The Bet 2: Dark Secrets

By: Fox Almasy

Ch. 14

Troublemakers

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12 years later.

Naomi placed the last dish in the cupboard. She sighed as the phone began to ring. She set the dish towel down and walked into the living room to answer the ringing phone.

"Hello?" Brad stood at the top of the stairs and watched her talk to whoever was on the other line. The expression on her face only meant that the twins had gotten into more trouble. She nodded and placed the phone back in the cradle before looking at Brad and shaking her head.

"What?"

"It's your turn."

"Huh? Why me?"

"I went the last time. You go talk to the principal and I'll go pick up Kaida."

"How about I go pick up Kaida."

"Nope its your turn to deal with your sons." Brad groaned as he walked down the stairs. He glanced at Naomi before walking into the hall and grabbing up his keys to his truck. Naomi was behind him and snatched the keys to her mustang before smiling and slipping past Brad. "Good luck."

"Yeah yeah." he followed her outside and watched her drive off, before he climbed into his own truck and headed into town. It didn't take long for him to pull into the parking lot of the Middletown Jr. high school. He knew the way to the principal's office by heart now only because he had to go there three times already that year.

The secretary looked up from her paper work and motioned Brad to enter the office. He opened the door and his eyes immediately jumped to Wade and Wesley, who sat in front of the principals desk, looking anything but innocent. Brad sent them a glare, letting them know they were in a lot of trouble.

"Please sit down Mr. Hunter." Brad did as he was asked and watched the principal stare at him from across the desk.

"Uh so what happened?" Mrs. Michelson leaned back in her chair as her eyes shifted to the twins.

"Your sons have taken it upon themselves to embarrass every sub we have brought in." Brad glanced at the twins who seemed more interested in picking at the chairs as apposed to listening.

"What did they do?"

"Well this time they asked the poor women if she owned a razor because her mustache was getting a little long and then after that they dumped Gatorade on her." Brad looked over at the twins and frowned.

"We didn't mean to dump it on her." Answered Wade as he looked over at Brad.

"Yeah I was carrying it and I tripped on Wade's foot." Brad didn't believe them for a second. They may not have gone up and dumped it on her, but they more than likely pretended to trip. He knew his sons far to well.

"I suggest you punish these boys. We have given them two weeks of suspension and if they do not straighten up we may have to take drastic measure."

"I'll talk to them Mrs. Michelson." Brad stood and motioned for the twins to follow him. They jumped up from their seats and hurried after him. "What possesses you to do this?" Brad questioned and looked down with a raised brow.

"It was her fault she told us to shut up."

"All I'm gonna say is your mom will not be happy. We'll have to think of a punishment to."

"Where is mom?"

"Picking up your sister. It was my turn to come anyway."

When they got home, Kaida ran out the door and threw herself into Brad's arms and laughed as he lifted her up. "Hi Daddy."

"Hi baby girl how was school?"

"It was good. I drew you a picture!"

"You did?" she nodded excitedly. Kaida was the spitting image of her mother except for her light blue eyes. She smiled, showing off her missing tooth. "Where's your mom?"

"She's inside folding clothes." The boys ran past Brad and into the house. Taking a deep breath, Brad mentally prepared himself for the chaos that would soon ensue. When he got inside, Naomi had the twins on the couch and was already speaking angrily with them.

"If you two don't knock this off you could be expelled and I don't want to deal with that do you understand me?" they nodded their heads, but continued to stare at Naomi as she looked over at Brad. "What should their punishments be?"

"No Basketball practice or games for the next two weeks-"

"What!" Wesley jumped from the couch and stood with his mouth hanging open. "That's not fair! My team needs me!"

"Yeah!" Wade soon joined his brother as they both glared daggers at their father.

"And neither Suki or Chance are allowed to come over."

"But mom me and Chance have a race this weekend!"

"No you don't because you're not going." Wade clenched his hands and whirled around to face his mom.

"That's not fair! We didn't even start it, so why do we have to miss our stuff for!"

"Because maybe you'll think about your actions before you go and do something stupid. Now go to your rooms." Kaida stared with wide eyes as her older brothers stomped up the stairs. She tugged on Brad's hand and looked up at him innocently.

"Why are they in trouble?"

"Because they were being very mean to a teacher."

"What exactly did they say?" Questioned Naomi as she sat down on the couch.

