June's Secret Past... (Fan Fic)

[BBF]

This is a FanFic about June's past. Could her life have been much more exciting and interesting than she has told us???

The Secret of June’s Past
SCENE 1: KITCHEN. Ward is sitting at the table, June has just finished cooking breakfast.
JUNE: Ward, would you call the boys? Breakfast is ready.
WARD: Sure, dear. (Walks over to the stove and admires the feast June has just prepared) My, my. You certainly went all out with breakfast this morning!
JUNE: Well, I just thought I would give the boys a big breakfast so they would do a good job cleaning the garage. You know, to keep their energy up.
WARD: Oh, yes. They do seem to get “so exhausted” from cleaning the garage. You know, it’s amazing how “tired” the boys get from doing their chores, but they can spend an entire day playing football at Metzger’s Field and come home completely energized. I remember when I was about Wally’s age I used to-
JUNE: (Interrupting) Ward?
WARD: Yes?
JUNE: Breakfast is getting cold.
WARD: Oh, right dear.
(Ward walks toward the kitchen door, but hurries out of the way when he hears the boys charging down the stairs)
WALLY AND BEAVER: (Burst through the door)
JUNE: Well, your father was just getting ready to call you!
BEAVER: No need to holler for us mom, we can smell bacon and waffles cooking from a mile away!
JUNE: (laughing) Well, go sit down and pour yourself some milk.
BEAVER: OK, mom.
(Wally and Beaver sit down at the table with Ward while June begins putting food on the plates.)
WARD: Well! Good morning, fellows!
WALLY: Oh, hi dad.
WARD: Well, boys your mother and I-
(June walks over to the table and serves Ward and Beaver their breakfast)
JUNE: (interrupting Ward) Excuse me dear, but Wally, how much bacon would you like?
WALLY: Oh, just start me out with just 5 or 6 hunks.
WARD: Um, Wally, perhaps you should start with just 2 or 3 “hunks.”
WALLY: (says while laughing) Oh, sure dad!
(June comes and joins the men at the table and hands Wally his plate)
WALLY: Thanks mom.
JUNE: (smiles)
WARD: OK, well, as I was saying. Your mother and I have to go down to the market this morning. We will probably be gone a few hours.
WALLY: Oh, that’s great dad. I was gonna go over to Eddie’s house and listen to some records with the guys and junk.
BEAVER: Yeah, and I was gonna go to the movies with Larry. There’s a new one showing this week. It’s supposed to have lots of good killin’!
WARD: Well boys, I hate to disappoint you, but it seems you have forgotten your previous engagement.
BEAVER: Huh?
JUNE: That’s right boys. Last week you promised your father to clean out the garage today.
WALLY: (disappointed) Oh, yeah. I guess we did.
WARD: So, I suggest you call Eddie and Larry after you finish breakfast and tell them you can’t make it this week.
WALLY: Ok, dad. I’ve heard all of Eddie’s crummy records anyway. The only reason I was going was because Mary Ellen was going to- I mean, well, some girls might happen to be there.
(Ward and June look at each other and smile)
BEAVER: I can always see the movie when it comes out on television, I guess.
WARD: There! That’s the attitude I like to hear!
JUNE: Yes, boys. Thank you for being so cooperative.
WALLY: Ah, heck mom. You and dad feed us and everything, so I guess the least we could do was to clean up your junk once in a while.
WARD: (laughing) Well boys, you better finish up if you want to get an early start on that garage!
WALLY AND BEAVER: Yes sir.

