CHAPTER 3

The two siblings fought non-stop till they got home. It's a usual cycle- Louis annoys Ren then Ren gets mad and defends herself...minutes later, they're completely fighting over the smallest, most petty things.

When they got home, Donnie went to his friend's house. Steve and Eileen rested in their bedroom. They were tired from all the hectic schedules they had all through out the week. While Ren showed her bedroom to Tawny where she was supposed to stay in, they decided for her to have the guest room instead since Ren's room was overcrowded though it was clean and perfectly organized. Ren went to her parents bedroom, knocked, "Mom, Dad, Tawny will be staying in the guest room. We'll just fix it, ok?"

There was no response, just a mere snore from her father.

"Yeah, I'll take that as a yes," Ren replied.

Louis, on the other hand had his own business. That is to watch T.V. and to wait for his best friend to arrive. He was watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S. and was laughing his heart out when the doorbell rang. He got up from the couch when, at the same time, Ren was coming down the stairs to get some cleaning tools to fix the guest room.

"Hey, man!" Louis greeted his best friend, Twitty who was standing right in front of him.

"Hey there, Lou? What's up?!" Twitty answered as they did their usual handshake. They proceeded to the couch when Ren came back, holding some rags and a pail of water and soap.

"Ren, I thought you already took a bath?" Louis teased. Ren raised her left eyebrow on Louis.

"Hey Ren, you need help?" Twitty asked as Ren put down the pail.

"You know, it's ok. I'll handle this on my own. I wouldn't want to disturb your business with that 140 fat standing beside you," Ren answered on her defense.

"Hey! Hey, I'm not 140 ok? I'm just..." Twitty interrupted Louis.

"No really! Louis and I would love to help," then he got the pail from Ren.

Louis cried, "What? Wait a minute?! Who said I'd help?"

"Thanks! That'd be great! Tawny and I would definitely need all the help we could get," Ren thanked.

Louis was about to answer but Ren and Twitty started walking up the stairs. He had no more chance to complain so he had no choice but to follow them and help clean the guest room.

"Hey Tawny! We've got some Santa's little helpers here," Ren told Tawny as she entered the guest room. Tawny walked towards Ren and got herself a rag. Behind Ren was a guy holding a pail of water with soap.

"Tawny, this is Alan Twitty," putting her right hand on Twitty's shoulder after he had put down the heavy pail.

"We call him Twitty though," Ren continue.

"Hey! I'm Tawny," Tawny said to Twitty.

"Twitty," he answered then gave her a warm smile.

"Well, since everyone knows everyone, we could all start working now," Ren initiated.

Just then, Louis entered from the door and cried,

"Hey guys, do we really have to clean this up?"

Everyone looked at him with a 'yeah-duh' look.

"Fine! Do I have much of a choice," Louis answered.