Almost 24 hours had passed since the quads got to know about the sleepover. Right when the clock hit the 24 hour mark the quads heard their doorbell go "Ding dong ding dong, dong ding ding dong". From their rooms, the quads heard it in the distance, and the race down the stairs begun.
"I'm getting the door!", Dawn shouted at her brothers.
"No, I'm the door-getter!", Dicky shouted back.
"You're the phone-answerer!", Ricky shouted at him, while taking a sharp turn to run down the stairs.
"Why do we let him answer the phone!?", Nicky shouted, before smoothly running past the other three. He stopped on the platform in the middle and jumped over the last steps. Then he ran to the door. He didn't care about the fact that he was only in his underwear and a blue t-shirt with cartoon lightning strikes on it. After all, who could it be if not their friends. Nicky swung the door open, and to his surprise, the delivery woman stood outside. He looked at her with a shocked face, then down at his bare legs. Then he made a run for his bedroom, while shouting; "You get the door!", to his fully dressed siblings. The three oldest quads walked over to the door.
"Hey!", Dawn cheerfully said. "Got a delivery for us?"
"I am your delivery person, aren't I?", the brown haired woman said. She then picked up a big package standing beside the door, and from her face & body while picking it up, you could tell it was heavy. Ricky, Dicky & Dawn looked at the big box, amazed by the size.
"What is it?", Ricky asked, hopeful that it was for them.
The woman pulled a list out of the pocket on her brown suit.
"Let's see!", she said. "Two bags of buttered popcorn. One family size bag of cheese doodles. Nerds, pop rocks, toxic waste, Twinkies & five bars of chocolate."
As she listed all the things three out of four quads looked at her with even more thrill than before.
"For what?", Dicky asked.
"For you guys", Anne's voice said from behind them. They turned their heads, and Tom & Anne were standing by the door to the kitchen.
"We ordered a bunch of snacks and candy for you a couple of days ago", Anne continued.
"Oh my goodness, thank you!", Dawn burst out.
"No problem at all, honey. We want this to be the best sleepover ever for you", Anne said.
"Awwww, that's so sweet", the delivery woman all of a sudden said. The others had totally forgotten she was still there, and so they just looked at her awkwardly. She seemed to get what was happening, and just closed the door while smiling and nodding awkwardly.
"Wait... I forgot the map in the laundry room", Anne said as she realized she didn't have her map over Utah. She then left the room, along with Tom.
Just then Nicky came down the stairs, wearing a pair of bright yellow pants.
"So. What did I miss?", he asked. Then he saw the big package and the look on his siblings' faces, and ran down the last steps on the staircase.
"We just got a looooot of snacks for the sleepover", Dawn explained.
"Great!", Nicky squealed happily.
"Speaking of the sleepover, when is everyone coming?", Ricky asked. The second after he said that the doorbell was heard again.
"How about now", Dawn said, smiling.
"No, not now. I've not brushed my hair, and this is my pajama shirt", Dicky said. Dawn turned to him with a disappointed, annoyed face.
"That wasn't a question", she said.
"You mean it was a rhetorical question" Ricky corrected her while he went to the door, and opened it. This time it actually was their friends, standing there, smiling widely, and carrying big bags full of sleepover things.
"Come in, come in! Make yourselves at home, as this will be your home for the next two days", Ricky said, while the others walked in.
"I'm so excited for this sleepover!", Mae said as she put her bag on the couch.
"I know, right!", Dawn exclaimed as Mae and her sat down on the couch. Natlee and Sadie sat down next to them.
"Totally! No rules, no restrictions, no parents", Natlee counted up. Then Tom and Anne walked through the kitchen door. Natlee looked up at them, and her face went disappointed.
"Oh... Parents...", she said. Anne crouched down to Natlee's level on the couch.
"Don't worry. We're just leaving", she said before she stood up again. Tom and her then walked over to the quads. She started hugging them while Tom stood by the door, waiting for her so they could leave.
