fucking steath mission in my own house

jesus i just spent a whole half hour on a stealth mission because i was having a cigarette on my older sister's balcony with her but when i went to go back to my room we realised our mother is still awake and cleaning. mind you it was 2 in the morning. and so we sat on the floor in complete darkness watching her fold towels for an eternity praying for her to just go to bed already. watching her like main characters in a horror game hiding from the monster. 

her room is right next to our mother's and she has a glass door with a curtain that we would peak through. 

anyway when she finally was done my sister opened the door while i hid against the wall and explained she was awake still because she needed to use the bathroom which is conveniently located right across from my room. so the moment our mother turned her back i rushed out of my hiding spot and me and my sister tip toed up the stairs taking the same steps to make it sound like only one person was walking up it and when we got out of sight silently celebrated.

the second i got to my room and shut the door i almost collapsed gasping for the air i had been holding

mind you we are both adults and our mother knows full well that we smoke but if she caught us we'd never hear the end of it