Chapter 8: The Prank Backfires

The next afternoon Vinny's setting up a prank to pull on Sarah. He looks at the blueprint.

"This should work." Vinny grinned.

Vinny goes outside to set everything up and places the bucket above the door of The Boulders. Vinny sees Sarah and Elliot.

"Please, let Sarah walk in before Elliot." Vinny said to himself.

Elliot takes out his key and turns the door.

"Shit." Vinny said to himself.

Elliot opens the door for Sarah,she walks in and the bucket drops on her head. She's covered in maple syrup.

"Gotcha." Vinny said to her.

"You're such an asshole!" Sarah screamed at the top of her lungs.

Elliot starts to snicker alittle bit. Sarah gives him a death glare and Elliot stops laughing.

"How could you find this funny?" Sarah shrieked.

"All we need now are some pancakes." Vinny said sarcastically.

"I hate you!" Sarah yelled at him.

"Tell me something I don't know." Vinny laughed.

Sarah leaves The Boulders. Vinny feels bad and goes after her.

"You want a ride back to your cabin?" Vinny asked Sarah.

"I want you to go away." Sarah snapped.

"I'll put a towel over my passenger seat and I'll give you a ride home." Vinny said to her.

"I guess I could just clean off in the lake since I'm only wearing a t shirt and shorts." Sarah said.

Sarah takes off her shoes and her socks. She jumps in the lake and gets all the maple syrup out of her hair.

"I'll give you a ride home." Vinny said.

"This doesn't mean I forgive you for drenching me in maple syrup." Sarah told him.

"I know." Vinny smiled as he put a towel on his passenger seat.

Sarah wraps a towel around herself and gets in Vinny's Z. Her shoes and socks are on the floor in front of her seat.

"Vinny, I changed since last year." Sarah told him.

"How?" Vinny asked.

"I don't do this whole prank war thing anymore." Sarah explained.

"Good one." Vinny laughed.

"I'm serious. I only put the skateboard near the couch so noone else would slip and fall." Sarah told him.

"You said and I quote 'Gotcha.', after I slipped on the skateboard. " Vinny told her.

"Okay, I wanted you to slip on the skateboard." Sarah then said.

"So, that was a prank?" Vinny then asked.

"That's the last one." Sarah replied.

"I don't know why but, I believe you." Vinny smiled.

"You do?" Sarah then asked.

"I believe you like I bleieve in going to church on Sunday." Vinny replied.

"I guess that means you don't believe me?" Sarah then asked.

"That's right I don't believe you." Vinny explained.

"Good because as we speak I'm thinking of a prank to pull on you." Sarah grinned.

"I thought you said you pulled your last prank?" Vinny then asked.

"I lied so, sue me." Sarah told him.

Vinny and Sarah arrive at the Baker cabin.

"What happened?" Lorraine asked Sarah.

"I went for a swim in the lake." Sarah answered as she walked into the cabin.

Lorraine walks over to Vinny.

"I want you to do me a favor?" Vinny asked her.

"Not out here." Lorraine told him.

"Not one of those favors but, maybe tonight." Vinny explained.

"Then what favor do you want me to do for you?" Lorraine asked.

"Sarah is going to pull a prank on me and I need you to spy on her." Vinny told her.

"I'm not spying on Sarah." Lorraine replied.

"Okay." Vinny said.

Sarah comes out of the cabin.

"Vinny, if you ever spy on me and Elliot again, I'll make sure the next prank I pull on you will make sure you never have kids." Sarah warned him.

Sarah walks back in the cabin.

"I think she's serious." Vinny said to Lorraine.

"She is serious. And if you ever spy on Sarah when she's on a date again, I'll make sure you never have kids." Lorraine told him.

"I understand." Vinny said.

Lorraine kisses him and goes back into the cabin.

Vinny sits on the ground. Mike jumps on his back.

"Get off Mike." Vinny told him.

"Make me." Mike laughed.

Vinny gets up with Mike still on his back.

