Chapter 7: Punishment

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Jayden was asleep. His face was precious and there was little to no sign of him crying, James woke him up. He was about to hug his dad, but then he remembered last night and held back. Though he loved being in his father's arms.

"Breakfast," said James. Jayden walked out silently.

"Hey, Jayden," said Mike," do you want to play in the garden?"

"Sorry, guys, but Jayden is grounded. He can't play today," said James. The others looked sad, but tried to hide it.

"But you said he wasn't in trouble," Emily said. She had asked about him? Jayden was confused.

"I know, but he didn't seem to understand that what he did was wrong," said James.

"What's wrong about saving someone's life?" Mike asked.

"We all did it so we should all be in trouble," said Kevin.

"I agree. It's not fair that you are punishing Jayden if none of us got in trouble. Let him off please," Mia said.

"Yeah, I want to play with Jayden!" Emily said.

"Guys, I am sorry. I am not your parents so I cannot punish you. I can punish Jayden and he is in trouble so he cannot leave his room," said James. They finished breakfast in silence. The adults left to train.

"Guys, he said Jayden can't leave his room, right?" Mike said.

"Right,"' Kevin said.

"He never said we can't go to his room," said Mike, and the others smiled. They ran to Jayden's room and entered. They saw him staring at the wall crying.

"Jayden?" Mia and Emily asked. His head jerked up. He wiped his eyes.

"Hey, guys," Jayden said," What are you doing here?"

"We are going to hang out with you," Mike said.

"You can't. I'm on punishment," said Jayden.

"Then we are on punishment too," said Emily and she sat down in the middle of his floor. He smiled.

"You can leave whenever you want," said Jayden.

"We're not going to leave," said Mia, she sat down by Emily. The boys shrugged and sat down by the two girls as well. Jayden's smile became a grin.

"I'm bored," said Emily. It was silent for a few seconds. Then they all burst out laughing.

"Yeah, punishment is boring here," said Jayden," but this is the best punishment ever!"

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"Hey, where are the kids?" asked Sarah. The searched for them and found them sitting in Jayden's room. James looked at them. He was confused. Jayden never did anything bad when he was on punishment.

"What are you guys doing in here?" asked Joseph. The kids jumped in fright then laughed.

"We're on punishment too!" Emily proclaimed proudly. Shane raised his eyebrows in amusement.

"Oh?" asked Shane.

"Yeah," said Mike," Who knew punishment was so boring?" Everyone laughed, even Jayden.

"Jayden?" James asked. Jayden immediately looked guilty.

"I'm sorry, dad. I thought they'd get bored and leave by now," said Jayden.

"It's no problem, Jayden," said James," Now I want the rest of you out." The kids didn't move. Jayden was sad for them to leave.

"Guys, just go," said Jayden. The team looked at him. They still didn't move. Emily took a step forward.

"Um, if it's okay, we'd like to stay with Jayden," said Emily. Jayden looked at her. James noticed that she was nervous.

"Is something wrong, Emily?" asked James.

"You're not going to hit Jayden, right?" asked Emily.

"No, sweetheart, I won't hit Jayden," said James.

"We didn't get Jayden into more trouble, did we?" asked Serena.

"No," said James," Now I need to talk to Jayden alone. If you leave, he might be able to come out to play. Depending on how our conservation goes." The others went out quickly.

"Jayden," said James," Let's talk about last night."

"What did I do wrong?" asked Jayden.

"You were reckless," said James," and I was so worried about you. You should have stayed home."

"But I need you, Daddy!" cried Jayden. Suddenly he couldn't keep all the emotions from last night in and he started crying.

"Shush, Jayden," said James.

"I need you! I can't lose you! Please, Daddy, I can't lose you again," said Jayden.

"You never lost me, Jayden," said James. His heart broke as he heard Jayden's heart-wrenching sobs.

"Please, can I go play with my friends?" asked Jayden.

"Of course," said James. Jayden beamed and ran out the door. He ran back in a few minutes later, he hugged James and kissed his cheek.

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