Charlotte isn't going to be in this chapter. Charlotte's lines are going to be Bri. Charlotte going to be on vacation or something, just warning you guys. This will happen in a couple episodes to. Just wanted to say that. Enjoy it!!😀

Arianna's POV

"Gooch?" I say as Bri and I vigorously push the buttons on the monitor. Everything in the Man Cave was going haywire and nothing was working. Bri and I were trying to fix it, but nothing was working, and it was just pissing me off. "Gooch are you there?!"

"Gooch?!" Bri calls but instead we got a babydoll floating in outer space on the screen.

"Mama!"

"Okay that is not Gooch." Bri points out and I sigh in frustration.

"What is wrong with this thing?!" I groan and continuing pushing buttons with Bri. "Gooch."

Gooch appears pm the screen but it was staticky and we couldn't see him that well.

"Go for Gooch."

"Where are Dad and Henry?" Bri asks.

I had no ice where they were, because dad left without notifying us.

"There was an emergency at the Swellview mall." Gooch informs us.

"Ooh what happened?" Bri wonders.

"Santa Claus was running around without his red pants." Gooch explains.

"But it isn't even Christmas." I reason with confusion.

"Weird right?" Gooch nods his head.

"Your hot dog is ready."

Bri ají both groan when we head the snack machine beep.

"Neither of us ordered a hot dog!" Both of us exclaim.

"You ordered a hot dog?" Goo h questions.

"No! The snack machine is still broken and acting all crazy!" I exclaim with irritation.

Gooch started to break up and we freaked out.

"Gooch?!"

The screen got staticky again when we lost Gooch, and an alarm blared meaning Dad and Henry have returned, from the mall.

We walked to we to the tubes and only dad was there.

"Hey Banana, and Ari." He greets holding red pants.

"Hey." I greet and raise my eyebrow at the pants. "Are those Santa's pants?"

"Yeah."

Bri and I nod slowly and don't question it.

"So where's Henry?" Ari asks Dad.

"He's right-" Dad paused when he realized Henry was t present. "Huh, that's weird." He looks at the tube slot. "Henry? Come down!"

"I can't! My tube isn't working!"

"Okay hang in." Dad pulls out the remote and presses a button, but the tube got shot bad up. He kept doing this until Henry spoke.

"Ray?"

"Yeah?"

"If you keep so this I'm going to vomit."

"Your hot dog is read.l

Bri and I turned to the snack machine and I need to reveal a small chihuahua barking.

"Huh?" I say.

"What's that?" Bri begins.

"Ari, I told you, you can't have a dog due to your allergy." Dad tells me.

"That's not our pet!" I exclaim.

"That's out lunch." Bri adds. "Which a we didn't order!"

Dad groans as she shuts the snack machine. "Arg! I thought I fixed that thing why doesn't it keep-" He for cut off when the couch started to spin and we all groan.

"No, why is that spinning?" Bri questions while grabbing her stomach, trying to prevent her fro, throwing up.

"I don't know! Because it's broken!" Dad groans an continues to press buttons on the remote. "We've got to find a repairman!"

The socket opened and Dad groans loudly, throwing down the pants. "Ahh! Not my socket too! Gooch!"

He calls Gooch and he appears on the staticky screen. "Go for Gooch!"

"Just get your tool box and get down here. We got a lot of stuff to fix." Dad complains with irration.

"Ray you know there is only one repairman who can fix things." Gooch told Dad and we knew who that was.

"I'm not calling him." Dad snaps with anger. I was getting frustrated and I shot a fireball at dad's butt.

"Hey!" He snaps at me. Then I heard a slight mutter. "I'm okay."

"No, I don't need him me I will not let hi, back in my Man Cave!" Dad denies. "Bye!"

"Don't you press that but-"

Dad ends the call and sits there with anger in his eyes.

"Dad you need to call him." I explained to our father.

"Banana NO. Okay." Dad snapped at me, and I slowly gulped.

