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In Which Daniel gets drunk for the first time and the Foolish Five have to hide him from Tanya

~Third Person~

-Noah-

Noah King had a knack for making his brother do dumb things by the time Danny had hit age thirteen.

When Danny was fourteen and Noah was twenty-two, Noah had convinced Danny to jump off the roof while singing 'I believe I Can Fly', because if he did that, he would actually fly. Danny may not have been an idiot, but he was stupid. He only did it to get Noah in trouble, which he could have done in various other ways, but nope. He broke his collar bone. Noah and Danny both got in trouble. Noah for convincing Danny to do it, and Danny for being stupid enough to listen.

But never once had Noah convinced Danny to get drunk in their backyard while he was visiting from college and Tanya was at work.

In fact, Noah had tried to stop him from drinking, saying, "don't even think about touching the bloody beer, Daniel." Danny had stuck his tongue out and responded with a childish, "don't tell me what to do, Noah," before proceeding to down the first bottle. Noah felt like throttling him.

What happened to that sweet, adorable kid Noah had helped raised? Oh, that's right. He became a goddamn teenager. Noah loved child Danny. Noah wants to stab teenage Danny. But hey, that's just how siblings are.

So now, here he is, in the kitchen, trying to stop his completely wasted, stupid younger brother from touching the blistering hot burners on the stove.

His heart feels like it's about to beat out of his chest when he looks at the time on the microwave. 10:13 PM. His breath hitches in his throat, feeling as if a hand was wrapped around his neck, slowly cutting off his air flow. His mother should be home in less than twenty minutes.

He curses under his breath and presses the contact at the top of his favourites, bringing his phone up to his ear, using his other arm to keep Danny in a headlock. He is not about to get his ass whooped by their mother for something he tried to prevent.

-Nevaeh-

Nevaeh's eyes flicker over to her phone when it rings, which is resting on the coffee table as she and Megan sit curled up on the latter's couch while binge-watching 'The 100'. Nevaeh swears that if she were to ever meet Bellamy Blake, she would leave Noah for him without a second though.

Megan leans forward, glancing at the caller ID before handing the phone to her best friend. "It's Noah."

Nevaeh groans, reluctantly pressing the answer button, bringing the device to her ear. "I was busy drooling over Bellamy Blake. What the fuck do you want, Pebble?"

"Carter! Babe! Baby! Sweetheart! Light of my lifeโ€”"

Nevaeh rolls her eyes as she listens to her boyfriend ramble on -ignoring the fluttering in her stomach at the nicknames- before cutting him off. "What did you do?"

"Not meโ€”DANIEL, DO NOT STICK YOUR HAND IN THE BLENDER!" Nevaeh's eyebrows shoot up to her hairline when she hears the yelling and struggling from Noah's end of the line. By the look on Megan's face, she had heard it also, despite the phone not being on speaker. "Danny -the fuckin' idiot- got drunk and mum is going to be home in about fifteen minutesโ€”DANNYโ€”please help me! Bring Max, Dylan and Megan! I love you!"

Nevaeh looks over at Megan and they share a brief look as Noah hangs up, not letting Nevaeh open her mouth. Their expressions scream, 'what the everliving fuck just happened?!'.

*~*

Max and Dylan had picked Nevaeh and Megan up and made it to the King Residence in ten minutes. Nevaeh uses the spare key under the doormat -such a generic place to hide it- and unlocks the door, swinging it open just in time to watch the train wreck unfolding before them.

"Daniel!" Noah shouts, literally football tackling his younger brother onto the carpeted floor of their living room. Danny lands on the ground with a thump, his breath instantly knocked out of him. He tilts his chin up and sees his brothers friends standing in the doorway, his eyes focusing on the blue eyed girl, wearing her infamous basketball hoodie. His face lights up and he laughs childishly.

"Holy shit." Max gasps out, his mouth agape. Megan reaches over and puts her finger under his chin, pushing his jaw up.

"Nevaeh!" He screams happily before kicking his brother off him. He picks himself up and runs -or stumbles. He looks like Bambi on ice really- over to the girl who's now shorter than him, throwing his arms around her and squeezing tight. "I missed you!"

Nevaeh huffs out a short laugh, patting his back. "I missed you, too, kid. But I saw you yesterday."

"Nooo," Danny pouts, letting go of her. His eyes large, making him throughly look like a puppy. "You made out with Noah while I was in the same room. I hope you used protection after I left."

"Wow, get it guys." Dylan remarks as he, Max and Megan all burst out laughing.

