It was late at night at Lititz Heights bridal shop, I Do Dresses, a Pacific Islander girl wearing '70s-styled clothing was doing inventory management. She finally got to the couture dress, Ntyméno Metáxii. When she opened the box, she saw that the wedding dress was gone.

XxoxX

In the morning, Cristina and Ricardo got back from their honeymoon in New York City. Kirby, Carolina, and Estrella were thrilled that Cristina and Ricardo are back from New York. Cristina brought Estrella back some for Estrella and Carolina.

The doorbell rang on their home. At the door, Ricardo could see a Latina with pink clothes and dimples. "Jimena," asked Ricardo, "what are you doing here?"

"Poyo, poyo? (Who's Jimena?)" asked Kirby.

"She's my younger sister," Ricardo explained to Kirby. "She works as a wedding planner on the other side of town."

"You remember her from Cristina and Ricardo's wedding, don't you, Kirby?" asked Estrella.

"He didn't," Carolina said. "He was just too busy thinking about the wedding cake. It was a good thing he took the last slice so we won't have any trouble with him eating the whole thing."

"Right," Jimena said, "You know my best friend Leilani?"

"Yeah," recalled Ricardo. "She recently took over her parents' bridal shop."

"I know she's not good at keeping track of things," Jimena said, "but she recently lost a couture wedding gown."

Kirby was confused about what Jimena meant. "Couture means 'one of a kind'," Deputy Downs explained. "And we should help Leilani with it. Chief Hess is attending the grand opening of the eco minimart on the outskirts of town today."

XxoxX

Later at I Do Dresses, Leah, Tania, Estrella, Swinger, and Kirby arrived from the Warp Stars. Before they had a chance to go in, they saw a guy rushing from the jewelry store with a jewelry box.

Inside the shop, they saw Leilani being frantic about losing the gown. By the corner, they saw an elderly Greek lady. With a glimpse, Estrella quickly recognized her. "Petroula Antona?" she asked. "The greek wedding gown designer? Cristina bought one of her dresses from her."

"Poyo? (Really?)" asked Kirby.

"Yeah," Estrella replied. "She's a legend."

"May I help you?" Mrs. Antona said in a Greek accent.

"Yes," Estrella replied. "We're investigating your missing couture and my eldest sister Cristina bought one of your gowns."

"Yes," replied Mrs. Antona. "The waitress from Lititz Heights."

Out of the changing rooms, came Billie in a winter-themed dress. "What is the name of shooting stars is Billie doing now?" Tania asked.

"Due to the heatwave yesterday," Billie replied, "I decided to pass the time by making a snow dress. Look at the snow castles on the dress, which you're jealous of."

"No," Leah answered. "We're fine."

"Where are the other Klue Queens anyway?" Billie asked. "Crying their hearts out?"

"No," answered Tania. "Kaylin promised her uncle and Eli to repaint Eli's living room, Rylie is taking Aaron out bowling, and Paige needed to babysit Koharu while her parents are out of town for a boat festival."

"Too bad," said Billie as she barged out. "My dad hired a crew to renovate my bathroom, so I have to try out my new dress at a bridal shop."

"This is great," Leilani replied. "Billie Holman was tresspassing in my bridal shop to try on a new shop."

Swinger wandered off to a wedding gown imported from France. On the gown was a lock of natural grey hair, meaning that the person was elderly.

"We got our suspects," whispered Leah as she showed the list.

Suspects

The mysterious man who rushed from the jewelry shop.

Petroula Antona - She seems attached to her dresses.

Leilani Hailama - Constantly panics over small details.

XxoxX

Meanwhile at Roadhouse Fantasia, Ms. McBruce was serving an elderly Latina. "It's good to have you back, Señorita Salazar," Lorraine smiled to the old woman.

"Lorraine," Senorita Salazar said, "call me Alessandra. It's been 10 years since I set foot at Roadhouse Fantasia. My ex-husband had to ban me for not paying for all the meals."

"Hey, Mom," Deputy Downs said. "You're here too?"

"I had to come," Alessandra answered. "Seeing Jimena's boyfriend will be the greatest thing I've ever seen."

"What?" asked Ricardo as he turned to Jimena.

"You see," Jimena said, "my boyfriend is going to propose to me, and I haven't figured out what to wear."

"Another wardrobe crisis?" Ricardo guessed.

"I'm afraid so," Jimena answered. "This is why I ran 15 minutes late for my sweet 16 - all my homecoming dances, my junior and senior prom, and Abuela Salazar's 100th birthday last year."

"Hey," Ricardo replied. "You didn't want Dad to mess around with your dresses."

"Exactly," Jimena replied. "He might use them as napkins for Roadhouse Fantasia."

"Sis," Ricardo replied, "we promise you - after we find that couture dress, we'll find you an outfit for you when Bentley proposes to you."

XxoxX

Back at the dressing rooms of I Do Dresses, Kirby was playing around with the top hats and necklaces when Leah grabbed him. "Kirby," she said, "this is no time for dress-up."

On the floor, she saw a postcard from Athens. Unfortunately, all the words were Greek. Leilani decided to translate it. She majored in business while minored in Greek.

Dear Boss,

I sort of accidentally sent your prized couture to America by accident.

Please don't fire me, my kids are just starting college and I need the drahcma for it.

Sincerely, Giannis.

"A parent with college kids accidentally shipping out a couture dress?" asked Jimena. "Why would they do that?"

