Hello, imaginary readers! (Not to say that if you are reading this, you are imaginary.) Please enjoy this chapter. And ignore how bad the last chapter was.

Eddie glanced at herself in the bathroom mirror before jamming her baseball cap onto her blonde head. She grabbed her mitt and bat then called to her sisters, "I'm playing ball with Jake, be back later!"

As she walked to the door, Caroline and Beth exchanged glances. Caroline recalled the conversation she and her sister had had yesterday.

"Hey, Caroline," Beth had said, plopping onto Caroline's bed. "Can I talk to you about something? Er, someone?"

Caroline had glanced up from the iPad that she was using to design an evening gown. "Sure," she said, setting the device aside. "What is it?" She was surprised. Beth did not usually come to her little sister.

"Wellllll," Beth said. "I kind of want to play matchmaker for our dear older sister."

Caroline frowned. Was Beth crazy? She wanted to set Eddie up? "Are you crazy? You want to set Eddie up?" she voiced her opinion.

Beth grinned a little. "I've sort of been reading romance books lately. And Eddie seems like the best option right now. Also, she's the oldest."

Caroline crossed her legs and leaned back on her arms. "How on earth are we supposed to play matchmaker to Eddie of all people? Who are we even setting her up with?"

Beth raised her eyebrows. "What boy do we know that happens to like baseball, have a short temper, and be an older sibling?"

The younger girl's eyes widened. "You want to set her up with Jake?"

Beth smiled widely. "Isn't it perfect?"

After a moment of stunned silence, Caroline said, "Bethany Sue Malloy, you are a complete and utter genius." The two girls clapped their hands and bounced with excitement.

"So you'll help me?" Beth asked.

"Of course I will! If I ever need to play the part of a matchmaker, I'll have the experience!" Caroline could already see the movie being made. Love Found at Last, starring Caroline Lenore Malloy as the matchmaker. Caroline couldn't wait.

As Eddie passed her sister's room, she caught sight of Beth and Caroline giggling together inside Beth's closet. Shaking her head, Eddie passed headed to the kitchen in search of food.

And so, as Eddie was about to put her fingers on the door handle, Beth and Carolie screamed, "WAIT!" and pulled her back.

"What the- I'm going to be late, let me go!" Eddie yanked herself free of her sisters.

"But we have to fancify you!" Caroline protested.

"You have to what?" Eddie looked at Caroline with an apprehensive expression.

"Fancify you! You know, make you pretty!"

Eddie narrowed her eyes. "I'm going to the ballfield with Jake," she said slowly. "Why would you want to fanc-" she cut herself off as a thought struck her. "Oh, no," she said. "Oh, crap, no. Please tell me that you are not trying to set me up with a Hatford. Or anyone."

Beth and Caroline smiled radiantly at their sister. "It's time," Caroline said.

Wally's peaceful breakfast of pancakes was interrupted by a banging on the front door. "OPEN! NOW!"

The boys glanced at one another. "Is that Eddie?" Josh asked.

"I'd better let her in," Jake said slowly, and walked out of the kitchen. No sooner had he turned the knob than Eddie Malloy came tumbling through the door. She spun and shut the door, bolting the lock. She leaned against the door, breathing hard.

"Thanks," she gasped.

Jake stared at her. Her blonde hair was falling over her shoulders in a windswept way, and her white and red baseball cap matched her white shirt with red writing. The sleeves were cut off at the top of the shoulder, showing off her shaped arms. Her chest was heaving up and down as she took deep breaths. Her blue eyes were wide, and her cheeks had red tints to them.

Jake shook himself. "What's up?" he asked.

"Sisters," Eddie said breathlessly. "Fancify. Had to escape."

"Do I want to know the details?"

"Probably not." Eddie stood up finally and took a last deep breath. "Anyway, I need to stay locked up in here. Whatever you do, do not let them in." Suddenly, there was a bam against the door. Jake and Eddie jumped in surprise.

Jake peeped through the little hole in the top of the door and saw Caroline and Beth standing on the welcome mat, staring at the door. "We know she's in there!" yelled Beth. "Give her to us!"

Jake glanced behind him at Eddie, who frantically shook her head and backed away. "Not here, not here!" she whispered, then ran up the stairs.

"Uh." Jake looked through the hole again. "She says she's not here!" he shouted back.

"Oh, thanks, genius!" came Eddie's voice from upstairs.

