A/N: Another episode to be featured! I know there are various episodes in between these two featured ones, but it's just a story so... Enjoy!
While walking on the sidewalk, Ammon popped back into Jeanette's mind.
"So just to confirm, did Simon pretend to be Ammon last night?" She clarified.
"W-was it obvious?" Simon stuttered in embarrassment.
"Not at all. But when I thought about it, yeah." Jeanette placed a paw over her mouth as she laughed.
"Who's Ammon?" Theodore asked cluelessly.
"Oh, that's right, Theodore doesn't know." Eleanor remembered.
"Lately, someone's been sending Jeanette love letters." Brittany explained to Theodore.
"And not Brittany." Alvin remarked, just to annoy Brittany.
"Alvin!" Brittany raged.
Simon and Jeanette chuckled at their siblings fighting before facing each other, both of their minds reverting back to Ammon.
"I really thank you, Simon. I really want to meet him, but he let me down. And, well, you pretended to be him for me." Jeanette smiled softly at Simon.
"Oh, w-well... No problem." Simon stuttered shyly, smiling softly at Jeanette.
"So, wanna go back to revising together?" He suggested.
"We've been straying away from that because of, Ammon, and, maybe, Alvin." He softened his voice so that Alvin could not hear them.
Jeanette could just sense the jealousy in Simon's voice but she was unsure how it made her feel. Sometimes, she just wanted to know what was going on in Simon's head.
"Okay. No distractions. Just you and me." She promised.
Her promise made Simon feel a little easier.
"Oh no, I just remembered. My report presentation is tomorrow!" Jeanette began to freak out.
"Huh? Oh yeah. You and Alvin are presenting yours in class." Simon recalled.
"Have you finished your report?" Jeanette asked Simon.
"Already done that." Simon nodded his head.
"Gosh, Simon, I can't talk to the whole class tomorrow." She mumbled.
"Hey, don't worry. You'll do fine." Simon assured her.
"For now, let's enjoy some food." Eleanor placed a hand on Jeanette's shoulder, having overheard the last bit of their conversation.
"Yeah, Jeanette, don't be so stressed out." Theodore added.
"Thanks, guys." Jeanette smiled at them all.
"If you want, Brittany and I can hear you recite your report tonight when we get home." Eleanor suggested.
"What?" Brittany asked, completely dumbfounded.
"Yeah, start with a small audience. Right?" Eleanor nudged Brittany.
"Oh yeah, right." Brittany reluctantly agreed, before arguing with Alvin again.
"You think you're such a fun person? I'll tell you what. I'll hold a party and invite people. They'll all show up." Brittany challenged.
"Oh, yeah, okay. Not after Jeanette messes up tomorrow's report though." Alvin joked in a whisper, just to make Brittany mad.
Instead of feeling annoyed, Brittany gasped and looked back at Jeanette walking with Simon.
"Yeah, hopefully I'll do well- Whoa!" Jeanette shrieked as she tripped over a pebble.
Simon grabbed her by the waist before she could meet the ground, creating a little awkward and shy atmosphere between them as they both chuckled nervously.
If she keeps falling in class and stutters stupid words tomorrow, everyone's gonna think she's weird! Brittany thought to herself, reverting back to Alvin who was merely waiting for her response.
"You, are, a, jerk." She said through gritted teeth.
After eating together and parting ways, Brittany began nagging at Jeanette on how she needed to gain confidence in herself and speak fluently.
"Eleanor, listen to her while I plan my party will you?" Brittany suggested, walking up the stairs to their bedroom.
"Britt!" Eleanor frowned.
"Okay, okay." Brittany grumbled and walked back down as Jeanette gathered her report.
"Gosh how many words did you write? I wrote three hundred, and it isn't that much." Brittany pointed to the stack of papers.
"Well, I wrote more than three thousand, lost count five times in a row." Jeanette explained.
"Are you sure you didn't overdo it?" Eleanor raised an eyebrow.
"I hope not. I just had so many examples on J.K. Rowling. You know, because she used to write all her stories in-"
"Please, Jeanette. Continue with your report." Brittany instructed impatiently.
"Right, sorry." She stood in front of her sisters, already shaking.
"Jeanette, it's just us. Relax." Eleanor spoke with a calm tone to ease her older sister.
Brittany even forced out a smile to make Jeanette feel comfortable.
"Oh, I can't do it." Jeanette sighed, looking down at the ground in disappointment.
"You didn't even try!" Brittany scoffed.
"It's hard enough to stand here in front of an audience." Jeanette spoke softly.
"Jeanette, take a deep breath, and just say what you wrote in your report." Brittany advised.
"C-courage c-comes i-in m-many different... Forms." She stuttered.
"I can't take this, I'm going to plan my party." Brittany decided straight up in front of Jeanette.
Eleanor looked at the upset Jeanette with sympathy as Brittany walked into the kitchen to plan her party in private.
"Alvin just stressed her out today. You know Alvin, he's always making a challenge. You can use some improvement though." Eleanor advised Jeanette with a sweet smile, to which Jeanette mirrored.
"Thanks Ellie." She hugged her younger sister.
"It's night, we should get to bed." Eleanor suggested.
"Yeah, I guess." Jeanette agreed, and they both climbed up the stairs into their bedroom.
The next morning, Brittany woke up earlier, eager to prove Alvin wrong and that she was able to throw a good party. She hurriedly ordered food catering, her mind thinking about Alvin being impressed and begging her for forgiveness.
"I can't believe I'm doing all of this for one boy." She mumbled to herself as she dialled a company.
"And I don't like him. You don't like him Brittany. He's a jerk. He's challenging you. Yeah, I'll show Alvin I'm better than he is." She debated with herself.
By the time both of her sisters were up, she was planning who to invite. Jeanette sat beside Brittany, wondering to herself.
Brittany did so much for me, and this party sounds like it means a lot to her. Jeanette thought to herself.
I should try giving her a toast in front of her friends, Jeanette suggested in her head.
But she could not even go over her report in front of her sisters. She pulled a look of distress similar to Brittany's, except hers was silent.
"Can we go over my oral report again?" She requested.
"No!" Her sisters yelled.
"I can't hear anymore of it!" Brittany hopped off the couch, preparing to walk to school.
"Sorry Jeanette." Eleanor apologised, walking after Brittany.
Jeanette began to lose her self confidence, but walked after her sisters, mentally preparing herself to face her doom in school.
A/N: Okay so I kinda focused on the transition from one episode to the other in this chapter but I think Simonette conquers it this time. My Sister The Weirdo is the next episode! Dialogues may not be the same because I lack reference, so sorry in advance!