Prank

Devlin stood looking into the kitchen, a large piece of chocolate cake sat on the counter. All he needed was his dad to pick up the cake and a gallon of maple syrup would fall on his head. They had been going back and forth with pranks for the last couple of weeks, but Devlin would get him today. He knew his dad couldn't resist chocolate cake.

"What are we looking at?" Devlin turned to the voice. His father stood behind him an evil grin on his face. Devlin looked at his father and knew he was caught. The plan had failed.

Kevin looked at his son smiling. He was still the king of pranks in the house. He knelt down by his son and pointed at the bucket hanging from the ceiling.

"Your first mistake was that I could see the bucket from the living room. Only an idiot would fall for it. Your second was trying to outsmart me. Are you going to give up yet?" Kevin asked, he couldn't wait for his son to give in. If Devlin gave in then he would have to clean the basement bathroom. If he didn't then Kevin would have to clean it. He wasn't afraid of anything except basements; he had one too many close calls in basements.

A scream came from behind them, and the two turned back around to see Gwen standing in the kitchen covered in maple syrup. Kevin and Devlin both fell to the floor laughing as Gwen walked over to the closet. She pulled out a mop and buckets and handed them to the boys. The two stopped laughing as Gwen smiled and walked out.

"Don't forget to clean the basement bathroom honey." She called as the shower came on.