The invitation
“Party at my place on Saturday, bring your own drinks. Lots of girls and our pool is open ;)”, the invitation read. The teenager’s mind was in overdrive. Girls? A pool? He had to be there. Unfortunately, he didn’t have any money to buy drinks. And showing up empty-handed was a no go in his friend group.
Dylan decided to send a message. “Hey guys, sounds fun! I’d love to be there but I’m broke… can someone lend me some money?”, he wrote in the chat. It took a while for anyone to respond but the replies he got were more than disappointing. “You still owe me man, I’m not helping you out again. Figure it out.” one friend wrote. “Exactly”, another friend said.
He couldn’t miss this party. The only option was to “figure it out”…