We did that for one of the books. We even invited the kid down the street to go with us, for a Tuesday Midnight release on a school night. He told us his Mom said it was all right and off we went.

We had a great night, ate dinner, wandered around the store (the friend had never been in a book store before), and finally bought the book at midnight, and headed home.

We got to his house, and I walked him to the door, and knocked. His Mom answered, and I said, "Here he is, everything went great, he had fun!"

And she said: "Oh! I thought he was in bed. I hadn't heard from him all night, I just assumed that's where he was. Oh, well, thanks!" And shut the door.

She'd never known that her kid was gone all evening long and until about 1 AM, and wasn't even concerned about it.