At the Gates of the Graveyard

Chapter 2

Today is the day of the party. All my friends are going to the graveyard to set up everything. I am in charge of the food, Lacy is in charge of the decorations, Jasmine is in charge of the drinks, and Delaney is in charge of the desserts. The rest are just supposed to help us set up.

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Even in the light, the graveyard is really creepy. There are giant oaks that are covered in moss, that block out the light. The graves are crumbling and faded. There are dead flowers littering the ground and a little clearing in the middle of the graveyard. It is foggy and dark. It almost feels haunted.

We decided to put the food and drinks in the clearing. We hung lights from the trees and fake blood on the trunks. We hung paper ghosts next to the lights and taped paper letters to the graves that said R.I.P. then one of our names. 

On the table is a bowl for punch that has a label that said blood. There is a bunch of bowls of candy including m&ms, candy corn, skittles, twizzlers, Swedish fish, gummy eyeballs, and chocolate chips. We also put the cupcakes we made on there and graham crackers that looked like band aids. My favorite is the pigs in a blanket that look like a mummy. (A/n- if you don't know what a pig in a blanket is it is basically some type of meat wrapped in a biscuit. I'll include a picture.)

It is growing darker so Riley goes and turns on the lights. We decide to play a game of truth or dare while we wait for the guests to arrive. It is my turn first.

"Summer truth or dare?" I ask "truth." She says. "Do you think the graveyard has ghosts that will kill us tonight?" I ask. She scoffs and replies "Of course not! That's probably just an excuse those scaredy cats made to get out of going to our party." Then she asks Jasmine and Jasmine chooses dare. "Okay Jas," she says, "I dare you to," she is unable to finish because I interrupt her. "Who has the music?" I yell out suddenly remembering the most important part of a party.

When on one answers I freak out and you do not want to be in the same room as me when it happens. "How could you guys forget the music? It is the most important part of a party. How could you guys forget it? All you had to do was grab a speaker and my iPod! That is not that hard is it? IS IT? Ughhh?" I shake Lacy then fall to the ground. I notice that Delaney and Sarah are gone. They must have gone to grab the music while I freaked out. But I have to say that freak out session got rid of a lot of my stress. Weird isn't it. All of a sudden I feel little tiny claws on my ankle. I scream and look down to see a rat scuttling off. I laugh at my scaredy cattiness and jump to my feet. I think the fact that I am in a graveyard is getting to my head.

I see Sarah pull up so I decide to help her unload. This party will be awesome. Unless those stories are true. Then we are doomed. :)