Serendipity (Book 2)

24 Hours by Gabsikle

Chapter 3

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3:00 AM

After they all piled into Freddie's car, Carly asked, "So, what are we going to vandalize?" She was with Gibby in the backseat, and Sam was up front next to Freddie.

"I've got the perfect place," Sam said.

Carly saw the wicked smile on her friend's face. "Where?"

Sam whispered something in Freddie's ear.

"What? No!" Freddie screamed.

"Just drive us there!"

"Fine."

There it is again, Carly thought smugly. Freddie had just given in to whatever crazy thing Sam wanted. Though, she figured Freddie was actually a little excited about whatever Sam's plan was. Freddie always had an adventurous streak. Carly could always see it. But it wasn't until Sam came around that he let that adventurous streak out.

"Why do I sense I'm going to regret coming up with this idea for the list?" Gibby asked.

"Because you probably will," Carly told him.

"You're not going to regret it at all," Sam said. "It's gonna be so much fun."

"And illegal," Freddie added.

"Dude, we're going to be doing so much other illegal chiz today. This is gonna be a nice warm up."

"No. Shoplifting should be the warm up. Street sign stealing would be the next level. Then this crazy idea."

"Sam, where are we going?" Carly asked. She recognized the route they were on, but hope they weren't heading to where she thought they were.

"You'll find out soon enough," Sam told Carly. Then to Freddie, "Shoplifting is going to be our huge illegal thing."

"How?" Gibby asked.

"We're gonna steal our entire ensembles for the restaurant and night club."

"Jesus Christ," Carly mumbled. She really wished someone else had disagreed with all the illegal activities. "You guys didn't include the dine and dash in our levels of illegal 'fun.'"

"Pssh. That won't even phase you when we get to it."

"Oh no," Gibby whispered. "Carly, please tell me we're not going where I think we're going."

Freddie pulled into a parking lot.

"Sadly, Gibby, it looks like we are."

"Pop the trunk, Fredmund," Sam said as she jumped out of the car.

"I can't believe Sam is making us do this," Carly said.

"Don't they have a security system here?" Gibby asked.

"It's a really cheap one," Freddie said. "I should be able to bypass it easily."

"You've been hanging out with Sam way too much," Carly told him. Not that she disapproved. She just wished it didn't make Freddie a huge criminal.

"Get out of the car, losers!" Sam yelled.

They all listened to her.

Carly shut her door and looked at the building with worry. It was a very familiar building for her and her friends.

Ridgeway High School.

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Sam was bouncing with joy while Freddie disabled the alarm. There were two reasons for this joy. One, she had been waiting years to break into and vandalize her school. Two, Freddie's ability to break into their school was insanely attractive. Not that he wasn't attractive before...