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Chapter 1


Jessica, a thirteen year old girl with mahogany colored hair and big grey eyes, was sitting on the river bank not so very long ago. When her big sister, Amanda, her sixteen year old sister with dark brown hair and blue eyes, came over and said "Jessica come on were leaving!"
"Ok." she said. So they ran home. When they got home their father, the king, said "Jessica!!!! Amanda!!!! Get over here I need to ask you something."
"Yeah?" They both asked.
"Have you seen Kiki?"
"No, the last time we saw her was when she was in her room playing."
A half hour later, Kiki, their seven year old sister with blond hair and blue eyes, came in covered in mud! "Kiki don't track mud in this castle!" the king yelled.
"Sorry daddy I'm going back outside." She said in a cute voice.
"Kiki where were you and why are you covered in mud?" Their dad demanded.
"I went on one of the trails because my ball rolled down a hill. I went to go get it but i tripped and fell in mud." She explained.
"You know your not supposed to go anywhere with out a cell phone. People have the mind to kidnap princesses like you, And regular people for their money. I don't want that to happen to you." he said.
"I understand daddy, it will not happen again. Hey when are we leaving to the mansion?" Kiki asked.
"As soon as you get washed up." He answered. After Kiki got washed up, They said goodbye to their castle and hello to their new mansion.



Chapter 2

An hour later, they got to the mansion. All of their stuff was moved in, so they went to look arund.
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Meanwhile, on the other side of the mansion gates, some boys were playing baseball in the baseball diamond next door. Suddenly one of the boys hit the ball over the mansion gates. "Hey, Scotti, I hit the ball over the gate. Can you go with me to get it?" Christian asked.
"Sure... lets get this over with." Scottie moaned. They walked to the gate and rang the doorbell.
The gates opened, so they went to the mansion door and knocked.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jessica looked through the window before opening the door. There were these two cute guys standing outside. "Amanda, come here and see this." Jessica called into the living room. Amanda looked through the window. "Hey....." She said while taking her headphones out of her ears. Jessica opened the door, "Can I help you?" Jessica asked. The hot emo boy with black hair and brown eyes, who was obviously older than her, smiled.
"Hey, my brother hit his ball over your gate. Im sorry to bother you but may we please get it?" He asked. Amanda nodded at Jessica.
"Yeah, umm, come on in." Jessica said. They walked in and Amanda shut the door. "Well, I'm Jessica and this is Amanda." Jessica announced.
"Well, hi Jessica. Amanda. I'm Christian and this is Scotti." The younger boy with brown hair and brown eyes said. Jessica smiled. Christian was hot! And by the look on Amanda's face, Jessica could tell she thought Scotti was, too. They were walking through the art room in their mansion when all of a sudden, "Wow!!!!" Scottie and Christian both said at the same time. "Where did this stuff come from?"
"All this stuff is from the family." Amanda explained. "You know, we ARE royalty." " Whoa!!!!!!!!" Scottie yelled. "You are?!?"
"Yup." Jessica answered.
When they got to the backyard, Jessica said, "Doesn't it look like a forest?"
"Yeah it does." Christian answered. "Hey I found my ball! Its in the pond." He got his ball with his shirt, then dried it off. "So...." Scottie said to Amanda. "What school are you going to?"
"The local school around here." Amanda answered.
"Wenchcock Academy?" Christian asked. "Yeah!" Jessica answered.
"Such a preppy-jock school..." Scottie laughed. "But I hang out with the rockers and the emo kids there. You can hang out with us if you want Amanda."
"Oh, thanks." Amanda said, looking down at the floor.
"Well, I should offer you to hang out with me and my friends, but I'm not sure you'd like getting dirty, playing sports all the time." Christian told Jessica.
"No way! I wouldn't mind. I love sports!" Jessica replied.
"Cool." He said. "See you tomorrow at school then."
"Oh yeah,and I'll be on the side of the main building with all my friends." Scottie said. "Okay, thanks. Bye Scottie, bye Christian" Amanda and Jessica both said. They left the mansion and went home. "They are so freakin' hot!" They both agreed. The next day they got ready for their first day at their new school.



