Chapter 2

That morning, the Baker household came downstairs after cleaning up from the wild dog chase.

Mrs. Baker was at the stove, making bacon and eggs and toast. Mr. Baker was sitting at the table, reading the newspaper, waiting for his kids to come down, fighting and yelling, as usual. He didn't have to wait long.

"Nigel! Kyle!" came two identical sounding screams. Mr. Baker didn't even have to look up to know it was Jessica and Kim, chasing their two twin brothers.

"Give me back my Avril Lavigne CD!" yelled Jessica.

"I want my Hilary Duff CD!" yelled Kim. (haha, Lorraine is played by Hilary Duff. I'm so funny).

Kyle and Nigel were running around, waving the CD's around, infuriating Jessica and Kim. Mrs. Baker looked up from the stove as Kyle ducked through the gap between her and the stove. She turned around to see Jessica and Kim, each wearing a mini-skirt and a tank top, both from Limited Too. Their outfits were complete with UGGs. Kyle and Nigel were running away from them in overalls from the GAP.

"You guys," Mr. Baker said, not even looking up from his newspaper. "Chill."

Nigel and Kyle stopped running around, gave back the CDs, and sat down, ready to eat.

"How come they always listen to you?" Mrs. Baker asked.

"Because I'm the dad," Mr. Baker answered simply, and continued to read the newspaper, which had an evil killer monkey on the front page that he found truly fascinating.

Henry came down next, carrying his clarinet, and wearing a collared shirt, a Quiksilver T-shirt, a baseball cap, and baggy pants. "Hey Mom," he said. "You have to pick me up later today, ok."

"Yeah, ok Henry," Mrs. Baker answered, not looking up from the stove. "At 4:30, right?"

"Yeah." Henry sat down and started to eat.

Charlie came down next, wearing jeans, a gray shirt, and his normal cap, with Mark next to him, wearing a collared shirt, a t-shirt, and gray pants.

"Dad," Mark said. "I think you better go upstairs. Sarah's throwing a fit."

"Hmm," Mr. Baker mumbled. He got up, still holding the newspaper, and started upstairs. Nora almost ran into him, but slipped into the kitchen, wearing a red dress with white dots on it.

"Mom," she said. "Do you want me to take the Kyle and Nigel to school again?"

"Yeah, that'd be nice," Mrs. Baker said.

Jake came racing down next, wearing his regular beanie, today an Independent one, a red Volcom Stone shirt, and jeans. "Mom, Dad went up right, because Sarah is going a little crazy."

"Yeah," Jessica told him.

"Oh, ok," he answered.

Upstairs, Mr. Baker had to put down the newspaper about the evil killer monkey. "Sarah! What are you doing?"

"It's not my fault!" were the first words out of her mouth.

"Yeah, right," Mr. Baker scoffed. "What happened this time?"

"Well Mike is in the bathroom, and he won't let me in, because he's playing with Lorraine's makeup. Lorraine has spent about five hours getting ready for school. And I told Mike to get out, and he threw eyeshadow at me, so I'm trying to get in and," she gasped. "WHATEVER!" She walked away, and bounded down the stairs. She was wearing a light orange skirt, and a matching T-shirt, and carrying a Lacrosse stick.

Mr. Baker rapped on the door. "Mike, come out!"

He walked over to Lorraine's room. "Hurry up and finish honey!"

"I'm almost done!" Lorraine called, and swung open the door. She was wearing jeans, with a skirt on top of them, and a t-shirt from Urban Outfitters that said G is for Gangsta, and had heavy makeup on.

"Ok," Mr. Baker said. "Um, by the way Lorraine, Mike is playing with your makeup in the bathroom."

"What?" she yelped.

Mr. Baker shook his head as Lorraine went to howl at Mike through the door, and he wouldn't come out.

After breakfast, which was surprisingly uneventful today, the kids got in the cars. Charlie took Lorraine and Henry to school, while Nora took Kyle and Nigel, and Mr. Baker got the honorary privilege of taking Sarah, Jake, Jessica, Kim, Mike, and Mark. They were off, confident, ready to face the conflicts that would befall them that day. Little did they know that some of them would be hurt today, some of them would face conflicts, that day.

eek. that was kind of worthless. o well. i hope yoo like and review.

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