"We all make mistakes, Leilani," Leah replied, "even us. That's why when we started as Friendly Scouts, because we got the Making Mistakes is Okay badge."

"I remember when I was a Friendly Scout with Jimena," recalled Leilani. "I got the badges in Greek expertise and gardening. I even was the flower girl for my cousin's wedding. I can't remember which one, but that's okay."

"So you didn't steal the wedding gown?" asked Tania.

"No way," Leilani replied. "Then my mom and stepfather would be very angry. I need to get back to work. A lesbian couple will be arriving to pick up their gowns, just as long as they don't look at each other's gowns. That's bad luck."

"Now we got two suspects-" said Estrella, "-the wedding gown designer, and the crazy man from the jewelry store next door."

By a bench, they were figuring out the clues when Swinger and Kirby tried to get a newspaper out of a vending machine. Kirby found a quarter on the ground and placed it in. When they got the paper out, they saw that Antona's Fashion Company sales have been plummeting for 3 months. Leah figured that could be a clue.

Leah, Tania, Estrella, Swinger, and Kirby thought of only one place where aristocratic visitors stay when they come to Lititz Heights: The Bauer Hotel.

XxoxX

At the hotel, Herr Bauer told them that Mrs. Antona is staying in the cheapest suite in the hotel: room 105. The door in room 105 was smelly and had an old door. "They need a new door for this," said Leah.

The three girls, the monkey, and the little puffball decided to hear it through the cheap door, In the hotel room, they heard a voice saying on the phone, "Gamílies koudoúnes koudounízoun."

"Gamílies koudoúnes koudounízoun?" asked Estrella. "Leilani knows Greek, and I bet it had something to do with weddings."

"It means 'Wedding bells are ringing'," Ricardo replied as he showed up. "Leilani invited me to a wedding for a college friend of her's last year."

"But why would they say 'Wedding bells are ringing'?" Tania asked as Kirby took a bobby pin from the ground.

He started to do the break-in trick, much to the horror of the Klue Queens and Ricardo. "Kirby!" snapped Ricardo. "We don't want to get caught!"

But it was too late, Kirby started in and broke into the drawers to find some pop-rock candy. "What are you doing with my private stash of pop-rock candy?!" shouted Mrs. Antona.

"So you're the one who stole the gown," Leah said as she and the others barged in. "How could you steal your gown from I Do Dresses?"

"It was my prize couture," Mrs. Antona explained. "I told the shipment idiots not to ship it out anywhere, but they didn't listen. Now my sales are plummeting thanks to one little mistake. Getting the gown back came to make me go on top again."

Deputy Downs looked at the pop-rock candy and got an idea. "Kirby," shouted Ricardo, "suck it up!"

With a gulp of the pop-rock candy, Kirby turned into Firework Kirby. This caused a distracting firework display for Mrs. Antona. While Kirby was holding her off, Tania and Estrella found the missing dress in one of her suitcases. They rushed out of the hotel room with Leah and Ricardo following them. By the door, they saw Chief Hess talking to Herr Bauer.

"I got a call from visitors from the hotel saying that they saw the Klue Queens investigating a wedding gown theft," he explained angrily.

"Listen to Chief Hess-" Leah said as Mrs. Antona barged out with Kirby in her hands and a gun pointing at him.

"Listen here," Mrs. Antona said. "Hand over my gown or your little puffball gets it."

They didn't want Kirby to get hurt, so Tania and Estrella placed down the gown while Estrella started doing a little monkey dance. With a glimpse, Swinger knew what to do. He climbed onto Mrs. Antona and started pounding her on the head. "Get off of me, you primate!" shouted Mrs. Antona as she freed Kirby.

Kirby tossed the gun to Deputy Downs, then he and Chief Hess cuffed Mrs. Antona. "We started suspecting that she stole the gown when we saw a strand of hair on one of the wedding gowns," Leah explained. "It was natural grey hair. Then we found our second clue was the postcard from Athens, meaning that she was from Greece."

"And remember when we saw the graph with the sales drop with Mrs. Antona's business?" Tania continued. "She must've been cautious of the business and finally the code phrase 'Gamílies koudoúnes koudounízoun', which is Greek for 'Wedding bells are ringing' - meaning that the gown is ready."

"Mrs. Antona wanted to steal back the dress for being a couture," Estrella finished.

"Now you'll get an all-year-long collection of orange suits," Deputy Downs said as he took Mrs. Antona away.

Alessandra and Jimena were proud of Ricardo for arresting a greedy gown designer. That was when Leilani realized something. "You know," she said, "wedding gowns couldn't be just used for weddings, but for marriage proposals too."

XxoxX

A few minutes later, Jimena came out wearing the Ntyméno Metáxi dress. "'Ntyméno metáxi'" is Greek for 'dove silk'," explained Leilani. "I'm glad minoring in Greek in college would help out."

"Jimena!" shouted a voice.

"Bentley!" Jimena shouted as she hugged the man.

The three girls were surprised to find out who her fiancé was. "It's that guy we saw at the jewelry shop," said Estrella.

Bentley bent down, opened up the box, and showed Jimena heart-shaped earrings. With tears in her eyes, Jimena accepted Bentley's proposal and placed the earrings on.

"Heart-shaped earrings," beamed Tania. "This proves that you don't need a ring to propose to your sweetie."

Everyone cheered.

The End.