Chapter 6: Why The Rivarly Began
When Jake and Tom get home and walk in the house Kate is waiting for Jake.
"Jake go sit in the livingroom and wait for me and your father." Kate told him.
Jake goes into the livingroom and starts to watch TV. Kate and Tom walk in. Tom turns off the TV.
"How long Am I grounded for?" Jake asked them.
"Two weeks. No cell phone, TV, going on the internet except if you have to research something for school, no skateboarding and you can't hang out with your friends either for two weeks. And you have to do dishwashing duty for two weeks also." Tom told him.
"That's not fair. I didn't do anything." Jake told them.
"Jake no one gets pulled into a fight for trying to break it up." Kate told him.
"But, that's what happened." Jake told them.
"Jake we're not in Principal Harrington's office any more. You can stop lying now." Tom told him.
"You lied to the Principal Harrington today?" Kate asked Jake.
"David lied to her not me." Jake said to her.
"And you just sat there and didn't tell her the truth?" Kate then asked him.
"Maybe." Jake replied as he sunk into the couch.
"That's just as bad as lying Jake. You should know that by now." Tom then told him.
"I bet David isn't going to be grounded." Jake told them as he stormed upstairs and slammed his bedroom door.
At the Calenti household. David is in his bedroom and is waiting for his punishment. Don and Christine walk into his room.
"David me and your mother have decided that you're grounded for this weekend." Don told him.
"But, I didn't start the fight." David said to them.
"You were still involved in that fight." Christine told him.
"This is unfair. I thought we didn't get grounded unless we started the fight and I didn't start it." David told them.
"David this is not up for discussion. This weekend you're under house arrest. No phone, TV, videogames, going on the internet or going outside." Christine told him.
"What if I have to research something for school?" David asked her.
"Nice try. No teacher gives homework that requires you to research something during the first week of school." Christine told him as she walked out for his room.
"Dad this is unfair." David told him.
"I was the one who said to ground for this weekend only."
"Dad that's not fair. Whenever Jesse gets into fights in school he's never grounded." David said to him.
"You're lucky your mother wanted to ground you for a month." Don told him.
"I'm thanking my lucky stars." David told him sarcastically.
"You get that from your mother." Don told him.
"I get what from Mom?" David asked him.
"Your sarcasm. Your mother knows how to let things roll off her back. She doesn't hold a grudge." Don told him.
"What about you?" David asked him.
"I take things alittle too serious. Like this football game I have against Tom Baker on Saturday Afternoon. I always want to beat him. I take football too seriously." Don told him.
"That's your job to win football games. You have to take your job seriously." David said to him.
"I can also have fun at my job. I always had fun during the weeks we didn't play Lincoln. But, when we played Lincoln when Tom was the coach there I made practices hell for my players. They hated it when we played Lincoln." Don explained to him.
"What is it that makes you want to beat Mr. Baker so badly?" David asked him.
"I don't know. I think it's because me and him were college teammates and were friends in college. Then he became a football head coach, then I did and everyone said I wanted to be just like Tom. So I want to prove to those people that said those things that I'm a better coach then him and he was trying to be just like me." Don then explained to him.
"That sounds childlike to me." David told him.
"It is. I need to let this whole rivalry thing I have with Tom go." Don told him.
"So, why don't you?" David then asked him.
"It's not that easy. I wish it was as easy as you make it out to be Dave." Don told him.
"Me and Jake are friends, James and Mike are friends and Jesse and Lorraine might become boyfriend and girlfriend." David explained to him.
"I knew about you and James being friends with Jake and Mike but, I didn't know that Jesse and Lorraine are would become boyfriend and girlfriend." Don told him.
"Keep up Dad. It happened like yesterday." David said to him.
"I need to talk to Jesse when we get home from practice today. Which reminds I have to go. I'll see you later buddy." Don told him as he walked out of David's room.