Chapter 10: SECURITY

    We stood at the building staring at a small, cracked open window.

  "Uhm, thats high up." Sarah says. Ethan and the others sigh.

    "We can help you up." He says. I frown and look up at him.

    "Yeah? And who's gonna let us down?" I question. He frowns back.

    "You're a cheerleader, you can jump." He says. I sigh. And look through the window. Its not necessarily a high jump. Plus, I could just climb down. There's some grip on the wall. Sarah might not be able to but if Im able to get down there, I could get a chair or something for her to climb down on. I groan and shake my head yes.

    "Alright, I got this, give me a boost. I say.

Ethan interlocks his fingers with each other and put them at the height of his knees. I step my foot on his hands, jumping a little to test my weight and then I grab his shoulders.

  I unintentionally make eye contact and once I did it was hard to look away. He decided not to look away either which made this awkward and I know everyone was staring at us.

    "You ready?" He asks. I shake my head no and he chuckles.

    "You can do it." He says and I sigh.

   "Fine, lets do it....and this food better be good." I say giving him the most evil eye I could. He just smirks and nods before hoisting me up to the window.

    I climb in, holding on to the window ledge for my life and I look around. I place my foot on the top of a bulletin board and my other on a lump in the painted concrete wall.

Once done with that, I scoot my foot that is placed on the bulletin board farther onto it and place my other foot on it as well. All my weight is still being held up by my hands but I can see that under the board is a counter which means I could easily jump down there.

    "You okay down there?" I hear Ethan call.

    "Yeah, I'm fine. I'm gonna jump down and then get a chair for Sarah to climb on okay?" I say.

   "Okay. Be careful." He says and I blush. Good thing no one can see that.

   After I shake off my blush I take a deep breath and jump.

It freaking hurt. I almost twisted my ankle.

I groan and look around for a chair. As I look around I spot something out the corner of my eye. I flinch in fear and when I finally see what it is I duck down off the counter and hide.

    "Are you ready for Sarah?" I hear someone yell out. I jump in fear.

   Crap!

"Shhh!" I shush.

   "What?" I hear him yell again.

   "Be. Quiet!" I hiss. He peeks in the window at me and I scowl.

He looks at me confused as if he's about to say something again but I put my finger over my mouth warning him to shut his mouth. I then point to a desk with a sleeping man leaning on it. He was dressed in a security suit and I am freaked.

    I couldn't see him before when I looked in the window because I was too short to see at that angle. Ethan eyes grew wide and he mouthed to me, "You've gotta get out of there!" He says I frown at him. Duh dude!

    I sigh and look at the man. Being bold, I stand up and tip toe towards him in stealth mode. He was snoring very  quietly and he smelled like old cheese.

    I tapped his shoulder to see if he would budge and he didn't. I looked at him as he stayed still.

    I stood up fully now with confidence.

   "Pssst." I whisper to him, he doesn't budge. I try one more time and he shifted in his seat nearly giving me a heart attack as I flew the opposite direction and hid. He only shifted and started to snore louder.

    I sigh in relief and walk towards the window looking up at Ethan.

    "I think I'm good. I can do this without Sarah, just in case I do get caught she won't be in it too. Now what color are you guy's bags?" I ask. He frowns with looks of concern.

    "No. This was not the deal, get out of there. You could be arrested." He says. I shake my head.

   "I've made it this far. Im quick, small, and quiet. I've got this!" I say. He sighs and looks around for a bit.

   "How about this, open the back door for me and then we're good. The guys and I can get our stuff and you and Sarah can wait in the car." He says. I think about his plan and then I shake my head again.

   "No! All you guys will make way too much noise and you'll end up waking up Sleepy Time Tea Bear over here!" I protest. Ethan groans.

   "Fine, I'll do it alone." He says. I shake my head .

   "Okay, now what?" He asks impatiently.

   "What if you get caught?" I ask.

   "Why would you care if I got caught?" He asks and I think. Why did I care?

   "Ugh, because that means I'd get no food." I lie.

   "....whatever. You can stay with me, just open the front door." He says. I sigh and nod in agreement.

   I walk towards the door and sigh, I can see the alarm system, you have to put in a code to leave out. I turn around and run towards the window before Ethan walks away and I sigh.

    "The door can't be opened. Not without a code." I say. Ethan throws his head back in frustration.

     "Fine, just...be quick and quiet." He says. I nod and walk towards the back of the desk the security guard sits at. There I see 3 bags. I walk back over to the window.

   "How many bags am I getting and what do they look like?" I ask.

    "3 and they're black, and dark and light blue." Ethan says. I nod and walk back over to the desk, only to realize the Guard had switched up his position and his foot was propped on one of the bags.

   Damn!

   I was bold. Well at least I had to be.

   I tickled his ear and ducked behind his chair.

He jumped and shifted in his seat. After a few seconds he began snoring again and I look down at his feet.

    They were off the bags. I slowly grabbed each bag and placed two on my shoulders and held one with m hands. Yes!

  I ran back to the window and Ethan stood there waiting. I threw up each bag one at a time and then looked around for a chair.

   I saw one in the corner and grabbed it to climb on. I looked back and saw that the guard was still asleep. 

   I hoist myself up and hold onto Ethan's arms as he pulls me up. When I'm finally out I sigh and look back at the building.

   "Can we get out of here?" I ask and Ethan nods. 

Everyone follows as I sprint back to the almost empty mall parking lot.

Sarah and I go back to my car and Ethan follows. I

000a him the 'What ya doin?' look and he just looks at me.

   "Don't you want the food?" I groan. Crap I forgot all about that.

    "Can we do a rain check? I'm exhausted and my mom is probably worried sick!" I whine.

     Sarah gives me a look and steps towards us.

"Speak for yourself I'm starving." she says.

   "And you're also not tired from...I don't know' BREAKING AND ENTERING!" I say she rolls her eyes and gets in the car.

      "So, rain check?" I ask. Ethan nods.

"Thanks, I like Italian food so be prepared." I say and step in my car. he chuckles and walks off.

As I'm driving down the street to my house I think....WHAT THE HELL WAS I THINKING?!?!