What Happened To Me!?

It's Only A Dare!

Elliot's POV

I've been walking home for about half an hour now, and all I've been thinking about ever since school ended was:

How the HECK was I going to convince Father to let friends come over to my house!?

I already couldn't hang out with my friends with the free time I have now with the advanced classes, and he said that friends were 'a waste of time' or whatever. So how was I supposed to convince him to let FOUR people come over to my house and NOT let it bother him a BIT!?

My friends didn't even ASK me if I was fine with this or something! I mean, sure, I could've said 'no', but I couldn't take the risk of just letting them down! I just invited them anyway and hoped that Father could possibly make a reasonable decision with this.

I mean, there's always that 23.5593% chance that he'll say 'yes'!

Don't ask me why I said that specific percentage, I just know my father very well.

And if he ever said 'no', I have some backup plans so that I could get my way around this!

This'll be just fine!

I finally reach home in front of my door. I say the stupid passcode that Father set for me and went inside the house. Once I got into the house, I immediately make my way to my father's lab, this was really important for me.

"Oh! You're home already! Would you like me to-" Elaine started off when she saw me, but I ran straight past her, ignoring her request.

"Sorry Elaine! I have to go do really something important! You can wait up for me though, right? Cool!" I said quickly before dashing off.

"But Ellie! You-" She now noticed that I was gone, just like wind.

I ran until I halted right at the door of Father's lab, I knocked on it a few times, waiting for him to open. I admit, I'm a little anxious that he'll say 'no', but, I'll make sure that it doesn't happen, it'll be a piece of cake! What's the worst that can happen when I ask him?

-Five minutes later-

"Are you ABSOLUTELY CRAZY!? NO! I will NOT allow you to have not only ONE, not TWO, but FOUR PEOPLE OVER ,for a 'SLEEPOVER'?! This is UNACCEPTABLE ELLIOT! I can NOT ALLOW you to SAY such STUPIDITY! WHY in the name of the LORD would you ask such STUPID QUESTIONS like THIS!? I just- *sigh* you are REALLY on the verge of me GROUNDING you RIGHT NOW!"

I just heard that whole speech from my father, while he was just VERY furious. So what you can see here...

I failed.

So, I'll have to execute Plan B so that I can invite my friends over, because this sleepover is REALLY important to me.

What I'm meaning is: This is LITERALLY my FIRST sleepover ever! I've NEVER been to a sleepover in my ENTIRE life!

That's just how messed up and ruined my childhood is.

Thank my father for that!

"Well, Father, how about if there's a catch for this?" I had my hands behind my back, hiding a smirk.

That got Father's attention, he turned around an looked straight at me, squinting his pale orange eyes. He then stepped closer to me, looking down at me. I admit, he was VERY intimidating, but I still looked at him with a firm face.

"What kind of trade do you have for me? If it's something useless like food, money or- or you could do something for me, then I'll have to give it a hard pass. You better give me something good, or I'll ground you even HARDER."