Neep! It's almost Halloween! It's the only day of the year when I look normal. Oh well.
I woke up with warm breath on my neck and an arm across my stomach. My first reaction was 'Run!' but it was quickly forced out by my second.
-Damn you light!- I thought shuting my eyes tightly against it.
"Mmmm..." Lisa was just waking up, headache free apparently.
"[Are you awake?]" she whispered in my ear.
"[No.]" I replied. She poked me and giggled. She went to get dressed then went back to poking me and giggling until I got up.
"[Why are you waking me up at such an early hour?]" I asked. My head ached like crazy and the light streaming in the window didn't help.
"[It's lunch time.]" She replied, with a grin that would put the cheshire cat to shame.
"[Bah. It's early in California.]" I said fumbling my way around looking for clothes.
"[But we're in New York and it's lunch time here.]" She said. We continued like that until we got downstairs.
Tobias and Cal were at the kitchen table looking sullen and kind of dejected. I attributed that to hangovers but it wasn't.
"We're in trouble." Cal said.
"Big trouble." Tobias added.
"What'd we do?" I asked, oh so innocently.
Mikheal cleared his throat and began listing. "The shower, the sock drawer, the shampoo, the hair dye, the... porn?... And that's just what you did to Scott and Jean, not to mention the classrooms! You're in huge trouble!"
"Why?" Lisa asked barely keeping a straight face.
"Dad caught you. He used that image inducer thing to spy on you." Mik explained.
"Damn," came a unanimous reply.
"So we're in more trouble than we've ever been in before?" I asked. Mik nodded smugly. "Bah."
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After lunch, we were summoned to the study. Dad was sitting behind the desk looking deep in thought. Lisa and Tobias were nervous as all get out. Cal just stood bored and me... I didn't know quite what to do besides take Lisa's hand reassuringly.
"I'm disappointed in you all. You four know that right?" Dad began. Muttered 'yes sirs' came from us. "You completely disregarded more rules than I can concievably punish you for disregarding. You're all under age-"
"I'm not." Lisa decided to be brave and make the first of the liberally scattered comments that would break up this little speech.
"You are. Twenty-one is legal drinking age here." Dad replied then continued, "You involved an impressionable child in your little romp. We'll never get that shower back to normal. That and Jean is now locked in the bathroom and Scott has hot pink hair."
At that point we began laughing. Gaea had done one other thing for us and that was to set up cameras at various stations to catch everyone's looks. I couldn't wait to see those.
"Stop laughing. You stole tequila from Remy when you finished with the beer you took from Logan. You destroyed Scott's classroom and quite possibly his relationship with Jean-"
"Wait a second. That's a good thing." Cal this time.
"No it isn't." Dad said and then back to the speech. "Do any of you have anything to say for yourselves?"
He looked at us all disprovingly. Tobias was the first to speak up. "In my defense, I was drunk and it was fun."
"And I'm with him." Lisa said.
"Me too." I added.
"Me three." Cal said.
"Good to know you're all together in your fun, because you're going to be all together in your punishment too." Dad said.
"We aren't going to have to clean everything up are we?" Lisa asked.
"Sh! Don't give him any ideas!" I whispered loudly in her ear. She giggled.
"That tickles! Do it again!" she said. Dad cleared his throat.
"I think that means leave the PDA for later." Cal said.
"It is not PDA." Lisa said pouting.
"Girls." Dad said shuting us all up. "Now, you're apparently well organized, so you're going to plan and supervise a Halloween party for the children. And all four of you are grounded. Finally, if I catch you into any kind of alcoholic beverage, I'll devise something so horrible that you won't ever want to within ten feet of any drink ever again, let alone alcohol."
"That doesn't sound so terrible..." Tobias began. He looked at the death glares he was given. "What?"
"The kids that stay here aren't all like Gaea. Most are royal pains who think they can do what ever they want." I explained.
"Good to see you think the same way about them as I do about you right now. Calisto, Tobias, you can go. I need to talk to these two." Dad said.
Wheeeeeeeeeeeee! No, this doesn't mean the Three Musketeers will stop with their joyful romps. It's only the begining!
