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♪ ♪

Alright, you guys. Watch me.

It's backwards skip, backwards skip,

toot the horn, toot the horn,

sprinkler leg shimmy, eh! Sprinkler leg shimmy,

and finish with flippin' the pancakes.

Oh! Whoa! [laughs]

Step aside. I've got this. [clears throat]

-Skip! Skip! -[snapping]

Toot the toot!

Shimmy! Shimmy!

Flip the cakes!

Bite the cakes! Bam.

You didn't get one move right.

-Nia, give it a try. -Nia: Yeah. Move.

[clears throat] Here goes.

-Alright. Hey! Hey! -Alright. Backwards skip. Backwards skip.

-Toot the horn. Toot the horn. -Toot! Toot it!

Sprinkler leg shimmy, sprinkler leg shimmy,

-and flip the pancakes? -Hello...

-Yes! Nailed it! -Yeah!

-That's how it's done. -Yeah.

That's exactly what I did, right, Levi?

-Not even close. -[snap]

What are those kids even doing right now?

It's one of those online dance challenges.

My man on the ground says it's sweeping the internet.

-Who's your man on the ground? Levi? -No, it's me.

I was lying on the ground outside his door, eavesdropping.

Hey, Tess, do you really think that we'll be able

to learn these moves?

And by we, I mean them.

You know, back in our day, we didn't have to let people know

we were dancing. We just danced.

Why do you guys have to document every moment?

Document every-- Mom, don't you have, like,

a billion photo albums of us in the hallway closet?

That's right, I do. I'm gonna go look at them right now.

[door opens, clattering]

Raven: I'm okay!

It's just the photo albums!

Oh, come look at this picture of Levi!

Or-or maybe it's Booker-- Oh no, no, no. That's-- that's Nia?

-I don't-- I don't think I'm okay. -Chelsea: Rae!

♪ Yo ♪

♪ Let me tell you somethin' ♪

♪ Had my vision all worked out ♪

♪ But then life had other plans ♪

♪ Tell 'em, Rae ♪

♪ It's crazy when things turn upside down ♪

♪ But ya gotta get up and take that chance ♪

-♪ Maybe I'm just finding my way ♪ -♪ Learning how to fly ♪

-♪ Yeah, we're gonna be okay ♪ -♪ Ya know I got you, right? ♪

♪ It might be wild, but ya know that we make it work ♪

♪ We're just kids caught up in a crazy world ♪

-♪ C'mon! ♪ -♪ It's Raven's Home ♪

-♪ We get loud! ♪ -♪ It's Raven's Home ♪

♪ It's our crowd! ♪

♪ Might be tough, but together we make it look good ♪

♪ Down for each other like family should ♪

-♪ It's Raven's Home ♪ -♪ When it's tough ♪

-♪ It's Raven's Home ♪ -♪ We got love ♪

♪ 'Cos no matter the weather, ya know we gon' shine ♪

♪ There for each other, ya know it's our time ♪

[Raven laughing]

Yep! That's us.

[laughing]

♪♪♪

You know, guys, I'm really excited for this video.

I mean, it's the first thing that the four of us

have done together in a while.

So, let's get back to it before we have

a whole new dance trend we have to learn.

[laughs] We teens are a fickle bunch.

What? I'm a teenager now.

I threw my lifts away.

This is actual growth.

-[text chimes] -Oh. Gotta hit pause on rehearsal.

What? What pause? No, no, I pause your pause.

Well, my mom's working a double,

and my dad's coming into town tonight to drive to New York

first thing in the morning and check on Grandma Zo.

My uncle Mike will be watching me while my parents are away.

Alright, well, I accept your pause then,

but hurry back.

Raven: Bye, sweetheart! Bye, sweetie!

-Love you! Love you, sweetie! -[all saying good-bye]

Bye, sweetie!

We need to talk about your friend Tess.

And how I'm so much taller than she is?

Oh, sweetheart, we know you've been tripling up on your socks.

You wanna keep secrets, maybe do your own laundry!

And speaking of your own laundry, there it is.

-Back to Tess. -Yeah.

Tess' dad has been on the road these past few months,

and she's interacting with him,

so it might be best

if she didn't come and go so casually until we know it's safe.

You think we should, like, quarantine from Tess?

