Chapter 2

"Let me guess, they won't let you return the money?" Jennifer sighed as she sat back down on her bed. "Sam this is serious. I can't believe you stole a test and an answer key. You could in serious trouble behind this."

"I know all that Jen." Sam told her.

"Then why do it?" Sam looked at the girl with an expression that meant "Are you serious?"

"Come on, Jen," he justified. "We've seen Eli, Bobby, Dean and John do worse with credit card scams."

Jennifer shook her head. "That doesn't make it right. Not to mention the guys you're dealing with are dangerous. You said yourself that they're crazy."

Sam shook his head. "I know, but…" his voice trailed off.

Jennifer frowned at him. "Sam I get that you don't have the easiest time fitting in at school or making friends, but if you're asking for my opinion, this is not the way to do it."

Sam didn't look at her as he kicked off his shoes and sat back in his bed leaning against the wall. "You could always just give them the test this one time and tell them that you doubt you can do it again because you nearly got caught."

Sam shook his head and looked at the younger girl smiling. "That's just it though Jen. It wasn't hard. It was actually really easy." He placed the money down on the bed in between them as she took her seat. "A hundred dollars a person, we could make some serious money."

Jennifer raised an eyebrow. "We?" she asked.

Sam nodded. "Yeah, we; that is unless you plan on telling?" he said smiling. He knew that she wouldn't. They had covered for each other all their lives. Even if he wasn't offering to cut her in, he knew that she still would keep his secret.

Jennifer shook her head and smiled. "Fine," she acquiesced. "But, Dean and Eli will start to get a little suspicious if you suddenly have new everything." She warned him.

Sam shook his head. "The second I graduate from school I'm gone. I'm saving up now."

Jennifer looked up at him, "The apple pie life you've been talking about since we were kids? You're still thinking of leaving?"

Sam nodded. "Yeah. This whole thing is just a means to an end. So are you in?"

Jennifer nodded. "Yeah, but Dean and Eli can't know that we're doing this."

Sam agreed. "Our little secret"

Jennifer climbed back into her bed. "So how did you do it?" she asked curiously.

Sam shrugged and spent the next half hour explaining to her what he did and how he gotten away with it. By the time he was done, Jennifer had to agree it did seem very easy and very doable.

"Aren't you worried about someone telling if they get caught?" Sam shook his head. "No, because I never cheat myself and I'm alone when I do it. The only person that knows how I got the test is you and if we sell every copy we have and get rid of the rest, no one can trace it back to us. Like dad always says: cover your tracks and leave no signs that you were ever there."