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Eddie has been acting very secretive towards his dad. He has a mom, but she lives back where Eddie lived previously. Anyway, every time Mr. Thomas tried to talk to Eddie, his would reply.

"No thanks. Dad. I'm busy at the moment."

The more Mr. Thomas tried to speak to his son, the more he would reject him. "something's up with my son." he said one day. "how can you tell?" Eddie's vocal coach said as he came in. "because. If my Son keeps saying I'm too busy, it means that he is keeping a secret from his old man." Mr. Thomas said. "so, what are you going to do?" the vocal coach said. "I have no idea." Mr. Thomas said. "well, the only thing I'm worrying about is how we're going to fill the empty positions in the maid department. For the next 2 days." the vocal coach said. This then gave Mr. Thomas an idea. "Idea!" he said as he put his pointer in the air. "oh, brother." the vocal coach said while rolling his eyes. "I hate it when you get ideas."

"don't worry, Mr. Dan. This is a good idea."

"that's what you always say right before we get arrested for questioning."

"I'm telling ya, Dan. This'll be a piece pf cake."

"correction. THAT'S what you always say right before we get arrested for questioning."

"just shut up & listen, will ya?"

The two talked & eventually agreed on his plan.

Meanwhile, at Nina's house, she was cutting the branches off one of her trees. "Eh. At least working here beats working at the dinner." she sighed to herself. & behind her, became the car that belonged to Eddie's Dad. He rang the doorbell & Shannon answered it.

"why, Hello. Mr. Thomas." she said as she answered the door. But that was all we heard from the two's conversation.

Up in Jenny's Room, she, Jonnie & Nat were having their little, 'Eddie Thomas fan club.'

"ok. Now let's talk about how we can get Eddie to date the president of the Eddie Thomas fan club." Nat said. She was the president of their club. Jenny then raised her hand & Nat called on her. "yes, Jen?" she said. "I think that maybe you should become as popular he is. & maybe he'll accept you & date you." jenny said. "ok, Jen. But maybe we should just keep it in mind." Nat said. Then Jonnie raised her hand & Nat called out to her. "yes, Jo?" she said. "for once, Nat. I think I actually agree with my sister. The reason why Eddie won't want to date you is because he keeps seeing you as a fan of his. You need to find a way to become as famous as he is. If you ever want to date him before college next fall." Jonnie said. "wow. Jo." Nat said, amazed. "because I phrased that better than my younger-than-me-by-15-minutes sister?" Jonnie said. Jenny than looked at her angrily. "No." Nat responded. "I'm surprised that for once, you & Jenny actually agreed on something. We'll work on stuff like that." Nat then thought for a minute. "unless something else that's more easier happens. That idea's up." just then, Shannon began to call the girls down. "JENIFFER! JOANNA! NATALIE! COME DOWN HERE THIS INSTANT!" she yelled from the first floor. "whatever we did, it wasn't me." Nat said. "got it." the sisters said.

Once the girls got down to the living room, Shannon explained why she called them down there. "girls." she said while pacing as if something went wrong. "whatever happened, Mrs. Woodward, I didn't do it." Nat said. "that is not what this is about, Natalie." Shannon shook. Nat swept some sweat off of her forehead & sighed with relief as she sat back down. "what this IS about is that we had received a little visit from Mr. Thomas." Shannon said. The girls got excided big time. "Eddie's Dad?!" the girls gasped with excitement. "yes. Eddie's father." Shannon said.

"what does he want? What does he want? What does he want?!" the girls said desperately. "if you girls don't settle down, I'm gonna tell you what I want." Shannon said. "what's that, Mrs. Woodward?" Nat said. "for you to stop getting hyper." Shannon replied. The girls then settled down. "now, he wants you all to come over to Eddie's for the weekend." "& as usual, Nina's not coming with us?" Jenny said. "well, actually……" Shannon stuttered. But the girls were so excided, they completely ran over to Nina to tell her to pack their clothes. "no she won't, Mom. No need to tell us." Jonnie said. "one step closer to dating Edwin Thomas, here I come." Nat squealed.

Outside, Nina had just finished trimming the tree. When Nat & her stepsisters came. "oh, Nina?" Nat sang. "guess what?"

"you finally decided to get a facelift?" Nina scoffed. "no. Edwin Thomas invited me & your stepsisters to his house for the weekend." Nat said.

"& as usual," Jonnie said. & then began to tap on Nina's nose. "you're-----not-------going--------with---------us." Nina was a little annoyed with Jenny, Jonnie, Nat, or even Shannon tapping her on the nose like that. "Jonnie I thought we talked about taping me on my nose like that." she said, annoyed. But of course, Jonnie didn't care. "anyway, Nina." Jonnie said. "you have to pack our clothes. As usual."

"& make sure you pack my new pink Mini-skirt." jenny added.

"& my new ankle-high black boots." jonnie continued.

"& my------" Nat tried to add, but then remembered that she doesn't live there. "never mind." she then walked off to pack.

Later, Nat, jenny, & Jonnie were all set to leave to 'spend the weekend at Eddie's place' "all ready, girls?" Shannon asked the girls. 'ready, Mom. Ready Mrs. Woodward." the girls replied. "Nina packed our best clothes also, mom." Jenny said. "uh, wonderful." Shannon said. Then, Nina came running down the stairs as if she was invited too. (& she was)

"wait for me. Guys." she cried. The girls just began to laugh. They didn't know the truth. "how could you come with us?" Jonnie laughed. "the biggest loser in school would be embarrassed to go to a place such as fancy as Eddie's." Nat added. "oh, wait. The biggest loser in school IS you. Ha!" "& Nina," Jenny said. "we might live on the road of the 82110, but technically, you're still just a zero." "uh, we live on the 82111, Jonnie." Nina said. "well, it doesn't matter. Because you are still not coming with us." Jonnie said. "I'm afraid you're wrong there, Joanna." Shannon said. "what?!" the girls screamed. "what do you mean I'm wrong, Mom?!" Jonnie said. "you know, girls. Normally, I'd agree with you at even the thought of Nina at someplace as fancy & luxurious as Eddie's house. But Mr. Thomas specifically said that the invite was for all four of you." Shannon said. "but, Mom. If Eddie sees us with that barf-bag of a person, he won't take any interest in Nat." Jenny said. "yeah, Mrs. Woodward. Does Baxter HAVE to come with us?" Nat said.

"sorry. Girls. But if you want to go to Eddie's house, you must accept the fact that Nina's actually coming along for once." Shannon said as she put her arm around Nina. "but who's Gonna take Nina's place at the dinner?" Jonnie said. "I'm sure Shamlock won't mind handling two jobs." Shannon said. "ok. But who'll make the beds, wash the dishes, fold the laundry, Vacuum the driveway, & cook meals for you, Mom?" Jenny said. "I'm sure I can handle the easy stuff while Nina's out of the house for the weekend." Shannon said. The girls were upset. Nina was going to Eddie's place with them. & they ran out of good excuses for her not to.

"but think of It this way." Shannon said. "just think of Nina as your escort to Eddie's house. Or your competitor to you all in a beauty contest" "ok. Mom." Jonnie said. "but with Nina there, there's obviously going to be no competition if her beauty will be compared with ours." Jenny added. Soon, all four girls headed off to Eddie's.