SCENE 2: GARAGE. Wally and Beaver have just gotten started when Ward and June walk in.
WARD: Well boys, we’re leaving now. We should be back in a few hours.
WALLY: Ok, dad.
BEAVER: Yeah, ok dad!
JUNE: You two boys behave yourselves while your father and I are gone.
WALLY: Gee mom! What kind of trouble can a guy get into just cleaning a bunch of junk out of a garage?
(Ward and June smile at each other and roll their eyes)
WARD: Uh, never mind Wally. You boys just see that you do a good job, huh?
WALLY AND BEAVER: Yeah, sure dad. We will.
(Ward and June put their arms around each other’s shoulders and walk out.)
(Wally and Beaver look around the garage, kind of in awe.)
BEAVER: Boy, Wally. This place sure is a mess. What do you think we oughta do first?
WALLY: (Looks around and thinks a minute) Well, I guess we can start with the shelves over there against the wall.
BEAVER: Yeah, that’s as good a place as any, I guess.
(The boys walk over to the shelves and begin taking things off of them.)
BEAVER: Look Wally! (picks up an old telephone) What’s this? (Beaver asks, putting the earpiece to his mouth)
WALLY: That’s a telephone you goon. (takes the phone from Beaver) You do it like this. (Demonstrates the correct way to hold the phone.)
BEAVER: Oh, that’s pretty neat. I’ve never seen one like it!
WALLY: That’s probably because it’s old. This probably belonged to dad before he and mom got married or something.
BEAVER: Gee, whiz! You mean they had phones back then?
WALLY: Sure they did!
BEAVER: (looking back at the shelf) Hey Wally, what’s that big paper hanging off the top shelf?
WALLY: I dunno. Looks like that’s all that’s up there, though. (jumps up and grabs the paper down, pulling an old small wooden box down with it. The box hits the floor and opens, spilling papers all over the floor.)
BEAVER: Oh, it’s just an old house plan, but what’s in that old box?
WALLY: I dunno. It looks like just a bunch of old papers and junk.
BEAVER: (gets down on the floor to pick the papers up) Yeah. Hey Wally, look. The lid says “June” on it.
WALLY: Yeah, this must be a box full of her old junk.
BEAVER: (sees an interesting looking paper and picks it up) Hey look at this Wally! It’s a letter to mom from dad! (Begins reading slowly in his nine year old style) “Dearest- June, I miss you- terribly. The- distance- between us-is almost -too much to bear-”(laughing) Hey Wally, this is pretty funny!
(Wally interrupts)
WALLY: Hey, Beav, I don’t think we should read the rest of that. I mean, it’s personal stuff between mom and dad.
BEAVER: Yeah, I guess you’re right. It’s probably just a bunch of old mushy talk anyway.
WALLY: Yeah.
BEAVER: Hey Wally, look! Here’s another one. It’s not from dad though. Hey it isn’t even written to mom. It was written to some other lady.
WALLY: Let me see that. (takes the letter from beaver and begins reading) “Dear Miss Bronson”
BEAVER: Wally, who’s Miss Bronson?
WALLY: That’s mom, before she got married and junk.
BEAVER: Oh! (he says this as if he’s just figured something out) So that’s why whenever Aunt Martha comes to see us she gets so happy and says (in a high pitched girly voice) “My, my, my, Wallace, you are looking more and more like a Bronson every day!”
WALLY: (laughing) Yeah!
BEAVER: Keep reading Wally!
WALLY: Ok, Ok. Dear Miss Bronson…(Wally begins reading to himself)
BEAVER: Hey Wally! Read it where I can hear!
WALLY: Hold on a sec!
BEAVER: (getting impatient) C’mon Wally! Tell me what it says!
WALLY: Alright, Alright. It’s a letter from some guy named Fred Cartwright asking mom to be in a play in NEW YORK!
BEAVER: NEW YORK?
WALLY: Yeah, see? (shows the letter to beaver)
BEAVER: Boy!!
WALLY: You can say that again!
BEAVER: Hey, Wally, let’s see if we can find some more stuff! (begins looking through the other things in the box) Gee Whiz, Wally! Look at this! (hands a picture to Wally)
Is that mom!?!
WALLY: Sure is! Boy! She looks ritzy!
BEAVER: Yeah, Look at that fancy dress! But, Wally, how come mom’s all dressed up like that and those other ladies are dressed normal?
WALLY: It’s a costume Beav.
BEAVER: A costume for a play?
WALLY: Well, probably.
BEAVER: Hey Wally, you don’t think mom really WAS in a play in New York do ya?
WALLY: It sure looks like it! And look here! (picks up something) It’s an old play program!
BEAVER: Gee! (takes the program from Wally) This is neat! (reads the cover) The-Enchanted-Affair by-George-Williamson.” (opens the program) Look, Wally, mom’s Name! “The part-of Anne-played by Miss-June Evelyn Bronson!”
WALLY: Boy, Beav! That’s somethin’!
BEAVER: Yeah!
WALLY: Hey, beav. Put all of that stuff back in the box and set it over there by the door. We need to finish up now or we’ll get in trouble. We can take the box up to our room and look at it some more when we’re done.
BEAVER: OK, Wally. (thinks a minute) You know Wally, we have a famous mom living right here in our house and we didn’t even know it!
(This would be where the show played some kind of ending music and went to a commercial)
Part 2 coming later!

