After a while...
"We have to tell Hallie." Darla said as she was in her pajamas and it was night now in California.
"Agreed." Annie nodded.
Darla then dried her hair as it dripped water on the floor. After drying off, they soon called Annie's house.
In London...
It was about time for breakfast.
"You sleep okay?" Amber asked Hallie when it was just the two of them.
"Yeah, Cubby really helps." Hallie smiled.
"Well, I'm happy that you got to sleep okay." Amber smiled back.
"James residence..." Martin answered the phone as the girls walked by. "Annie?"
"Yes, Mawtin?" Hallie replied, using her accent then.
"Oh, dear, it sounded just like you on the phone." Martin replied, looking to her in surprise.
'Must be Annie calling for Hallie.' Amber thought to herself.
"A Mildred Plotka for you," Martin handed the phone. "Sounds like your twin."
"My twin? Very funny!" Hallie forced a laugh as she took the phone.
"Her twin, oh, please, Martin; Annie doesn't have a twin." Amber smiled nervously.
Martin then shrugged and went off. Hallie held out the phone a little so she and Amber could both talk to Annie and Darla on the phone.
"We can't do that," Amber warned Hallie. "Someone might see us."
Hallie looked behind them. "Let's go in the closet!"
"Yeah." Amber nodded.
Halie and Amber then went in the closet, taking the phone with them.
"Okay, now we can talk." Hallie then said, using her American accent.
"Girls, you won't believe how amazing she is." Amber smiled.
"Oh, my God, Mom's incredible," Hallie added in. "I can not believe I've lived my. entire life without knowing her. She's beautiful and fun and smart and I love the gowns she designs and I got her talking about how she and Dad first met and what happened between them and if you ask me-"
"Hallie, stop; change in plans, you're gonna have to bring your mom here right away." Darla said.
"Right away?" Hallie repeated. "Are you nuts? I've had one day with her. I'm just getting to know her. I can't. I refuse."
"But your dad's in love!" Darla replied like that was a bad thing.
"Get out of here," Hallie laughed. "Dad doesn't fall in love."
"Oh, trust me, Hal, she's serious." Annie said.
"He's always holding her hand, kissing her neck, and waiting on her hand and foot." Darla added in.
"She is?" Amber and Hallie asked.
"It's disgusting..." Darla and Annie grunted.
Hallie soon found a candy wrapper and knew what to do with it.
"Come on, guys, we need your help." Darla begged and pleaded.
"We'll you guys will just have to break them up..." Hallie shrugged. "Sabotage them, do whatever you have to do."
"Yeah." Amber nodded.
"We're trying, but we're at a slight disadvantage; I only met the man twelve hours ago," Annie warned. "You've got to get back here to help me."
"Guys, we can't," Hallie said before wrinkling the candy wrapped over the phone to make it sound like static. "I want to spend more time with Mom and Amber wants to spend more time with her aunt."
"What's that sound?" Darla asked as she heard something over the phone.
"Guys, are you still there?" Hallie pretended she couldn't hear them. "I can barely hear you guys!"
"Hallie, what're you doing?!" Amber's eyes widened.
"Operator, operator!" Hallie replied. "Sorry, I think we lost ya guys."
"Hallie!" Amber glared.
"Thanks for your help, Hal." Annie firmly pouted before hanging up the phone with Darla.
"Hallie, why did you do that?" Amber asked.
"It's just business, Amber..." Hallie shrugged innocently before coming out of the closet with her.
And where they saw Elizabeth and the others outside of the closet.
"Heh... Had a phone call..." Hallie smiled nervously. "It's an old camp tradition...Talk to your best friend from inside a closet... Kinda stupid, I know but..."
Amber then took the phone and put it back on the stand with a nervous smile. "Breakfast, anyone?"
Patch glanced at them, then looked out the window before beaming and then ran out the front door.
"Patch!" Pongo and Perdita cried out.
Patch ran down the street and ran into a familiar young puppy.
"Uncle Patch?!" Oddball smiled.
"Oddball." Patch smiled back.
Oddball and Patch nuzzled.
"What're you doing here?" Patch asked.
"Visiting Domino." Oddball smiled, then looked to her brother who was at the end with Dottie and Dipstick who were now talking with Coco and Beamer while Domino looked bored of the adult dogs talking.
"Looks like your brother could use some excitement." Patch said.
"Domino, over here!" Oddball called.
