Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel is the 7th book of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. The book was officially released on November 13, 2012.Uncle Gary was the main antagonist,this one of the only books to based on a specific event,its main event is the Valentine's Dance in the gymnasium,Jeff Kinney also announced that a eighth book is also coming.

Main

 * Frank Heffley
 * Rodrick Heffley
 * Greg Heffley(Main Character)
 * Rowley Jefferson
 * Gary Heffley(Main Antagonist)
 * Susan Heffley
 * Abigail Brown
 * Manny Heffley
 * Ruby Bird

Minor

 * Carlos Escalera
 * Eugene Ellis
 * Javan Hill
 * Hillary Pine
 * Olivia Davis
 * Michael Sampson
 * Cherie Bellanger
 * Evan Whitehead
 * Robert Jefferson
 * Wesley Stringer
 * Laurel Stringer
 * Mr Stringer

Most Mentioned

 * Gramma
 * Linda Jefferson
 * Bruce Heffley

Synopsis
If you haven't read the book,then read it at your own risk.

January
Greg says how he wishes to keep a journal earlier because the person who will write his biography,will have a lot of questions about his childhood,luckily for hitm he remembers hem all and even when he wasn't born.Greg was in dark taking blackflips and taking naps whenever he wanted,then his mom would put some parental speakers on her belly and put on some classical music,thinking it would make him Greg a genius when he is born.Then she would use the microphone in the speakers to tell Greg about whats going in her life and would make Frank also tell Greg about his day at work and she would also read to Greg for a half hour until she slept.Greg could listen to everything she said,even if he didn't want to and whenever his parents kiss,then Greg would feel uncomfortable and kick so they could stop,but his parents find it funny that they hear a kick everytime they kiss,so they kiss again to hear it again,making it worse for Greg.After staying like these for months,Greg was finally born,Greg was in a very lousy mood and wanted to tell the doctor to put him back in,Greg has been trying to catch up all the sleep he has missed since he was a baby.Greg tries to get that feeling back by puting bath salts,bubble bath in his tub and fold his eyes.When he was born,he thought he was the only child until he met his elder brother,Rodrick making him dissapointed,his family lived in a small apartment,so Greg had to sleep in the dresser drawer,while Rodrick in the crib,soon his family moved away and Greg got a crib and Rodrick a bed.Back in those days,almost everything Greg got was hand-me-downs from Rodrick and when Greg got  them they were all worn out.There was only four of them,until his mother told them that they're having another baby.When Manny was born,he had a black stub where his umbilical cord was tied,when his stub dried nobody saw it,so Greg got paranoid its going to come in his food ore somewhere else.His mother bought him educational videos to make him smart,Greg would change the  channel to something he liked and he also removed the batteries from the remote,so his mother will be not able to change the channel,however his mother did find the remote in Greg's crib.Susan didn't let Greg crawl on the floor alot,this resulted in Greg not knowing to walk and he was only person in his playgroup not to be able to walk,his mom bought him Baby Adventures Action Walker,it had a toys sticking on it,a cup holder and music coming out of it,Greg loved it and this made his playgroup mates jealous.But then Susan read a parenting magazine that said Baby Action Walkers are not good because they don't make the kids develop the bones to walk correctly,Susan then returned it and Greg was once again struggling to reach his first step.Greg learned to walk when he was in pre-school and all the kids in his class ha a head-start over him and they knew hot to use buttons and zippers and Greg needed help from a grown-up and they could do almost everything Greg couldn't do.Greg thought it was hard for him to keep up with them,so he started feeding them bad knowledge to slow them down,but his teachers thought Greg wasn't learning correctly,Susan thought Greg wasn't being challenged enough,so she made Greg skip pre-school and go to Kindergarten.The decision turned out to be a disaster for Greg as the kids in kindergarten could cut with scissors,colour inside the lines and do many thing Greg couldn't do,Greg got scared and the teacher had to get Susan get him,Susan made him go back to pre-school.Greg talks about a show called The Snurples,which Manny likes to watch and has a language only little kids like Manny could understand and Manny starts speaking in that language and gets very frustrated when no one in the family could understand him,Susan read in a article in the newspaper that The Snurples sets kids back in their language development and social skills,Greg thinks that Snurples is the reason why Manny doesn't interacts with other kids.Greg talks about how Manny has made a bunch of Imaginary Friends called Joey,Petey,Danny,Charles Tribble,The Other Charles Tribble and Johnny Cheddar,Manny uses them to escapes uncomfortable situtaions and get extra dessert,Susan said Manny would get traumatized if anyone tells him that his friends aren't real.His imaginary friend,Johnny Cheddar is the trouble-maker of the pack because when Manny does something wrong like breaking a dish,he blames it on Johnny Cheddar and Susan gives his imaginary friends time-outs instead of giving it to Manny.Susan came up with a idea called Family Night,where the whole plays a board game or go out to dinner together because she is sensetive about Manny's social skills.Whenever they go out for dinner,they end up going to a resturant called "Corny's Family-Style Restaurant",they have a rule that people are not allowed to wear tie and they would cut your tie if you come wearing one.They have two sections,"Adult Alley" and "Children's Alley",the family always go to children's alley because they have Manny with them.The Children Alley is very dirty and has half-eaten food on,crumpled-up napkins on the floor and seats.The Children's Alley is right next to the bathrooms and the door are swinging open.According to Greg,they have terrible serivce and they always get buffet and the food in the trays are always mixed together.In the dessert bar,they have an ice-cream dispenser were a user could make their own sunade,but most of the kids mess around with it.They also have a ball-pit where Susan makes Manny