[DarleneIllyria]

It's coming along great! I can't wait to read the next part!

[scanman17]

i look forward to reading some more. you can really tell how much all of the fan fic writers love the characters on this show. it comes bursting out in all of these stories. thanks for writing

[BBF]

Part 2
SCENE 3: BOY’S BEDROOM. Wally and Beaver have just finished cleaning the garage and have gone up to their room to find out more about this apparent brush with stardom their mother encountered.
BEAVER: Boy, Wally. It’s really neat going through all of this stuff and finding out about what mom did before she was married. It makes me feel like a real live detective!
WALLY: Yeah, I suppose so. But, doesn’t it seem kinda like we’re prying into her personal stuff. Being nosy and doing something we shouldn’t be doing?
BEAVER: Yeah, that’s what makes it seem so fun! C’mon Wally, let’s not stop now, we’re just gettin’ to the good stuff!
WALLY: Well, I guess we can keep lookin’ for a little while.
BEAVER: Great!
(Wally takes out the play program and the letter out of the box and puts the box under his bed.)
WALLY: (looking down at the letter) I just can’t get over it. Mom went to New York and was in a play even, and didn’t tell us.
BEAVER: Maybe she forgot. I heard Uncle Billy say once that when you get grown up, your memory is the first thing that goes!
WALLY: Beaver, that’s dumb.
BEAVER: Well, it coulda happened!
(Ward walks into the room)
WARD: Hello boys-
(Wally quickly hides the letter and program behind his back.)
WARD: What’s that you have there behind your back, son?
WALLY: Oh, it’s nothin’ dad. Just an old beat up piece of paper.
BEAVER: Yeah, dad. That’s all it is. It’s not a letter or anything.
(Wally gives Beaver a look that tells beaver to shut his mouth)
WALLY: Uh, dad, uh, (trying to change the subject says the first thing that comes to mind) Is lunch ready yet?
WARD: Oh, yes. That’s what I came up here for. Your mother and I brought back hamburgers.
BEAVER: Oh boy! Hamburgers!
WARD: Go ahead and wash up and come downstairs boys.
WALLY: Uh, yessir.
-KITCHEN-
(The boys enter the kitchen and sit down at the table)
JUNE: Well, boys. Your father and I just looked at the garage. You did a great job!
WARD: You certainly did, boys. And as a reward, we brought home ice cream. We can have it for dessert this evening.
(Since he sat down, Beaver has been staring at June.)
JUNE: Beaver? Can I get you something?
BEAVER: (still staring) No, thanks mom.
JUNE: Well, honey, why are you staring at me?
BEAVER: Well, I was just trying to imagine you famous.
(Wally elbows Beaver in the ribs to get him to be quiet)
BEAVER: Oww.
WARD: What was that all about Wally?
WALLY: Oh, nothin’. I guess I had a muscle spasm or something. (gives beaver a “watch what you’re saying” look)
WARD: Well, there better not be another “muscle spasm” at this table.
WALLY: Yes, dad. I think I’m over it.
(Wally then looks down at his plate and is quiet for the rest of lunch)
JUNE: Well, boys. There’s still plenty of time for you to go see some of your friends.
WALLY: Uh, no. I think I am just gonna go back upstairs to my room for a while. I think Beav was gonna come with me.
BEAVER: I was?
WALLY: YES, REMEMBER?
BEAVER: Oh, yeah. I was.
(Ward and June give each other a confused look)
JUNE: Well, suit yourselves. You can do whatever you want with the rest of your Saturday.
WALLY: Thanks mom. C’mon Beav.
(Wally and Beaver go upstairs)
JUNE: Ward, what do you suppose those boys are up to?
WARD: I don’t know, but there is definitely something suspicious going on.
JUNE: Yes, Wally was acting so strangely. He was so quiet. And he barely touched his lunch!
WARD: I am going to give them until dinner to tell me what’s going on, or I’m going to find out for my self!

