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❛ the planetarium ❜

          THE BREEZE HITS MY SKIN as we exit the club. "Jenny, you were great!" Bobby exclaims.

"That was amazing."

" I can't believe I just did that," Jenny says in disbelief.

"Well, you better believe it," I smile.

"See what happens when you just let go? The art just starts to flow," Lola yells happily.

"Well, speaking of flow, we better get going before these guys come out, all right?" Jenny informs us.

"Jenny, you were way cool," A.J. compliments.

"Not cool. You were radical," Trey yells out loud. I was walking beside Emily.

"She didn't end world hunger, people," Emily scoffs.

"Come on, Em, don't say that," I sigh as we catch up with the rest of the group.

We arrived at what seemed to be a boardwalk "That was really great. I'm so proud of you," Lola cheers.

"Thanks," Jenny says back to her. I heard a bottle clanking like it was being kicked, I must not have been the only one 'cause Lola looked back but I didn't bother.

"Hey, I think you should talk to Emily. She seems pretty down," Lola told me.

I slow down my stroll so Emily could catch up "Hey, um, I just wanted to apologize about earlier back at the police station."

"Whatever. Just forget it," she bluntly replies. Her face didn't show any emotions but her eyes said everything.

"No, I won't forget it. It's been an awful night but it's no excuse to hurt your feelings baby sis, what's wrong?" I put my hand on her shoulder. She stays silent.

"Em, listen to me, okay? You're not a child anymore. You're an amazing, smart, cool girl," I explain smiling at every detail I say of her.

"No, I'm just a dork. Nobody even knows I exist. I'm just an invisible dork," Emily says putting herself down, even though we don't always get along I still love her and I don't like seeing her like this.

"You're not invisible. You're beautiful. And you don't need green hair or tattoos to be noticed. Just be your awesome self. I promise you, it's enough," I explain to her. She looks over at someone from far away. I turn around to see what she was looking at and realized it was Trey. "And if he doesn't see that, then... That's his loss. And besides... Boys are dorks."

"They are dorks. It's just you and him... You guys just seem so close. Do you like him?" Emily asks.

"Honestly? I think I do. I think I really do. And I didn't wanna say anything 'cause I know you have feelings for him and you're my sister. Sisters before misters forever," I chuckle. Also hoping she's not mad at me.

Emily lets out a strong sigh before looking at me and giving me a warm smile "I'm not mad. I don't mind anymore. I see how you are around him and how he is around you. The way you guys look at each other. Just from what I can see, I see that you two mean a lot more to each other than you'd ever think and that's why I think you should tell him!" she laughs.

"Yeah, no thanks, baby sis," I laugh. I start walking away.

"And, Hanna?" Emily's voice called out.

"Yeah?"

"Thanks for being here, I love you too," she says lovingly as she gives me a big hug. We walk away towards the group together.

"Um, Hanna. There's something I should probably tell you. I might've called mom and dad," Emily says stopping me from walking.

"You called mom and dad?!" I freak out.

"I'm sorry," Emily says.

"She called mom and dad," I tell the rest of the group, they all turn at the same time. That was a little creepy.

"That's it, it's over," Jenny groans, we all start panicking.

"Emily, you have to call them back and tell them it was a prank. For all we know, mom and dad could've already heard the message and are trying to find us," I say, freaking out.

"Here, use mine," Lola says as she offered her phone to Emily.

"Come on," Lola says hoping they will pick up.

"Hi, you've reached..." says the phone.

"Didn't answer," Emily informs giving Lola's phone back.

"Great. There goes that plan," Jenny groans.

"Can't you just delete the message?" Trey asks.

"How? I don't know the code," Emily tells him, both Emily and I look at each other. I could tell we were both thinking the same thing because we both shouted the obvious "Mom and dad are at the planetarium."

"It's not that far from here," Emily adds.

"Yeah, let's just sneak into the party, find your mom's phone and delete the messages ourselves," Lola proposes.

"Ooh, sure, no problem, MacGyver. And then I'll just take out the security guard with my taser gun, and then, Katy here can shimmy in through the air ducts," Jenny says sarcastically.

"I'm not dressed to shimmy," Katy whines.

"Are you always this negative? You can't even consider an idea that's a little bit outside the box?" Lola asks Jenny.

"Outside of the box? You just got out of jail. Now you wanna crash a gala? Even if we could make it, there's no chance we'd get the money in time," Jenny argues.

"Katy's three-star party survival kit," Katy yells remembering something she gave mom before she went out.

"Mommy keeps a hundred-dollar bill in her fancy coat pocket," Katy informs.

"Yes, Katy!" Lola exclaims.

"No, guys, it's too dangerous," Jenny says.

"Come on, Jenny. There are moments in life where you just have to take a risk and go for it. This is one of those moments," Lola pleads.

Jenny looks terrified, I don't blame her though, we all look at Jenny with hopeful faces. Jenny caves in. She pushes past all of us and began the journey. We jog our way to the planetarium.

"What brings you, kids, here?" asks the tough security guard as we walk into the building.

"We're going to steal money from my mommy's..." I put my hand over Katy's mouth before she could continue.

"Kids. They are so cute," Jenny laughs.

"We're babysitters just taking a little evening field trip to the planetarium," Jenny makes up an excuse.

"Field trip? At this hour," the security guard questions.

"Dude, Jupiter's at opposition. Best time to observe," Trey informs, this guy's got a brain?! I'm pretty sure we all looked at Trey shocked that that just came out of his mouth.

"You're right. You really know your stuff," the security guard chirps as he moved to the side letting us in.

"My mom's a scientist," Trey brags stopping in his steps. I push him so he could move towards the actual gala.