Prompt: Jim Kirk, Sam Kirk - Vandalism
Hooligans
Winona pulled up in front of the sheriff's office and took several deep breaths. She wasn't the only angry parent picking up a trouble-making child that afternoon if the three other cars in the lot were any indication. She recognized the others, however, and knew she'd be the only one collecting two delinquents today.
She spoke to the sheriff and deputies, signed paperwork, and joined the parents of the other vandals, a couple of Jimmy & Sam's classmates, in apologizing profusely for the troubles that their respective spawn had caused when they'd decided to have a rock-throwing contest using cranky old Higgins's fancy new barn.
She led her sons back to the car in silence, letting their nerves build as they settled, strapped in, and turned onto the main road towards home.
″How many windows did the two of you break?″
They were silent at first, neither wanting to admit their parts in the deed, but her stare in the rear-view mirror eventually broke them down. Whether it was because the stare was that good or they figured they'd better answer so she'd concentrate on the road, Winona didn't know. ″I got seven,″ Sam finally admitted. ″Jim got six.″
″The big ones on the first level, or the little ones up in the loft?″
Another silence, though shorter, and this time Jimmy answered, ″The little ones up top.″
″Gotta have pretty good aim to hit all the way up there.″ Winona didn't quite let her voice take on a tone of admiration.
She saw the boys trade shocked expressions which slowly faded into tiny grins. ″Yeah,″ they answered in unison.
They rode the rest of the way home in silence as Winona made plans for their working off the cost of their share of repairs, planned the nature of their grounding, and the proper talking-to they'd be receiving that night. She took one more glance in the rear-view mirror as they turned up the long drive and decided that she'd also have to call the school in the morning about signing her hooligans up for the after-school baseball team.