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Pranks ➸ Jack/Katherine

(A/n- Woah two chappies in one day? Well butter me up cause I'm on a roll! One of my fav headcannons is that Sarah and Katherine are really good friends and they love pranks. Another headcannon that is important to the story- I like to think of Medda as Jack's foster mom and Crutchie as his lil' brother. I'm actually somewhat proud of this one. So yeah, enjoy!)

Jack, Katherine, Davey, and Sarah all sat at a table eating lunch in their school's cafeteria. It was freshman year and Jack introduced his best friend Davey, and Davey's sister Sarah, to his girlfriend Katherine. They all got along pretty well and would often meet up somewhere and goof off for hours on end. Katherine and Sarah already loved pulling pranks as is, so when they met their pranks were suddenly double the punch.

It was a cloudy Saturday and Sarah was walking to Katherine's house to discuss their prank plans for the next day. Jack had texted the group chat they were all in saying they could all come over to his house on Sunday to hang out.

Sarah knocked on Katherine's front door to be greeted by her mom.
"Hi Sarah! Katherine should be in her room, I'm assuming that's what you're here for." She said with a grin. "Yep!" Sarah chirped as she took off he shoes and ran upstairs.

She knocked on the door and heard Katherine shout a "Come in!" As usual she was sitting at her desk, which was scattered with a few books and quite a bit of paper, writing. "Sarah!" She said excitedly, giving her friend a hug. The atmosphere shifted to a somewhat serious one as they sat on Katherine's bed about to discuss their plans.

"So," Katherine started wasting no time and grabbing a pencil and sheet of paper, "This would be pretty mediocre but I've got this brown hair clip that when it's open, looks just like a spider." Sarah nodded thoughtfully "That would be mediocre, but if we placed it on the back of a couch or something it would probably get them real good!"

They sat there brainstorming when suddenly Sarah squealed. "I have got the best idea ever!" Katherine looked at her expectantly, excitement shining in her eyes. "If we're gonna be at Jack's then we'll probably be in the basement right?" Katherine nodded. "Which has a ceiling fan," Sarah continued, "And it just so happens that I have some spare glitter." She grinned. The idea dawned on Katherine as she wrote it down quickly. "That's genius, Sarah! But how do we get the glitter on top of the blades?"

Sarah pondered this. "We can find a chair or something and hope we don't fall?" Katherine rolled her eyes "That's reassuring." They both laughed as they came up with more ideas. Hours slipped away and Sarah realized it was almost dinner time. "I should be heading out, my parents want me back in about twenty minutes." Katherine sighed "Alright, we did get a lot done though. Remember what you have to bring tomorrow okay?" They walked down the steps and to the front door. Sarah nodded as she got her shoes on. "Yeah yeah I know. See you tomorrow, partner in crime!" Katherine waved and smiled, she couldn't wait for tomorrow.

The next day

"Heya guys!" Jack opened the door to see Katherine, Sarah, and Davey. Katherine and Sarah both had drawstring bags and were trying to hide playful grins, while Davey just shook his head. They all stepped inside and Jack noticed the drawstring bags. He raised an eyebrow "What's with those?" Almost in sync, Katherine and Sarah cheerfully responded with a "Nothing!" Which just raised Jack's suspicions even more.

"You guys can head down to the basement, I'll go raid the kitchen." Jack laughed, as Katherine and Sarah scampered away to the direction of the basement, giggling. Davey, being probably the only responsible person there, gave Jack a look. "Aren't your mom and brother home?" Jack shook his head cheerfully "Nah they won't be back for at least a few hours!" Davey groaned, causing Jack to laugh again. "Lighten up Dave! Oh and keep an eye on Kath and Sarah, I've got a feeling we may or may not fall victim to some of their pranks today." Davey rolled his eyes "Of course we will."