When I was about 16 I went through a huge rebel phase. I was always one of those people that if you challenged me to do something I would prove I could do it no matter what or how stupid it was. My parents had been kind of strict and had no idea that I had started heading towards the wrong crowd. One day I was sitting in my commons area at school when this boy that I had a huge crush on and had been talking to for a while came up to me and suggested that we should skip school together. Knowing that I was a great student and that my parents would kill me if I ruined things then I would get a big butt whooping. I told him no I couldn't because I also had auditions for show choir that night and didn't want to have to miss out. He just kept insisting and insisting so finally I gave in. Before the bell even rang for dismissal we together walked out the side door of the building and to my car. Neither one of us had any idea where we were going to go or what we were going to do but we didn't have a place to hangout because all our friends were at home. We went to McDonalds for about an hour and then we went to my friend Kim's house since her brother was home and watched a movie. we eventually got bored and decided we should probably head back to school, with our alibies set in stone and the feeling of being invincible, we walked in. He went in first and made it to class with no trouble. Then it was my turn. I told the office that I had an appointment with my lawyer and she took my word knowing that my parents were in the middle of a court battle for child support and I was a good kid with all A's and there was no way they should second guess me. She gave me an admit slip and sent me to class. When I got to class I told all my friends how I didn't get caught but I had spoken too soon. The secretary came back to get me and took me to the office. My heart sunk to the floor when I say my mom and step dad sitting there looking at me. I asked if the school called and my mom said no they were just curious as to why infinite campus showed that I was gone for three hours. My mind was reeling for excuses and the best i could come up with was I fell asleep in my car. My mom looked at me and I thought I was caught, she gave me her mom look. I then broke down and started crying and they believed my story. I said that I was so stressed out about show choir try-outs they I accidently fell asleep in my car in the school parking lot since I had to take my sisters to school that morning and when I woke up I freaked out. My mom made me tell the assistant principle that I lied when I came in because I didn't want to get into trouble and I got three 9th hours. But they were all forgiving and I didn't get into trouble at home. Eventually I didn't even have to serve those 9th hours because they trusted me and deep down in the back of my head a voice told me that I should tell the whole truth because there was guilt building up inside but in the end I left it alone and nothing else happened.
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