Chapter 3

"Bye dad!" They all said. They grabbed their backpacks, then left for school. In math class, on the announcements, Mr.Cola was yapping away about how bad the planet was getting or something like that... but anyways after all of Mr.Cola's yapping, Mr.Ito started the lesson as usual. As Mr.Ito was talking about math, Christian had a conversation with Jessica (of course it was by notes).
The note said "Hey, Jessica!"
Jessica wrote back "Hey."
"Are you going to the halloween dance? My friend is having it at his house."
"I don't know... when is it?"
"Next friday."
"Oh..."
"I was wondering if you want to go with me."
"Uh....sure....pick me up at five?"
"Ok." And the note went on. After class, Jessica met up with Kiki and a friend.
"Hey, Kiki!"
"Hey, Jessica! This is Sarah!"
"Hey, Sarah!" Sarah was silent. Her hair was as black as coal and so was her eyes. She obviously looked german and not from around here.
"Sarah dosen't speak english."
"Then teach her! Oh! I have to get to class, bye Kiki!"
"Ok, bye!" At last period in Mr.Lorenzo's class, the loud speaker turned on. Mr. Silverman (The principal) said "Ok kids! The time you all have been waiting for is finally here! Rooms 1-12 get your uniforms now!" Mr.Lorenzo's class was room 11! They got their uniforms and left the school. Amanda was cursing at the staff saying
"I will ******* sue this ******* retarded school you retarded ********! I'm not wearing this ****!" Then ran out of the school. Kiki went to Sarah's house to play dolls. (dolls are retarded) Christian walked Jessica home.
"What are you gonna wear to the dance, Jessica?" Christian asked curiously.
"I'm thinking of wearing my cat suit with my cat ears, Why?" She replied.
"Well, cause maybe I can be a dog or something." Christian said.
"Oh! Well thats a good idea. Be a dog. Or how about a..." She was cut off.
"Well I'll see you tomorrow, Jessica." Christian said walking away.
"Kay, see ya!" Jessica yelled back. She went inside.


Chapter 4

"Hey dad?" Jessica asked.
"Yes my beautiful child." The king answered.
"Can I go to the halloween store with Amanda since she was supposed to go today?" Jessica asked.
"Yes of course. As long as you take Kiki with you guys." The king said.
"Kiki went to Sarah's house." Jessica said.
"Well whoever that is...Well ok then as long as you be back by 8:30." The King said.
"That's fine with us! Right, Jessica?" Amanda asked. Jessica nodded.
"Well we'll see ya later daddy!" Jessica and Amanda yelled as they walked out of the door.
"Bye..." the King was interrupted by the phone ringing.
"Hello?" the King answered the phone.
"This is a prerecorded message from Wenchcock Academy to notify you that your child in grade 9 has been marked absent first and second period. They may possibly be suspended from their actions. It is mandatory that you call and excuse their absence as soon as possible. Thank you." He hung up the phone and dialed a number. It rang for a little bit and then Jessica answered it.
"Hello?"
"Hello? Jessica? give the phone to Amanda. Immediately!" The King ordered. Jessica gave the phone to Amanda.
"Hey, What's up?"
"Oh nothing. I just got a phone call saying you skipped classes. Can you explain this?" The king asked.
"Ummmm..." Amanda hesitated.
"Amanda Lee Kiana! You are grounded when you get home missy! Do you hear me?!? I mean this! I'll see you at home to talk to you!" He hung up the phone.
"What was his problem? So I skipped a couple of classes. God ****."
"Ok...whatever..." Jessica said."Lets just get our costumes and get out of here, Amanda."
"Fine but I'm not coming back with you." Amanda said.
"What do you mean?" Jessica asked.
"I'm going to a friends house after this, So I'm not going home with you." Amanda answered.
"....Ok.... You do that Amanda.... but dad will be MAD." Jessica said.


