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Chapter 1

It was a dark, stormy night in San Diego. The rain was pouring down hard and lightning streaked the sky. A bolt hit the window and caused the glass to shatter. The jolt was enough to wake up Drake. He looked around and noticed that the rain was pouring in through the broken window. He threw one of his pillows at his stepbrother, Josh. Josh just rolled over like nothing happened. Drake sighed and grabbed the super soaker near his bed and squirted Josh. That woke him up.

"Drake!" he half shouted. "It's three in the morning. Why'd you wake-" Drake turned the light on and pointed towards the window. "What happened?"

"Lightning hit the window," said Drake.

"I'll go get mom and dad," said Josh, leaving to go get them. "Mom, dad, wake up."

"What is it, Josh?" asked Walter, sleepily.

"The window. Lightning hit it."

"Aaahhh!"

"What was that?" asked Audrey.

Megan walked into the room. "Lightning just hit my window." Over the past few years, Megan had turned into a criminal.

"Don't worry," said Walter. "The rain's going to stop soon."

"It's pouring."

"I know what I'm doing. I'm a professional weather man."

They sighed and went back upstairs.

"When do you think we should tell them?" asked Audrey.

"Later."

Some time the next morning, the doorbell rang. Outside was Megan and a police officer.

"Megan, what did you do?" asked Audrey.

"She killed Dan the Cow Man," said the policeman. "I'm sorry, but she's going to jail."

"How long, officer?" asked Josh.

"Probably six months to a year."

Drake and Josh smiled at each other. Their biggest problem was now gone.

Megan left and Audrey said, "Boys, your dad and I have some news."

"Like what?" asked Drake.

"You guys are going to have another sibling."

They stood there like they couldn't believe what they heard.

Sure enough, eight months later their mom was in the hospital. Megan was still in jail so she had no idea about any of this.

"Ugh, I don't feel good," said their mom.

Drake, Josh, and Walter left to give her some privacy.

When the three of them walked back in, their mom was holding a …