Cryptically Departed

Shadows of doubt

The next day my daily routine was back. No mystery box or note. It's like they never existed.
Jenna was starting to act a little strange. For her usual self anyways. At school today she seemed a bit on edge. It was time I asked her about it.

'Hey, Jenna, what's going on? you seem a bit.. On edge."

"Oh, sorry. It's nothing. I just... Think Alex is going to break up with me. He's been spending more time with some other girl a lot."

'Oh, I'm sure it's nothing. Alex is head over heels for you, Jenna. You know that."

"You're probably right. I just can't help but feel he's distancing."

We started to walk to Bio class when Brandon jumped in front of us.

"What do YOU want now?" I groaned at him

"Just inviting Jenna to a Party this weekend." He smirked

"Sorry, but jenna's hanging out with ME this weekend." I replied with a grin on my face

Jenna and I pushed past King jock and slipped into Bio class. walking towards the back, I played with my necklace. We sunk into our seats and pulled out our books. Then Jenna looked at me with curiosity in her eyes.

"What do we have planned this weekend?" she asked

"We don't have anything planned. I just don't want King jock all over you. So, how about a movie night at my place? We can also play some games if you'd like."

"That sounds nice. It's exactly what I need at the moment"

"GIRL'S NIGHT!" We both giggled

"Jenna, Amethyst, quiet down and get to work" our teacher said a bit aggravatedly

We opened our books and started skimming the pages to make it look like we were working. Class ended and we raced to our lockers. Grabbing our bags and rushing out the door, we ran to Jenna's jeep and hopped in. We got to my house and walked inside.

"Well, let's pick out what movies and games we'll play. then go shopping for snacks!" I said jumping from excitement.

It's been forever since we've had a girl's night. I remember our first one. We were about 5 years old and our moms thought it would be good if we had at least one friend going into our first year in school. We played with dolls, or at least Jenna did. I decapitated them. We watched movies, ate popcorn. She spent the night. I got to show her Rosy, my pet tarantula. Rosy didn't like many people. she ended up biting most. She liked Jenna though. That's when i knew we'd become best friends.

We chose 5 movies, then we headed out to get snacks. We grabbed a small cart and chose cheese pizza, some chips, popcorn, and two 2-liters of soda. We got back to the house, made poporn and pizza then sat down and started watching movies. When we wstarted watching scary movies, I'd wait for a suspensful moment then yell "BOO" and grab Jenna's arm fast. She jumped every time. After we finished watching movies, we decided to go up to my room and paint our nails. Jenna chose a frilly pink color, I chose Jet black. Once the black dried, I put royal purple on the tips of my nails and put white on the tips of Jenna's. We gossiped about things happening around school for a bit then Jenna noticed i hadn't talked about the mystery person.

"So, has your mystery person respoded yet?" Jenna asked smiling

"No.. I've not no contact with them. I really want to know who they are." I replied

"Brainstorm! Who in SimpleTown would know what you like and buy it for you? Other than me of course."

"I don't know. Do you think Alex could have?"

"Not even. Do you realize he's clueless with gifts? He doesn't even know what to get me and i'm his girlfriend" She said with a laugh
"What about Brandon? He seems to be into you. I mean, torture you and pick on you personally throughout every school year? it's basic boy flirtation." Jenna giggled

"Ew. Gross! I sure hope not. He's a Pain. I don't even want to think about that!" i replied, grossed out.

We both laughed as we knew how much I hated Brandon. He's picked on me since Elementary school, He used to invite me to his birthday parties just so he could get all the other kids to pick on me, He followed me around and have kids throw rocks at me, He once made fun of me and my family at the local Diner.

Soon after our nails dried we laid in bed and fell asleep. I awoke in the middle of the night to a rock hitting my window. getting out of bed and walking over to the window, I opened it. Nobody was there. I saw movement out of the corner of my eye. Someone was running down the Street towards the Cemetery. It was a female with long black flowing hair. I Put on a leather jacket and some combat boots and headed downstairs being careful not to wake anyone else up. rushing out the door, I ran down the street to the cemetery. I looked around, it looked like nobody was there but there was another box. I picked it up and looked inside. It was some type of card. It looked similar to a credit card. I picked it up out of the box and looked closer at it.

It read "Cryptic Coffins". What was it? why would they give it to me? Then I saw it, The Crypt was open again. A little curious, I opened it and stepped inside. Once again, nobody was there. Disapointed, I headed out of the crypt. That when I noticed her, Long black hair, a Crimson colored dress, large combat boots and pale skin. She was beautiful. I felt a bit jealous. Who was she? where did she come from? Next thing I knew, I was in my bed, It was morning.

Was that all just a dream? Or did it really happen? If it did, how did I get home? Who was that Mysterious girl? I looked around my room, everything was in it's place, my combat boots and jacket seemed untouched. Maybe It was just a dream.. I got up and looked over at Jenna. She was still sound asleep.. I closed my eyes and drifted back to sleep.