They all headed inside. While their moms checked in, the girls led the bellhop out to the limo. When he saw how many bags there were, his jaw dropped.
"I'm going to need some more bellhops out here stat," he said into a walkie-talkie. As he went inside to wait for help, the girls tried to figure out which bags belonged to who.
"Alright, I have thirty bags, so-" Stella began. She was cut off by her shocked friends.
"Thirty bags!?" they cried together.
"Well, yeah. I'm glad I did now that I know about the Jonas Brothers staying here. Anyway, I have thirty bags, Melissa and Jody have ten each, Emily has eleven, and each of our mothers somehow only have five. So that makes… seventy-six bags! Wow! That is a lot."
They had finally found enough bellhops and were on their way to their suite. When the door had closed behind the bellhops, Stella shouted
"I get the walk-in closet!" It'll also be a good place for me and the boyfriend I get on this vacation to be together in private. She thought. One of Stella's suitcases contained her designing tools. Her dream was to be a fashion designer. In the suite, there were four bedrooms, four bathrooms, a kitchen, a living room with a sofa and everything, a dining room, and a little area inside the door. Each room had a DVD player, TV, stereo and sound system, three beds, a walk-in closet, and a regular closet. Mrs. Norris, Mrs. Jones, and Mrs. Brooks agreed to share a room. Stella and Melissa would also share a room, and so would Jody and Emily. They all decided not to put anything in the fourth room, just in case. While they were unpacking, Emily browsed the lodge's website on Stella's laptop for information on Lori Shara.
"Hey guys," she said. "Lori is going to be arriving at three 'o' clock. All guests are invited to watch her arrival and watch her put the necklace in the display case. It also says she has a silver sports car so shiny, you could see your reflection in it."
"When are the Jonas Brothers arriving, Em?" Stella asked as she slid another empty suitcase under her bed.
"10:00 A.M. today. It says only guests with an invitation hidden somewhere in their room are allowed to go and watch them arrive, probably for security because they are so popular. It also says anyone who isn't staying at the lodge can't come and visit them without an invitation," Emily answered.
"Well, it's only 8:00. We have two hours before they arrived and seven hours before the heiress arrives. What should we do?" Jody asked.
"I thin we should help Stella unpack because she only unpacked five suitcases," Melissa suggested.
"OK, good idea Melissa," Jody agreed. "Stella, where do we start?"
Nearly two hours later, Melissa said "That's the last of it, Stel." She was just hanging up Stella's strapless, sparkly, gold dress. She always borrowed this dress from her friend. "It's ten to ten. We should start searching for an invitation," she continued. They all split up and began searching.
"Hey mom, I'm going to search your room, okay? Thanks," Jody said as she began looking under the beds.
"Jody, why are you searching our room?" Mrs. Jones asked.
"If we find an invitation, we get to watch the Jonas Brothers arrive," Jody answered as she headed out of the room.
Back in the living room, Jody met Melissa and Emily.
"Stella is looking in the bathroom," Emily said.
"Guys, I found it!" Stella screamed as she raced towards them with a light blue paper in her hand. Melissa gently pried it out of her hyperventilating friend's hand and began reading.
"It says everyone in suite 2400 can go down and watch them arrive and stuff like that. It also says not to lose it because it could come in handy in the near future."
"Awesome! Let's go!" Jody said.
"Mom, we're going to the lobby!" Stella called to her mom.
"Ok, have fun," Mrs. Jones called as the door slammed shut.
In the lobby, there were only about enough o carry all of Stella's suitcases if they each took one. They were holding a similar invitation to the one Stella was holding. While they were walking, a tall, blond, blue-eyed guy of about twenty-six came in and asked the clerk where the ski instructors checked in for work.
"Check out tall, blond, and dreamy," Stella said as Melissa stared at him dreamily. All of a sudden, there was an eruption of screams as a long black limo pulled up. It was similar to the one the girls had arrived in, but it was longer. The chauffer opened the door and the screams became deafening. First a body guard walked in, and then Joe, Kevin, and Nick Jonas followed, taking off their hats and sunglasses. Joe caught Stella's eye as he walked by and she felt her heart melt in his chocolate brown ones, just like hers.
"OMG! It's really them!" Melissa screamed, while Jody and Emily screamed the boys' names. Stella continued to stare after Joe. Up at the front desk, the clerk asked for silence. Then he spoke into a microphone, saying
"I will now reveal the winners of our contest. The Jonas Brothers will be staying in the connecting room to suite 2400!" Joe grabbed the microphone and yelled
"Will the winners come up here? We have something to give them." Stella, Melissa, Emily, and Jody had been too shocked to say anything and couldn't believe they had won. When they heard Joe ask them to come forward, They started screaming and ran to the front desk, finally believing their luck. When Joe saw Stella he couldn't help but look at her eyes. Nick gave them a note and told them not to read it until they got back to their room. With that, the boys walked toward the elevator and disappeared.
