The road of Happiness

Chapter 2

It's 7. I anxiously waited for her to arrive as she was always late. The door bell finally rings, I race downstairs to find my mum and Hayden standing at the door chatting. She looked amazing in a nice flowing dress that went to her knees and some very cute black criss cross heels. "Hayden with some style as always" I joked. "Well don't you look amazing did you actually try today?." She said in return. "Haha very funny. Good bye mum have a good night." We went out to her car as the sun was setting in the background. I'm so curious and full of questions but don't know if I should ask. I almost want to be surprised. We blast this new band called The vamps. It was always fun when when we were together, Hayden was probably my best friend and trusted her. Smiles on our faces, windows down, good music I knew this was about to be a good night.

Dusk approached as we pulled up to the country club that had slight shine to ask the last part of the summer set hit the roof.

The lake. my favourite place in the world. if you couldn't find me at the country club or in the lake I might be dead.

"Wow what a surprise you took me to my hide away remind me again what we are doing?" Questioning Hayden as we walk toward the door.

"Oh see my friend you'll just have to wait and see."

We walked into the banquet hall were there are loads of people dressed nice and preppy, after all this was the country club. A teen boy walk up on stage over to the microphone.

"Well good evening senior class men tonight is going to be a night to remember. Tonight we will split off into 8 teams. Each team will have 6 people on it. You will be giving various clues which will led to another clue and so on and so on. This is the first annual senior scavenger hunt. The first team to have completed all the tasks with prof by 1 am will receive the prize. Alright here are the lists of teams. Good luck and have fun." As he spoke he had a mischiefess smile on his face as if this was not a usual scavenger hunt searching for eggs and candy.

I can't believe she brought me to a scavenger hunt. This just brings more and more questions upon my brain.

As the teams get read off the excitement grew inside the building and peoples true competives sides were sure going to be shown tonight.

Our team consisted of me and Hayden and four others I had no idea who they were. Hayden had introduced everyone since she was like queen bee, she knows everyone and everyone knows her. There was three girls and three guys. The other girl was Lilly Scott supposely she was the soccer teams goalie supposely and three guys were Grayson Channing, a 4.0 student, Dustin Penning, a lacrosse player, and Braxton James, also a lacrosse player but he seemed pretty shy, like me. He didn't say much but had a really nice smile.

"Okay game plan move quick, trash talk, stay on topic, and move quickly." hayden i guess was going to take the captain role for tonight.

"you already said that" I spit out.

"well i meant it move fast so we can win"

Ive never seen this side of Hayden and it was kinda frieghting but i have a little bit of competeiveness inside me also so let the games begin. It's just of matter of getting past the shyness I have.

Our first clue, drive to the mall and dress up a manican at old navy with your clothes and take the clothes off the manikin and wear them.

"That's stupid and ridiculious lets do it" Dustin said. He seemed like the totally cocky jock type, you know that one every school has. It is people like him that i want to get away from. The steriotypical ones the highschool mainsteam ones. Tonight was going to be different and im just going to have to put up with it.

We pile into Lilly's SUV and drive quickly to the mall. All the other teams were racing out of the parking lot causing chaos and traffic but all taking off in a million other directions. It's now 8 oclock and time is flying, luckily its friday so the mall doesn't close unitl 9. Running towards the mall enterance quicly realizing that heels were not the chioce for tonight. Which brings me to the same question from earlier. Why did we guess up nice? This is obviously not a formal occassion. As we hold the boys up, removing our heels in the parking lot, and running the rest of the way to the door. Blacking our feet not complaing or caring for that matter of fact because the competiveness was beginning to come out. Carrying our heels the doors swang up and our minds run in a circle trying to figure which way was Old Navy.

"This way upstairs." Greyson Shouted.

Running toward the elevator we spot another team. Jessica's team. Jessica Pope was Haydens biggest enemy, they always had a grudge against each since middle school always competeing for boys, grades, friends, and even popularity. This only the set the stakes higher for Hayden to win. Her face turned bright red as see saw Jessica and you could tell Haydens competive level just shoot through the roof. As we both race approaching the elevator their team barely gets in before us causing us to use the stairs.

Frustrated Hayden shouted "Are you kidding me! We have to beat her come on this way!"

Racing up the stairs to the second floor, old navy was in our sights. Wow im really going to a new manipedi after this, do they ever clean the floors? Approaching the doors the elevator opens right as we pass it. Great another foot face, all running toward the two doors this was about to get nasty real quick. Hayden and Jessica both pushing each along with everyone else except me and Braxton we stayed a little behind i wanted to make it through the door in one peice, i still have to make it through finals in a couple weeks.

The card only stated we had to dress two manikins and luckily there was four in the window.

"Hey Paige you're small enough to fit into the manikins clothes come change quick." Quickly running to the change room Dustin and Braxton ran back in forth to me and Hayden getting the clothes and giving the clothes as Greyson and Kelly put the clothes on the manikins. Racing against time and Jessica's team. There was a lot of pushing.

Oh no security...

"Book it!" Greyson yelled.

"Wait quick picture." Kelly scrambled to grab her phone.

Running barefoot in a foot race 6 fit students against three fat security guards the odds are looking in our favor. As three more security guards run after Jessica's team in the other direction.

Out of breath, gasping for air, once reaching the parking lot, the guards gave up or maybe past out along the way. All the donuts must of finally caught up to them. Driving way over the speed limit in a parking lot Dustin tried reading the next clue. We managed to find under the manikin before leaving.

"Drive to the closest Supermarket and set up in the middle of the store fishing gear and pretend you're full out fishing in the middle of the store. Don't forget to wear all camo."

"But the store just closed" kelly says.