"Hey?"I said answering my phone.
"Hey Jade! My bestie,my soul sister.Are you free right now?"said Kate.I could tell from her tone that she was biting her nails and needed a huge favor from me.
"What do you want?"I said.
"Oh nothing much, grab a bite with me at Denise's,break into the school to get my filofax,make popcorn and watch a movie,I heard Unborn is gonna be shown and Cam-swoon-all-you-can-Gigandet is gonna be in it."Kate rushed.
"Whoa,hold on a sec,back it up,what do you mean by breaking into the school?!"I said.
"I forgot to take out my filofax from the locker which I need because I wrote down my dad's businessman friend's number in it and dad is gonna be home in two hours and he called to tell me I'd better have it."Kate said without pausing for breath.
Kate Nicholson was my best friend since third grade and I had gotten used to her fast paced talking habit.I was the only one who could understand her while others just thought she was talking gibberish.My younger brother Jamie called her "fast forward," because she talked really fast.
She couldn't help it,she had like four sisters and all them talked very fast so naturally to keep up with the latest topics one had to be able to talk fast and get a word in while having a conversation with her sisters.
"I get that but can't you tell him you'll get it for him tomorrow first thing in the morning? I am sure your dad will understand.It's monday tomorrow."I said while doing the dishes.
"No, I can't.He asked me to get it from my locker two days ago I kept forgetting to and I think he'll be upset if I don't get it today.He has to finalize some deal and he has been asking me for that number for two days now."Kate said in a pleading voice.
"Kate! You're talking about breaking into the school.Do you have any idea what would happen if we got caught? We're talking 2-3 weeks detention minimum here and I can't afford it. I have to work part time at the library, you know that."I said gently reminding her.
It's not like this is first time Kate has tried to talk me ino doing something crazy.Thanks to my BFF I know how to pick locks ( she forgot her cell phone at the town library and her boyfriend was going to ask her out to prom that night),hotwire a car( she forgot her keys at the garage and had to get to a major shoe sale),bribe Mrs.Richardson's pompous,fat cat( who had a thing for Kate's white fluffy pashmina shawl) who looks like Maleficient from sleeping beauty and hates my guts,enter and exit from the bathroom window of an extremely posh restaurant because her dress had got a major spill catastrophe and she wanted to make a good impression on her date and how to ward off demons( just kidding ).
This is only a gist of skills I have acquired by getting Kate out of scrapes.Now she is going to have me convicted for breaking and entering as well and that too in a school,yuck! I'd rather make the experience more enlivening by breaking into a shoe shop or the boutique shop at 23rd and Maple st. to get my hands on the gorgeous aqua top I saw earlier.Mmm.
"I know! I swear I'm really sorry but I can't help it,you know how forgetful I am.Please come with me.I don't want to go there at night on my own.It gives me the creeps in the morning as it is.It'll only take few minutes and we won't get caught.Puh-leeease? Pretty please? With cherry on top of the trees."Kate begged.
I frowned mentally calculating the chances of getting caught.
"I'll let you borrow my Givenchy dress."Kate said in a smug voice.I groaned.
She knew I had my eyes on her Givenchy dress from the day she bought it.I couldn't afford to spend it on the dress because I was saving for a car.
