Before you read this chapter, there are some words to know...
Cliche-Something that happens too much...An over-used idea...Example-At a magic show, what ALWAYS happens...A magician pulls a rabbit from his/her hat. So, in the chapter, we have many cliches...It's the theme of the chapter, so just keep on reading, and you'll eventually understand it.
Enchilada-A whole bunch of different things...The whole deal...We use this word once in the chapter...
That's pretty much all of the words ya guys need to know...Enjoy the story!
It was the middle of October and the girls were all at their own houses. Kristen was pacing back and forth in her room, listening to the radio, looking sadly at the ring that Chris gave her.
Kristen-(Sighs talking to herself) I miss him! C'mon Chris...CALL ME!
Chris was supposed to call her at exactly 12 noon. The radio was playing Michelle Branch, and the song was changing. THEN, all of a sudden "Gone" by Nsync came on.
Kristen-STUPID SONG! Errrr! She said throwing a teddy-bear at the radio! NSYNC SUCKS!
Just then the phone rang...
Kristen-HELLO? She screamed into the phone...
Chris-Kristen? Are you okay?
Kristen-Oh hi Chris...Errr yea I'm okay. She started to ramble on...It's just that I woke up and I was bored and I was waiting for you to call and I put the radio on and I was listening to Michelle Branch, and then Nsync came on...And the song was "Gone" and it made me think of you, and I threw a teddy-bear at it and I got mad, and then the phone rang and it was you and THAT'S what happened.
Chris-Woah! Calm down! Are you okay now?
Kristen-Yes, I'm better. So where are you now and how many more days till you're coming homeeee?
Chris-Denver, Colorado...16 days...
Kristen-Woo-hoo...She said sarcastically.
Chris-Don't worry babe...It's been like 45 days already!
Kristen-This sucksssss...You know that when you get home, I'm gonna tie you up so you can't go on ANYMORE tours.
Chris-SOO you're gonna tie me up?
Kristen-Don't be dirty Christopher...I'm not the happiest camper right now.
Chris-Well then the fact that my calling card is running out, probably wouldn't make you any happier?
Kristen-Uh, we've been through like HOW many calling cards?
Chris-Between the guys and me we've used up hundreds talking to you girls...But I'll go buy some more and call you tomorrow.
Kristen-(Sighs) Alrighty Christopher. Be good.
Chris-I will! Love you...
Kristen-Love ya too...Bye
Chris-Bye.
They both hung up, and Kristen continued to pace back and forth...
It was Jesse's turn to call Kayla...
Kayla was having a few of her friends over, when the phone rang.
Kayla-Jay-R, can you get the phone?
Jay-R-Sure...Hello?
Jesse-Um hi? Did I call the wrong number? Is Kayla there?
Jay-R-No, this is the right number...Hold on, I'll get her.
Jesse-Okay?
Kayla ran to the phone...
Kayla-Jesse?
Jesse-Hi...Who was that? On the phone?
Kayla-Oh, that was just Jay-R.
Jesse-Jay-R doesn't sound like a girls name...
Kayla-It's not...It's my friend Jay-R.
Jesse-Oh...WHY are you with him?
Kayla-We're just hanging out...No big deal. Why, are you mad or something?
Jesse-No I'm fine. Um, we have to go rehearse...Gotta go.
Kayla-No wait Jesse...I'm telling you...Jay-R is NOTHING...BELIEVE me...
Jay-R (In the background)-Gee thanks.
Kayla-(Talking to Jay-R) You KNOW what I mean...
Jesse-So he's NOTHING more than a friend?
Kayla-Of course not...THAT would be gross...You're my man, duh!
Jesse-Okay...Well I better be going...Talk to you tomorrow baby-cakes!
Kayla-Bye...
Diana was walking through the mall by herself to pick up some things. As she walked by, some guy started hitting on her...
Diana-Uh! GO AWAY! I HAVE a boyfriend...I just don't know where he is exactly.
Guy-Can I get your number?
Diana-Sure! 1-800-GO-2-HELL! Bye-bye now...
Kelli was sitting on her couch watching a soap opera eating ice-cream.
Kelli-Where IS Matt now? She said.
Holly was in her room talking to Greg on the phone about the tour...
Greg-And you won't believe it...Kerri came ALL the way out to Denver for our show last night...But then again...She DID go to California, Chicago, Vermont, and Florida with us. I swear, for this tour, she's been to AT LEAST 20 of our 30 shows...
