Their car pulled up in front of a park with lots of other kids and parents. The other kids were all playing a game of tag. The kids ran to the playground while their parents walked to an unoccupied picnic table. Doug and Brittany were talking while Matt, Jake and Kate were playing.

"Hi. I'm Judy." Said one of the parents.

"Hey, I'm Amanda, this is Henry." She said indicating her husband.

"Nice to meet you!"

"You to! Are you from around here?"

"Yeah. I'm Adam's mum." She pointed to a group of kids hiding "Wearing the jeans and blue jumper. He's 9."

"that's my que to leave!" Henry said and wandered over to a group of men chatting about baseball.

"Men! Anyway, mine are over there." she pointed to her children in a group by the monkey bars. "Doug's 14, then Brittany, she 13. Matt's 10, then there's Jake and Kate, who are…8. Wow time flies."

"Yeah, it does."

While their parents weren't paying attention an argument had broken out between the twins.

"I bet I can get across faster than you." Jake challenged his sister.

"Yeah right! In your dreams!"

"Nah, you're going down Katie."

"Doug, time us."

They both went across as fast as they could and Doug timed them.

"What did we get?" Kate asked.

"You both got 28 seconds."

"Let's race again!" Jake replied.

"No, let's do something else." Brit said trying to prevent a fight.

"NO! I wanna show her I am faster than her!" Jake exclaimed.

"Are not!"

"Are to!"

"Are not!"

"Are to!"

"Are not!"

"Are to!"

"Are not!" Kate stuck her tongue out at her brother. He wasn't going to be pushed around by his sister.

"Are to!" hey yelled at her and pushed her. She fell off the platform and Brittany shrieked. Kate just stood up and pulled her brother down too. By now a crowd gathered round to watch the twins battle it out.

Doug, Brit and Matt just stood and watched them hit each other, until the barracking started. The crowd started egging them on. They needed some crowd control or someone was going to get seriously hurt. They twins didn't physically fight often, but when they did, they both ended up with bruises and once it ended with broken bones.

"STOP!" Brit called and she and Doug ran over to their brother and sister and grabbed them off each other.

"OHHHHHHHHH!" cried the crowd.

"OK! Enough! What a stupid thing to fight about. We told you the times were the same. SO STOP!" with the last statement shouted they stopped and Doug and Brit let them go.

"Owwww! Kate you're getting strong, that hurt." Brit said with a smile.

Jake and Kate hugged and apologised and the other kids invited them to play.

"Hey Doug?" Brittany asked when their younger brothers and sister were playing.

"Yeah?"

"Look!" she pointed over to their parents and smiled. Their parents had gotten friendly with the locals.

"Well no wonder they didn't help stop the fight!"

They walked over to their parents to tell them what had just happened.

"Oh sorry kids!" their mother said.

"Well, that's a relief."

"WHAT?" Doug and Brit exclaimed.

"Well, now they won't have a fight in the car. They were due for one. AND they won't have one until we've settle into the new neighbourhood." their father explained.

"I guess that makes sense." Brit said.

"I think you kids have had enough of a break now!"

"Well dad, since it's your idea to get back in the car…" started Brit.

Doug caught on and finished for her "you can go tell them" he pointed in the direction of the playing kids "that they have to leave all their new friends."

With that said they walked towards the car smiling.

"Good Luck!" Amanda called over her shoulder to her husband as she ran to the car.

"Damn!" Henry muttered as he walked to where his kids were playing.

After hours of more driving it was finally dinnertime. Henry had promised his kids they would have McDonalds for dinner that night.

"Dad! It's 6:30. You promised." Matt called from the very back seat in their station wagon. He was sitting next to Kate. She wasn't happy having to sit there again but because Doug and Brit were teenagers it was a bit squishy for them back there so she, Jake and Matt were stuck alternating the back 2 seats and the middle seat for the whole trip. Oh well!

"Yeah dad! You promised." Kate said and he turned to look at her, he wasn't driving anymore. She gave him her cute puppy dog-ish look and he turned to look at his wife. "Talk to your mother! She's driving."

"Mummy!" she called cutely.

"Next one we see Katie." She replied not taking her eyes off the road.

Matt hi5ed her and they sat in silence looking intently out the window for the first sign of the golden 'M'.