And now, here we go with 'Pre-Teen Scream'! Part of the episode, anyway, as I'm going to use this to have a bit of a segway to another episode, which is going to happen in the next chapter! Anyway, enjoy!

The day after Christmas, me, Nadine, Phoebe, Lila and a few others were hanging around the steps of Arnold's house as we were listening to the radio outside.

"Keep tuning that radio!" Gerald said as we started to hang around.

"Hmmm... doesn't seem to be anything good on here today." Arnold said as he kept tuning it in.

"I just ever so don't understand why we usually hang around here?" Lila asked. "What is it you guys usually do when you're in this sort of group?"

"Eh, we mostly just hang around unless one of us, usually Arnold, gets an idea." I explained. "Whenever we're a little bored, we usually hang around Arnold's place."

"Oh." Lila said as she sat down. "I guess I still don't quite understand."

"You'll get it in time, Lila." Nadine advised. "Just get a little comfortable."

Lila nodded as she sat down. "I'll try, but you do know we'll have to get inside sometime."

"Yeah... but at least the warm breeze is here while it is." Eugene smiled.

I suddenly heard something on the radio as my eyes twinkled. "Oh, Arnold, keep it on that station! I love this song!"

Everyone nodded as Arnold kept it on there. It was one of the songs Ronnie Matthews performed. I nodded as I started singing along to the lyrics, Eugene and Sheena following suit as everyone else was bobbing their head to the music, except for Nadine, who covered her ears, and Lila, who still not quite understand what was going on.

"I don't get it." Lila said.

"They're listening to Ronnie Matthews." Nadine sighed.

"Who?" Lila asked.

We all gasped as we turned towards Lila.

"What? I lived in the countryside. I'm still trying to get used to the city." Lila said.

"Ronnie Matthews, is like, the best singer of our time!" I smiled. "Greatest singing sensation in like fifty years!"

"He's released a lot of hit singles!" Eugene smiled.

"His songs inspire my soul!" Sheena smiled.

"He's lame!" Nadine said.

Everyone stopped as we turned to Nadine.

"I'm sorry, but he is! His songs are mostly about love and all that junk!" Nadine sighed.

"I don't know... I think it would be fun to be in Ronnie Matthews' shoes." Phoebe smiled.

"You're just saying that because of..." Nadine started before Phoebe nudged her stomach. "Ouch!"

"Because of what?" Gerald asked.

Phoebe smiled innocently. "Nothing, she said nothing."

"Uh-huh..." Gerald said with an unimpressed face.

Pretty soon, the song was over as we listened in. "Yeah, that was Ronnie Matthews' hit single 'I Saw Your Face And Wow!'. Hey, you wanna go backstage to a Ronnie Matthews' concert and then have dinner with Ronnie himself?"

Everyone, but Arnold, Gerald, Nadine and Lila, just voiced their excitement as I joined in. The announcer on the radio then said, "Well, just write us a page on why you'd be the best choice to win an evening with Ronnie! Send it to this radio station at the end of the week, in three days!"

My eyes shined with delight as I said, "Oh my gosh, an evening with Ronnie Matthews! I must win!"

"You are wasting your time!" Nadine rolled her eyes. "Those contests are a scam! Don't be a sucker!"

I noticed Phoebe was writing down the instructions as she nodded. "Well, see you guys."

Phoebe started to run off.

Me, Nadine and Lila just looked at each other as me and Nadine nodded. "Oh yeah."

"What?" Lila asked. "I'm afraid I don't understand."

"Follow us, Lila. We better show you something." Nadine sighed as we decided to follow Lila. "Hey, Phoebe, wait up!"

"See you guys around!" I said as we started giving chase to Phoebe.

"You girls really had to follow me home for this?" Phoebe sighed as she sat on her bed as Lila was looking around in interest.

"I have to say, you have a lovely home." Lila said.

"Phoebe, all of us but Lila knows you're an obsessed Ronnie Matthews fan." I rolled my eyes.

"I'm not obsessed!" Phoebe laughed.

