Chapter 5- Family Meeting
"I got it first, it was mine, " Randy insisted, stabbing the last pudding with his fork. Seth refused to give up.
"You had way too much, Randy! " He shouted, " You took half of it and i barely had a little left!"
"Its not my fault you are too dumb, " Randy argued, pulling the plate closer to him. Seth grabbed the plate back.
"Children, children! " Mrs. Guerrero cried. "Don't-" Her words went off when she saw the pieces of pudding had been, once again smashed to the floor and the glass plate had been broken. "Oh my God, " She sighed.
"See what you did? It was all your fault! " Randy screamed at Seth.
"You started it! " Seth picked the ruined pudding and threw it right to Randy's face. Mrs. Guerrero could only watch in horror when Randy countered the fight by throwing back another of the pudding to Seth. Everyday fighting over food, toys, books, and basically every single thing they found was a daily routine for both of them, be it at dinner, breakfast or lunch.
The war of pudding only halted when Kane rushed into the kitchen and smacked both of his brothers on their heads. "Come on, lets put you to jail, " He said, dragging them upstairs and locked both of them separately in their bedrooms. Then he returned to the kitchen and apologized to Mrs. Guerrero. She just shrugged and started to clean the kitchen again.
"I think I got a headache, " She complained after finishing her job , goggling a bottle of vodka she kept in the fridge.
" If I were you I think I had gone insane," Kane murmured, "I swear one day those two going to murder each other, "
"Can I leave now, Mr. Kane? This migraine is killing me, " She pleaded.
"Alright, I'll tell my mom, " Kane approved.
"Thanks, " Mrs. Guerrero said.
As soon as she left, Kane released Seth and Randy and forced them to sit nicely in the kitchen when they heard the sound of Hunter's car engine outside.
"Hi mom, Dad, " Kane said as soon as Stephanie walked into the kitchen for the family meeting, " You just miss Vickie's carne asada (stewed beef) but I spared you some, " He offered, pushing a large bowl of the meal to Stephanie as she went to the table, but she was just shot Kane an icy look.
"Cut the crap, " Stephanie rolled her eyes to her eldest son. She had knew Kane's tactic too well. He always acted extra nice when he knew he was in deep trouble and try to pave his way out of it. " That will not make me change my mind about your punishment," She said, placing her briefcase on the counter. Hunter laughed and went to the fridge to take a bottle of cold drink.
Kane groaned at his failed effort to buy his mom.
"How's school today sweetheart ? " Stephanie asked Seth, who had been quiet after the brawl with Randy earlier.
"Dean bullied me again, " Seth whined, "And Roman too. I don't understand what they want from me,"
"That Ambrose and Reigns kids again? " Hunter grumbled, " I should tell Lawler to kick those two off the school, "
"Honey, you know its not that easy. Their parents paid or the school too, there's no way Jerry would dismiss them, " Stephanie said, stroking Seth's hair.
"Then why don't you send them somewhere else? " Kane suggested. His parents shook their heads.
"No way. You know all McMahons go to Lawler school, Grandpa Vince would be angry if we transfer Seth and Randy somewhere else, " Hunter said.
"But Kane went to other school when he was in third grade, " Randy said.
"That's because he tried to set the school on fire, " Stephanie glared at Kane, " Your dad and I went into trouble convincing the school board not to sue us. That's why we had to send Kane to other school, "
"Mom! " Kane protested defensively. "It was an accident. How many times I had to tell you that? "
"Kane, you stole gasoline from the local shop and you brought it to school. And you almost made Mr. Ross caught on fire. How was that an accident? " Hunter retorted.
"Is that true ? " Seth gasped in horror. Kane was a badass even when he was a child, he thought.
"I swear I did not mean to burn Mr. Ross. It was plain accident. I just want to try an experiment back then. Like what the teacher had taught me in Science lab. How I was supposed to know that he was patrolling the school when I was working on my project at the backyard?" Kane shot back.
"Alright, we heard enough, " Stephanie interrupted, " Back to our agenda tonight," She began, " As a matter of fact, Dad and I had an announcement to make. Kane, we will drop you to Washington next week to see Steve,but in the meantime you need to do us a favor, "
Kane sighed. "What now? " He suddenly regretted the last night occurrence, wishing he hadn't thinking of taking his brothers to the funeral home. Randy hung his head down in remorse and a little bit of guilt, thinking if he had not take his brother's phone that morning, Kane would not be admitted to the military school.
"Well now since Brad had been terminated you will have to send and pick Randy and Seth from school. Until we find a new driver, " Hunter said, " But don't worry, we will find his replacements as soon as we could, "
" And Kane, you will help babysitting Seth and Randy because the girl Laura had quit too. Apparently she was dating Brad, and it turned out that she was with him last night when Brad was arrested by the cops. She had been lying to us when she claimed to be sick, " Stephanie continued.
