I AM SO SORRY THAT I DID NOT UPDATE IN A YEAR OR TWO.

Jo stood in her doorway and examined the room. Though her living room looked the same, two things definitely did not belong in that house. 1) The blonde girl who is sipping tea and scowling from the bitter taste. 2) The nice tea set placed in front of her.

Wait. Scratch that. The tea set was an old hello kitty set that her mother bought for Jo for her sixth birthday. Unfortunately, for her mother, it was also during the same time when Jo started to learn karate. Seven broken tea cups later (an accomplishment in her mind), her mother took away the tea set which Jo assumed went to the dumpster. Yet there it stood.

"You didn't answer my question. What are you doing here?"

Jo watched Teddy as she dumped a whole bowl of sugar and tried to stir it into her tea, but it overflowed leading Teddy to panic and frantically look for napkins. Jo rolled her eyes. Pathetic. She walked into the kitchen and handed Teddy a towel.

"Oh, thanks," she said with a genuine smile. "And to answer your question, I am here so that we can have some girl time together!" She pumped her fists in the air as though it was the most exciting thing in the world.

Jo raised one eye brow. "Girl time," she repeated. Teddy nodded her head excitedly.

Jo opened the front door. "Then you came to the wrong house." She put her hand on the outside of the door signaling for Teddy to leave. However, Teddy stayed put. This girl can not take a hint. "I'll have you know that the last girl who came to my house ended up in the ER."

For a minute, Teddy looked scared and Jo thought she had her.

"No, no," said Teddy while she walked to the door and closed it. "It's going to be fun. I promise. We can talk about boys!"

"Talk about boys?" What is going on here?

"Yeah," said Teddy excitedly. "Like Gabe!"

"Which Gabe?"

That stumped Teddy. When Gabe was born, Teddy begged her parents to name him anything but Gabe her reason being that nobody uses that name anymore because it is too old fashioned. Of course, she lost that battle.

"Um... Well... You know..."

Jo smirked. I got her now. Just play along and act innocent. "Oh, did you mean the cute Gabe," asked Jo innocently.

Teddy nodded her head. "Yes! That Gabe! So do you, you know, like like him," she asked. She thought about nudging Jo while saying that but then remembered what Jo was capable of and kept her arms at her side.

"Cute Gabe? Gabe O? Nah, not really my type" said Jo. "He's such a wimp. I just asked for his cookie, and he started crying. I didn't even touch the kid and then-"

"OK then!" Teddy sat back down on the couch. This is going to be a lot harder than I originally thought.

Jo smirked. Her work here was done. "That was a lovely, as you say, 'talk about boys' but I think it is best if you leave now." Jo pulled Teddy's arm (no muscle whatsoever) towards the front door.

"No wait," said Teddy. "I just wanted to know..." Teddy was now outside of the house.

"Wanted to know what," asked Jo.

"If you like like my brother, Gabe!"

"Oh," said Jo. She tilted her head as if in deep thought and tapped her chin. To tell the truth or not to tell the truth. Decisions... Decisions... Oh, here's an option. Jo slammed the door in Teddy's face.

Teddy turned around and put her head down as she did the walk of shame to her house. "That was a lot harder than I thought it would be."

"That was your plan?"

Teddy was now back in her room, sprawled on her bed while telling Ivy of her failure of a plan. During that time, Ivy just shook her head while having a disappointed look on her face.

"What," asked Teddy. She was offended. Sure the plan did not work, but it was a solid plan. Wasn't it? "If she had been cooperative, I would have her confession."

Ivy rolled her eyes. I love her like a friend, but sometimes this girl can be dumber than a rock. "Seriously T? You expected her to say her deepest secret to a stranger?"

"Hey now!" Teddy stood up. "Having a crush on someone is not a deep secret! And I am not a stranger! I talked to her before!"

"She's twelve! Crushes are the only secrets girls have when they're twelve! And you met her like three months ago! And during that time only talked to her for like an hour at most!"

Teddy sighed. She's right. She groaned and threw herself on her bed. "What do we do now?"

"Well, I don't know about you, but I've got a plan that, if done properly, can get Jo and Gabe to be dating by the end of tomorrow."

Teddy sat up excited. Good thing Ivy's cunning. "That's great! What is it?"

"Okay, so first..."