"Shock's the only one who [i]could[/i] have told!" Barrel cried.

"Nuh-uh," Shock said as she pulled off her gloves before the adderpepper juice could seep onto her skin. "Carver had a chance when he gave Lock his present."

Lock came back from the kitchen just as the argument was getting heated.

"Present?" he asked.

"The heads up about dinner," Shock said.

She carefully set her gloves on the table.

"Yeah," Lock said. "Carver said you said to tell me--"

"[i]Ha[/i]!" Shock interrupted.

She grinned at Carver.

"I knew it!"

"Wait, [i]you[/i] told?" Barrel asked.

He glared at Carver, then shoved him off his chair, before he went back to his dinner while grumbling under his breath. Lock and Shock both started laughing.

"Guess that solves that," Lock said. He grinned. "That was fun!"

Shock winced in pain from her stomach, then settled down. She got up to wash her hands to be certain any adderpepper juice hadn't touched her skin.

"Sure was. Wasn't it, Carver?"