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Well, this was a fun chapter to write, I must admit...anyway, I'd like to thank all reviewers, and on with the story!!
The next morning everyone in Skellington manor awoke early...mainly because of one particular Skellington...
"Jack darling, would you please keep it down?" Sally asked as patiently as one could reasonably expect after waking to the sound of clanging pipes and loud swearing coming from her kitchen. "I'll try...send Jake in would you?" called Jack from the kitchen. Jake sighed, set down his spoon he was using to eat his breakfast, and went to help his father.
When he entered the kitchen, he ducked as a hammer was being thrown in his direction.
"Sorry! Dern hammer, completely useless..." Jack mumbled, fishing through his tool box, throwing various tools around the room. Jake was more than a bit worried.
"Here we are!" Jack said triumphantly as he pulled a wrench from the tool box. He then crammed into the small crawlspace under the kitchen sink.
There were two problems with Jack fixing the sink. One: Jack was entirely too large for the job. It wasn't his fault, but the seven foot five Pumpkin King simply did not fit comfortably in the small space. Two: the fact that Jack had no idea what he was doing, yet refused to ask for help. These combined did not help at all.
"Jake, could you hold up a flashlight? No, over here...more to the left...STOP!!! Hold the light right there..." Jack mumbled. Jake rolled his eyes and held the light steady. Out of the corner of his eye socket he saw his mother standing worrisome in the doorway. Sam was sitting at the table supposedly reading her book, but Jake could tell she was watching. Sam shot Jake a sympathetic look.
Jack cursed loudly. "Where is that socket wrench?" his hand fumbled to the tool box. To Jake's surprise, his mother came forward and snatched the socket wrench out of the box and placed it behind her back.
"I don't see it in the tool box Jack." she said. Jack frowned, then inched his way out of the small space. He stood, peering into the rusted box.
"You're right Sally...I probably dropped it. I'll go look for it.." he grumbled, then ambled out of the kitchen.
Jake gave his mother a bemused look. Without a word she ducked under the kitchen sink and working like a pit crew at nascar, fixed the sink. She then got up and put the socket wrench back in the box. Jack entered the room.
"Hmmm, I cannot find that wrench..." he muttered. Sally then 'miraculously' produced the socket wrench from the tool box.
"Here it is Jack!" she said as if surprised. "Oh." said Jack. Then Sally walked over to the sink and turned a handle. The water flowed freely. "Look Jack! You must've fixed it!" she exclaimed, as if this was a great surprise. Jack scratched his skull. "I did? I mean, I did!!" he grinned. Sally came over and gave him a kiss. Jack puffed out his chest. "I guess your bone man can learn a new trick." he said. "I'll go put the tool box away..." he said. He picked up the rusted box and proudly strutted out of the kitchen.
Jake spoke. "But mom, dad didn't fix the sink, you did." he stated. Sally nodded. Jake frowned. "So why did you let him think he fixed it?" he questioned. Sally wiped her hands off on a kitchen towel. "Did you see how happy Jack was? He loves thinking he can fix things for us, so I let him." she explained simply.
I know, not an eventful chapter, but next chapter is the Halloween ball! I have a plot picked out! So, review and I'll post soon!!