No Backup Plan

Hi.  I’m Olivia.  I have light brown hair, black eyes, and creamy white skin. I’m 13 and I’m outdoorsy, hyperactive at times, sneaky, adventurous, brave, I have a wacky sense of humor, and don’t forget, naughty.  I live in this big neighborhood called Spruce Meadows Drive in Monroe, NJ.  House 10 is a tiny but cosy house, with 9 rooms.  Upstairs, there is my room, my little brother Danny’s room, Mom’s room, and a bathroom.  Downstairs is the kitchen, the living room, the dining room, and the playroom.  Suddenly my door burst open.  In the doorway was Danny.

“Danny! I told you not to come in like that! You have no manners,”I scolded.  He rolled his eyes.

“Well you don’t have any either.  By the way, Mom and Dad are going to meet their friends.  You have to babysit me,”He replied.  I sighed.  Today can’t get any worse I thought.  I did not know how wrong I was.  

As I went downstairs to say bye, a crazy idea popped in my head.  Don’t worry.  Nothing good is going to happen…except that I’ll get to have the adventure of a lifetime.  

I made sure that mom and Dad were completely out of sight.  Then I turned to Danny.

“Are you ready for some mischief?” You must be thinking that I shouldn’t bring Danny along.  Well I am thinking that he’ll be useful.  And if you didn’t know, we make a pretty good team.  Anyway, Danny agreed.  I called my friends, Jessie and Jack to see if they wanted to come.  We met at the park, just a block away from my house.  Jack has shaggy hair and light brown eyes.  He also has braces.  Jessie always has her black hair in a pony.  She has dark brown eyes, and smiles a lot.  They both have most of my character traits.          

“What’s the catch?”said Jack.  

“Catch? Oh yeah,”Jessie said with a sheepish smile.  Jack rolled his eyes.  

“Alright gang.  We are going to play some pranks!”I explained.  So basically, we were going to play pranks on the bullies in our neighborhood.  Aka, Kellie, Maria, and Andrea.  It was hilarious! Kellie got slime in her hair, Andrea tripped and fell into a mud puddle, and we scared Maria so bad!

Here’s the bad part.  Mom and Dad found out.  I have no idea how but they did.  Maybe they put cameras all over the neighborhood.  Maybe they were spying on us.  Maybe Kellie, Maria, and Andrea’s parents found out and called.  Like I said, I have no idea.

For our punishment, we were grounded, and no dessert for a month.  Bummer.  But I learned my lesson: 

Do not ever, ever, have a plan without a backup plan!