This fic is written by Donny304 and myself. Donny wrote the first chapter. Please review.
Disclaimer: We do not own Cheaper by the Dozen
Chapter 1
Kate gets a phone call from Jake's school. Tom is on his way there. They walk into the principals office where Jake is. He's slumped down in a chair, looking miserable.
"Mr. and Mrs. Baker have a seat,"ﾝ Mrs. Hartwell told them. Tom and Kate sat down on either side of Jake.
"Is Jake okay?" Tom asked her. Mrs. Hartwell sighed and leaned back in her chair.
"Jake forged your signature on a detention note and on a failed test,"ﾝ Mrs. Hartwell replied. Tom and Kate glared at Jake. Jake's eyes fell to the floor and he slumped further down in his seat.
"We'll talk to him when we get home,"ﾝ Kate said.
"That's not all. Then, he lied to the teacher and said that he didn't forge your signature Mr. Baker," Mrs. Hartwell continued. Kate turned to Jake, disappointment all over her face.
"Why would you forge your Fathers signature?"ﾝ Kate asked Jake.
"I don't know,"ﾝ Jake shrugged.
"Jake, you are suspended from school for a week,"ﾝ Mrs. Hartwell told him. Jake's head shot up.
"That's not fair,"ﾝ Jake replied, rising to his feet. Tom pulled him back down.
"Jake, you should have came to me or your Mother," Tom said to him, his eyes flaring. He was pissed off. Jake was in trouble way too much.
"I didn't want you guys to be disappointed with me,"ﾝ Jake sighed.
"Not coming to us and forging signatures is what disappointed us," Kate explained.
Jake, Tom and Kate walk out of Mrs. Hartwell's office. Tom goes back to Lakeside High School and Kate drives Jake back home. Jake is grounded for two weeks and can't go to the big Baker reunion party that everyone else is going to that night, even though Jake has been looking forward to it for months. Nora stays home to baby-sit Jake. Jake is upset that he can't go to the party like everyone else.
"Why can't Jake come to the party with us?" Mike asked.
"He's grounded that's why." Tom answered.
"That's not fair." Sarah complained.
"He shouldn't have forged your father's signature on the detention slip and the failed test. The he lied to his teacher about it." Kate explained.
Jake, Mike and Sarah complain at the same time.
"Jake isn't coming with us and that's that." Tom told them. Jake stormed off to his room as everyone left. He flopped down on his bed and sighed. He had blown it big time.
Around eight that night Jake hears someone outside the dinning room window. He looks out that window and doesn't see anything. He then hears the back door slam shut.
"Nora?"ﾝ Jake asked with fear in his voice. He gulped and headed downstairs.
When Jake walks into the kitchen no one is in there. When he turns around he's stabbed in the stomach with a knife. Jake yelped as the searing pain passed through his stomach. It kind of felt like when his appendix burst but only ten times worst. Jake is gasping for air and has blood dripping from his mouth. Nora hears Jake crying and she comes down stairs.
When Nora walks into the kitchen she sees blood on the floor. Jake was dragged into the living room. Nora follows the blood trail. When see gets into the living room she sees Jake on the floor. Before Nora could scream she is stabbed herself. Nora is stabbed several times. The man who stabbed Nora and Jake flees the scene.
Nora uses the strength that she has left to call 911. On the phone Nora sounds weak. They send an ambulance to the house. When Nora hangs up the phone she falls to the ground and dies.