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We were late for Open House

I had a hell of a tio abandoned any notion ofthe way

"Tellover my shoulder We were third in line at the drive-thru The kids earing some of their best clothes, and I was already worried about stains

I looked in the rearview mirror The kids were separated by an invisible line that ran between their two back seats Crossing the line was grounds for punish on the brink of that line, ue out, driving hihed at the scene, but had to do soue just crossed the line No TV or Gaht"

Anthony said, "Yes!" Then pointed at his sister "Ha!"

Tammy squealed "But, Moues count Plus, you know better than to tease your little brother" We moved up in line "What do you tant to eat?"

Taave er, plain I ordered Taers"

"You like chicken fingers"

"But I&039;ry"

"Then you don&039;t have to eat the out of your allowance Anthony, don&039;t tease your sister"

Anthony was doing a little victory dance in the back seat, which rocked the entire minivan His sister had been successfully punished and he had escaped unscathed It was a triuer brothers everywhere

And just when he thought I wasn&039;t looking, just when he thought the coast was clear, he gave his sister theAnd by the time we left the drive-thru, both of thees

And as I pulled out of the Burger King parking lot, Anthony wailed, "There&039;s er!"

"Christ," I h the drive-thru

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After Open House, the three of us were sitting together on the couch watching reruns of Sponge Bob Sadly enough, I had seen this episode before Danny still wasn&039;t home, nor did I really expect hih Anthony was passing all his classes, but just barely His teacher felt he spent tooto be the class clown Tah her grades were just about excellent, her teacher complained she was a distraction to the other students; mostly to the male variety

Apparently,theh of it at home

"What&039;s that siggling

"Probably you," said Ta theirl Girl&039;s don&039;t cut anything"

"Yeah, right!" shouted Anthony