Massie struggled to keep from crying as she walked into her fathers car.

"Massie, I need to talk." Massie's mother looked at her with anger flaring in her green eyes. "You're father and I have decided to punish you for getting a detention the first few weeks of public school."

Massie rolled her shoulders and massaged her forehead, "Whatever."

"You are grounded. No more cell phones, computers, tv's, iPods, credit cards, shopping, or sleepovers for two months." Mrs. Block ordered.

"What the fuck!" Massie exclaimed, quickly putting her hand over her mouth.

"Massie! How could you say something like that?" Massie's mother said. "We just want our favorite daughter to learn her lesson so you won't have problems like this in the future."

"What do you mean… your favorite daughter? I'm the only one you've had," Massie said suspiciously.

"Yes, yes of course darling." Mrs. Block quickly said.

The rest of the ride was silent.

Massie ran into her room the moment she got home. She grabbed her credit card from herpurse and ran to the computer.

"I'm just going to have to buy another set of clothes and phones and a laptop until the time is over." She cackled.

Just as Massie got onto the Apple Store website, the computer shut off.

"SHIT!"

Massie quickly started to call Dylan and Claire. As the dialing began, a woman's voice on the other side of the phone began talking.

"I'm sorry, your T-Mobile Account has been deleted. For any questions, please call 391-3874."

"FUCK!"

Massie grabbed her cash she had in all her purses and shoved it into a shoebox under the bed.

"How could this be happening!" Massie cried.

Massie slowly walked around her room. Her iPod, her tv, her movies, her phone, her stereo and everything else that had been in her room was gone. A stack of books sat on her desk. On top of the books was an envelope. It read,

Dear Massie,

In order to punish you, we have taken your most beloved possessions including some of your clothes.

Massie paused. "CRAP!"

We have also decided if you would like to get your things back, you must earn them. When you are ready to tell us that you understand what you did was wrong, we will give you a list of chores. We also gave you these books to read. When you finish each one, and take a short quiz, we'll give you an item back.

You need to know that we love you,

Love Mommy and Daddy.

"Oh great," Muttered Massie.

Massie slowly looked over the pile of books.

"Are you serious?" Massie cried as she read the book titles.

"Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, Gone with the Wind, Hoot, Flush, Because of Win Dixie, The Whipping Boy, and Anne of Green Gables. Wow, this really sucks." Massie groaned as she plopped down on her bed. "This really sucks..."

getting more written right now.