The girl looked over at her friend, dressed in a black tube top and fitted jeans. She was not ready. Nope. Who would ever be ready to jump out of their 15 year old best friend's window at half past midnight?
Lana's parents were fast asleep in the room next door. She swore they were sound sleepers but Tara had her suspicions.
"Do we REALLY have to climb out the window?" she whined. If your parents are soundly sleeping, why can't we just walk out the front door?!"
Lana sighed. Earlier that evening they had planned their escape to meet up with Lana's boyfriend at the end of her street corner and drive off to some house party. Lana was grounded and it was a school night so of course her parents had forbidden her from going. That wasn't going to stop her though.
Tara was ALWAYS allowed at Lana's house. She was the good kid who made straight A's and always listened to her parents. She would NEVER jump out a window to go drink cheap wine coolers and hang out with upperclassmen. That was exactly why Lana's parents trusted Tara to stay over on a school night.
Tara bit her lip and looked at the open window. "You go first, Lana, I don't know how to do it. "
Lana hooked her leg over the window with her bag tucked under her arm and her black boots in hand, "It's just a window Tara, all you gotta do is climb out."
Lana disappeared into the darkness. "You coming or what?"
Tara took a deep breath and hooked her leg exactly as she had seen Lana do a minute before. Her heart was racing, pounding in her ears. She was absolutely positive Lana's parents would burst into the room any minute and catch them. She swung her body out the window, scraping her shin on the window sill as she tumbled onto the grass.
Lana burst into muffled giggles and rushed over to help Tara stand, "You goose. You're not supposed to just throw yourself out!"
Tara looked up at her best friend and started giggling, "Shhhhhh your parents will wake up!"
Lana hopped on one foot as she slipped her boots on. Then, taking Tara's hand in hers, the girls ran off into the moonlight, giggling, as they disappeared around the corner.
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