Domino turned over and 'escaped' his parents and great-aunt and great-uncle. He then looked up to Patch with an excited smile. "Uncle Patch!"
"Hey there, Domino." Patch smiled.
"Long time no see, Uncle Patch." Domino smiled back.
"How's your parents?" Patch asked since Dipstick was his brother after all and Dottie was his cousin.
"Oh, same old, same old..." Domino shrugged. "A little lonely though since I'm the only puppy in the house."
"Well, maybe Annie could adopt you." Patch said.
"Annie?" Domino tilted his head.
"Patch, where'd you go?" Amber's voice called out. "It's time for breakfast!"
"I'm coming, Amber!" Patch called out.
Oddball and Domino pouted.
Patch nuzzled against his niece and nephew. "Stay out of trouble."
"We will." Oddball and Domino promised.
Domino decided to follow Patch however, without him noticing.
Oddball was about to go back to their parents and great-aunt and great-uncle until she saw her brother. "Dom-"
"Shh." Domino shushed her.
Domino soon went up to one of the windows to see a nice family inside.
Back in California...
It was time for breakfast there and Chessy served Hallie's favorite: Sunny side up eggs, bacon, toast, and a stack of humongous chocolate chip pancakes.
"Mm." Darla smiled.
"Thanks, Chessy." Annie replied, though didn't sound too interested in eating the breakfast.
"How are you not interested in this food?" Darla whispered.
"It's too much and not like home..." Annie replied with a frown.
Chessy got worried about Annie not eating since Hallie had a big appetite. "Not hungry again? You hardly ate your chili, your favorite food and now you're not eating your breakfast," she then put her hand on the redheaded girl's forehead. "You're not sick, are you?"
"I'm fine, I promise." Annie replied.
"She just doesn't seem to be hungry." Darla said.
"Hmm..." Chessy hummed.
"Where's Dad?" Annie changed the subject.
"He and Miss 'I'll-Just-Have-Half-A-Grapefruit-Thank-You' left about an hour ago," Chessy replied. "You guys overslept and he didn't wanna wake you. Of course, I'd oversleep too if I was up at midnight making mysterious phone calls from my bathroom."
'Oh, crud.' Darla thought to herself.
"Oh, that," Annie replied nervously. "We were calling an old friend from camp, Mildred. She lives in New York."
"Oh, I see and you wanted to call Mildred at a time that was convenient for her because of the time difference." Chessy replied.
"Precisely!" Darla smiled nervously.
"Uh-huh, so you guys waited until it was 3:00 in the morning her time," Chessy folded her arms then. "That makes perfect sense."
'Uh-oh...' Darla thought to herself.
"Actually, it was 7:00 at night her time," Annie quickly covered up. "You see she lives in New York, but she was on vacation with her family in Bora Bora..." she then took a bite of the bacon with a nervous smile.
"Very smooth," Chessy replied. "Hallie, your dad wants you to go over to his office as soon as you're done with breakfast."
"Mind if I join them?" Darla asked.
"It's up to him, but I'm sure he'd like the company." Chessy shrugged.
Darla was about to eat the chocolate pancakes since Annie wasn't going to, but shoved the bacon in her mouth and grabbed the blonde girl by the hand.
"Done!" Annie called.
"Wait!" Darla yelped as she was actually quite hungry.
Sammy growled at Annie, unable to resist since he didn't know her.
"Sammy, will you please calm down?" Maisy said.
"That dog has gotten so weird! Bye, Chessy, thanks again for breakfast. It was great." Annie said nervously.
"Speak for yourself." Darla deadpanned.
Annie then tried to pull on the door, but it wouldn't open which only made Darla face-palm.
"Push, Hal!" Chessy called.
Annie then pushed on the door and it opened. "Right... I forgot..." she smiled nervously before going off with Darla to meet Nick.
"You couldn't have waited for me to get something to eat first?" Darla asked.
"She was making me nervous, what could I do?" Annie replied.
"Let me eat!" Darla pouted as she held her stomach. "Thanks to you, I'm starving."
"Sorry." Annie said.
Darla narrowed her eyes. "I am not pleasant when I'm hungry..."
"Come on, let's just go see Dad." Annie walked ahead of her.
Maisy came by with a plastic bag filled with the breakfast leftovers.
Darla smiled to her, petted her, and ate it. "Thanks, girl."
"No problem." Maisy smiled.
Darla then munched on the breakfast as she followed Annie to the vineyards.
"Hopefully Hallie's dad doesn't mind the company." Maisy whispered.