We have to make sure Shane doesn't ruin us so here we are, Seth Zoe and I pouring Cooking oil all over the wood on the stairs so when Shane walks down he fall. There's a creak making us stop and exchange a look.

"Here he comes" I whispered at them and usher them down the stairs and we quickly hide behind the coach waiting for Shane to walk down and fall.

We watch from here eagerly for Shane to step the stairs but he then walks away, our faces dropping. Seth bit his lip and glanced at us reassuringly

"He's coming back..." he told us but then we hear Helga's clicking heals and looked up terrified to see her about to walk down carrying a huge laundry basket.

We gasped as she flies down the greased stairs, hitting her head and ass on each step, all the way down.

We flinched as finally Helga hits the bottom with a mighty crash. She screams, as laundry flutters down from above.

We gulped terrified exchanging a look

"Uh-oh" Zoe whispered as we back down on the floor.

~8~

That, I can admit was a bad idea. Helga left after being victim of what we did and that left us with Shane.

We all heard as how Shane and her fought. At the end, Helga won and ran away in the taxi. We all watched from the living room window as he followed the cab.

Zoe, Seth and I exchanged a look siting with the others as Shane walked in

"Okay everybody, listen up. There's been a change of plans. Your mother's not coming back as soon as she expected..."

We all perked out worriedly. Lulu was the first one in breaking the silence

"When is she coming home?"

I looked up at Shane expectantly. He sighed

"Soon. In the meantime, we're just gonna have some more big fun" he told us. I furrowed my eyebrows looking at him sarcastically

"That's what we've been doing? Having fun?" Seth asked in sarcastic confusion. I looked over at my brother and shrugged

"But tomorrow's a school day" Lulu spoke up making me sigh. Shane took Tyler from his crib as we all the children stood up speaking at the same time

"I have wrestling practice" Seth told him

"I need a signed release for Driver's Ed!" Zoe said

"I've got fire flies!" Lulu spoke again

"I have to go to my management class" I added crossing my arms

Shane looks around inundated as we all speak at the same time. I don't even understand what we mean by all of us speaking over the other

"Whoa, WHOA! HALT! We'll take this hill one inch at a time. Only then can we rise to the challenge. All for one, and one for all!"

"High school musical, or what?" I asked sarcastically as Tyler farted, I looked as we knew perfectly he was popping. Shane looked down at Tyler as we quickly walked away.

He's the nanny! He has to take care of it!

~8~

Next morning. A dreaded Monday and school day I wake up first that's everyone as always. I got into a shower and get dressed.

I put on jeans, a silver top and a jean jacket, my straight sandy-brown hair falling down to my middle back. I wear little make up and my bangs covers half of my forehead.

I walked down the stairs humming a song as I reached the fridge in the kitchen. I grabbed orange juice and poured on a glass.

I sit on the table waiting for my siblings to come down. Shane walks inside the kitchen and stares at me with furrowed eyebrows

"What?" I snapped placing rudely my glass on the table

"I thought I'll struggle on waking you up" he told me walking to the counter and taking some tan weird packages and putting them in the table. I raised an eyebrow as he placed some in from of me

"It's Monday" I told him with a duh voice "There's school" I looked down at the MRE tan package. "What is this?" I asked in disgust.

"Breakfast" he informed me and I scoffed seeing my sibling walking in and siting in their respective places at the table. They shot me questioning looks and I raised the package as an answer

They look down too and their expression turns from questionably to confused and disgusted

Shane turned around and clapped his hands once "What are you all waiting for? Dig in?" I tuned out what he said of whatever we were eating and I opened the disgusted package "Don't worry, I can get lots more of those. And I've survived off this stuff for months"

"But we're not you" I pointed out making a face

"Okay, Like I'm really gonna eat all those carbs" Zoe added making a face too

Shane stares at us in frustration. It looks like we're the ones more problems have given him so far. The thought makes me smirk

Lulu smiles smugly "I can cross my eyes, do you wanna see?" She asked

Shane sighs silently looking up sternly "No"

Lulu ignored him and crossed her eyes anyway. I shook my head as she looks at me and then a Tyler. Lulu's crossed eyes making both of us react

Tyler starts crying

"Seriously, Lulu?! What's wrong with you?" I exclaim in exasperation. Lulu smiles at Shane

"Lexi and Tyler hate when I do that" she told at Shane as Tyler keeps crying and I cursing at her. I'd never liked how her eyes moved and making Tyler cry makes me desperate and that leads me to get angry

Shane looks as if he can't believe what we're making him go through "I know how it feels" he said. Suddenly the table cloth is being yanked out slowly throwing everything on the table making me angrier. I exclaimed along with Tyler's screams and Gary's quacks. Peter walks away with the table cloth as Zoe tries to calm me down. Lulu doing the same with Tyler

"Hey, breath. Count to ten, Lex" she told me soothingly as the phone ring. I do what she tells me too and she smiles reassuringly once we don't hear Tyler crying so loudly than before

Shane hung up the phone making me turn to him like the others. Zoe turned in her chair to him smiling innocently

"Who was that?" She asked.

Shane took a deep breath "Your vice principal. He said if you, Alexia and Seth are late again you three are suspended. He wants to see you in his office right away"

I sighed exchanging a look with my brother and sister

~8~

I ran upstairs quickly for my school bag and moments later we were outside the garage waiting for it to stop.

