Casey stared after Derek.
"What's wrong with Smerek?" asked Marti, eating her cereal.
"I don't know, Marti. I really don't know," answered Casey.
She looked at her parent's bedroom door.
"After all that noise, Mom and George didn't wake up? Amazing," thought Casey.
The back door slammed open and Casey and Marti jumped. Edwin came back with Lizzie still on his tail. They ran around the kitchen and living room and they ran upstairs.
Casey closed the back door and heard footsteps rushing up the steps coming from the basement. Casey took a good look at the door and gasped. The window was cracked from top to bottom. She ran to the island, grabbed Marti, rushed out of the kitchen and ran upstairs.
George and Nora emerged from their bedroom.
"What was all that noise?" asked George.
"Sounded like a slamming door. And other things," replied Nora, tying her bathrobe.
They spotted the island, where dishes with unfinished food were on it.
"Looks like the kids are up and were here," said George, heading towards the door.
"And Casey was cooking breakfast for herself, Marti and surprisingly, Derek. Looks like the kids were up early, even Derek," pointed out Nora, sitting at the island.
"AAAH! WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DOOR?!" yelled George.
Nora rushed to her husband's side and saw the window.
"KIDS!! GET DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW!!" yelled Nora.
***
Upstairs, Derek, Casey, Edwin, Lizzie and Marti rushed out of their bedrooms and met in the middle of the hallway.
"What did we do?" asked Edwin nervously.
"You cracked the window of the back door when you slammed it open!" exclaimed Casey.
"How badly?" asked Lizzie.
"Try the whole window!" exclaimed Casey, slightly panicking.
"Calm down, Princess. We'll figure something out," said Derek, putting his t-shirt on.
Casey couldn't help but notice how cute he looked in a simple combination of jeans and a t-shirt.
"Daddy and Nora are mad," said Marti.
"Way mad," replied Lizzie, meeting Edwin's eyes.
"Marti. Did you change without having anyone telling you to?" asked Casey in amazement.
"Yep!" exclaimed Marti proudly.
"All right, Smarti!" exclaimed Derek, picking Marti up.
They all applauded.
"I'm number one! I'm number one!" exclaimed Marti.
"That you are," said Casey.
"KIDS!! WE KNOW YOU'RE UP THERE!! GET DOWN HERE NOW OR ELSE!!
They winced. Derek put Marti down.
"What do they mean by else? It can't be worse than what they already have in mind," said Edwin, getting scared.
Derek had an idea.
"Let's sneak out," said Derek.
"What?!" asked Casey.
"Let's sneak out. We'll sneak downstairs and out the front door. Dad and Nora will be waiting by the back door so if we do this without making any noise, we should succeed," explained Derek as if it were obvious.
"Won't that get us into even more trouble than we already are?" asked Lizzie, uncertain.
"Look, either we sneak out and stay alive a little longer or we face them now and lose our lives," said Derek.
"I'm in," said Marti.
"We're in," said Edwin and Lizzie together.
They all looked at Casey. A few seconds passed.
"All right. I'm in," said Casey.
"Great. Now here's what we're going to do," said Derek.
They huddled together, conquering up a plan.
Author's note: I know it's kindda short but I hope it's good all the same.
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