Chapter 4

"We decided that the anger from the prank would pass. I mean, there was no proof that we were there."

Jeff sat at his desk grading papers. Lainey then ran into the room.

"Jeff!" Lainey shouted. "We are screwed!"

"No we're not," Jeff said. "There's no proof we were there."

"I may have dropped my lipstick somewhere in the Lower Merion High School!" Lainey shouted.

"Lainey!" Jeff shouted.

"I'm sorry," Lainey said.

"Okay," Jeff said. "Maybe the lipstick just fell out in your car."

"Later, Lainey and I watched the news in the teacher's lounge…"

"Here's an update on the vandalism at Lower Merion High School," a female news anchor said. "A container of lipstick was discovered in the girls' bathroom. The container is being sent to forensics for tests."

Jeff and Lainey began to cry.

"We're screwed!" Jeff sobbed.

"Yes we are!" Lainey sobbed. "This is all your fault!"

"I wanted to hang up posters!" Jeff sobbed.

C.B. and Emily ran into the lounge.

"Did you hear?" Emily asked.

"Yes!" Lainey sobbed.

"We're going to jail!" C.B. sobbed.

"That is not going to happen," Jeff said.

"What do you mean?" Lainey asked. "They're going to find my fingerprints on that lipstick container."

"We can run away," Jeff said.

"Where?" Lainey asked.

"I have a cabin in Aspen," Emily said.

"We'll move to Aspen and change our names," C.B. said.

"But I don't want to do that," Lainey said. "I want to stay here."

"We vandalized a school!" Jeff shouted.

A female police officer walked into the lounge.

"I'll take that as a confession!" the officer shouted. "You four are under arrest!"

Lainey, Jeff, C.B., and Emily were each handcuffed and led out of the school. As they exited the building, the other teachers stood outside laughing.

"What the…" Lainey started to ask before turning around to see Jeff, C.B., and Emily laughing.

"Guys?" Lainey asked.

"Gotcha!" Jeff, C.B., and Emily shouted.

"What?" Lainey asked.

"This is a prank!" Jeff laughed.

"The entire police force, the faculty of Lower Merion, and the people at the news were in on it!" Emily laughed.

Everyone took off their fake cuffs.

"These are trick handcuffs!" C.B. laughed.

Lainey took off her handcuffs.

"So the whole prank we did was just part of an even bigger prank?" Lainey asked.

"Yep," C.B. said. "It was Coach Mellor's idea. But for some reason he didn't show."

Coach Mellor walked over to them.

"You were supposed to pick me up and none of you did!" Coach Mellor shouted.

"So you all pranked me?" Lainey asked.

Lainey began to laugh.

"That is awesome!" Lainey cheered. "You guys are the best!"