A/N: Modern AU

"I thought we weren't allowed to have any more game nights?"

"Jack changed his mind. Something about 'we're more mature now'."

Romeo scoffed. "Yeah right. Race, you can't go two hours without getting into an argument 'bout something."

Race rolled his eyes at his brother and ignored the comment, pulling the dusty games out of the just as dusty cabinet.

"Hey, where's Apples to Apples?" Race asked, poking his head inside the cabinet and looking around.

"Jack banned that. Remember last time?" Romeo reminded.

Race replayed the memory in his head, before waving it off. "Ah it's fine. I know where Jack puts all the 'banned' stuff. Like Jack said. We're mature now."

Romeo groaned before following his brother up the stairs and to the attic.

The two boys were trying to prepare for a 'Family Game Night' that Jack had called to order minutes prior. Last time the boys had a game night Jack banned it for reasons that no one is allowed to speak of. He also banned several of the games for good reasons, but as Race said, he knew where all those were.

They reached the attic and Romeo followed Race to a corner. Race lifted a sheet and pulled out a sandy box. Race blew the dust off causing the two boys to cough.

The dust cleared and the label read, 'Apples to Apples'. Race grinned and grabbed Scrabble, Twister, and Candy Land as well. Yep, Candy Land. The boys didn't care that it was a toddlers' game, they loved it.

"I still think this is a bad idea," Romeo mumbled, following Race back downstairs.

"Aw c'mon, Rome, live a little. Jack's not gonna care."

Two hours later the boys and Swift had dug up almost any game they could find in the Lodge and were now arguing over which to play first. The door opened causing a few of them to stop arguing and turn.

Jack, a four month pregnant Katherine, and Rose walked in, all grinning and laughing at something one of them had said.

Jack's eyes fell upon the pile of games and his smile faded, replaced by a glare at Race and Romeo.

"I thought we banned Apples to Apples, Scrabble, Twister, and Candyland," he asked the boys.

"Jack you said yourself. We'se matured. We can handle these games," Crutchie said.

"But last time with the-."

"We agreed to never speak of that!" Mush shouted, his face turning red.

Katherine and Rose glanced at each other then back at the group.

"You don't want to know," Davey told the girls, as his and the other boys faces reddened as well, recalling the memory.

"Anyway, Jack that was in the past. You said it yourself we matured. We gots this!" Buttons said.

Jack was really regretting saying that. But he sighed and said, "Fine."

The boys and Swift cheered and. resumed their argument about what game to begin with.

"Alright, alright. Hey. HEY! Listen up! Rose is the guest tonight so she gets to pick what game we start with," Jack said and Rose turned pink as the group turned to her.

"Uh, do you guys have Twister?" she asked.

Henry held the game up and Rose grinned. "Let's play that one. It's my favorite."

The boys that had been arguing to do Twister first cheered and Henry set it up.

You see, the original Twister mat sort of got ruined because it doesn't exactly fit sixteen teenagers, so they made their own.

Basically they got a tarp and spray painted the circles on. But hey, it worked. "Are we playing Newsies Twister or regular?" Jack asked, grabbing one end of the tarp. He and Henry spread it out.

"Don't say Newsies Twister. Don't say Newsies Twister. Don't say Newsies Twister," Davey begged under his breath.

"Let's play Newsies Twister!" Crutchie said.

Davey groaned as the boys cheered and Albert ran to get the 'supplies'.

"What's Newsies Twister?" Rose whispered to Davey.

He started to explain when Albert came running back with shaving cream and food dye, making Rose's eyes widen. Soon she got the idea and grinned, enjoying the game.

Davey joined in as well, but will deny he joined because Rose asked him to.

Katherine wasn't able to play and neither was Crutchie, so the two watched and kept track of who fell and called them out just to make sure they didn't try to get back up.

After a very messy three rounds of Newsie Twister, they played Apples to Apples, much to Jack's dismay. He didn't like the game because of what happened last time. ("Don't speak of it!" Mush shouted.)

Apples to Apples was banned once again, but this time because of Albert and Henry. The two had clearly planned it, but it still took everything in Jack to keep him from burning the game.

Next was Candyland. Jack couldn't remember why they banned this game, the only reason he could think of was that it always caused fights to breakout between the boys where someone would end up with a broken nose or busted lip and black eye.

Thankfully that didn't happen this time, but he almost thought it would between Race and Specs.

