Summery: Cameron goes on a road trip with his dad leaving Nikki friendless and bored. Meanwhile Derrick finds a nest of turtle eggs that he is determined to take care of. Ava and Susannah are preparing to present a line to an important investor.
Derrick was picking up his toys in the back of the house when he noticed a lump of sand out on the beach. He walked over to have a look and found a nest of eggs. He didn't see their mother or father anywhere so he decided that he needed to take care of them. He ran back to the house and found a pail. He gently placed the little eggs on top of the soft sand in his pail and went to find a safe place to keep them
Inside the house, Nikki sat down at the table and said, "I can't believe Cameron's dad is making him go on a two week road trip."
"Well, that will give you plenty of time to do other things," Ava told her niece as she set the table for breakfast.
"Like what?" Nikki questioned.
"You could play with Derrick, Bradin could teach you how to surf, better yet you can help Susannah and I. We have to present our ideas for a winter line to an investor," Ava explained.
"Winter line? It isn't even July," Nikki said.
"In the world of fashion, it is never to early to find investors," Susannah told Nikki she strolled into the room.
"Nikki, can you go find Derrick," Ava requested.
"Where is he?" Nikki asked.
"I told him to pick up his toys outside," Ava replied.
Nikki walked out the door and yelled for Derrick. After a few moments, Derrick appeared from behind the boathouse. What were you doing?" she asked.
"Picking up my toys like Aunt Ava told me to," Derrick answered innocently.
"Well, breakfast is ready," Nikki told him heading back inside.
Bradin had since come downstairs, and Jay had taken off early to there to meet a deliveryman at the shop.
"What's for breakfast?" Johnny asked as he finish tying his tie.
"Eggs," Ava answered cheerfully.
Derrick thought of his eggs behind the boathouse and did not want to eat their cousins. He instead decided to eat two pieces of toast.
"Don't you want any eggs?" Nikki asked him.
Derrick shook his head and looked down at his toast.
"Are you feeling okay, buddy?" Johnny questioned.
"Yeah," Derrick answered. "Can I go play outside now?"
"Sure, if you don't want to eat anymore," Ava told him.
"I'm full," Derrick assured her before going outside leaving one and half pieces of toast on his plate.
After breakfast, Bradin took off to help Jay, and Nikki was helping Susannah cut fabric. Johnny and Ava were clearing away the breakfast dishes.
"Watch Derrick. I think he might be coming down with something," Johnny said he stacked the plates.
"If he was sick, he would tell me," Ava replied.
"He is a kid, Ava," Johnny explained. "Being sick means sitting inside and not out in the sunshine."
"He isn't sick," Ava protested.
"How do you explain breakfast?" he questioned.
"He wasn't hungry," she responded.
"Okay, all I'm saying is keep an eye on him," Johnny said.
"What you think I let him run wild all day while you're working?" Ava demanded.
"No," he answered before leaving for work.
Ava washed her hands and tried to compose herself. "Sometimes," she thought, "Johnny thinks he knows everything."
Ava walked upstairs to find Nikki measuring a piece of fabric, Susannah cutting another. They were going to need to spend most of the next few days up here if they wanted to have enough pieces from the line to show the possible investor.
"Nikki, did you cut the dark blue?" Ava asked examining a piece of blue fabric that was much too small for the skirt it was intended to be.
"Yeah," Nikki replied.
"It's eight inches too short," Ava stated.
"I cut exactly as the notes said to," Nikki told her.
"Well, the notes must be wrong because this too short," Ava said looking around for the measurement list. She found it and discovered the measurements were correct, but Nikki had misread them. "Well, we'll just have to make another cut," Ava announced looking around for the bolt of blue fabric.
"That is going to be a problem," Susannah told her.
"Why?" Ava questioned.
"That," Susannah said pointing down at the remains of Nikki's cutting, "is the only blue silk we order."
"Please say you're kidding," Ava pleaded.
"I'm not," Susannah replied.
"That skirt is a feature piece. We have to get more fabric," Ava told her.
"The supplier is in San Francisco, and they don't deliver. I had to pick that up last time I was there," Susannah said.
"The presentation is next Friday," Ava said coolly. "That leaves plenty of time for one of us to drive to San Francisco to get more fabric."
"You go to San Francisco. I'll stay here and finish the pieces," Susannah told her.
"By yourself?" Ava questioned.
"I'm going to have to," Susannah replied.
"I could help," Nikki offered.
"Actually, Nikki, I would appreciate it if you kept an eye on Derrick," Ava said.
Nikki nodded. She understood perfectly. She had screwed up, and now they didn't want her to help. Nikki went downstairs and turned on the TV. Twenty minutes later, Ava came down with a packed suitcase.
