The Spare Room
“No mom please! I had plans tomorrow night with my girlfriend.” I begged to my mom. “I’m sorry Amanda but I promised Jennifer and Chris I would watch Fito, their dog, tomorrow night and I got called into work tomorrow night and can’t watch him, so you need to. Trust me it will be easy. He will probably just sit with you while you watch TV the entire time and you’ll make 40 bucks. You can take Sarah to a nice dinner with that type of money. And, as a 19-year-old student, I’m sure you could use 40 bucks right now.” She did have a point. I was kind of broke, so I reluctantly agreed. “Oh, thank you honey. Be at their house at 6:15.” “Ok. I’ll go out with my girlfriend tonight then,” and …