'March 23, 2003,' Malcolm wrote. He was in the middle of his homework. He didn't get much time to do his homework at home, due to his brothers, Reese and Dewey. Technically, it wasn't all their fault, as the three boys were constantly getting in some kind of trouble. Then there were his parents, Hal and Lois. Malcolm always managed to get some kind of job to do whenever he had free time.
["I'm all alone in the house and I'm doing homework. That's not as pathetic as you might think! My girlfriend is out of town on vacation. I can't use the computer because of a little mishap last week"]
…FLASHBACK…
"What's taking so long?" Reese complained.
Malcolm sat at the computer, typing furiously, "I can't go any faster. If I make a mistake, I could crash the whole network!" Malcolm spat back. They were hacking into the school computer network. Reese's eyes grew big. He reached over and smashed his hand on the keyboard.
"Heh heh heh!" Reese giggled as the screen went haywire and the computer made a sound like a dying cat.
"What the hell is the matter with… woah!" Malcolm yelled, before becoming entranced by the havoc.
…END FLASHBACK…
["Mom totally overreacted! And because money's so tight, because of the coming baby, Dad had to cancel the cable. What am I supposed to do? Watch FOX?!"]
Malcolm walked over to the refrigerator and grabbed a soda. As he popped the top Reese came in the front door.
"My god! It's like she's never had a stink bomb go off in her desk drawer!" Reese complained.
["Reese had detention today. From what I heard, it was hilarious when the stink bomb went off in his teachers desk drawer!"]
"Where's Mom and Dad?" Reese asked, throwing his backpack in a corner.
"They're taking Dewey to the hospital. He was choking on another action figure leg." Malcolm explained.
"What! He better not have eaten another one of my…" Malcolm glanced at Reese and smiled, "I mean… his guys." Reese lied.
Malcolm smiled.
["Wow, now I got something on him. This could come in handy!]