Nadine, staring at Phoebe with an unimpressed face, went over and opened that little Asian folding cabinet (I had no idea what that was called) to reveal a Ronnie Matthew shrine. Nadine pointed to it.

"That's nothing." Phoebe rolled her eyes.

I went over to an Asian scroll, and flipped it around to reveal a Ronnie Matthews poster. I pointed to it.

"So?" Phoebe asked.

Lila pushed a button of the CD player in her room, out of curiosity as Ronnie Matthews' song started to play.

"Hm?" Me and Nadine raised our eyebrows.

Phoebe rolled her eyes. "Okay, so I squeal like a schoolgirl when I listen to Ronnie Matthews..."

"Easy, considering you are a schoolgirl." Lila giggled.

"If you excuse me, I have a page to write!" Phoebe said as she started work on it on her notebook. "In fact, tell me what you think! 'Gritty Kitty ain't so pretty, but it's really thick...'" Phoebe yelped. "Whoops, wrong notebook!"

Phoebe threw it to the side as she pulled out her real notebook, smiling in embarrassment. "Here's my notebook!"

Phoebe opened up her notebook as she took a deep breath.

"Bring it on, Phoebe! I bet I can write something one hundred times more awesome!" I smiled as I sat down next to her.

"You both are out of your mind." Nadine glared she sat down on the ground floor, Lila joining her.

"Do girls here... always become very obsessed?" Lila asked in confusion. "Should I act that way?"

"Trust me, Lila... no you don't." Nadine sighed bitterly.

I ignored them as we were writing our page.

It took us about an hour to complete, but we each completed a good page for our entries. We quickly got envelopes and stuffed our entries inside as we put our addresses and the stamps on. My eyes widened in excitement as I turned to Phoebe, whose eyes were similarily excited.

"Race you to the mailbox!" Me and Phoebe said at the same time as we started jogging.

As soon as we reached the mailbox, me and Phoebe slowed down as we heard Nadine, "What are you two doing?"

We turned as we saw Nadine and Lila following us, Nadine frowned, "I'm telling you, these contests are scams!"

"But Nadine, didn't your parents and you win tickets to the Macy's parade in a radio contest?" Lila asked.

"This is entirely different! That one was a trip! This is going to a concert where you have to meet some complete stranger you do not know that for all you know could be a complete pedo!" Nadine frowned. "Don't be suckers!"

"But I wanna meet Ronnie!" I whined.

"Come on, Nadine, don't be a party pooper!" Phoebe said.

"I'm just saying... how do we know that Ronnie Matthews can be trusted around little freaking kids!" Nadine asked. "How do we know if you girls are safe? I'm just looking after your safety. For all I know, you probably won't win! And for all we know, maybe Ronnie Matthews is faking his singing, like Milli Vanilli!"

Phoebe gasped. "Ronnie Matthews, faking his singing? That's just unheard of!"

"Come on, Nadine! How can somebody FAKE a singing voice?" I rolled my eyes as we both reached for the mailbox with the letters... but at the same time, looking nervously towards Nadine and Lila, the former frowning, the latter just watching in interest and confusion.

"If you two put those letters in the box, you're bigger fools than I thought!" Nadine glared. "I'm telling you all right now, if you let go of those letters, I'm losing respect for the both of you!"

We shook nervously... before we both put our letters in the mailbox, as I said, "No regrets!"

Phoebe, on the other hand, hugged Nadine as Nadine rolled her eyes, Phoebe shaking, "I'm so sorry, Nadine! It was a moment of weakness! I couldn't help myself!"

"Nope! Nuh-uh. Not forgiving you. Nope." Nadine said, pushing Phoebe away as she was walking off.

I rolled my eyes as Lila asked me, "Does Nadine always do this?"

"Oh, she'll come around to it. Me and Phoebe are just being fangirls, that's all." I said. "Nadine just can't get into the Ronnie Matthews songs like we do."

