Chapter 16: Taking Care Of Business

At school on Monday Max is back. Jake, John, Nick, John and Rob take turns helping Max get to his classes. At lunch they all sit together. Justin walks over to Jake.

"You're hanging out with me now." Justin told Jake.

"He's actually hanging out with us now Justin." Max told him.

"You want me to break your other leg?" Justin asked him.

"I can take you with a broken leg." Max told him.

"Justin, I don't want any trouble just walk away." Jake said to him.

"I'll leave when you make me leave." Justin told him.

Jake is about to get up but someone stops him. It was Nicole. She walks up to Justin and slaps the taste out of his mouth.

"I'm not your girlfriend anymore." Nicole told him as he held his face.

Justin is about to hit Nicole when Jake steps in front of her.

"If you want to hit her you're going to have to go through me first." Jake told him.

"You mean us." Max said as he got up.

John, Nick and Rob get up also. Justin walks away. Jake stops Justin and punches him in the face.

"I owed you that." Jake told him.

When Jake gets back to the table he holds his fist in pain. Nicole kisses him on the lips.

"What was that for?" Jake asked her.

"That was really sweet what you did for me." Nicole told him.

"Hey, I would of done that too but, I couldn't get up because of my broken leg." Max said to her.

"I know but, Jake is my new boyfriend." Nicole told him.

"Jake turn your head so you won't see Nicole kiss me." Max told him.

"No way Dude." Jake replied.

"Please? I have a broken because of you." Max told him sarcastically.

"Only because you have a broken leg." Jake told him.

Jake turns his head and Nicole kisses Max on the cheek.

"Nicole, I felt your tongue in your mouth." Max said as Jake turned around.

Nicole slaps Max in the face.

"I was only joking." Max said to her.

"I don't care it was rude." Nicole told him.

"Damn that hurt." Max said rubbing his cheek.

After school Mark and Sarah are hanging out at the Baker house. Mike walks in on them making out again.

"Oh God, not again." Mike said as he saw them making out again.

"Mike, get out." Mark told him.

"I live here unlike you, I don't have to get out." Mike told him sticking his tongue out at him.

"Mike, I will get off this couch and kick your butt if you don't leave." Mark then told him.

"You can't touch me." Mike told him folding his arms.

"Mark, I give you permission to hit Mike if he doesn't leave us alone." Sarah told Mark.

"You can't do that. Only Mom and Dad can do that." Mike told her.

Mark gets up from the couch, picks up Mike, carries him outside and locks the back door on him.

"This isn't funny! Sarah you're going to be in big trouble if you don't let me in! Sarah! Mark! Anybody!" Mike yelled from outside the house.

Mark and Sarah continue to make out on the couch.

The End