Bri's POV

"Hey, guys I got the lightbulbs!"

"SURPRISE!"

Henry yelled in terror and throws the lightbulbs, making them all shatter on the floor.

"What was that for?" Henry asks and Dad pulls him over to us. "It's not my birthday."

"We know." Ri says.

"Give me your head." Charlotte says and puts some hairspray in his hair.

"Just don't put too much in. I can smell it all the way over here." I said waving it away. I am allergic to hairspray.

"Then go downstairs Banana." Dad said and I nodded my head, I didn't even make it to the elevator and I passed out.

Ri's POV (ARI's POV)

"You my weird friend, are gonna be on television." I grin and apply makeup to his cheeks.

"I'll get the shirt." Gooch says and walks away.

"Uh Ray come here." Gooch says and Dad and I go where Gooch was and Bri is passed out.

"Come on." Dad says and Gooch and I help Dad carry Bri to her room.

"Maybe we got a little carried away with the hairspray." I say smelling it and my nose scrunched a little.

A couple of minutes later

"Shirt?" Henry asked and we turn his face back to us.

"What are you rubbing on my face?" Henry asked flinching as I touch him.

"Makeup." Dad responds for me.

"Why?"

"You're going to be on Spin and Win." I announced and Henry beams.

“The game show?” 

“Yep.” Dad says and Gooch returns.

“Hey, which shirt should Henry wear? Gooch one or Gooch two?”

Dad, Charlotte, and I gave him a weird look.

“Neither.” Dad and I say in unison.

“Oh come on.” Gooch complains. “Gooch is the new black.”

“Just pick a different shirt.” I instruct Gooch who wanders away.

“Alright, can someone tell me why we’re doing this?” Henry says, moving us away from him.

“We’ll tell you.” I told Henry.

“Alternating?” Dad asked and I nodded.

“Sure. You start.” Charlotte suggested.

Dad turns Henry to him and puts more makeup on his face. “You know these weird burglaries that've been happening all over town?”

Charlotte turns him to him. “And the police have no idea how the burglars are getting in and out of the people’s houses?”

I turned Henry towards me and I grinned while applying makeup. “Well, Bri figured out that in all of the houses that have been burglarized, someone has recently been on Spin and Win and won.”

Charlotte grabbed Henry. “But then, all the winner’s prizes were stolen from their houses.”

“You guys realize there is broken glass all over the floor.” Henry mentions and I look down on the shattered glass.

Gooch came over with a red flannel. “How about this one?”

“I like it.” I grin at him.

“Pop that ugly shirt off.” Charlotte advises Henry.

“Why do I have to change clothes?” Henry asked.

“Because you’re going to be on TV boy!” Dad answers and Henry grins.

“Don’t you want to look good?” I asked Henry, imitating his usual catchphrase.

“I thought I looked good before I came in here.” Henry chuckles.

“Ehhhh…” We all shrugged and Henry gave us a look.

I started to remove Henry’s shirt, leaving him in his blue striped shirt.

“Man I can’t believe I’m going to be on Spin and Win.”

“Hey, what if Henry doesn’t win?” Gooch asked as he handed Charlotte the shirt.

“He better win.” I say and Henry put on the flannel.

“Why?”

“So you’ll get the prizes….”

“And then we wait at your house to see if you get burglarized.” Charlotte continues for Dad.

“Wait, hang on.” Henry stops us.

“You two are smarter than me, why don’t one of you go on the show and win?” Henry asked and I smiled a little.

“R’s gonna be on the show too.” Dad says and he kisses my head and I smile.

“Really?” Henry says and he smiles at me.

“Yeah.” I say, and I go back and change real quick.

“I need help with the zipper?” I say and Charlotte walks to the back and helps me with my zipper, and then she walks back to where she was standing. Then I put the boots on, and walk around the corner, and fix my hair a little and then I look up and see Henry staring at me smiling.

“You look...beautiful….” Henry says and I smile at him.

“Breath taking…” Charlotte says and I smile, and then I see that Dad is crying and I walk up towards him and hug him and he hugs me back.

Before anyone could say anything Henry’s phone rang, and I grabbed my purse and put my phone in it.