Holly-She NEEDS to get a life...Seriously
Greg-I know...
They continue to talk longer...
They suffer through 16 more days when the day comes when the guys are coming home...
It was Halloween and they talked on the phone and agreed to meet at Diana's house at 8.
The night of Halloween, the girls got all dressed up and went to Diana's house in Kelli's car. Kayla was an angel, Kristen was a devil, Holly was a freak, Kelli was a baby and Diana was a fairy.
The guys, all met at Chris' house and they finish up their costumes...Matt was a pink bunny because he lost a bet with Greg, Jesse was superman, Chris was dracula, and Frankie and Greg were both pimps.
Greg-Dude, you totally ripped off my costume!
Frankie-I did not...I had it first...
Greg-Did not...This is SO not cool...And you don't even look good as a pimp...I on the other hand, look wicked.
Frankie-Yea, wickedly BAD...
Greg-Whatever...
Jesse interrupts-I thought whatever was a girl word Greg?
Greg-Only when you say it...
Matt-Can we go already?
Everyone started laughing as Matt walked in, because of his pink bunny costume and whiskers.
Matt-Hey...I think I make a very lovely bunny...Now let's go...
Chris-No...my hair is not perfect yet and my fangs won't stay in...
Jesse-That's because you aren't using enough glue on those fangs...
Chris-You're suppose to use glue?
Jesse-Duh!
Chris-Well I didn't know that...Go get the glue...
Jesse walks into the other room and can't find the glue that came with the teeth..."Um Chris, I can't find it."
Chris-What?
Jesse-Never mind...This should do...He says holding the tube of Super Glue he found in a drawer..."Got it!"
Chris puts the glue on the fangs, and places them in his mouth...
Chris-Eww...this glue tastes nasty...
Matt-Well what did you expect...cherry flavored?
Jesse-Well at least the teeth are in now...can we go?
Frankie and Greg grab their fake fur coats...Matt grabs his little cotton tail...and Jesse and Chris grab their capes and they head into Frankie's car...
The girls are all putting on the last touches to their costumes, when a horn beeps outside...
Kristen-OMG, it's them!
Kayla-Is it just me, or does it seem a little weird that we're seeing them for the first time in like 2 months?
Kelli-No, it's just you...Haha just kidding.
Holly-No, I know what you mean...It's like seeing a close friend 2 years after they moved away...It's just odd...
Diana-Suprisingly this is awkward for me too...And I'm usually use to seeing Frankie like once every 2 weeks...
Kayla-So girls...are we ready?
Kristen-Mirror check...Diana my makeup looks really good...Devilish...Haha...Thanks for doing it for me...
Kayla-And I sparkle like an angel...Not that I need the sparkles to be an angel...
Holly rolls her eyes...
By this time, the guys are ringing the doorbell...
Kristen-What should we do?
Kelli-Um, answer the door?
Kristen-Good idea...Kelli go..
Kelli-Why me? Holly you answer it...
Holly-Noo! Diana?
Diana-Do I have to?
Kayla-Uh, I'll do it...
Kristen, Kelli, Diana and Holly-And I'll come with you...The angel, devil, freak, baby and fairy walk to the door and open it...to see 2 pimps, a pink bunny, dracula and a superman.
The girls and guys all just burst out laughing at the sight of eachother's costumes...It was like nothing had changed over the past couple of months...
Then of course, the girls ran and practically jumped on top of the guys...
Kelli-Matt! No offense, but this is kind of weird, hugging a bunny?
Matt-Like hugging a baby wearing a diaper is any better...
Kelli-I missed ya!
Matt-I missed me too!
Kelli-Matt you freak...
Matt-No, the freak would be Holly...
Kelli-Never mind...I think the bunny ears have gone to your head...
Jesse-Angel!
Kayla-Nice red spandex Jes. She says laughing.
Jesse-It's very uncomfortable...But hey I AM superman right?
Kayla-Whatever you say hun.
Holly-My pimp...How are you?
Greg-Im just chillen like a villan and I be bling-blinging.
Holly starts to laugh...
Greg-No, I'm just joking...I'm doing good...And how are YOU doin?
Holly-Good!
Diana-Frankie...a pimp?
Frankie-Yes I thought it would be funny.
Greg-Frankie, get into your costume...
