the defendant's table. Paige
sat at the prosecuter's couch opposite her, giving her dirty glares. In
response, Lee stuck out her tongue at Paige, and than at Monet.
"Hear ye, hear ye. All rise for Ev, the next Judge Judy!" called out Angelo.
"Judge Judy?" Ev asked him. Angelo shrugged and looked back out at the four
people before him. "K, be seated. Openin' statement M?"
"Thank you your honor." Monet said, rising from here seat.
"Suck up,"muttered Jubilee.
~Shush gel, don wanna make yerself look werse than you already do.~
Jono said, elbowing her.
"Your honor, today we, the people, will put before you both circumstancial
evidence and a motive. We will prove that Jubilee intended to do harm to
Fluppy, and cause my client extensive emotional distress. Leech raised his
hand. "*sigh* Yes Leech? What is it?"
"Leech wants to know what emotion distress is."
"It means that Jubilee wanted to make Paige mad and wanted to hurt her
feelings."
"Oh, Leech understand." The little boy resettled himself on his chair.
"We would also like for the defendent to have to wash Fluppy and do
Paige's kitchen duty for the next three weeks."
"Hey!" yelled Jubilee.
"Lee, sit down, or we will have the bailiff restrain you." said Ev.
"Humph" said Jubilee as she plopped back down.
~Now, even though everythin' seem t'point t'Lee as the culprit, y'can't go
round accusing people. She may not 'ave done it. In fact, none o'you even
know if she was near Fluppy. I'm gorra prove that she didn't do it~ Jono
said, standing in front of them all.
"Well what bout the marker and the dye? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm?" asked Angelo, while
giving Jono a sly look.
~Um, well, I'll still prove that some bugger framed the gel.~ He said, trying
to come up with a decent explanation.
"The people call Ms. Guthrie to the stand." Monet said, while walking up to
the desk that was Everett's stand.
"Swear you'll tell the truth Country Mouse?" Angelo asked, holding a copy of
Xavier's latest textbook, *Everything Changes, the Effect of the X-factor in
our Modern Society*.
"Dude, isn't that supposed to be a bible?" Jubilee asked, popping in a piece
of juicy fruit.
"For us, this is a bible Jubecita." Jubilee rolled her eyes.
"I do Angelo."
"K Monet, she's all yours." said Angelo moving over to stand away from the
chair that Paige was sitting on.
"Ms. Guthrie, please tell the court what happened at 10:30 this morning?"
"Ah had jus come from the library. I was getting a book on Ralph Nader for
mah social studies report. As Ah came came closer to my room, I noticed mah
door was open."
"And you are sure you had closed it Ms. Guthrie?" Monet asked while slowly
pacing around the room.
"Yes, in fact, Ah had locked it." Even though Paige was not the one on trial,
being questioned still made her nervous, and her accent was showing.
"Are you in the habit of locking your door... what is it Franklin?"
Franklin had gotten up and walked to Jubilee. "I wanted some gum too." he
replied, taking a piece and walking back to his chair next to Artie.
"Ask first next time." Monet said, while walking to Jubilee and confiscating
her pack. "Back to the topic at hand, Do you usually lock your door Ms.
Guthrie?"
"Yeah, Ah started after Jubilee put shaving cream in mah pillow two weeks
ago."
"So Ms. Lee has done things of this nature before." Monet said, walking over
to where Jubilee sat.
"Well, yeah, she's done this to me a lot."
"Please continue your story. What happened when you reached your room?"
"Ah walked in and Fluppy was bright pink and was wearin that black jacket.
Ah screamed out, and then you came in. That's it."
"I would like to present exhibit A your honor. It is the defaced Fluppy."
Monet walked the pink creature over to Ev and placed it on his desk. "Your witness Mr.
Starsmore."
~ 'ey Sunshine. You see Jubilee do this t'yer dog?~
"Well. no, Ah didn't..."
~And when we all were in Lee's room, Monet said a blue glitter pen there
matched the one that was used to write on the sign on yer puppy. What did
that sign say?~
"Ah'd rather not say." Paige turned bright red.
~Yer under oath gel. What is it Leech?~
"Artie wants to know what oath is." Leech said, smiling and looking at
his friend.
~It means she promised she wouldn't lie squirt~ It looked as if Jono would
have smiled if he could have.
"Well, it, it read *Fluppy 'Sparky' Guthrie*." Paige looked down at her
hands.
~Oh, i see.~ Jono started to look nervous and fiddled with the strap on his
jacket. ~Well then, are you sure it was Jubilee's writing?~
"Ah, Ah'm not sure."
~Fine then. Defense rests.~
"Yo Sparky! You're supposed to be helping me! You're practically telling them
i wrote the sign!"
~Well, it doesn't 'elp that all the evidence points t'you and that you've
done stuff like this before.~
"Still! I can't believe this."
~Shush, Monet's callin the next witness.~
"The Prosecuters call Ms. Lee to the stand." Monet pointed accusingly at
Jubilee.
"Gonna tell the truth Chica?" Angelo said, looking at her skeptically.