"Crap, Jake, you let her in our room?" Josh ran by him and zipped up the stairs. There was a yell and a thump from upstairs, and Josh's voice yelling, "Ah! No! Don't touch that!" while Eddie laughed maniacally.

Jake glanced once more at the two younger Malloy girls, then decided that Eddie in his room was a much more pressing matter. He checked to make sure the door was locked, then dashed up the stairs as fast as he could and was just in time to see Josh get shoved out of their room and the door slam. There was a click as it was locked, and Josh looked over at Jake. "She's trying on our hats."

There was a stunned silence as this fact sunk in, then Jake pounded on the door. "EDDIE!" he shouted. "GET OUT OF OUR ROOM!"

"No! I'm not done snooping!" A second later, the twins heard Eddie say curiously, "Ooh, what does this do?"

Jake banged his head against the door repeatedly. Then the door opened, and he spilled onto his floor. He groaned, then looked up at Eddie. She was wearing one of his sweatshirts, a grey one, holding a notebook with the letter "J" on the cover in her hand.

"Hey, which J name does this stand for?" she asked innocently.

Jake and Josh froze. They both knew who's it was, obviously, but if either one of them jumped for it, then she would know or at least think it was theirs. But they couldn't let her keep it.

When neither one of them spoke, Eddie shrugged and, instead of opening it, tossed it behind her and stepped over Jake into the hall. "Whatever. Got any popcorn?"

Jake stood up quickly and followed her. "Why are you wearing my sweatshirt?"

"Huh?" Eddie glanced down at herself. "Is this yours?"

"Yes," Jake said, rolling his eyes. "Obviously."

"I was cold."

"Why didn't you put on a jacket before you left?" inquired Josh.

"I don't know, maybe because my little sisters were chasing me and I feared for my life," answered Eddie. "So, do you have popcorn?"

It was about five o'clock when Mrs. Hatford drove up to her house. She got out of the car and walked up to the porch, rummaging through her purse, when she was startled by a, "Hi, Mrs. Hatford!"

She looked up to find that Beth and Caroline Malloy were playing a card game on her front porch. There was a bag sitting beside them, and Mrs. Hatford could see an empty pop bottle sticking out. "Ehm, hello, girls," Mrs. Hatford politely replied. "Could you tell me what you are doing on my porch, please?"

The two girls smiled angelically. "Waiting for Eddie," said Caroline.

"Oh." Mrs. Hatford raised her eyebrows. "Would you like to come inside?"

"No thank you," answered Beth. "We're fine out here."

"Ok, then." Mrs. Hatford nodded and stepped over the girls' card game. She unlocked the door and walked in. In the living room, sitting on the couch and intensely playing a video game, she found Jake and Eddie Malloy. Josh was sitting in front of them on the floor, commentating on the game.

The three kids looked up at her when she walked in. "Hi, Mom," said Jake and Josh, and "Hi, Mrs. Hatford," from Eddie.

"Hello, boys. Eddie." Mrs. Hatford noticed that Eddie was wearing one of the twins' sweatshirts. "Why are you wearing-"

"Jake's sweatshirt? I got cold," explained Eddie.

"I see. How long have you been over here, exactly?" asked Mrs. Hatford, seeing the pop bottles and bowls of popcorn scattered between the three.

"Most of the day, I think."

"I see," Mrs. Hatford repeated. "Well, Caroline and Beth are on the porch playing cards, waiting for you, in case you didn't know."

"Oh." Eddie gulped. "Uh, thanks."

Mrs. Hatford nodded slowly, then escaped to the kitchen, where she found Wally sitting at the counter, breathing on the granite tabletop and making designs with his finger.

"Hi, Mom."

"Hello, dear. Can you not breath on the table, please?"

"Sorry." Wally sighed and sat back.

"Wally, do you know anything about why Eddie's been here all day and her sisters are playing cards on the porch?" Mrs. Hatford stared at Wally waiting for an answer.

"Eddie came running over here and said she was escaping from her sisters- something about fancifying -and she didn't want them to get her. I didn't know they were playing cards."

"I see."

There came the sound of the front door shutting, then Mr. Hatford's surprised voice. "Oh, hello, Eddie."

"Hello, Mr. Hatford."

"Why are your sisters playing cards on the porch?"

"Waiting for me, probably."

Mrs. Hatford stuck her head around the doorframe and said, "Don't ask, it doesn't make any sense."

Mr. Hatford looked from his wife to the three kids in front of the TV. They smiled widely at him. He shook his head and walked past. "I don't want to know," he muttered.

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