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Before they could remember Rachel cleared her dishes, put away the cereal and er she was sure they would have re on her nightstand, and looked at it

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Hoping it was Rob texting about their date tonight, Rachel opened the phone

Dana: Hey Rach, went to thethis, Rachel felt sad She remembered how siot in trouble, and hanging out with her friends never turned into a crazy ordeal either She wished she could be back with her old friends now, doing the fun things she used to do: but now she was thrust into this different world she knew little about

Rachel didn’t feel up to rehashing her whole night over a text e, but she didn’t want to be rude and not text back, even though Dana had been re Rachel the past few days

Rachel: Hey! Sounds so fun, wish I could have been there, I went out, too Let’s chat later

Rachel had hoped that Dana’s text was Rob texting her instead She was anxious for Rob to text her about the party, but she also didn’t kno she would respond Could she really tell hi out past her 11pm curfew? She couldn’t bear to do that She knew that if she told anyone that she was grounded, her friends would think she was lame Not to mention, they would hate her parents, and Rachel didn’t want that

Rachel pondered her options She had to find a way to get to Jordan’s party and to see Rob, but she didn’t see how that would ever fly with her parents Rachel knew if she tried to reason with theer -- so she knew that wasn’t an option

She wondered if she had Rob show up and ring her bell, that o out But she didn’t think that would work because she knew she wouldn’t get the syht

Suddenly, Rachel had an idea Today was Saturday, and she knew her parents alent out on Saturday nights for dinner Rachel could sneak out She had never snuck out of her house before, but tonight was not just another night out with the girls -- this was her BIG date night with Rob, and she couldn’t miss it for the world

The one hiccup in the plan was that Rachel wasn’t sure if her parents were going out this Saturday, because it was their first Saturday in the new house and they s to do around the house They ht also be too tired after the craziness she had put theht She had to find out

But how?

Rachel knew that if she asked the was up; Rachel never inquired about their plans before, so ould she start doing it now? Especially when she was grounded?

Suddenly, a stroke of genius entered her brain She figured out the perfect way to find out their plans, while not letting on that she was really trying to find a way to sneak out

Rachel felt torn about her idea She knew if she went forith it, she would have to tell a lie -- but if she didn’t go through with it, she ers The battle in her mind went on for a few minutes, and then she decided she couldn’t miss her date with Rob, she had to lie to her parents

Rachel left her roo in the living rooh boxes As she entered the room, her parents stopped and looked up at her

"What are you doing down here?" asked her dad

"Well, I was going through my homework and then I realized that part of my science horounded No TV," her dad replied

"But, hoill I do o in without it and it’s due Monday , 3rd period"

Rachel’s mom looked at her, then turned towards her dad and said, "I think we need toit for pleasure -- it is her horounded"

"What tiht"

Rachel knew that there was a Phillies gauably, their nu out for dinner, they would be sitting in front of the only TV they had in their house, watching the gaet in the way of their beloved baseball tea Here parents looked at each other and looked at the clock hanging in the corner of the room

"That will be fine," said Rachel’s dad

"The show is two hours though, is that OK?" she asked, looking at her parents

"It shouldn’t be a probleht at 7 o’clock with the new neighbors They said they et ho to sound indifferent She didn’t want them to hear any excitement in her voice

Rachel knew that Sarah was still at Skid a sleepover with one of his friends so she would have the house all to herself

Rachel had done it Her plan worked She figured out all the infor, but she couldn’t think of any other way

Rachel headed back upstairs to her room She looked at her watch 1:15pes