SCENE 4: DINING ROOM. Everyone has just sat down to dinner.
(Everyone is quiet)
WARD: Well, why is everyone so quiet this evening?
BEAVER: I didn’t know we were being quiet.
JUNE: So, Beaver. How’s your roast beef?
BEAVER: Oh, great mom! I love roast beef.
JUNE: I’m glad you like it. Wally, how’s yours?
(Wally is just picking at his food with his fork.)
WALLY: Oh, um, its good mom.
JUNE: Well, you’ve barely touched it. Is something bothering you?
WALLY: Oh, no mom. Nothings bothering me.
BEAVER: Yeah, I think Wally’s just thinkin’.
WARD: Oh, really? What about?
BEAVER: I dunno. I just know that’s how he looks when he’s thinkin’.
WARD: Oh. Well, if that’s all you boys are going to eat, I guess you can have desert now. Beaver, why don’t you go help your mother get the ice cream. We’ll eat it in the living room.
BEAVER: Sure, dad.
-KITCHEN-
BEAVER: Hey, mom why is it you and me getting desert tonight instead of me and Wally like usual?
JUNE: Well, Beaver, I think your father wanted to talk to Wally alone for a minute.
BEAVER: Gee, mom. What for?
JUNE: Well, it’s pretty obvious that something’s bothering Wally and your father wants to find out what it is.
BEAVER: Oh, nothings bothering him, he’s just thinking about- (beaver stops abruptly)
JUNE: What’s he thinking about, beaver?
BEAVER: Just stuff.
JUNE: What stuff? Beaver, if you know what’s on Wally’s mind tell me.
BEAVER: Well, I better let him explain it.
JUNE: Alright. Well, lets go to the living room.
(When June and Beaver enter, Ward is walking into the living room and Wally is headed upstairs)
JUNE: Where’s he going?
WARD: Up to get something. I asked him what was on his mind and he said he would have to show it to us.
(Wally comes into the living room carrying the letter and the program in one hand and June’s box in the other.)
WARD: What’s all this?
WALLY: Just some stuff we found in the garage while we were cleanin’.
(Wally hands the box to June)
JUNE: Oh! My memory box! My father gave it to me when I turned 15! Where did you find this?
WALLY: On the top shelf in the garage. We found this inside of it.
JUNE: What?
BEAVER: A letter.
WARD: What’s it say?
(Wally hands the letter to June)
(June looks at the letter and is kind of in shock when she realizes what it is)
JUNE: Oh, my. (smiles)
WARD: June?
(June is silent, she just keeps looking at the letter.)
WALLY: It’s a letter from a guy asking mom to come to New York to be in a play.
WARD: What?
WALLY: It’s from a guy named Cartwright. It was written in 1943. He asked mom to be in a play in New York. Then when we kept looking, we found this program and this picture.
BEAVER: Yeah, it shows mom was in the play and the picture is of mom in a costume.
WARD: (goes and sits down by June) June? You never told me about this.
JUNE: Well, Ward. I didn’t see any need to.
WARD: I knew you were active in the plays at State, and that you had tremendous talent, but I never knew you got an invitation to New York! Why didn’t you go? Why didn’t you mention it to me?
JUNE: I didn’t want to Ward! I knew you would just tell me to go, but I didn’t want to. You and I were about to get married. I didn’t want a life as an actress, I wanted a life as Mrs. Ward Cleaver. I wanted a life as a good wife and a good mother. I didn’t want to travel a thousand miles to New York to be in some silly play!
WARD: But, dear, you could have gone so far! You could’ve been famous! Made something of yourself. All of your dreams could have come true!
JUNE: Don’t you see, Ward? I HAVE made something of myself. I have made a wife and a mother of myself. That was always my dream! Not going off to New York and being a big star. Just being married to you and being a mother to two wonderful boys made all of my dreams come true! (wipes away a happy tear)
WARD: Oh. I see. Dear, I never knew you felt this way. You are a pretty remarkable woman, you know that?
JUNE: (blushing) Oh, Ward.
