AN- I wrote sort of a continuation from last chapter in the sense that it's another future fic that happened around the same time as the last chapter. It was written as a request, so I hope everyone enjoys it! Oh, and if you read istart my life, then some of the characters will be familiar! If not, don't worry; it's just a minor thing and it doesn't take away from the plot.
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Flooding
"Mom, come on, it's just a loan," Jason pleaded as Sam slid the turkey into the oven. "I'll pay you back."
"I'm not giving you five hundred dollars for some new computer upgrade," Sam said. "How much money do you think we have?"
"Think of it as an investment," Jason said. "When I go back down to Cal Tech. after the break, I'm going to need the fastest, latest computer to keep up with all of my class work. An upgrade will make sure I stay at the top of my class and when I'm rich and rolling in cash, I'll let you mooch off of me."
"First of all, I don't need your permission to mooch off of you when you're rich," Sam said. "I changed your diapers; I automatically get a cut. Second of all, No!"
"Ugh, I asked the wrong parent," Jason moaned, heading out of the kitchen.
"Alright," Sam said, walking out to the living room where Freddie, Carly and her husband, Gibby and his wife, and Spencer and his wife (who happened to be Sam's cousin, Ella) were all sitting. "I did my part of the Thanksgiving. Turkey's in."
"Okay, I guess I should start on my famous apple pie," Carly said, jumping up.
"We do have frozen pies for back up, right?" Spencer asked as soon as his sister was out of earshot.
"Oh yeah," Sam nodded. "Don't worry."
"Where'd all the kids get to?" Freddie asked.
"I think they all went down to the basement," Ella replied. "At least it's finally quiet."
"I know," Sam agreed. "While I was getting the turkey ready Jason kept trying to hit me up for money."
"For that new Pear OS 5.6 upgrade?" Freddie asked. "I just gave him my credit card to get it."
"Freddie!" Sam exclaimed, hitting her husband's shoulder. "What happened to that united front chiz you lecture me on?"
"I didn't know you already said no," Freddie defended. "And you bought Tyler a dirt bike for his birthday after I said no!"
"Wow, you guys are louder than the kids were," Spencer said. "Wonder what they're up to anyway."
….
"Shut up! He did not!" Carly's fourteen year-old daughter, Clarissa, exclaimed.
"He did," Ashton nodded. "Neil bought me flowers and gave them to me this morning."
"And then I poured a carton of milk on him from the upstairs window," Emma added proudly.
The three girls were sitting on beanbag chairs that were in the corner of Sam and Freddie's basement which had been built into a sort of hang out for both them and their kids. Jason was sitting on one of the couches, watching T.V. with Spencer's two kids, Dina, who was studying art at the University of Washington and Bryan, who also went to the university, but on a swimming scholarship. Tyler, the youngest Benson child, was tossing a football around with two of Gibby's boys, Huey and Kirby.
"That's better than what she did to me last week," Gibby's other son, Quincy, who was the same age as the girls, said, sitting down with them. "I came by to bring her dad back some DVD that my dad had borrowed and she opened the door and poured a Jell-O cup into my hair!"
"Wow," Clarissa grinned. "You really don't like visitors."
"Just the geeky one," Emma pointed out.
"Watch out!" Tyler yelled over to the four as his football came sailing towards them, nearly hitting Ashton in the head.
"Dad told you not to play catch down here!" Ashton said loudly, picking up the football.
"We're not playing catch," Tyler said. "We're just throwing the ball up in the air and trying to not let it hit the ground."
"That's catch, Tyler," Ashton said. She tossed the ball back to her younger brother.
Tyler put his arms out to catch it, but he missed and the football flew past him towards the small sink that had been in the basement when Sam and Freddie moved in. The ball hit the pipe that was sticking out of the back of the sink, and it must've either been a very hard throw or a very loose pipe, for fell to the floor and water began gushing out of the other pipe that had been connecting it to the wall.
"Nice going!" Emma exclaimed, jumping up.
"It was an accident!" Ashton said.
"What did you guys do?" Jason said, running over, trying not to slip on the puddle of water that was steadily growing bigger.
"Find something to hold the water in!" Quincy shouted as he got sprayed in the face.
Dina grabbed the empty trash bin that was sitting by the T.V. and threw it to Jason, who held it under the pipe.
"What do we do when it fills up?" Tyler asked. "The whole basement is flooding!"
