Author's Note: Hello, once again! I just wanted to apologise for how late this post is. The reason it's so late is because I was pretty sick and I just couldn't bring myself to write without getting a headache, so I apologise. Before I say anything else, I just want to thank everyone who reviewed with ideas for a new fic, and I want to encourage everyone to continue to do so. Also, thanks SO MUCH to whitelilly0989, your review was so encouraging! I'm glad that you're enjoying the story. It's hard to write comedy well, so I encourage everyone to review and tell me what they think. Also, to Jen, thanks for your amazingly hilarious idea! I've decided to use it in this chapter. Adding that idea is just the icing on top of the Cohen cake! Thanks to all readers and reviewers, and ENJOY!
Cookies, Movies, and Mermen – Chapter Seven
Sunday, 5:09pm
"I know it's mean, Summer, but sometimes desperate times call for desperate measures."
Taylor, Summer and Sophie were sitting at the kitchen counter, heads in their hands, hearts heavy, and feeling extremely played. Taylor had just had a brainwave which involved bribing the boys into coming back to the Cohen house to fulfil their duty of being the girl's servants as they promised. And after the boys had bailed halfway through their duties, all three girls were beginning to think that Taylor's evil plan was exactly what the boys deserved.
"...Yeah I guess so, but, I mean, is it too mean?" Summer was still somewhat apprehensive about Taylor's plan.
Sophie was too. "Yeah, Taylor, it is kinda mean."
Taylor looked at the two, wide-eyed and with a dropped jaw. "Girls, don't lose focus! Listen to me, those losers left us and broke their promise. They thought that the three of us staying home alone peacefully was over our heads. They think we're idiots." Taylor stood up, her hands on her hips, "AND WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THEM THAT NOT ONLY CAN WE BABYSIT, WE CAN GET OUT REVENGE!" Taylor's eyes glistened with darkness as she spoke.
"You know what?" Summer stood up, "You're completely right. Those bitches aren't getting away that easily." She spoke in agreement.
Sophie stood up, turned around, and climbed up on the kitchen stool she had been seated on. When she got to the top she threw her fists up into the air and yelled, "YEAH! WHAT TAYLOR SAID!"
"Awesome, prong one of the campaign begins now." Summer declared.
"Right... we should synchronise our watches..."
The girl's nodded in agreement. It was time to make a certain phone call.
Sunday, 5:19pm
"Come on, pick up... pick up."
The three girls were still sitting on the bench with the kitchen phone sitting in front of them. Summer had put it on speaker so that all three girls could hear. The only problem was that for the last ten minutes, the boys hadn't been picking up... until now.
The phone rang once more. Seth answered. "Hello?"
Summer finally cracked. Man did Seth make her angry sometimes. "YOU COWARDLY ASSFACES, YOU TWO ARE SUCH LOSERS, YOU RUN AWAY LIKE LITTLE GIRLS. YOU KNOW WHAT? EVEN SOPHIE IS BRAVER THEN YOU. CAN YOU TWO HEAR ME? YOU'RE JACKASSES." Summer screamed into the phone.
"Ahh, calm down woman!" Seth cried, holding his hear which now had a loud ringing inside of it.
"OH, DON'T YOU TELL ME TO-." Summer was interrupted.
"Summer, just shut up, kay?" Sophie blurted out.
Taylor took over, "Seth, put Ryan on."
"Wait-," Seth fumbled with his cell phone before managing to put it on speaker phone, "Okay, we can both hear you guys now" Seth finished.
Taylor nodded towards Sophie and Summer. Bribe time.
"Here's the deal, guys." Taylor began, "You see, you two kinda broke your promise to us. You ran away, when you promised that you would fulfil out every wish. But, being the little weasels that you are, you both did a half-assed job, and then decided to bail." The boys sniggered in the background.
Summer took over, "Yeah, you guys think that's funny, huh?"
"Well...yeah." Ryan spat out in between laughter, as the boys continued to be crippled with laughter.
"Yeah, you know it is kind of funny." Taylor said sarcastically.
Summer continued, "You know what, it kinda is, and it will be five times funnier when the little dance that you two performed is suddenly made public. Very, very public." Summer held back giggles as she heard... silence on the other end of the phone.
As soon as Ryan and Seth heard Summer's answer, the car came to a screeching halt.
"Excuse me?" Ryan asked, trying to grasp the concept that their little dance was about to be seen by a huge amount of people if they didn't do something as soon as possible.
"What the hell's that supposed to mean?" Seth said breathlessly out of shock.
"Oh, so NOW you care!" Taylor retorted.
"You heard me..." Summer continued, "You guys come back home immediately, or we let it slip. I know what you're going to say, Cohen, 'I don't have the guts', right? Think again. I am so far into a rage blackout right now, I could seriously push you two off a cliff. And conveniently, there would be a busy highway at the bottom."
"Okay, ouch. We'll be home in a few minutes... just don't do anything." Ryan reasoned.
"Get your asses back here. Over and out." Summer hung up the phone and placed it on the counter. The three girls smiled at each other and exchanged hi-fives.
