Hello, everyone. I thought I should tell you that chapters 5-8 will focus on Jodie and DJ while chapters 9-12 will focus on Stephanie and Michelle, so if you're wondering where Michelle and Stephanie are during all of this, they will have their own chapters, so they will show up again soon.
Disclaimer: I do not own the TV series Full House or its characters. The character Jodie Tanner was an idea given to me by Movies And TV Shows AU.
Jodie was almost, but not quite, six years old, and DJ was twelve the first time they tried coffee.
Danny had very strict rules about caffeine; most of the time, he only allowed his children to drink non-caffeinated beverages, including non-caffeinated soda, although he allowed them one soda containing caffeine a week (except for Michelle, who wasn't allowed caffeine at all). Coffee was completely off limits.
Sometimes Jodie and DJ wondered why he bothered to make rules at all, knowing the two sisters would just break them.
Jodie and DJ listened to the groaning of the coffee maker, hoping it didn't wake Joey, who was sleeping in the basement. They watched as it filled with pitch black, steaming liquid, and as the coffee maker clicked off, DJ poured an ounce of coffee into two mugs before the two girls curiously tried it.
Their faces scrunched up at the bitter taste of black coffee, and Jodie coughed, quietly.
"This needs something," Jodie realized, and she crossed the tiled floor, grabbing the sugar container off of the counter and returning to DJ's side.
"Good thinking," DJ complimented as Jodie poured a few spoonfuls into the coffee. "Not enough," DJ added before snatching the sugar container away from the younger girl and turning it upside down, pouring the entirety of the contents into the coffee and mixing it with a giant spoon, usually used for stirring soup or pasta at dinner time.
Jodie nodded with a smile. "Perfect."
DJ poured some into her mug before giving some to Jodie.
"All right," DJ stated. "Let's add some competition into the mix. The last one to finish theirs has to…"
"Do the others chores for a month," Jodie finished.
DJ nodded. "It's a bet," she said before clinking her mug against Jodie's. "One, two, three, go!"
Both of the sisters chugged the steaming hot liquid at an amazing (and possibly dangerous, considering how much sugar and caffeine was in one mug of this stuff) rate, but DJ beat Jodie by seconds.
"I win," DJ cheered, quietly.
"Let's go again. This time, the loser has to give the other their desserts for the next two weeks," Jodie offered.
"You're on," DJ agreed before they poured another cup for each of them.
With dessert at stake, Jodie practically swallowed all of her coffee in one gulp.
This went on for another half an hour until the entire pot of coffee was gone, and the caffeine-induced hyperactivity was beginning to set in, made obvious by the girls' extreme fidgeting.
The kitchen light flickered on, and DJ and Jodie's heads snapped up to see their father standing in the doorway.
"Girls, what on earth? It's the middle of the night," Danny admonished. "Are you drinking coffee? You know coffee is off limits."
Jodie laughed. "No coffee is a rule, and we're rule breakers. Did you expect any differently?" Jodie asked, her words blurring together as she began bouncing up and down and tapping her fingers.
Danny sighed. "Now you're going to be hyper for the next few hours."
DJ nodded. "Yep!" she agreed.
Danny pursed his lips. "What to do, what to do… girls, while you're hyper, I want you to use that energy for something useful, like… cleaning the entire downstairs," he said, handing Jodie a broom. "After tomorrow, you will no longer be punished."
"Really?" DJ squawked in disbelief, jumping and down like a rocket about to take off.
"Trust me, tomorrow is going to be punishment enough," Danny stated before watching as the girls began running around the room, cleaning. He half expected them to start spinning like mini tornadoes as he sat at the kitchen table and supervised them while they cleaned.
"Dad, can't we stay home from school today?" an exhausted DJ begged the following morning as she practically fell asleep in her eggs.
Danny shook his head. "You girls broke the rules by drinking the coffee. It's time to suffer the consequences. Now, go grab your bags. The bus will be here soon."
DJ and Jodie groaned as they dragged themselves to their feet and reluctantly left the room to fetch their bags and jackets to get ready for one of the hardest days of school they had had so far.
"Fitting punishment," Jesse told Danny.
Danny nodded. "They drank the coffee and got all fidgety and hyper. Now, they have to suffer the exhaustion called the sugar and caffeine crash... while attending school."
Joey high fived Danny. "Good job. I'm sure they won't be getting in the coffee any time soon."
Danny sipped his own cup of coffee, thoughtfully. "No, they won't," he agreed.
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