Phoebe got up as she looked down. I looked over to Phoebe as I put a hand on her shoulder, "It's okay, Phoebe. She's just disappointed that we're both fangirling. Once she's done with her butterfly catching or sports-driven activity, she'll come back and apologize."

Phoebe looked up. "Okay..."

"Hey, until then... how about we go back and do each other's hair? Will that cheer you up?" I asked.

Phoebe nodded. "Sure."

"That's great!" I said. "Lila, you want to join us?"

"No thanks. I need to get home as soon as possible. Daddy's probably wondering where I am." Lila said as she started to head out.

"All right, catch you on the flip side!" I said as Lila started to go. "Come on, Phoebe, let's do our hair!"

Phoebe nodded as she clung onto my arm as we walked together.

A little later, over at my place as me and Phoebe were playing around with our hair, curling it up, we heard our mom coming in. "Honey, Nadine's here."

I smiled towards Phoebe. "See? She cares for us."

I turned towards my mom. "Send her in, Mom."

My mother nodded as she went out. A moment later, a guilty Nadine came in as she sighed, "Listen... Phoebe... Rhonda... I want to say I'm sorry. I was being a little irrational."

"Aw, it's all right, Nadine." I said as Nadine sat down and joined us. "You were just being... well, you."

"Protective of both my friends?" Nadine asked.

"Tough but fair." I said.

"I guess..." Nadine sighed. "But I guess I'm just worried for you two. I don't want you girls to be alone..."

"Tell you what." Phoebe smiled. "If one of us wins, we'll take you with us to the concert, maybe you can see why meeting Ronnie Matthews is one of the biggest moments of our lives."

"Be sure to send the loser a photo of you guys!" I laughed.

"I'm sure we'll be able to remind ourselves of that." Phoebe smiled.

"So, the curlers in the hair, huh?" Nadine asked. "Classic."

"Yeah, I hear the curled hair is the new fashion!" I smiled as we continued talking.

And so, me, Nadine and Phoebe hung around my home for the rest of the day as we decided to talk about what is going on for next year.

Three days later, all three of us, along with Eugene, Sheena, Arnold, Gerald and Lila were back at the steps of Arnold's place as we peered our ears, listening for the contest winner.

"This is it, this is it!" Phoebe whispered in excitement.

"The winner of the Ronnie Matthews concert and dinner is... Phoebe Heyerdahl!" The announcer called.

I cheered a little as Eugene and Sheena gasped. "Phoebe?"

"Why are you people surprised?" Phoebe asked. "I've made subtle hints that he was one of my favorite singers."

"Well, we didn't figure you as a fan... maybe Rhonda, but not you!" Gerald said.

"Are you kidding? In her room, she has a Ronnie Matthews shrine!" Nadine said.

"Nadine!" Phoebe whispered, nudging Nadine in the stomach. "Nobody needs to know that!"

"Hey, congratulations, Phoebe." I smiled as I put my hand on her shoulder. "You earned it."

"Thanks, Rhonda! I'm quite pleased." Phoebe giggled, then turned to Nadine with a smirk. "Oh Nadine... remember our little deal we made?"

Nadine's eyes widened as she started to sweat a little.

A little later, it was just me, Arnold and Gerald alone as I sighed. "What a day, huh?"

"Yeah..." Arnold nodded. "Who knew that Phoebe was such a Ronnie Matthews fangirl?"

He then turned to me. "Sorry you couldn't get to go with her or Nadine to the concert."

"Hey, they're my friends. They deserve to have a good time!" I smiled. "I mean, who else can sing better than Ronnie Matthews?"

As if on cue, we heard a country voice singing. I blinked. "What the heck is that? Did you get a new boarder, Arnold?"

Arnold shook his head. "No. Not since Gerald tried to move in."

"Long story." Gerald sighed.

I already knew it, but I nodded. "What say we check it out?"

The boys nodded as we got up out of curiosity.

And there's episode one hundred and two! How did you like it? I'll have Phoebe and Nadine explain to Rhonda about their time in the concert in a later episode, but for now, hope you like what you read! Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!