Last time he snapped at me, was when I asked him if I could go to school, in the 3rd grade, but it worked because I've met Jasper (who's cute might I say) and Henry. I already knew Charlotte.

I've met her when I was I 4th grade, because I was getting picked on and she stood up for me, ever since we've been best friends.

I've sworn on an oath that I'd NEVER tell anyone of Dad, and where Junk N Stuff. For Dad and Ari's safety, but mostly mine. Since I trust people easily. Dad doesn't want anything to happen to his girls.

I got out of my trance, when Sofia texted me. I told her that I'd talk to her later, she understood. I put my phone down and finally said something.

"If you don't, I will!" I muttered to myself not caring if anyone heard me.

"Well if you do someone gonna get grounded." Dad snapped back at me.

"I'd be worth it tho." I said, walking towards my room, and go to my safe place.

Arianna's POV

The alarm blared again and we turn to see He eh get shot down the tube slot. He landed on the ground and we gasped.

"Henry!" I exclaimed.

"Oh man!" Dad said.

I picked up Stella. Wondering what it would be like to have a dog, we can't because I'm allergic to them.

Henry stood up and looked at us. "That...that really hurt me!"

Dads remote beeped and he looked at us before groaning. "Aw man!"

"What's wrong?" I ask, while walking towards where we have Stella's food, and grabbing it.

"Santa Claus jumped out of the police car and now he's running down Swellview Boulevard!" Dad explains, to us.

"But...you have his pants." Henry reasons with Dad.

"Exactly." Dad says and grabs the pants. "Let's go!"

They go over to the tubes and press their belts, but only Henry's tube shit down. He got inpatient and hit it multiple times.

"Come on!"

"Let's just both take my tube." Henry suggests.

"Alright." Dad agrees and joins Henry I'm the tune, hugging him. I sneakily snap a photo, bu they see and glare.

"Hey!" They both exclaim and I giggle.

"Ooo new screensaver."

In Bri's room

Sofia

Bri

Sofia: cómo estás? (How are you?)

Bri: good just the Man Cave acting up because it's broken.

Sofia: qué pasó? (What happened?)

Bri: the Man Cave isn't working and Dad hasn't called Schwoz yet, and it is driving me and Ari crazy.

Sofía: quién? (Who?)

Bri: he was Dad's friend he stole his girlfriend, and when Dad found out, he forbid me and Ari talking to him.

Sofía: todavía hablas con el? (Do you still talk to him?)

Bri: I still do yes, but I don't tell Dad. What he doesn't know won't kill him.

End of conversation

Bri finally came out of her room, probably talking to Sofía, I can't believe that she will be coming down, in a few weeks.

Bri and I both jumped when everything started to go haywire and the dog appears in the snack machine again barking.

"You need to call Schwoz!" I order Dad.

"Never!" He declares.

"Who's Schwoz?" Henry asked.

"Oh, he's this guy who used to work for me a long-OW!" A tube shot down and hit Dad in the head and he glares up the tube groaning.

-

Bri's POV

The following day, Ari and I were still trying to fix everything in the Mam Cave, but nothing was happening. It kept malfunctioning and we both were getting irritated, and Dad wasn't being any helping at all.

All he was doing was pacing around, waiting for us to fix it. Does he really expect two thirteen year old girls to fix every piece of technology in here?

I think he needs to call Schwoz to fix everything, even if he hates his guts. Schwoz is actually a nice guy who stole Dad's girlfriend.

I would to if someone stole my boyfriend. But I don't have one sooo....I'm always a loner.

"Hey. I really wish the both of you would get this things working." Dad blurts out and we turn to him with heavy glares on our faces.

We hear a loud yell from the elevator and it opened to reveal Henry. He scurries to his feet, and puts his backpack by the elevator door, before walking in.

"Hey something's wrong with the dumb elevator." Henry mentions with annoyance. Someone must be having a bad day today.

What's with him today? I thought.

"Why are you in such a bad mood?" I ask, while eating a piece of popcorn.

