Chapter 2. Stealing With Ease

Sly and Bentley sat at a table near the back of the corner, talking about anything interesting. Well, Sly was doing most of the talking, and all he ever talked about was stealing or Carmelita. "Hey, Bentley. See that chick over there?" Sly pointed to Mona, a black Persian cat. "I betcha I can still her jelly donut without her even noticing. Think I can pull it off?"

"Well, in all honesty, I think you could steal it without her catching you. Although Carmelita would catch you. She is Mona's best friend after all." Bentley took a drink of his milk, however, he quickly spat it out when he saw the remainder of a donut Sly had put in it. "Hey! I was drinking that!"

Sly burst out laughing. "Heh, that was great. Anyway, cheer up. I'll go get ya another one. I gotta go up that way anyway." Sly got up to go Bentley another milk. He bumped into Carmelita on his way up to the food counter. "Oh, sorry 'bout that. I was blinded by your beauty so I didn't notice you." Sly nearly fell over when Carmelita gave him a rather fierce shove. "Ah, being hard to get, eh? Deny it all you want, but I know you like me." Sly ducked as Carmelita chucked a donut at him.

Sly got Bentley's milk and started to walk back to his table. On his way back he quickly snatched Mona's donut off of her trey without her noticing. Even better, Carmelita didn't even notice. Sly threw Bentley his milk, and then sat down back at his table. "Told ya I could pull it of."

"I don't think getting somebody a small carton of milk is something to be worshipped for, Sly. Even Big Burt could pull that off."

"Yes it is. Now bow down before your master, worm! Alright, now time to get serious. Weren't you watching? I snatched Mona's jelly donut without getting caught. I stole it with ease. I told ya I could do it."

Bentley looked up at Sly with a bored look on his face. "Huh? Oh, I'm sorry, I wasn't listening. What did you say?" Bentley grinned when he saw Sly's annoyed look.

Out on the Happy Campers playground...

"Oh, come on, Bentley! We're on recess! Nobody does homework on recess! Quit being such a nerd. C'mon, these kids are carrying plenty of goods on them. Lets go steal some stuff. You and me, what do ya say?"

Bentley gave a deep sigh. "Fine, if it'll get you to shut up."

"I knew you'd come around. Now, who should we pilfer next?" Sly looked around the playground, and then saw his next target. "Hey, Bentley. Jonesy sure is wearing an expensive watch, don't ya think? I think we should steal it. How 'bout you?"

"Sure, if thats want you want. So how are we gonna get it?"

"Well, you're the genius. Think of a great plan that we could use to steal it. We can't let this slip buy." Sly couldn't take his eyes off of the watch.

Bentley thought for a moment, then came up with a plan. "I've got it! Okay, listen closely. Jonesy likes to race. If you challenge him to a race he'll have to take off his watch because its so loose on his wrist that it would fall off. More than likely, he'll lay it down somewhere. While you're racing against him I'll sneak up and snatch the watch. Its a perfect plan, wouldn't you say?"

Sly's jaw dropped. "Bentley, you're amazing! I'd have never thought of that! You've gotta become my partner in crime once we're old enough to leave this place."

"Now that I'll have to think about. Now, are you ready to get on with the plan?"

"Better believe it. Lets get started."

Sly walked over to Jonesy who was a cheetah, while Bentley stayed behind, waiting for Jonesy to put his watch down. "Yo, whats happening, chump? Betcha I could beat ya in a race."

Jonesy accepted his challenge. "Alright. Just because you're the new hotshot around here doesn't mean you can beat me." Jonesy placed his watch in his backpack, and then both him and Sly ran to the race track. After Mona blew a whistle the both took off with Sly quickly taking first place.

As everybody else was watching the race Bentley snuck up to Jonesy's bag and unzipped it. He quickly took the watch, zipped the bag back up, and then ran back to the bench where he started to act like he was doing his homework.

Sly noticed Jonesy getting closer so he dropped a coin on the ground, and laughed while Jonesy stopped to pick it up. Sly crossed the finish line just as Jonesy had started to run again. "Well, looks like I win." Sly walked back over to where Bentley was and took a seat. "So, did you get it?"

"Right here it is. I suggest you keep it in your backpack so Jonesy won't see it." Bentley handed Sly the watch.

"I don't plan on keeping it that long. Tonight I'm sneeking out of the orphanage to sell this for some cash. I know this guy who'll pay quiet a bit for this. My dad used to go to his place all the time."

"Sneek out of the orphanage? Do you realize how much trouble you'd be in if you got caught?"

"If I don't sell it soon Jonesy will find out that we're the ones who took it. Besides, it'll be fun." Sly began laughing as he watched Jonesy look for his watch.

Sorry if this chapter has a few grammar mistakes but I was in a hurry so I had to type it rather fast. Hope you liked it.