Chapter 5

When Jessica got home her father was PISSED.
"Where is your ******* sister?"
"She said she was going to a friend's house." Jessica said,
"Just don't yell at me no more."
"Ok I'm sorry. Its not your fault." The King said.
"Daddy! I'm home!" Kiki yelled.
"Kiki, who is this Sarah?" The king asked.
"Daddy! This Sarah is my friend! Don't talk about her like that!" She answered.
"Well I can do whatever I want! Infact, I will have her executed tonight!" The king roared.
"Daddy, you can't do that. Your not going to because if mother was alive you wouldn't do nothing of the sort!" Kiki yelled as she ran off.
"Kiki!" The king yelled. "I'm sorry!"
"Its ok dad, she'll get over it." Jessica said softly.
"I know Jes..." The king sighed. "So... Where was I?"
"Um... Something about Amanda." Jessica reminded him.
"Oh, yeah, right. She is going to be in big trouble! Do you recall her saying a name?" The king asked.
Jessica was silent. She gazed at the floor.
"Well?" the king asked impatiently.
"She's...." Jessica began.
"Continue..." the king urged.
"She's... at Scotti's...." she replied with hesitation.
"SHE'S WHERE?!? AT A BOYS HOUSE?!?!" He bellowed with rage.
Jessica winced, thinking, 'God, why didn't I just pretend she didn't mention a name?'
The king huffed and regained his composure. "Thank you, Jes, your information was very useful." He thanked her and left to his study.
"Your welcome..." She answered back and left to her room. Thinking to herself 'Did I do the right thing?' She got to her room and found Kiki messing with her jewelry, clothes, and her diary, and also reading it to her friend Sarah. Jessica ran to the phone and hung up. Kiki ran out of the room leaving the place a mess. After Jessica cleaned her room, she went down stairs to tell her father what Kiki did. When unexpectedly, saw Amanda and Scottie standing in the hallway. "Oh my god! They found them!" She whispered.


Chapter 6

Two of the family's largest and toughest guards were holding both Scottie and Amanda by the arms as if they were criminals.
"Come on, dad.... is this necessary?" Amanda moaned.
Scottie was silent, afraid to speak before the angry king and his huge guards.
The king shrugged and nodded at the guards to release their grip.
"Amanda Lee Kiana, why were you at this boy's house without permission?" he demanded.
"You really think I want to come home to yelling, dad? I mean come on I think we all hear enough of the problems in this country... maybe I'm just a LITTLE tired of this atmosphere, " she replied softly in a polite tone. "I'm really sorry I didn't ask, and I didn't tell you where I went, but I've had a bad day at school, and I don't feel like being scolded right now."
The king's expression remained stern. "We will discuss this school business later. But my only question is..." he turned his glare to Scottie, "What are your intentions with my daughter, young man?"
Scottie met the king's glare and spoke in a shaky voice. "I... uh... only met her yesterday, sir..." he cleared his throat and spoke in a more composed manner. "We are friends and nothing more. She hangs out with me at school, and she just came over out of nowhere... I SWEAR, I didn't ask her to."
"Is this true, Amanda?" the king asked.