I do.

But don't get it twisted. I love Tess.

It's like she's my third child.

-Um... -Raven: I mean fourth!

Fourth! I love you.

You my baby.

[sighs] But by limiting the number of households

we interact with, we reduce the risk.

But, it's Tess.

I know. I'm doing this for her,

and her family, and our family.

It's safest for everyone.

Everybody has to make sacrifices. I mean, look at me.

I had to stop Scuting because it was too risky,

and now it's just sitting in the parking space, collecting dust.

Wait, didn't you stop driving that Scut way before--

Ahem! Making a point, Chels! Put a sock in it!

Aw!

Whose itty-bitty socks are these--

What? Oh, Rae!

Aw, these aren't our clothes. Rae!

We grabbed the wrong load again.

Back to the laundry room.

♪ ♪

Silence. [laughs]

Peace.

[sighs] Yes. Heaven.

[sighs]

-Hey, Rae! What's up! What you doin'? -[tapping]

Nothing. Just reading.

Oh! I love a good book. [laughs]

[sighs]

Ever since quarantine started,

I've been waking up so early.

-Uh-huh. -Yeah.

Which is great because then I get all my work done by noon,

and I have all this extra free time on my hands. [giggles]

-Mm-hmm. -Yeah.

You weren't listening to me at all, were you?

What? No, sorry.

I-I'm just really into my book,

-so if you don't mind, I'll get back to it. -Oh!

Right, of course. No. I hear ya. I got ya.

No prob.

[tapping]

Oh.

Magazine.

Ooh! Okay!

Look at us. Reading.

Relaxing, huh?

[sighs]

This magazine's a snooze. Switchies, huh? Let's switch.

Let's switchy switch.

Gustav and Amelia?

She should've left him ages ago!

Hey, Nia, you sent a bunch of random stuff

in the group text with Tess,

but nothing about us being quarantined away from her.

-What gives? -I keep typing something out and then deleting it.

How do you tell your best friend that you can't see them for a while?

-I don't know. [mumbling] -Yeah, that's tough. [mumbling]

No, no, guys, I'm actually asking. Like, how do I do that?

I mean, I haven't gone an hour without seeing her

since the very first day that we met.

And we can't even finish

our dance challenge video all together.

I don't know about all that. I mean,

you are speaking to

the second best dancer in our friend group.

-Try to figure out something. -[objects clatter]

Something...

-not that. -[kicking, scraping]

Speaking of ruining things,

I think you should be the one to tell Tess

that she can't come over here anymore.

Me? No, you've known her the longest. You tell her.

I met her two minutes before you did.

-So? That's still longer. You do it. -No, no, no!

You do it. See, it'll hurt less coming from you

'cause you guys are like good friends, but we're best friends.

-Big difference. -So?

I will arm wrestle you for it.

I'm just glad no one's asking me to do it.

[whooshing]

Moving in with you guys has been amazing.

[whooshing]

-I just had a vision! -Oh, that you're gonna do it?

We don't have to tell her anything.

♪ ♪

And that is why, uh, Levi, next slide, please.

[swipe]

Really?

You couldn't have found a picture with Tess in it?

Now, while you guys said that you didn't want Tess

"coming and going..."

You didn't say anything about her coming and staying.

Booker: So we propose that...

-Tess moves in! -Yeah, at least while her parents are away.

-What do you think? -I think my arm is getting tired.

Can I please put this down now?

You want that five bucks or not, Levi?

Keep it up and keep it high.

Levi, don't blow this, okay? I need to borrow five bucks.

So... what do you guys think?

I have to hand it to you kids.

You used my words against me.

-You guys are good. So good, it's bad. -Yeah.

So bad, it's scary.

So scary, it's impressive.

[laughs]

Yeah, it was really a group effort, you know?

Everyone really pitched in, but, um,

it was mostly me.

You won't even notice that she's here.

I guess moving Tess into our household

-will reduce the risk for exposure, so, uh... -Yeah.

Sure, Tess can move in,

-but only if her parents say it's okay. -Nia: Yes!

[cheering]

And you know what? You know what? Uncle Mike,

he can move in here, too. If he wants. No big deal.

-He's the hunky cop, right? -Mm-hmm.

Ew!

