A/N: yay, another chapter! sry it took so long 2 update--i've had no internet service 4 like 5 weeks. AAAUGGGH!! its been crazy. newho, on w/ the story!

"Ah, what a beautiful mornin'," Starfish sighed, looking out the stained glass window of their tent.

"Um, tents don't have windows," Ukulele Peanut informed the author.

"Oops. You're right," I acknowledged. "Thank you, Peanut."

--TAKE TWO--

"Ah, what a beautiful mornin'," Starfish sighed, staring blankly at the green canvas color of their tent.

"How can you tell it's beautiful if you haven't looked outside yet?" Dude asked.

Starfish shrugged. "I dunno."

Meanwhile, in the other side of the tent--

"So Zero.... what is Drew Barrymore like?" Zig Zag asked.

"Is she really a little girl that's lost?" X-Ray asked (referring to, in case u didn't know, barrymore's autobiography called "little girl lost").

"Um, I don't know," Zero said, shrugging one shoulder.

"Dude, what're you DOING?!" Magnet asked.

"NOTHING!" Dude called from the girl's side of the tent.

"WE WEREN'T TALKING TO YOU," Squid called to her.

"But Zero, why did you just do that?!" Zig Zag asked.

"Do....what?"

"You shrugged just ONE shoulder!" Armpit told him. "Like, one! Instead of two! Unlike a normal person!! And don't you know who used to be around here that shrugged only one of his shoulders?!?!"

"Erm....no. Barfbag?"

"Barfbag?" Magnet asked in confusion. "Oh yeah! I forgot about him! He was like eons ago. Anyway, the point is, Zero--STANLEY is the one who used to shrug only one shoulder. Like, the really nerdy dude whose name is a palindrome."

"DID YOU JUST CALL ME NERDY?!" Dude shouted from the other side of the tent again.

"NO, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT STANLEY," X-Ray informed her. "Geez, how does she hear us?"

"It must be her innate hearing system," Squid said. "She used it all the time to spy on me. She was always accusing me of infidelity."

"Is that why you dumped her?" Zero asked.

"No. I just dumped her for St. No-No, that's all."

"I HEARD THAT!!" Dude shouted, follwed by a loud thud.

"OUCH!!" they heard St. No-No cry. "HEY!! IT WASN'T MY FAULT, DUDE! I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!!"

"SAVE IT FOR THE JUDGE, POCHAHONTAS!!"

St. No-No gasped loudly. "I can't BELIEVE you'd call me that!"

"You should prepare yourself to believe anything at this time," Starfish said. "Considering how mad you're making Dude right now."

"Hm."

Suddenly, Squid appeared out of no where in the girls' side of the tent, dressed in a blue tux and seated in front of a large Grand Piano. He put on a pair of dark sunglasses and cleared his throat, staring at the two fighting female delinquints.

Dude stopped choking St. No-No for a moment to hear what he had to say.

"I would like to dedicate this number to my ex and to St. No-No," Squid said in a cool, deep voice. "The ever avid Beatles fan."

Eloisha raised an eyebrow. Ukulele Peanut was busy tying Hammer's shoelaces together and not paying any attention whatsoever to what was going on.

"Hey, Dude, don't make it bad," Squid sang. "Take a sad song, and make it better. Remember to let her under your skin, when you begin, to make it better."

"Bettah, bettah, bettah, bettah, bettah YAHHHHHHHHHH!" sang Magnet, Zig Zag, Zero, Armpit, and X-Ray, suddenly appearing right next to Squid. "NAH, NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAAAH! NAH NAH NAH NAH!! HEY, DUDE!!!! NAAAAH, NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAAAAAAH!!! NAH NAH NAH NAAAAH, HEY DUDE!!!!"

"What the freak?!" Dude asked.

"That's--that's like--a BEATLES SONG!!" St. No-No gushed, clasping her hands together. "Only they say 'Jude' instead of 'Dude.' I love that song!"

"I hate that song!" said Hammer.

"I KNOW that song!" Ukulele Peanut cried, amazed her amazingness.

"TESS!" came a voice all of a sudden. "TEEESSSSS!!"

"Who's Tess?" asked X-Ray.

"I don't know," Tessyboos said, shrugging.

"TEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!!" the voice from outside the tent continued.

"Say, wait a minute!" Tessyboos said, pointing to herself. "Isn't that me?"

"Hey, I think it is," Zig Zag said.

"That voice is distinctly UNfamiliar," Armpit said, tapping his chin. "Do you think it's someone famous?"

"I doubt it," Eloisha said.

"Never say never," Dude told her.

"I didn't."

"You didn't?"

"No, I said, 'I doubt it,'" Eloisha told her.

"Oh. Well you get my point, though," Dude said.

"Um, no I don't."

"THERESSA!!!" the voice shouted again.

"Gasp!" gasped Tessyboos. "She knows my real name! Hey, hold on a sec- -that voice is distinctly familiar!"

"She's right this way, young lady," came the warden's voice. D-Tent could hear footsteps approaching them.

"Hey, that was the warden!" Zig Zag said. "Maybe you're lawyer's come to free you, Tessyboos! That is, unless you're in trouble for something .... but I doubt it, because you haven't done anything trouble worthy lately..."

The group waited with bated breath as the tent flap slowly opened, admitting the Warden and then--

"BABETTA?!" Tessyboos asked in shock.

"Tess! There you are!" said this red-headed "Babetta" person. "Why didn't you answer when I called you?"

"I didn't know who you were," Tessyboos said.

"You mean you couldn't recognize my voice?!"

"Hey, hey, don't get hysterical."

"Anyway, Tessyboos, Babetta came here with some very important information for you," the Warden said. "So I'd like to--"

"Hey!" interrupted Zig Zag. "Who gave you the authority to parade in here and tell us what do do, huh, warden?!"

