Soooo sorry this has taken a little while to be posted. We're getting towards the end of winter quarter at college and the teachers seem to have decided to cram as much material as they possibly can with the short amount of time left. Bleh.

Anyways, over 30 reviews! Woo hoo! You guys are seriously awesome!

One thing I want to mention before you read: At the end of Four Brothers when the guys are fixing up the house, Bobby is wearing a shirt with a nametag on it that says 'Raul.' I never noticed that until just recently, and so that same shirt is mentioned in this chapter. Just to clear up the confusion when you read.

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Chapter 8: Sibling Spats and Cereal Challenges

No one knew exactly how it started. Maybe it was when Angel had came in and stole the remote from Sydney, who had been watching TV, and changed the channel to what he wanted to watch. Or perhaps when Bobby came in to tell the bickering pair to shut up. Or possibly when Jerry came in, reminding Bobby that he still owed him the money that he had barrowed and never paid back. It's also possible that it all started when Jack came in, putting his two cents in on what he thought about them all fighting, who in turn got sucked into the argument.

It wasn't clear how it started, but all that was known was that all five siblings stood in the living room, arguing with each other about one thing or another. Everyone shouted at each other, words overlapping into a gargle of incomprehensible yelling.

"Bullshit! I don't remember that!" Bobby yelled at Jerry who in turn yelled back, "I let you borrow 100 bucks a month ago and you never paid me back!"

"Just because you're older doesn't mean you can just come in here and do whatever the hell you want! I was in here first!" Sydney argued with Angel as Jack threw in, "You two are always fighting! Can't you shut up for five fucking seconds?"

"Ok, Jack, maybe all of us should just be hermits and lock ourselves in our rooms like you do." Angel retorted back as Sydney came to Jack's defense, "Don't bring him into this! Why don't you just leave him alone? You're worse than Bobby!"

"Are you wearing my fuckin' shirt?" Bobby had rounded on Sydney as he heard the mentioning of his name, "Didn't I tell you not to go though my room?"

Sydney looked down at the shirt she was wearing. It was a shirt that looked like either a mechanic or gas station attendant wore. It had a Ford logo patch on one side and a nametag stating, 'Raul' on the other.

"It doesn't have your name on it! Unless your name is Raul." She retorted, her tone very snooty. Bobby took a few threatening steps forward before Jack piped in, "You take my shit all the time Bobby!"

Looking over at Jack with a scowl, Bobby replied, "You're full of it! I don't wear fairy clothes. Besides, that shirt don't even fit her!" He said motioning to the baggy shirt Sydney wore as Angel took his turn to respond, a laugh in his voice, "Man, I saw you wearing one of Jackie's sweatshirts the other day!"

"Screw you!" Was Bobby's reply as Jerry spoke up, "I still want my damn money!"

The room immediately erupted once more, everyone talking at once, trying to get their points across. It seemed like a ridiculous way to go about doing things, but around here, there was no such thing as 'being the bigger man and walking away.' No, in the Mercer house, being the bigger man meant fighting tooth and nail until you won. No one was backing down now…

Things were probably one step away from becoming physical, when a new voice was added to the mix, "What on earth is going on in here?" Evelyn stepped into the room and everyone immediately grew silent. She scanned her eyes over each of her children, none of them speaking up right away until finally Sydney answered, "He started it!" She pointed at Angel who gave her a scowl and a little shove before pointing the blame to Jack. In an instant, everyone was yelling at each other again as Evelyn sighed, "That is quite enough!" She didn't yell like the others were doing, she never yelled, but the sternness in her voice was enough to tell everyone that she meant business…The room grew quiet once more.

"Now I don't care who started it because I'm finishing it right now." Exiting the room, Evelyn came back a second later before announcing, "Here's a list of groceries I need to get. The five of you are going to go to the store for me and work together to pick up the groceries."

All five groaned. The last thing any of them wanted to do was go grocery shopping, let alone with the other siblings they were fighting with moments before.

"I don't want to hear it. Lord knows I need some peace and quiet…even if for only an hour or so." No one could really blame her. There was always something happening in this house. Whether it was a fight, or things breaking; chaos seemed to be a never-ending cycle.

"You can take my car, here's the list and I'll get you some money to take along." Evelyn said as she handed the grocery list to Sydney who made a face as she glanced at it before shoving it into her pocket.

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The car ride had been fairly silent for the first few moments, Jerry drove Ma's car with Bobby in the passenger seat and the other three sat in the back. Being the youngest and least able to defend herself, Sydney always was smack dab in the middle, squished between Jack and Angel. "Move over." She pushed both elbows out to the side, colliding with Jack and Angel's bodies. "It's Angel's fat ass hogging all the room." Jack retorted as he elbowed her back. "Man, shut up." Angel snapped back as he reached behind Sydney to thump Jack upside the head.