go,thinking he will interact with kids his age,but he buries himself in the pit until its time to go.In morning,Greg woke up and started doing household chores and heard a knock at the door,he opened it up and found his uncle,Gary standing at the door.A few weeks back,Gary told Frank if he could take a loan to buy up a guy who works at Boston's shirts,Frank was going to say no but Susan forced him to give him a loan,after buying up the shirts,Gary noticed the shirt had a typo,but he wasn't giving up to sell them.The Heffleys spent the whole morning putting them into the Garage,Gary sold one to Rodrick for three bucks.Living with Gary has created many problems,when he was sleeping in Manny's room in a air mattress,he had a nightmare that woke him up at middle of the night,it caused Manny to move his bed from the walls,thinking there are monkeys inside and whenever Rodrick gets kicked out of bed by Frank at 8 Am,Rodrick has to sleep on the upper part of the couch.Greg tells how his Dad wants Gary to get a job and how he is quiting every job he gets and how he wants Gary to buy his own bubble bath because he used up all of Greg's bubble bath.Greg had to  threw his jeans out a few weeks ago due to an accident that happened,the ball-room dancing unit's partner selection was being done,the teacher,Mrs Moretta told them to get partner you needed to write their name in a slip of paper,Greg said he will be fine if he gets paired with anyone except for Ruby Bird.Ruby is the only girl in his school to be suspended,she has a habit of biting people and she has only one front tooth because the other one got stuck in Mr Underwood's elbow after she bit him,Greg has been nice to Ruby because he is afraid that she might bite him,Greg is scared that Ruby might write his name,so he wrote a slip to the teachers and also put a half-eaten candy to make it more sure he doesn't gets paired up with her.It was the beginning of the class and Mrs Moretta called out the names for the patners,Ruby Bird ended up getting paired with Fregley and at the end Greg and four other guys hadn't got a partner,they realized they didn't have to dance and they could play throwball,but the teacher paired the boys with each other,Greg was forced to dance a waltz with Carlos Escalera.The Phys Ed got cancelled because they had a special assembly,they got a hyptonist called Amazing Andrew,in his grand finale,he hyptonized a line of eighth-graders into thinking that there arms are glued together and whenever he said "Cucumber!" they arms would unlink,two kids who thought he was fake tried it on their own,they weren't able to get their arms unlink even after saying Cucumber,they went to a teacher and then the teacher tracked down Amazing Andrew's job and told them to unlink their arms.Greg talks about two special assembly guests who came before,one was Strong Steve,he gave kids a speech about how they needed to stay of drugs,then he ripped a phone-book as his grand-finale,the kids got crazy after him and ripped half of the books in the library and the librarian had to replace them.The other was Krisstina who sang a song with positive lyrics,she claimed to be a international pop,but she have never been out of the state.Then a police-officer had came and told them about "narc" which was posing to be a high-school student and report all bad things the teens are doing.After that Greg and Rowley started their own detective agency,people didn't hire them so they started spying on their own.Greg told Rowley about how a kid called Scotty Douglas borrowed a video-game from Greg and is saying that he lost it,he told Rowley to go and check if he is lying or not,but Greg caught Rowley playing the video game with Scotty,so he fired Rowley and shut down the agency.A Special Assembly was today,there wasn't any guests,but Vice Principal Roy told everyone that their having a election to replace the student council because the current student council were skipping the meetings.Mr Roy said that there is a rule that you had to go to every meeting and you can't have more then three detentions or more,Greg was dissappointed because he had picked his third detention by a selling a fake "Secret Elevator" pass,Greg bought the pass on his first day of middle-school from a eighth grader and it turned out to be a fake pass that led to the janitor room.Then Greg realized that Rowley never got a detention and he could make Rowley be a candidate for the student council and he would control Rowley's desicions.Rowley ran for Social Chairperson,Greg didn't knew what it meant but he let Rowley take it.All the candidates started handing out buttons,candy and posting posters to get themselves elected.Greg came up with a idea to get Rowley selected,his idea was that he would make a bundle of shirts that spelled "Vote Rowley Jefferson for Social Chairperson",he got a buch of Gary's shirts from the garage and started writing a letters in them all,he was giving a piece of bubble gum for those who were  willing to wear it.But it was hard for Greg to get them in the right-order,then Greg realized only candidates to give speeches were ones running for President.The first candidate was Sydney Greene who is a straight-A student and never missed a day of school,her speech was that if she gets elected she would get better equipments for the music room and new protective covers for library books.Then the next candidate was Bryan Buttsy,nobody could here what he said because everyone started to make fun of his sername.Then the last candidate was Eugene Ellis,he hadn't put posters or hand out lollipops or anything,his campaign speech was that if he gets elected he will replaced the cheap toilet paper in the bathrooms with the expensive and quilted kind,the kids realized the problems with toilet paper and elected him.Rowley also got elected since he was the only one running for "Social Chairperson".In the first meeting,the Student Council teacher,Mrs Birch said that the school can't afford quality toilet paper,everyone who voted Eugene got very mad.The Teachers said they're having a fundraisers.Gary spent all his money on scratch cards,Frank got mad and told him that he has a better chance of getting struck by lightning then winning these lotteries,this made Manny scared and he wouldn't walk out of the house if its raining.Gary has got addicted to a virtual-world game where the user could be anything they want,but Gary's character is a guy who keeps buying scratch cards.

