"You know what man? My life is going nowhere, when is the last time I've had an adventure?" Garret asked his buddy Tom while opening another beer.

"Dunno, never, I guess. It's cause you're too busy working." Tom said.

"Oh yeah... I got fired last week." Garret said.

"What? Really? That sucks." Tom said, turning to look at Garret.

"Well now I've got a lot of time on my hands. I could do something exciting. Too bad I have no money." Garret said.

"Yeah." Tom said.

The two men sat in silence for a moment, staring at the football game on the television screen.

"I could commit a crime." Garret said.

Tom laughed. His laugh died away as he realized Garret was serious. "Are you crazy? No!"

"No really, I could get some money out of it, get excitement too." Garret said.

"Yeah, you might even get some jail time!" Tom said.

"Yeah I guess you're right..." Garret said, deep in thought.

"Listen to me Garret, you can't do something stupid." Tom said.

"I could do something small, something no one would notice." Garret said.

"That wouldn't be exciting." Tom said.

"That's true..." Garret said, continuing to think hard. "Ok, how about this. I've got lots of neighbors; I could just take one of them." Garret said.

"Garret, listen to me, you can't. You will go to jail." Tom tried to reason.

"I've got it. A new family moved in across the street, young couple, little boy, kids go for a lot of ransom money. They've got to be loaded if they're living down here." Garret said.

"So what, you just take this kid?" Tom asked.

"No, he's always with one of his parents or the babysitter. No one's going to pay ransom for the sitter so maybe I should take one parent and the kid." Garret said.

"No! You're talking like a crazy person. Garret, you are a good man, you don't need money that badly, I'll lend you money, we can take a trip to Mexico or wherever! Just stop being mentally insane ok?" Tom pleaded.

"Yeah..." Garret said, not paying attention.

"Garret!" Tom said, slapping him. "Look at me. You can't do this."

"Ok, ok! No worries, I was just playing you!" Garret said, laughing.

"That's not funny." Tom said.

"Sure it is. Hey, I've got to go, I'm gonna make some grub and watch the game in my new chair." Garret said.

Tom watched warily as Garret got up and left his house. Sighing, he turned his attention to the football game.

I know the first chapter's kind of slow but everything is coming in the next chapter! I'll post based on reviews. Thanks guys!