Anyway, the next game they played was Truth or Dare. Katherine wasn't sure if this counted as game, but to the boys it did so she let it be.

"Remember guys. No personal Truth questions and no inappropriate Dares," Jack said before sitting next to Katherine.

The boys and Swift nodded, murmuring their agreements.

"Alright I'm going first! Race, truth or dare?" Les asked.

Race didn't miss a beat as he answered, "Dare."

"Go eat the expired Cheetos in the cabinet," Les grinned mischievously.

Race matched Les' grin and left for the kitchen, returning a few minutes later munching on a bag of Cheetos. A few of the boys made gagging noises. It was over four months expired.

"Anyway. I'm next. Crutch, truth or dare?" Romeo asked.

Crutchie tossed the question around in his head for a second before saying, "Truth."

"Who was your first kiss?" Romeo asked.

Crutchie turned red. "Does that count as a personal question?" he asked Jack.

Jack was snickering and shook his head. "Nope."

Crutchie scowled at his best friend before saying, "I haven't had my first kiss yet."

Much to Crutchie's surprise, none of the boys really reacted to this and they continued the game.

"Specs, truth or dare?" Race asked, his mouth full of Cheetos.

Specs wasn't really sure which was to choose. With Race, it could be bad either way. "Tru- no, dare!" he corrected himself.

Race grinned evilly and Specs immediately regretted his decision. Race glanced at the window and did a double take before his grin widened.

"Go stand out in the rain for three minutes," he said.

Specs shrugged and stood. It wasn't as bad as he thought. He was so wrong. It wasn't regular rain. It was freezing rain. For whatever reason the weather didn't understand the word 'Autumn'.

He came back in three minutes later freezing.

"M-M-My turn-n. El-Elmer. Truth or d-d-dare," Specs shivered, taking back his seat next to Mush.

Elmer thought for a second. He knew Specs well enough to know he wouldn't do anything too horrible, so he said, "Dare."

Specs thought for a moment then said, "Go eat the expired ice cream in the fridge."

Elmer groaned then got up and went to the kitchen.

"My turn! Davey, truth or dare?" Rose asked.

Davey blushed and said, "Truth."

Rose racked her brain for a good question. Finally finding one, she decided not to ask this one in front of the boys and whispered to Jack, "Can the Truth be in private?"

Jack frowned. "What is it?"

Rose whispered him her question and he grinned before nodding.

Rose grabbed Davey's hand and ran upstairs just as Elmer returned with a vanilla ice cream carton.

"Alright while they're doing that, my turn. Kath, truth or dare," Mush asked.

Katherine desperately wanted to pick dare but knew she probably wouldn't be able to do whatever it was because of the baby, so she said, "Truth."

"Is the Kelly offspring a girl or boy?" Mush asked, catching the attention of the rest of the group.

"Nice try, Mush. Not telling until the party," Katherine said and Mush groaned, "It was worth a shot."

Rose and Davey returned, both smiling and sat back down.

"What was her question?" Les asked.

"Does he like me," Rose replied.

"And his answer?" Jack asked.

"Yes," Davey whispered bashfully.

"And are the feelings mutual?" Katherine asked, grinning.

"Yes," Rose repeated, causing a few shouts to erupt in the group such as, "YOU OWE EM $20!"

"Hush!" Jack exclaimed.

"My turn. Jack, truth or dare?" Crutchie asked. "Dare," Jack replied.

Crutchie wasn't the best at picking dared, but he had the perfect one for his best friend. "Got to Spot's place and do a cowboy dance."

Jack wished he picked truth. He groaned and ignored the laughter as he stood and left.

"I'll get it on video for proof!" Romeo shouted, following Jack out the door.

They ended the game five minutes later after Jojo broke the 'no inappropriate Dares' rule and the group began playing Charades instead.

An hour later, Jack returned as red as a tomato and Romeo laughing so hard tears were streaming down the young teenager's face.

"I wanna see the video! Let me see!" the boys shouted, stampeding Romeo for his phone.

After the boys saw it, Jack deleted the video.

Anyway, Game Night was ended after they attempted one more round of Apples to Apples. Jack actually did burn the game this time.

Jack now remembered why he'd banned Game Night.

A/N: That turned out longer than I was expecting. Any who, you guys know the drill. Comment good and constructive reviews and vote on Baby Kelly's gender. The next one will be a Thanksgiving special! TTFN!