February
In the last student council meeting,the Treasurer,Javan Hill went to use the bathroom and came out with a rolf of Pillow-Soft Ultra Toilet Paper,Eugene confronted Mrs Birch,Mrs Birch said that its to expensive to fill the kid's bathrooms with quality paper,so she said that students are allowed to bring their own rolls.Some kids got so many rolls that they had to carry their supply whereever they go,in hthe lunch break at cafeteria,some kid threw a roll of toilet paper at someone,just then the kids started throwing rolls at each other.The Principal got angry and said that the kids are only allowed to bring five-squares of toilet papers and they were even checking if kids have got too many rolls or not,Greg had around twenty rolls,so he came up with a idea to save his supply.He went to cleanest stall door in the bathroom and put all his toilet paper there and slipped in two old shoes to make it look like if its occupied.Whenever Greg needed to use the bathroom,he used that stall.His system worked for only sometime because one day he forgot to pick up one of his old shoes when he was in the bathroom,this looked suspicious for the kids.Then they found out that Greg is hoarding quality paper,so they went and stole some of his papers.The Student Council stated brainstorming ideas for a class fundraiser,the vice-president,Hillary Pine said they should have a car wash,the secretary,Olivia Davis,suggested they should have a yard sale.Greg came up with the idea of selling caramel popcorn,but Rowley had kept his walkie-talkie not loud enough for them to hear.Eugene came up with a idea of a pro wrestling match in the gym and Javan Hill suggested a motocross stunt show,Eugene and Javan couldn't decide which idea is better so they settled on a mixed motocross/wrestling.Eugene thought it will take a lot of work to do a event like that,so he assigned that to the vice president,Hillary Pine.Hillary formed a Fundraising Committee and got her friends in the student council join it.Hillary reported back and said that the motocross/wrestling show morphed into a Valentine's Day dance,Eugene and the other guys wanted to change it back,but Mrs Birch told them to respect their desicion.After everybody heard about the dance,everyone got excited.Rowley got invited in the Dance Committee because he is the social chairperson.Many guys were saying that they're aren't going to pay three bucks just for a dance in gymnasium,but that all changed after the first Candy Grams were handed out,Bryce Anderson got from five different girls,the boys who didn't get got jealous.The kids who didn't get one,rushed into the Candy Grams stall at the lunch.The boys are trying to act their best if a girl is around.Whenever there are no girls around,the kids go back to doing imature things.The boys are doing basketball unit in Phys Ed and the girls playing on the other side and Boys in the other.A kid called Anthony Renfrew pantsed Daniel Revis when he was shooting free throws,then Daniel pantsed Anthony when he was going for a layup,after that everyone was pantsing each other,so nobody is standing and are just scooting on the floor without standing because they're afraid of getting pantsed.Vice Principal Roy went to the Gym and lectured the boys and said that if a person is caught pantsing another person,then they are suspended.But just then a boy sneaked under the seats and pantsed Mr.Roy,the person got away before they could catch,the person is being called as the "Mad Pantser".Everyone in Greg's homeroom is getting a candy gram,a kid called Travis Hickey,who could eat a pizza crust taken out of the dustbin.Greg went to Gary and asked him for advices,Gary told him that he should buy a many Candy Grams and deliver them all to himself,making them think Greg is a hot property.Greg brought two dollars" worth Candy Grams,those two dollars were Greg's lunch money so he is hoping it works.Greg had blown alot of money on Candy Grams,so Greg then realized if he kept buying Candy Grams he would starve,so Greg thought of buying a Candy Gram for a real Girl.Greg bought a Candy Gram and sent it to Adrianne Simpson,Greg wrote a little note below saying if she rejects Greg,then she should pas the note to Julia Barros,Greg did this to save his money.Adrianne and Julia both rejected Greg.Greg thought to write a note to Leighann Marlow because,the seat for Greg in History Class is the same one as the one for Leighann's homeroom class.So after writing the note,Greg put it under the desk.Before Leighann could read his note,some kid who was in