We all have our school bags on us, Shane has Tyler in a snuggle, across his chest he's got a bandoleer of baby-bottles and juice boxes.

I laughed slightly at the face he makes as he looks at mom's white minivan with a bumper sticker declaring "World's Greatest Mom."

"What is this?"

"It's a Minivan" Seth answered with a duh voice. We all get inside the car buckling up. Shane places Tyler on his car seat fumbling with the interlocking buckling. I'm on the passenger seat waiting.

"Excuse me, Mr. Wolfe. If you don't hurry up we're gonna be late for sure" Lulu tells him sweetly

"Not on my watch" he tells her. I looked behind me and raised my eyebrows as he ties the buckles around Tyler in a fancy knot

I rolled my eyes looking back at the front again

"You're gonna be suspended for sure" I nodded in agreement with Lulu's statement

Shane quickly speeds out of the garage backwards at maybe 60 m.p.h.. making all of us scream.

He does a skidding 180 and heads down the street

~8~

At exactly 9:29 AM we reached the suburban high school building. Shane insanely drives into a tiny little parking space. I gasped as soon as we stopped.

I took a shaky, deep breath fumbling with my buckle.

We quickly run towards the vice principal Murney's office just in time as the bell rings.

"Sorry, my fault" Shane says entering with Peter on his back and Tyler on his portal car seat, the four of us behind him.

The vice principal stared at us stopping his clock.

"Yeah, I always said these kids needed a parole officer. I guess... Uh, Mrs. Plummer thought so too, huh?" the Vice Principal said.

He stood up and eyed Shane awkwardly

"Wow. You've got a real, uh, upper torso going on, huh? You ever, uh, do any time?"

Seriously? I rolled my eyes.

Shane looked at him weirdly hesitating on answering as we exchanged awkward looks

"Sasquatch" Seth murmured next to me making me purse my lips over a smirk

"You got something to say boy?" Murney turned to my brother.

Oh-oh

"..No" Seth answered quietly

"No'. Okay...." Murney turned to face Shane again "Wow. It looks like you've got a pair of legs coming out of your shoulders" he said motioning to his own shoulders making Shane look awkward. Where's a camera when you most need it? "You hit the gym a lot, do ya?"

"Wooly mammoth" Seth murmured again at me and Zoe. This time, I couldn't stop my smirk of growing.

But looks like Murney has a better hearing than he lets on

"Alright, you know what, Creeper? You just bought yourself an extra fifteen minutes on the mats...." I glared at him as he made Seth's amusement die. Murney pointed to himself at the next "With 'The Murninator"

Can he be more pathetic than this?

I seriously want to go class now! .... And I hate History

Shane cleared his throat taking Murney's attention again as he held his hand to him introducing himself

"Excuse me. Lieutenant Shane Wolfe. I'm watching the kids for the Plummers. A few days"

"Oh, Baby-sitter huh?. Well, good with whatever work you can get, right?" Murney told him and then walked to the desk. I clenched my hands into fists. Can I punch him? "I'm Murney. Duane Murney. My friends call me Little Puppet"

Gross. I didn't need to hear that!

"I'm the V.P here. I'm in charge of discipline, conduct and truancy. Top to bottom, K through twelve. You're in my house now, strongman"

"You're the Vice Principal?" Shane raised an eyebrow skeptically looking at Murney siting down on the Principal's desk

Ugh! I can't wait for her to return and put Little Puppet on his place

"And the wrestling coach" Murphy smiled smugly. He looked at Setn pointing at him "See the Creeper over there?"

I narrowed my eyes. If he calls my brother Creeper one more time I won't care he's the vice-principal. He'll respond to my flying fist

"He has played hockey from every wrestling practice this month. And her?" He pointed at my sister who smiled sarcastically

"She has missed twenty-two Driver's Ed classes. Out of twenty-three!"

His eyes settled on me and I glared hatefully

"And that shorty girl has gotten herself into fifteen fights this month...."

They deserved it. No one messes with my family.... That and i throw my management classes to the trash sometimes

"These are the worst students in my school!... I'm ashamed..."

"Your school?" A female stern voice sounds from next to Murney startling him making me smile smugly. Point for my favorite principal!

Murney stands up slowly half-awkward, half-restrained as she greets us politely "Good morning, kids" she looks back at the V.P "Mr. Murney thank you so much for watching my chair for me, I'll take it from here"

"Roger that. Absolutely, I was just uh, informing our uh, new friend here about some of the duties as a vice principal..." Murney explained quietly and awkward

"Yes, speaking of which ..." principal Fletcher cut him off "How is it going with the investigation into the bologna slices on the cafeteria ceiling?" She asked

I smiled to myself. That was a fun day, I'll admit.

"Ah, that's been taking some interesting twists and turns"

"Just keep up with the good work" She smiled at him sweetly

"Right. I'll be on the roof" Murney said before walking away through the side door

"Alright then. Kids" she turned to us "I think it's time to get back to class. I'll cut you some slack today seeing it's Lieutenant Wolfe's first day. Thank you"

We all grabbed our backpacks and nodded at her walking away from her office nodding