"Jay and Bradin are busy at the shop, Susannah is going to be working day and night, Johnny is working, and I am counting on you to look after Derrick," Ava told Nikki.
Nikki nodded, and Ava hurried out to her car. San Francisco here she comes. Nikki bummed around the house until lunch. She made sandwiches for herself and Derrick then decided to eat hers down on the beach.
"Do you want to come down to the beach with me?" she asked Derrick.
"No," he responded.
Nikki walked out onto the beach by herself and sat down in the warm sand. She decided to close her eyes for a few moments before she eat her lunch. She soon drifted to sleep.
Hours later Johnny came home to a silent house. "Hello," he called out.
"Up here," Susannah told him.
He went upstairs to fins Susannah hard at work.
"Where is everyone?" he asked.
"Ava had to go to San Francisco," Susannah said.
"Yeah, she called me," Johnny replied.
"Bradin and Jay are still at the shop. And I believe Nikki and Derrick are playing outside," she said in one breath.
"I was thinking about taking them out to dinner. Do you want me to get you anything?" he questioned.
"That would be wonderful. I haven't eaten anything since breakfast," she told him.
"I'll just pick up something at wherever we end up going," he said before going to round up Derrick and Nikki.
He found Derrick sitting behind the boathouse.
"What are you doing?" Johnny questioned.
"Just sitting here," Derrick answered.
"Do you want to go get something to eat?" Johnny asked.
"Sure," Derrick said pushing himself up off the ground.
"Where's Nikki?" Johnny asked him.
"I'm not sure. I think she went to sit on the beach," Derrick replied.
"Well, let's go look for her," Johnny told him.
They found Nikki easily. She was still asleep on the sand.
"Nikki," Johnny said shaking her shoulder.
Nikki rubbed her eyes an looked around.
"What's going on?" she asked.
"Derrick and I are going to get some dinner. We were wondering if you wanted to join us," Johnny explained.
"Dinner?" she questioned.
At that moment, Derrick spotted Nikki's sandwich from lunch. It was covered in ants.
"Cool, look at all the ants," Derrick exclaimed.
"Gross," Nikki moaned standing up to get away from the ants.
"How's Chinese sound?" Johnny questioned.
Both Nikki and Derrick stared at him.
"What you don't like Chinese?" he asked.
"No, it's just we're looking at a million ants enjoying Nmy lunch, and you're talking about food," Nikki told him.
"Well, I'm starving let's go," Johnny said leading them towards the house.
Derrick was picking up his toys in the back of the house when he noticed a lump of sand out on the beach. He walked over to have a look and found a nest of eggs. He didn't see their mother or father anywhere so he decided that he needed to take care of them. He ran back to the house and found a pail. He gently placed the little eggs on top of the soft sand in his pail and went to find a safe place to keep them
Inside the house, Nikki sat down at the table and said, "I can't believe Cameron's dad is making him go on a two week road trip."
"Well, that will give you plenty of time to do other things," Ava told her niece as she set the table for breakfast.
"Like what?" Nikki questioned.
"You could play with Derrick, Bradin could teach you how to surf, better yet you can help Susannah and I. We have to present our ideas for a winter line to an investor," Ava explained.
"Winter line? It isn't even July," Nikki said.
"In the world of fashion, it is never to early to find investors," Susannah told Nikki she strolled into the room.
"Nikki, can you go find Derrick," Ava requested.
"Where is he?" Nikki asked.
"I told him to pick up his toys outside," Ava replied.
Nikki walked out the door and yelled for Derrick. After a few moments, Derrick appeared from behind the boathouse. What were you doing?" she asked.
"Picking up my toys like Aunt Ava told me to," Derrick answered innocently.
"Well, breakfast is ready," Nikki told him heading back inside.
Bradin had since come downstairs, and Jay had taken off early to there to meet a deliveryman at the shop.
"What's for breakfast?" Johnny asked as he finish tying his tie.
"Eggs," Ava answered cheerfully.
Derrick thought of his eggs behind the boathouse and did not want to eat their cousins. He instead decided to eat two pieces of toast.
"Don't you want any eggs?" Nikki asked him.
Derrick shook his head and looked down at his toast.
"Are you feeling okay, buddy?" Johnny questioned.
"Yeah," Derrick answered. "Can I go play outside now?"
"Sure, if you don't want to eat anymore," Ava told him.
"I'm full," Derrick assured her before going outside leaving one and half pieces of toast on his plate.
After breakfast, Bradin took off to help Jay, and Nikki was helping Susannah cut fabric. Johnny and Ava were clearing away the breakfast dishes.
"Watch Derrick. I think he might be coming down with something," Johnny said he stacked the plates.