after-school Detention,saw Greg's note and scribbled it,but Leighann did saw Greg's note,but she rejected Greg.Greg has been getting very nervous because they're not much girls left,one girl without a date is Erika Hernandez who broke up with her boyfriend Jamar Law after he got his head stuck in a chair.But Greg thinks if he even gets in good with Erika,the story about her ex-boyfriend will keep coming in Greg's mind and he won't be able to pass it.Greg drew a un-finished relationship chart to see who is dating who in Greg's grade.Greg is afraid of Evan Whitehead because he has been bragging that he kissed a lot of different girls in Greg's grade,but he was sent home from school because he had chicken pox,so Greg is thinking how many girls he has infected.One girl Greg is quite sure,Evan didn't kissed is Julie Webber because she has been going out with Ed Norwell since fifth grade.Gary told Greg that he should ask the girl in person to go to dance with him,Greg went near Petyon Ellis she was drinking from the fountain,she figured that Greg is asking her for the dance,so she kept on drinking until Greg wasn't out of there.Greg thought of asking his lab partner,Bethany Breen,but Greg hasn't made a good impression on her because whenever they are dissecting frogs,Greg would make Bethany dissect the frogs and do the writings.Greg thought of going to Bethany to ask her,but Greg started getting nervous and started thinking about the frogs.Gary told him to get a wingman,Greg thought Rowley would be a perfect one,so he told that to Rowley and explained the concept to him.But Rowley didn't turn out to be a good wingman as he saying to much untrue things about Greg.Rowley told Greg that Alyssa Grove complained to the Dance Committee that she broke with her boyfriend and is looking for a date to the dance.Greg thought of getting hand on Alyssa before other boys get her.So when Greg got home,he called Alyssa's number,but nobody answered,so he was leaving a message but his message wasn't good so hit the hash key to delete it and started another one,but it was good too,so he deleted it again,Greg recorded around twenty messages but since he had Rowley in the room making funny faces he couldn't get a good one,then he and Rowley started goofing around with the machine,then he deleted them all.Then at dinner,Alyssa's father came and told Frank that Greg and Rowley had recorded twenty prank messages on his machine.Gary told Greg he should update his wardrobe because he said wearing something new would make him more confident,Almost everything Greg wears is hand-me down from Rodrick so Greg told his Mom to go buy him some new clothes,but his Mom said that how kids in middle-school are too focused on their looks.So Greg looked,hin Rodrick's wardrobe,but Rodrick had a different type of taste in clothings,so Gary told him to check Frank's closet,Greg found a black leather jacket,he asked Frank if he could borrow it,Frank allowed him but Susan said its to expensive for a middle school student to wear and Greg will lost or damage it.So after having a showever in the morning,Greg sneaked out of the house wearing the jacket,Greg was shivering because it wasn't a winter jacket,so Greg put his hands in the pockets and in one pocket he found aviator sunglasses and in other he found and photo-booth photo of his parents kissing,this disgusted Greg.Everyone in the school was looking at Greg,Greg got a lot of attention,so he wore it in the homeroom too,but just then a few minutes later,his mom came into the class and made Greg return the jacket,Greg said its too cold outside,so she gave Greg her winter coat to wear.The whole school knew about what happened to Greg and were making fun of him.This made it hard for Greg to find a date for the dance.He thought of getting some girl from church to go to the dance,Greg heard that Church school kids think that kids who go to public school are rough,so he acts cool if he meets a friend there.Recently,Susan became freinds with Mrs Stringer as they both worked on the Autumn Fair Committee,the Stringers have two kids,a girl Greg's age called Laurel and a boy around Manny's age called Wesley,his Mom invited the whole family for dinner.Greg got excited because he thinks he could impress Laurel and take her to the dance.The Heffley started getting the house ready before the stringers came,they still had the christmas tree and it was to much work for them to dismantle it so they shoved it into the garage and they were diapers taped on the corners of their family-room furniture that