Hey! I just want to apologise for not updating for so long, but I was visiting some family in New York. I had a great time, but it feels good to be back home in California. Well anyway, hope you like this chapter and please review!

Chapter Five: The Plan In Action Jake's Pov

Mike looked excitedly at me when the doorbell rang. Everyone seemed to be excited, except for me. It was nothing to do with the plan, it was just that I used to be Sarah's main sidekick when we did these pranks, but it seemed she'd chosen Mike to be that now. "Right! Lorraine, Charlie, Mark, Nora, TJ and Henry – just go downstairs and act completely normal. Nigel and Kyle – just keep Mom busy, and out of the kitchen. Jessica, Kim, Jake – you know what you have to do." Sarah said, smiling as everyone went their own way. Me, Jessica and Kim nodded at each other and ran downstairs, to the kitchen.

"Jake, you're on look out, okay? And remember – if someone comes, just do the signal!" Jessica whispered to me. I took my spot, looking through the gap in the slightly open door leading from the kitchen to the family room – where Mom, Matthew and the remaining kids (besides Sarah and Mike) were. "Right. What was that again?" I asked. Kim and Jessica looked at each other, exasperated. "It's this!" Kim sighed, doing a crazy looking hand movement. "It's sign language for go!"

I nodded, although I was still confused. Jessica and Kim started looking in the cupboards for what we needed, while I carried on looking through the gap in the door. "I left dinner to cool for a few minutes, it should be ready to serve now." Mom said, starting to stand up. "No!" Nigel shouted. "Why not, Nigel?" Mom asked, eyebrows raised. "Uh, where do babies come from?" Kyle asked quickly. Sarah had clearly told him to say that. "Um, well, me and Daddy asked Santa for one for Christmas." Mom stuttered, and started walking towards the kitchen again. I started to do the sign to Jessica and Kim - but Nigel and Kyle knew what to do. I sighed in relief as I heard Mom shout, "Nigel, get off your brothers head!" and when I dared to look through the gap again, she'd returned to Nigel and Kyle, trying to break them up. "I've got it!" Kim hissed, before handing the bottle of chilli powder to me. I walked towards the fifteen plates of pasta, and tried to figure out which one was Matthew's. There was only one fancy plate, which I knew was for Matthew, because even Mom doesn't trust herself to use those plates. I grinned, and sprinkled a very large amount onto it. I gave Kim and Jessica high fives, and then we ran back upstairs, just before Mom came into the kitchen. "We did it!" I exclaimed to Sarah and Mike, as we burst into Sarah's room.

Sarah grinned. "Great… hey, Mike, your ropes for abseiling off the roof are ready, right."

Mike nodded, "Yeah!"

"Kids, dinner's ready!" Mom called. I grinned at Mike, and we ran downstairs.

I sat in my regular place, between Kim and Mike. It sickened me to see Matthew in Dad's old seat, at the head of the table, his back right in front of the large, open window. But as Sarah said, it was where he needed to sit if the plan was gonna work. "Sarah, take your hat off at the dinner table." Mom told Sarah. "No. Matthew gets to keep his on." She said, referring to the regular, old man's hat on Matthews's head. Mom shook her head and ignored her. "I hope you like this, Matthew!" Mom said hopefully, as she put his plate down in front of him. "Oh yes, I'm sure I will. And if I don't, well we can always order in from the Chinese restaurant!" Matthew said, before laughing hysterically. See what I mean – in what possible way was that funny. Mom laughed politely, but all of us kids had completely straight faces. We were saving our laughter for what was about to happen.

I glanced at Matthew as I saw him take a few mouthfuls, but he seemed fine. I felt disappointed for a moment, but then it came. "Ahh, hot! Too spicy!" Matthew suddenly shouted. I grinned at Mike. "Quick! Water, water!"

"Here you go!" Nigel and Kyle exclaimed in unison, before pulling out their water guns from underneath the table, and squirting him in the face with them. "Hey, hey, stop!" Matthew shouted. "Kyle, Nigel, stop that right now!" Mom shouted, quickly passing a glass of water to Matthew. We carried on eating dinner in silence, except for a few stifled sniggers from Nigel, Kyle and Mike.

"May I be excused, Mom?" Mike asked, innocently. I grinned at TJ from across the table. "Sure you can, sweetie." Mom answered. Mike ran off. "That was polite of Michael." Matthew said. "Yeah… normally they just run off instead of asking." Mom replied, smiling. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Sarah give a quick wink to Nigel and Kyle. They slid under the table and began fighting. Mom went under to try and break them up, and right on cue, Mike came swinging from a rope, past the window behind Matthew. He waited a few seconds, trying to slow down so he could focus, but he had plenty of time – Sarah had told Nigel and Kyle to keep Mom busy under the table until Matthew began screaming.

I looked on nervously as Mike took the match out of his pocket, and reached for the open window. As he got his arm through the open space, he lit the match. He took another big reach, and there it was. Mike blew the match out, slowly dropped himself from the rope, and quickly ran back into the kitchen. He wanted to see this as much as the rest of us. It was just as Mike took his seat that Matthew noticed.

"My head! My head is on fire!" He screamed. Mom, Nigel and Kyle emerged from under the table. "Quick! Put it out!" Mom shouted, panicked. "If you say so…" Sarah said, before producing a water bomb from behind her chair. She stood up, and smashed it over Matthew's head, soaking him. The fire went out, and the screaming stopped. The only sound now was thirteen people hysterically laughing. That stopped as soon as we saw Mom's face. "Matthew, I'm so sorry – but you should leave. I'll be in touch." She said calmly. It's the worst when she's calm, cuz you never know when the shouting will start. Matthew ran out, slamming the door behind him. She immediately turned back to us, and from the look on her face, I knew that we were in very big trouble…

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