The Bicycle Thief

(A/N: Hey guys, it's the author here and first of all I would like to apologize for not continuing this fic and updating it on time. There were some circumstances at the beginning that held me back. After that it just wasn't clicking, if you are writing something yourself, you know what I mean. And here we are after reading several good fics on "Modern Family" here on this platform, I thought I should start again, so if you find my writing not up to the code, please forgive me, take a chill pill and enjoy. Don't be a grammar nazi.)

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*MC POV*

After that dinner at Uncle Mitchell's house and meeting the new family member, we got home. After that, the days were like any other day practice-home-practice. One morning on the weekend, I was going for a run, and mom, dad, and Luke were going for a bicycle ride, so they decided to join me.

Looking at the scene, I knew which episode was playing and what I had to do. But I was in for a ride as well, as we were going on an empty road, a woman was also jogging from the opposite side, and looking at her face I knew, who she was. "The cougar"(a/n: don't feel offended, it's just a fic).

After seeing us or only me, she stopped and we had to stop and chat, she was standing suspiciously close to me or it was just my imagination.

Woman: Hi Claire!

Claire: Hey.

Woman: Hey!

Mom: Oh, okay. Hi, um…this is my husband, Phil( and then she points at me and Luke) and those are my sons. My eldest Nathan and my youngest Luke.

Dad: Hi.

Me: Hi! Nice to meet you.

Mom: This is…

Woman: Desiree.

Mom: Desiree. Right, sorry. Desiree just moved in down the block.

Dad: Fun. Where?

Desiree: Three-fourteen.

Dad: Oh, the two-bedroom cottage with the indoor-outdoor family room.

Desiree: Very good! How did you-

Dad: I bet you're loving that steam shower.

Me: (whispers) Dad, that's creepy (moving towards Desiree) How are you liking the neighborhood?

Dad: Oh, sorry. The neighborhood is fun right, by the way, I'm a real estate mogul. What? I'm- I am a real estate agent. Um, we caravaned that house. Great, uh, deck.

Desiree: Thanks. I like this neighborhood (looking towards me) now more than ever. I'm just there 'til my divorce is final.

Dad: Now who is coconut enough to divorce you?

Mom: Oh, we gotta go. But we'll see you around.

Dad: Well, we'd love to have you over some time.

Desiree: I'd love it. ( brushing my arm) and runs off.

Dad: Alright!

Desiree:(while running) Bye.

Dad: Bye. (Desiree runs off) She's awesome.

Me: and flirty. Did you all see that?

Mom: Yes and we are never having her over. Heard she already slept with two seniors and their dads from the school. and Nathan looks like a senior even if he is only a sophomore this year.

Dad: What?

Mom: Mhh hmm.

Dad: That's… horrible.( and starts riding towards Luke)

Luke: Dad, watch out!

Dad: Woah, watch it, buddy!

Luke: Grandma

Dad: I'm sorry. That still looks like a girl's bike.

Mom: Well, we'll add more black tape.

Yeah, Mom, it is not good for him to ride that thing, it is calling to every bully in his school, "hey come bully me". As we were discussing, if Luke needs a new bike or not Grandpa came from another side and stops right by our side.

Grandpa: (stops the car) Heeeey! Nice bike, Sally.

Mom: Dad!

Grandpa: Come on, he looks like Little Bo Beep on that thing. Nathan, why don't you give him your old bike?

Me: Grandpa, you bought me that thing and I was a big kid at Luke's age. So he can't ride my old bike safely. So, he has to ride Alex's old bike for now.

Dad: Actually, not for long. He's getting a new bike this afternoon.

Luke: I am?

Phil: Mhhh.

Mom: He is?

(Commentary)

Phil: Sometimes a man's gotta put his foot down and do what a man's gotta do, and if the old lady don't like it – honey? (silence) – that's too damn bad.

(Commentary ends)

(Later at a bike shop- Me, Dad, and Luke)

So, we went bike shopping that afternoon, and Luke liked a BMX bike that he can ride normally now. When the shopkeeper asks Dad for Insurance on the bike, he liked the show and said to the shopkeeper that it was a sucker's choice and he will not opt for that. But this time, I intercepted and asked for a full refund insurance(a/n: I don't know if this is a thing, I am making it up).

After buying the bike Dad began to remind Luke that it is a big deal to get a new bike and he has to take good care of this.

Luke: Dad, this is the coolest bike ever.

Dad: Awesome. So listen, buddy… Certain members of this family don't think you can take care of this bad boy.

Luke: You mean mom?

Dad: Your words, not mine. Look, uh… your mom and I are a team, and she- we feel like this is a chance for you to show some responsibility. Don't make us look like jerks here.

Luke: I won't.

Me: Okay. One more rule.

Luke: What?

Me: Have, like, three bike-loads of fun.

Luke: Thanks, dad, and you too Nathan. (rides off)

After he ride off, I separated from my Dad and went towards the office of my company which was nearby/ After some time spent in the company and signing off some papers, my assistant called and my Dad called and it was urgent.

I called Dad and he told me what happened. How Luke left the bike at a stand and went off somewhere. I sighed listening to this thinking it was a mistake to leave my Dad alone. Now, Dad was telling me how he was riding towards home leaving the car at a parking lot and how he planned to confront Luke.

After remembering what was going to happen now, I told Dad to stay where he is and I will get his car from the parking lot. Then I will ride the bike home and he can take his car like normal.

When I reached where Dad was it was very close to the lady's house who we met earlier. After seeing the bike I immediately noticed that it was almost the same bike we bought earlier for Luke but it was different in its condition, it was newish but not brand new. And I was thinking, how can dad not notice this?

As, I was about to tell dad, that it was not the same bike, Desiree came outside and saw us. She waved towards us and dad like a lost puppy immediately goes towards her.

There she made up the same story as the episode, how she locked her outside and can we to help her while looking towards me the whole time and purring towards me when mentioning her bedroom window.

As I knew what was going to happen, I told my dad about the bike and asked him to take the bike back to where he took it from and come get me on the way back home. He was reluctant at first, but when I mentioned my mom, he went as soon as possible, so that he does not have to face my angry mom.

Then, I helped the nice cougar, whose eyes were on me the whole time and after opening her main door from the inside, she kept asking me to stay for some snacks, but I was not my dad and she was not that hot either. So I went to my home as soon as possible and she kept calling me from the back for some snacks even as I was almost out of her driveway.

On my way home, I saw my Dad's car was coming back, so I waved to him and he picked me up.

At home, everything was normal except mom was angry at dad for buying Luke a bike on his own, but after some time she understood my and dad's logic and forgave him.

During dinner, dad unconsciously take the topic of conversation towards what happened today, and when it came to me helping Desiree, my mom's eyes went towards me and I just said "you can believe me" and she let go of the topic.

After dinner, I talked some time to Gigi., as she was in New York for some modeling work and will come back next week. after chatting with her for some time I went to sleep as well, looking forward to what is going to happen next in this crazy modern family.

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*The End*

(a/n: Again sorry for the absence for about more than two months and from now on expect some regular updates, but who knows, but you can give me some power stones so that I know that there are some readers out there who read this regularly. The more stones the better, but it is all on you. and leave a review and, a five-star one would be acceptable. Leave comments as well, because I read all of them, even if I don't reply.)