Creating a Dream

The Plan

It was lunchtime and I was starving. Me, Jessie, and Becca decided to take our lunch outside. We went to a picnic table under a tree to eat our lunch.

It was a peaceful day. The sun filtering through the trees with a cool, gentle breeze. It felt so relaxing to be outside and not in a stiff chair listening to teachers talk non-stop. I was enjoying my freedom until Neil, Adam, and Brad decided to join us.

"Hey girls! Whatcha eating?" Neil asked as he grabbed a handful of Jessie's chips.

"Rude." Jessie said protecting the rest of her food.

"Jessie will hurt you if you do it again. What do you want? We were fine until you three showed up." Becca said to Neil. Instead of taking the hint to leave they decided to join us. I was sitting across from Becca and Jessie. Neil sat on my left sitting across from Becca. Adam sat on my right across from Brad who sat next to Jessie. Adam was now picking at my food.

"Like Jessie said, Rude. Didn't you and Neil bring your own food?" I asked as Adam helped himself to my french fries.

"Me and Neil were late remember? We didn't have time to bring anything." He said between bites.

I glanced at Brad. "Brad. How do you put up with them? It's like taking care of children." Brad shrugged his shoulders. "Someone has to do it."

Neil reached to grab some of Becca's food. She quickly slapped his hand away. "You're not grabbing my food." Becca said as she moved her food away from him.

"You wouldn't let me starve would you?" He asked sincerely.

"Here. You can have one. Now go away." Becca said giving him one french fry. Neil grabbed it and threw it into his mouth. He smiled at Becca. "You're so sweet." Neil said playfully.

"Don't test me Neil Sanderson. I will slap you." Becca threatened a still smiling Neil.

Adam took a drink of my water then took a cigarette out and lit it up. "You're not going to smoke here are you? You know smoking is prohibited at school. If you get caught we will all get in trouble." I informed him. Adam shrugged his shoulders like it was no big deal.

"What are you all doing tonight?" Neil asked.

We had plans to rehearse but we didn't plan to reveal that just yet. Jessie answered," We're hanging out at my house. Why?" She asked while poking Brad with her elbow so he would move over. I guess he was invading her personal space.

"We want to ask for your help in a beginning of the school year prank. With the three of you helping us we can pull it off." Neil said excitedly.

"We're listening." Jessie said. Becca and I stared at Jessie in shock. She couldn't be considering what Neil was saying.

"Here's the deal. My dad is friends with the night janitor who works here at the school. He will let us in tonight. We meet here at ten sharp. We go in. Take care of business. Then we leave. What do you think?" Neil glanced at us to see what we thought.

Jessie yelled, "Hell yeah we'll help!" as she pushed Brad off the bench. He fell to the ground, dusting himself off as he stood up. "What was that for?" He asked angrily. " "I got excited." She said grinning up at Brad.

"What about Phil and Joe? Can't they help you?" I asked hoping to get out of it.

"Phil is our driver so if you need a ride he's our ride. He will stay in the van. Joe is our lookout. He'll let us know if anyone is coming. It should be safe. Only my dad's friend knows we are going to be there." Neil said as we stood to go back in. Adam stepping on his cigarette then getting rid of the evidence.

"You can pick us up at my house. It's across from Pumpkin's grocery store. It's a white house with a windchime hanging from the porch. We're the only house there so it shouldn't be hard to find." Jessie informed Neil as we threw away our trash.

"We'll be there. See you ladies tonight." Neil said smiling at Becca. Brad glared at Jessie. Probably still angry at her for pushing him. Adam said to me, "Thanks for the food." then left with Neil and Brad. Me and Becca stared at Jessie in disbelief. What did she get us into? What if we got in trouble?

She noticed us staring at her. "It'll be fun and if we get caught we blame it on the guys." She said happily as we went to our next class.