"Bye Dawn, I love you", Anne said as she hugged her only daughter tightly. She then turned to Ricky, and gave him a just as big hug, while telling him that she loved him. Dicky & Nicky got hugs just like them. Right before letting go of her youngest son Anne whispered:
"I expect you to take care of feeding all of you."
Nicky gladly accepted her request.
"Bye kids! I love you!", Anne shouted as she walked through the front door.
"Yeah, they get it, Anne", Tom said impatiently as he followed her.
Half an hour later the nine kids in the house were all gathered around the coffee table in the living room. The quadruplets, Mae & Miles were sitting on the couch. Sadie sat in one of the armchairs, with Kipper standing behind it, while Natlee sat on the opposite side of the table from them. They were all actively discussing what they were going to do during these days.
"I have a great idea for tomorrow", Natlee said confidently. The others looked at her, getting onto the edges of their seats, waiting for the amazing plan she had.
"We'll go to Fro-yo You Didn't, and get some fro-yo", she said while nodding to herself.
"Come on, you're just saying that cause you get it for free on Saturdays", Dawn said, and leaned back again. "You'll still make us pay for it."
"And why would that stop us from going?", Natlee asked, a passive-aggressive tone to her voice.
"I'm good with going there", Miles quickly said. Mae smiled.
"Well, I am if you are", she said and gave Miles a cutesy look.
"I'm okay with going there too", Nicky said, trying to make it look not-so-obvious he only did it to please Natlee. "I mean we do have money."
Then Dawn sat bolt right up in the couch, interrupting the fro-yo situation.
"Okay, I think tomorrow's settled now. Can we please get onto some sleepover business now?", she asked.
"Sure! Like what? I'd be up for anything! Truth or dare, never have I ever", Sadie started rambling. She then gasped and shouted;
"Doing each other's hair and nails!"
"Doing each other's hair? Please, do you think we would be up for something so girly?", Ricky said with an are-you-serious-tone.
"Ooh! I have an idea!", Dicky burst out. "We can play virtual wrestling!"
All the girls rolled their eyes.
"Please, do you think we'd be up to do something so childish?", Dawn said.
"Well, what do you have in mind for 'sleepover business'?", Ricky asked. Dawn smirked. Clearly she had an idea she thought was amazing.
"We're going to have a competition", she started, bringing in the attention of everyone. "A competition which will see which one of us can stay awake the longest."
Everyone seemed to like it, nodding and smiling.
"So, what's the price?", Kipper interrupted. Dawn went quiet. She obviously hadn't thought up that part.
"Anyone got any ideas?", she asked. Dicky sat up higher.
"The winner... could get their own pet tiger", he said, clearly proud of himself and his suggestion.
"Something a little more realistic?", Ricky suggested.
"Like a pet cat?", Dicky asked. Then Nicky lit up.
"No, like his or her favorite dessert, made by me", he said. Mae seemed to immediately like the idea.
"Good! Cause Mama could really use some pie!", she said exhilarated.
"Uh no. He'll be making chocolate chip muffins tomorrow", Dawn said. She was sure she would win. But so was Sadie.
"Actually, get ready to make red velvet cookies", she said. Nicky laughed.
"Oh, I won't be making any of that. I'll be making my favorite dessert, and I won't share any of it", he declared. Everyone gave him an are-you-serious look.
"Nicky, you're always the first one to go to bed. What makes you think you'll win?", Ricky said.
"Yeah, you have no chance", Dawn stated.
"I go to bed first because I want to get enough sleep! I do it because I want to, not because I need to", Nicky spat out.
"Yeah, sure. Just like I don't need to stay one sandwich ahead, but I want to", Dicky said.
"Dicky, those situations are totally different", Ricky replied.
Very soon, as expected by the others, it turned into a quad fight, which led to the five guests leaving the room to set up their sleeping bags.