[door opens]

Nia: Hey, Tess, great news! You can come here again!

Actually, you can stay here as long as you want

until your parents are back.

Wait, what? When wasn't I allowed to come over?

Oh yeah, no. We couldn't decide on who was gonna tell you,

but, um, I got you.

[beep]

"You can't come over. Sad face."

But now, you can! Happy face!

-[beep] -[cheering]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

-So this is my room. -[giggles]

-She's been here a million times. -Yeah,

but never as my roommate. Now, we can stay up all night,

-we can do homework, we can finish our dance. -Eh!

Well, I'm officially

a Baxter-Carter- Grayson-O'Malley!

-Wow, that's a mouthful. -Yeah. [laughs]

Oh, and the best part is now there are

just as many girls in this house

-as there are boys. No, moms don't count. -Woo!

That doesn't mean anything.

-Hey, Tess, do you wanna see the best part of this room? -Yeah.

-Okay, do you guys wanna see it, too? -Boys: Yes! Yeah!

Alright. So, you just have to scoot back a little bit.

-Boys: Okay. I see, I see. -And then it's kinda right here, right?

-You look right here, and you close the door, and... -Yeah!

[slam]

[giggling]

♪ ♪

-I'm afraid to go in there, Chels. -[yawns]

This is Tess' first morning as our house guest,

-and the kids have been slacking on their chores as it is. -Right?

Can't imagine the mess we're about to walk into.

I know. I know that "you won't even know she's here" stuff?

-[laughs] Please. -Right? Kids? Yeah, okay, whatever. [laughs]

Oh, they've been in constant slacker sleepover mode.

I bet it's a total pig

-sty... -[sparkling]

This is our apartment, right?

I-I wanna say yes, but I've been wrong before,

so... Man.

Look at these floors! Somebody waxed the floors!

And this table's set!

[sniffs] And can you smell

that beautiful aroma?

Which one? The sandalwood candle or the delicious breakfast?

-Don't know. -Either way,

it's covering up the smell of teenagers. Love it!

-[groaning] -Well, well, well!

I was sure this place was gonna be a mess.

Yeah, so did we.

That's how we left it.

We just figured the moms are gonna clean it up like always.

Excuse me?

You are a saint, and I love you.

Good morning, fam!

I made all of your favorites.

-Pancakes for the boys... -Nia: What?

Waffles for my girl, Nia.

Why, thank you, Tess!

And French toast for Ms. B and Ms. G.

[laughing]

Oh, I see what's happening! I see what's happening!

-We're dreaming. -Nia: Tess,

this is incredible. This place has literally

never looked so good.

Seriously, Mom and Auntie Rae could never.

Excuse me?

Uh...

You know what? Someone's calling me. I gotta take this.

Hi, someone.

-But, how did you do all of this? -Well, I wake up

every morning at 6:00 AM to work out and start my day.

I ordered groceries, put them away, waxed the floors,

dusted, did the laundry,

and, obviously, cooked some breakfast.

Wow! This is such a great

change of pace. You know what?

Levi, Booker, Nia. [clears throat]

When Tess' parents get back, I'm gonna move y'all in with them.

-I'm keeping this one. -[laughs]

-You got some syrup? Get some of that. -Yeah! Okay.

♪ ♪

-[shuts door] -[shivers]

[bang]

Well, call me Destiny's Child

'cause I got nothing but bills, bills, bills.

-Oh hey, Rae! -Hey, girl. Hey.

You still reading that book, huh?

Must be a real page-turner. Where you headed?

Downstairs to, uh,

to Your Best Dressed Life. You know, to catch up on some...

-some bookkeeping. -Oh, you know what? I've always wondered

what bookkeeping is. I think I'll join you.

Actually, no.

Because, uh, Levi...

-he needs you in there. -Oh. Okay, well you know what? I'll just go talk to Levi,

and then I'll join you.

Aren't you glad you don't drive that Scut anymore,

and you only have the one job, so you can just spend

the whole day with me, huh?

[door shuts]

The Scut, eh? Hm.

♪ ♪

Call me Destiny's Child 'cause I am an independent woman.

[laughs]

Nia, I know you're watching other people's dance challenges,

but you gotta feel these towels.

Is Tess a secret housekeeper?

I didn't even know towels could be this soft.

