The+Locker,+Paige

 Here I am. Got myself in a troubled situation once again with the same person.

“Here, just take the bag and hide it in your locker,” Lin said, as she shoved the bag into my locker, which was wide open. She said she needed me to hold something for her but I didn’t know it was this serious.

“But today we have locker inspections. If the principal finds that stuff in my locker, I’m dead! Lin why can’t anyone else do it? Ask the people who parents won't kill them if they find 100,000 dollars and stolen gold watches in their locker!” I said.

“Relax Britt, locker inspections are only for second floor lockers and your is on the third floor.” Lin tried to calm me down but whatever she said, I wasn’t going to believe. //I was not not going to jail at the age of 15//.

“Well, you can hide it in the girls bathroom and no one will find it there,” I said.

“No way Britt! That janitor lady is so creepy she watches every move I make. Besides, I am not that dumb to hide it in a stall and come back and find a penny left and a note saying that the janitor has quit and moved to live in a L.A. mansion!” Lin replied.

 Lin is my best friend but why does she have to be a criminal? She could get rich by actually doing her work and trying to get into a good college instead of stealing valuable items that she sells to buy clothes and shoes. I even suggested that maybe we could become rich and famous stars by having a reality show called Britt and Lin.

“Aw, Lin. I have done so much for you already. Remember that time I almost got caught for hiding YOUR drug bag in my book bag?” I really was fed up with Lin always coming to me, and this time I was not going to do it.

 A few minutes later my bad luck got worse; the speakers came on and the principal announced that locker inspections were now for the whole school and the police were coming for further investigation. This was because there had been recent sighting of vandalism and thefts in our school. The bell rang which meant that class was starting.

“Oh, what do you know? Class is starting, see you later!” Lin literally slammed my locker door with the bag in it and ran off.

“No! Wait, Lin! I will never forgive you if I get caught!” I screamed down the hallway.

“You won’t Britt, I promise. And if you do, I will bail you out!” I heard her say as she dashed to class.

//Yeah right//. Our school was known as one of the worst schools in the country. Me getting caught would not help my résumé. I will have already graduated from the worst school in the country and now “//has gone to jail for property of stolen money and gold watches//” will appear on my college applications?

//What was I going to do?// I thought hard to myself and finally came up with a solution. Lin had not been a good friend lately and I knew she was not going to be sorry or bail me out if I get caught. So I decided to hide her stuff in the first place anyone would look. I hid it in //her// locker.

//Thanks, Lin - for making me be the one to remember your locker combo for all these years. //