Over the next week, the prank war continued. Jordyn never let up and took every opportunity that came her way to make Blaine miserable. Frankly, it was working, but Blaine wasn't ready to give up. He knew that these kids were good kids deep down. Blaine knew how hard being a child of divorce was. His parents had split up when he was in middle school and it had been the hardest time of his life. These kids were just angry. They'd get used to him and things would work out. He just had to wait it out.
Blaine noticed that as the week wore on, the pranks became fewer and fewer. Josh and Charlie seemed to be getting bored with having to listen to their older sister. He was pretty sure they'd crack shortly. So, today, Blaine decided to take the kids to the park. He pushed Maggie in the stroller as the three other kids followed behind. When they reached the park, he turned to the kids.
"Okay, you can go and play, but don't go too far. I should be able to see you." Blaine told them. The boys nodded and ran off to the playground. Jordyn just rolled her eyes and stomped off. She clearly wasn't happy to be here. But, right now, Blaine didn't care. Honestly, making Jordyn a little unhappy was what she deserved. While the other kids played, Blaine took Maggie out of her stroller. The little girl had since warmed up to him and became glued to his hip. It was obviously that she hadn't gotten much attention, which was understandable. Her three older siblings were constantly getting into trouble, so Kurt didn't have time to simply play with quiet, little Maggie. So, Blaine was making sure he did. Plus, she was his favorite because she hadn't played a prank on him yet. He took her over to the swings and placed in one.
"Ready?" he asked, before pushing her high in the swing. She giggled loudly as the swing went back and forth. Each time the swing went back towards Blaine, he grabbed her feet and pertended to eat them which just made her giggle even more. Suddenly, Blaine heard a loud scream. He looked over and saw Josh screaming on the ground. Blaine grabbed Maggie from the swing and ran over. The poor child was lying on the ground, tears streaming down his face and his knee was ripped open and bloody.
"What happened?" Blaine asked, setting Maggie on the ground and crouching down next to Josh.
"We were playing tag and he fell." Charlie told Blaine because his brother was too hysterical.
"Okay buddy, does anywhere other than your knee hurt?" Blaine asked softly.
"N-no." Josh cried. "But, m-my knee really hurts!'
"I know buddy." Blaine said. He slipped his hands underneath the little boy and lifted him up. "Charlie grab Maggie and follow me over to the stroller." Blaine told him. Then he walked over to the stroller and set Josh down on a bench. He reached into the back of the stroller and pulled out a first aid kit. Blaine pulled out a pack of antiseptic wipes. "Okay, Josh, this is going to sting, but just for a little bit."
"No-no!" Josh panicked, placing his hands over his knee.
"I'll make it really quick." Blaine promised. "But, we have to clean it out so it does get infected." Josh slowly pulled his hands away. He hissed when Blaine wiped off his knee. "Okay, I'm all done." The Blaine pulled out a tube of neosporin and put that on the wound as well, before putting a large bandage over Josh's knee. "Do you feel better?"
"Yes, thank you." He said quietly.
"How about we go home and watch a movie?" Blaine offered. Both of the little boys nodded their heads. Blaine placed Maggie in the stroller and was about to start moving when Josh slowly reached his arms up to Blaine. He smiled and picked the injured boy up and held him in his arms. Charlie walked along next to him. "Jordyn! Come on let's go!" he called the girl who was still swinging on the swings before going to the car and getting the kids in the car.
Jordyn gritted her teeth as she watched Josh and Charlie be buddy-buddy with Blaine. They were supposed to be in this together, but Jordyn knew she was on her own now. She wasn't ready to give up the fight. When they got home, Blaine popped "Toy Story" in the DVD player and sat down on the couch with Josh, Charlie, and Maggie. The boys cuddled on either side of him and Maggie sat on his lap as she sucked on her sippy cup.
Upstairs, Jordyn was pacing her room trying to think of new prank to pull on Blaine. He had stolen her brothers, her right hand guys, and he couldn't get away with that. "This has to be good. This prank has be better than any of the other ones." Jordyn said. "I've got it!" she said suddenly. She walked over to the side of her room where a glass cage was sitting. She reached her hands inside and pulled out a large tarantula. "Now's your time, Herbie." Jordyn said to spider. This had been a gift from Adam. Kurt would have never bought her a tarantula and frankly he wasn't too happy she still had it.
Jordyn walked down the hallway and went into Blaine's room. She pulled back the comforter and placed the spider in there. "This'll show him." she said evilly before leaving Blaine's room.
Downstairs, the movie was nearly over and all three kids had fallen asleep. Blaine slowly pulled himself from inbetween the boys and stood up with Maggie in his arms. He made sure both boys were secure on the couch before walking upstairs and placing Maggie in her crib. Blaine yawned. He was tired as well. Blaine retreated to his room and laid down on his bed.
As he lay on his bed, he felt something crawling on his arm. Blaine opened his eyes and saw a large spider crawling on his hand. "AHHHHHHH!" Blaine screamed as he flailed his hand sending the spider flying. Blaine gritted his teeth. That was it. He walked down the hallway and barged into Jordyn room.
"That's it Jordyn! Go and get your spider out of my room, right now!" Blaine ordered.
"I don't have to do anything." Jordyn retorted.
"Yes, you do because I said so." Blaine ordered.
"You're not my dad! You're just the guy my dad paid to babysit us. You don't actually have any power!" Jordyn yelled. "Now, get out!"
"No-" Blaine began.
"Get out!" Jordyn yelled as she threw the book she was reading at him. Blaine dodged the book and then left the room. Maybe he was wrong. Jordyn was stubborn. Blaine didn't know if she'd ever give this up.
