Hey! It's been a while. I'm really super sorry. I just wanted these last few chapters perfect! I hope you enjoy it! No, I haven't gotten the rights for the Hardy Boys, it was only a dream:) It's a little bit shorter, but the next two are long!

Chapter 18

"LONG!" Joe Hardy complained to his brother as they entered their house after school. "This day has been so boring and I can't wait until tonight!"

"How did your test go?" Kailey asked from the couch. She and Mr. Hardy were just relaxing and watching T.V.

The boys shrugged off their winter attire and took places in the living room. Then Franks answered, "Well, I think that my exam went alright. I think I knew everything. The teacher sets it up with ten multiple choice then the rest of it is essay questions."

"Blah, blah, blah. Frank, she really doesn't want to hear the details of your HISTORY test. It's boring."

"Are you sure you're not just voicing your opinion and assuming that's her concern?" Frank asked.

"Ahhh, you got me!" Joe exclaimed, pretending to be stabbed in the chest and dramatically slumped over. Frank and Fenton just rolled their eyes. Kailey laughed, those boys never ceased to crack her up.

"Well, I guess since your dead you won't be needing any hot chocolate. Why don't the two alive teenagers join me in the kitchen," Mrs. Hardy said after watching the interaction in the front room.

Frank and Kailey stood up, holding their sides, they were laughing so much. Joe also began to rise but was stopped by his father holding up his crutch to block his path. "Why don't you so kindly get me some? I've always wanted a zombie servant son. They don't need to be fed, so in all I'd save a lot of money."

The cackles in the kitchen rose, while Joe's face turned a little pink. He didn't understand how everything seemed to backfire on him, especially when they were just innocent and regular gestures or comments. So Joe played along, "Yes sir," he said saluting his father and walked away saying, "your humble zombie son will return momentarily."

Mrs. Hardy smiled at her younger son's antics as he walked like Frankenstein into the kitchen, letting out moans and creaks every step. The others two kids were in fits of laughter at the table. Teenagers, what could she really do about them? "Here you go," she said handing a mug to him.

"Wait where's mine?" Joe asked with an incredulous look.

"It'll be ready when you get back. I can only warm up so much water in this pan," Laura replied.

"Ugh, okay," he dragged his feet to the family room and back.

"Thank you darling, now go take a seat and tell me about your day."

"I did NOT want to get up this morning.."

"That's for sure," Frank whispered to Kailey.

His brother rolled his eyes and continued, "And Frank knocked me off my bed and gave me like five minutes before we had to leave. The teachers spent all class shoving more information into our ears before finals. I don't want to look at notebook paper ever again."

"Well, I'm sure you learned a lot son," Mrs. Hardy replied as she also took a seat at the table. "How was your test Frank?"

"Overall I believe I did well."

"That's fantastic! I was worried when you didn't get that much time to prepare last night."

"I woke up plenty early this morning to go over notes. Also, the test wasn't until last period, so I spent most of the day studying when I wasn't completely immersed in the lectures."

"Oh," Kailey said before asking, "Why did you have a test right before finals?"

"We had to still do work over Thanksgiving and we have tests every two weeks, so we had to have a test today. We only need to prepare for the AP exam the rest of this semester."

"Don't worry you'll do fine," declared Joe. "You've been studying like crazy for this class all year."

"Thanks bro," Frank said patting him on the back as he got up to leave.

"No problem, that's what I'm here for, to give you support."

"And witty remarks," Kailey added.

Mrs. Hardy giggled. Kailey was fitting in perfectly around here, she thought. The rest of the afternoon was spent with most of them in front of the TV, relaxing after a trying week.

A couple hours later the three teens found themselves at the infamous pizza parlor in Bayport.

"So life is never boring for you Hardys, is it?" Biff joked.

Frank, Kailey, and Joe had just taken their seats.

"No, not really," Joe answered, "But that's how we like it." He slapped his brother on the back, grinning from ear to ear.

"Oh, Joe you say that now, but if I recall you were complaining earlier, wasn't he Kailey?" Frank retorted.

"Yeah, but he's always complaining about something, isn't he?" Kailey remarked

"So true," Callie agreed, snuggling closer to Frank.

"Hey, now don't go ganging up on me," Joe said defensively.

"We'd never do that," joked Chet. Joe just rolled his eyes at his friends.

About that time Tony came over to take their order.

"Aii! T—onyyyy! How ya doin'?"

"Yeah Tony can I have a pizza pie?"

Tony just rolled his eyes at his friends' antics, they would never cease to tease.

"Alright, alright, calm down. What kind of 'pizza pie' do you want?"

Biff took the initiative, "Can we have two medium pizzas, one everything and one pepperoni."

"Is that good for everyone?" Tony asked the six other teens.

Phil finally spoke up, "Yeah, just hurry up and fill in the order before these smart guys say anything else, and like change their mind."

There were a whole bunch of "heys" and both Chet and Biff gave him a punch on the shoulder, which led to more goofing off. Tony just walked away, shaking his head.

"So Kailey, what do you think of the Hardy life? Exciting? Terrifying? Ridiculous?" Biff asked in a story-telling tone.

Everyone looked at her, smiling at the enthusiasm with which directed the question. "Well, it wasn't exactly quite what I had expected to come up for a visit to one of my dad's old friend's family."