Frankie-Uh, um right...Ehm...I am chilling you villan...Up in here...Up in here...Getting down with my dogs yo...He says in his normal voice.
Greg-WHAT WAS THAT?
Diana is laughing at the two of them.
Greg-For the sake of all of us, Frankie PLEASE get out of character.
**NOTE**We're not trying to make fun of anyone that talks like this...It was just for the moment...
Chris-It's a little hard to talk right now (He says talking with a bad lisp because of the glued in fangs)
Kristen-Why don't ya just take out the fangs then?
Chris-That, that would be a good idea...He says starting to take them out...He keeps on pulling, but the teeth won't come out..."I think they're stuck." He says with his fingers in his mouth...
Kristen-How could they be stuck? You pop them in and out?
Chris-Well me and Jesse glued them in, so they wouldn't come out...
Kristen-Glue? You're not supposed to glue that type in...What kind of glue was it?
Chris-Um,I'm not sure exactly...Jes...He says calling Jesse over..."What kind of glue did we use on the fangs?"
Jesse-Oh that? Well I couldn't find the glue that came with the teeth, so I found some super glue in your kitchen...He says not making a big deal of it and walking away.
Kristen-SUPER GLUE???
Chris-Super Glue??? So they're stuck in my mouth forever!
Greg starts to laugh..."Haha dude...You're screwed."
Frankie-Can we start walking? I want some candy!
Chris-You guys can't leave me like this! He says with difficulty talking because of the teeth...
Kristen-Aww, we can't leave him...
Frankie-(Sighs) C'mon ya guys...Let's take Chris to the dentist...I'm sure we'll be the only ones there on Halloween.
Matt-How are we all gonna fit in your jeep?
Frankie-Well we can fit 4 people in the backseat...3 in the front...and 3 people in the back trunk...So who wants to go in the back?
Jesse-Ooh, I want to!
Greg-Being the gentleman that I am, I'll give up my seat and sit in the back...
Frankie-I'll sit in the back too!
Matt-Um Frankie, you have to drive...
Frankie-Oh yeah! I forgot...Then you sit in the back Matt...
They all pile into the car and as they're getting in...
Chris-Ooh, maybe I'll get a balloon...and a lolli-pop...or stickers, for being a good boy!
At the dentists office, everyone was sitting in the waiting room in their costumes, except Chris who was getting the fangs off, and Kristen who was in the room with Chris, because he was scared...(Aww)
Greg-Is he done yet? This is boring!
Frankie-Yet again, Chris ruins another holiday...
Diana-What do you mean?
Matt-This isn't the first time Chris ruined a holiday...
Holly-What has he done?
Jesse-Where do we begin...Last Thanksgiving, he forgot to turn the oven on, when his mom asked, delaying the turkey 3 hours...
Matt-Oh yeah, remember last Christmas when we were in the mall and he insisted on fixing his hair so he took us to the boys bathroom and when we left, he also left all of the Christmas presents he had bought...
Greg-Or the time, on the Fourth of July, when he caught a huge patch of grass on fire with sparklers...
Frankie-Or the best time, has GOTTA be, 2 New Years ago...The party at his house...It was the five of us, and we were seconds from watching the ball drop for 2000, and Chris insisted on hooking up his new video game...and we were counting down...(Frankie re-lives the moment) "10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...Boom...The TV went black along with the rest of the electricity."
Holly-Aww...Poor Chris...
Greg-And THEN there was the time...
About 15 minutes later, Chris walks out with a balloon and Kristen follows.
Chris-I was a good boy, so I got a balloon.
Kristen-He was very brave.
Frankie-Good for you Chris, can we go now?
Chris-My costume seems in-complete without fangs.
Matt-No, you don't need fangs. Let's go...
They all pile back into the jeep and start to drive back to Diana's house...When they are on a desserted road about 20 minutes from Diana's house the car sputters...shakes and then stops...
Jesse-Dude, what happened? That didn't sound good. He says nervousily.
Frankie-I don't know...The car just stopped.
Matt-Um Frankie, could it be that the fuel gage is on E?
Frankie-E? Yea so?
Matt-That means you have no gas! Empty!
Frankie-Are you serious? That's what the E means? I always thought it meant Enough gas?
Greg-Oh boy...And your parents let you have a car? Are you sure you passed your driver's test?
Diana-So now what?