Nevaeh stares at him blankly, seeing Noah get up off the floor from the corner of her eye.

"Go to bed, you little shit." She orders dryly, pointing to the stairs, completely done with his shit even though she had only been there for about two measly minutes.

They all freeze when they hear a car pull into the driveway, headlights shining on the front of the house.

"Fuck!" Nevaeh, Noah, Max and Dylan all shout in unison, while Megan -bless her- settles for a small, "oh no!"

Nevaeh, Max, Dylan and Megan all try to shove in through the front door at the same time, causing them to get stuck in the doorway. Elbows puncture ribs, and shoulders smack noses as they struggle to get through.

Yeaaahh, no one ever said they were smart.

"Baby mama, move your cute butt!" Max huffs, pushing her through, causing them to all fall to the ground in a heap on top of each other.

"Get the fuck up!" Noah whisper-shouts at his friends, slamming the door shut as he hears the car engine turn off. He was praying to Jesus, Zeusโ€”whatever God was listening that Tanya hadn't seen that. His heart was about to beat out of his chest. He did not want to get murdered by his mother for letting his sixteen year old brother get drunk.

Nevaeh, Max, Dylan and Megan all scramble up simultaneously -Dylan rubbing his aching nose- and jump into action. Dylan and Megan run to the kitchen to clean up the mess of beer spilt on the floor that Noah had mentioned. Nevaeh and Max link one arm each through each of Danny's and quite literally drag him up the stairs. Noah waits until they're out of view to swing the door open when he hears the rattling of keys on the other side.

Tanya jumps as the door flings open, her hands floating in the air where she was just about to insert the key into the lock. She stares up at her eldest son with raised eyebrows.

"Noah, what are you doing?" She questions him suspiciously, her eyes narrowing on his innocent expression.

"I just missed you." Noah shrugs, his dimple popping as he grins. He answered smoothly, but his heart is beating so rapidly, he was scared that his mother would hear it.

Tanya opens her mouth to reply but is cut off by strange, gurgling noises coming from upstairs. Her head snaps in the direction of the stairs and Noah's eyes widen to the size of golfballs, mouthing a, "fucking hell."

"What the bloody hell was that?" She exclaims, her eyebrows furrowing.

"The others are staying over and Max didn't want to brush his teeth, so Carter's forcing him to." He spits through gritted teeth, somehow managing to sound like he isn't lying his ass off. His heart hammers against his chest even faster if that's possible.

"Where are Dylan and Megan, then?" Tanya enquires after staring at her son for a long moment.

Noah opens his mouth to reply, but is cut off by said people coming through the kitchen with two bowls of popcorn and armfuls of snacks.

"Right here, Mrs. K!" Dylan give her a grin, chewing on a couple pieces of popcorn.

Noah almost sighs in relief. Speak of the devils.

Tanya smiles back at them before turning to Noah. "Okay, well I'm going to bed now. I've had a long day. I bloody despise double shifts."

"Okay, mum." Noah gives her an innocent grin, dipping down and pecking her cheek. "Get some rest. Night. I love you."

"I love you, too, hun," she places her keys in the bowl on the small table next to the stairs and sets her purse down next to it. "Where's Danny? I'm going to say goodnight to him, Vaeh and Maxโ€”"

"No, you can't!" Noah shouts, mentally facepalming at how suspicious and absolutely crazy he had sounded.

"Why not?!" Tanya gives him a shocked look, throughly weirded out by her sons strange behaviour.

"...because he was feeling sick earlier and I just got him to go to bed." He gets out, biting the inside of his cheek at the somehow convincing lie.

Tanya nods slowly, seemingly believing him. "...okayโ€”"

"MUM!" She's cut off once again. Her youngest son comes barreling down the stairs in his pyjamas, latching his arms around her.

"Um, hi, sweety." Tanya runs a hand through his hair, a confused expression painted on her face.

"Mummy," Danny slurs out, giggling wildly with a tight grip around his mother as Nevaeh and Max run down the stairs, freezing at he bottom when they see Tanya. Noah wants to punch himself in the face when he sees their soaking wet clothes and toothpaste smeared across their faces. What the actual fuck. "I'm drunk!"

"WHAT?!"

"WHAT THE FUCK, DANIEL!" The Foolish Five all scream in unison.

They all turn to Megan as she starts giggling quietly to herself.

"What?" Noah asks through gritted teeth.

Megan giggles more. "What the fuck, Richard?"

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