“Peter! Come down here right now!”Peter’s mom yelled from the living room.
He stood too soon and banged his head on his desk.
“Darn . . . Yea, mom, in a minute!”he replied.
Allan just shook his head and said, “Your system is so fried. What did you do?”
“Nothing. I just clicked a link and it just went blue,”Peter replied.
“But we need to change our report cards, like tonight,”Allan warned.
For a long time, Peter and Allan covered up their vigilante endeavors by shutting off their school’s phone lines, internet, and manipulate their report cards.
Unfortunately, it didn’t seem to work as smoothly this time around.
“Peter! Allan! Now!”Mrs.Starr yelled.
They both got up and went downstairs.
“Mrs.Starr, babysitting is for girls, not guys,”Allan pointed out.
“Don’t you start. This mom gets you your fifty dollars every Christmas. Watching over someone’s kids is the least you can do.”
He just rolled his eyes.
Allan Driscoll has been part of the Starr family for forever. His parents are always working so he would always hang out with Peter until dinner after school.
Bobby, Peter’s five year old brother, ran up to Peter and punched him in the gut.
“What was that for?”Peter asked.
“You never gave me back my mentos!”Bobby said, angrily.
“Well . . . I will buy you another pack in no time.”
“You said that last time about the Pringles.”
“I promise.”
Bobby still looked at Peter doubtfully. Peter has been borrowing Bobby’s stuff for his plans and never actually gives the back. One time, he even broke Bobby’s expensive remote control helicopter by accident.
The doorbell rang out in the house.
“They’re here,”Mrs.Starr announced, excitedly.
Allan opened the door to reveal a man with two skinny kids.
Gosh, does he even fed his kids? Peter thought.
“Hello Mrs.Starr. Sorry for dropping in last minute,”the man said.
“Anytime Calvin,”Mrs.Starr replied.
“Where’s your husband?”
“Oh, working late at the computer shop.”
As the two parents were talking, Peter observed the two skinny kids who he knew were Paul and Asia. Paul seemed to be a little small for a seven year old and looked like a twig. So was his sister who was even more thinner. Their dad, however, is totally normal and even on the tall side. Paul sported ice blue eyes while Asia had a deep emerald. Paul had a slight mix of brown and blonde, while Asia had auburn hair. Not to mention, the coat of freckles they had, thanks to Allan for noticing that.
After the parent’s conversation, Mr.Haddock bent down to hug his ids. When he left, Mrs.Starr eyed Peter to start ‘sitting’.
“Hey, um, I’m Peter and this is my friend Allan,”Peter said nervously.
Paul and Asia just stared at them.
“Okay . . ., um who’s hungry?”Peter continued.
“No, no, Peter, you are doing it all wrong. You have to go like this. Hey! Do you want to pig out on some junk food and drinks?”Allan said.
