Chapter 1:
"Mom, you can't do this to me!" Casey was screaming at the top of her lungs.
"Dad, I'm not finding this even a little funny," Derek followed her up.
"Come on guys, it's only for a couple of weeks or……months", Nora mumbled.
"MONTHS!" they screamed.
"I am not sharing a room with princess for gulp months!"
"And I am not sharing a room with pack rat over here."
"I'm sorry guys. At least we can move you guys into our room so you have a bigger room", George said.
"I don't get it. Why can't Edwin sleep in Derek's room, I mean, only the attic has mold in it?" Casey groaned.
"Because, Casey, those rooms upstairs are too small and why misplace even more people?" Nora said.
"And we'll put up a curtain so it feels like 2 rooms", George suggested.
"Come on Derek, we're not going to win this one", Casey groaned again.
"Fine", Derek said, going upstairs to get his stuff.
Casey on the other hand went into the room Lizzie and Marti would have to share.
"How are you going to get through this one Case?" Lizzie said after Casey had told her. "Sleeping in the same room with Derek while you're madly in love with him."
"I'm not madly in love with him, I just have a HUGE crush on him, that's all", Casey confessed. "And, it's the pot calling the kettle black. You just wish Edwin had moved in here instead of Marti."
Lizzie blushed.
"What's with these Venturi boys that we McDonalds can't resist?" Casey asked.
"Maybe it's their brains," Lizzie answered.
They burst out laughing.