Chapter 7: A Dog Named Puppy
The next day Mike and Matt are sitting on the couch watching a movie. Matt is hiding behind the couch pillow. Vinny comes downstairs and sees this.
"Mike, what are you two watching?" Vinny then asked him.
"Jurassic Park." Mike replied.
"I think Matt's afraid of the dinosaurs." Vinny then told him.
"Why would you say that?" Mike then asked him.
"Because Matt is hiding behind the couch pillow." Vinny then told him as he sat next to Matt removing the couch pillow from in front of him.
"I wasn't scared." Matt told him.
The T-Rex in the movie roars and Matt grabs the couch pillow to hide behind it again.
"Matt, you do know those dinosaurs are fake?" Vinny then asked him.
"I know but, they still look scary." Matt replied.
Vinny changes the channel.
"If he has a nightmare because of this movie tonight I'm sending him to your room." Vinny told Mike as he got off the couch and walked away.
"Are you going to have nightmares because of that movie?" Mike asked Matt.
"I don't know." Matt said shrugging his shoulders.
Matt goes though the channels and puts on one Friday the 13th. Mike looks at him.
"Are you serious?" Mike then asked him.
"What?" Mike then asked him.
"You're afraid of a dinosaur movie but, not this movie?" Mike then asked him.
"Yeah." Matt replied.
"How is that possible?" Mike then asked him.
"Because the first time I saw this movie Brian was watching it and he got in trouble for letting me watch it since I had nightmares all that week." Matt explained.
"If you had nightmares all that week why are you watching it again?" Mike then asked him.
"Everytime I see this movie I think of Brian getting grounded and it makes me laugh." Matt then told him.
"Okay." Mike replied.
Brian comes down ths stairs and Matt starts to smile.
"What?" Brian asked him.
"Nothing." Matt smiled.
"He's thinking about the time you got grounded for a week for letting him watch this movie." Mike told him.
"And do you remember what happened after I got off punishment?" Brian then asked Matt.
Matt nods his head and runs. Brian runs after him. Mike picks up the remote and puts back on Jurassic Park. He laughs when the T-Rex takes that guy off the toilet and starts to shake him around.
Brian and Matt run by Danny almost knocking him over. Danny grabs Brian to keep his balance.
"What did you do now that you don't Mom and Dad to find out about?" Danny asked him.
"I didn't do anything." Brian told him.
"Then why was Matt running and you chasing after him?" Danny then asked him.
"Becasue he thought it was funny when I got grounded for a week when I let him watch Friday the 13th." Brian explained.
"You mean like you thought it was funny the first time I let you watch Nightmare On Elmstreet and I was grounded for a week?" Danny then asked him.
"That was different. I was six." Brian told him.
"And Matt was five when you let him watch that movie." Danny then told him.
"He didn't have to wake Mom and Dad every hour because of his nightmares." Brian said to him.
"At least he didn't wet his bed." Danny smiled.
"I drank too much before I went ot bed." Brian told him.
"Sure you did." Danny laughed as he walked away.
"You wet your bed when you had a nightmare?" Matt then laughed.
"Do you like your life?" Brian then asked him.
"Yeah." Matt replied.
"Then you better run." Brian told him.
Matt runs to get away from Brian. Brian laughs to himself and walks in the other direction. Later that afternoon Matt is hiding from Brian when Andrew finds him.
"What's up Little Dude?" Andrew asked him.
"Is Brian out there?" Matt asked him.
"No." Andrew told him.
"Good." Matt sighed as he came out of his hiding place.
"Why were you hiding from Brian?" Andrew then asked him.
"He was going to kill me." Matt replied.
"What did he do now that he doesn't want your Mom and Dad to find about?" Andrew then asked him.
"He didn't do anything." Matt replied.
"That's a first." Andrew laughed.
"I know." Matt then laughed.
Andrew helps Matt to his feet. Matt goes to his room. Andrew shakes his head and goes to Brian's room. He knocks on the door.
"What's up?" Brian asked him as he opened it.
"Nothing much." Andrew shrugged as he walked in.
"Give him back to me!" Matt yelled as he ran into Brian's room.
"Give who back?" Brian then asked him.
"Puppy." Matt then told him.
"Who's Puppy?" Andrew asked them.
"He's Matt's stuffed German Shepherd he got when he was three." Brian explained.
" I got him when I two and you took him." Matt then told him.
"Matt, I didn't take your stupid stuff dog." Brian then told him.
"His name is Puppy." Matt then told him.
"I didn't take Puppy. You probably left him somewhere and forgot where." Brian told him.
"If I don't find him I'm coming back here." Matt told him.
"Okay Matt." Brian said as he rushed Matt out of his room.
Brian closes the door, looks under his bed and grabs Puppy.
"Dude, that was so wrong." Andrew said to him.
"Don't worry I'll put him back in Matt's room in his hamper." Brian told him.
"That's still wrong Dude." Andrew told him again.
"Not if Matt doesn't find out I had it." Brian then told him.
Brian goes to Matt's room and puts Puppy in his hamper. When he gets back to his room he sees Matt waiting for him.
"Where's Puppy?" Matt asked him.
"Matt, I don't have him." Brian told him.
"I looked everywhere in this house except for this room." Matt told him.
"Did you check your room?" Brian asked him.
"That's the first room I checked." Matt replied.
"Go, check again." Brian then told him.
Matt leaves to check his room again. When he gets back he's holding Puppy in his arms.
"I know you had something to do with his disappearance." Matt said to Brian.
"Matt, you have the stuffed dog back. You can stop bugging me now." Brian said to him.
Matt leaves and closes the door behind him.
"That's messed up what you do to that poor kid." Andrew told him.
"I'm his older brother it's my job." Brian explained.
"I know if I had a younger brother I wouldn't torment him as much as you do Matt." Andrew told him.
"I know. You're too nice." Brian said to him.
"And what's wrong with being nice?" Andrew then asked him.
"Being nice sucks." Brian replied.
"I rather be nice then a grouch like you." Andrew then told him.
"I'm not a grouch." Brian then told him.
"Whatever." Andrew said to him.
Later that night Matt comes into Vinny and Lorraine's room.
"Dad?" Matt whispered to Vinny.
Vinny groans at him.
"Dad!" Matt then said poking him in the shoulder.
"What!" Vinny then said waking up.
"I had a bad dream." Matt then told him.
"Uncle Mike's room is right down the hall." Vinny told him.
"It wasn't about that movie I saw with him. It was about Aunt Sarah's baby." Matt explained.
"What happened?" Vinny then asked him.
"I don't know. It was all fuzzy all I heard was a baby crying and Aunt Sarah screaming." Matt replied.
Vinny gets out of bed to let Matt in the bed. Matt sleeps in between Vinny and Lorraine.