The Midnight Gang

Chapter 27

I slowly walked down the stairs, my mask covering the nerves filling my body and face. Everybody's eyes were glued on me as I walked into the gala, unaccompanied. I took a deep breath as I made my way to the front of the room to address everybody.

"As the new owner of this house, I hope these galas are better than my Father's. And most of all, enjoy." With that the band started playing and people started dancing.

I made my way over to my friends who had just walked in through the door at the back of the room.

"Has she arrived yet?"

"I think so, I mean the gates have closed now and the dance has started so I think she's somewhere in here. Under a mask. Somewhere." Poppy said.

"Well, she's definitely here if the gates are closed." Sam said.

"Unless she makes a grand entrance, which I wouldn't put past her." I stated.

"She's here. I know she is." Harmony said.

"How do you know?"

"We can sense it. It's like there's an eerie feeling in the whole room. Like someone isn't here to have a good time." Daphne said.

"Have you both become mind readers in the past 3 years?" Mel asked.

"Kind of. But that's not the point. The point is that we know she's here. We researched her and we know what her 'vibe' is like and we can sense it." Harmony said.

"Look. This isn't a book. Be realistic." Alison stated.

"We are. Look, we've been studding crystals and stuff like that. We can sense she's here. There's an aura here. Trust us." Daphne said.

"I swear if you two are lying, I will not hesitate to make you clean the whole room, top to bottom, after this dance." Katrina said.

"We're not lying. Promise me. We're not." Harmony said.

"Okay. We best split up otherwise people will start staring." Astrid said.

"Okay, but it's best to stay in pairs. Remember what happened last time we split up , Scar?" Adrian said.

"Yes alright, Pairs or triplets. Harmony and Daph, you two. Astrid and Adrian, you two. Mel and Kai, you two. Ali and Kat, you two. Sam and Pop, you two. Me and Zoie, but if I get pulled away to dance or whatever, everybody switch partners, Okay?" I said.

"Who are we switching with?" Zoie and Katrina said at the same time.

"Creepy but yeah, who do we switch with?" Kai asked.

"Mel and Ali, Kat and Astrid and Kai, Sam and Daph, Adrian and Pop, Harmony and Zoie. And then me with whoever asked me to dance. Most likely Lizzie." I said.

"Have you planed all this already?" Zoie asked.

"Maybe. But lets go, okay."

"Okay." Everybody said.

And two by two, everybody walked away in different directions.

Just the two of us then?" Zoie said.

"Remember this night right down to the drop of wine Zoie, because this will be a good story one day. And as good writers, lets use this mayhem to our advantage yeah?"

"Yeah. Let's go." And with that we walked off into the crowd with linked arms.