Halloween Night

         I was stuck at home all by myself.  It was Halloween night, and Mom had said that I was too old for trick-or-treating, little did she know that I had planed the best jail break of the century.I'm not technically alone because mom was sitting on the porch handing out candy, but my dad took Emmy, my little 4 year old sister, out trick-or-treating. I called my friends to confirm my get away driver and distraction, the two most important parts of a jail break; that what the book said. At 8:59 sharp I plan to be running out the door in my super scary costume to get some of the younger kids scared out of their pants. But I'm just starting phase one. It starts out with Danny, my distraction, he is the one who is super good and the best role-model around adult,s but will do the funniest and stupid things too. That is why he is my distraction. He know just what to say to my mom to get her away from the door. Then John is the one who hooked me up with my get away driver, well his little brother, the plan is to hop on his bike two streets away at the park. I take pride in my genius plan, and I plan to be on the streets with by candy bag by 9:10.

           It was 8:55 and my plans were almost ready to be carried out, but I still couldn't get the nagging thought that Danny might not be able to get mom away from the door log enough for me to bolt. But I knew I should not doubt his skills, 'cause he had MAJOR skills. With my costume on and candy bag in hand I ventured downstairs. Low and behold Danny is talking to mom like he does this kind of stuff all the time. It looks like he has got my mom to step away because "the skeleton in the driveway got knocked of its stool". She leaves the door way and I run as fast as I can go. Pushing myself farther and farther from the jail of my house. when I get to the park there is no bike in sight, but my phone buzzes. Johns little brother is throwing up so he was told to stay home. Now, I didn't have a ride, I was still close to home, and people were starting to run out of candy. I had to act fast, I didn't just break out of jail for nothing! So what had my genius plan come to? Well, I came close to the thought of going home to wait for Emmy. But who knew I wouldn't have to wait. Emmy and dad came up the street right towards me. Do I dare run? Had they already seen me? What would be my punishment if I did get caught?
      I grabbed Danny with all my force and pulled him into the nearest bush after me. All the movement had caught the attention of my dad. I heard him tell Emmy to wait while he busted the hoodlums who were scaring all of the kids. If you can't guess my dad is a cop and lives and breathes his job. I could practically feel his every movement as he got closer and closer. I wanted Danny to walk out and give himself up so I could be undiscovered. But that is not what happened. I heard Danny whisper "sorry" before he got up and said, "I'm truly sorry for the trouble Mr. Eaton, your son had asked me to help him escape what he called jail. All I could do was help as a loyal friend would, but I didn't know it would entail hiding from you Sir." All I could do was stare in awe, my best friend Danial J. Reed had ratted me out. He threw me under the bus, betrayed me, and then lied to my dad! this was out outrageous. All I could do now was walk home under the shameful eye of my father and wait for the punishment in the morning.

BY: Averi Cobb