were left over from when Susan was baby-proofing the house when Manny started crawling and Gary was sleeping on the couch,so they covered him with a sheet.There were bulletin boards that had certificates for the kids for doing good things,Greg thought it was lame so he hid them in the pantry.When the family came,the kid who once scared Manny in the church turned out to be Wesley,Manny got scared and skipped dinner.Susan made mushroom chicken with asparagus on top to impress the guests,Greg hated the dish,but he tried to eat it without hesitating because he thinks Laurel will think he is weird.Then Mrs Stringer said that she and Mr Stringer don't go out on a date night because they can't find a relaible baby-sitter for Wesley,Greg said that he would be a perfect babysitter,Mrs Stringer seemed impressed.Susan dropped Greg at Stringer's house at around 6:30 PM,Mrs Stringer said Laurel had gone to a friend's house,Greg got dissappointed because he wanted to see her for sometime and talk to her about the dance.Mrs Stringer told Greg to put Wesley to be bed by 8 PM and they had be back by around 9 Pm.After they left,Greg asked Wesley if he wanted to play a board-game,Wesley said he wanted to ride his bike inside the house,but Greg told him it would damage the floors,Wesley had a fit,when calmed down he told Greg to get his colouring stuff from the laundry room.When Greg got inside the room,Wesley locked him in and started riding his bike.Greg stood there about a half-hour then he found a spare freezer blocking a door,Greg moved the freezer and squeezed throught the door.Greg went to open the front-door,but it was locked,so Greg thought of suprising Wesley and catch him,so Greg went all around the house to find a open window,after he found on,he jumped in it and landed in Laurel's room,Greg was too tired so he slept in her bed.But by the time,the Stringers came back and presumably fired him.After blowing his chances with Laurel,Greg gave up as it was only three days until the dance happens and he has no partner,just then Rowley told him that Abigail Brown  came to the Dance Committee and said her boyfriend,Michael Sampson has family obligation so he couldn't come to the dance and she has a dress and no is going to go with her to the dance.Greg got excited and thought this could be his chance to impress Abigail,Greg thought of going with her as couples,but since Abigail and Greg are not in-relationship,Greg decided to go with Abigail and Rowley as a dance group,Rowley seemed happy with that.Greg planned that the three will go out to dinner and in the resturant Greg would Impress Abigail and when they go to the dance,they'd walk in as a couples,Greg needed to find a ride,he didn't took his minivan as his seats are dirty and his Mom would Embarrass him,so he picked up Rowley's car because his dad has a nice car and he had great seats and they could fool Abigail into thinking he is a proffesional driver.Rowley and Greg asked Abigail about that and Abigail seemed happy and said she could go.Greg told Gary about the dance,Gary got excited and asked him if they have hired a DJ,Greg said he doesn't knows,Gary told Greg if he wanted to impress his date he should wear a suit,Greg found a suit he liked in Rodrick's Wardrobe,Greg couldn't find any Cologne,but he found a bottle of a body spray that according to its commercial makes Greg attract to you very quickly,Greg thinks if it works actually like that,then the dance could turn out to be a nightmare,so Greg sprayed on his Great Uncle Bruce's cologne and went to the grocery and bought a box of Valentine's Day chocolates but he already ate buttercreams chocolates,peanut clusters and caramels.Then it was the night of the Dance,Greg walked to Rowley's house and when Rowley opened it,Greg found two spots under Rowley's Mouth and he thought it was chicken-pox then Greg talks about how Evan Whitehead started the chicken-pox and how its spreading,then he showed a mirror to Rowley and Rowley freaked out,he was going to his parents to tell them,Greg said that he should just lie or otherwise they can't go to the dance,Greg had to give Rowley two chocolates to calm him down (an in that scene only Rowley is seen with closed mouth for first time).Then Rowley got scared,Greg gave him socks to wear in his hands,then he put on his Mom's makeup to make it sure they couldn't see it,but anyone could clearly see he had make-up,so he covered it up with a silk scarf,then Greg noticed Rowley had some in ForeHead too,so he gave him a beach hat.Then when they got in the car,Greg