"Basically they called her hairy and spilt Gatorade on her." Naomi shook her head before leaning back against the couch and sighing.

"What are we going to do with them?"

"I have no idea." it wasn't long before loud music could be heard blaring from upstairs. Naomi looked at Brad pointedly and Brad nodded and stood up. He climbed the stairs and found the twins in Wesley's room playing their PS3 and the Radio was turned all the way up. They didn't even know Brad had come into the room until he sat down beside Wade. "Guys come on. Are you trying to make your mother mad?"

"What?" Brad rolled his eyes and turned down the radio.

"I said are you trying to make your mother mad?"

"But it wasn't even our fault to begin with so why did we get in trouble?"

"Because life's not fair and most of the time a person will listen to the adult before the child."

"Yeah but now we don't even get to do what we like. It was a big race this weekend and my new Trinity Racing pipe just came in and we just got it installed dad."

"I know, but you guys do need to learn that even if someone is pushing you around you have to stay calm." Wade huffed before turning back to the game and unpaused it. Brad watched for a few minutes before standing up and walking out of the room. As soon as he had left the room, Wade and Wesley put down their controllers and stood up.

"We have to find a way to make mom change her mind. I have to go to the race this weekend."

"Well doesn't Kaida have riding practice in a few minutes?" Wade nodded. "When mom takes her we could make dinner and clean up for her. So that gives us about two hours."

"Yeah! She'll have to let us go then." they hurried out of the room and sat on the top step to wait for their mom to leave. As soon as she did they hurried downstairs and into the kitchen. Wade walked over to the fridge and threw it open while Wesley began going through the cabinets.

"What should we make?" Questioned Wade as he leaned back and stared at his brother. Wesley looked back and shrugged before grabbing out a cook book and walking over to Wade. When Brad walked into the kitchen he had to stop and frown.

"What are you doing now?" they looked up trying to seem innocent and failing. He glanced at Wade since he was the older one and raised a brow. "Wade?" Wade's smile widened, and Brad's eyes shifted momentarily to the brown spot in his right eye.

"We wanted to help mom out a little. So we're going to clean and cook dinner."

"Oh really?"

"Yeah." Brad shook his head and crossed his arms over his chest.

"Alright. Good luck." he walked back out of the kitchen, not wanting to see the mess they would soon create. Noises could be heard from the kitchen and Brad was debating on going in there so they wouldn't get into anymore trouble, or he himself get into trouble for letting them do it. Deciding to lend them a hand, Brad ventured back into the kitchen and was surprised at what he saw. They were currently washing the bowls that they had used already and a tray of manicotti sat on the stove.

"Wow. I'm impressed actually. You guys did wash your hands before right?" the twins nodded without looking up from the dishes. Brad glanced around the kitchen and saw they had cleaned up a little. The dish washer had been emptied, the counters were wiped down and the floor looked clean as well. "I have to say I'm proud of you two. Your mom's going to really appreciate this."

"Do you think she'll change her mind about the punishment."

"Maybe. How'd you know how to make the manicotti?"

"There's instructions on the box." Wesley quickly placed the pan in the oven and set the timer. Brad watched for a few more minutes before leaving the room again and disappearing into his office to take care of some bills.

By the time Naomi had gotten home, the smell of the manicotti was floating throughout the house. Brad met her in the living room and watched her look around.

"What smells so good?"

"Maybe you should go check." he motioned toward the kitchen and followed her and Kaida. Wade and Wesley had set the table and in the center was the manicotti, salad, French bread and a pitcher of ice tea.

"Maybe I should punish you guys more often." She murmured as she sat down in one of the chairs placed around the table.

"We wanted to show you how sorry we were."

"This is really nice." Wade and Wesley exchanged glances before sitting down and eating. They watched Naomi the entire time until she was finished. They waited expectantly and finally Naomi sighed and rolled her eyes. "Alright. You don't have to miss your events, but you do have to help pick up the yard and anything else I ask you."

"OK!" they jumped up from the table and started to run out of the room.

"Not so fast. You have to do the dishes." They sighed, but came back and began clearing the dishes from the table. Naomi watched as Kaida helped carry dishes to the sink before running out of the room and disappearing upstairs. She met Brad's gaze and smiled.

End

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Well that's it. I hope you enjoyed and thank you to Phoenix07 and happy birthday too. Also thanks to all the other reviewers to.

Audi!!