At 6.30 am, Douglas was awoken abruptly by a loud noise that sounded strangely like an explosion. In an instant he jumped out of his bed and ran from his room into the kitchen, which was just down the hallway. When he got there, he froze and looked around the scene.
Bree and Adam were standing next to the fridge, while Chase was standing on the other side of the kitchen island covered in flour. The toaster was smoking and looked like it had been on fire, which it probably had been. The rest of the kitchen was covered in fallen eggs and pieces of bread lying everywhere.
"What has happened here?!", Douglas finally asked, since none of the kids dared to move or speak up.
"We were trying to do something nice", Bree answered quietly.
"Nice?", Douglas asked incredulously "I know I'm not good with 'good things', but a messy kitchen and a smoking toaster is not what I would call 'nice'."
"We were trying to make a special breakfast for mr. Davenport", Adam added.
"Why?", Douglas asked "Did you break something? Again?"
"No", Chase explained "It's father's day and we wanted to make it extra special".
Now Douglas nodded: "Okay, that explains a lot!"
"We're just terrible cooks", Adam said as he pointed to the kitchen "Making toast is hard!"
"Hard? You just- Never mind", Douglas didn't even try to explain it, he just went with it.
"Wait a minute!", Chase suddenly said "Douglas, you can cook!"
"Yes, I can!", Douglas replied proudly "I went to cooking school!"
"Can you help us?", Adam asked.
"Please?", Bree asked with her best puppy eyes.
Douglas tried to look away, but he could never resist that look: "Fine! But I'll need your help to fix this kitchen before Donnie wakes up!"
"Deal!", the three kids said simultaneously.
"Okay, this is how we are gonna do it", Douglas said "Adam, go get a broom and clean the floor. Bree, I need three bowls, five eggs, two packs of bacon, one pack of flour and three frying pans. And Chase... Please go shower first!"
As soon as they had gotten their task, everyone went to do as they were told.
Ten minutes later, the four of them were working quietly. While Bree was making the dough for the pancakes, Chase was squeezing some oranges and Douglas was baking the bacon. Once Adam had cleaned everything, Douglas showed him how to bake the eggs without setting them on fire.
One hour later, the four of them were looking proudly at their perfectly dressed table.
"Cooking is nice", Bree said with a smile.
Douglas nodded: "Yes, it is. Really good for the nerves!"
"It turned out great!", Adam said "Much better than I thought it would!"
"We couldn't have done it without you, Douglas", Chase said as he patted Douglas' shoulder.
"Ah, don't mention it", Douglas said with a smile, glad that he could help his kids out "Now, you guys go get Donnie, then I'm gonna put some clothes on!"
And with that, they each went their own way.
Tasha and mr. Davenport were still asleep when they heard a quiet knock on their bedroom door.
"Come in", Tasha said as she stretched her arms and almost hit mr. Davenport in the face.
When all three siblings walked into the room together, each one with a big smile, mr. Davenport immediately sat up straight.
"What's up?", he asked worriedly "Did you put something on fire? Did you break something? Did Douglas blow up the lab again?"
"What? No! There is nothing wrong", Bree answered as she sat down on the bed.
"We just wanted to surprise you", Adam sat, sitting down next to Bree.
"Well, you did surprise me for sure!", mr. Davenport said, trying to calm down "But why are you here in our bedroom, waking us up at 8am on a Sunday if there's nothing wrong?"
"Happy father's day!", Adam, Bree and Chase yelled simultaneously.
Tasha smiled: "Aww, that's so sweet!"
Mr. Davenport now smiled as well as he motioned them to join him in a hug: "Oh guys! You didn't have to!"
"I'm surprised you guys remembered it", Tasha remarked.
"I've got a calendar app", Chase said as he pulled back from the hug.
"Your chip has got a calendar app?", Tasha asked.
"No, my phone has!", Chase answered "I only have got useful apps!"
Bree rolled her eyes: "Anyway... How about we go downstairs and have breakfast together?"
"Sounds good to me", mr. Davenport said "I'll be right there, just give me a minute to change"
The kids nodded and ran downstairs to find Douglas sitting on the couch with a cup of coffee, reading a magazine.
"Douglas, aren't you joining us?", Bree asked.
"You want me to join your father's day breakfast?", Douglas asked with a small smile.
"Sure, why not?", Adam answered "We can't eat all that food by ourselves!"
Douglas rolled his eyes, but walked over to the table anyway.
At that moment, mr. Davenport and Tasha came down.
"Wow!", Tasha exclaimed "This is amazing!"
"You like it?", Bree asked.
"Like it?", Tasha asked "I love it! This is just so sweet!"
Mr. Davenport hadn't said a thing yet, he just stood in front of the table staring at it.
Finally, he spoke up: "How?"
"Douglas", all of the kids answered.
Mr. Davenport looked over to his brother, who has started to blush by now.
"It was nothing", he quickly said "I just wanted to make sure they didn't burn the house down..."
At that moment, Leo walked into the room: "Wow! You guys did this? It's awesome!"
"Well, let's dig in!", Adam said, hungry as always.
Everyone sat down and enjoyed the breakfast.
Another hour later, almost all the food was gone. Everybody was full and finishing their cups of coffee and tea.
"It really was delicious", Tasha complimented.
"Thank you!", Bree replied with a big smile.
"Guys, this is the best father's day ever!", mr. Davenport said with a huge smile.
"It's not over yet!", Adam said mysteriously.
"We've still got something else in store...", Bree added.
"Why don't you stay here while we go down to the lab for a moment?", Chase proposed.
"Take another cup of coffee while you wait!", Leo said.
Then, the kids went down to the lab and the three adults were left alone.
"Have you helped them with this next part to?", mr. Davenport asked Douglas.
"Nope", Douglas answered as he finished his cup of coffee.
"...Should we be afraid?", mr. Davenport asked again.
"Probably", Douglas replied.
Author's note: Hi! I know, I said it would be a one-shot… but it turned out to be longer than I had expected. Anyway, some more family bonding :)! Hope you like it! :D
Reviews are appreciated! ;)