"Because I got kicked off my dumb basketball team!" Henry exclaims.

"Are you good at basketball?" I question with a small smile and I saw Ari grin with amusement.

Henry scoffs. "No.l

Ari jumps when the couch starts sto spin and Henry and Dad move away, startled.

"Ri! Banana! You made the couch spin again!" Dad betrates and we glare at him.

"Why don't you hope on it and take a ride?!" Ari snaps, and I looked at her hands, and shot a water ball on her hands.

"Thanks." She muttered to me, but quiet so no one heard.

"Yeah sure thing." I whispered at Ari.

Ari walked away and Gooch appears on these screen. "Ray, I found a repairman. He's on his way down."

Dads eyes grew and he was shocked.

"What you can't just send some stranger down here until we have him checked out!" Dad protests and I walk away from the monitor.

"I got to go." Gooch ends the call quickly and we all hear the elevator doors open.

A tiny grin forms into mine and Ri's face when a familiar man walks out. I let out a mentally squeal, seeing Schwoz, for the first time in forever. Okay mostly three years but still. Feels like forever people.

"Hey." Schwoz greets with a smile.

"Schwoz!" Dad, Ri and I say together but he had hatred in his voice and me and Ri were happy to see our slightly weird uncle.

I just hope that Schwoz doesn't tell Dad the REAL reason why he's here.

"Come on Ray." Schwoz says. "Don't be like that."

"I mean it." Dad snaps with gritted teeth. "Out of here."

"Hi Schwoz." I smile and his eyes lit up.

"Arianna!" He reaches out to me, but Dad slaps his hand away.

"Don't touch my daughter!"

"That's Schwoz?" Henry asked.

"Yup." I muttered to him and he nodded his head.

"You must be the new sidekick. Kid Danger." Schwoz shames his hand, but Dad breaks them apart.

I look down sheepishly. Shouldn't have told him that part, last night.

"Don't talk to Henry, and you keep your Schwoz cooties of him, Ari and Bri!" Dad warns menacingly.

"Come on man." Schwoz sighs and walks towards the monitors. "It's been three years."

"Yeah since you stole my girlfriend." Dad reasons and Schwoz leans on the monitor.

"If it makes you feel better, I dumped her two weeks later." Schwoz states, like it was no big deal.

"Why would that make me feel better?!" Dad exclaims picking up Stella, and petting her, by trying to calm himself down.

"Can I get something to eat?" Schwoz asked, changing the subject.

"You could. If that hunk-a-junk snack machine you build actually worked." Dad remarks to him.

"I check it." Schwoz offers and we follow him over to the machine.

"Don't order a hot dog!" Charlotte advises, Schwoz.

Schwoz puts his hand on the machine, and above it, a small tube popped out. He grabbed it and scanned the system, before tapping a few buttons and pressed the reset button that appeared on the screen.

"Now...would anyone like a nacho tower?" He smirks at us as the machine repeats his order.

"Nacho tower!"

The machine opened and he pulled out a nacho tower and me and Ari smiles in amusement.

"Woah!" Me and Ari gasp.

"Nacho tower!" Henry beams with surprise and us three take a nacho.

"He fixes the Auto Snacker." Ri points out.

"I don't care." Dad shrugs and points menacingly at Schwoz. "You ruined our friendship and you're not going to fix that with a platter of-" He gasped at the delicious nachos. "Hot Mexican treats!"

"I forgave you a while ago!" I say and Schwoz smiles at me.

"Well I forgive you." Henry adds.

"We do." Bri and I nods, taking a nacho.

"Look if you want me to leave, just tell me "leave." Schwoz simply states.

"Leave, leave, leave, leave, leave!" Dad exclaims, and Ri shoots a fire ball at Dad's butt.

"You want me to stay?" Schwoz wonders and Dad gives him, a threatening fist, but I grab his arm to hold him, back. "Because I could fix up all the broken schtuff around this place."

"Do it!" Ri encouraged.

"No!" Dad denies like a little boy who doesn't want to take a nap.

