Bail out

"I'm out." You say with a nervous look in your eyes.

"Dude, are you stupid?" Jimmy blurts out. "Sure, we can't do what we want anymore, but it'll still be a blast."

It's hard not to roll your eyes at Jimmy. It's always like that. Once he gets going, he forgets about silly things like learning from his own mistakes. It's because Jimmy did do whatever he wanted, that you two are now in this situation. And it's not like you aren't tempted, but Leah is hardly someone you can trust. Of course, she can always make you a victim, instead of an accomplice.

"She asked me and I said no." Turning to her you add, "Are you going to use the pen on me now? Because I don't want to play your game?" You try to sound somewhat confident, but you don't think that it fools Leah for a moment.

"No, I won't." Leah doesn't sound happy with your decision, but she is keeping whatever she thinks of it to herself.

"Oh come on, don't be such a stick in the mud."

Great, now Jimmy resorts to pestering. Why did you go to him first, anyway? Right, because you are thick as thieves and if you stick around he WILL convince you. Just like he always does. It's the main problem that stays: If Jimmy screwed up once, what's to stop him, or Leah for that matter, from doing it again? You love his pranks, but most of them go nowhere because he has so little self control. Not that you are a paragon of restrained by anyone's standards, but that doesn't make it any less true.

"Look, you want to do this? Fine, I'm not spoiling your fun, I'm not telling anybody, either. Just keep away from Jessica and me."

Leah lets out a deep sigh, but then shrugs.

"Not exactly what I had hoped for, but okay. If something comes up, I'll give you a heads up." You nod, though you have no idea why she is so agreeable. She turns to Jimmy. "You can go home now, too. I'll keep in touch."

You both get up, but you hear her voice coming up again.

"Before you go, one thing."

In an instant you see Jimmy crumble into a pile of clothes and his skin. You turn to her expecting to see her pointing the pen at you. Instead, she calmly puts it back into her pocket and smiles innocently.

"What did you expect? That I risk hiding the pens out of reach, after seeing what Jimmy and you did? Well mostly Jimmy, what you did wasn't so bad. You just fucked a teacher and pretended to be Ashley. Your weird friend did a lot more. " She shudders at the memory. At least she doesn't fault you for 'volunteering' her.

"So you didn't really hide them, but why zap him?" You nearly shout, but remember that her parents are still at home.

Leah just looks at you incredulously and then it hits you.

"He never got inside as Jimmy, did he? So your parents can't see him leave either." This time you do role your eyes.

"Of course he didn't, you know him better than I do. I don't know many guys as carefree as him."

As she starts to pack his skin and clothes inside a non-descriptive bag, you think of Heather, Jimmy's sister. You guys were nearly found out at the very start, because he was so careless.

"Just zip him up at your place or in an alley or something." She holds out the bag, but hesitates for a moment.

(Author: Cal)