ghostboys

eighteen

i was sound asleep in my room, having a nice dream about my crush, elvis presley when i heard a scream and my bedroom lights were turned on.

i groaned, "WHATS WRONG NOW FINNEY?!"

"GWEN SCARED ME! SHE SAID THAT LEATHERFACE WAS GONNA TAKE ME AWAY!" finney yelled, jumping onto my bed while gwen walked in laughing.

"you little brat." i said, hugging finney.

gwen continued giggling, "im so funny."

i told finney he could sleep with me for the rest of the night and gwen wanted too as well so we all slept together.

morning rolled around and the two were still asleep. it was wednesday, ha, hump day.

"WAKE UP!" i yelled, hitting them each with a pillow.

"stop it allison!" gwen grabbed the pillow out of my hand and threw it across the room, "im going to change."

"girl-"

"same." finney gave me a quick hug and left my room. i closed the door and picked out an outfit.

i put on a black long sleeves shirt with jeans and my sneakers. i decided to wear my hair in a ponytail.

why not.

i met up with the two annoying children downstairs and quickly ate.

"let's go."

it hasn't been the same since robin got taken. finney is depressed. i feel bad. robin was his best friend.

there hasn't been any disappearances yet since robin got taken so that's a good sign, he could still be alive.

i said bye to finney and gwen and headed for my locker. i grabbed all my things and went to class.

————

"there will be a new project." my stupid english teacher announced to the class.

the good thing about this class was, i had it with vance. although lately, he's been more mean to finney then usual. i've been ignoring him ever since finney told me what he's been doing.

it's been about a week since the party. i've seen luke a few times in the hall. i either ignore him or walk the other way.

i don't want him to know he scares me.

"pick your partners."

everyone in the class got up besides me. i could care less who i'm partnered with.

"why have you been ignoring me?" vance asked the moment he sat down next to me.

i rolled my eyes, "because you've been bullying finney. my brother vance."

"fine i'll stop." vance said, snatching the pencil from my hand. he wrote his name down on the paper mr. king gave us then passed it to me.

i scoffed, shaking my head as i wrote my name down, "you're only gonna stop so i talk to you?"

"yeah." he nodded, "romeo and juliet?" vance read, ripping the paper up immediately.

my mouth dropped, "that's our project vance."

"shit."