Eli: I'm baaacccccccccckkkkkkk! After a hard three weeks without Internet, but with finals and projects due, I finally bring you more story! Sorry to be M.I.A. for sooooooo long, but here's the next chapter! Enjoy!

~ "Stupid rain." Nicky mumbled in between chewing on his kitkat bar. He threw his candy wrapper at the window. "I hate rain, I hate April showers, I hate that they bring May flowers, and I hate Mom and Dad for not letting us play in the puddles!" He ranted. Chris ignored him. Nicky glared at him and threw his last kitkat at him. "And I hate you, too!"

Chris picked up the candy that was thrown at him and threw it back. "Quit complaining! Go ahead and be mad, I don't care. But don't take it out on me!"

Nicky rolled his eyes and stuck his tongue out at Chris. Chris glared back at him. "Cut it out."

Nicky smirked as he sat up in his bed. "Make me!" He challenged. Chris rolled his eyes and went back to reading his book. Nicky picked up his bean bag and threw it at Chris' back.

"Stop it, Nicky!" He said angrily and turned back to his book. Nicky picked up his pillow and threw it at him. Chris turned around and stood up. "Stop it Nicholas!" He yelled.

"Make me, Christopher!" He taunted back at him. Chris went over and pushed Nicky off his bed. Nicky fell on his behind and groaned. Chris laughed at his face. Nicky scowled and picked up his shoe and threw it at Chris. He smiled as it flew toward his head and.....

!!!!!!!CRASH!!!!!!!

Chris had ducked before it could hit him, and it had hit the mirror behind him. Dozens of glass pieces fell onto the floor. There mouths hung open in horror. Nicky looked at Chris accusingly. "Now look what you made me do!!"

"Me? You're the bad one! You expect me to stand there and take the shoe, especially your stinky ones?!" Chris shouted back.

Nicky looked at the mess and shook his head. "Argue later, we need to clean this up before Mom and Dad get home!" They quickly grabbed some towels and started covering up the glass. They jumped when they heard someone knock on their door.

"Hey, half pints! You in there? I thought I heard a crash." Luke yelled through the door.

Nicky sighed out of relief. "Yeah, we're in here. What crash?" He asked calmly as he and Chris started dumping the glass into a garbage bag.

"I swear I heard a crash. What are you two doing in there?" He asked suspiciously.

"Nothing..." They both said innocently as they swept the last of the glass up into the bag. They heard Luke start fiddling with the lock. "Hey, stop it!" Chris yelled out as they tied the bag up.

"I know you two are doing something in there!" He growled as the lock started turning. Nicky shoved the bag under the bed and pushed Chris away from the mirror. Luke opened the door and looked at them. "What are you two up to?"

Nicky and Chris tried their best to look confused. "We're not doing anything! See!" Chris said, sweeping his arm. Luke looked around the room. Every thing was clean and in place. All too perfect!

Luke glared at them and started closing the door. Nicky smirked evilly as he moved, stepping on a piece of glass they hadn't seen. "OW!!!"

Luke opened the door again. Nicky sat down on the floor looking at his foot. "Chris, go get the first aid kit." Luke told him. Luke sat down in front of him. "Let me see."

He could tell it was glass partly lodged into his foot. Thankfully, it wasn't a very big piece. Nicky tried to keep from crying. "Will it come out?" He asked.

Luke smirked. "It will, if you tell me where it came from." Nicky pouted and sighed. He pointed at the mirror. Luke nodded as Chris came back in with the first aid kit.

"Luke, will you take it out now?" He asked. Luke nodded as he grabbed some tweezers and yanked it out. Nicky groaned. Luke cleaned his wound out as Chris went to go throw the glass away.

As Luke was bandaging the wound, Nicky noticed this purple colored mark on Luke's neck. "Luke, what's that thing on your neck?"

"What thing?

"The purple thing. Did someone hit you?" Luke bit his lower lip and Nicky groaned again when he finished tying the bandage too tight. "Luke, cut it out. You can tell me, did someone hit you?"

"Uh, yeah. Someone hit me. Hey, why don't I make you a deal? I have a spare mirror in my room that can replace that one, and Mom won't notice. In return, don't tell anyone about my bruise,." Nicky nodded.

"Deal!" He said quickly. Luke smiled out of relief.

"Done. Now, stay out of trouble till Mom and Dad get home. I'll tell them you stepped on jacks or something." Luke told him as Chris came back in.

"What's done? Hey Luke, did you know you have a purple mark on your neck?" He said as Luke started walking out.

"Shhh. It's a secret. He got beat up." Nicky told him.

Luke snickered as he felt the mark. "Yeah, beat up."

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