"Can't you fix it?" Emma asked Quincy. "You build all those lame model planes and chiz."
"That's completely different from fixing plumbing!" Quincy snapped.
"Ugh, you're so useless!" Emma groaned.
"Mom and dad are going to kill us," Ashton said.
"Us?" Jason frowned. "You're the one who threw the ball!"
"Because Tyler threw it at me!"
"Can't we use duct tape or something?" Kirby asked. "Or gum?"
"Here," Emma said, taking the gum out of her mouth and slapping it in Quincy's hand. "Use this."
"Gross!" Quincy cringed. "It has your spit all over it."
"Just try it, quickly!" Clarissa said. "I'm staring to get water in my shoes!"
Quincy tried to stick the pipe back with Emma's gum, but it simply refused to hold.
"Isn't there a water shut off valve somewhere down here?" Bryan asked.
"Yeah, by the door!" Jason nodded. "Go use it!"
Bryan waded through the water, which was now ankle deep, and turned the valve off. At once, the water stopped spraying from the pipe.
"Okay, that's one problem solved," Jason said. "Now how are we going to get all this water out of here before our parents find out?"
….
"Dude, there's no way that happened," Freddie laughed.
"It did too!" Gibby argued. "We were at the zoo and the ostrich totally tried to kill me!"
"I miss my ostrich," Spencer sighed.
"Um, guys?" Carly said, walking into the room, still wearing her apron. "I think your sink is broken."
"It worked fine for me," Sam said.
"Well it won't turn on now," Carly said.
"Sam, did you forget to pay the water bill again?" Freddie sighed.
"No!" Sam snapped. She turned back to Carly. "Maybe one of the kids accidentally turned off the water valve in the basement. I'll go check."
"I'll go with you and bring up the fancy plates," Freddie said. "Gib, come help me carry the box up."
"Why don't you ask me?" Spencer frowned.
"Because you have the upper-body strength of an elf," Sam said.
The adults headed downstairs and opened the door that led to the basement. When they stepped in, though, they heard a splash. Sam looked down.
"Why am I wet?" she asked.
"What happened down here?" Freddie asked, looking over at the kids.
"Um, Ashton did it," Tyler said quickly.
"It wasn't my fault!" Ashton said.
"Alright," Gibby grinned. "An indoor pool party!"
"Gibby!" Sam snapped. She turned to the kids. "Alright. Who wants to explain why my basement is flooded?"
"Okay, first of all, I just want to say I had absolutely nothing to do with this," Emma said.
"You got the chewing gum stuck to the pipe now," Jason pointed out.
"That was Quincy."
"You made me do it!" Quincy cried.
"What. Happened?" Sam said again.
"What's taking so long?" Spencer called from upstairs. "You guys need help? I know I have no-Ah!"
Spencer had slipped on a puddle of water on one of the stairs and slipped into Freddie, who fell into Sam, and the three adults fell into the water.
"Nice going," Sam spat, wiping the water out of her eyes.
"Did I hear a splash?" Carly called from upstairs. She came down and her eyes widened at the sight. "What happened?"
"Sam and Freddie built a pool and didn't want us to find out about it," Gibby said.
"Um, see, Tyler threw the ball at Ashton," Jason started. "And she threw it back at him, but Tyler missed and the ball hit the pipe."
"How many times have I told you not to play ball in the house?" Freddie said to Tyler.
"Can we focus on the fact that out basement is flooded?" Sam said.
"It doesn't look like it flooded enough to cause too much damage," Freddie said, standing up and helping his wife up. "It didn't reach any of the plugs, and the TV's safe on its stand."
"We did need to clean the carpet anyway," Sam mumbled.
"So everything worked out then," Tyler smiled.
"Oh, you're still in trouble," Sam assured him.
"Do you guys have a pump?" Spencer asked.
"Yeah," Freddie nodded. "It flooded down here last winter. I'll go get it from the garage."
"You guys all change before you get sick," Sam said.
The kids all filed out of the basement.
"Sorry, mom," Ashton said as she started up the stairs.
"Yeah, sorry mommy," Tyler said. "I love you."
"I love you too," Sam smiled. "But you're still grounded."
"This would only happen in your house," Carly grinned as Sam rung out her hair.
"I know, right?" Sam nodded.
"Man, maybe I should flood my basement," Gibby said. "This is so cool!"
