Haha! Second chapter! Thank you for some of the reviews... this chapter is kind of more depressing. I'm going to put more problems in the next chappie. Make Zoe anorexic and Seth bullied and Lulu something. Even some problematic junk for Peter and Tyler. Maybe facing preschool or something. lol

Seth grinned. "I hid it in…" he broke off laughing.

"TELLMEWHEREYOUPUTEVERYTHINGNOW!" Zoe yelled as loudly as you could.

"Zoe," said Mrs. Plummer calmly. She was used to chaos. "Sit down and eat. Seth? Tell her where you put her stuff."

Seth grinned. "I flushed it all down the toilet."

"Eww!" Lulu shrieked. "That's disgusting! That's why it didn't work this morning!"

"Seth!" Mrs. Plummer said sharply. "You're grounded!"

"But," Seth protested. "Zoe destroyed two of my CD's!"

"Zoe will buy you some new ones," Mrs. Plummer replied. "And you will do what she wants you to do for a week. And, you're grounded for the week too."

Zoe smiled smugly.

"Don't you say anything yet young lady," Mrs. Plummer said sharply. "You're grounded too. No more seeing Scott for a week. Now everybody get in the car. Zoe will drive you to school; I have to take Peter to pre-school."

Seth gagged. "What? Zoe's taking us to school?"

Lulu moaned, "Mom! Do you want us to die? Why don't you just put a bomb in my backpack huh? At least then I'd die faster!"

Zoe kicked her under the table.

Lulu immediately opened up her mouth and bawled, "Mom! Zoe kicked me!"

Zoe kicked her again.

But before Lulu could say anything again, Seth flicked her in the arm.

"Mom!" Lulu wailed, but Seth picked her up, placed a hand firmly over her mouth, and walked outside, where he deposited her in the minivan.

"Good job Seth," Zoe said, as she came out with all their backpacks and sack lunches, and Lulu's bright pink lunchbox. She got in the front seat, took a deep breath, and stuck her keys into the ignition.

"Hey, it wasn't for you," Seth replied, as she backed out of the drive way and nailed their neighbor's mailbox. "I really needed for her to shut up."

"Hey!" Zoe squealed, slapping her brother on the arm. "Just shut up and let me drive!"

"Yes ma'am," said Seth, saluting sarcastically, dodging her slap as he backed into the seat next to Lulu.

The next minute, both Seth and Lulu were screaming at the top of their lungs as Zoe crashed into four trees, one fire hydrant, one streetlight, one street sign, when finally she got pulled over and the policeman gave her a ticket.

Zoe was in a very, very bad mood. Seth and Lulu were too busy laughing to care.

They arrived at the school, sixteen minutes late. Mr. Murney, the vice-principal, hauled them out of the car, and dragged them into the office.

"Now, now, kids," Mr. Murney told them sternly. "You've been late every day of this month, and I think it's about time you be punished. Not as though you girls aren't already punished enough, having the Creeper as your brother."

He paused, and laughed at his own joke, while the Plummer kids looked at each other. Seth's eyes were full with a little bit of pain.

"I understand there is no man in the family, which is probably why you're family is so messed up right now!" Mr. Murney laughed again. "Ha, the only guy you have in your family is the Creeper, and wow," he said, faking sarcasm, "Some kind of guy he is! You're pathetic!" he roared.

"Shut up," came Seth's low-pitched voice. "Just shut up and leave me alone. Don't talk about things you don't understand. Don't talk about me just because I'm hurt and I'm different. Don't talk about my sisters because they're just as hurt as I am. Don't talk about any of us because you're just messing up your reputation. So, it seems like you can't do any of these, so why don't you just shut up?"

"Yeah," Zoe said. "Call me crazy, but I agree with him. For once."

Mr. Murney's mouth fell open; he had never been talked to like this before.

"Yeah," Lulu yelped. "Same thing goes for me."

Then all of the sudden, Seth burst into tears. He started crying, crying harder. The pain had come back with an overwhelming harshness, and he just ran out of the room, running as far as he could go. Running away from his fears. Running so that he could hide.

Meanwhile, Mr. Murney was recovering from the little rebellion.

"You," he gasped, fuming. "You, are in very big trouble. I think that a suitable punishment would be…"

hahA! you wanna find out what the punishment is? review... and more troubles up next. Next chapter will be longer. I promise.

FiNnGrl