realized that Rowley still had the booster-seat,so he told Rowley that they had to dismantle it,but it would take a lot of work,so he just screwed up.Then when they went near Abigail's house,Greg tolds Robert Jefferson to honk the horn so Abigail would know they've come,but Mr Jefferson said its not a good way to treat a lady,so Greg went to escort her,Abigail didn't open the door,but her father did instead,he said Abigail will be down soon and made Greg sit down in a chair,then Greg got fed up and was going out with Abigail,just then Abigail appeared and they took her to the car.Abigail thought Rowley was sitting in the booster-seat as a joke,it was very quiet in the car,so Greg told Mr Jefferson to turn on the radio,but he got angry and turned on something based on his portfolio instead because Greg called him "Driver".Then Mr Jefferson pulled over to get his vaccum.Then they stopped the car at Spriggo's,Greg noticed his suit was covered with the greasy smears that came from the vacuum cleaner,so he left his jacket in the car and went.The host told Greg that the males are required to wear a jacket,Greg wasn't going to get his jacket from the car so they gave Greg a subsitute one,then Greg smelled a bad smell and noticed it was coming from his jacket,Greg went to the bathroom and cleaned it with water and then dried it,but the heat activated Bo and it spread,so Greg told them that its a bad place and they should leave.After leaving they were forced to go to Corny's,when they got there,Rowley was wearing a tie,so they chopped Rowley's of.Since the three didn't have a little kid around,they got seated in adult's area,but there were kids pounding on the window and distrubing them,so they moved to another seat,the other seat had a gross view of a family changing the diaper of their baby,so Greg blocked the view with a few menus,the waiteress bought them corn chips,Greg would pass one to Rowley from a straw,because he thinks he might infect them.Then the waiteress came back,Abigail ordered Two Appetizers and Rowley also ordered the same,The waiteress couldn't understand Rowley so he had to removed his scarf to say that,when Rowley was telling the waiter,a little molecule of his spit landed on Gregs lips,Greg rubbed it on Abigail's dress when she wasn't looking.Then the Waiteress came back to ask them for their main-course,Greg ordered a plain-hamburger to save money,Abigail ordered T-Bone Steak,which is the most expensive item,Rowley ordered the same.Then when the food came,Greg's hamburger had lettuce and tomato.He told the waiteress,the waiteress wiped the lettuce and tomato of with a napkin.After that Rowley and Abigail ordered desserts,Greg lied to the waiteress that Rowley had a birthday to save money,then all the waiters and waiteresses came and sang happy-birthday to you and gave Rowley his freecake,Abigail ordered a chocolate-cheescake which she only ate half of,then when the bill came Greg had to use all his money,then he took out Emergency Money from his socks,but it was wet so he had to Get $5 from Rowley's dad.Then Mr Jefferson hugged Rowley,which looked wierd to Abigail.The Theme of the Dance was "Midnight in Paris" and there was a long table with punch and snacks and a chocolate fountain with strawberries for dipping,Rowley,Abigail and Greg handed their tickets and got into the line for photos,each couple had their photo taken at a backdrop of Paris,Abigail and Greg got together,but Rowley also popped in.Greg found that Gary was the DJ and Gary was also selling his shirts and due to the reason it was dark at the gym,the kids weren't knowing that they are getting ripped off.Abigail then went went to talk with her friends and then they all went to the girl's bathroom together.Greg went into the boy's bathroom to hear what they are saying,but people made noises and when it got quiet,the girls had gone,Greg spotted them at the table.At around 7:50 PM,Gary started the music and then people around Greg's gramma started coming in.By 8:00Pm there were many of them,they told the Teachers they had booked the gym for a meeting,but the teachers said they booked it for a dance two weeks ago,but Seniors said they booked it two months ago and had paperwork for proof,then the girls from Dance Committee started fighting with them,Mrs Sheer said the seniors can have their meeting at one side while the kids can dance on other,everyone was fine with it.The Seniors turned lights on,it was bad for Gary because the kids found they had been ripped of and went to Gary,Gary distracted them by