Dealing with the Parents

A/N: I know the last chapter was super-short, but I'm going to try to update as much as I can before I go on vaca!

Disclaimer: This is getting really old! I don't own anything! Satisfied?

"Oh, ba. This is going to be harder than I thought!" thought Tanya. (A/N: I'm thinking the same thing!)

"Oh, ba. We have to call our parentals!" said Carlynda.

"I'm hungry!" said Emilia.

"I vote pancakes!" said Daniela.

"Can I press the button?" asked Krystyn.

"No, I get to this time!" said Carlynda.

"No! I called it!" said Krystyn.

"Ba you!" said Carlynda.

"No, BA you!" said Krystyn. And as they were fighting Emilia and Daniela exchanged glances and raced for the button. Tanya, who was standing right next to the button, pressed it.

"Wow," said Tanya, "We're way past easily amused."

So they all got pancakes with powdered sugar and milk and strawberry juice - except for Krystyn who again felt sorry for the cows and gave her milk to Carlynda. After breakfast they used Daniela's cell phone to call their parents.

"Ola? Mom?" asked Tanya. Somebody answered the phone and hung up.

"Game over, try again!" said Carlynda.

"That's weird," said Emilia.

"Well, it's not like their worrying about us! We just told them that we were going to go spend the night with Tanya's new boyfriend that she met on her run, and they didn't even care," said Krystyn.

"YOU DID?!?!?!" said Tanya, and she was about to say, "Let me go barf now!" when she remembered that Artemis was probably listening. Sigh.

"Well... when you called your parents, all you said was that you had met a new friend and were going to hang out at their house for a while. And when you called us, you said that you wanted us to come over and keep you company. Of course, we automatically knew that it was a boy's house because we're your friends, and we just could tell," said Emilia.

"Okay... should we call again?" asked Daniela.

"I dunno. But... um... I kinda forgot to tell you guys this, but when you guys were in the bathroom, I was bugging Artemis about lending me some money so I could go to Hollywood and meet Orlando. And since he was still suffering from hangover a little... I got him to! But there's a catch: There's only one roundtrip plane ticket. AND it's for a month in Hollywood." said Tanya.

For once, everybody just stared.

"I really want to go! But the plane leaves today at 6:00 p.m.!" said Tanya.

"Alright. I get it. We cover for you?" said Emilia.

"Well... I was thinking that you guys could stay here. Because then we would a really great excuse: We found this really cool youth group trip that my cough boyfriend is in. And he thinks that we should all do it. We could make up some phony brochures and stuff - I'm sure Artemis knows how to do that. I doubt that they would even ask for that, though." said Tanya.

"Wow, you've really been thinking about this. Are you feeling okay?" asked Carlynda.

"I think it would work! I mean, we're going to be here for two months anyways, right?" said Daniela.

"Okay, let's go tell the parents. Did anybody bring their permit?" said Tanya.

"Um......... we just kinda drove on over here......" said Krystyn. "I don't think that our U.S. permits work here anyways."

"Alright then, Daniela, you're the most mature. You can drive," said Tanya.

So they ran on over to the hotel. Surprisingly enough, the parents were all over the plan: we leave, and they get peace and quiet.

Meanwhile, Artemis told his parents that he was inviting over some friends to stay in the guest room for a while. Surprisingly enough, they were all over the idea of Artemis making new friends. They also thought that his friends might only like him because he was rich. Oh well, at least he was developing social skills.
A/N: Orlando will be a main character as soon as I can ship Tanya off to Hollywood. Promise. PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!! Thankies!

P.S. - Apparently there is some confusion. OF COURSE Artemis was OOC! For heaven sakes - do you function normally after chugging a martini?!?!