“What’s up?” Henry asked the person and Charlotte pulled me aside and she did my makeup.

“Perfect.” Charlotte says.

“Well, I’m not gonna be home until later tonight...Nah, I’m going to be on Spin and Win with my friend...Yeah!”

He lowers his phone, “Can my Dad go to the show with my sister?” 

“I guess. Just tell them to get there early so they can get tickets.” Dad suggested and Henry sighs quietly when he get’s more hairspray in his face, by Charlotte.

“Yeah! Just get there early!” Henry advises his Dad before hanging up.

--
Later, Henry, Charlotte, Dad and I arrived at the game show Spin and Win. It was a large production and it was awesome. I really hope Henry wins, because I love hot yogurt.

The host Rick Richards stood in front of the live audience and was gonna introduce himself to the crowd before we went live.

“Hey everyone, I’m Rick Richards!” The crowd cheers and applauds him. “But you know that!” The crowd laughs at that. “Okay thanks for coming. We’re going to be starting the show in just a minute. Oh and I wanna introduce you to two young people who wore here with me on Spin and Win. My two kids, Derek and Maddy! Give them some love!” He points to two young teenagers who looked bored out of their minds and waved at the crowd with zero enthusiasm.

“Now remember to try to win this game, okay R.” Dad says to me and I nod my head.

“I’m going to try.” I nodded my head, and he kissed my forehead.

“And Henry, keep your eyes out for any suspicious activity.” Charlotte advised.

“Right.” Henry says.

“And if you do win we catch this burglar.” I begin and Henry nods his head at me. “Can I have you hot yogurt machine?”

“What? No!” Henry denies and I frown.

“Why?” I complain and Dad flicks my head. “Ow..”

“Henry, stay focused.” Dad tells him to move me to the side. “Can’t let anything different from you…”

Dad trailed off when his mouth opened and his eyes grew. I looked over and saw three beautiful ladies in fancy dresses walk out.

“Uh...I better go, uh. Check out these girls.” Dad says and wanders over to the ladies.

“Why?”

“It’s my job!” Dad snaps at Charlotte and focuses on the ladies. I shake my head and put my hands on my hips when he introduces himself.

“Char holds my purse.” I say and Charlotte nods her head and she grabs my purse and he holds it.

“You’re welcome R.” Charlotte says and Henry drags my hand and I yanks it away from him.

--

The show started and Henry and I were neck to neck. If Henry wins this round, he will be the final and then he’ll win.

“Okay, we got a tie game going so whoever gets the next question right we’ll love on to our final round where they will spin and hopefully win the five spectacular prizes you see rotating in that thing over there!” Rich announces and points to the thing that’s holding all the prizes. It slowly spuns around as the crowd cheers for it.

“Ready guys?” Rick asked me and Henry.

“For 1,000 points, what do these three celebrities have in common? Jimmy Fallon, Jack Black, and Taylor Swift!”

I thought for a moment before hitting my buzzer.

“Arianna!”

“Uh….uh….” 

Before I could finish Henry rang his buzzer.

“Henry!”

“None of them have Olympic medals.” Henry says and she smiles a little at me.

“Correct!” Rich beams and the crowd cheers. “And Henry Hart advances to our next round!”

“All right, in a moment we’ll be back to see if Henry can spin and win these fabulous prizes.” Rich announces. “Show them girls.”

The girls present the wheel of prizes and the crowd cheers.

“An electric guitar! An underwater sharkpoon! A karaoke machine! A skateboard with a motor on it! And a hot yogurt machine!”

“So don’t go anywhere. We’ll be right back!” Rick announces and the show goes to commercial.

--

The show resumed and Henry was the only one left. Arianna walked out to the crowd during the commercials because Rick said that she could.

R’s POV
“All right, now let’s see if henry can identify 10 breeds of…” Rich stopped when he looked at Henry. I saw henry looked like he was in a trance and he was drooling. “Henry? Henry?”

“What’s wrong with Henry?” I asked Dad and Charlotte.

“Is he drooling?” Dad asked.
Suddenly Henry blinked and he was out of his trance.

“Oh Henry.” Rick called out and one of the workers walked out, grabbing Henry. He wiped the drool off of Henry and pulled him over to Rick. “You okay?”