"Yes dad. Scottie, I'm very sorry I put you in this situation. It's all my fault. I was being very irresponsible." Amanda said, stealing a glance at her father.
Her speech seemed to satisfy him.
"Very well. Scottie, I apologize for my tone against you. You seem like a fine, admirable young man. You have my approval to be in my house after school hours and before supper... AFTER, however, Amanda becomes ungrounded."
Amanda groaned, and looked at the floor.
The king glanced at her. "I suppose you have a more sincere apology for Scottie here, Amanda. I grant you my permission to escort him home and apologize. If you're not in this house in 15 minutes, though, I will send a search party. Are we clear?" he asked.
"Yes. Thank you, father. I will be right back... I promise." Amanda agreed.
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Amanda and Scottie walked silently down the sidewalk to Scottie's house. The sky was dark, but was lit by a full moon and several stars scattered across the night sky.
Amanda bit her lip and stared at the ground while they walked. Scottie walked slower, and Amanda slowed down 2 match his pace.
"What's on your mind?" he asked suddenly.
"Excuse me?" Amanda asked.
"You're not that hard to read, Amanda. I know you have something to get off your chest..."
"Yeah.... but... it's stupid... don't even worry about it, ok?" she replied.
Scottie stopped and turned to face her. "Tell me. Please?" he persuaded.
"You know how when my dad asked about your intentions for me?" she began.
"Yes... where are you going with this?" Scottie asked.
"Did you really mean what you said about being friends and friends only?"
He paused, and was silent for a moment.
'Crap...' Amanda thought. 'Am I being too literal or whatever? I probably shouldn't have said that...'
"Depends..." Scottie trailed off.
"On...?" Amanda questioned.
"Do YOU want to be only my friend?" he looked at her face.
Amanda felt her heart stop. 'Is he flirting kinda or is he being serious?'
"Well..." she said, "When I met you, I was sort of hoping we'd be a little more than that.... after a while at least, you know?"
Scottie laughed. Amanda raised a brow. "What's so funny?"
"You." he smiled. "It's funny how we both feel pretty much the same way, but what would've taken me a long time to say, you said so quickly in a single sentence. I suck at this stuff." he grinned.
Amanda grinned back. "I've noticed."
They began walking again.
"So, when do you think you'll be ungrounded?" Scottie asked casually.
Amanda shrugged. "I actually don't know. My dad is a little unpredictable. I expected him to condemn you to execution or something like that but instead, he refers to you as 'a fine, admirable young man,'." Amanda quoted her father. "It's weird. Maybe he'll be nice and give me a few weeks or days. Maybe he'll never let me go out again except for on appropriate occasions... you never know. But I'll let you know at school." she said.
The two stopped. They were on Scottie's porch.
He turned to her. "Well, I'm glad we had this talk." he smiled.
"Me too." Amanda almost whispered.
He stepped up to his door. "See ya at school tomorrow, right?"
"Right." she nodded.
Scottie opened the door and gave her a small wave. "Bye."

