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Please let me know what you think of this final part of The Prank War!
Part 7: End Game
“Opps.” Diane said staring at her daughter. “Opps is all you have to say.” Diane breathed looking ready to spit fire.
“Liz how is your arm?” Max asked quietly gaining attention once again.
“Oh Lizzie.” Nancy said rushing over to her daughter who was holding her arm again. “You know better than that Liz you better hope that you didn’t break it more.” Nancy scolded her daughter.
“I’m fine mom it just hurts.” Liz said.
“This is why I am here. Liz, would you mind telling me how you broke your arm and got that concussion?” Jim asked looking from his son, Michael, and Tess to Liz.
“Ifelloutthewindow.” Liz mumbled.
“What was that Liz?” Jeff Parker asked his daughter.
“I said I fell out the window.”
“Whose window?” Jim Valenti asked making several of the kids in the café snicker.
“Max’s window.”
“Liz!” Nancy hissed.
“She wasn’t there for the reasons you think Nancy.” Jim said. “Were you Liz?”
“No.” The brunette pouted. “I was there to pull a prank.”
“And what happened?” Jim asked.
“Isabel was waking up and Michael pushed me out the window.”
“Michael!” Diane screeched.
“I didn’t want to get caught!” Michael huffed. “You all act like I planned to push my friend out the window.” He rolled his eyes.
“S’okay I knew he didn’t mean it.” Liz said and Michael gave her an appreciative smile.
“Now Max mind telling us what happened at school the other day and why the Principal called us about a possible fling with a teacher?” Philip asked and Jeff Parker chocked looking at the alien teen in disgust.
“Totally false dad it was a prank Liz and Tess pulled on me. They stole my boxers and left them on my desk with a supposed note from the teacher alluding to us having a relationship.” Max said.
“So far we have one hospital visit and one teacher who almost had her life ruined.” Jim ticked off and the kids in the café nodded.
“Don’t worry Sheriff Max straightened it out.” Paulie said and Cory elbowed him to shut up.
“Then there was the property damage Mr. Whitman just committed.” Jim said and Alex ducked his head again.
“What the hell has gotten into all of you?” Jeff asked looking at Liz and Maria.
Liz turned and glared at Isabel. “It was all her fault!” Liz shouted pointing at Isabel. “She made me wear a shirt with I love Michael Guerin on it!”
“Like my face on your chest was so terrible.” Michael said.
“Hey!” Maria yelled looking at her boyfriend with blazing eyes. “My best friend’s chest is no place for your face to be.”
“It was so not my fault I was not the one who dumped my brother!” Isabel yelled at Liz.
“He was kissing on Tess!”
“I didn’t mean it!” Tess yelled looking at Liz. Max stood up and motioned for them to sit down.
“Shut up Max!” They yelled.
“Alright sheesh!” Max sat down with his hands raised.
“Besides before the whole Max thing it was all Michael.” Liz said.
“Me!” The other teen yelled looking appalled. “What did I do?”
“You put itching powder all over me!” Kyle yelled.
“That was you!” Several jocks yelled standing up looking angry.
“Shit.” Michael muttered.
“He only did it after you all beat up Max.” Alex pointed out and the jocks sat down.
“Michael stole my journal.” Liz spat.
“Liz!” Michael shrieked looking fearfully at Max.
“Michael!” Max roared.
“Liz you promised not to tell!”
Liz glared at her big friend, “Yeah well you promised not to hurt Maria and whops look what happened you did and whops look what happened it slipped out!” Liz shouted back.
“Enough!” The sheriff bellowed and the café was deathly silent. “Now all of you sit down.” The café moved to comply but everyone was sending murderous glares around the room. “Have you people heard yourselves?”
“It sounds like this is a town problem.” Charles Whitman said and the other parents nodded.
“More like a teen problem.” Jim muttered. “Now what was the incident that really set all of this off?” Jim asked holding up a hand when Liz moved to answer, “And not the T-shirt incident I think we have verified that this all was building up long before that.”
Kyle looked at Max looking ashamed as he raised his hand. “Dad it was me I kind of started it. It all started when I saw Max and Liz in the jeep when I was still hung up on Liz. I saw Liz with her head in his lap and I kind of…”
“Liz!” Nancy shrieked looking scandalized.
“I dropped my ring and was bending to get it when Kyle showed up!”
“It’s true.” Max muttered.
“Then I kind of followed Max, Liz and Isabel to the motel out of state and well.” Jeff Parker stopped Kyle this time looking at his daughter and her ex horrified. Max’s eyes were wide as he stared at Liz’s father.
“Sir it is not what you think we were just trying to make sure Michael and Maria didn’t do anything stupid.” Max said and Michael groaned. Jeff turned his gaze onto the next set of guilty teenagers.
“Maria why were you and Michael at a motel?”
Maria flushed bright red as several people snickered. “Michael kidnapped me.” She whined.
“Did not you were the one who jumped in the car.” Michael said.
“It is my car I was not about to let you just drive off with it.” Maria huffed.
“He stole your car?” Charles Whitman asked.
“Yup guess you could say their relationship was love at first felony.” Alex snickered and Isabel flicked him.
“See I told you their relationships were more complicated then they let on.” Dana whispered to a battered Vicki.
“So it was jealousy that started this all?” Nancy asked and Liz nodded.
“It wasn’t Kyle’s fault though I mean I wasn’t exactly fair to him I just kind of up and ended it with him one day when he thought everything was going great.”
“Aw Liz I realize now we are much better off as friends.” Kyle said moving to hug her.
“I know. You are like another Alex.” Liz giggled.
“Stop hugging her now Valenti.” Max hissed.
“Not your girlfriend Evans.” Kyle snickered.
“Enough.” Jeff Parker huffed.
“This has to end.” Jim Valenti said. “You all have put the entire town at risk with your pranks and petty needs for revenge.”
“Now all of you go home so your parents can deal with this.” Jim said motioning for Kyle and Tess to follow him.
Jeff motioned for Liz to get upstairs and just as Maria was about to leave Jeff stopped her. “Where do you think you are going young lady? Upstairs now, I can’t wait to tell Amy about this when she gets back next week.” Jeff said and Maria groaned before she stomped up the stairs after Liz.
Max and Isabel headed out and Philip grabbed Michael could escape. “You might be emancipated but no way are you getting out of punishment on this one mister.” Philip said and Michael hung his head the last of the people leaving the café. Yup they were all in for it now but the memories of the prank war were well worth it.