“Yeah. Sorry, Rick.” Henry chuckles with embarrassment.

“No worries. Now, to win those five prizes there on the prize wheel, you’ll have to identify 10 breeds of dogs under thirty seconds.” Rick explains.

“Come on kid.” Dad says.

“You got this Henry.” Charlotte encourages.

“Hot yogurt baby!” I grin rubbing my hands together.

“Let’s do it!” Henry declares.

“Thirty seconds on the clock.” Rick announces and gestures to the screen that showed a dog and timer on it. “Your time begins...now!”

“German Shepard!”

That’s one.

“Cocker Spaniel!”

Two.

“Norweigan blue hound!”

That was wrong.

“Great Dane!”

Three.

“Uh, micro mini Goldendoodle!”

Four.

“Maltese!”

That was wrong.
“No, that's a Bichon!” Charlotte corrects.

“Schnauzer!”

Five. Halfway.

“Mexican Bulldog!”

Another wrong one. Come on.

“Russell Terrier!”

Six getting there.

“Come on, just four  more!” I exclaim with excitement.

“Spotless Dalmatian!”

Eight.

“Wangdoodle-doo!”

Was that even an answer?”

“Rottweiler!”

Nine! One more.

“Four seconds! One more to win!” Rich beams.

“Just one dog away!” Charlotte says.

“Shih Tzu?”

It dinged and the screen showed explosions with fireworks and the word ‘Winner’.

“And Henry Hart wins the five fantastic prizes on that thing there!” Rick announces and three of us cheer before Dad sprints onto the stage to celebrate or to see the ladies.

Char and I shared a look, before we saw Dad get dragged off the stage.

--

“What? You didn’t see me win the game show?” I heard Henry ask his Dad as I brought in the karaoke machine in his house.

We received the prizes from the show and now we were bringing them to Henry’s house.

Charlotte appeared with the hot yogurt machine. “Where do you want the hot yogurt machine?”

“With me!” I smiled, and Bri came into the house with Stella’s pet carrier.

“No!” Henry denies lowering his phone and looks at Charlotte. “Over there and keep Ri away from it.”

“Henry…”

“Henry.”  He mocks and I roll my eyes at him.

Henry listens to his father speak. “Why can’t they?...Got it...Cool, poop you later.”

Henry ends the call and sighs. “Looks like my Dad’s going to be at the hospital all night.” He says and he grabs Stella’s pet carrier and puts it on the couch and opens it and grabs her and holds her in his arms.

“Your Dad got hurt?” I say standing up from where I was sitting.

“”What happened?” Charlotte asked.

“No. Piper broke Jasper’s nose with her selfie stick.” Henry explained and I was shocked.

“Whoa.”

“Piper’s got a selfie stick?” Charlotte asked with a smile.

“That’s insane!” I gasp.

“Yeah I guess.” Henry shrugs.

“So where’s your mom?” Dad randomly asked as he casually played the electric guitar.

“At the rodeo until Sunday?” Henry explained and Dad decided to play a country themed riff on the guitar, and we just stared at him as he smiled.

“You said rodeo, so I played a riff with a countr flair.” Dad grins and strums the strings.

“What’s the plan tonight?” Henry asked Charlotte and I, ignoring Dad as we moved away.

“I say we just hand out here all-"

Charlotte got cut off by Dad playing an electric guitar again and he looked at us with a happy grin.

"...And wair for the burglar to try and break in-"

Once again my father interrupted with his guitar playing and he gave us an over exaggerated expression as he played.

"And if the burglar does break in, we junp him and-"

"Stop that!" I yelled at Dad who once againx was playing the guitar and he frowned at me, playing a sorrowful riff.

--

Later we qere looking out the window for any suspicious activity on where the burglar might be. It was clear at the moment, but something could come up.

"Hey! Hey! A van just pulled up in front of the house!"

And there it is. The three of us ran over to Charlotte at the front door.

"A van?" I asked.

"Criminals love vans." Dad mentions as he picked up Stella from Henry's arms and petted her. "That got to be the burglars."

We all peak out the window near the door and I heard a phone buzzing.

"Whose phone's vibrating?" I asked.

"Mine." Henry says and he checks his phone. "Someone wants to videochat me."