"Hey hey hey!" Jerry watched the three through the rearview mirror. "Would you all just shut up? We're almost there anyways. Shit, it's like dealing with a bunch of overgrown children." He mumbled as the three quieted down and he focused his attention back on the road. Sydney rolled her eyes; like he wasn't just fighting with them all back at the house.

They had finally made it to the store, Bobby taking the list from Sydney as he quickly looked it over. He began tearing the list up into fifths, handing each of the strips to one of the siblings. "Alright, get the shit that's on your piece of the list." He told them as Sydney was handed the last strip. She noticed that hers was the longest, "You're not the boss of me." She scowled at him, deciding not to forgive him yet from the fight and chose to be difficult with him.

"Listen to your brother, Syd. The faster we get it done, the faster we can get outta here." Jerry stepped in just as Sydney was about to receive a smack upside the head courtesy of Bobby. The last thing they needed was a brawl inside the grocery store.

Each of siblings split up to get the items on their individual lists. It didn't take long for Sydney to find everything, putting the items in the grocery basket she held as she then went to find Bobby who had the cart. Once she found him, she dumped her items from the basket into the cart as Bobby scanned the stuff.

"That wasn't on the list." He said as he took out the box of Lucky Charms she had picked out, and put them back on a shelf. "So what! Ma let's me get them when I'm with her." Sydney retorted as Bobby scowled at her, "Well you're not with Ma now."

Just then Angel came down the aisle, his arms full of groceries as he dropped them all into the cart. "None of that was on the list!" Sydney argued as she looked at everything Angel had picked out as Bobby continued down the aisle. "Yeah, but he's going to eat all of that stuff. There's no way you can eat a whole box of Lucky Charms by yourself." Bobby replied as Sydney frowned, "Wanna bet?" She challenged as she grabbed the box back off the shelf. Angel looked amused as Sydney opened up the box and reached her hand in, grabbing out a handful of Lucky Charms and popping them into her mouth before getting another handful. "Don't come crying to me when you get sick." Bobby mumbled as he pushed the cart further along, both Sydney and Angel following.

"You're not going to eat that whole box." Angel stated as he watched her intriguingly eat handful after handful. "That's what you think." She told him, her mouth full of cereal. "That's disgusting." He replied as Jack came down the aisle towards them. He looked at Sydney puzzled for a moment before responding, "I don't even want to know." He already knew she was probably doing something stupid that her other brothers put her up to. That happened quite a lot. "I'm winning a bet!" She said with another mouthful of Lucky Charms as Angel retorted, "Seriously, close your mouth. You're spewing everywhere." Sydney snorted with laughter, trying to swallow the food but ended up choking. "See? That's what you get for being stupid." Bobby replied as he gave her a hard smack on the back.

"What the hell are you doing now?" Jerry called out as he came down the aisle, seeing Sydney eat from an unpurchased box of Lucky Charms. He snatched the box away from her as Sydney protested, "Hey!" He closed the box and put it in the cart along with his items. "Can't leave yall alone for five minutes."

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The five had finally made it home, each carrying grocery bags inside the house. Ma greeted them with a smile and a sigh of relief, "See, I knew you guys could do something without killing each other. You didn't get kicked out of the store did you?" She asked skeptically as Jack shook his head with a chuckle, "No Ma. We didn't get kicked out." He told her as she helped him with the bags in his hands. "That's good to hear."

Each of them was putting away the groceries from their bags as Bobby nudged Sydney in the arm. She turned to him as he offered her the box of Lucky Charms, "You still haven't finished it." He told her with a smirk as she took the box and opened, grabbing yet another handful of cereal with an equal smirk on her face.

"Sydney Mercer! Get yourself a bowl. We're not animals here." Ma scolded as Sydney held back a smile as she grabbed a bowl and poured cereal into it. She closed the box and put it back on the counter as Ma grabbed it to put it away. Lifting it up, she got a puzzled look on her face as she shook the box lightly. Looking at the bowl that Sydney had and then opening up the box to check inside, Ma announced, "Half of this box is gone already." The five siblings looked at one another for a moment before Sydney replied in a terrible version of an Irish accent, "Someone must've stole me Lucky Charms!" Everyone gave her a perplexed look before Ma shook her head, putting the box away…Some questions were better left unanswered…

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Ok ok…corny I know…but I had fun writing it! Lol.

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