"We really need to get a plan together. We'll get busted for sure if we just keep going like we have been."
It took a good forty-five minutes before we got a text from my mom. "Everything OK?"
I thought quickly. We had both got the same text. "Let me call her, I have an idea," I said. Katie nodded as I called Mom back.
"Sorry about that, Mom," I said, "It was totally my fault, Katie was stuck waiting for me. I'll explain when we get home. See you soon. Love you!"
I filled Katie in on the story as we drove home. She made sure she looked pissed as we walked in the front door. As she stomped off to her room, I said, "I said I was sorry! It wasn't even my fault!"
"Whatever!" she said as she slammed her door.
"What happened?" my mom asked.
"It was so weird, Mom," I said, "I got cornered
