All In One Night?

This story has been PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED in collections and anthologies.

All In One Night?

Two 19-year-old students at the local community college have a history of never being in much trouble at home or at school. Or more accurately, never being caught or found out.

But now they are feeling more adventurous and less risk-averse. At the same time, one of them is in a budding relationship with a young man who has very conservative values: and she knows that he would not be very happy about her occasional use of marijuana.

But they belong to a group that likes to seek adventure by gathering for clandestine pot parties at locations announced at the last moment to decrease the chances of their being caught. But finally, after an evening at a local dance venue, they gather in a building at a nearby farm. But they did not count upon the highly trained watchdogs or the presence of security cameras.

Separated from the others, the two attractive young women find themselves hiding in a barn to escape the watchdogs, only to be found by the stern man who owns the farm and his wife, an older couple who have some creative ideas as to how to deal with pot smoking trespassers who disrupt their quiet evening at home. Then they find out just how much trouble they are in at the hands of a former drill instructor and rodeo veteran.

But through the course of the night, much happens to foster some new attitudes and senses of responsibility and maturity.