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Yes yes, I know. Sucky first chapter. It should get more interesting as I update. Heres the next chapter. (hey, where are my reviews people?)

"So Jake, a D?" Jack questioned as they walked. "I've seen your old grades dad. At least I didn't fail." Jake shot back. Silence from Jack.

"Touche' my bony friend. So, why the sudden interest in going to a meeting? You aren't planning something are you?" he asked. Jake made an angelic face. "Me? Scheme? You have the wrong skeleton." Jack laughed. "Is this the same skeleton that got grounded last week for putting bats in his teachers desk?" Jack teased. "The teacher was asking for it. Besides, I never put slugs in the city water supply like you." Jake pointed out. "You Jake, are entirely too much like me." he joked. They reached town hall. Jack shot a look at Jake. "Behave yourself Jake, or you can forget going to the Human World." he warned. Jake smiled a devious grin. "Oh, I'll be good..." he said. Jack feared for the mayor.

"Alright, alright, I'm here." called Jack. He really hated meetings with the mayor. "Jack m'boy! And...Jake." the mayor narrowed his eyes and frowned. Jake and the mayor had a bit of a past. Jake grinned.

"Why hello mayor. I'm here to watch a meeting." he said. "Yes well...I think we should have blood dripping from the ceiling, or slime was suggested as well...what do you think Jack?" "Blood. Many humans are quite queasy at the sight of it. Slime would just gross them out." the mayor nodded enthusiastically. "Of course! You always know best Jack!" Jake stifled a laugh as the mayor fell from his stool from excessive nodding, but held his tongue after a look from Jack.

"What about slime on the cobblestones? Do you think Jack?" the mayor talked fast. Jake thought this would be a perfect oppurtunity for his trick. He was Jack's son after all. He placed a small vial filled with pitch black ink on top of the scrolls of plans, then quietly slipped back. Jack noticed this, but was too late. Jake pressed a small button and the vial broke, leaking ink all over the plans. The mayor noticed.

"Oh God! The PLANS!!!" his angry face was on, as he was desparately trying to wipe the ink off. He was hyperventilating and bawling.

"Calm down, calm down! Now, deep breaths." Jack instructed. Jake could hardly contain himself. He finally composed himself enough to say: "Its okay! Its invisible ink! It'll disappear in an hour or so!" he struggled out between manical laughs. Though guiltily, Jack admired this prank. It took forethought, invention, and initiative. And a bit of Skellington cunning.

Jack chuckled a bit as he was hellping to calm down the mayor. "Okay? Just a prank mayor, a trick! The plans are fine. In an hour or so the ink will dissappear and they'll be good as new. I say this meeting is over. We'll discuss more tomorrow. Lets go." he said to his son. Jake had quieted himself, and silently followed Jack out the door.

Jack turned to his son. He waited a minute, just to make Jake anxious. Jake nervously shifted his weight. Jack then grinned. "Spectacular trick son! You saw someones weakness and went after it, and thats what makes great scaring! I'm immpressed." he put a hand on Jake's shoulder. "And it got me out of a meeting, for that I thank you." he said laughing. Jake beamed with pride.

"Well, we have some free time, and since Sally thinks we're at a meeting, why don't we get some iscream?" Jack suggested. This was an extremely rare treat for Jake. Jack barely got to say hello to him in October, now they were getting iscream? Jake happily walked alongside Jack towards the iscream shop.

"How long will the two of them last before getting into trouble?" asked Sally to her daughter. "I give them five minutes." Sally nodded. Jake was too much like Jack. And Jack was too much like an overgrown child. Those two together could be worse than Lock Shock and Barrel.

"You do know as soon as we get home I've got to be mad at you." said Jack. Jake nodded. "Yeah, for Mom right?" he said, then licked his iscream. "Precisely."

They were walking home slowly, finishing their iscream. Jack finished a crunched his cone in one bite. Jake imitated and had to take five bites. They reached the door of Skellington manor. "Regular act?" asked Jake. Jack nodded. "I'm going with 'mildy pissed off.' you do, hmmmm, 'sorry for my actions.' But only if she already knows." Jake nodded, they entered.

Another chapter. I apologize for the lull in action, but thats in later chapters. But nobody's going to know unless I start getting some reviews!! So...REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW