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Wouldn't You Know It?: Chapter 3
Rating: PG to be safe.
Brooke didn't exactly look forward to the minute that her father would arrive home, but sure enough, just an hour later, she head the garage door going up. Five minutes later, her mother entered the room.
"Brooke"
"Yes?" She answered.
"Let's go into the office to chat with your dad. Bring that test, kay?" She asked. Brooke nodded and followed her mother out of the room. They walked down the stairs and into her father's office where he was sitting reading a book. When they went into the room, Lucy and sat down with Kevin on the other side of the desk. She motioned for Brooke to sit down. She did so.
"So let me see the paper, Brooke." Her father said. Brooke nodded and handed him the English test. He studied it for a few minutes, then set it down on the desk in front of him.
"This is unacceptable." He said. "Unacceptable!" All Brooke could do was nod. "Joe never got anything lower than a B. Melissa didn't either. Well, that's not true. She got a C once, and we took care of that. But a D? A D minus." He cried. Brooke kept the tears in her eyes. She wouldn't cry. She hated to always be compared with her older brother and sister. They were so perfect! That wasn't Brooke. She wasn't bad, but she certainly wasn't as perfect as her siblings.
"This isn't going to go unpunished." Her mother said. "Kev, what do you think?" He sighed.
"Well, I'd say a week of grounding for sure." He said.
"More like a month!" Lucy cried. "Kevin a D minus is one point away for an F." He nodded.
"I guess you're right. Ok, so Brooke, you'll be grounded for a month."
"And" Lucy added "You'll be cleaning up after every meal." Brooke felt as if she had snapped. She jumped up out of her chair.
"That's unfair! It's one stupid grade on one stupid test! So what if Lissa and Joe are perfect! I'm not them!" She yelled. Lucy stood up and grabbed her daughter tightly by the shoulder.
"You will NOT speak to me that way ever, EVER again. You're 15 years old, living under my roof." She whispered fiercely.
"Grounded for a month. You can leave." Her father said.
Now, being grounded in the Kinkirk house was a serious, serious matter. There was no phone, no tv, no friends over, and no leaving the house except for school and church.
Brooke walked slowly to her bedroom. When she got there, she saw that Melissa was sitting on her bed studying.
"So?" She asked Brooke. Brooke shrugged her shoulders, then burst into tears. Melissa got up and came over to her little sister, putting her arms around her.
"It's OK. " She told her. When Brooke finally stopped crying, she told Melissa about the grade and grounding.
"Yeah, I know what you feel like. When I got a C minus once, mom and dad grounded me and made me study every night with them AND have them check all of my homework. That was like torture!" She said. Brooke nodded.
"I guess." She said. Melissa gave her a weak smile.
"It'll be fine." She said. "Come on. Turn on a CD or go online. You are allowed to go online, right?" She asked. Brooke nodded and walked over to the computer. As soon as she was online, she sighed, and began typing an e-mail to her friends, letting them know that they wouldn't be able to do anything. Not for a month.
Wouldn't You Know It?: Chapter 3
Rating: PG to be safe.
Brooke didn't exactly look forward to the minute that her father would arrive home, but sure enough, just an hour later, she head the garage door going up. Five minutes later, her mother entered the room.
"Brooke"
"Yes?" She answered.
"Let's go into the office to chat with your dad. Bring that test, kay?" She asked. Brooke nodded and followed her mother out of the room. They walked down the stairs and into her father's office where he was sitting reading a book. When they went into the room, Lucy and sat down with Kevin on the other side of the desk. She motioned for Brooke to sit down. She did so.
"So let me see the paper, Brooke." Her father said. Brooke nodded and handed him the English test. He studied it for a few minutes, then set it down on the desk in front of him.
"This is unacceptable." He said. "Unacceptable!" All Brooke could do was nod. "Joe never got anything lower than a B. Melissa didn't either. Well, that's not true. She got a C once, and we took care of that. But a D? A D minus." He cried. Brooke kept the tears in her eyes. She wouldn't cry. She hated to always be compared with her older brother and sister. They were so perfect! That wasn't Brooke. She wasn't bad, but she certainly wasn't as perfect as her siblings.
"This isn't going to go unpunished." Her mother said. "Kev, what do you think?" He sighed.
"Well, I'd say a week of grounding for sure." He said.
"More like a month!" Lucy cried. "Kevin a D minus is one point away for an F." He nodded.
"I guess you're right. Ok, so Brooke, you'll be grounded for a month."
"And" Lucy added "You'll be cleaning up after every meal." Brooke felt as if she had snapped. She jumped up out of her chair.
"That's unfair! It's one stupid grade on one stupid test! So what if Lissa and Joe are perfect! I'm not them!" She yelled. Lucy stood up and grabbed her daughter tightly by the shoulder.
"You will NOT speak to me that way ever, EVER again. You're 15 years old, living under my roof." She whispered fiercely.
"Grounded for a month. You can leave." Her father said.
Now, being grounded in the Kinkirk house was a serious, serious matter. There was no phone, no tv, no friends over, and no leaving the house except for school and church.
Brooke walked slowly to her bedroom. When she got there, she saw that Melissa was sitting on her bed studying.
"So?" She asked Brooke. Brooke shrugged her shoulders, then burst into tears. Melissa got up and came over to her little sister, putting her arms around her.
"It's OK. " She told her. When Brooke finally stopped crying, she told Melissa about the grade and grounding.
"Yeah, I know what you feel like. When I got a C minus once, mom and dad grounded me and made me study every night with them AND have them check all of my homework. That was like torture!" She said. Brooke nodded.
"I guess." She said. Melissa gave her a weak smile.
"It'll be fine." She said. "Come on. Turn on a CD or go online. You are allowed to go online, right?" She asked. Brooke nodded and walked over to the computer. As soon as she was online, she sighed, and began typing an e-mail to her friends, letting them know that they wouldn't be able to do anything. Not for a month.