This fluffy...

[scoffs]

-Oh, she's good. -Too good.

I'm starting to get a little worried.

I've spent years constructing a very intricate web of reasons

why I'm unable to do chores,

and she's unraveled all of them in, like, a day.

Look, she probably just wants to impress our moms.

I just hope she's done soon because I've barely seen her

since she's moved in, and I wanna get back to our choreography.

[text chimes]

See? It's already starting.

Mom wants me to clean the windows.

It's okay though. I've got the perfect excuse. [clears throat]

Third floor. Can't clean the outside,

why clean the inside, am I right?

[squeaking]

I mean, come on. We're never gonna be able to hang out.

Okay, so she gets to repel off the side of the building,

but when I wanna do it, it-- it's too dangerous.

It's ill-advised. It's unfair, that's what it is!

♪ ♪

Oh, I see you. I see you.

-[knocking] -Oh! She sees me, she sees me.

Hey.

Hey. Where you going, Rae? Liartown?

Okay! Okay! You caught me!

What's going on, Rae? Why are you avoiding me?

Because, Chels, I have quarantine claustrophobia.

-What? -At home, the kids are always there.

At work, you're always there. Which I love.

But I-- I need something for me.

You know, I need a place where I can

be in my own thoughts and do the things that I like.

Ah. Oh, like a She-Shed?

Yeah. Yeah, exactly like that.

Yeah, well, that's a great idea!

-Really? -Yeah!

Huh...

That was easy.

Just gotta stay firm in how you feel,

tell people what it is, and they--

Oh man, Rae! [sighs]

What's going on?

It's just like the old days, right?

No kids, no problems.

[sighs] Read to me, Rae. Read to me. Tell me a story.

Chels, I love you, but this isn't

a we-shed She-Shed. It's a, it's a...

me-shed She-Shed.

What? I can't believe you just said that.

I know, right? That was kinda tongue twistery.

We-shed She-Shed, me-shed She-Shed. [laughs]

And then you gotta go into the he-shed She-Shed,

-and then the she-shed She-Shed... -[door slams]

♪ ♪

Nia, what is this about?

[sighs]

Okay, you were right. Tess living here

is nothing like I thought it'd be. I mean,

we haven't done one thing that I was looking forward to.

Oh, I know, right?

She's upset the delicate balance of my do-nothingness.

Sure, the toilets smell amazing when you flush...

but at what cost?

Don't forget about the little mints she leaves on our pillows.

Those are nice.

-They are. -The moms are already hinting

at all the extra chores we'll have to do when she leaves.

The longer she's here,

-the more damage she does. -Well, what do we do?

She gotta go.

-Alright, let's go tell her. -Okay.

[door shuts]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

-Tess! Tess, where are you? -Hey, Tess!

Tess something O'Malley, where are you?

[sighs] An extension cord

strewn across the floor carelessly?

Tess definitely hasn't been here.

Hey, Tess, there you are--

Save it.

I heard everything you guys said.

Wait, what? When?

Just now!

I was under your bed, cleaning for dust bunnies.

I also found a broken lamp under there.

My bad.

So, um, you heard everything?

So, you heard the part how we love those mints,

right?

And the toilets?

I heard it all.

Bye, you guys.

Wait, wait, Tess! Um,

we did say all those things,

but it's only because I feel like I spent more time with you

before you moved in than I do now.

I miss neighbor Tess. That was my best friend.

I barely get to see house guest Tess.

Yeah. And the only reason I wanted you gone was because

your thoughtfulness is wreaking havoc on my thoughtlessness.

It just seems like you're more into cleaning

and trying to impress our moms

than you are into spending any time with me.

-[drops bag] -Is that really what you think?

I'm not trying to impress anyone.

This is literally just how I am.

I come from a family of hard workers.

Essential workers.

And we know.

No, you don't.

My mom is a nurse, and the people

at the hospital depend on her.

And my dad is a truck driver,

and people depend on him all over.

Listen, I know you guys see me as the fun neighbor,

but you've never actually lived with me.

I take care of the people I live with.

Things have been super stressful,

and moving in with you guys has been amazing.

At least, it was.

That was before I found out how you really felt.

-That was my vision. Okay. -Not the time, Booker.

