So far in the story Absolutely Normal Chaos, there has been many conflicts. Well, Mary Lou is very mad because her cousin, Carl Ray, is moving in with her family until he finds a job and gets settled. Carl Ray is a very messy person. Mary Lou also has to deal with her boy-crazy friend Beth Ann. Mary Lou’s dad, Sam Finney, finally lets Maggie go to the party where a guy named Alex Cheevey ask about Mary Lou. After a while Mary Lou and Alex Cheevey start hanging out and even starting to like each other. Carl Ray finally gets a job at a hardware store but surprisingly the Finney’s neighbor which is also the owner of the hardware store dies of a hard attack.