"I'll dump you in that lake if you don't get off of me." Vinny said.

"Go ahead." Mike replied.

Vinny sighs and brings Mike inside the cabin.

"Lorraine, get him off my back?" Vinny asked Lorraine.

"What did my Dad say now?" Lorraine then asked.

"I got him off my back but, now Mike is on my back." Vinny explained.

"About what?" Lorraine asked.

"Come out here and see for yourself." Vinny told her.

Lorraine comes out of the bathroom and sees Mike on Vinny's back.

"Mike, get off." Lorraine laughed.

"Do I have to?" Mike whined.

"Yeah." Vinny told him.

Mike gets off of Vinny's back.

"Come here Mike." Vinny said as he sat on the couch.

Mike sits next to Vinny on the couch.

"You okay?" Vinny then asked.

"I'm fine." Mike told him.

Vinny gives Mike a 'Yeah right' look.

"I'm serious." Mike said.

"Something's wrong with you and I want to know what it is." Vinny told him.

"Nothing's wrong with me." Mike replied.

"Then, why did you jump on my back?" Vinny then asked.

"I was joking around." Mike laughed.

"I thought you did it to get my attention." Vinny explained.

"I was only joking around." Mike told him again.

Vinny gets off the couch and walks out of the cabin. Mike goes into the North room.

Sarah is in the kitchen planning a prank to pull on Vinny. Sarah pours olive oil on the floor of the kitchen. She hears someone coming so, she hides. She hears someone slip and fall. Then she hears them crying. She goes into the kitchen and sees Mike on the floor holding his ankle.

"Mike, are you okay?" Sarah asked him.

"I thing I twisted my ankle." Mike cried.

"I didn't mean for you to slip and fall." Sarah explained.

"You meant for this to happen?" Mike asked with tears in his eye.

"I thought you were Vinny." Sarah told him.

"He went back to The Boulders." Mike then cried.

"Let's get some ice on that ankle." Sarah said as she helped Mike up.

Sarah cleans the floor and gets grounded for a month because of her prank.

Mike is lying on the couch with his ankle elevated and an ice pack on it.

"You okay?" Vinny asked him.

"I twisted my ankle thanks to you and Sarah." Mike snapped.

"What did I have to do with this?" Vinny then asked.

"She poured the olive oil on the floor for you to slip on." Mike explained.

"I'm sorry Mike." Vinny apologized.

"This whole prank war between you and Sarah has to stop." Mike told him.

"It will eventually." Vinny said.

"It has to stop now before someone gets seriously injured." Mike explained.

Vinny goes to look for Sarah.

"We need to stop this prank war." Vinny said to her.

"It's your fault that Mike tiwsted his ankle." Sarah told him.

"If you didn't put that skateboard near that couch the other night none of this would have happened." Vinny told her.

"If you didn't come to this wedding none of this would have happened!" Sarah snapped as she walked away from him.

Vinny goes back to The Boulders.

"Is Mike okay?" Elliot asked Vinny.

"He twisted his ankle." Vinny replied.

"You and Sarah need to stop pranking each other. I can't even walk into this place or the Baker's cabin without feeling nervous that I will walk into one of the traps you two setup for one another." Elliot explained.

"I tried to talk to Sarah about that." Vinny told him.

"What happened?" Elliot then asked.

"She told me that Mike wouldn't have twisted his ankle if I never came to this wedding." Vinny then said.

"I'll try to talk to her about not pranking you." Elliot said.

"Good luck." Vinny said as Elliot left.

Elliot goes to talk to Sarah.

"Hey." Elliot said.

"Hi." Sarah smiled.

"You and Vinny ned to stop pulling pranks on each other." Elliot told her.

"Go tell him that." Sarah told him.

"I did and he agreed to stop." Elliot explained.

"I don't believe him." Sarah replied.

"You two need to end this before someone gets seriously injured." Elliot then said.

"When he divorces Lorraine I'll stop pranking him." Sarah told him as she walked away.

Elliot sighs and walks to his Mustang.