Chapter 2

Stephanie, Darcy, Allie, Anna, Kayla, Kimmy, and Gia arrived at a fancy hotel to see a poster with "Renee Livingston's Baby Shower" written on it.

"Her married name in Livingston?" Darcy asked.

"Isn't that the name of the hotel?" Kimmy asked.

"Yes," Anna said. "Her husband is Todd Livingston. He owns this hotel and several others around the country."

"So she married rich," Allie said.

"Of course she did," Kayla said. "That's Renee for you."

"So what's the plan?" Stephanie asked. "I haven't thought this far ahead."

"Oh!" Kimmy cheered. "I have an idea!"

"What?" Stephanie asked.

"Since they're the Flamingoes, what if we release actual flamingoes into the hotel?" Kimmy asked.

"I actually like that idea," Gia said.

"That's dangerous," Stephanie said. "And besides, where would we even get flamingoes?"

"My uncle owns a zoo," Kayla said.

"We're not going to do anything dangerous," Stephanie said. "I have a better idea."

"What should we do then?" Darcy asked. "The time it's taking us to plan, we could've already made Renee cry."

Stephanie gasped.

"I know exactly what to do!" Stephanie cheered.

Meanwhile in the hotel, Renee and the other Flamingoes sat in the pink lobby of the lavish baby shower. Everything, including the gifts, was pink. Renee opened one of the gifts to reveal a green plush frog.

"Oh," Renee said in a fake sincere voice. "A frog. Thanks, Wendy."

"You're welcome," Wendy, one of the guests said smiling. "My kids love frogs."

"However," Renee said. "I said the gifts had to be pink. You know, because I'm having a girl."

"Well," Wendy said nervously. "You see… I tried to find a pink frog, but I couldn't find any stores that sold them."

"There's this thing called Amazon," Renee said. "I hope you kept the receipt."

Renee threw the frog at Wendy. Wendy started to cry.

"Are you crying?" Renee asked hatefully. "There's no crying at my baby shower? Girls!"

Renee snapped her fingers and the other Flamingoes escorted Wendy out.

"Next present," Renee said.

Stephanie, Gia, Kimmy, Darcy, Allie, Anna, and Kayla entered the lobby.

"This is the perfect place to have my baby shower!" Stephanie cheered.

"Stephanie?" Renee asked.

"OMG!" Stephanie cheered. "Renee!"

Stephanie walked over and hugged Renee.

"Let go of me!" Renee shouted.

Stephanie let go of Renee.

"What are you doing here?" Renee asked hatefully.

"Since my baby shower only had a few guests, we decided to get a hotel room and make it a party!" Stephanie cheered. "What are you doing here?"

"This is my hotel," Renee said. "And we're trying to have my baby shower!"

"You're pregnant too?" Stephanie asked. "How awesome!"

"Yeah," Renee said. "So let's get you that hotel room so you can go have your baby shower thingy and get out of here."

"Oh no," Stephanie said. "I have time. Let's all catch up. Come on, girls."

Stephanie's entire party sat down with Renee's party. Stephanie sat by Renee and pushed one of the other Flamingoes out of the way. She then put her arm around her.

"Renee and I go way back!" Stephanie laughed. "Oh my gosh! When we were kids, I wanted to be a Flamingo so bad!"

"You don't have to tell that story, Stephanie," Renee said.

"Sure I do," Stephanie replied. "It's so funny!"

"No," Renee said. "It really isn't."

"So in order to join, I had to steal my dad's phone card," Stephanie laughed. "But then my sister D.J. caught me. I cried and D.J. talked to me. Turns out…."

"Stephanie," Renee said. "Please don't."

"The Flamingoes just wanted the card so they could call their boyfriends!" Stephanie laughed. "Isn't that wild?!"

"Okay," Renee said. "That was so fun. Now let's get you that hotel room."

"Oh no," Stephanie said. "I have a million funny stories about the Flamingoes."