"Joe what's wrong with you?" Kevin asked in the elevator, confusion in his green eyes.
"Yeah, you didn't even point out one cute girl." Nick continued. His blue eyes also showed confusion.
"Oh, I saw one girl." Joe said. I can't wait to meet her. Joe was thinking about Stella.
The girls ran up the stairs to their room and jumped onto Stella's bed. When they had finally settled down, Melissa said "OK, this is what it says:
Hi. We have something for you and we were wondering if you had an extra room in your suite. Can we stay with you? This way, we will get to know you and get a little peace and quiet. Knock on the connecting door three times at two 'o' clock and we will come over and talk. Thanks.
Love, Kevin, Joe, and Nick."
"Can you believe this?" Jody asked.
"Mom, can the Jonas Brothers stay in our extra room?" Melissa called.
"Sure honey," Mrs. Norris called back.
"OK, guys. I know we are super totally excited, but let's try to be calm. I'm sure we will get used to it after a few days. OK?" Emily asked.
"As soon their number is in my phone and mine is in theirs', I'll be fine." Stella answered.
"Me too." Melissa and Jody agreed.
"It's only 1:30" Melissa pointed out. "What are we going to do for half an hour?"
"Oh, don't worry. We'll think of something." Stella said mischievously.
"Stella, I know that look." Melissa said. "What do you want to do?"
"Well, I was thinking that since they are going to be here anyway, you guys could help me design some clothes and I could show them my designs. Maybe I could become their stylist," Stella answered. "We could design an outfit Nick, an outfit for Kevin, and an outfit for Joe," Her dreamy sigh when she said Joe's name didn't go unnoticed by her friends, but they let it go. "Come on guys, this is my dream. Pretty please with sugar and a cherry on top?" Stella asked sa she batted her eyelashes and gave them a puppy-dog look.
Five minutes later, Stella had out of all of her designing tools and her easel. She gently laid her sketch pad on it. Everyone began thinking of designs and Stella began drawing.
Joe couldn't wait for two 'o' clock to come. Nick and Kevin noticed that he kept looking from the clock to the connecting door anxiously. At ten to two, Nick had had enough and flicked Joe on his head.
"What? Oh, hi Nick," Joe said as he came to his senses.
"Joe stop daydreaming and listen for three knocks," Kevin said while Nick glared at him. Joe had never acted like this. Something was up.
Twenty minutes later, Stella dropped her charcoal pencil and let out a contented sigh. "Done," she said.
"So, let us see," Emily coaxed her.
"OK," Stella said. "For Joe, I designed a black tank top style shirt with the 'Burnin' Up' logo on it, a sleeveless black vest to go over the shirt, a gold suit-type jacket, dark, dark, dark purple pants to complement the gold jacket, black converse shoes, and, to top it all off, a pair of his favorite sunglasses, Stella-styled. For Kevin, I designed a white long sleeve shirt, a tan vest, black skinny jeans, brown cowboy boots, and a Stella-grammed custom-made bandana. And finally, for Nick, I designed a black short sleeve shirt, a white jacket with a tiny rose pin to show his sensitivity, dark navy pants, black and white shoes, and trendy silver belt to pull it all together. So, you like?" "We like." Emily, Jody, and Melissa chorused together. "Just in time, too." Jody said. "It is time to knock on their door. Ready?" "Ready." they said. Together they walked over to the connecting door and, together, knocked on it three times. 2 minutes later, they heard three knocks on the other side of the door.
Joe jumped up when he heard the knocks and hurried to the door as Nick opened it.
"Hi," the brothers said together.
"Heh, heh, hi," the girls said shyly.
"Sorry, it's going to take us a few hours to get used this, then we'll be fine," Jody apologized.
"That's cool with us," Nick said.
"So, don't you guys have a little brother," Melissa asked.
"Oh, you mean Frankie?" Kevin asked .
"Yeah, but he's staying in the other room. He gets really annoying sometimes and never leaves us alone," Joe continued. No one except Stella noticed that he looked at her when he emphasized the word 'alone'. "This is our friend, Jason Malone. He lives in Colorado, so he'll be staying with us in the other room until we leave," Nick said as a boy with aqua-colored eyes and blond hair walked in.
"Girls, dinner is almost…" Mrs. Brooks stopped short as she walked in and saw Joe, Kevin, and Nick.
