Hey!!! I'm really, really sorry, I know I haven't updated in so long but I haven't ditched the story! I just had writers block. Anyways, hope you like this chapter!
Chapter 7: Sarah's Unconvincing Plan"Kids! In the kitchen please!" Mom called. I sighed and slowly made my way inside, leaving my skateboard behind.
"Right. Now that we're all here… finally." Mom rolled her eyes, "Matthew has been so kind to take us all out to dinner this evening, & if I don't have perfect, and I mean perfect behaviour, there'll be no birthday presents for the rest of the decade. To the older ones of you who aren't buying that, there will be severe punishment!" I looked over at Mike and raised my eyebrows, Mom hadn't trusted us with anything since that prank on Matthew last week.
As everyone started to herd out of the kitchen, I began to make my way into the backyard, when Sarah called me, "Jake! My room, now."
"So……… what?" I asked. Well Mike, Jessica, Kim, Nigel, Kyle, Gunner & I had been sitting waiting in her room for the past ten minutes. "So what? I'm telling you my plan!" She snapped. "We can't have another plan!" Jessica groaned. "Yeah, we can't miss out on another advanced science magazine!" Kim agreed. Sarah folded her arms and grinned slyly. "Not to worry, this plan is fool proof. No way can we be grounded." She leaned back against her bed and continued. "We are going to be soooooo polite tonight, Matthew will want to sign the adoption papers there and then." I glanced sideways at Mike, unconvinced. "Um……. And this is a plan because?"
"God Jake, do you have a brain in there?!" Sarah snapped, once again, at me.
"Sorry if I don't agree with the lets roll over & die plan!" I snapped back. Sarah had pushed it to far with me this time.
"GUYS! Can we just hear the stupid plan, please! I'm wasting possible roof repelling time here." Mike interrupted.
Sarah sighed. "Fine! Look, the thing is, we're going to be perfect, but very annoying. That way, we can't get in trouble, but we can irritate Matthew. It's the perfect plan!" She smiled blissfully. I was confused. This plan made no sense at all.
"Look, just be ready, looking perfect, and be polite!"
I sighed. For once couldn't we go by our own rules?!
Not with Sarah around we couldn't.