"Edward Norman Hashwallter! Get your ass down here right now young man!" yelled Eddie's mom.

"Ahh, Ma! What did I do this time?" answered Eddie from his room.

"I'll tell you when you get over here!"

"Ahh man." said Eddie getting up from the floor where he slept last night. When he finally reached the kitchen he saw his mother tapping her foot and wearing a look that could kill on her face.

"You should have been ready half an hour ago. What is taking you so long?"

"Sorry Ma. I guess I slept in a little."

"Yeah well you are supposed to drop me off at work today because my car is in the shop."

"Oh man I forgot about that. I'll be right back" said Eddie racing to his room. When he got there he was rushing to get dressed and then he remembered about Derek and his mom. "Yo dude get up man I gotta go"

"What?" said a very groggy Derek.

"I said get up."

"Oh!"

"So what are you going to school today or what? Cause I'm leaving right now."

"Umm… well.." said Derek glancing over at Judith. "Maybe I should stay and go check out the situation about our house."

"Okay. Yeah, whatever" said Eddie grabbing his bag and heading out the door.

Down at the police station …

"Ahh! Hello Mr. Evansteen!" said the officer.

"Hello, Officer" replied Derek while taking a seat in front of his desk.

"Well you came here today to discuss about the condition of your house?"

"Yes" said Derek mentally saying that it was kind of obvious.

"Well the damage was not that severe. It is mostly in the bathroom and the rooms surrounding it"

"Okay that's good. But the real question is how much is it going to cost?"

"Well we got in touch with a local contracting company and it will be about a couple thousand dollars"

"A couple thousand. Are you kidding me?" said Derek in shock.

"No and we even got you a nice deal"

"Yeah thanks but we don't have that kind of cash right now"

"That's a problem. Well you could just stay with a friend or relative until you and your mom get the money."

'Yeah like that will happen. I only have a part-time job and Judith is unemployed. Oh crap! I left Judith at Eddie's house' thought Derek to himself.

"Mr. Evansteen, Mr. Evansteen" said the officer trying to get Derek attention.

"What?" said Derek finally coming back to reality.

"Like I was saying before, your mom and you could stay with someone else until you .."

"I heard you say that the first time" said Derek cutting off the officer.

"Hey don't talk like that to me kid" said the obviously pissy officer.

"Fine sorry" said Derek a little annoyed by the officer's sudden authority.

"God kids these days have no manners" muttered the officer to himself. "Well, that's it for today Mr. Evansteen. We will keep in touch" said the officer opening the door for Derek to go through.

"Thanks and goodbye" said Derek before he left.

'Man, this really sucks' thought Derek. 'Dang I got to check on Judith to make sure she hasn't trashed Eddie's house'

At Eddie's house …

As Derek approached the house he heard some noise coming from the kitchen. He sped up his pace a little and when he got there he found a horrible sight. The floor was covered in flour and broken egg shells. The counters were dripping with eggs and a cartoon of milk was spilled. The fridge was ajar and to make it worse there were slices of PB and J on the ceiling. In other words it was a complete mess.

Derek just stood in the door way with his mouth open in shock. Then Judith popped up from behind the counter covered from head to toe with the mess from the kitchen. Before Derek could say anything the front door opened.

"Hey, Eddie. Thank goodness your home because we have a problem in the kitchen" said Derek.

Then Derek turned around and ended up face to face with a very pissed off and confused woman.