Disguises and Dinners

"Chelsea, you never told me who we were meeting," Eddie said while going down the Tipton elevator.

"Well, Keely said she'd catch up with us soon, and Maddie and her friend will be there."

"What friend? Do I know her?"

"You might. And yet, you might not. It's all a matter of the Mights and the Might Nots!"

"That's nice." Eddie replied getting off the elevator with Chelsea. As they passed the front desk, Mr. Moseby stopped them.

"Why, hello Chelsea. Maddie and London are waiting for you in Café Amour."

"London!" screamed Eddie. "Did he just say London?"

"No! Of course not. He said…Mon…fun."

"Mon-Fun?"

"Yeah. Mon-Fun!" Chelsea replied. "Mon-Fun is a… foreign exchange student staying with Maddie!"

"Ok…." said Eddie, a little scared.

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The two finally reached the café and Eddie saw his guests: Maddie, Keely, and London.

"London! What are you doing here?"

"Well Common Boy," began London, "I was coming to stop Maddie from buying horrid clothes. But why on earth am I telling you this?"
"No time to talk you two!" Keely interrupted, taking each one in her arm. "It's time for dinner!"

The five friends went into the restaurant and tried to find a table for 5. They could not find one so they sought the help of a familiar faced waiter.

"Why hello, little ones!" said Jean-Claude, the waiter. "How can I help you today?"

"Well waiter." Keely began. "My friends and I are looking for a table for 5. But we can't seem to find one."

'This does bring a very interesting dilemma of the sorts." the waiter said. "It seems that you all will have to be separated."

"Separated?" Eddie exclaimed. "Why?"

"Well, it is against all policies of French restaurants to have tables pushed together."

"Oh that's too bad!" said Maddie. Two seconds later, she and her pen pals were at the table of three, leaving Eddie and London to go to the table for two.

"Candy girl!" said London. "Please trade seats with me! I don't want to sit with Common Boy!"

"Sorry, London," Maddie said, "We were here first. I'm sure you can last one hour with 'Common Boy.' You might even learn a little about him."

London left to go to the table with Eddie, who had mixed feelings about the whole night.

Suddenly Jean-Claude came up to them as he adjusted his mustache….

"Um..Waiter. Can I see you for a minute?" Eddie asked the waiter

"Why of course!" said Jean-Claude, as they went into a corner. Eddie then confronted the mysterious waiter.

"RAVEN!" Eddie whispered. "What are you doing?"

"Oh Eddie!" said Raven. "I knew you weren't going to confront London, so I had to do it myself! Come on, just try it!"
"Do you realize how annoyed I am right now?"

"I appreciate your compliment," Raven replied, as they went back to the table, where London was waiting.

"Common Boy!" she screamed. "Where on Earth were you?"

"Oh nothing, London." he calmly replied.

"Anyway!" Raven (as Jean-Claude) said, "What can I get for you?"

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It is here where I must pause, for London Tipton begins a very extremely long list of demands, simply speaking without taking a breath. I do not have nimble fingers, so I will not go into the list. So if you do not like it, then go ask London Tipton what she ordered. If you don't care, you can read on as we move to the time period after the couple gets their food and beings talking.

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"They did what?" London silently screamed to Eddie. He had just informed her of the others' plan.

"Yeah, I can't believe it either."

"So Common Boy, I mean Eddie, what are we going to do about it?"

"Well, now you know I like you."
"And now you know I like you," said London suddenly.

Eddie perked up immediately. "I do?"

"You do now." She replied. London looked around and saw that the girls were in the restroom, so she quickly kissed Eddie on the cheek.

"I guess I do." he said to her. "So listen. I have a plan, if you're up to it."

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The girls were back and they began discussing with Raven (still as Jean-Claude).

"This plan is perfect!" Keely was saying.

"I know." Raven said. "Those two will be together before you……"

Raven couldn't finish her statement, because London had stood up pushing the table into Eddie.

"This is the absolute worst evening ever!" she screamed as she stormed out.

"London, wait!" shrieked Eddie, running after her.

The foursome stood silent for a minute then ran after them. As they left, Moesby stopped them in their tracks as they looked on to see Eddie and London wrapped in each others' arms in the lobby.

Coming Up in Chapter 8: "I think I love you."