"Ah, you must be the boys who are staying with us. Hey, come in here guys," she called to Mrs. Norris and Mrs. Jones.
"Yeah, we're the Jonas Brothers. This is Joe and Kevin, and I'm Nick. Nice to meet you and thanks for letting us stay with you," Nick said.
"Uh, Mrs. Brooks is Emily's mom, Mrs. Norris is Melissa and Jody's mom, and Mrs. Jones is my mom," Stella explained.
"Well, nice to meet you boys. Enjoy yourselves," Mrs. Norris as she followed the others back to the kitchen.
"Sorry, but could we have your phone number, a picture, and an autograph? Then, I think we should start to calm down," Stella asked.
"Sure," Kevin said.
"So your note said something about an object and that you wanted to talk," Jody said.
"Oh, right. These are for you," Joe said as they each took something out of their pockets. "Here Stella," Joe said as he gave her a silver ring with the Jonas crest and the boys' autographs on it.
"Wow," Stella breathed. "Thanks Joe."
"This is for you, Emily," Nick said as he gave her a heart-shaped necklace with the Jonas crest and the boys' autographs on it. Emily gasped and said
"Wow, thanks."
"These are for you two," Kevin said as he gave Melissa Jody each a bracelet with the Jonas crest and the boys' autographs on it.
"Thank you," Melissa and Jody said.
"I heard you guys were looking for a new stylist, so I spent the last hour designing some samples of my work for you guys. Would you mind taking a look?" Stella said shyly after a minute. She didn't really like to show people her designs in fear they would laugh at them, let alone show the Jonas Brothers. She handed her sketch pad to Joe. They each looked at the outfit Stella had designed for them.
"I love the gold jacket and sunglasses." Joe said.
"The belt really ties my outfit together." Nick said.
"The cowboy boots are so me." Kevin said.
"These are great, Stella." Joe said.
"How would you like to be our new stylist?" they said together.
"Yes! Yes! A million times yes!" Stella cried. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!"
After a few minutes of Stella celebrating, Nick asked "So, what do you guys like to do."
"Well, our hobby is solving mysteries. The police in our home town think we are great, but I don't think we're that good," Emily said.
"I remember this one case where we caught a dangerous gang of party thieves called 'The Red Scarlet Group'. We would get invitations to big parties in and around our town back home and investigate. At one of the parties, Emily and Jody were guarding the expensive gifts." Melissa said.
"Yeah, and all of sudden the lights went out, we heard some people come into the room, and we heard the door lock shut." Jody said.
"I guess those members of the gang knew they were in the room. There were two men and two women. The men grabbed Emily and Jody and gagged them. The women whispered a dire threat in their ears, then the men bound and blindfolded them and threw them into a closet. After the robbery we had to bust down the door and we found them really freaked out by threats. They wanted us to give up the case." Stella said.
"A few days later, Stella and I told them we were going to this old abandoned hotel in the country to try and capture the gang. We were watching through a window when some men threw masks over our heads and hustled us inside. The leader knew who we were and told them to keep us quiet until after this realtor came to inspect the place. So, they blindfolded, bound, and gagged us and took us to the basement. After the realtor left, they put us into a truck, but before they did, I managed to leave a clue that we were there. They put in a store room in a department store they were going to rob that night." Melissa continued.
"When someone told us Stella and Melissa were in danger, Jody and I became our old selves again, and us, some friends, and the police went out to the old hotel. Jody found the clue Melissa had left and I deducted that we were somewhere in town." Emily said.
"Melissa and Stella managed to free themselves and trick the guard. Then they captured the rest of the gang in the store and called the police. The case was solved." Jody finished.
"That is awesome. Before we became famous, we used to solve mysteries, too. We are still really into them. I never got to do any dangerous because my nickname is Danger," Joe said.
"You did so," Nick said.
"Yeah, remember when you got captured by that jewel thief, then you managed to escape and capture him?" Kevin said.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever," Joe said.
"Sorry to break this up, but Lori is going to be here in five minutes. We should head down to the lobby," Jody said.
"Who is Lori?" Nick asked.
"The heiress we read about who is staying here for a month as well. Here, look," Emily said.
"Wow, that is a lot of money," Kevin said.
"The necklace? Yeah, it's going to be on display in the lobby," Melissa answered.
"Well? Let's get down there!" Joe said.
In the lobby, it looked as if half the lodge were there. A silver sports car pulled up outside.
"That's her," Stella said. All of a sudden, they heard a squeaky voice yell
"Well, are you going to open my door any time soon? I am not paying for your slow service. Let's go driver!"
"Wow. This is awkward," Kevin said.
"Hey, awkward arrival," Joe laughed.