'Ok then," Kane nodded, "Is there any possible way I don't have to go to Washington? " He tried to negotiate again but only to avail.
"And you are still on grounded duty. That means ,no sneaking anywhere at night, no visiting graveyard or wild animals in cage or anything at all. Do we make ourselves clear? " Stephanie asked firmly.
"Crystal, " Kane nodded in defeat.
Suddenly Stephanie's cellphone rang and she frowned when she checked the caller ID on the screen. "Its Jericho again, " She grunted.
"He had been wanting to talk to both of you, " Randy said. "Give me that, " Hunter asked for the phone from his wife. Stephanie handed the phone to him.
"Yes Jericho, " He began as he paced in the kitchen back and forth, " I know you've been trying to reach us,but my wife and I had been extremely busy with business. I know, I know. Randy did inform me. ... Yeah I know that.. I might drop by the school next week... What is it all about? Randy and Seth's behaviour? What do you mean my children are bullying other kids? Maybe that Ambrose and Reigns provoked them? No..no..no... Listen, I'll talk to my wife about this. ... No ..tomorrow Kane's dropping them.. our schedules are tight this week.. I'll have to amend a lot of stuff.. I will get back to you ASAP , alright? Alright.. Ok , we promise.. alright.."
He finished the conversation and turned to Seth and Randy, who were now cowering in slight fear . "Is that true, what Jericho said? " Hunter asked sternly.
"Dean always picking fights with Seth, " Randy answered hesitatedly, "When I tried to interfere, his friend Roman and the class president Cena would stick their noses along and then came up to Mr. Jericho with the story that we are bullying Dean. It was Dean who started things, Dad. "
"We will discuss it with Mr. Jericho, " Stephanie said, "But I don't like that Cena kid at all. He looked like a squeaky clean wannabe hero, "
"Okay, but that doesn't give you any reason to hit other kids, alright, " Hunter said, "What is it with you and Dean, Seth? You guys used to be buddies, with that Reigns kid, " He asked.
"I don't know, Daddy. They hated me for no reason." Seth replied sadly. "Last summer I was hanging with a couple of new friends, and that was when Dean and I started to fight. And Roman had chose to take his side, "
"Sounds like he had abandonment issues, " Kane commented.
"What is abandonment issues? " Seth asked.
"A problem that happened to someone when they lost someone important in their life. You know ,like partners, close friends and parents. " Kane explained.
"But I'm not abandoning him ,I just made new friends. Besides he got Roman on his side, " Seth said.
"Ok, lets just stop stressing about him, " Stephanie said, "Why don't you and Randy show me what you learn in school today, "
"Ok mom, " Randy and Seth nodded, immediately getting up and left the kitchen, followed by Stephanie.
"Dad? " Kane asked. Hunter was busy typing something on his phone screen, but he looked up to his eldest son .
"Yes? "
"Did you and Mr. Jericho went to school together? '' Kane asked curiously.
"Yeah, why? " Hunter seemed to be quite unhappy when Kane brought up the subject.
"Well, Seth and Randy said you both did not get along, " Kane grinned.
Hunter sighed. "We had been arch nemeses back then. I thought when I went to college I'd never seen him again. I had no idea that he worked at Lawler's school when I first registered Randy. Last year they promoted him to be the head of school, and since that he always find excuses to bugging me,"
"You can't make Lawler fire him or something? " Kane asked again.
"Nah, " Hunter said. "They cannot simply terminate an employee without any solid reason. Jericho can sue them for that. I guess I have to stick to his face since your grandpa won't let Seth and Randy go to other school. Except for you, of course, "
"Grandpa Vince hate me, " Kane shrugged, "But Jericho was really annoying to me. What's up with that glittering jacket? Don't they have dressing code for teachers?"
"As the head of school,He had the rights to amend the dressing code, so he can wear whatever he wants." Hunter replied," It was one of his favorite dress back in high school. He said he's going to be a rock star someday and has his own band, but I guess he had to stick to his elementary school career, " He laughed at his own joke.
"Guess I was forced to face him everyday now that I had to drive the kids, " Kane mused.
"Don't worry son, it would only last for a week. Think about the worse you got to face next week and your future, " Hunter said, tapping on Kane's shoulder before he walked out of the kitchen.
disclaimer: Sorry if this chapter was a little bit boring, but I will try to update better in future. And to answer a reader's review, randy is eleven years old (fifth grade). Also, I edited chapter 3 a little bit and deleted the name of Mr. Hart from the story considering it was offensive to some people (for disrespecting the real late Owen Hart) and I apologized for that. This story is purely fictional and just for fun, i don't own wwe or the characters inside.
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