New York Nightmare

Chapter 8

I was so happy to see that Kylie is going to visit me during the winter holiday break! She was one of my best friends from California. After I told my mom, she was really happy and started planning fun events. I ran up to my room and wrote more in my diary. But before I did anything else, I went on my laptop to search up ghosts. I didn't see much but I know for a fact there are spirits in this house. Tonight I am going to look around and try to speak to it, or them, but first I must find out how.

After 2 hours of research and memorizing lines, I figured out that I'm supposed to light a candle on a table and I have to say these things to make the spirit come talk to me. But I still need to practice the lines and I have to be ready to do this in case I get hurt. What if the spirit gets mad? I should wait a few more days.

I put on a pair of jean shorts and a crop top with my black converse and went to the park with Elizabeth. We wanted to meet up and hang out. I brought my purse with me in case we wanted to go buy some things in the nearby shops. When I arrived at the park, I sat on the sings and swung on them while I waited for Liz. Then, I saw her crossing the street. "Hey Liz, over here!" She ran to me. "Hey Giselle! I brought my basketball. Want to play?" I felt embarrassed. I'm very bad at sports. "Umm I kind of suck but sure I'll try." "Come on!" She pulled my arm and took me to the court. We played basketball for what seemed like an hour and a half. We played together at first but then Liz wanted to play with a group of older guys. I got better and better each time I took a shot. Now I feel like basketball is actually a really fun sport. Then I got tired and hungry. "Liz let's go to the ice cream shop and get something, I'm hungry and hot." Liz grabbed her stuff and started walking with me. It was only one block away.

When we got inside, we waited in line for our turn to order. While we were in line, I saw someone that looked like Ryder in the front of the line. I tapped Liz on the arm, "Hey is that Ryder?" She leaned over to look at him. "Oh yea, HEY RYDER!" Oh lord, I started to hesitate. What if I say something stupid? "Hey girls!" "Hi Ryder!" I smiled. Ryder said he was going to stay with us because he went there alone and he wanted company. When it was our turn to order, I looked at the menu. I felt like trying something new but then I said, nah. I ordered my usual favorite. "May I please have a vanilla ice cream cone with sprinkles?" Mmm, delicious. After us three ate, we went outside.

"Thanks Ryder for staying with us" I said. "No problem haha. That was really good ice cream." "I know right" Liz said. While we were walking back to the park, I tripped on the curb. Then, Ryder caught me! We looked at each other's eyes for about a minute. "Thanks.." "Yeah.." We said awkwardly. I saw Liz in the corner giggling and saying "awww!" After that, Ryder asked for my phone number. I was thinking "OMG YES!" in my head, so he didn't have to hear me fan girl over him out loud. After I gave him my number, he gave me a hug and said he will see me around. Then he walked back to his apartment. "Oooh, Giselle has a lover!" "Ehh, I would say shut up, but I'm going to have to agree with you" I said, smiling at Liz. "Elizabeth I have to go, my mom just texted me and said the dinner's ready." "You shouldn't of eaten an ice cream cone then. But anyways I'll see you at school Monday" She laughed. "Haha I know. And yea, bye!" "Bye" Liz said, walking away.

When I was going up the elevator to my house, I listened to some music on my earplugs. What's new? But then, I felt the elevator shake. "Ummm..." I said. The lights shut off and the elevator was stuck. "SOMEBODY HELP ME PLEASE!" I tried to call my mom but my phone just died. Did the ghost do this? "HELP ME IM STUCK!" I started banging on the doors, crying for help. I couldn't find the button to call for an emergency but then I saw a red light flashing and I pressed it. "HURRY!" I screamed louder. My heart was beating so fast and my hands were sweaty. Why now? Why ME?! I held up my hair with a clip because it got very hot. "HELP.." I was waiting there for an hour. I felt like fainting.

The lights went on again and the elevator started to go up. "Thank Go--" I turned around and saw the little girl from the bathtub. "I will kill YOU!" She said with an angry face. I gasped and yelled back at her, "NO, PLEASE STOP! I DON'T DESERVE THIS! LEAVE ME ALONE!" But then, the elevator doors opened and I saw her disappear. My parents and fire fighters were standing right there. I ran to my parents and hugged them so tight. What if I died right there, right now? And I didn't say goodbye to my parents? "Giselle are you okay? Oh my gosh!" My mom said, crying. I also saw my dad tearing up. Then, the fire fighters came to me. "Are you okay miss?" I gulped. "Yea... I guess I am." "Okay, be careful next time!" Then they walked away with their tools. "Mom, dad, the little girl with the black hair was there again. She did it! And she said she was going to kill me." I broke into tears. I have never cried this much. Am I going to die? My parents looked at each other and shrugged. Then, my dad carried me inside the house. What now?