Patty Farrell couldn't believe what she was hearing. Her parents had some how been good friends with the Heffley's once upon a nightmare in high school! YUCK!

Well, sure, Mrs. Heffley and Mr. Heffley had always been nice, and Rodrick was, well. . . Rodrick, and that little brother of Heffely's was so cute!

Her parents had decided to go on another honeymoon. "You know you can never have more than one!" Her dad had shouted in his booming big voice.

"Yeah, but not after having one just last week. You have to wait for at least so many more months."

Her father had overheard her speaking, "Did I just hear someone sass back to me!"

Patty sighed, and rolled her eyes"No, I'm just saying-"

"Well, maybe if you just got your nose in those school books more, and not in other people's way, you wouldn't be so mouthy!"

"I'm not, I'm just saying!" Patty had cried, trying to explain.

"Dear, leave her alone, she is a big girl, she knows to listen."

Her father eyed his wife, then glared back at her. "That isn't true, is it, you got a B+ last time on your test, didn't you? Now you know that you need to get straight darn A's! And why don't you do more school activities? You can be so lazy sometimes, you know that?!"

"Darling, your blood pressure!"

"Back in my day I was the top of everything! I didn't lazy around with dreams stuck in my head like your little head does! And there ain't nothing wrong with day dreaming, just not how much you do it!"

"Dad! First of all why do you always have to shout! And also it is 'isn't, not ain't.'"

"Shut up, that is not how you talk to your father!"

"DAREN!" her mother yelled, coming over to her husband, "Please, what if the neighbors hear you?! You don't know how embarrassing that will be!"

Patty's eyes started to feel watery. It was never because her dad should be loving, it was always because of the neighbors hearing. She shook off the pain.

"Patty, why can't you just be more like your sister? Why are you so!. . .So. . .you?!"

"I HATE YOU!" She screamed after a few more lectures of how awful a kid she was, "I wish you would just leave me alone!"

"Patty Ferrell! What on earth has gotten into you?! Daren, maybe we shouldn't take her to the Heffley's, she'll embarrass us for sure! Now please use inside voices!"

Her dad had grabbed her by the shoulder. "Dear, the Heffley's are not very well to do. It wouldn't matter anyways."

"But Daren!"

"Shut up, Caroline, we are taking her, that's final!" He yelled back, dragging Patty to her room.

"Now pack up your things, and hurry, we have to drop you off, and leave in time for the plane."

Once he was out her door she rubbed her shoulder. She hated when her dad grabbed there, it really hurt.

"Toughen up Ferrel. You are just getting started." then she walked towards her suit case and threw things in.

It took her awhile to not try to cry, and finally she decided to just break down while packing.

"I hate them!" But inside her heart she knew she never could. Even if they never loved her.

The time when they came to watch her at the play of wizard of Oz was the most love they'd shown in a while. But of course Heffley had to mess everything up!

"But most of all I hate that stupid lousy, rotten boy!"

she sniffed, and punched her clothes into her bag.

()()()()()()

"WHAT?! Why is Patty Ferrell coming to our house?!" Greg practically shouted, the bowl of Captain Crunch dropping back in. He was sitting in the kitchen when his mom told him the horrendous news.

This had to be the worst moment of his life. "And believe me when I say I've had a lot of bad moments!" Greg told the readers.

Susan looked over at him with confusion, "Who are you talking to?"

"No one, mom, no one." Then he went back to eating his cereal.

Greg just shook his head once he was done and brought his dish over to his mom, whom was doing the dishes. "Mom, why would Patty want to come here? She hates my guts!"

'And I hate hers.' he thought.

Susan smiled, and said in the good old fashion mom way "Oh , Gregory, I highly doubt she hates your guts."

"Mom, she still holds a grudge to the song I sang in elementary. Patty, Patty is a fatty!" He bellowed, his arms acting out with him.

Susan gave Greg a look, "She has every right to be, Greg, you shouldn't have made that mean song up."

"But she is pretty ratty!?"

"Greg, don't say that!"

"But that's dishonest mom, and I thought you didn't want me to be dishonest?!"

"GREG, do not bring that frightening nightmare up again."

He shrugged, and started to help her, "Well, I still don't want to be found in my bed with my heart ripped out. You'd be torn. So maybe she can stay with someone else's family. Like Rowley."

He then thought evilly to himself, 'Or Fregley's !"

"You know Rowley's family is away on vacation for Christmas." She said, putting the dishes away. "And every other friend of her's is gone on a trip to family to go celebrate Christmas with there family's."

Susan paused, then looked over at her son, "You know, I feel bad for Patty. Christmas without her family must be hard on her."

Greg looked back at her, then saw Rodrick walking in with a sleep deprived look. He made a mean face at his little brother, making him flinch.

Greg rolled his eyes, "Yeah, sure mom."

" I'm being very serious, Greg." Susan said, eyeing him, as she handed him another dish to dry.

He gave a fake smile, "Yeah, I know."

But still it didn't mean he wanted Patty living with his family! She was already annoying as it was. But living under the same roof would probably make them both crazy in less the ten seconds.

Greg and his mom were almost done with dishes when the door bell rang.

Susan smiled at him, "That must be them!"

Greg watched his mom walk away.

"Great." He muttered, as he walked out of the kitchen, and up to his room.

This was something he could only rant about in his diary.

"It's a Journal!" He proclaimed towards the author.

"Whatever!" Replied the Author to the mouthy kid of, Diary of a Wimpy kid.

R&R