I wake up to my brother's singing saying

"ES SABADO!" I groan. Ever since I have shown him a Saturday spanish song. He'll try to sing it every chance he gets. I put my head under a pillow and cover my blanket over my body.

"Couldn't you have let me sleep in for once?" I mutter. Then I fall asleep for another 5 minutes before my brother rips the covers and pillow off me. I felt cold in 0.1 seconds.

"HEY!" I screamed. I try to grab my stuff but he moves out of reach and runs down the hall. I ran after him. He ran downstairs to the kitchen and to my mom.

"HE TOOK MY STUFF!" I whined.

"Kat, You slept till 9 am" She says.

"I usually sleep till 10! It's not a school day and I need that hour to recharge!" I say.

"Well, while you were 'recharging' a friend texted."

"Say no more." I say with a salute.

I run to my phone and an unknown number is on my lock screen.

???:hello

Kat: Who are you?

???: I'm one of the people you call "the bandit"

???: I have a proposition

Kat: not interested

???: I didn't even say

Kat: You're the bandit, why should I hear what you say?

Kat:u hurt me friends

???:Well, if you don't hear me out I will hurt all of them.

Kat: what!?

Kat:fine name it.

???: I want you to do some work and not question it or say no. just some work.

Kat: And if I don't?

???: Your friends' lives may possibly be at risk if you don't.

I'm staring at those words. If I say no my friends will be in danger. I don't think so ??? is bluffing too. I take a deep breath.

Kat: fine.

???:Good, we have a deal.

???: oh and don't tell anyone. We will know, we have eyes everywhere.

Kat:Jesus how many people do you have?

???:enough

Kat: why me?

???: You would be a good addition to our cause and your easy to dispose of

Kat: I'm insulted

???:whatever

???:you will hear from me tomorrow.

I'm just sitting in my room. Thinking about what I should do. Well,first I need to put them in my contacts as a bandit.

Now for the tricky part. It's like choosing your own adventure story. I could

A: Take it to the police

B: take it to another adult

C: Tell a friend

D: keep it a secret

I have no idea what to do, so I will do D for now.

I flop on the bed face first.

"What do I do?" I say, muffled under from the bed. God, do I hate my life right now. A random guy is texting me and threatening to hurt my friends and I can't say anything! I take a pillow and start punching it. I take out my anger on that poor pillow. I hate feeling trapped, You just feel trapped. I feel the tears in my eyes, trying so hard to get out of my eyes. But I fight it. I just can't, because then, It would feel like the Bandit won. I do not lose gracefully to a person I dislike.

I sit bolt upright. Run to the bathroom, lock the door, Splash water in my face. Then I look hard into the mirror.

"If that's how you want to play it bandit, game on. " I say.