(Sorry guys, another mini chapter here, but hope you like it! Please read & review! Since I've been having so many shorty chapters, I plan to write more and more chapters ;O Disclamer: I do not own the 39 Clues.)
Chapter 6
Roll Call
"Role call!" Eisenhower Holt bellowed from the driver's seat.
"Mama Holt?" he called from his checklist.
"Right next to you, dear," Mary-Todd Holt reminded her husband sweetly. Eisenhower harrumphed and returned to his clipboard.
"Human Hammer?" Eisenhower shouted.
"Back and center!" Hamilton called from the middle of the back seats.
"Thing One?" Eisenhower called.
"Behind you!" Madison yelled just as Reagan replied," Behind and left!" The twins glared at each other.
"I'm Thing One!" Reagan put her hands on her hips.
"Na-uh, I'm Thing One!" Madison poked Reagan.
"Ow!" Reagan squealed. "Can't you remember anything? We're nicknamed by age and I'm older!" Reagan threw her shoe at Madison.
"But 'M' comes before 'R', so I'm Thing One! That's how I said we were going to do this!" Madison threw both of her shoes at Reagan.
"Hey, stop it back there!" Eisenhower growled. The twins continued to squabble. Madison grabbed a handful of Reagan's hair and yanked. Reagan cried out in pain.
"Ow! My hair!" Reagan fumed.
"I said stop it, girls!" Eisenhower shouted. The girls ignored him.
"Your hair? You're such a baby, Reagan! You've gotten so soft ever since Anthony!" Madison accused.
"Enough!" Mary-Todd yelled. Madison and Reagan stopped fighting and quieted down. The Holt's pit bull, Arnold, lowered his ears and whimpered. Eisenhower broke the silence by starting the engine. He peeled out of the parking spot, smashing cars in front and behind him for good measure, and drove down the street.
Eisenhower announced every stop sign, street sign, and stoplight they passed. Hamilton sat quietly in the backseat, head in hand, and let his eyes roll up to the ceiling of the van. This was going to be a long drive.