The next morning, before Stephanie woke up, D.J. went to talk to Danny. "Morning Dad," Deej said.

"Good morning," Danny answered while wiping the kitchen counter.

"I wanted to talk,"D.J. said unexpectedly.

"Sure. I've got time." Danny answered.

"Well it's about Stephanie. Why were you so hard on her? It's just peer pressure Dad. You can't yell at her that much. It will most likely happen again, and next time she just won't know what to do. She'll be afraid of the bullies, and she'll also be afraid of you. Oh, and she obviously won't ever tell me about her problems again. And what about those other kids? They deserve the punishment you gave Steph,"D.J. was very hopeful.

Danny stood there for a moment. "Deej," he whispered. "I'm your dad here. I really don't care about those other girls. I care about my kids, and they need to be disiplined properly. I'll think about the talk we had, alright?"

D.J. nodded, and left the room.

Danny wiped his forehead. "I need a little break," he thought, and sat down on one of the wooden dining room chairs. Suddenly thoughts popped into his head.

"YOU AREN"T GOING ANYWHERE THIS HALLOWEEN! AND YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A PHONE CALL TO MR MATTHEWS... MR. MATTHEWS... MR. MATTHEWS..." Danny heard himself say. Then he jumped. "Whoa! Deej was right. I was way to mean to Steph. I better go talk to her." Danny raced up the steps. Stephanie was on her way to the bathroom.

"Steph, we need to talk." He called out.

"What?" Stephanie yelled back.

"Look Stephanie. You have every right to be mad at me. But I wanted to apologize."

Stephanie began to smile, but it disappeared instantly.

"I'll call Mr. Matthews for you, and you can go trick-or-treating." Danny said.

Stephanie was filled with joy. She called Jenny, and told her the story right away. They decided to meet at six by their school. Both girls were excited.

"Steph, you aren't getting away that easy, you did something wrong, so you AND the other girls will help clean Mr. Matthews lawn. I'll make sure their mothers are aware of this." Danny told her.

"Okay Dad," Stephanie answered happily. She was too excited to care about doing a little bit of cleaning.