"Ew, that's disgusting!" Amy Taylor screeched as a spider spat venom at here from inside a display. "Why did we have to come to this insect exhibit anyway?"

"Because we have to find out about the different kinds of species for our science test in two weeks," I answered.

"Not only that Josh, but we also have to find out why insects are so fascinating to the world," Andrew Marshall added. Amy and I both looked at each other.

"I guess I've already failed then," I groaned.

"Join the club," Amy whimpered.

"Hey look at that insect!" Andrew screeched in a high pitched voice as he ran up to a display that held a funny looking bug. A long slithery insect from inside the display case was jumping about. Andrew sounds like that when he gets excited. We don't know why, he just does.

"This place is giving me the creeps!" Amy Shivered. Amy wore a dark blue shirt over gray track pants. She nervously twirled a braid of her light blonde hair between her fingers. "When are we going?"

"In twenty minutes." A tall masculine man stood over her.

"Whoa!" Amy screamed as she fell over.

"Who do you think you are giving people frights like that?" she asked as she stood back up and dusted off her pants.

"Oh, sorry there," the man laughed. "Didn't mean to."

Amy looked up and gasped, "Oh, err, I didn't know it was you, Mr. Downs."

"That's ok. I wasn't trying to scare you," Mr. Downs laughed once again. "I just came over to see if you three were doing what you are meant to be doing.

"Oh, of course," I grinned. "We all ways do what you tell us to do."

"That's good to know," Mr. Downs smiled. "Well I hope that all three of you have jotted down enough notes for next week's test." Mr. Downs started to act serious for the first time. "Because if you fail this test, you are going to spend your whole summer at school trying to improve your grade."

My heart skipped a beat. "Next week?" I spat. I turned to look at Andrew. "You told me it was in two weeks!" He just shrugged and looked down at his shoes. I felt like throwing my folder at him.

"I'm sorry Josh, but I had to change it to next week when you were away. I emailed the class, and Andrew insisted that he would tell you."

I had to hold onto a nearby desk to stop me from falling over. "Uh,yeah. We've been getting down some notes for the test Mr. Downs," Amy answered, putting on a fake smile. "Don't worry about us."

"Well I'm glad to hear that," Mr. Downs replied. "Anyway, I hope you three are ready to go. The bus is here and we are leaving in five minutes."

"Sure thing," Andrew said. Mr. Downs walked off to go and talk to a few other students.

"What are we going to do!" I started to panic. "The test is next week and we've got nothing!"

"I'll tell you what we'll do," Andrew remarked. "We'll sneak in here tonight, just the three of us and study then."

"How do you think were going to that?" I asked.

Andrew looked around suspiciously to see if anybody was looking. Once he knew the coast was clear, he shoved his hands into his coat pocket, pulled them out and revealed a set of keys.

"You were saying?" Andrew smirked.

"What are they?" I asked.

"Keys to the building."

My eyes lit up at the site of the shiny keys. "How, when, where?" I spat out.

"You know when I went to the toilet a short while ago?" Andrew asked. I nodded. "Well I didn't actually go there. When we first came into the museum, I noticed a door marked Staff only, and knowing me, I just had to go check it out. So when I went to the toilets, I made sure no one was looking, and then I went into the room. That's when I saw these keys." He dangled them from his fingers. "Then I-"

"You didn't," Amy interrupted. Her mouth formed the shape of an O.

"I did," he replied with a grin on his face. "So what do you guys say? Will you join me tonight or what?"

"I don't know," Amy answered. "This seems like a bad idea to me."

It felt like there was a circus going on inside my stomach. On one hand, I was not ready for the test, and if I failed, I could kiss my summer vacation goodbye. On the other, breaking the law, not to mention creeping about in this scary building at night after hours gave me the creeps.

"Don't worry, everything will be alright," Andrew smiled. "It's not like anyone will be here to catch us. There is no way they will need security to look after a bunch of rotten, disgusting bugs like these at night." He stretched his arms out and signaled to the creepy crawlies around the room. "So do you guys trust me? Are you in?"

I looked at Amy and she just looked back at me.

"I guess," we both said at the same time.

"Great," Andrew grinned. "Nothing will go wrong."

If only I had listened to Amy.