JATP One-Shots

10- The Pranks Pt. 4

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Summary: Carlos and Reggie team up to prank the others

Setting: Molina household 2021

Warnings: None

Words: 1,125

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After Julie and the Phantoms played the Orpheum, Carlos revealed to his sister that he knew the secret about her band. Julie was shocked, to say the least, but impressed that Carlos was able to figure it out. She formally introduced Carlos to the boys a few days later. They all loved Carlos like a little brother, especially Reggie who could be found talking with the boy any chance he could get without Ray becoming suspicious. The pranks started not long after Reggie and Carlos met. They were always harmless and in good fun, but both boys knew they needed to increase their infamy. They devised four perfect pranks. One for each of their friends.

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After the failed prank against Luke, the duo decided to take an easier route with their prank against Ray. Carlos was not very happy with the fact that he had to wake up super early in the morning in order to successfully pull off this prank, but when Reggie gently poked him awake with his signature pen the boy begrudgingly got up. The boys walked downstairs and immediately got to work setting up the prank they planned for Ray. They pulled all the cups and bowls out of the cupboards that they could find. They placed them all next to the sink and got to work. Reggie stood in front of the sink and Carlos between him and the kitchen island. Reggie filled the first cup with water and held it out for Carlos to grab. Carlos grabbed the floating cub before covering the top with a piece of cardboard that he had pulled from the recycling the night before. He flipped the cup upside down before placing it on the kitchen island and pulling the cardboard out from under it. There was some water that spilled out, but Carlos was quick to wipe it up with a towel from the drawer on his left. Both boys let out a small cheer at the first success of their prank careful not to wake the others in the house. After about the first ten cups the boys had gotten into a rhythm and not twenty minutes later every counter in the kitchen, including the island, was covered with upside-down cups, coffee mugs, and bowls full of water. The boys did a quick high-five before Carlos went back upstairs and Reggie returned to the studio.
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A few hours later Carlos was awoken to his name being yelled throughout the house. He quickly ran downstairs to see his very angry father standing in the doorway between the living room and the kitchen with his arms crossed. Carlos looked past his father and saw his sister standing there with her hand over her mouth trying to stifle a laugh.

"Care to explain why all of the cups and bowls are on the counter and why I can see some of them are full of water?" his father asked.

"It's a prank! Gotcha!" Carlos said with an innocent smile.

His father let out a chuckle. " I have to go take a shower before work, but by the time I get back down here I expect all these cups and water to be cleaned up and put away," Ray said walking towards the stairs. Carlos sighed as he moved to grab a towel to start cleaning up.

"Why do you always pick pranks that require major clean up that you know you'll have to do?" Julie asked before her face light up with an idea. Before her brother could respond to her question Julie hastily started pushing all the cups she could reach over, causing the seal between the cup and the counter to break and water to spill everywhere.

"Hey!" Carlos yelled. "Stop! I have to clean this up!" He tried to stop his sister but seeing as she was older he didn't have much power. Suddenly he saw his sister rise into the air as she attempted to flail her arms that were now pinned to her sides by the mysterious force that Carlos assumed was one of the ghosts.

"Reggie stop! Put me down!" Julie yelled kicking her feet. There was a brief pause before she spoke again. "Okay, Okay! I'll help him clean up." Julie laughed as the ghost, Carlos now knew to be Reggie, set her down. As soon as her feet hit the ground Julie took off running towards her bedroom. Carlos sighed knowing he would have to clean the rest of the kitchen by himself. He was shocked to see the drawer on the other side of the island open and a towel begin to float in the air. Reggie started to help soak up the water that covered the kitchen.

"Thanks, Reggie!" Carlos said with a smile.

Reggie grabbed the mini whiteboard that the Molina's used to leave notes for each other off the fridge before writing, "No problem! It was my prank too ya know :)"

"I guess you're right," Carlos chuckled.

"Maybe we should take Julie's advice and stop pulling pranks that require us to do so much cleaning afterward?" Reggie wrote.

"Yeah probably, but those pranks are the most fun," Carlos responded sadly.

"Who you talking to Carlos?" Ray asked as he walked into the kitchen.

"Oh! U-um nobody just myself," Carlos responded nervously trying not to reveal the secret of the ghost that was stood next to him.

"Ok. Look I know pranks are fun but maybe you should lay off of them for a while? They are sort of interfering with everything," Ray gestured to the kitchen that still had cups laying all over it even though the water was cleaned up.

"Ok, Papi," Carlos said with a sigh. He looked behind his father to see a floating whiteboard with the words "AS IF :P" written across it. Carlos tried to stifle his laughter before returning to his job of picking up the cups and bowls and putting them away in time to have breakfast with his family before his dad had to leave for work.

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So I did't really know how to end this one but ya! This is the end of the The Pranks mini-series. I really hope you enjoyed it! I need some interaction between Carlos and the boys now that he knows about them if we get a season two!

Tomorrow I will post another one-shot with Claudia, set pre-1995, called The Gift. Until then please vote and comment! I really want to hear your guys' thoughts and opinions on the things I am writing.

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Until Tomorrow Fantoms!