"Its bad luck not to accept a videochat." Charlotte advises and I nod my head at her.

"Mmhm." Dad hummed, nodding his head.

"Check the phone." I tell him and Henry moves away to check his phone.

Dad opened the door and he had his phone out to record the burglar. A minute later, we see Henry just casually bringing the karaoke machine outside.

Huh?

"Hey where are you taking that?" Dad askes him.

"Henry?" I asked in confusion. "What?"

"Henry?" Charlotte called and furrowed her eyebrows. "He just walked right past us."

"And I think he's drooling again." Dad adds as we stare at the blonde sidekick with utter confusion.

Henry continues to bring all the prizes outside and into the van. We went back inside and tried to stop Henry but he was in some sort of trance.

"Henry." Dad says and stops him. "Hey! Why are you putting your prizes in that van outside?"

"Say something!" Charlotte says.

"Henry!" I yelled but he didn't mutter a word.

Suddenly Henry grabbed Dad's underwear and gave him a wedgie in the front. Dad cries in pain and Heney let's him go, before bringing the last prize out the door.

Dad stuffed hia underwear back in his pants and groaned.

"Why is Henry acting so weird?" Dad asked.

"I don't know." I shrugged. "But it started when someone videochatted him.

"Maybe-" Charlotte says but Dad cuts her off and she gives him a look.

"Hyponsis." I realize and Dad nods his head at me.

"Hyponsis?" Charlotte and Ri question.

Me and Dad explained our theory to them and it made a lot of sense to them. There is no burglar because the winner is burglarizing themselves. The only question is, who is making Henry do this?

"So that's why the cops could never catch the burglar?" Charlotte says with realization.

"Because there is no burglar." I add on to the conversation.

"Someone found out a way to make people burgle themselves." Dad continues for me.

"Sup guys." Henry returns and we look at him as he sees all the missing prizes. "Hey! Where'd ll my prizes go?!"

You picked them up, took them outside, and put them in a van!" Charlotte explained to Henry, who didn't understand.

"Huh?"

"We'll explain later, but right now we're going to track that van and find your prizes." Dad declared.

"And the criminals who made you burgalize yourself." I added on and Dad nodded his head at me.

"Right." Dad says and turns to Henry. "But first..."

Dad grabs Henry's underwear and gives him a huge wedgie, making him cry in pain.

"OW!"

Dad walks out of the house, leaving Henry in pain and confusion. Charlotte, Ri and I stood there in shock as Henry painfully walked out.

"Well he deserved it." I mentioned.

--

Ri's POV

Dad, Henry and I successfully took out the criminal. Turns out it was Derek and Maddy, Rich Richards children, who were hypontonizing the winners of the show so they could sell the prizes for money.

I met them backstage before the show started, and I could yell they hated  their job working for their father.

Dad, Henry and I returned to the Hart House, and we jad all the prizes. The door opens and in and Piper, Henry's Dad, and Jasper whose nose was wrapped up.

They stared at us and we greeted them.

"Hey!"

"Wow!" Piper gasped at the prizes.

"What's all this?" Mr. Hart asked.

"The prizes I won on the game show." Henry mentioned.

"Whoa. What's this thing?" Piper asked lifting up the sharkpoon.

"It's for fighting sharks." Henry informs.

"It's called a sharkpoon." Charlotte informs.

"Henry..." I muttered to hil and gestured to me, Ri, and Dad.

"Oh Dad!" Henry calls out and gets his Dad's attention. "This is my boss and his two daughters from Junk-N-Stuff."

"Oh!" Mr. Hart nods and he shakes our hands.

"Why is there a cat in the house?" Mr. Hart asks.

"Her name is Stella and she's our cat. Hope that you don't mind at all?" I said and he petted Stella on the head.

"No. It's okay." He says and Piper walked over to us and she gently picked up Stella and startes petting her.

"What breed is she?" Piper asked, and her and Bri walked upatairs.

"Orange tabby."

She saya and they turned the corner and went to Piper's bedroom with Stella.

"Ray Manchester."

"Arianna Manchester and that was Brianna Manchester." I say pointed upataurs and Mr. Hart nodded his head.

--

End of chapter