Eddie was in his room listening to "I Hate You" by the Sick Puppies when he heard a banging at the front door. Taking off his headphones, he heard his dad answer it.

"Oh! Patricia?" Mr. Sweet said to the redhead. "Is something wrong?"

"C—Can I talk to Eddie for a second?" she responded. At the sound of her cracking voice, Eddie got up and walked to the doorway.

He was surprised to see Patricia standing in the doorway with tears staining her face. He quickly rushed to her side and threw an arm around her shoulder.

"Yacker! Are you okay?" He asked her, examining her face for clues as to what happened.

"My dad… He told me to leave." Patricia said, another tear rolling down her face. "My family's falling apart, Eddie."

"I'm sorry, Patricia." Eddie responded, giving her a squeeze.

"I hate to ask, but can I stay here tonight?" Patricia quietly asked. She looked at Mr. Sweet and Eddie's expressions, and then quickly added. "If it's too awkward I'm sure Amber or Mara would let me."

"No, it's fine." Eddie reassured her.

"But we don't have a guest room—" Mr. Sweet began.

"There's an extra couch in my room." Eddie interrupted.

"I'm not so sure that Ms. Williamson would like sleeping on a couch." Mr. Sweet continued.

"Then I'll take the couch." Eddie insisted. "It'll be fine, Dad."

"It's okay, Eddie. Your dad probably doesn't want me staying overnight. Seeing as I'm your girlfriend and—"

"Yacker, you're fine. You can stay. Right, Dad?" Eddie gave his father a look.

Mr. Sweet sighed. "I guess it's okay with me."

"Thanks." Patricia smiled.

"Come on in, Yacker." Eddie said, leading her forward. She followed him to his room, grateful she had such a great guy for a boyfriend. Patricia honestly had no idea how she got so lucky.

"Shoot." She mumbled. "I don't have any clothes or anything."

"You can… borrow some of mine?" Eddie suggested, motioning toward his dresser.

"I find it hard to believe that you have girls' underwear and a bra. All I have under my cover-up is my bathing suit, Slimeball."

"Oh. Right."

"Come with me back to my house." Patricia insisted. "We can do some investigating, too, yeah?"

"What if your dad—"

"Then we get clothes and go. My guess would be that he went to the diner to get away from everyone In case I came back." Patricia shrugged.

Eddie sighed, and then smiled at his persistent girlfriend. "Okay. If you say so."

"See? You're already learning that arguing with me is useless." Patricia smirked.

"It doesn't take long to learn, Yacker." Eddie grinned back. He then called "We'll be back in a bit, Dad!"

Patricia carefully shut the door behind them, and then grabbed Eddie's hand.

"So what exactly are we looking for?" Eddie asked.

"Anything that really has to do with my parents arguing." Patricia sighed. "I know that we're having money problems, but how bad can it be?"

"Okay." Eddie nodded, but wasn't too sure that they were doing the right thing. "Are you sure you want to do this?"

"Yes, Slimeball. I am." Patricia rolled her eyes. "Geez."

Next chapter is going to be HUGE, so I decided to split the two up. I'll see if I can put it in there today. I might not be able to because I'm going over to a friend's house to start our upcoming fiction co-write together. I obviously like torturing people… ;P

Is anyone else really excited for the season 2 reruns this week? (: Eddie comes on Thursday (House of Who?/ House of Frauds)! I can't wait to see it again!

And, yes, I do listen to the Sick Puppies! I am in love with them right now! I really like "I hate You" and "My World" although the music video for it is kinda sad…

Any Total Drama fans out there? I was thinking (my crazy mind) about doing an HOA/Total Drama crossover. Would you guys read it if I did? Are you excited for season 5? All Stars, BABY! ;)