"I'll bet," said Callie, "those two really get into crazy shenanigans all the time."

Frank looked at his girlfriend, "What are you trying to say, you don't like us getting into all of that stuff?"

"Oooh" was had in an mocking and instigating manner by some of the guys.

"Well," Callie drew out. "I don't like the fact that I have no idea if you two are ever going to be okay with all the dangerous situations you get yourself into. It's a bit nerve racking and you as well as Joe treat it so nonchalantly."

Frank paused before replying, unsure if she was joking or seriously arguing. Sometimes he could never tell. "Sorry, next time before we get into something, I'll let you know! It's not like I exactly like being stuck with this dufus in precarious situations." He pointed at his brother.

"Hey! Now!" Joe replied, relieving the tension that had just grown between the couple.

"Seriously Joe, are you really the most graceful or think before going into certain situations?" Chet asked.

"Well, sometimes I do. At least I've gotten out alive," Joe defended himself, giving a half smile.

Wanting to keep the topic of conversation light, Kailey jumped in, "What kind of crazy situations are you guys referring to?"

"We'll be here all night," Phil commented, getting the whole table to laugh.

"Where to start?" Biff wondered.

"Well, there was this one time wasn't there?" Callie began. "Weren't we at a party at your barn Chet and Joe chased after someone he thought was breaking into his car?"

"OH Yeah!" Chet exclaimed.

"He got himself kidnapped, we drove all night like crazy trying to find him," Frank added.

"Yeah, didn't we eventually find him tied up in a cave after a few days or something?" Phil looked at his peers for acknowledgment.

"Yeah, it was pretty crazy."

"Whoa! So this happens on a regular basis?" Kailey asked extremely surprised that civilians would willingly jump in these kinds of situations.

"Kind of," Callie replied. "Not all of them are that bad, some cases they take are extremely interesting."

"Like what?"

"Well, there was this one case where there was this electronics genius who had all locks to his house hidden and…"

"Oh yeah," Joe interrupted, "Didn't he work for the FBI?"

"Yep, and he made this one device that could undo any security system," Frank added.

"Whoa, that's crazy!" Kailey stated.

"Yeah, you know what's even crazier, he made friends with this one guy, who turned out to be a criminal and stole it from him after he died."

"Intense," Kailey responded, "anything else?"

"There was this one case where these buffoons mistook Biff and I for Frank and Joe," Chet told her.

"Oh I remember that!" Biff responded. "Weren't we brought to an island or something, it was around your costume party, wasn't it Callie?"

"Yeah, I think so," Callie replied. "It was one of your earlier cases, wasn't it?"

"Yep," Frank agreed.

"The best part was getting recaptured after these two bozos came to spring us," Chet joked.

"Oh, come on Chester," Joe pleaded, "We got you two out of there eventually."

"With the help of the police, if I remember correctly," Biff added

"Man, oh man, were Iola and I worried about you guys!" Callie commented.

"Yeah I bet you were," Joe mentioned quietly.

The table was taken over by an awkward silence as the friends alternated glancing between Joe and Chet.

Kailey wasn't quite sure what to make of their odd behavior, but decided she'd need to break the ice. "I can't believe you guys do crazy stuff like that all the time! I can't believe your parents let you!"

"Aw, shucks, Kailey," Biff began, "What do you take us for?... Idiots? We tone down the story for them."

"Or the elaborate a little too much on it for us," Callie joked.

"Hey now, really?" Frank looked at his girlfriend. "That stuff really happens."

"Yeah, but I do think these fellows, Kailey, go a little overboard when describing my antics," Joe said with a small grin while leaning into the table.

"Oh! Come off it!" Chet commented.

"Yeah! You do ridiculous things all the time that we've seen with our own eyes. Don't believe him Kailey. Frank has told us real accounts of some of his lucky breaks, but that's all that they are," Phil added.

"What are you guys referring to? I'm the brains of the duo!" Joe said smirking at his brother.

Rolling his eyes at the loudness of his friend's table, Tony walked over with another waiter and the pizzas. "Anybody hungry?"

"Me! Me! Me!" shouted the teens, attacking the pies like seagulls.

Tony rolled his eyes and quickly shuffled away in embarrassment. At least they would quiet down for a little bit, he thought.

The rest of the conversation was jovial and last another thirty minutes. Then Phil got a text from his mom, urging him to drive home now, so that he'd be safe and wouldn't arrive home too late. Biff and Chet trickled out soon after. It was just the two detectives, Callie and Kailey.

"Bye Tony! I hope we didn't scare off all your customers tonight!" Callie said heading for the door.

"Nope, amazingly enough, people just started to block you guys out," Tony replied.

"Or the elderly folk just removed their hearing aids," Kailey remarked, causing the other teens to break out into laughter.

"True that!" Joe managed to get out.

"You fit in just fine!" Tony exclaimed.

"Thanks!" Kailey replied.

"Alright let's go!" Frank said looking at his watch. They didn't need to worry their parents anymore this week.

The four of them walked out with no problems getting into their respective vehicles and travelled home.

As it was late, Mr. and Mrs. Hardy just said "good night" and wished them a good night's sleep. Exhaustion seemed to overwhelm the three teens as their heads hit the pillows. There was nothing worrying them because they had the weekend ahead of them.

A/N: Please review! Two more chapters! Which will be up shortly! Can you think of which stories am I referring to?