Creep Over: "Truth Or Dare?"

CHAPTER 5

"You know what? I think it's time for a little Truth or Dare," Leah suggested slyly, twirling one of her high pigtails around her finger.

"Ooh, yes!" squealed Chloe. "I love Truth or Dare!"

"I'm game," said Abby. "How about the person with the craziest hairdo has to go first?"

Chloe started laughing uncontrollably. "Then no doubt you're up, Nora."

"This mess on my head is all Abby's fault," replied Nora, "But sure, I'll go."

"All right, then, Nora," Chloe began, her eyes twinkling. "Truth or dare?"

Nora bit her lips as she thought about her options. "Dare," she said. "What have I got to lose now?"

"Great. I have a good one." Chloe grinned at her. "I dare you to go into the front yard and pretend you're a chicken. And I mean squawking and bawking and everything. For one whole minute."

Abby frowned slightly, remembering the spooky feeling she'd had when she grabbed the grocery bag from the car earlier in the evening. "We don't have to go outside," she said quickly. "Nora can just do the dare down here."

"But it's way more embarrassing if she does it outside," Chloe pointed out. "I mean, somebody could see her!"

"No kidding," Abby said. "Did you forget that Jake Chilson lives right across the street?"

"But Jake's at the movies with Max and Toby," Leah reminded her. "And it's Chloe's dare. She gets to set the rules--no matter how heartless they are."

As everyone laughed, Nora rolled her eyes. "Whatever. It's dark. No one will see me."She held her head confidently as she climbed up the basement stairs, with everyone following behind her. When the girls walked outside, Abby saw that Nora was right about how dark it was. The moon was hidden behind some storm clouds; it was so pitch-black that she could barely see her own yard.

Or the trees looming at the edge of the nature preserve.