Chapter 7

Amanda walked into the mansion exactly 1 minute before she was supposed to be in. The king stood waiting for her.
"Dad, have you been standing here the entire time I was gone?" she asked.
"Heavens no!" the king exclaimed. "I may be a little uptight at times, but I'm no fool."
"Ok, well when do you want to talk about school?"
"Now." he replied.
"Here?" Amanda questioned, looking around the hallway.
"Why don't we talk in the study?" he suggested.
"Sure..."
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Amanda stared at her father from across his desk. He had his reading glasses on his face in a serious fashion, and it reminded her of sitting across from the principal in his office after misbehaving.
He leaned back in his large chair. "Care to explain why I got a call from your school today about you missing two classes?" he asked calmly.
"Today in first period before the teacher took role, we heard on the announcements that we have to go pick up our uniforms. I didn't really think much of it until I SAW the things. Dad, they were dark yellow polo shirts with a stiff collar and a donkey embroidered on the breast pocket. A DONKEY, dad. A DONKEY!!! What idiot picks a freakin' donkey as the school mascot?!? And I'm sorry but dark yellow is a HORRIBLE color. And those skirts! They're just a plain dark green with a yellow stripe on the side. I just had to walk out of there. EVERYONE hates them, dad. They can't MAKE me wear that!" Amanda exclaimed.
"I can see your point, I suppose." the king agreed. "But Amanda, dear, was it really necessary to walk out of class and leave? Where did you go? And most of all, why did you skip the first two periods and actually come back to school?" he asked.
"I don't know... I guess I remembered you telling Kiki about not wandering off by herself, so I came back at lunchtime and stayed the rest of the day. Figured I was better off at school anyways. And it's not like we have to start wearing the uniforms until next week. Oh, and I went to the little pond by the woods and the park." Amanda replied.
The king nodded. "While I still believe it was foolish to run off from school, I can see what upset you. Tomorrow, I will go to your school on behalf of you and all of the students at your school and compromise with the supervisor." he explained.
"Thanks, dad." Amanda said.
"No problem. Now, do you promise to be good? No more skipping classes?"
"I'll be good, I promise."
"Good girl. And since we talked things out here like responsible adults, I am only grounding you for the rest of this week. So you will only spend Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday grounded. You will not be grounded Saturday and Sunday, however, if you make up the work you missed in your first two classes by Wednesday. Do we have a deal?"
"Yes, dad. Thanks a lot. I appreciate it." She stood and turned to leave for her room.
"Mhm. and one more thing..." The King began.
"Yea, dad?" Amanda turned around and asked.
"I know I owe you girls an apology for the way I've been acting around here the last few years since your mother passed away. It gets a little difficult running things by myself here sometimes." the king apologized. He took off his glasses and rubbed his tired face.
"Now get some sleep, Amanda. It's 11PM and you've got school tomorrow. Goodnight."
"Night dad, thanks again."
She turned and headed upstairs to her room. Jessica walked in a minute or so later and sat on the edge of the bed. "How'd it go?" she asked.
"Fine." Amanda sighed. "Dad surprisingly grounded me only for the rest of the week."
"You shoulda been grounded longer dumb dumb head!" Kiki called from the doorway.
"UGH! Kiki get out of here!" Amanda said.
"Yeah, get in bed! What are you doing up? Maybe I should tell the monster under your bed to come out tonight..." Jessica threatened.
"Yea right, Jessica. I'm telling daddy." Kiki complained.
"You shouldn't do that, Kiki..." Amanda warned. "'Cause I might just tell the monster in your closet to come out and have a super monster party in your room with the monster from under your bed..."
"You're such a liar, Amanda! And besides, I LIKE parties." Kiki smirked.
"Not THESE parties." Jessica smiled at Amanda. "The monsters will be having fun... but you wont."
"STOP!!!!" Kiki wailed. "You guys are mean!!!"
"And YOU are annoying. Now got to bed." Jessica demanded.
Kiki stomped from the room.
Amanda laughed."WOW Jess, WOW."
Jessica smiled. "Anyways... what did you and Scotti talk about?"
Amanda filled her in.
"Ooh, what do think will happen? You think he will ask you out?" Jessica asked with excitement.
"I don't know. I sure hope so though. I really do." Amanda replied.