"If he was sick, he would tell me," Ava replied.
"He is a kid, Ava," Johnny explained. "Being sick means sitting inside and not out in the sunshine."
"He isn't sick," Ava protested.
"How do you explain breakfast?" he questioned.
"He wasn't hungry," she responded.
"Okay, all I'm saying is keep an eye on him," Johnny said.
"What you think I let him run wild all day while you're working?" Ava demanded.
"No," he answered before leaving for work.
Ava washed her hands and tried to compose herself. "Sometimes," she thought, "Johnny thinks he knows everything."
Ava walked upstairs to find Nikki measuring a piece of fabric, Susannah cutting another. They were going to need to spend most of the next few days up here if they wanted to have enough pieces from the line to show the possible investor.
"Nikki, did you cut the dark blue?" Ava asked examining a piece of blue fabric that was much too small for the skirt it was intended to be.
"Yeah," Nikki replied.
"It's eight inches too short," Ava stated.
"I cut exactly as the notes said to," Nikki told her.
"Well, the notes must be wrong because this too short," Ava said looking around for the measurement list. She found it and discovered the measurements were correct, but Nikki had misread them. "Well, we'll just have to make another cut," Ava announced looking around for the bolt of blue fabric.
"That is going to be a problem," Susannah told her.
"Why?" Ava questioned.
"That," Susannah said pointing down at the remains of Nikki's cutting, "is the only blue silk we order."
"Please say you're kidding," Ava pleaded.
"I'm not," Susannah replied.
"That skirt is a feature piece. We have to get more fabric," Ava told her.
"The supplier is in San Francisco, and they don't deliver. I had to pick that up last time I was there," Susannah said.
"The presentation is next Friday," Ava said coolly. "That leaves plenty of time for one of us to drive to San Francisco to get more fabric."
"You go to San Francisco. I'll stay here and finish the pieces," Susannah told her.
"By yourself?" Ava questioned.
"I'm going to have to," Susannah replied.
"I could help," Nikki offered.
"Actually, Nikki, I would appreciate it if you kept an eye on Derrick," Ava said.
Nikki nodded. She understood perfectly. She had screwed up, and now they didn't want her to help. Nikki went downstairs and turned on the TV. Twenty minutes later, Ava came down with a packed suitcase.
"Jay and Bradin are busy at the shop, Susannah is going to be working day and night, Johnny is working, and I am counting on you to look after Derrick," Ava told Nikki.
Nikki nodded, and Ava hurried out to her car. San Francisco here she comes. Nikki bummed around the house until lunch. She made sandwiches for herself and Derrick then decided to eat hers down on the beach.
"Do you want to come down to the beach with me?" she asked Derrick.
"No," he responded.
Nikki walked out onto the beach by herself and sat down in the warm sand. She decided to close her eyes for a few moments before she eat her lunch. She soon drifted to sleep.
Hours later Johnny came home to a silent house. "Hello," he called out.
"Up here," Susannah told him.
He went upstairs to fins Susannah hard at work.
"Where is everyone?" he asked.
"Ava had to go to San Francisco," Susannah said.
"Yeah, she called me," Johnny replied.
"Bradin and Jay are still at the shop. And I believe Nikki and Derrick are playing outside," she said in one breath.
"I was thinking about taking them out to dinner. Do you want me to get you anything?" he questioned.
"That would be wonderful. I haven't eaten anything since breakfast," she told him.
"I'll just pick up something at wherever we end up going," he said before going to round up Derrick and Nikki.
He found Derrick sitting behind the boathouse.
"What are you doing?" Johnny questioned.
"Just sitting here," Derrick answered.
"Do you want to go get something to eat?" Johnny asked.
"Sure," Derrick said pushing himself up off the ground.
"Where's Nikki?" Johnny asked him.
"I'm not sure. I think she went to sit on the beach," Derrick replied.
"Well, let's go look for her," Johnny told him.
They found Nikki easily. She was still asleep on the sand.
"Nikki," Johnny said shaking her shoulder.
Nikki rubbed her eyes an looked around.
"What's going on?" she asked.
"Derrick and I are going to get some dinner. We were wondering if you wanted to join us," Johnny explained.
"Dinner?" she questioned.
At that moment, Derrick spotted Nikki's sandwich from lunch. It was covered in ants.
"Cool, look at all the ants," Derrick exclaimed.
"Gross," Nikki moaned standing up to get away from the ants.
"How's Chinese sound?" Johnny questioned.
Both Nikki and Derrick stared at him.
"What you don't like Chinese?" he asked.
"No, it's just we're looking at a million ants enjoying Nmy lunch, and you're talking about food," Nikki told him.
"Well, I'm starving let's go," Johnny said leading them towards the house.