BitterSweet

Chapter 3: It's Probably a Raccoon.. Right?

RECAP: Ava and Brooke went to party. Group dared Ava to take a shot. Brooke left the party with Brian and left Ava stranded. She sees Madison leaving and she decides whether she's walking home with her.

Song: Alessia Cara- Here

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I jogged to catch up with her, " Hey, wait up, I'll walk with you because I was waiting on Brooke but I couldn't find her and I was ready to go home."

"Oh, ok.... But I think I saw her get in the car with Brian and I heard that they were all going to his house after the party.", she mentioned to me.

I tossed my head back and groaned, " I knew it! I can never go to a party with her because she either leaves me to go home by myself or she never wants to leave and I always end up going home by myself."

She looked at me apologetically, " Well it's a good thing you don't live that far away."

" Well yeah, I guess, that's the only good part", I said, loosely agreeing.

During the walk, we just made small talk about school and life in general before we stopped in front of a light brick house lined with a metal fence.

" Well, this is my place" she stated, " Thanks for walking with me, I'm glad that I didn't have to walk by myself... but are you really going to walk the rest of the way? I can have my mom drop you off at home if you want."

I shook my head," No, it's fine. It's late at night and I don't want you to wake her."

"Listen, I'm not letting you walk home by yourself at almost 2 o'clock in the morning. So come in the house and I'll drop you off myself", she sternly remarked.

"Girl, I got this! Go get some sleep. My house is not that far away.", I argued.

She threw her hands up, " Ok, whatever Miss Badass who walks alone in the dark. Call me whenever you need to and don't forget to let me know you made it home."

"Sure thing! See ya later!", I say, as I wave goodbye and start walking down the street.

I get a couple of minutes down before passing the Old Buchman's house. It's supposed to be haunted.

" I wonder if it's really haunted.", I think to myself as I stare at the dusty glass windows. All of a sudden I hear loud bang in the alley next to the house. I immediately jump and start to feel on edge.

" It's fine Ava. Probably just a raccoon knocking a trash can down or something.. No big deal... Right?", I coach myself into thinking but no believing it for one second.

"Put him in the trashcan!", a voice whisper-yelled.

I ducked behind a random parked car, trying to avoid seeing something that I didn't need to see.

"No, you put in that one house that people think is haunted... nobody would ever check for a dead body in there!", a second voice suggested.

"That's actually a good idea.", the third voice chimed in but it was deeper and scarier than the others, " Jessie, you pick the lock and me and Brian will carry him in."

Still ducked behind the car, I picked out my escape plan. I deliberately crawled around the car and towards opening of an alley lined with a privacy fence. I moved quickly but quietly to avoid being caught. When I reached the fence, I starting booking it faster than The Flash all the way back to Madison's house. I wasn't stupid enough to get caught and I didn't have enough money to fake my death, bleach my eyebrows and attend my own funeral as a guy named Dexter Morgan. Not to mention once I get captured, they probably, scratch that ,they WOULD HAVE killed , gutted and filleted me like a fish, and sold my chopped up remains to a sketchy tuna factory who would can me up and sell me for 27 cents and I don't know about you but I was not going down like that. Once I got outside of her door, I texted her. A few seconds later the door opened and I was greeted by Madison, who was still dressed in her party clothes.