Peer leadership may have taken up a period, but it still wasn't long enough for everyone to miss social studies. Towards the end of the period, Mr. Mosely handed out a sheet.

"Now, you guys need to fill this sheet out, it's to list all your classes for open house tomorrow night. You're going to give these all to your parents before tomorrow night but I'd recommend filling it out now that I'm giving you the time to do it." He said.

"Uh, Dad," Moze intervened, "Do I really need to fill one out?"

"Well, Jennifer you don't HAVE to but I think your mother should probably have it since I'm going to be busy all night."

"Fine!" She started filling it out.

"Moze, what's with you?" Ned asked her.

"Well, Ned, is there any real point in filling out a schedule when he can just print it out?"

"He's still just your dad and…"

"My dad and my teacher."

"You talk like it's terrible you have him as a teacher."

"It is!"

"Now honestly, it can't be that bad having him."

"How would you like to have your dad as a teacher?"

"I wouldn't exactly be 100 happy with having him around school but he's still my dad and I'd still probably like having him around."

"But my dad is such a geek!"

"He's a social studies teacher; of course he's a geek!"

"Ned, it's just… you have no idea."

Ned simply shrugged and went back to writing his classes down for his parents. As did a very hesitant Moze, Mr. Mosely noticed that his daughter seemed a bit more uptight towards him since the school year began. He never really got why; pretty much all his students adored him. Since Courtney wasn't going to be home that night, Mr. Mosely decided he needed to spend the immediate after school hours on getting in some father-daughter quality time. He was able to get out of work relatively quickly than he usually did since he had to substitute for someone else's class the last period of the day and he could easily get home as soon as the school day ended. Moze was already home just sitting on the couch flipping through channels on TV

"Hey, what are you watching?" he asked.

"I don't know, there's nothing on."

"Well, I guess it's just you and me for most of tonight." Mr. Mosely walked into the kitchen. "What do you want for dinner?"

"Just make whatever, oh, and Ned and Cookie are coming over tonight."

"What? Why?"

"Reaper's on tonight and since we went over to Ned's to watch it last week they might as well come here this week."

"That's going to a bit of a problem…"

"What?"

"I have some of the guys coming by tonight to play Texas hold 'em."

"And as in guys, you mean?"

"Mr. Grimes and Mr. Borland."

"Dad!"

"I know, I know, well, listen what time is Reaper actually on?"

"9."

"Oh…"

"What?"

"That's what time Mr. Grimes and Mr. Borland are coming by."

"Dad, you're kidding."

"I'm really sorry, about this. But can't you guys watch Reaper upstairs?"

"Yeah, I guess that could work."

Meanwhile, right next door, Ned had just gotten home from school, Kaitlyn had gotten home already (she doesn't have anything during the last 2 periods of the day so she can just go home). She was in her room working on a paper for English. Ned knocked on her door.

"Can I come in?" he asked.

"Yeah, sure, whatever."

"Soooo, I guess your one of my peer leaders for this year."

"It's only until halfway through second semester."

"That's 7 months of the school year right there."

"I don't see why this is that big a deal."

"Well, it's just kind of weird. When I see you in the halls or in gym, you don't even come near me but in peer leadership, you insisted that I sit next to you and you called on me for everything."

"Ned, aren't you slightly overreacting? I didn't call on you for everything."

"Okay, so the majority of things I was called upon for but that's still no excuse. So, next time we have a peer leadership, could you be less… buddy-buddy with me? I mean, I know you're my sister and all, but there are 14 other people from my grade there. I think you can concentrate them."

"Sure, Ned."

"Mom knows I'm going to the Mosely's for dinner tonight, right?"

"Yeah, I'll tell her."

"Okay, see you."

Ned left Kaitlyn's room, Ned felt he had done something right by confronting his sister, but she felt let down by her brother's doing. Sure, she does avoid Ned in the hallways and in the gym class there in together, but she felt peer leadership could be the opportunity for them to have a bond on school grounds but now she felt Ned wanted nothing to do with her.

But enough with that, let's get back to Moze and her dad. We'll skip some time to about 8:30, when Ned and Cookie arrived at the Mosely residence, ready to watch Reaper. Dinner went pretty well with having two other people over. Especially now that Moze was feeling like being around her dad was becoming way too much even when Mr. Mosely was trying so hard to be the best dad he could. When 9PM finally rolled around, Ned looked at the clock and walked over to the living room TV.

"Alright, so let's get this show started!"

Moze ran over to him. "Actually, Ned, we're going upstairs to my room to watch the show."

"Are you serious? Why can't we stay down here?"

"Reasons that will… ruin my and your well-being."

"She has a point, whatever she's talking about." Cookie said.

Our favorite three went upstairs and soon afterward Mr. Borland and Mr. Grimes came over and the three teachers came over and got well into their game of Texas hold 'em as the three students were upstairs watching the show. When a commercial break came on, Ned got hungry.

"I'm going downstairs to get some food, anyone want anything?" he asked.

Moze darted over to her bedroom door and blocked Ned from going out.

"No, no, Ned, you don't have to go downstairs." She said very hesitantly.

"Moze, you talk like you have a rapid tiger downstairs or something."

"Lily has rabies, she'll attack you!"

"Lily is a housecat, wouldn't hurt a flea."

"Well, why don't I just send Lily down there for you, remember, she is for some abnormally reason… anthropomorphized."

"Listen, I'll just come up and down, I'll be back."

Ned walked out of the room and Moze waited at the top of the staircase. She gestured towards Cookie.

"He's not gonna be happy when he gets down to the…" she began.

Suddenly a loud shriek could be heard downstairs.

"Yup, perfectly timed." She said and walked downstairs, Ned was in the kitchen at the fridge, stunned that 3 of his teachers were right there across from him and not at school! Of course he knew Mr. Mosely forever but seeing Mr. Borland and Mr. Grimes with him could have felt the slightest awkward. Without words, Moze ran downstairs and pat Ned on the shoulder, took a bag of chips and some sodas and went upstairs. Mr. Mosely, Mr. Borland and Mr. Grimes simply tried to go on with their game.

Next time: Embarrassment and family conflict hit both Ned and Moze. Let's leave it at that because I'm tired and want to sleep. Oh, and happy New Year, too.