"Let him, fix the broken schtuff!" Henry argues and Ri and I nod our heads.

"Alright! Fix the broken schtuff!" Dad reluctantly agrees with a frown and we all smile. "And give me a nacho!"

-
Ari's POV

Later, Henry, Dad, Bri, and I were sitting on the couch enjoying the nachos while Schwoz fixed up all the broken stuff around him.

"Now, who's ready for technological fun?!" Schwoz beams as he approached us.

"Yeah!" Henry, I and Bro nod and Schwoz stands under one of the tubes.

A tube encased him. "Up the tube!" He goes up the tube. "Down the tube!" The other tube shoots down and Schwoz goes down it.

"He fixed the tube!" Bri says and Schwoz rushes over to us.

"And I fixed the TVs and the sprocket!" He informs us. "And watch this!" He pressea a button on his remote. "Security lasers: On!"

Suddenly red lasers surrounded us and Henry, Bri and I stare at them in shock.

"Oooooo!" I chuckle.

"Ooh lasers!" Henry laughs and touches the laser. "Ow."

"Security off." Schwoz turned off the lasers and hops onto the couch. "Smoochie music on!"

He presses a button a very slow song and romantic song came on as she couch spun slowly. Schwoz began to dance and Henry and I nodded our heads to the beat.

"Smoochie music off!" Dad yells over the music and Schwoz tuened off the music. Henry, Bri and I applauded Schwoz and his amazing work.

"Whoa!" Henry gasps. "He's impressive!"

"Yeah, yeah." Dad rolls his eyes as Schwoz sat down.

"Too bad you can't use your technical skills to make me a better basketball player." Henry jokes and Bri chuckles.

"Hey...who says I can't make you better basketball player, huh?" Schwoz says with a smirk.

"I did." Henry remarks and his eyes grew. "Was I wrong?"

Schwoz nods and Bri grins softly.

--

Bri's POV

"Cool sleeve." Henry mentions as Schwoz was putting a tight black sleeve on Henry's left arm. "Feels good."

"I've seen better sleeves." Dad muttered and Ri whacks his arm.

"What are the goggles for?" Henry asks as Schwoz gavs him some goggles.

"They are wirelessly connected to the sleeve with bloop-toop." Schwoz informs before turning away.

"Bloop-tooo?" Henry repeats confusingly. "But I don't understand how-"

Henry was interrupted by Schwoz bringing out a floating basketball hoop.

"Whoa!" Ri giggles.

"I didn't know you had a hoop?" Henry states.

"Neither did I." Dad remarks with shock.

"And now..." Schwoz presses a button and a basketball drops down. He passes the ball to Henry. "Take this and shoot the basket."

Henry boucnes the ball and was about to take a shot but Schwoz stopped him.

"Wait!"

Henry got startled and almost dropped the ball.

"What?" Henry asked.

"Close your eyes." Schwoz advises.

"But I need to see." Henry reasons.

"No." Schwoz shakes his hand and Henry didn't reply. He shuts his eyes and tosses the ball into the air and it lands right in the hoop.

Ri's mouth fell open and Henry was in shock. "What?!"

"That was awesome!" Ri laughs and gave Henry a hi five.

"Let me try one." Dad smiles and goes over to the ball. He picks it up and throws it at Schwoz whonducks and gawks at Dad.

"Hey. That's not what balls are for." Ri protests to Dad.

"Well, you shouldn't have kisses my girlfriend." Dad snaps.

Henry changes the subject and looks at Schwoz. "So if I wear these goggles and this sleeve thing..."

"You will make baskets every time." Schnoz finishes.

"Oh man! This is amazing!" Henry chuckles. "Thanks Schwoz! I'm going to destroy that Shawn Corbit guy!"

"Let us celebrate with Smoochie music and whirly lights!" Schwoz beama and runa over to the couch. He turns on the musixlc, and dimmed lights, making whirly lights flash around.

"Whoa! He made whirly lights!" Henry gasps but Dad was unamused.

