Sneaking out

Write about a time you had to crawl through a window.  (Mama Kat's Writing Workshop)

When I first read this prompt a story popped into my  mind.  I guess I didn't have to crawl through the window but I did.

Throughout my years I was a "good" kid.  I had my moments but for the most part my parents had no real worries about me.  I did my homework without being asked, woke up to my alarm every morning and was in bed in plenty of time to fall quietly to sleep.   My friends were all very nice and rarely tempted me to do something bad.   When I was tempted my conscience got the best of me and I would just stay at home where I knew I would do the right thing.  

Then there was my sister.   Well, she was a "good" kid too.   One summer night I was hanging out with her and some of her friends at our house.   They were doing whatever 13 year old girls do and I finally decided to be by myself.  I was sitting on the couch watching some random show on tv when one of her friends came in.

"Come on, Janelle.  Sneak out the window with us."
"Why?"
"We are going to Roland's house."  (Roland was a 13 year old boy who lived down the street.   He was really the only boy in our neighborhood and he had a crush on my sister).  

"Why do you want to do that?" I asked.
"It's fun.  Roland and his friends want to see us."

"Well, why do we have to go out the window?"
"Because, we do."

I never really got a straight answer as to why we had to climb out the bedroom window. (which was on the other side of the house from my parents)  But we did.  

We walked down the street to Roland's house and I watched as the awkwardness between 13 year old boys and girls became unbearable.  Then I walked back home.

It was still pretty early in the evening.  We could have simply asked my parents if we could walk down to his house and I'm sure they would have said "Yes, just be back before dark."   But we, for some reason, had to add the element of sneaking out the window to our adventure. 

I never snuck out a window again.  It just seemed so silly to me.