This came to mind while watching the episode "Reagan vs Reagan". Pop sends Danny and Erin into do dishes and they bring up Erin putting Danny's football in the microwave because Danny ruined her hat.

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"Where is my football?"Danny demanded from his position at the threshold of Erins room.

"How should I know?"

"I saw you with it!" Danny yelled.

"I threw it in your room then."

"Its not in there so you couldn't have!"

"Thats where I put it so if its not there thats your problem! You shouldn't leave your stuff laying around if you don't want to lose it." Erin replied haughtily.

Danny struggled to not to lose his temper. "If I find it anywhere near you I'm going to smack you!"

"Yeah? Well I will pop your stupid football then." Erin yelled back.

"I thought you didn't know where it was?" Danny yelled back.

"Hey! That's enough!" Frank interrupted. He turned to his son. "Daniel if I hear you hit your sister or any girl for that matter sitting will become a distant memory. Understood?"

"Yes sir." Danny replied while glaring at Erin.

"Erin if I find out you've damaged anything of Dannys on purpose you will get your first taste of your mothers hairbrush. Understood?

Erin nodded. "Yes Sir."

"Now, Danny I saw your football outside against the garage wall. I suggest once you are done playing you put your things away so you where they are when you want them again." Frank gave Danny a gentle push towards the stairs. "Go on outside and play before I find chores for you to do."

Danny found his football where his dad said it would be but when he picked it up he saw that someone drew a face on it and colored it in with what looked like lipstick. He angrily went into the garage to grab an old rag, swearing to himself that Erin was going to pay!

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Erin looked at the time as she finished her chores. She had about an hour before bed and decided to go next door to see if Annie could play. She quickly donned her coat and grabbed her favorite hat. As she put on and pulled it down over her brown locks, it slid all the way and ended up around her neck. She whisked it off and held it in for inspection to find that someone had cut the top off it with scissors! Anger raced through her. She knew exactly who did this and he was going to pay!

She ran up to Dannys room and found his stupid football, smiling as she saw some residue of the lipstick she used to color it still there. She carried it downstairs and into the kitchen to get some scissors to pop it but couldn't find them and she was not allowed to touch the knives. Looking around for another way to destroy it, she eyed the microwave. That would surely do something to it!

She put the football in and shut the door. She was smart enough to know that she could damage the microwave if she put it in too long so she set it for a minute. When that didn't anything significant, she set it for another minute and watched in delight when the football started to melt. Happy with the results, she waited a second for it to cool enough to pick up then hurried up to Dannys room and put it back where she found it. That would teach him to mess with her stuff!

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"ERIN! Im going to kill you!" Danny yelled as he ran towards her room. Erin, hearing the anger in his voice took off for the living room and the safety of her parents. She ran behind her moms chair just as Danny entered the room. Danny stalked over to her and tried to grab her but she quickly hurried behind her father.

"You ruined my football!" Danny made a grab for her missed, almost landing in his fathers lap.

"Only because you ruined my hat!" She yelled back.

Frank sighed and put his paper down. "Daniel! Erin!"

Both children continued to glare at each other before Danny's temper overrode his reason. He reached out to grab her just as Erin ducked behind the chair inadvertently smacking her in the head. Danny froze in horror for a second, remembering what his father said about hitting girls. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean do to that! It was accident!" He said to his dad in a panic.

It didn't really hurt Erin, but she still cried as if he hit her with a sledgehammer. Mary was beside her in a instant to check out the damage. When she didn't see any marks she shook her head at Frank.

"Erin, stop the theatrics and come stand next to your brother." Frank commanded. Erins tears miraculously dried up and she did as instructed. He took a few deep breaths to control his anger before speaking.

"Now, what happened to start all of this?" Both children started to talk at once so Frank held up his hand. "One at a time. Erin you first."

"Why is she first?" Danny started to argue but was shut down by a Frank Reagan stare. Erin quickly explained how she found her hat destroyed and how she took revenge.

"Daniel?" Danny told him about how he found his football colored on so he cut her hat up, but he had no right to do what she did. He held up his slightly melted football. "Look at it! I can't throw this! It would look like a flying piece of poop!"

Mary had to cover her face so she didn't laugh at the image that popped in her head causing Frank to throw her a frustrated look. His two oldest had been at each others throats for weeks now. It was time to put a stop to it, at least for a little while. "You both know better than to destroy each others things. I don't know what has gotten into you both lately, but I have had enough of the fighting. Both of you go to your room. Now!"

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Danny winced when he heard Erin cry out. He'd been listening to his father spanking her and from that cry he could tell the brush just came into play. The silence that followed the last loud sob caused butterflies in his stomach. He was next and he was terrified that he was going to get the belt for hitting his sister. He almost fainted when his door opened and his father entered.

Frank stood for a moment just staring at his son, trying to maintain control over his anger. He'd just told Danny what would happen if he hit any girl and not 3 hours later he smacked his sister! He knew it was an accident but it wouldn't have happened if Danny didn't try to grab Erin.

"I'm sorry dad. I didn't mean to hit Erin." Danny said when the silence became to much.

Frank knew it was an accident but one question kept coming to mind. "If you managed to get your hands on her, what did you plan to do?"

"I don't know." Danny answered honestly.

"You don't know? You let your temper take over and chased her through the house yet you had no plans on what to do when you caught her? I doubt that." Frank sat on the bed. "Do you know what I think would have happened? I think you were not in control and would have wrestled her to the ground and most likely hit her without any thought to the consequences."

Danny didn't know what to say to that. His father was probably right but he'd be damned if he admitted it. That would be a death sentence!

"We've talked about that temper of yours too many times to count. None of this would have happened if you didn't ruin her hat."

"But she drew on my football with lipstick!"

"She shouldn't have done that but it was still something you could clean off and still play with it. You destroyed her hat, a hat I paid for I might add, and made sure it couldn't be stitched or used again." Frank pulled Danny to stand between his legs. "Neither of you should have done what you did. Erin's been punished and now it's your turn."

Danny couldn't handle the suspense any longer. "Are you...are you gonna use your belt?"

"Just a few at the end. I told you what would happen if you hit your sister. I'm being lenient because while I do not think you meant to smack her, your actions resulted in her being hit. If this happens again I will use my belt for the full punishment. Now you know what to do."

Danny moved to his father right side and lowered his pants and underwear. Frank quickly pulled him over his knee and painted the boys backside red, the handprints blending into a uniform red. He stopped and put Danny on his feet before standing to remove his belt. "Bend over the bed."

Danny slowly did as told but threw his hands back to cover his blazing rear as soon as he was in position. "It hurts enough! I don't want anymore!"

It took everything Frank had to ignore his sons words. "Move your hands Daniel."

Danny sobbed as he placed his hands on the bed. Not wanting to drag this out any longer, Frank quickly landed five licks before tossing the belt on the bed and pulling Danny up into his arms. He let his son cry himself out before pulling his clothes back up. "You will be doing extra chores to buy Erin a new hat. Understood?"

"Yes sir."

Frank dropped a kiss on Danny's head. "Get ready for bed."

He headed downstairs for the drink he knee Mary would have prepared. He hated punishing his children but knew it was a part of raising them. That didn't make it any easier. After finishing the drink he and Mary returned upstairs to say good night to their two oldest. When they reached Erin's room they were surprised to see Danny curled up in bed with her, both of them sound asleep. It was then that they knew for sure that no matter what happened Big Brother Danny would always take care of his siblings.

AN: know it's a cheesy ending but I was not sure how to wrap it up!