Desperate measures

One time, last weekend to be exact, I was stuck in an unfixable situation. It was my parents anniversary Saturday and I had a tournament Sunday. The tournament was pretty close to Columbus so my parents wanted to spend their anniversary there. In Columbus, there is a huge mall called the Easton center. My mom got the brilliant idea that we get a hotel room and spend our time at the mall. It asked my friend Taylor if she would like to come, and she said yes. Then, my brilliant mother decides to ask my other friend if she would like to go. That friend also said yes. So, I had to come up with some way to tell my friend that we were not going anymore. My sneaky little conniving self came up with a plan. I would tell her that we could not find any hotel rooms with enough beds! She believed me of course. Then, she asked me if I wanted to hang out Friday night-saturday! Uh oh, what was I doing? We were leaving in the morning and I had to somehow tell her I couldn't stay. So I lied and told her I was not allowed to stay the night or have anyone stay over. To be honest, it was not REALLY a lie, considering my mom really did not want me going anywhere. I was really worried about her finding out that I lied, considering we have been best friends for four years. Fortunately, we went through the whole weekend without being caught! However, I was burdened with an extremely guilty conscience the entire time. Lesson learned kids: never lie to your friends!