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Jaz ... was NOT going back to school. Why did school even exist? Why was this a thing?

Waking up to a vampire who still hadn't left... certainly hadn't helped Jaz's morning mood.

The smell of coffee brewing made Jaz roll over and pull the blankets over her head. Maybe nobody would notice that she was still in bed.

From the next room: "You're such a brown-noser, Myles. Why are you cleaning the dishes? EW!" Phoenix was taunting his brother, and his loud voice made the twins stir. This wasn't going to make Marnie and Bennie happy. After taunting his brother, Phoenix went and woke up his parents. "Mooooom. All the cereal is gone, and we're hungry! And DAD! Jazmyn is still in bed!"

"Why are you still in bed?!"

"Because I'm NOT going back to school. I hate it, the kids are mean to me!"

One thing you didn't do - was talk back to Bennie. The lecture Jaz got after that certainly could be heard all down the street as the other stores were opening for the day. At least only Braydon and Brett had heard it, since everyone else was already off to school.

Embarrassed and upset, Jaz stomped along after her father as he drug her off to school - and straight to the principal's office. Getting a detention on the second day of school had to be a record. And it certainly didn't help Jaz's standing amongst her peers.

Meanwhile, back at home, Marnie had managed to make some half-rotten fruit salad, which the twins were eating (mostly without complaint), and was now making some extra coffee. She was hoping fresh coffee would make Bennie a little happier about having had to manually drag Jaz to school.

After Bennie got home, he went straight to watching TV.. and when a twin interrupted him, the roar that filled the house seemed to even worry the vampire.. who still hadn't left. Maybe he was afraid of the sun.

The twins gave up on trying to talk to their parents, and engaged the vampire stranger's attention.

The vampire ended up growing and hissing at them unintelligibly, and Braydon hid his face, while Brett decided to give his dad a try again. Surely someone would want to play with him... or give him a much-needed diaper change or bath.

... Nope. Poor Brett ended up crying in the corner while his mother tried mopping up the stains in the living room. The mouse was unimpressed with the mopping, went to sniff the stinky toddler, and headed back into his hole in the wall.

By the time the kids were home from school, Bennie was in a real mood. He was determined to make sure Jazmyn got her homework done.. and of course Marnie was aiding Myles with his Math homework again.

Benji had invited his best friend, Jay, home from school, and in between joking around with his friend, he managed to get Jay to come upstairs to play some video games while Bennie was otherwise occupied. For once, Jay wasn't talking only about his girlfriend, and Benji was definitely taking advantage of it.

Phoenix was back to practicing. Badly - torturing the whole house.

On the way back upstairs, Bennie corralled an escaping toddler, and drug him back upstairs to give him a (very late) diaper change.

Brett had found a toy and was actually behaving - quietly playing by himself in the kids' room.

Bennie was annoyed, but for once, he was participating in the parenting - and the twins were both shuffled into bed: clean (ish) and sleepy.

He then grabbed a book, and forced Jaz downstairs for some reading practice. Why he chose this as punishment, nobody knows... but it certainly worked.

Jazmyn hated it the entire time. Even though it did complete the first step towards her mental aspiration. Between being forced to do her homework and reading practice, and knowing she had detention after school tomorrow, she was having the worst day ever.

This "practice" downstairs had given Jay and Benji plenty of time to play a few rounds of the game, and now that it was dark (and everyone in the family was starting to head to bed) - Benji gave Jay the secret club handshake, and bid him goodbye until tomorrow at school.

Once the kids were in bed, Marnie decided to make some Mac and Cheese in case the toddlers woke up, then she stumbled off to bed. Tomorrow would be a new day... all too soon.

(By this time, I had forced the vampire to leave with MCCC, because he seemed like he was thoroughly stuck here, and I was not ok with his lingering presence in the story!)

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