Strangers Of The Night

WITCHING HOUR

WITCHING HOUR

Javi was really into paranormal stuff. Its an adrenaline rush. He has the stomach for blood in guts. It's no surprises. Max excepted something creepy. Just not the Ouija board. Max told him that he couldn't play. Not because he didn't want to but because Max was catholic, and that game was banned from the catholic church. Javi didn't listen he continued to set it up on the floor. Azrael wasn't into playing the game either. But they all sat down and began to play. They started communicating with the board at exactly three thirty am. First, they asked stupid silly questions with the board like if they were going to get girlfriends this year. And good grades. But then Javi told them that they needed to start getting more serious. Max knew he was about to open some old wounds but there was no time better then the present. He told Javi to ask about the missing kid from the area. He thought it was a fabulous idea. So, the asked for the spirits initials. It spelled out one of Xavier's twin sisters name. Javi and Max thought it was a joke. But Azrael and Jasper stood still as if they couldn't move. Completely paralyzed in their bodies. They had a blank face neither of them spokes. As if something was covering their mouths but no one could see it. Javi insisted that they needed to leave the room to make sure it was real. So, everyone got up and walked out the room for five minutes. They came back in Javi told everyone that they needed a sign. If a spirit was in fact talking to them. They left again. Came back in but this time. The room in fact turned ice cold. Blankets thrown to the floor. Lamps flickered rapidly, and the door slammed shut. The guys were all locked in from the inside. Azrael was petrified. He knew what was going to happen. Day ja vo.

Jasper yelled out" okay I'm out I'm done I don't want to play this anymore"

Everyone was spooked out and wanted Javi to put away the game. It really wasn't fun anymore. But of course, he didn't listen he continued to play until something whispered into his ear. It said "the family was not alone in this house" he looked up at the guys with an empty stare as if he was being possessed by a demon. He rushed up off the floor and sat at the bottom of Max's bed. Suddenly the air turned black all around. Icy fingers gripped his foot in the darkness. It felt like they were all wandering through a graveyard and that something was watching them. There in the darkness they all heard it say "stay in the light something is coming for you" Javi pulled out a lighter from his pants pocket jumped up and grabbed his bag threw the game inside. Told the boys that it wasn't funny and to stop with the dramatics and the magic. None of the boys had an idea to what he was even talking about. No one even touched Javi. They all agreed never to bring up what happened again. They didn't sleep that night. Morning came, and it was finally light. But that didn't make much of a difference anyways. They all came downstairs for breakfast looking like zombies from Shaun of the dead. Hair sticking up stumbling over their own feet bloodshot eyes. They were practically falling asleep at breakfast. Javi ate and decided he didn't want to stick around and wait for Brisa to wake up. He just wanted to get home and destroy the board. He told Brisa's mom he would call her later that afternoon. Mom nodded and sent him on his way with some leftover cherry turnovers. Mom turned her conversation back on to the boys asking them how they slept. They didn't really know how to respond. Until Azrael took over and saved us.

"okay you know how it is at sleepovers we really don't get much sleep we stay up pretty late. Wrestling video games talking about girls. You know guy stuff." Azrael said.

Jasper said "yeah thanks for having us but I think we should be getting ready to go home. We have a lot of homework to do and I have to rack the yard for my dad today."

"oh, okay sweetie let me get my keys." Mom answered,

Max drove with mom to drop them off. The ride was very quiet and awkward. The first to be dropped off was Jasper. They pulled into his driveway and his dad was already outside racking leaves. Jasper got out and glanced back Max and waved he shouted, "thanks for the sleepover see you Monday" and continued walking toward his dad. Next was Azrael they got there his place was nice. His parents were decorating for Halloween. Pumpkins and lights were super cool. He got up to the window and told Max that he was so sorry that they never got the chance to even talk about the band. And that he would bring a practice schedule to school on Monday. Then he gave Max a fist bump. Azrael looked over at Mrs. Anguiano and told her thank for everything and laughed as he said how much he loved the Mexican food even thought it was hot for him. Mom and Max pulled out of his driveway and headed back to home. Max was looking forward to seeing Emilio even though he promised never to talk about what happened. He was pretty freaked out and now he didn't even know how he was supposed to sleep in his room alone. He didn't want to mention to mom what happened, she probably would never let Javi back at the house and that would make Brisa pissed. She would be beyond furious. Not that he even cared to much because he thought his sister was so annoying. But then he was thinking about all the rides he might need in the future. They were almost home Max though he was going to make it without having to say a word to mom until-

"your pretty quiet Max" said mom.

"yeah I don't really have much to say I'm thinking. He shouted. He had no idea what to say that was the best answer he could give. Even though it was so lame, but he didn't have enough time to come up with anything else. They got home. Max walked inside, and Brisa was on the couch watching the hallmark channel eating ice cream. Mom went into the kitchen to clean up from breakfast and do the dishes. Max took a spot on the couch next to his sister. She looked a bit puzzled.

"Javi texted me he said he had to get home. Did you guys hang out with him last night?" she questioned Max.

"yeah we hung out everything was cool" answered Max.

And just like that Max was out. He had fallen asleep on the couch. Brisa got another text from Javi

"why did you send me a picture of you sleeping?"

Brisa texted back "what are you talking about I never sent you a picture of anything?"

She went through her phone and there were no pictures of her sleeping.

She texted Javi back "I think you're losing it go get some sleep your talking out your ass and strange."

Javi never responded back. Brisa was irritated with him. She got up went back into the kitchen to put her bowel in the sink. She stared at mom frustrated and confused she didn't want to think about him. She told mom she was bored. Then mom said...