"Okay girls, let's put this plan into action."
Sunday, 5:50pm
"Okay, are we all ready to go? Taylor, Sophie, everything going to plan?"
Summer, Taylor and Sophie were almost ready for the boys' arrival back home. Taylor and Sophie had just been printing out hundreds of photos of the boys dancing around like pretty little princesses. The photos were their ammo, as Seth would put it. They had also been coming up with a list of websites they could post the photos and videos of the boys that they'd uploaded from the camera. So far they had come up with YouTube, Photobucket, Piczo, and MySpace. In fact they were so proud of themselves for coming up with the MySpace idea, that they had already started making an account for the boys. Their screen name was 'Pretty Perfect Dancing Princesses' and the design was full of love hearts, smiley faces, and fairies. Oh yeah, the boys were going to be SO sorry.
"Yep, photos and videos uploaded, and flyers printed, we have the power to put them on the internet at any time. All we need to do is press a button! Isn't it exciting to have all the power?" Summer and Sophie looked at Taylor. She was crazy, and she would never change. Taylor continued, "Oh, and I also decided that it would be pretty funny if I printed off a huge photo of the boys to hang in the hallway! I'm pretty sure I saw a spare picture frame in one of the cupboards in the pool house." Taylor's eyes were wide with the excitement of having so much power. Just as Taylor finished the front door swung open and the boys came running into the kitchen.
Seth and Ryan stopped in front of the girls sitting at the bench. In between huffing and puffing they managed to get their words out. "Okay, okay we're here..." Seth paused to breathe, "What do we have to do?"
Summer got up out of her chair and began to pace back and forth in front of the boys. "You two left. YOU LEFT. You two made a promise, and you broke it knowingly. And you think you can just jump into your little car and speed off, and get away with it. THINK AGAIN. So here's what's going to happen. You two are going to do exactly as I say, or Taylor's going to push a button on that laptop that could mean embarrassment for the rest of your lives. Or at least the year. You two are idiots for running. Where did you guys get to anyway? It's not like you could've just stepped outside. People would have been in stitches."
Seth and Ryan both sighed. "We went to McDonalds. We did the drive through, cos we were too embarrassed to go inside in our costumes. They still laughed at us, though." Seth hung his head.
"Wait before we say anything else, what have you guys got on that laptop?" Ryan questioned as he looked at Seth nervously.
"Well, we uploaded the photos and videos of you two dancing and singing, and at the push of a button, Taylor over there can post them on YouTube, MySpace, Piczo, and Photobucket." Taylor folded her arms proudly.
"Oh crap."
"Here's what you're going to do. You two will be our servants for the rest of the week, or it's hello princesses for the whole population of MySpace."
The boys looked at each other and then spoke in unison: "NO."
"What?"
"We refuse to be your servants." Ryan explained.
"You asked for it. Hit it Taylor."
Taylor put their new MySpace up online with the click of a button.
"Hello MySpace" Taylor said with a smile. "What's next Sum?"
"Woah, woah, you guys actually put it up. Oh my God. We thought you were just all talk and no go. Holy crap, dude" Seth looked at Ryan with a shocked look in his eyes.
"Oh God." Ryan agreed.
"If you boys don't agree soon, you're video's going to be up on YouTube before you can say 'five stars.'" Summer threatened.
"Okay, wait." Seth held up his hand to stop Taylor. "Let's make a deal."
"Oh hell no, we're not that stupid. You guys obviously won't be fair." Summer said, hands on hips.
"No, this time it will work entirely in your favour." Seth reasoned.
"Keep going." Taylor pushed.
"Okay, as long as you don't put the video or anymore pictures up on the web, you can do whatever you want with them... Anything." Seth suggested.
"Yeah, you can post them all over Newport if you want." Ryan finished.
Summer decided that the deal was fair. "You know what... that's a good idea. I have a great idea of where we can put a picture. Come on girls." Summer summoned Sophie and Taylor out of the kitchen. As soon as they had left the boys rushed over to the laptop to try and undo the damage that had been done on MySpace.
Suddenly Summer called from the hall: "Oh, and don't even try to delete the MySpace page...you need a password."
Sunday, 6:42pm
"Is it done yet?.. Come on I can't hold your weight on my back forever, not that you're fat or anything. Ah, I think I'm having a hernia."
The girls had come up with the best place to put a picture of the boys up: In the Cohen hallway, so that it could be seen by anyone entering or exiting the house. At the moment, Taylor was sitting on Summer's shoulders, attempting to hang the picture on the wall, or, rather, attach the picture to the wall. They had decided that if they just hung it, the boys could easily take it down. But drilling it to the wall would definitely yield that result. Taylor drilled away as Summer carried her and Sophie looked on.
"Try taking it down now bitches!" Taylor exclaimed proudly. Oh yeah, the girls had won this time.
Thanks for reading everyone! Please review. Next chapter: The boys get a phone call from Sandy and Kirsten, and a few bad comments on MySpace. Also, a trip to the hospital is in the near future of CMM Thanks, guys!