Chapter 8

Amanda, Kiki, and Jessica laughed. Amanda picked up the payphone outside the school and dialed the number for Wenchcock Academy. The phone rang 3 times before the secretary picked up. "Wenchcock Academy," she said in a bored tone.
Amanda put on her most official voice. "Hello, this is the head of the Gibson County Police Department. There's been a situation involving an escaped mental patient from St. Harris Mental Institution a few blocks from the school and you need to issue a mandatory lock down until further notice. Information will be provided later for parents' references."The secretary gasped. "Oh no! I'll get on the announcement right away. Thank you. Should we follow normal lock down procedure?""Lock all doors and windows and keep the curtains closed. Have students lie on the floor, as the menatlly ill man may be armed. Thank you for your cooperation. The Police Department will notify you when it is safe." "Ok. Bye." The secretary hung up and grabbed the mic for the loud speaker."Attention students and staff, we are initiating a lock down. Follow lock down procedures
and have students lie down on the floor."The loud speaker clicked off and everyone began panicking.
Meanwhile, Amanda, Kiki, and Jessica laughed hysterically and ran for their classes. Asecurity guard stopped them. "Whoa whoa whoa, what are you kids doing out here? Didn't you hear about the lock down? You need to come inside right away." he said.
Jessica nodded. "Sorry, we came a few minutes late."
"We shouldn't have even came to school in the first place..." Amanda mumbled.
"Alright well get inside and do it quick. They're locking the doors." the guy said.
The girls headed off in seperate directions for their grade level buildings. Kiki made it to her class first. Amanda made it next, slipping inside the room barely in
time before the doors were locked. Jessica had to run the farthest. As she was running down
the hallway, she saw her classroom door swing shut.
"NO NO NO!!!" Jessica screamed. She yanked on the handle of the door, but it was locked.
"Ah... screw it." she sighed. "Not like it's real anyway."
She walked discreetly down the hall to studio 34 - the old abandoned art room. She peered inside. Everything was dark, meaning nobody was in there. Then checking for any
signs of witnesses, Jessica opened the unlocked door and stepped inside. It was dusty and
cold in the large, junk-filled room.
"Awesome..." she said aloud. Jessica began wandering around. Something crunched beneath
her foot.
"Huh?" she said, bending over and picking up the paper. It was an old newspaper, dated 1983.
"What's this?" she asked, and began reading.
SEPTEMBER 5TH, 1983 - CHILLING MASSACRE AT WENCHCOCK ACADEMY LEAVES TWENTY EIGHT STUDENTS DEAD -
"Oh. My. God." Jessica stuttered. She continued on with the article.
'THE FIRST WEEK FOR STUDENTS AT WENCHCOCK ACADEMY BEGAN AS IT ALWAYS HAD. STUDENTS CROWDING
THE HALLWAYS AND CHATTING ABOUT THEIR SUMMER WITH OLD FRIENDS. AQUIRING THEIR NEW SCEDULES
AND HEADING OFF TO THEIR CLASSES BEFORE THE BELL. ON THE FIRST FRIDAY OF THEIR SCHOOLYEAR,
TWENTY EIGHT STUDENTS WALKED INTO STUDIO THIRTY FOUR, WENCHCOCK'S ART ROOM, AND NEVER WALKED OUT. MR. STANLEY, A TRUSTED AND WELL-KNOWN TEACHER WHO HAD BEEN AT THE SCHOOL FOR 3 YEARS BRUTALLY MURDERED
AND DECAPITATED ALL TWENTY EIGHT OF HIS NEW STUDENTS.
BUT WHY? EVERYONE ASKS. THE MAN SEEMED TO BE "A VERY FRIENDLY PERSON WHO WAS GREAT WITH
KIDS," A LOCAL PARENT QUOTED. THE PRESS SPOKE WITH MS. SILVERMAN, WENCHCOCK'S PRINCIPAL.
WHEN QUESTIONED ON MR. STANLEY'S SUDDEN TERRIFYING ACTIONS, SHE REPLIED, "IT'S BEEN A TOUGH
SUMMER FOR ALL OF US. WE LOST A BELOVED TEACHER, MR. STANLEY'S WIFE, IN JUNE, FOLLOWED
SHORTLY BY THE DROWNING OF HIS YOUNG AND ONLY SON. HE MUST HAVE TAKEN IT OUT ON THE
STUDENTS. OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE FAMILIES OF THE TWENTY EIGHT INDIVIDUALS WHOSE LIVES WERE TAKEN."
THE PRESS QUESTIONED THE DISTRICT'S SUPERINTENDANT. IT HAS BEEN DECIDED THAT STUDIO THIRTY FOUR WILL
BE CLOSED DOWN IN MEMORY OF THE BRUTAL MANSLAUGHTER.'