turning on the music high.The Girls were dancing in a big group and the boys were trying to break into the circle.Then a senior came to their side and told them the music is too high and needs to be lowered down,Gary lowered it by around 80%,the kids could hear everyword the Seniors said in there meeting,this didn't seemed to bother the girls and a lot of them took out personal music players and kept on dancing.All the boys were tired of being there best behaviour infront of girls and started playing around with the food and drinks and started doing other types of idotic things,the teachers tried to stop them,but they didn't stop.Greg was going near the stairs,but Rowley was already there and he got pantsed by the Mad Pantser,all the late-comers were walking in and then going back.At around 9:00 PM Michael Sampson walked in holding hands with Cherie Bellanger,Abigail found out that the family obligations was a lie and Michael didn't expect Abigail to be there since he thought that if he couldn't come,she couldn't.Abigail started crying and Greg and her friends tried to cheer her up.Right then the Senior Centre meeting ended and all the seniors went to the kid's side and ate all the snacks.Since there was nothing to dip in the chocolate fountain,Kids started sticking their fingers directly in it,but Mrs Sheer had to shut it down to get back a kid's lost contact lense.Gary tured on the music back and the seniors started making song requests and started dancing too,just then some old ladies started attracting to Greg.Gary announced the last song is coming up,so a few kids paired up and walked out on the dance floor as couples.Greg wanted the dance to end just the he saw Ruby Bird coming to make him dance with her,Greg got scared and found Abigail and took her hand and went to dance with her.During their dance,Greg spotted some little red bumps on Abigail's face and thought it was chicken pox and screamed and freaked out,it turned out it was just a pimple.Just then the dance ended and they went back home,Abigail wasn't talking to Greg and was close to Rowley and was only talking to him.A lot happened after the dance happened,Gary won forty-thousand-dollar from one of his scratch cards,he repayed Frank the money he had owed him and wished Greg luck in his love life and moved away and Greg ended up getting chicken-pox,Greg found that Rowley had pimples not chicken-pox and he heard that Abigail and Rowley are now couples,Greg says if it is true then Rowley is the worst wingman in the history.Greg could take long baths without anyone bothering him and he feels a little lonley.Greg had kept a towel near his tub after he finished Bathing,the towel was gone,Greg thinks someone stole the towel or Johnny Cheddar stole it. Flashbacks These are the flash-backs that were removed from the plot to make the plot shorter
 * The church had a new rule to send all the little kids to colour and play,when Susan first dropped Manny there,he met another kid and he scared Manny by telling him he was a vampire.
 * Greg said how he felt bad about Manny and how he had a kid in pre-school called Bradley who used to terrorize Greg,Greg told his Mom about it and then Bradley's family went away,Susan wrote a book called Bradley in which a kid called Bradley does bad things,Susan had to scrap the idea because just then Bradley's family moved back in,however she read the books to Manny to make him learn,but instead this made Manny scared of kids his age.
 * Greg talk about how much his dad hates scratch cards and a few years ago frank got Gary a winter jacket,Gary gave him a scratch card which turned out to be fake.
 * Greg talks about how a year ago he wrote the name of a girl called Baylee Anthony he liked,Baylee had wrote Bryce Anderson's name,but Bryce got paired with a girl called Pollard Mckenzie,Greg got paired with Baylee as Greg selected her.Baylee wasn't happy with that and started complaining and wouldn't dance with Greg.
 * A summer ago,Frank had a special day in his office called "Bring your child to work day" in which the workers could get their kids to the office,the kids were sent to cafetaria and the adults had bunch of activities and entertainment to entertain the kids,in the ending of the day,Frank took Greg to his office and Greg was disturbing Frank so he gave Greg a dollar to get something from the vending machine,Greg got a jawbreakers,Frank got more distracted and told Greg to go out of his office for a while,Greg went to the bathroom and stayed for a long time there but luckily a Janitor found him.

