Chapter 2: Welcome To Miami
It's moving day and the Bakers have all their stuff in the moving vans and are about to leave.
"I'm not going." Jake told Tom.
"Yes you are. You're going like everyone else." Tom told him.
"I don't want to move." Jake told him.
"Jake don't worry about it. Before you know we'll be in Miami and you'll be happy you're there." Tom explained.
Jake sighs and goes downstairs. He gets in the minivan and sits in the back seat next to Mike and Sarah.
"How long is it from Chicago to Miami anyway?" Jake asked Sarah.
"I don't know." Sarah replied.
"It's twenty one hours." Kim told him.
"You can't be serious." Jake said to her.
"She is. We checked it on mapquest last night." Jessica told him.
Jake groans and slouches into the car seat. The ride there is okay after the first ten hours then the kids start to get restless.
"Are we there yet?" Mike asked Tom.
"Mike for the thousandth time no." Tom told him.
"Gunner's sitting on me." Kim told him.
"He's breathing on me." Sarah said covering her nose.
They finally arrive in Miami. Mike looks out the window and sees a sign that says 'Welcome To Miami.' Mike breathes a sigh of relief.
"Dad, I have to go." Mike told him.
"We just stopped for gas thirty minutes ago." Tom told him.
"I didn't have to go then." Mike said to him.
"Tom, just pull over and let Mike do what he has to do." Kate told him.
Tom pulls over to the side of the road. Mike just looks at him.
"I'm not going out there." Mike told him.
"Why not?" Tom then asked him.
"Something could be out there and attack me." Mike told him.
"Like what?" Sarah asked him.
"A bear." Mike replied.
"There are no bears in Miami." Tom reassured him.
"No, but there are moutain lions." Mark said to him.
"Mountain lions? I'll hold it until we get to the house." Mike told him as he sat back down. (I don't know if they're mountain lions in Miami I don't live there. So don't get upset if you live in Miami.)
They arrive at their new house. It has a master bedroom, master bathroom, fifteen guest rooms and six guest bathrooms, a indoor swimming pool, a den and a jacuzzi inside. When the minivan stops Mike runs out of the van and has to wait by the door for Tom to open it.
"Come on Dad, I have to go." Mike whined to him.
Tom opens the door and Mike runs into the house. Mike just stares at how big the house is. He gets lost then he finally finds the master bathroom. The Bakers unpack and after three hours they are finished. All the kids get their own rooms. Mike, Jake and Sarah take three rooms next to each other. The doorbell rings and Gunner runs to the door barking. Tom has to hold Gunner back while he answers the door.
"Hey Don." Tom said to him as he answered the door.
"Tom. Long time no see." Don replied. (Don is 6 ft tall has short black hair and is wearing sunglasses, a white Nike shirt with jeans and black Nike sneakers on.)
Tom shakes Don's hand and invites him in.
"You still look like you did last year when we last saw you." Tom told him.
"I work out for at least two hours a day. I have to stay in shape if I want those endorsement deals." Don told him.
"Really?" Tom asked him.
"No but, I like having a tone body." Don replied.
"Who's this?" Kate asked as she saw Don.
"It's me Kate." Don replied.
"Don you look like you're in your late fourties." Kate told him.
"I try. And you look like you're still twenty one." Don told her as she hugged him.
"I wish." Kate told him with a laugh.
"So, where's the rest of the Baker Bunch?" Don asked them.
"They're upstairs in their rooms." Kate told him.
"Don thanks again for this great house. You sure you don't wantanything for it?" Tom then asked him.
"It's all right. The guy who sold me this house gave me a deal because his son is a huge wrestling fan." Don explained.
"That's wonderful." Kate said to him.
"I have to run. I'll catch up with you guys later." Don told him.
"Stay for a little bit." Tom said to him.
"I really have to run. I don't stay in shape by sitting around." Don told them as he left.
After Don leaves Tom and Kate have some time alone.