I woke up with warm breath on my neck and an arm across my stomach. My first reaction was 'Run!' but it was quickly forced out by my second.
-Damn you light!- I thought shuting my eyes tightly against it.
"Mmmm..." Lisa was just waking up, headache free apparently.
"[Are you awake?]" she whispered in my ear.
"[No.]" I replied. She poked me and giggled. She went to get dressed then went back to poking me and giggling until I got up.
"[Why are you waking me up at such an early hour?]" I asked. My head ached like crazy and the light streaming in the window didn't help.
"[It's lunch time.]" She replied, with a grin that would put the cheshire cat to shame.
"[Bah. It's early in California.]" I said fumbling my way around looking for clothes.
"[But we're in New York and it's lunch time here.]" She said. We continued like that until we got downstairs.
Tobias and Cal were at the kitchen table looking sullen and kind of dejected. I attributed that to hangovers but it wasn't.
"We're in trouble." Cal said.
"Big trouble." Tobias added.
"What'd we do?" I asked, oh so innocently.
Mikheal cleared his throat and began listing. "The shower, the sock drawer, the shampoo, the hair dye, the... porn?... And that's just what you did to Scott and Jean, not to mention the classrooms! You're in huge trouble!"
"Why?" Lisa asked barely keeping a straight face.
"Dad caught you. He used that image inducer thing to spy on you." Mik explained.
"Damn," came a unanimous reply.
"So we're in more trouble than we've ever been in before?" I asked. Mik nodded smugly. "Bah."
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After lunch, we were summoned to the study. Dad was sitting behind the desk looking deep in thought. Lisa and Tobias were nervous as all get out. Cal just stood bored and me... I didn't know quite what to do besides take Lisa's hand reassuringly.
"I'm disappointed in you all. You four know that right?" Dad began. Muttered 'yes sirs' came from us. "You completely disregarded more rules than I can concievably punish you for disregarding. You're all under age-"
"I'm not." Lisa decided to be brave and make the first of the liberally scattered comments that would break up this little speech.
"You are. Twenty-one is legal drinking age here." Dad replied then continued, "You involved an impressionable child in your little romp. We'll never get that shower back to normal. That and Jean is now locked in the bathroom and Scott has hot pink hair."
At that point we began laughing. Gaea had done one other thing for us and that was to set up cameras at various stations to catch everyone's looks. I couldn't wait to see those.
"Stop laughing. You stole tequila from Remy when you finished with the beer you took from Logan. You destroyed Scott's classroom and quite possibly his relationship with Jean-"
"Wait a second. That's a good thing." Cal this time.
"No it isn't." Dad said and then back to the speech. "Do any of you have anything to say for yourselves?"
He looked at us all disprovingly. Tobias was the first to speak up. "In my defense, I was drunk and it was fun."
"And I'm with him." Lisa said.
"Me too." I added.
"Me three." Cal said.
"Good to know you're all together in your fun, because you're going to be all together in your punishment too." Dad said.
"We aren't going to have to clean everything up are we?" Lisa asked.
"Sh! Don't give him any ideas!" I whispered loudly in her ear. She giggled.
"That tickles! Do it again!" she said. Dad cleared his throat.
"I think that means leave the PDA for later." Cal said.
"It is not PDA." Lisa said pouting.
"Girls." Dad said shuting us all up. "Now, you're apparently well organized, so you're going to plan and supervise a Halloween party for the children. And all four of you are grounded. Finally, if I catch you into any kind of alcoholic beverage, I'll devise something so horrible that you won't ever want to within ten feet of any drink ever again, let alone alcohol."
"That doesn't sound so terrible..." Tobias began. He looked at the death glares he was given. "What?"
"The kids that stay here aren't all like Gaea. Most are royal pains who think they can do what ever they want." I explained.
"Good to see you think the same way about them as I do about you right now. Calisto, Tobias, you can go. I need to talk to these two." Dad said.
Wheeeeeeeeeeeee! No, this doesn't mean the Three Musketeers will stop with their joyful romps. It's only the begining!