Chapter 3

~10 minutes later~

"Alright, Santa. You're done!" the store manager yells

"So, I'll see you in 5" Sam tells the 17-year-old and winks at him before she walks towards the counter to get her $200 paycheck

"All right, Brooke. There's your paycheck!" the cashier hands her $200 from the cash register

"Who's… oh, yeah, I am the Brooke!" Sam awkwardly remembers that she is impersonating another look-alike

"So, can I buy the hover board now?" Sam asks and turns in the paycheck along with her $500

"Sure" the cashier takes the money and scans the barcode. "Ok, just sign your name to indicate that your name is M. Brooke!"

"What are you waiting for, Sam?" Sam begins to question herself, "Just forge the signature and get Cat's present!". Sam eventually convinces herself to sign the receipt

"Thank you for your purchase, and Merry Christmas!" the cashier politely greets her as the blonde teen walls towards the exit

"Ring, ring, ring" the phone answers

"Hello?" Sam asks as she picks up her phone

"Hey, Sam!" Sam is reintroduced to a high pitched voice. "I just wanted to tell you that a very important college interview again and I probably won't be home until 11 at night!" Cat informs her roommate in advance

"Can't you please come home any earlier?" Sam impatiently asks her. "I have a surprise for you!"

"Sorry, but this is super important for me and my acceptance" Cat refuses her offer

"Ok, that's fine!" Sam manages to compromise with her roommate, understanding the high stakes of this interview

"All right, bye!" Cat says to her before hanging up

Sam puts her phone back in her pocket and carries Cat's hover board towards the exit

~Store, 5 minutes later~

"Excuse me, Mr. Manager?" an 11-year-old amiably asks the store manager for her attention. "Have you seen her anywhere?" Ellie takes a photo of the 17-year-old out of her pocket and hands it over to the manager

"Yeah, that's Ms. Brooke, she just finished her job here as the mall Santa" the store manager instantly recognizes her

"Are you sure that's Ms. Brooke?" Ellie asks the store manager with a fake yet confused voice before handing him another piece of paper from her back pocket

"Sam & Cat's Super Rockin' Fun-Time Babysitting Service?" the store manager observes the babysitting flier before he observes a photo of a blonde girl on the flier with the name "Sam" written below

"Security, we need a lookout for an impersonating thief!" the store manager alerts security via the radio. "Her name is Samantha Puckett, she is wearing a red sweater with blue stripes on it, and white jeans. She's a tall blonde around 17 years old!" the manager gives them a physical description of the suspect

~10 minutes later ~

"Hey, guys. I found her!" a security guard finally finds the teen blonde blended yet noticeable in the crowd

"Hey, Connor. So, I'll see you in the food-" Sam talks to her handsome crush over the phone before she gets pinned down by a security guard, dropping her smartphone onto the floor

"Oh, crap!" Sam says to herself as she notices a bunch of security guards running after her

"Guys, I got her!" the security guard above Sam yells towards the other workers

"Get off of me!" Sam orders the security guard before she flips him over

"Ow!" the security guard yells as he notices the teen girl pick up her phone from the ground and begin running

"You will never catch me!" Sam insults the security guards while dashing through the crowd. "You will never catch-"Sam repeats herself but pumps into an 11-year-old standing in front of her

Sam falls down and notices Ellie standing in front of her. "Ellie, you've got to help me!" Sam begs the 11-year-old for help

"Bite my tiny devil ass!" Ellie rudely refuses her with a smug look on her face before she happily walks away.

"Ellie, you better get back here!" Sam warns her while she is being handcuffed

"Ms. Puckett, we're going to have to take away your hover board!" another security takes her hover board before handing it over to his partner

"No, please don't!" Sam begs the security guard as she grabs onto the hover board. "Ms. Puckett, let go or I'll be forced to use my Taser!" the security guard warns her, prompting the teen girl to release her grip

"Wait, you don't understand!" Sam attempts to explain herself while getting handcuffed. "We don't need any explaining!" the security guard refuses to hear Sam and pulls her towards the mall prison

"Hey, does she have anyone to bail her out?" the security guard asks his partner. "Let me check" the partner asks for patience as he goes through the teenager's confiscated phone. "What do we have?" the security guard impatiently asks. "Well, there's someone named Cat Valentine in her contacts" the partner begins dialing her phone number

~1 minute later, Board Room~

"Ms. Valentine" a white-haired guy from the college board in his early 50s calls for the girl's attention, "Looking at your academic records as well as your acting experience. The board has decided to-" the man concludes but gets interrupted by the ringing of a smartphone

"Oh, sorry about that!" Cat apologizes before she turns her screen on. "Why is Sam calling me right now?" Cat thinks to herself before rejecting the phone call and turning back in her chair

"The board has decided to!-" the man repeats his conclusion but gets interrupted again from the ringing of Cat's phone

"Oh, come on!" Cat thinks to herself in an irritated mood. "I'm really sorry!" Cat apologizes again and finally picks up the phone, hoping they still accept her application

"Hello?" Cat tries to calm down over the phone. "Yeah, I'm Cat Valentine"; "Hold on, what happened?" Cat asks with concern, "Oh, crap!"

"Miss, language!" the head scolds her, "We are in a place of learning, so please watch your mouth and put down the damn phone" the head ironically tells her

"I'm sorry, but, I have to go for an emergency!" Cat politely asks to leave

"What happened?" the head asks in a curious manner. "If you want, we can just reschedule this!"

"My roommate Sam just got arrested, and, I have to go bail her out!" Cat awkwardly tells him before walking towards the door

"You live with a criminal?" another member asks her with a sense of shock to which the short applicant embarassingly nods. "Hold on, Sam Puckett?" the head asks her in an angry and curious manner, finally recognizing Cat from her babysitting flier with their names

"Yes" Cat gulps, hoping that she still gets accepted

"She prank called my friend Steve who works at The Premier in San Diego and told him that enchiladas were now illegal!" the head angrily recalls for the red-haired senior

"Ok…" Cat awkwardly nods before walking out the glass door. "Damn you, Sam!" Cat whispers to herself, holding back her tears. "I am so kicking her out of the house!" Cat angrily walks towards the parking lot, foreseeing her possible rejection from the college

"You have no clue what you've just messed with!" Cat angrily remarks as she mounts on her moped and begins driving towards the mall

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