Pwned by Shannen Crane Camp

Author:Shannen Crane Camp [Camp, Shannen Crane]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Young Adult
ISBN: 9781482570793
Publisher: Sugar Coated Press
Published: 2013-04-19T00:00:00+00:00

12. Meeting the L33t

“Mom, you said I’m grounded from parties and this isn’t a party,” I whined the Saturday night after my Valentine’s Day “date” with Parker.

“Reagan, there’s absolutely no way I’m letting you go to a concert alone,” my mom replied, not even bothering to look at me as she cut up some carrots and tossed them into a pot. Apparently in her mind, this discussion was over way before it started.

“But she’ll only be in town one night and I have to go see her!” I protested.

“If she’s so famous, why is she playing in Albany?”

“Well . . . ” I began, letting my words trail off.

“Reagan,” my mom said in her best warning voice.

“Okay, fine, she’s playing in Portland,” I admitted, knowing that now there was no way she’d let me go.

“Portland?” my mom asked in a voice much too calm for what I had just told her. “When is the concert again?”

“It starts in like three hours, and Portland is an hour and a half away, so I have to leave soon,” I said urgently, spotting her moment of weakness like the epic hunter I was.

One last ranged attack and I could bring her down like a boss.

“Your father and I actually did need to go to Portland to visit your aunt,” she began slowly.

I could tell where this was going, and suddenly I didn’t like it one bit.

“Oh no you don’t,” I said instantly as Cannon walked into the kitchen covered in baking soda.

We didn’t even bother to ask about his appearance. Chances were he was finding a solution to world hunger and it was better to let him go about his business.

“You are not dropping me off at the concert! Do you have any idea how embarrassing that would be?”

“Would it be more embarrassing than not going at all because you were too proud to let your mom drop you off?” she countered.

Oh, she was good.

I narrowed my eyes at her for a moment while Cannon stood nearby and watched the whole exchange in wonder. I’m sure it looked something like a standoff in the old west. The question was, who would draw first?

“Drop me off three blocks away?” I offered seriously.

“Around the corner,” she said.

“Deal.”

“Honey, change of plans, we’re going to see my sister tonight,” Mom yelled up the stairs, grabbing the pot she had been filling with vegetables and throwing it in the fridge without covering it.

“We’re going to see Aunt Shawna?” Cannon asked in excitement.

She was our cool aunt, so naturally we were always excited to see her. I was almost sad that I wouldn’t actually get to spend time with her until I reminded myself that I was going to the best concert ever.

That was a pretty good consolation prize.

“And why is that?” my dad called from his office upstairs.

“Your daughter tricked me into letting her go to a lightening concert,” Mom called back.

“Lights, Mom! Her name is Lights,” I said in exasperation.

“Who names their child Lights?” my mom asked, more to herself than to me.

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