Tess, we didn't think of it like that at all--

No. You didn't.

I was on my last chapter.

Gustav was about to kiss Amelia.

There was rain drops. It was just beautiful, right? And then,

my fan stopped. Why?

Because someone unplugged

my extension cord!

And...

What's that? Why do you have your bag?

I'm headed home because... they don't want me here.

What? No, no, no. Y-you can't go. I told your parents

you were gonna be here for two weeks, and that's what's happening.

-But, Ms. B-- -Uh-uh!

Only but I wanna see is yours going back there.

[sighs]

And now for y'all.

[overlapping chatter]

No, no, no! I don't want

to hear about it, alright?

Tess is like family to us.

And you guys are the only family she has,

alright? So, fix it.

And leave my cord alone.

♪ ♪

Chels, what are you doing? I need that.

Actually, Rae, you don't. Listen,

I thought about what you said,

and I wanted to do something nice for you,

so... hop in.

♪ ♪

-Chels, you did all this for me? This is amazing! -Mm-hmm.

Yeah, and the best part is I got you the audiobooks

for your book series,

so you have your hands free for...

mocktails and muffins!

I don't know what to say!

Oh Rae, listen, you don't have to say anything, okay?

Being stuck at home effects people in different ways,

you know? Some people need space and some don't.

You do. That's okay.

Exactly.

Yeah, you invited Levi and me into your home

all those years ago, you know? And...

you saved us. I...

I never ever want you to feel cramped or regret that decision.

Never, Chels. Never.

Well, I'll leave you to it then.

-Oh, come on. Where are you going, Chels? -What?

I mean, yes, I love my alone time, but...

I love my Chels time, too.

-Ooh! -Here. Have a muffin.

-Thank you. -You can just bite it...

-Chelsea: Well, I'm just... -Okay...

I'm trying not to get crumbs.

♪ ♪

Hey, Tess! Can you come out here?

And, she's ignoring us.

I got this.

Uh, Tess!

A sports ball game is going on!

And we made sandwiches!

Did you cut the crusts off and cut them

in little cute dino shapes like I like?

-There are no sandwiches. -Oh no, Tess! Please!

Please don't leave.

Look, we know that this is our fault.

And I am really sorry about lying about the sandwiches.

I just thought that you living here

meant that we'd be spending all this time together,

and that we'd be inseparable,

like... sisters.

I always wanted one, and I thought that

this was my chance to have one.

What you do for your parents and for us,

-it's awesome. -Tess, you're an inspiration.

Look at how fluffy I made these towels.

-Oh, you're good. -Yeah, I am! And it's because of you!

[laughter]

So, to show our appreciation for you,

we decided to learn this dance challenge on our own.

-So you're gonna sit back, and you're gonna watch. -Tess: Okay.

And we're not tagging it "dance craze challenge."

We are tagging it "Essential Tess Day."

[music playing]

Hey! Back it up!

Hey! Hey! Hey!

[pop]

[laughter]

-Levi: Yo! -Aw!

I love Essential Tess Day.

-So do we! -Yeah. Now, Tess, can you please forgive us?

I mean, I can't stand seeing you mad.

-Oh, I forgive you guys. -Nia: Yeah!

-I was hoping you'd say that. -Wait,

can we do the dance again? I wanna join.

-Nia: Yeah. -Alright, ready?

[music plays]

Hey!

-Chelsea: Oh! -Raven: Ah!

[all singing, laughing]

[laughs] Oh, that was fun.

But this place is a mess.

It's gonna take till New Years to clean it up.

-Oh, I got it! -Ah, ah, ah!

No, it's Essential Tess Day, okay?

You're not lifting a finger, so sit, relax.

Mom, Aunt Chelsea, you, too. Relax.

-Raven: Thank you. -Chelsea: Okay.

-I can relax. -This does feel nice.

And Nia? What you said earlier

about always wanting a sister?

You have one.

Oh...

♪ ♪

Hey, you guys, has anyone seen the boys?

-No. -It's a good question.

Hey, how did they get out of helping me clean up?

Audiobook: As he stood in the snow, looking at his family crest,

Gustav knew he had found

-his long-lost sister. -[sighs]

Now this is the life.

Wait, Gustav found his long-lost sister?

We gotta put in book two.

♪ ♪

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