Tony comes over, and Matt tells him that he's having trouble writing a song. Sly joins the other two guys and rambles about fire-breathing concerts and burning eyebrows... or something.
Jenny walks in with a friend of hers, and Tony and Sly stare.
The guys go over, and Tony tries to pick up the friend by saying, "Afternoon, Jasmine. You are as fine as wine, and if I had a glass I would toast to your beauty." Jasmine says, "You better take your smooth talking, wine drinking, desperate for a date behind and get out of my face."
Sly tells Tony to "Watch a professional" and turns to Jenny, who tells him not to bother, as she only dates humans. The guys give up, and Tiffani joins Jenny and Jasmine. Tiffani says that her father is going away for the night and asks if she can stay at Jenny's. Jenny says that it's fine and invites Jasmine to join them. Jenny suggests inviting someone named Penny. Tiffani is excited about the idea of having a slumber party. Sly overhears, and he's also excited about the slumber party.
Next scene! The girls are sitting in Jenny's room eating brownies. This makes me reminisce about all the sleepovers my friends and I had in elementary and middle school. We used to order pizza and watch movies and stay up late. I had one friend who moved away in 4th grade, but she used to invite me to her parties with her new friends. We played Dream Phone and Girl Talk and never slept. Good Times!
Penny looks through Jenny's closet, and pulls out a dress. She says, "Our tastes are SO similar! Like, if I saw this dress in a store, I'd totally buy it!" Jenny points out that the dress is Penny's. Jenny borrowed it from her.
Tiffani finds the diary that she gave to Jenny several years earlier. Tiffani reads aloud, and finds an entry where Jenny talks about how happy Tiffani always is. Tiffani's like "I used to be kinda perky, huh?" and the other girls nod knowingly.
Down the hall, Matt is playing the piano in his room. Tony comes into join him, hoping to get a little closer to Jasmine. Sly joins them as well, dressed in all black, for some reason.
Matt asks if he was spying on the girls. Sly says that he was until they pulled the shades down. Tony tells Sly that he shouldn't spy through the windows, he should use a peephole! Then he looks around Matt's room for one. Matt's like "I don't spy on my sister, weirdo"
Sly pulls a stethoscope out of his duffel bag and suggests that they try to listen to the girls. Matt kicks them out so he can concentrate, and Sly formulates another plan. They're still driving Matt crazy, so he goes downstairs to practice.
Dennis comes into the room, and initially refuses to help the guys spy. Sly offers him a quarter. Dennis is like "HELLS NO! Gimme $5" Sly agrees.
Next scene. Back in Jenny's room, the girls are playing truth or dare. Dennis comes in and tells Jenny that when he was in her room earlier, he lost Phil... his pet tarantula. The girls all run out. Sly comes in and hides under the bed.
Down in the kitchen, Matt finally has some peace and quiet. Then the girls run down, still screaming. Matt tells them that he's still trying to write the song, and Tiffani offers to help.
He tells her that the song is about a guy who moves to the beach from the midwest, and doesn't know how to surf or swim. Tiffani says that if he can play volleyball, he'll fit in. Matt looks at her like she's crazy, but is willing to give it a try. He asks Tiffani to write some lyrics.
Tony joins the girls in the kitchen, and pretends to be surprised to see them. Jasmine just looks annoyed. Tony reads Jasmine a poem he wrote.
You're the one who I desire
My heart is burning, It's on Fire
That I feel this way is not surprising
When You're around, my temperature is rising
Back in Jenny's room, she says that she's surprised the Sly isn't there since he's always following her around. Unbeknownst to her, he's under the bed with a notebook!
Tiffani tells Jasmine that Tony really likes her. Jasmine admits that she thinks he's cute, but also thinks that he tries too hard.
The girls start talking about their dream guys. Tiffani says that her dream man loves children, wears sweaters, and likes fish tanks and trolleys. She pauses for a moment and realizes who she's just described.