"ExCUSE me?" the Warden asked, placing her hands on her hips. "Would you like to say that again, Zig Zag?"

"We looked up the word 'warden' in the Thesaurus last night," Squid said.

"Where the heck did you get a thesaurus?" the Warden asked.

"St. No-No had one," answered Zig Zag. "Anyway, we found out that 'warden' is a synonym for CUSTODIAN!!"

Dude, who had been quietly scribbling something on a sheet of paper for a few seconds, tore the sheet of its pad and taped it to the Warden's forehead. In bold, black letters, it read, "Custodian."

"Custodian?!" the warden--I mean, custodian--asked in shock. "WHAT?! St. No-No, give me that thesaurus!" St. No-No obliged, and the warden flipped through the book's pages. "W-A-R.... a-HA!! Warden is ALSO a synonym for superintendant! Supervisor! That means I have the right to tell you what to do, RICKY!!"

"Don't call me that!" Zig Zag sobbed.

"Sh, sh, it's okay," Hammer comforted him, patting him on the back.

"Anyway, what are you doing here .... Babetta?" Eloisha asked suspiciously.

"Hey, Babs, you missed Lindsay Lohan the other day," Tessyboos said.

"Wow, really?"

"Chya."

"That must've been sweet."

"It was, dude."

"What was?" Dude asked.

Tessyboos stared at her. Babetta stared at her. "Yeah. Okay. Anyway-- "

"I'm sure you're all a little confused about Babetta's sudden appearance," the warden /custodian /supervisor said. "She is Tessyboos's sister."

"Wow, really?" Armpit asked, staring at Babetta. "Hm. So what did you do?"

"What did I....do?" Babetta asked in confusion.

"Yeah. Why are you in Camp Green Lake?" St. No-No asked.

"Hey, I didn't do ANYth--"

"It's okay, Babetta," Dude sighed. "You can be honest with us. We don't care if you kidnapped a turtle, or robbed a candy store, we--"

"You guys are all missing the point," the warden said, resting her hand on the grand piano Squid had brought in earlier. "The POINT is that--" She stopped and stared at what she was leaning on. "Um.... what's a ....piano doing in here?"

"My fairy godmother gave it to me," Zero said rolling his eyes.

"And who, may I ask, is your fairy godmother?" the warden asked suspiciously, actually taking the wee young lad seriously.

"Meryl Streep," Squid answered, just as sarcastically as 0.

"Dude," said Zig Zag. "If you're going to come up with a lie, come up with a good one. Meryl Streep is not a fairy."

"I didn't say anything!!" Dude shouted.

"I didn't say you di--" Zig Zag suddenly realized what Dude meant. He rolled his eyes. "Look, from now on, when we say 'Dude,' chances are we're not referring to you. Especially if you had nothing to do with the conversation."

"Okely dokely, then," Dude said.

"Hey, Meryl Streep!" said Babetta, a light bulb appearing over her head. "You know, my dad made worked with her once."

"Yeah, that's what she told us," Eloisha and Zero said at the same time.

The sister of Tessyboos frowned. "Tess, I'm afraid I've got bad news."

Tessyboo's eyes widened and was suddenly speaking in an Australian accent. "Oh NO! THE DINGOS TOOK THE BABY!!" (don't ask)

Babetta's brow furrowed. "What baby?"

".............................I don't know. But what's the bad news?"

"We're moving," Babetta sighed.

Tessyboos stared at her. "We're.....what?"

"We're moving," Babetta repeated. "To Utah."

"UTAH?!" D-Tent erupted.

"But.... but that means you won't be here!" X-Ray whimpered. He threw himself at Tessyboos' feet. "DON'T LEAVE US, TESSYBOOS!! SAY IT ISN'T SO!!"

"It's so, all right," the Warden says. "Besides, it appears that Tessyboos was framed, so she doesn't even belong here in the first place."

"See, I told you I was framed," Tessyboos said.

"Yeah, and I remember Drew Barrymore didn't believe you," said Eloisha.

"But I was innocent, I told you I was," Tessyboos said in a distant voice. "So we're really moving, Betta? To Utah?"

"Don't make me say it again."

"Okay....."

And with that, Tessyboos promptly fainted and landed face-first on the ground.

Starfish screamed over dramatically and jumped into Eloisha's arms. "Zoinks!" Eloisha cried.

"Yeah, I thought that might happen," Babetta said wisely.

"Well, thanks for comin' and tellin' us," the Warden said appreciatively. She tried to pat Babetta on the back, but her arm went right through the gal's body. "Um... what?"

"You're not a ghost are you?" Armpit asked, as everyone stared at her curiously, trying vainly to tap her on the shoulder or shake her hand.

"Naw," Babetta said, waving a hand dismissively. "Heck, I'm just a hologram! I have some connections with certain geniuses, and they got me here without my having to buy a plane ticket. Holograms--the new millenium! Isn't that just jimmy-dandy?"

"Ssssure," Ukulele Peanut said, nodding slowly.

"Anywho, I guess I'd better be going," Babetta The Hologram said, turning towards the warden. "I expect you to tell her everything else once she wakes up, okay?"

"No problem," the Warden said, nodding.

"All right! Au revior, everyone!" And with that, Babetta vanished.

"Hm. Well, that was odd," remarked Zig Zag, stepping over Tessyboos' body. Everyone else followed suit; stepping over her on their way to breakfast.

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well, i hope that hologram thing wasnt 2 weird. but neway, plz review b/c i'd really appreciate them.

Critic: Tessyboos, r u really leaving us?!

Tessyboos: ur not allowed to ask that, amanda. ur already gone.

Critic: Oh yeaahhhhh! ..................i 4got.

Sawyerzelda: oi vay. plz review, ppl!!