Zack Morgan was so rattled by his run in with Raya that he ran to his room without his bag which he had dropped on the ground.
"What's up with him?' Raya asked.
"You are so naïve," Aja giggled with her hands on her hips.
What do you mean?" Raya demanded.
"You obviously made an impression on him," Aja pointed out. "I think we all can see that."
"I know I can Shana concurred.
"I guess I'll go take his bag to him," Jem declared with a sigh.
Once Zack had reached the top of the stairs, he was about to open the door to his room when Ashley stopped him.
"Is something wrong?" Ashley wondered.
"Oh, nothing much," Zack grunted with a squeaking voice. "I just made a complete fool of myself down there!"
"Huh?" Ashley probed.
"I appreciate your concern, but I am afraid that this is a grown-up problem," Zack refused.
"I've heard that before," Ashley gave in.
"Enjoy being a kid while you still can," Zack advised to Ashley's back as she left to find an adult.
Ashley climbed down the stairs with a confused look on her face when she ran into Jem.
"Someone should talk with Zack," Ashley declared. "He seems very upset about something.
"That's where I'm going, thanks," Jem politely replied.
Jem arrived at Zack's room and knocked on his brown door.
"I brought your bag," Jem spoke out.
"Thanks," Zack acknowledged while taking his bag.
"May I come in?" Jem pleaded.
"Sure," Zack conceded while moving aside.
Jem took a brief moment to look around Zack's room. Above his desk was a stereo and a collection of compact discs. A poster of Whitney Houston was prominently displayed over his bed.
"You okay?" Jem probed as she sat in the chair in front of desk.
"Have you ever made a fool of yourself?" Zack wondered.
"Everyone has," Jem explained. "I once made a pass at Eric Raymond to make Rio jealous."
Zack's eyes bugged out at this revelation. He then rubbed his ears because he was sure that they weren't working properly.
"What was that?" Zack choked out. "Either my ears aren't working or I've lost my mind."
"It was a long time ago and I didn't know how rotten he was at the time," Jem answered. "The point is that we have all done stupid things in the name of love."
"Raya must think I'm a complete idiot," Zack sighed.
"No, she doesn't!" Jem debated.
"How do you know?" Zack questioned.
"Do you want to know what she said when she first saw you?" Jem asked with a wry smile.
"What?" Zack probed.
"Who's that cute guy?" Jem revealed with a light punch to Zack's arm.
"You serious?" Zack spat out.
"I think she was impressed because of how you were handling the Starlight girls," Jem continued.
"Well," Zack squeaked for a lack of anything else to say.
"Rio is throwing a barbecue right now for our new member," Jem declared. "You should come down and try again."
"I don't know…" Zack mused when he heard four sinister voices coming from his window.
Zack ran to the window and saw three familiar imps plus one that he hadn't seen before throwing food.
"I guess I am going down there!" Zack loudly decided as he ran out the door.
"That's the spirit!" Jem cheered.
"Wait a minute!" Zack exclaimed as he started knocking on the doors of all of the Starlight girls. "I've got an idea!"
"Beat it!" Rio barked as swung his barbecue tongs at Roxy which she ducked easily.
"Well, what have we here?" Zack sang out as he entered the backyard.
"You again!" Pizzazz complained.
"If you don't want to run into the bear then stay out of his cave," Zack quipped to get a laugh out of the Holograms. "Hey, I haven't seen you before."
"The name is Jetta and I'm the new Misfit, love," Jetta replied with a mockish bow.
"I leave for one week and I miss everything!" Zack complained.
"Sorry," Aja apologized.
"Is that a British accent, ducky?" Zack needled.
"What do make something of it?" Jetta challenged.
"No, but I do want to make something of you people crashing our party." Zack answered. "I'm pretty sure that you weren't invited."
"You going to kick us all out by yourself?" Pizzazz cooed.
"I could but I thought it would be more fun if I made this a group project," Zack replied as he snapped his fingers.
When Zack snapped his fingers, all of the Starlight girls came out carrying the messiest food they could pilfer from the kitchen.
"FOOD FIGHT!" Zack cried out to start a war that the Misfits had no chance of winning. After all, who better to cause trouble than children. Stormer, the most timid of the group, was the first person to leave.
"And stay out!" Zack chortled.
"Well done!" Raya complimented.
"Th-thanks," Zack stuttered.
"You aren't going to run away again are you?" Raya piped out.
"No, I guess I just get tongue tied in front of pretty girls," Zack explained.
"Oh," Raya squeaked with her head slightly cocked to one side. "You think I'm pretty?"
"Yes," Zack answered.
"Thank you," Raya acknowledged. "I'm very flattered."
"How did you get here?" Zack asked. "As you might have heard, I've been out of the loop for a week."
"We needed a replacement drummer for Shana since she wanted to try a career at fashion designing," Jem explained.
"But that didn't work out so I play bass guitar now," Shana finished.
"You might also be interested to know that the Countess has invited us all to a formal dance," Rio stated.
"Really," Zack squeaked as he stole a glance at Raya.