Chapter 1

Tracy had lost a bet with her two best friends, Linda and Christina. She had lost these bets before, but never expected to have to do the dare she was about to do now. The bet was made a week earlier and since she lost, she was told that on Friday of this week, she would get the dare that she had to perform.

She waited all week to find out what stupid little thing her girlfriends would have her do. Thoughts ran through her mind of past bets and dares and figured she would get through this one just as easy as the last ones she had lost. Tracy usually lost these bets, but it was fun doing the things her friends put her up to.

Tracy thought back to all the things she did when she lost a bet. Once she had to go to the men’s room in a mall and pee. Luckily for her, there were no men in the bathroom when she went in and no one entered. That was pretty simple, she thought. What could these two other girls think of worse than that?

The three girls had played this game many times, making little bets about anything. Then the loser would get a dare to do, but usually the dare came right after the loser of the bet was decided. But this time was different, and she was made to wait until Friday morning, right before midterms started the following week. Tracy didn’t have to worry about the midterms, because she was an above average student. But her two friends needed to study all the time, just to get some passing grades. Even though Tracy was smart, she lost most of the bets. She knew that both girls had the most problem with math, and had said she would help them study anytime they wished, and both of them had taken her up on it. They usually spent weekends together at one of their houses, just to study, and Tracy thought this weekend would be no different. It was Christina’s turn to have her friends over for the weekend, and plans were already made with the other two girls’ parents. However, no one else knew that Christina’s parents were going tobe away for the entire weekend.

So, here it was, Friday morning and Tracy was waiting for her friends to arrive at school, so she could learn what the dare was to be. She waited outside for her friends, and just before the bell rang to go into their classes, her friends showed up in Linda’s car. She was the only one of the three with a driver’s license and she even had her own car to drive. Tracy smiled and waved at them as they parked the car and got out. She met them half way and the girls giggled as they handed Tracy her assignment for the dare.

Before she could open the envelope, Christina said, “Tracy, before you look at that, you do promise to do whatever it says?”

Tracy said, “Of course I do.”

Then Linda said, “No matter what the dare is, you’ll do it without fail?”

Again Tracy answered, “Yes, no matter what the dare is, I’ll do it.”

Both of the other girls said, “Good. We’ll see you later,” and off to class they all went.

Tracy didn’t have time to open the envelope right then, but once she got to her homeroom, with a little free time, she did open it. She was shocked to see what was written on the paper inside. It read, “Tracy, after school closes for the weekend, you will sneak back and break into the school. Then you will go to Mr.

Frank’s math room and get the test and answers to the midterms. Make a copy of both and bring them with you to Christina’s house.”

Tracy was totally shocked, but she had told her friends that she would do the dare since she lost the bet. And, in order to keep her friends, she had to do this, even though she knew it was wrong. She began making the plans in order to get into the school to steal the test and answers.

First she went to the bathroom on the first floor of the two-story school.

There she rigged the window, so she could open it up later, with the hopes the janitor didn’t see it and close it. Then she paced herself from the bathroom to the math room on the second floor, making sure just how much time it took. She didn’t want to stay any longer in the closed school than she had to. Her next step was to figure out how long it would take to get to the copy room, also on the second floor and how long it would take to warm up the copier, run the copies and return the original to Mr. Frank’s room. The only thing she couldn’t count on was where he had put the midterm exam and answers.

She had a hard time getting through the rest of the day, and saw her friends again before they all went home to get ready to spend the weekend at

Christina’s. Once again, both girls asked her if she was going to do what they wanted and she again, said,” I lost the bet and have to do what you have dared me to, even though I know it is wrong and don’t like it. Yes, I am going to do it.”

They all went their separate ways and headed for home. Once it started turning dark, Tracy told her parents she was on her way over to Christina’s for the weekend to study for midterms. Her Parents said that is good and we do hope you can help your friends pass the exam. They knew the other two were not as smart as Tracy and thought it was a great idea for her to help them.

So she left the house, but instead of heading for Christina’s, she made a detour to the school. When she arrived, she saw the janitor just closing up the front doors and watched as he got into his car and leave. She waited, nervously, to make sure he didn’t return. After about twenty minutes, she decided to continue and went around the school to where she had left the window unlocked and slightly ajar. Lucky for her, the window was just the way she had fixed it earlier and she carefully opened it and crawled inside.