"Shut up Ange!" Jubilee whacked Angelo over the head.
"Ouch! See! She's violent! She did do it!"
Franklin ran over to Jubilee and stomped on her foot. "Don't hurt Angelo!" he
yelled at her.
"Ow, stop it Franklin!" Jubilee said pushing him away.
"That will be enough Franklin." Monet escorted him back to his chair.
"Ms. Lee, can you tell the court where you were before 10:30?"
"Lets see I was watchin' Pokemon at 8:30. Then I just sat in my room and read
comics while listening to my Smash Mouth CD."
"Did anyone see you during this period to prove your where-abouts?" Monet
asked suddenly extremely interested in her pale yellow nail-polish. "No,
but..."
"And did you not say earlier, and i quote,'Think of it this way. Its an
improvement. Maybe now you'll actually wash the toy for a change.' Well Ms.
Lee?" Jubilee looked at Jono, mentally pleading that he would step in and
save her. "I did, but I didn't touch that thing!"
"And, Ms. Lee, was the glitter pen and the pink dye not found in your room?"
"Yeah, but i was in the den watching Pokemon for a while. Someone could have
planted it while i was gone."
"Then why did you not notice that these items were placed in your room? And
don't you know how to pick locks?" Monet turned to face Jubilee.
"Well, cause my room is a little messy. And yeah i do know how to pick locks,
but..." Jubilee stared down at her feet.
"No more questions. Your turn Starsmore." As Jono got up, Monet bumped into
him. ~Watch where yer goin' luv.~ Monet just glared at him, and sat down next
to Paige.
~Lee, do you lock yer room?~
"No, I don't. I trust my friends. Even if they do occasionally pulling
a small prank, it really doesn't bother me."
Leech raised his hand. "Did Ash get a new pokemon today Ms. Lee?"
"Naw, but Misty almost caught a Jigglypuff." Jubiee said while looking away
from Jono.
"Awww." A disappointed Leech sat back down.
~Do you know if anyone else has a glitter pen like that luv?~
"Actually, Yeah. Remember back when Ev and Angelito and I made that poster
for Literature and Composition? Angelo had a pen exactly like that!"
~Thanks luv. You can go.~
"Alright Everett, we're ready for closing statements." Monet
said, floating off the couch and gently landing in front of him.
~Not yet gel. I gorra witness t'call.~
"Go ahead Jono." Everett said, then he looked over at Leech, Artie, and
Franklin. The three young boys had lost interest in the older children's
game. "I move we dismiss the jury first though, so they can have some ice
cream."
"Ice cream!" cried Leech and Franklin. Artie projected a picture of the three
boys at a table eating hot fudge sundays.
"I think that would be best, if the defense agrees also..." Monet said,
looking at Jono with her nose turned up at him.
~Let'm go. They've 'ad their fun.~
The boys ran out of the room to find Ms. Frost so they could get their
treat.
~I call Angelo Espinosa t'the stand.~
Angelo looked at them in shock. "Me?"
~'K, mate. Where's yer glitter pen?~
"I gave it to Lee, I just guess the chica fergot and buried it under one of
her piles."
~Know wot I find amazin' mate? Ev 'ad t'sit on the pen t'find it, yet in
that mess you found the pink dye right away.~
Jono was walking away from where Angelo sat. "Hey, what you tryin t'say
Vato?"
~Nuthin mate, jus found it puzzlin' is all. Besides, everyone 'ere knows you
don't 'ide behind yer tricks. Not like you'd be weak enough to 'ide behind
a 13 year old gel.~
"Thank you amigo."
~Course, you probably wouldn't 'ave been able t'think up this whole plot.~
"What?" Angelo stretched his hand out and forced Jono to turn around and face
him.
~Well, yer tricks, they're a bit unoriginal.~
"Hey, this trick, like all of mine... um... i mean..."
~Wot's the matter Ange, cat got yer tongue?~
"Angelo! You did this to Fluppy! You are sooo dead!"
"Hey, calm down Hayseed." Jubilee said, walkin over to Paige and grabbing her
shoulder. "I got first dibs on beatin him. You can kill him after me!"
Jubilee lunged for Angelo. "Eek, missed me!" Angelo ran away, praying to God
he would make it safely to his room. Then he could block the door and wait out
the two girls' temper tantrums. Paige and Jubilee raced after him.
Jono watched them go. As they ran, he also heard Paige apologizing to
Jubilee.
"Guess that solves everything." said Ev. "I'm gonna go watch
the show."
He slowly jogged after the two mad girls and the poor barrio boy.
"So Mr. Starsmore, how did you know that Angelo did it and not
Jubilee?" ~There is precious little I don't know~ he said, mimicking her
smug tone. If Monet hadn't known better, she would have sworn he was
smiling. He started to walk away. "Honestly Jono, how did you know?"
she called after him. ~I knew when he actually found the dye in the
room. No one could ever find anythin that small in 'er room unless
they knew where t'look.~ Monet simply smiled. Then let out a small
giggle as she heard Angelo scream out in pain as Jubilee and Paige
finally caught him.
The End.
