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Meanwhile, Nina was still following Eddie. "where did he go?" she asked herself. Unknown to her, Eddie was right behind her. & he ended up surprising her. "oh, Eddie!" she exclaimed with surprise. "you surprised me there." "I did, didn't I?" Eddie chuckled. "what are you doing out here, Nina?" "I was following you out here because I saw you leave your house & you didn't have your limo or anything else with you." Nina replied. "why are you out here all alone, Eddie. You're Gonna get Paparazzi-d if you're out here on your own."
"well, I'm not out here on my own now." Eddie laughed. "why don't we get you home before Shannon freaks?" "uh, about that, Eddie." Nina said. "about what, Nin?" Eddie asked. "I'll explain it to you while we walk." Nina responded. They then began to walk & as they did, Nina explained everything to Eddie. "so you, Nat, & your stepsisters are my new maids?" Eddie said. "just until tomorrow. Then I go back to the dinner & my house, working my butt off, of course. This was a weekend-only gig." Nina explained. "who hired you?" Eddie asked. "your dad." Nina said. "I thought you knew." Eddie stopped & stared into space. "he did tell you, right?" Nina said to him. "uh, yeah. Sure he told me." Eddie said. "I just forgot." the two began to walk back to Eddie's house while he thought of the right words to explain to his dad what got him ignoring him all week.
Meanwhile, Mr. Thomas had a talk with Jenny, Jonnie, & Nat. "girls. The more I look into your halves of the dishes I told you to wash earlier this morning, the more I see that it looks like only one person washed them alone." he said. "but that's impossible, Mr. Thomas." Nat said. "all those dishes were washed by Jenny, Jonnie & myself. Like you asked us to." "negative, Natalie." Mr. Thomas said. "it is clear to me that you, Jenifer, & Joanna left Nina alone to do all the dishes."
"but Mr. Thomas--------" the girls tried to say, but they were cut off immediately. "no buts, girls. I must set a proper punishment for you girls." Mr. Thomas said. "you're not gonna make us be Eddie's maids every weekend, are you?" Jenny said. "yeah, Mr. Thomas. We're more of the popular type." Jonnie added. "& Nina's the one who's less popular so why can't she be the one to clean here every Weekend?" Nat said. "my mind is made up, girls. But I can tell you that you won't be the maids here every weekend." Mr. Thomas said. & what did he make them do? He made them clean the dirtiest bathroom in Eddie's house. "this is so gross!" Jonnie exclaimed. "at this rate, I would've settled for being the maids here every weekend."
"yeah, but news flash, Jo. One of those days we would've been stuck cleaning this disgusting bathroom anyway." Jenny said. "ooh. I hate it when you say 'new flash' to me!" Jonnie growled. The sisters then started a fight. Which was stopped by Nat. "Jen. Jo." she said as she broke up the fight. "take it easy. At least when we go back to school for the week tomorrow, we won't have to do gross things like this for a long time." the girls then agreed. & they went back to cleaning the gross bathroom.
Meanwhile, Nina & Eddie returned home. "dad." Eddie said suspiciously. "what is it, son?" Mr. Thomas asked nervously. "did you hire Nina, Nat, Jenny & Jonnie from school to be the maids so they could spy on me?" Eddie said. "oh, Pop-stars these days. Where'd you get such a crazy idea?" Mr. Thomas said. Then, Nat, Jenny, & Jonnie came in. "hey, Mr. Thomas. We're all done with the bathroom." the girls said. Thus, proving it that Mr. Thomas hired the girls as the maids without Eddie's permission. "uh, Nina, Natalie, Jennifer, Joanna. Why don't you girls go home?" Mr. Thomas chuckled. "but we're supposed to be here until tomorrow." Nina said. "oh, forget that turns out you're all going home a day early." Mr. Thomas said. Nat, Jenny, & Jonnie cheered as they ran out of the room. They were free from the world of maids. Nina just whispered over to Eddie. "good luck facing your dad." she said to him before leaving. & after they left, Eddie faced his dad. "dad." he said. "why did you hire those girls to spy on me?"
"because you never said a word to me about what was bothering you all week." Mr. Thomas said. "man. If I had known this school would get you ignoring me, I would've never allowed it."
"it's not the school's fault, dad." Eddie said. "it's one of the students."
"are you crushing on somebody?" Mr. Thomas said. "come on, spill. Who's the lucky lady being crushed on by Edwin Thomas?" "well, Dad. I'm not gonna name names, but it's a girl who's sweet, funny. Goes to my new school, & she doesn't care about the things most teens would care about." Eddie said. "wow." Mr. Thomas exclaimed. "sounds like whoever she is, she's quite the men's lady."
"but the thing is, Dad. I don't know if she likes me back." Eddie said. Mr. Thomas then got close to him & said, "don't worry, Edwin. Whoever this girl is, I'm sure she likes Edwin Thomas right back."
"I just wish I knew for sure." Eddie sighed. He then shared a hug with his dad.
Back at the dinner, Molly was slipping & sliding she bit a lot more than she could chew over the weekend. When she was about to drop the tray of dirty plates, Nina came back & caught it before it could hit the ground. "whoa, Mol." she said. "what's been happening here?"
"oh, hey Nina." Molly said. "I expected that you'd be back tomorrow." "well, things got crazy. & we were allowed to leave a day early." Nina said. "well, did you enjoy your vacation?" molly said. "well, it wasn't exactly a vacation for me." Nina said. "why?" Molly asked. "well, me, Nat, Jenny, & Jonnie got assigned to be Eddie's new maids for the weekend." Nina explained. "ha. I guess those girls finally had an opportunity to do some work themselves." Molly said. "yeah." Nina said. "they did." just then, the girls came. "oh, Nina." they sang as they came in. "when your done in the dinner, the laundry has to be folded." Jonnie said. "& when were you planning to finish my math assignment?" Jenny added. "& my favorite sweater got ruined at Eddie's. I'm dropping it off for you to wash." Nat said. "& it better be ready by tomorrow!" Nat threw her sweater at Nina. "& mom is hungry. Make her lamb chops." Jenny & Jonnie said as they then left. " I just wish they learned their lesson for good." Nina sighed. The girls then laughed as Nina got back to her normal life.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: who is Eddie crushing on? Review this chapter & ask. The answer may be revealed in the next book.
- idreamofcomedy