(Ward and June embrace)
(Giving his parents a little time to finish with their mushy hugging…)
WALLY: Wait a minute, you mean you DIDN’T go?
JUNE: No, I didn’t Wally.
BEAVER: Oh.
WALLY: Then what is this program and this picture?
JUNE: Let me see. (Wally hands her the picture and the program) Oh! (laughing)
This is a program and a picture from the last play I was in at State!
WARD: Let me see that! Oh my gosh! I remember this like it was yesterday! I remember you did such a wonderful job in the play! You got a standing ovation when they introduced you after the show!
JUNE: It certainly was fun.
WARD: You were so beautiful up there.
JUNE: (blushes again) Oh, honey, you’re sweet.
BEAVER: Boy, you guys sure are actin’ mushy tonight.
(Ward and June laugh)
WALLY: And all this time I thought you really went to New York!
WARD: Well, I for one am glad she didn’t. After all, who knows what we might be doing today?
BEAVER: Yeah, I guess you’re right. I kinda like my life like it is!
JUNE: (smiling) Well would you look at that? We let the ice cream melt! Why don’t you boys go into the kitchen and get us some more?
WALLY and BEAVER: Ok.
(Wally and Beaver leave. June and Ward look at each other adoringly.)
WARD: Well, this has been quite an exciting evening. We found out you had a “big secret” about your past and found out what it was all in one day!
JUNE: Yes. And Ward, I’m sorry.
WARD: About what?
JUNE: Well, for not being honest with you. I should have told you about that letter instead of just assuming I knew what you would say. I should have trusted you and I didn’t. Do you think you can forgive me for that?
WARD: Forgive you? Of course, but you don’t need to apologize! That’s in the past, it’s all over now! Just forget about it, huh?
JUNE: Well, I can’t help it. I just feel bad about the whole thing now. What must you think of me?
WARD: As I said before, You are the most remarkable, intelligent, beautiful woman I’ve ever known.
JUNE: So, no hard feelings? You think you will keep me around for a few more years?
WARD: (romantically) Dear, I wouldn’t trade you for anything. (then Ward says sarcastically) Except maybe a famous actress or something. (leans over and puts his arms around June)
JUNE: (pushes Ward off of her) Oh Ward! You’re impossible.
-KITCHEN-
BEAVER: Boy, Wally we sure got ourselves worked up over nothin’.
WALLY: Yeah.
BEAVER: But, you know something? Even though mom wasn’t famous like we thought, it’s still pretty neat knowin’ she coulda been!
WALLY: Yeah, I guess so!
THE END
Well, there you have it!

[tdr]

Thank you for a beautiful story. And in the series there are a few hints suggesting June was interested in theater or performing. The characters are really true to their roles in your story. Thanx again!

[DarleneIllyria]

I loved it! I enjoyed reading it so much. You brought the characters to life perfectly. I loved it.

[FOL85NatandMrsGRock]

Totally Awsome!!!

[BBF]

Thanks alot guys! I'm glad you all enjoyed it. I had no idea how fun writing fan fics could be! I am going to write another one, but not for a while. I think I will take a break for a while first! Thanks again for your compliments!

[DarleneIllyria]

Originally posted by BeaversBiggestFan
Thanks alot guys! I'm glad you all enjoyed it. I had no idea how fun writing fan fics could be! I am going to write another one, but not for a while. I think I will take a break for a while first! Thanks again for your compliments!

Can't wait to read your next story. You've got such a cute pic of Jerry in your avator.

[BBF]

Originally posted by Jenny
Can't wait to read your next story. You've got such a cute pic of Jerry in your avator.

Thanks! I have kind of already started my next story, but I'm taking my time on it!
And I love that pic of Jerry in my avator. I saw it and thought it was too cute, I had to use it!

[Waterston_Fan]

That was good....