Jenny starts to describe her dream man, so Sly grabs a piece of paper and a pen from the basket under Jenny's bed. He starts taking notes. Her dream man is "handsome and honest, loves french food, fine art and foreign films." The first time she sees him he'll be wearing an Italian suit and a silk tie. He'll say something incredibly romantic. From under the bed, Sly decides he's up for the challenge.
The next day in the garage, Tiffani brings Matt the lyrics she wrote. Matt starts to play guitar, while Tiffani sings:
Tommy came from the hills of Iowa-y
to live on the beach in sunny LA
He knew how to farm and how to breed cattle
But when it came to swimmin', he couldn't doggy paddle!
Tommy can't swim
Tommy can't surf
Tommy can't throw a frisbee
Tommy can't tan
Tommy can't clam
Tommy's allergic to sand fleas
At this point, Matt can't go any further, and just sits in awe. Tiffani asks him why he stopped. She has another whole verse about spiking the volleyball, goshdarnit!
Matt lies that he was moved by her song. Poor Tiffani is so happy, that she suggests they play it at practice later. Matt quickly says no, and takes the lyrics from her, suggesting that they "let it breathe"
Jenny and Tony come into the garage. Tony complains that Jasmine turned him down again. Sly comes in to the garage in a suit, carrying a bouquet of flowers. He introduces himself as the "sensitive, honest Sylvester" Everyone laughs, and he gives Jenny the flowers. Jenny asks the others if it's a joke, but none of them know what's going on. He tells Jenny that it's not a joke and excuses himself to drive his mother's church group to the Museum of Fine Arts.
Later, at Sharkey's, Jenny confesses to Tiffani that she "might like" Sly. Sly comes over to sit with Jenny and Tiffani leaves. Sly asks Jenny if she'd like to go to a French Bistro, then "catch a foreign film" When I was in high school, "dates" consisted of hanging out in the center of town and eating at Papa Gino's.
Sly brings Jenny home after the date, and she happily dances around the kitchen. Matt spits out his water when Jenny tells him that Sly might be the man of her dreams. Dennis comes into the kitchen and asks Jenny where Sly is, because Sly hasn't paid him the $5 yet. Jenny asks what the $5 is for, and Dennis spills the beans after Jenny offers him $10.
The next day at Sharkey's, Matt is talking to Tony about Tiffani's lyrics. Tony isn't listening. He's still bummed about Jasmine turning him down. Matt tells him that it's okay if one girl isn't into him. Tony goes over to Jasmine to apologize for always bugging her. She gives him a kiss, because it was the first time he didn't use a line on her. Tony makes sure to let Matt know that he was wrong, then goes off with Jasmine.
Later, at band practice, Sly arrives in another suit. Jenny goes over to him and suggests a romantic dinner for later. She has a plan.
Tiffani suggests that they start off the practice with the new song. Matt is forced to tell Tiffani what he really thought of the lyrics. Tiffani says that she's more hurt that he didn't trust their friendship enough the tell her the truth. Matt looks at her and very seriously says "I know, you're right. I'm sorry" Tiffani smiles and says "Okay, I forgive you!" That exchange reminded me so much of how my old co-worker and I were when we made up after an argument. Maybe I was unintentionally channeling Tiffani that whole time?
Next scene! Jenny is preparing dinner for her and Sly. She "accidentally" pours their drinks on him
Jenny goes to get the soup, and pours that on Sly too. When he finds out that dinner is shish-kabobs, he suggests skipping dinner and talking instead. Jenny brings her journal into the kitchen, and leaves. Sly snoops and finds out that she knew he was faking everything all along. She chases him around the kitchen, and tells him that him using her private thoughts to manipulate her really hurt. Sly apologizes and tells her that he's been hurt too. Jenny doesn't believe him, until he tells the story of a crush he had when he was younger. He wrote her a love letter, and it made everyone laugh, even the teacher. Jenny apologizes and offers to talk if he ever needs to. He thanks her and asks for a kiss. Jenny declines.
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