Prom Queen

Chapter 4 : THE Overnight (Part 1)

Chapter 4

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''Welcome to Trisha's Pet and Care Service! How may I help you?'' I greeted. It was currently 10:36AM, so I still had a little over an hour and a half before my shift ends.

''Uh, my dog. Do you babysit dogs?'' The voice asked me.

''It depends on the dog.'' I looked up, smiling but it was gone when I saw who it was. Rather, were. It was Finn and Robert.

''Are you stalking me?'' I scowled.

''No, my dog just needs help.'' Robert retorted.

''Whatever. What breed is your dog?''

''It's just a shitzu.'' He shrugged.

''We do dogsit.''

''How much?'' Finn questioned.

''$30 an hour.''

''$30 an hour?!'' Robert screamed.

I nodded. What? $30 was a bit more expensive, but Trisha's Pet and Care Service was like a five star dog shop. So far, there were no complaints against us. All of them were complimenting our service. (I dunno if $30 for dogsit is cheap or not, cause I don't dogsit! Well, we have like seven dogs at home? I'm not sure how many dogs we have. But we have LOTS of dogs at home and we don't really leave them at a dog care or anything. Get it? Day care? Dog care? No? Okay, carry on then. Sorry for my awkwardness.)

''Let's go, Finn! I only have $10 with me.'' Robert mumbled as Finn nodded.

They both waved me goodbye as I waved back.

''See you later!'' Finn cheered before opening the door and they left.

No one else came for the rest of my shift.

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''Honey, are you all set?'' My mom asked me as I gave her a look.

''Yes, Mom. What I don't get is why you didn't tell me I was going there for an overnight? What about on Sunday? I have to walk with the neighbors' dogs.''

''I talked to them already. They're fine with it. I'm always one step ahead of you, Laura.'' She teased.

I gave her another look. ''Mom, that's not funny. It's only funny when I do it.''

''Do you want me to ground you?''

''Actually, yes. So I won't go to that overnight thing.''

''Oh right.'' My mom slapped her forehead. ''I'm so stupid. I'll ground you after you come home from that overnight thing.''

I laughed. ''Figured. I must've gotten my stupid genes from you.''

''Watch it.'' She narrowed her eyes at me.

''Please ground me.'' I begged. Never in my life have I imagined me begging my mom to ground me. ''I mean- I want to go with Robert and maybe Serena and Shawn, but Xander? No!''

''Who's Xander?'' She perked up at the mention of his name. I rolled my eyes.

''Just someone popular who Serena invited.'' I emphasized the word popular, which I'm sure my mom noticed because she started smirking.

''So you're popular, too? Serena invited you, didn't she?''

''Actually, Mom, you invited Serena.'' I corrected.

''I know that.'' She laughed nervously. ''I was, uh, testing you! Yeah, I was testing you. Ha, sucker.''

''Whatever you say.'' I won't believe her, it's obvious.