"So this is your house huh? Not too shabby if I can say" Alex commented as they headed inside "Were you expecting a fucking nuclear bunker filled with weapons for the doomsday event? Much like the one in your house?" Shane replied sarcastically, earning a glare in response "We'll see who will laugh last in the end when that day comes" he scoffed back, offended.

"Ok you two stop fighting!" Angela called, tugging her brother's sleeve "Shane I'm hungry! Can we have bacon?"

"You already had bacon yesterday Angy" she pouted at his answer "But I want bacon!" he just sighed "I'll make some for dinner, how about that?" she pondered the offer for a moment before eagerly nodding "Oki!"

"Go change and put down your backpack, lunch will be ready in 30 minutes" she darted off to her room, disappearing from their sight.

"How do you get her to listen to you so obediently?" Alex asked, quite surprised upon seeing their interaction "I just give her a cookie whenever she does what I say and behaves"

"Like training a dog?" he added with a smirk.

"Like training a do-HEY!" he bursted out laughing "You motherfucker" Shane just threw him a kitchen rag "Don't talk about my sister like that!"

"Fine I won't do it again" he said through wheezes "So what are we having today?" Shane grinned, pulling out a sealed container from the fridge and placing it on the counter "You are eating this shit, me and my sister are eating some pasta"

He picked it up the container, inspecting it's content closely without opening it "What's this?" he asked, Shane just shrugged "Your guess is as good as mine dude" 

"It's chicken with veggies" Angela answered, walking back in the kitchen, now dressed in normal clothes "That is chicken and veggies? How do you know?" Shane asked back, to him it looked more like a steak with some coal around it.

"I watched father cook it"

"Ah, that explains it" he let out a small chuckle.

Alex frowned a bit when he noticed that Angela called her dad 'Father'. He leaned over towards Shane and whispered "Why did she say Father? Doesn't she like her dad?" he froze for a moment, quickly recomposing himself.

"Uhh Angy, could you go in my room and grab my lighter please?" she stared at him for a moment, crossing her arms "So you can smoke again behind my back? Nu-uh!" he snickered.

"So I can light the stove you dumb dumb" he answered blankly "The spark is broken, remember?" 

"Oh right... ok fine but you better not smoke again later or I'll be mad!" and with that, she left.

"So?" Alex asked as Shane sighed, starting to explain "She never called them mom or dad... not even once... she used to call me dada but... I made her switch it to big bro"

"Because you didn't like it?" he shook his head "Because my dad didn't like it" Alex silently smiled, patting his back "Must have been tough" Shane nodded, quickly recomposing himself upon hearing small footsteps approach.

"I got it!" Angela declared, running towards her brother with the item in her hand, handing it over "Thank you" she giggled "You're welcome"

Shane lit the stove and got to work, preparing lunch while Angela and Alex set the table together.

"You forgot a plate Angy, Alex is here too" he pointed out "Oh right, my bad" she said with a small laugh, grabbing one more plate "Sorry Alex, force of habit" 

"No problem little one" he said ruffling up her hair "Hey! Stop that! Only my brother can pet me!" she pouted, fixing her hair while Alex shot him an 'Only my brother huh?' look, making him roll his eyes in annoyance, knowing that he was going to make fun of him for at least a week with that.

After few minutes, lunch was ready, Shane put a portion of pasta in his and Angela's plate while heating in the microwave the poison his father prepared for them, handing it over to the poor, oblivious soul that was his friend.

"Dig in" he encouraged, sitting down next to his sister and waiting for the disaster to unfold. 

'And rest in peace' he thought with a smirk.

"Thanks for the meal!" Alex said with a smile, Angela just covered her eyes while he stabbed the meat and took a huge bite out of it.

Shane could swear that he saw the color in his friend's face drain in a matter of seconds, going from pinkish to white and then green. He calmly lifted his hand and pointed to his left "First door to the right" he said with a grin, knowing that he didn't need to specify what.

As soon as he received this information Alex just darted out the kitchen and towards the bathroom, slamming the door closed while Shane was wheezing his lungs out at his friend's reaction.

His sister pinched him in the side for that "Ouch, what was that for?" she gave him a disappointing look "What are you? Five?" 

"Maybe" he said smugly, making her roll her eyes.

"It amuses me to think that you're my older brother" he smirked, ruffling her hair up "And it amuses me to think that I have such a sassy little sister" his action making her screech "My hair!"

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Twenty minutes later, a zombie walked out of the bathroom and sat back down at the table, glaring hard at Shane.

"Don't look at me like that Mr. Zombie, you're the one who wanted to try it, I did warn ya that it would have made you feel sick, but you just didn't listen" Alex just grumbled some curses under his breath "Can I have something edible now... please?"

"Sure, I prepared some extra pasta, just in case ya know" he teased, serving him a plate "Don't worry, my food won't kill you, I can assure you that much" he mumbled a 'Thank you' before digging in.

Once they were all done eating, Alex and Shane washed the dishes while Angela put away the tablecloth.

"Welp, I'll take my leave then, thanks for the lunch dude" he said with a hint of anger "No problem, come back any time and if you still want to check my father's cooking skills" he glared at him "I'll get my revenge someday, mark my words Shane Williams!" he made a scenic motion as to wrap himself with a cape (which he didn't have by the way) and run outside.  

That, of course, left Shane alone with the devil.

"Sooooo?" Angela hummed, tapping her foot impatiently.

'Oh God no! Think! I need a distraction and fast!Uhh, Uhh!' his eyes scanned the kitchen, landing on a bag of cookie dough.

"W-why don't we make some cookies today?! To celebrate the beginning of school?"

"Celebrate? Since when you celebrate th-"

"You can bring some at school for your friends!"

"I'M IN! I'LL GO GRAB THE CHOCOLATE!" and she darted towards the pantry, making him let out a long sigh in relief.

'Crisis averted'

The two ended up baking about four trails worth of cookies, that's because Angela wasn't happy that her smiley cookies always got smudged, so she wanted to try again and again until they came out perfect. Shane had to clean everything by himself in the end, since she had fallen asleep on the table after a while.

He shook his head, picking her up and carrying her to bed.

'She's a gremlin...' he thought with a smile, his hand reaching out to move some of her hair off her face 'but she's my little gremlin' and then give her a kiss on the head 'And I'll protect her 'till the end of time'