Excerpts

 * I looked for a way to escape, but I was trapped. Luckily, Abigail walked out of the bathroom at that exact moment and I grabbed her hand just before Ruby got to me. Abigail's makeup was a mess from all of the crying, but I didn't really care. I was just happy to have an excuse to get  away from Ruby. And to be honest with you, I think Abigail was happy to see me, too, so I led her to an empty spot on the dance floor.


 * I'd never slow-danced with a girl before, So I didn't know where I was supposed to put my hands. She put hers on my shoulder, and I put mine in my pockets, but that kind of felt dumb. So we met in the middle, and that seemed about right.


 * "And speaking of Rowley and Abigail, I fo heard that the two of them are a couple now. All I can say is if that's true, it makes Rowley 'the worst wingman in history.'" - Greg Heffley
 * Im supposed to stay home from school for at least a week. The good news is that with everyone out of the house, I can take a long bath without anyone bothering me.
 * Or at least I THINK I'm alone. Today I had a fresh towel next to the tub, and when I open my eyes it was gone. So either somebody's messing with me or Johnny Chedder is at it again.
 * Everything probably would've been just fine, but at lunch someone threw a roll of toilet paper at somebody else, and withing about fifteen seconds it was a total madhouse.
 * I couldn't find any cologne in Rodrick's junk drawer, but I DID find a bottle of that body spray they're always advertising on TV. I was a little nervous about using it, though, because if that stuff really works like they say in the ads then tomorrow night could be a nightmare.

Major Events

 * Greg talks about when he was a baby.
 * Uncle Gary moves in with the Heffleys.
 * Rowley becomes the Social Chairperson.
 * Eugene Ellis becomes the President of Student Council.
 * Javan Hill becomes the Treasurer.
 * Hillary Pine becomes the Vice President.
 * Olivia Davis becomes the Secretary.
 * The formation of the Dance Committee
 * Greg tries to get a date for the Valentine's Dance.
 * Rowley closes his mouth for first time in the book series.
 * Greg goes to the Valentine's Dance with Abigail and Rowley as a group of friends.
 * Uncle Gary wins $40,000 and moves out.
 * Greg gets chicken pox in the end.
 * Greg heard that Rowley and Abigail became a couple.

Trivia

 * It is unknown who the Mad Pantser is.
 * There is an exclusive version of this book, which has Fregley's secret note in the back. It's a poem by Fregley that shows why girls (specifically Ruby Bird) must go with him to the dance.
 * Jeff Kinney announced that a eighth book is coming.
 * Rodrick is shown much skinner then he is in other books.
 * It is unknown why Michael cheated on Abigail.
 * Rowley closes his mouth for the first time in The Third Wheel Pg 166 while eating chocolate.
 * It was revealed that Rodrick might hate Greg because Susan gave Rodrick's pacifier to Greg and Rodrick never wanted to give his pacifier up, but this might not be true because Rodrick doesn't looks childish.
 * It is unknown what happened to Greg's towel at the end of the story.
 * Its unknown if Rowley and Abigail actually became a couple or what Greg heard was just a lie, its more likley that have become, because Abigail is seen smiling when Rowley escorted her to her home and while they're in the car she was close to Rowley and was only talking to him and Rowley tried his best to make her feel good and Abigail looked a little better as she was smiling when Rowley was escorting her to her house.
 * Rodrick has a much shorter role in this book,in most of the parts when the family gathers together Rodrick is not there.