Thanks for the reviews. Here's the next chapter.

Disclaimer: If I didn't own it in the first chapter, I won't own it in the second chapter. The third chapter's not looking so good either.

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"Turn off the water!" Kate screeched. Kyle knew where the upstairs sink was and ran upstairs, turning off the water.

"Come on, come on!" Kyle quickly turned off the water.

Kyle came running down the stairs. "I turned off the water, mommy," he said.

"Nidgel, Kyle! That was a very bad idea!" Kate said, upset. "We'll be talking to your father when he comes home!"

"Aww," they both said. Inside, Kyle was grinning. He had had a great time with the water.

Charlie just smiled. "Bye, Mom. Is it OK if I take the twins somewhere?"

"Yes," she said happily, although her face showed she was clearly upset still.

"Great! Thanks, Mom!" he said.

"Have fun," Kate said, going out the door.

Charlie grabbed his cell phone. "Hey, Laura? Yes, it's me Charlie. Well, how would you feel about some of your date plans being slightly, uh, shall we say, readjusted…"

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In the car…

"Mo----oooom!" Sarah yelled. "Jake said he was going to put bubblegum in my hair!"

"Mom!" Jake said. "She's lying!"

"MOM!" Jessica said. "Kim is giving me a hard time because she's saying a billion is the equivalent of a million, which it obtusely is not!"

"But according to my statistics book, it's the same! A million and a billion are the same, you only have to change the m and the b and you have a billion instead of a million! See how close they are?" she snapped.

"SHUT UP, EVERYONE! MOM'S TRYING TO DRIVE, AND IF YOU CAN'T HELP ME OUT BY KEEPING QUIET, THERE'S GOING TO BE DEATH TO PAY!" Nora shouted.

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On the way to the ball game with the twins:

"Charlie, I'm glad you decided to take the twins along. They're so cute," replied Laura. She smiled as she watched them run ahead.

"Very energetic," Charlie added. He laughed when one of them ran into a mailbox and bumped into the neighbor. He knew where the field was because his father coached foot ball there.

The field was a combination of basketball, football, soccer ball, and baseball. Soccer was outside; baseball was outside; football outside; and basketball was both.

I wonder if this was really such a good idea, Charlie thought. I mean, I could've just told mom no…

Then he fingered the fifty dollars in his pocket and grinned, running to catch up with Laura and the twins before she let them have ice cream.

That would be a catastrophe!

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Next chapter, there'll be a scene at the shoe store and the ball game, so stay tuned.

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