Rob sat himself down on the couch beside Peter. Piper looked at him nervously from the armchair adjacent to to her cousin. Robert shot her a 'you're busted' look, and looked up at Jack who stood in front of all three.

"How did you find me?" Jack looked at the New Zealander as if he had crawled out of the the lagoon.
"I told you I knew people here. The guy at the front desk is my cousin."
"I never saw anyone at the front desk." Peter said.
"Yeah, him. That's Matt." Rob nodded. Pete blinked, confused.
"Okay, great." Piper said. "But why are you here...?" She eyed him cautiously.
"You know exactly why I'm here, Ms. Artistically Inclined." He shot her a glare. "And I bet Jack doesn't."

They all looked at the confused brunette.

"I don't." Jack said as a matter of fact. He looked from the guilty looking kids to the adorably irritated New Zealander. "So...?"
"Your kids broke into the park last night and repainted my stand." Rob said quickly.
"HE LIES!" Piper stood, scaring the crap out of Peter and causing him to flail all over Rob.

"No I don't." Robert retorted, shoving Peter against the arm of the couch.
"You guys broke into the park?" Jack looked like he would faint.
"No, I just said we didn't!" Piper scoffed.
"Don't deny it." Rob smirked. "You did, didn't you, Pete?" The three of them looked at eleven year-old.

"Huh? W-well." Peter looked away.
"Did you?" Jack knelt down to look at the boy in question. Pete looked at Piper, his eyes wide.

An extremely painful silence.

"UHG." Piper groaned. "Fine, we did. It was my idea. And one half of your stupid stand is freakin' gorgeous." She fell back on the chair, her arms crossed. It took a few seconds for that to seep into Jack's mind. Then it clicked. This is bad.

"What- how- why would you guys do that?" Jack threw his arms in the air.
"How could you let these kids sneak out like that?" Rob pointed at Jack.
"Piper's sneaky and evil! You should have figured out that much yesterday!" The Aussie replied.
"I'm not evil! You just have high expectations for the amount of kindness I should provide." Piper said in her defense. Jack turned to glare at her. She had done some pretty bad stuff in her 12 years, but this was much worse than he had anticipated.

"You two. Out on the balcony."
"But-" She started.
"Now."

Piper looked her brother in the eyes for a few moments, then huffed in defeat and grabbed Peter's arm.
"Come on, Pete." She tugged the boy outside. He was whining something along the lines of 'I don't want to go back to England yet' as Piper slid the glass door shut violently.

Jack turned his head to Rob.
"Dear God." He slumped onto the couch next to the other. "What are you gonna do?"
"I'm not going to turn you in." Rob told him, sitting back.
"You're not?" Jack looked at him. "Why?"

Because you're effin' hot and that would ruin any chance I have at you.

"Because I don't want to cause any trouble. I'm supposed to be home soon; I don't need to go to court for this."
The Australian sat up with renewed confidence.
"Then why did you come here?"
"Because you're still paying for the damage." Rob held his hands in his lap.
"Huh?"

"Boss said that if I couldn't find the vandals, I'd have to pay for a new stand. I found your kids. You give me the money. I pay. He never knows." Rob stared the other in the eyes.
"I dunno... " Jack looked at him carefully. "How much is it?"
Robert rolled his eyes.

"It's one-fifty."
"No way." Jack shook his head.
"What? Why?"
"I'm paying for everything with my uncle's money." Jack stated. "If I spend too much, he'll throw a fit and make me pay for everything. Then I'll have to take it out of my car funds, and I'll never get that beaut of a convertible from Bill. I already named her Jesse!"

Robert looked at Jack like he was stupid. (Which he probably was, now that Rob thought about it)

"You would honestly rather go to court than pay a hundred and fifty bucks?"
"You already said you wouldn't turn me in."
"I said if you paid for it!" Rob felt a scowl creep across his face.
"No, I have a feeling you still wouldn't." Jack propped his face on his palm.
"Well I would." The New Zealander huffed.
"Nah, you're bluffing."

Damn. He's right.

Jack sat back again. Robert glared at him. How could he do that?
"Dude, you're responsible for them! You should feel obliged to pay!" He poked the Aussie in the stomach. Abs. Rob yanked his hand away.

"Look, I do feel bad. Honestly. But if I don't have to pay, I'm not gonna."
"Jesus Christ, you are stingy." Rob scoffed and stood. "I'm gone." He started for the door. Jack nodded.
"Sorry, dude." He called after. The blonde twisted around to glower at him, then left, slamming the door behind him.

Well that could have gone better.

Jack stood just inside the entrance of The Magic Kingdom. He waited for the kids to catch up. The poor man tried. He honestly tried to think of a punishment for the two. It made it very hard to do so when Piper started crying. Piper never cries. Plus it was impossible to think of anything that would not result in Arthur finding out. If Arthur found out, Jack would definitely be chewed out and then some. It would be for the best that the Englishman be kept in the dark. For his own sanity and Jack's wallet.

The tall man felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. Speak- erm. Think of the devil.

"Ello?" Jack held the phone to his ear, and nodded at the kids as they walked up.
"Jackson. How are you doing?"
"I'm doing good, I-"
"That's lovely." Arthur murmured. Obviously, he could care less how his nephew was doing. "How's Peter? Where is he?"
"Pete's right here." Jack poked the boy in the head and held the phone next to his mouth. "Say hi, Pete."
"Hi, Dad." The boy said unenthusiastically into the receiver. Jack pulled it back to his face.
"See. He's alive."
"Good, good. Does he have-"
"Yes, he has on sunscreen. And no, he hasn't come across anything he's allergic to. And we already ate breakfast, so you don't have to worry about him having his 'eating schedule' disturbed."

A pause.

"Are you being smart with me?"
"No, Arthur."
"Your mother would have you by the ear if you were!"
"I know, Arthur."
"And so will I."
"Of course, dear uncle."
"Fine, then. I suppose you have taken proper care of the children thus far. Perhaps I can trust you to keep them alive the next few days." The crotchety man grunted. "I will be calling back in exactly three hours. Do not miss it."
"I won't. Bye, Artie."
"Don't call me tha-"

Jack closed his phone and turned to the kids.
"You're not telling him, are you?" Piper said, not even looking up at her brother as she changed the settings on her camera.
"Ffft. Hell no." Jack rolled his eyes.
"I knew it." She looked up at him with a smirk, then started toward the signature castle, pink skirt swooshing cutely. "I need a good picture of that. It's going in my art portfolio."

"You want me to do what?" The albino raised an eyebrow at his friend. They were in the lobby of the hotel. Gilbert was (unfortunately) a maid. Rob sighed and repeated himself.
"I want you to help me get back at this dude, Gilbert." He said. Gilbert grinned.
"I didn't think you had it in you, little ram!" That was the insufferable nickname the German had given him.
"Yeah, well this guy pissed me off. I don't care how sexy he is." He glared at his feet.

"I'll totally help out!" Gilbert said a little loudly. "What did you have in mind?"
"I guess just some kind of prank. I want to annoy him." Rob looked up at his friend. Gilbert's red eyes sparkled.
"Kesesese! I have an idea! Meet me in his room at your three o'clock break." Gilbert ordered. Rob nodded.
"Sir, yes sir!"

A/N: Urg. Dull chapter is dull. I really don't like the way this turned out. And I'm sorry this took so long. Please forgive me. ;-; And review, please~!