Jessica dropped the newspaper and shivered. "I have to get out of here!' she cried. As she
twirled towards the door, she noticed several dark thirt year old stains on the floor and splattered on the walls. Her heart accelerated and she began running frantically around thepiles of junk and towards the exit.
All of a sudden, she heard two male voices from outside the door.
"Hurry, we have to lock this place up and get back to the office ASAP." the first one said.
"I don't even know why the janitor doesn't keep this room locked in the first place," the
other replied. "If someone saw the mess in there, the school would be in trouble for sure."
"Huh, luckily, Homicide came in and cleared out all the bodies. But too bad they didn't
clean up all the pieces. Shame how the law doesn't do a thorough job of cleaning up." the
first one commented.
Jessica felt herself stop breathing. She looked at the floor and began noticing odd rotting
lumps on the floor which could have possibly been, 30 years ago, a hand. Or a toe. Or an ear
maybe. She shivered at the thought. GROSS.
"Dude, that's why I'm against the system... damn pigs." the second one snorted.
"Well, we better lock it up."
Jessica stood frozen with paralyzing fear as she heard the wooden door slam shut, and the
lock click into place.
"What did I get myself into...?" she whispered.
"Into my trap." a male voice said.
Jessica spun around to face the man. She hadn't realized she wasn't alone.
"Who the hell are you?!?!" Jessica asked, terrified.
The man was in his late 50's, and he carried a shotgun, which was slung over his muscular
shoulder in a menacing fashion.
"Some call me Bob, others call me Jimmy. Students called me... Mr. Stanley." he replied.
Jessica screamed in horror and took 2 big steps back. "Stay the hell away from me!!"
"I didn't mean for things to come out this way." he said, raising the gun and pointing
it in her direction. "But unfortunately, I can't let you live. Nobody can know I'm still alive."
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Meanwhile, in Amanda's class, she sat on the floor against the wall next to Scottie and some of his friends.
"Scottie likes Amanda!" Shawn was teasing Scotti.
He threw a glare in Shawn's direction. "Beat it, dickhead."
Shawn shrugged. "Whatever. But you need to get on with it punk a**..." he smiled evilly at Scottie then looked at Amanda. "He knows what I mean..."
"And that is..?" Amanda asked.
Scottie cut in. "Shawn, why don't you go jerk off in another corner? NOW."
Shawn looked at Amanda then back at Scotti. "I'll leave you two alone." he smiled and walked away.
Amanda sighed. "So what's new?"
"Ok, I'm not gonna beat around the bush again like last night. I'm just gonna get right to the point and say what I have to say." Scotti took a breath.
"Amanda, I like you. Do you like me?"
She paused and blushed. "Yes."
"Whew," he sighed. "Now that that's out of the way, do you want to go out?"
"YES!" Amanda said happily. "Ahem... I mean... yes. That would be great."
He looked relieved. "Awesome. So anyway I can't believe your dad grounded you for only the rest of the week. That was generous... My dad would never tolerate anything like that. My mom on the other hand... Ugh... She's always drunk off her a** so it's not like it matters what I do when my dad isn't around."
"And your brothers?" Amanda asked.
"Christian's cool with it. He's more like a really good friend to me than a brother. David and Josh, my youngest brothers, are just pains. they're Kiki's age. I'm sure you understand." He smiled.
"Oh yea. Kiki's a handful. But she's got her cute moments."
"What about Jessica?" he asked.
"Same as between you and Christian. We tell eachother everything... Well not EVERYTHING... I mean, there's personal stuff we keep to ourselves."
"Nice. So, besides being late, how are you? Did your sisters make it in okay?"
"Hm, you know what? I better check on them to make sure they got to their classes without a problem."
She took out her phone and checked to make sure the teacher wasn't looking.
Amanda called Kiki first.
"Hello?"
"Hey Kiki. You get into class ok?"
"Yup."
"Alright. I'll see you later. I'm going to check on Jes."
She hung up and called Jessica.
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Jessica felt her phone vibrate in her pocket. She clicked the answer button and let whoever the caller was hear the conversation.
"Mr. Stanley, you don't have to kill me. I won't tell anyone I saw you. If I may ask, why are you here in the abandoned Studio Thirty four anyway? Didn't you murder all those students back in '83? Why would you come back?"
Amanda held her breath and listened.
'This Mr. Stanley had her sister as a hostage in studio thirty four. He sounded like a weird guy.'
Mr. Stanley frowned. "This is the only place where it's safe. Since Mr. Silverman's mother and I were good friends back in the day, Her son, which is your pricipal, permits me to stay here. Nobody knows I'm here but the Silverman family. Which is why I can't let you walk out alive."
"Please, Mr.Stanley, cut me some slack. If I do tell you'll be the first to know right? 'Cause you probably have this whole place wired, right?"
"For once you are correct, princess! And if I did let you go, and if you did tell, I will kill you and your family!" Mr.Stanley thretened.
"Oh my god! I have to go rescue Jessica! I'll be back Scotti." Amanda panicked.
"Amanda, I'll go with you just in case." Scotti volenteered.
"No! what if you get hurt?"
"What if YOU get hurt?"
"True. But anyways what are we waiting for? Lets go" Amanda peaked Scotti on the cheek.
Amanda opened the back door, while scottie was looking to see if the close was clear. They ran out of the room straight for studio thirty four. When they got there, "The doors locked!" Scottie panicked. "Luckily Jess has taught me to pick locks." She got a bobby pin and unlocked the door. They ran inside. "Amanda! Scotti" Jessica yelled. Mr.Stanley pulled the trigger. "Jessica! Duck!" Amanda screamed. Jessica did as she was toled and ducked. They ran to the door. "Wait! The papers!" Jessica went back and took 3 files then ran back outside. "You'll rue this day! You'll rue it!" Mr.Stanley yelled at Jessica as she ran out.

