ghostboys

six

it was tuesday night. robin was over and he needed help with his math homework so he asked me.

i sat at the kitchen table with him while finney watched a scary movie on the tv. gwen was somewhere, i don't know where.

"how are you so smart at math amor?" robin said with a sigh.

i smiled and shrugged, taking a bite of my sandwich.

"i try."

i heard a yell from the living room and then a cry, "ALLISON!" i rushed in and saw finney in the corner of the living room, covering his eyes.

"finney, i told you. leatherface is not a movie for you to watch." i sighed, turning the tv off.

"can i stay in the kitchen with you guys?" finney asked me, standing up.

"yes come on." i turned the living room light off and the two of us sat down at the table.

not even a few minutes later, the phone rang. i thought it was dad since he told me he was working late tonight so i got up and answered, "hello?"

"do you like scary movies?" a creepy ass voice said from the other side.

i glanced at the boys who looked at me, "uh who is this?"

"why don't you wait and find out?"

okay, i was now totally freaked out so i just hung up and sat back down with the boys.

"who was that?" finney asked, sounding nervous.

"im not sure." i said, nervously.

suddenly, the power went out. finney screamed and ran over to me. the whole house was pitch black, there was literally no light.

"um okay GWEN!" i yelled for my younger sister.

when i got no answer, i began to panic, "GWEN!"

"i'll go see if she's upstairs." robin said, not sounding scared at all. well he is the toughest guy in school so that's probably why.

finney and i stayed in the kitchen. i searched for a flashlight and found one, clicking it on.

"okay okay relax allison." i took a deep breath in and a deep breath out, "the power is probably out in the whole neighborhood, right?"

finney and i looked out the window and saw all the lights on at the other houses.

"it's not, oh no." finney hugged me tighter as we walked to the stairs.

"robin?" i called.

"she's not here." robin said, as he walked down the stairs.

"DO YOU LIKE SCARY MOVIES?" robin, finney and i all screamed as we saw someone at the front door. we ran upstairs and into my room just as the power turned on.

we heard laughing from downstairs that sounded a lot like gwen and vance.

"we got them good! so good!" gwen laughed.

"such pussys!" vance laughed.

the three of us walked downstairs and found the two in the living room, laughing.

"what the hell is this?" i asked with my arms crossed.

"well, i made vance pay me 10 dollars to scare the shit out of you and finney. i guess it got robin too." she grinned.

"was this your idea?" i asked vance.

"nope, all gwens." vance laughed again.

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