The Other Side (Book 1)

Halloween Dance

Ben and Mal drove over to Harry's house and quickly ran up to the door. A few seconds after they ran the bell Harry's mom answered the door.

"Mal? Hey what a nice surprise. Is everything alright?" She asked.

"Hi Mrs. Hook. Look we need to talk to you and your family. May we come in?" Mal explained.

"Of course." She replied moving aside to let Ben and Mal in. "You here just in time. We were just about to have dessert. Honey look who's here!"

"Look Mrs. Hook we need to talk to you about Harry." Mal started saying.

"Someone say my name?" Harry wondered walking downstairs.

"Harry." Mal stated.

"Hey babe." Harry said and kissed her cheek. "Guys you know Mal. And this is her good friend, Ben." Harry introduced them.

"It's nice to meet you." Harry's dad said to Ben.

"Uh yeah you too." Ben replied awkwardly.

"Would you two like to join us for dessert?" Harry's mom questioned.

"Actually we were hoping we could just talk to the three of you." Mal was trying to tell them.

"Come on guys a little dessert won't kill you." Harry told them pushing them into the dinning room.

Ben and Mal sat down next to each other in the dinning room as Harry's mom cut them a piece of pie.

"So you said you had to talk to us?" Mrs. Hook asked sitting back down.

The other three all looked at Ben and Mal making them feel uncomfortable.

"Uh. Ben can we talk privately?" Mal questioned quietly.

"Yeah." Ben answered also quiet.

"Excuse us." Mal said standing up, then walked away with Ben.

"What is going on?" Ben asked.

"I don't know. He seems so weird." Mal said.

"Yeah. He doesn't seem like himself or a possessed version of him." Ben added.

"What should we do?" Mal wondered.

"I don't know. We can't talk to his family with him there." Ben stated.

"I know. Should we just wait?" Mal asked."

"Wait? Wait for what? For him to freak out and try killing them?!" Ben was asking.

"I don't know. You got a better idea?" Mal wondered.

"We could try finding a way for him to leave and when he's gone talk to his family." Ben suggested.

"Yeah that might work. Have him go out for something and tell them." Mal agreed.

"Yeah." Ben nodded feeling confident.

They walked back out to see Harry was gone.

"Where. Where'd Harry go?" Mal asked getting a little scared.

"He said he had to go somewhere, but he said you all could stay." Mrs. Hook told them.

"Well since he's gone we need to tell you three something important about Harry." Mal said.

"Is there something wrong with our son?" Mr. Hook questioned.

"Yes." Ben blurted out.

"Ben's right. There's something wrong with Harry. He's not right." Mal was saying.