Chapter 9
"Amanda! What's rue?" Kiki asked.
"I'm cheaking... I'm cheaking." Amanda yelled.
"It means to regret, to wish that something has never been undone. Unless he called you a flower." Scotti explained the defenition of rue.
"I hope he did not call me a flower... and what did he mean by regreting... I don't even know what to regret." Jessica said.
"What kind of flower?" Kiki ironicly asked.
"I have no idea." Jessica answered.
"Scotti! You were supposed to take care of David and Josh today!" Christian came in furious. Two little boys,one was seven years old with shaggy brown hair and black eyes and the other one was eight with blonde hair and brown eyes, came in behind Christian. "AWWW! They're so cute!" Jessica and Amanda yelled. "Wow... You guys really like kids don't you?" Scottie said. "Only the cute ones." Amanda said. "Well, I'm cute." Kiki yelled. "No your not, your just a pip sqeik." Jessica mumbled. "Hey! Amanda! Jessicas being mean! Do something!" Kiki waled. "I honestly agree with her, Kiki." Amanda said truthfuly. "Hey!" Kiki balled. "That's not funny! Stop laughing!" Everyone was laughing. Kiki ran out of the room. "Hey. You guys know what day it is." Amanda whispered so low Jessica didn't hear. "Yeah we do." Scottie and Christian said. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESSICA!" They all yelled When her father, Peter came in with a triple chocolate cake. "You guys remembered?" Jessica said in shock. "Duh! This day is special for you. Your fourteen now!" Amanda said. Jesscia blew out her candles and cut the first piece for herself. Then Peter, the king, started to cut the cake for the others. Kiki entered the room and took the cake from her father then left again. "This is delicious!" Jessica hollared. "We agree with you, Jessica." Josh mumbled with a mouthful of cake.
"Yup!" David yelled. The door suddenly opened. One of the servents came in with bags full of preasents. "Here you are, Princess Jessica." "Please, just Jessica, Jeffrey." Jesscia exclaimed. "Fine. But your mother would of wanted me to call you 'Princess Jessica.'" After his speach, he left the room. "Well... Whatever..." Jessica exhailed felling depressed. "Jessica!" Scottie yelled. "Open the green one. It's from me." "Okay." Jessica answered. "wait a minute!" Christian yelled. "She should open mine first! I'm her boyfriend!" "How about I open the first one I get my hands on! Okay?" She explained as she carefuly opened the perfectly wraped glittery green preasent. "Oh my god!" Amanda yelled scarcasticly. "It's a cute stuffed tiger! It really is cute, Jessica" " It is!" Jessica rejoiced while hugging the stuffed tiger. "Have a wonderful fourteenth birthday, Jessica!" The tiger sang. "Holy ****!" Jessica jumped. "Calm down, Jessica. It's supposed to do that." Scottie said patting her head. "Who is this from? It dosen't have a card." Jessica asked. "Aw man! That's what I forgot! I'm sorry!" David said. "You idiot! You forgot? Your responsibility was to get the card and mine was to get the tiger!" Josh yelled franticly. "Thank you, Josh and David. I love it!" Jessica thanked them. "Your welcome!" They replied. While doing so she started opening another preasent then another then another untill she got to Amanda's and Kiki's preasent. "It's a gift card to Hot topic!" Kiki yelled it out befor she opened it. "Kiki! How could you?" Amanda whispered-yelled at her. "I'm sorry Amanda. It will never happen again. I promise." Kiki wispered. "I believe that apology is for Jessica here. Kiki? Do you got anything to say?" Amanda exclaimed. "Jessica. I'm sorry!" Kiki started balling. "It's okay, Kiki, just don't do it again. okay?" Jessica asked. "I promise." Kiki gave her word. "Open your next preasent, Jessica." Scottie said. "Okay!" Jessica answered. By this time Christian was really pissed off that his preasent wasn't picked yet. "Calm down, Christian. Just think of it as best for last, okay?" Jessica commented. Christian nodded. "This one is from Scottie." Jessica said while opening the box. "Now these are cool converse! they're long! They go up to my knee! Thank you!" "Your welcome." Scottie added. "There's five more preasents, I think." Jessica started to open the preasents untill she got to the last one, Christian's preasent. The box was as big as the tiger she got earlier, around two feet all around. She opened it. It was a piece of paper and a Jack Skellington stuffed pillow. "Read the paper, Jessica!" Kiki yelled abnoxiously. "Okay. It says 'Dear Jessica, will you go to the party at shawn's house? From Christian. P.S. please say yes 'cause the rest of your preasent is there.'" Jessica said trailing off. "Oh, yeah! Amanda! Will you go with me as well?" Scottie begged. "Of course!" Amanda said grinning. "When is it?" "It's on the thirty first of this month and wear a costume. You can bring Kiki with if you want. I'm bringing Josh and David with me." Scottie answered. "I'll bring Kiki as long as we take her home at eight o' clock. Got it?" Amanda ordered. "Of course! I'm going to do the same thing." Scottie explained. "Yes I'll go with you, Christian." Jessica answered to the letter. "Yes!" Christian rejoyced. "Thank you, Jessica! You wont be sorry!" The king walked into the room and everything went silent. "Jessica, you have one more preasent." The king gave her the preasent. "It's from your mother." Jessica's mouth jropped open. She opened the box and it was a crown. Everyone awed. Jessica was so speachless that she fainted.

Chapter 10

"Wake up, Jessica! Wake up!" A frantic voice awoke her. "Okay, she's coming around now." "....Eh?" She said.