Henry and Ri casually join Schwoz on the spinning coucb and dance along with him.

--

Ari's POV

The next day, Henry has one-on-one with that Shawn Corbit guy, but Dad didn't want me and Bri to go. It wasn't because it was dangerous, it was because of Schwoz and he doesn't want us aroumd him.

We were bummed, because we wantws to see Henry kick that Shawn guy's butt.

--
Bri's POV

Henry didn't kick his butt, it was actually the opposite of that. Henry got his butt whooped by the Shawn Corbit guy. Me and Ri understoos when Henry told us that it was actually a grown man that he was playing againsr and I wasn't as bitter about it. Anyway it was the next day and Henry was telling us about why Shawn was playing basketball in the first place.

"Who's Lu Lu" Ri questions Henry.

"Shawn's puppy." Henry answers. "She's a cockapoo."

"Wait a minute, so you're tellomg ke that youelr coach kidnapped Shawn's puppy..."

"A cockapoo!" Henry remarks.

"And now he's forcing Shawn to pretend he's fourteen years old so he can play in your junior high basketball team?" Dad summarizes as he slowly rises to his feet.

"That's messed up!" Ri says with disbelief.

"Crazy right?! Henry agrees.

"Yeah!" Dad nods.

"Coach won't give Shawn his puppy back unless the team wins the state championship." Henry explains and Dad poira himself a piece of gum.

Ari pressed a buttom on her suit and it slowly got onto her body. Kind of like Iron Man but instead of a Man its Ri. (Obviously )Its legirlt, she wanted an upgrade for her suit, she got it. Its matches Dad's colors, but made of iron. When Ri showed me her suit I almost wetted my pants, it was soo cool.

(I know these gifs are from Iron Man but they are what Ari's suit looks like. Please don't criticize me. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NO COPYRIGHT INTENDED)

Even though its not just the suit. Just imagine that its the suit.

"Ooh you're chewing!" I grin with excitement. "What're you going to do?"

He pops it into his mouth as he walks passed us. "There are two things Ri and I hate in this worlsld and one of them ia guya who kidnap other guys'dogs to make them do stuff.

"That's very specific." I point out.

"What's the other thing?" Henry asks.

"Celery." Ri replies.

"Yeah!" Dad agrees.

"It ruins tuna salad!" Ri complains.

"Ruins it!" Henry sigha and Dad blows a bubble.

"Lets go Ri." Dad said and he and Ri got into the tubes. "Up the tube!"

--

Still Bri's POV

Dad and Ri returned after saving Shawn's puppy and righr now Heney was shotting baskets.

"So how is Sofia?" Dad asked me. I gulped a little not knowing if he read the messages or not.

"Good." I say sheepishly, and Dad gives me a look that says 'are you keeping some from me Brianna Lily!' I shook my head as a no.

"Is she coming down?" Dad asked again.

"Yeah. Just don't know when." I answered the question. Something told me that he saw the messages but I don't want to say yes, because that means he saw the messages between me and Schwoz also.

"Okay, tell her that when she comes down she can stay here in the guest room or your room." Dad said then he kissed my forehead and went to bed.

Schwoz begged Dad to let him stay here, and he said yes.

In Bri's room

Phone conversation with Sofía

Sofía: cómo está? (How is it going?)

Bri: Good?

Sofia: cómo es el? (How is he?)

Bri: good he got the job. Night

Sofía: tenga una buena noche

Bri: you too ❤️

End of conversation

Next episode is Henry The Man-Beast. Hope you guys liked this chapter tell me what you guys think of it.

In six episode we will meet Sofia, can't want, for you to meet her. Out of Bri's friends Sofia is the ONLY one who knows about Ray, and Henry. Because Ray trusts Sofia, and yeah. Can't wait, if you see Charlotte in this book, just ignore it, because she isn't in the chapter. I will change it EVENTUALLY, so if you see Charlotte's name just ignore it. Love y'all. See you in the next chapter.