Kristen-Well I don't think things can get any worse for us today...
All of a sudden, it starts to pour...lightening and thunder...(Cliche #1...A thunder storm...This starts our long list of "scary story" ideas)
Holly-Well it just did...
Kelli-Where are all the houses on this block? We need to find a phone...Cell phones anyone?
Everyone-No...
Greg-We had no where to put them because of our costumes.
Jesse-Well, we could always go and try the phone at Blackberry Mansion...
(Dun...Dun...Duuhhh)
Jesse-Where is that music coming from?
Greg-There's no music Jesse...Shut up...Blackberry Mansion...You mean the Haunted Blackberry Mansion?
Chris-Yea...That's the one...(Cliche #2...Haunted Mansion)
Kelli-Oh come on! It's not haunted...How can you guys believe in stuff like that?
Jesse-Some strangeee things have happened in that place...
Holly-Like what?
Jesse-Well, back in the late 1800's, it use to be called the Blackberry Hotel. It was a very popular place...
Kayla-So? How is it haunted? Cut to the chase.
Jesse-Shh...hold on...I have to build suspense here...(Cliche #3...Suspense building) "So, one day at the hotel, there was a terrible thunderstorm...Much like the one tonight (Cliche #4...Coincidences) And there were tons of people checking into the hotel that night because it was bad driving weather...So at around midnight, the hotel was packed with guests. All of a sudden, there was a big bolt of lightening and BOOM!
Kristen-Ahhh!
Kayla-Kristen be quiet, I wanna hear what happens. Jesse continue...
Jesse-And that next morning, when the power went back on, the hotel was empty...And no one was ever seen again. To this day, they don't know what happened to them...
Frankie-Puhleeze! You guys don't actually believe that do you? (Cliche #5 Disbelief)
Chris-And we're suppose to go in there? I don't think so...
Greg-Why...You chicken?
Chris-No, I'm not chicken...I just think the girls will be scared if we go in there, so you guys can go in, and I'll stay in the car with the girls...
Matt-Lame excuse Chris...We're not splitting up...We're all going in...
Greg-Then let's go...
They all open their car doors and walk up the block to the mysterious, dark, abandoned house. A bat flies out of the house's top window...(Cliche #6...The bat)
They all hold hands as they walk up the creaky steps...(Cliche #7...Creaky steps)
Chris-Greg, open the door...
Greg-Why me?
Matt-I thought you weren't scared.
Greg-I'm not...I just think Frankie should...
Frankie-Me? Matt should...No one's gonna hurt a pink bunny.
Matt-No wayy...I'm fragile!
Diana-You boys are soo lame...
Holly-You're a bunch of fraidy cats...
Matt-I'm a bunny...not a cat.
Kelli-Uh, I'll open up the door...
The door is stuck, so she kicks it open, revealing the spooky inside...Spider webs everywhere...Dust...Furniture with sheets over it...The whole enchilada. (Cliche #8)
They walk inside holding hands, as the door slams shut behind them, and they all jump and grab onto eachother (Cliche #9 Slamming door)
Greg-FRANKIE! Get off me dude!
Frankie-Oh, um sorry Greg...
By this time, all of the guys were hanging onto their girls.
Kristen-Um Chris, are you okay?
Chris-Um yea, I'm coooooo...He said shaking...
Kristen-Okay, um but can you um kinda loosen up your grip, because I can't breathe...
Chris-Oh, oh yea, sorry.
Jesse-Wha...Wha...What should we do now?
Kelli-Find a phone and get the hell outta here.
Frankie-Matt, see if there is a light switch next to you...
Matt-Yea, there is.
Frankie-Well turn it on...
Matt flicks the switch...
Greg-Wait, isn't having the lights on making this NOT scary?
Frankie-True...
Just then the lights go off and the whole house turns black...
(Dun...Dun...Duuhhh)
Jesse-It's that damn music again!
Frankie-What are you talking about Jes?
Jesse-You don't hear that music? Uh, never mind...
Kelli-Can we get back to finding a phone?
Kristen-There's one over there...
Holly-Let's go...
They all start walking towards the phone...
Diana picks it up..."Hello?" Uh, just our luck...It's dead. (Cliche #10 Dead phone)
Chris-Now what?
Jesse-Maybe there's a phone upstairs.
Kayla-Jesse, if one phone is dead, from no electricity then the other ones are also dead.
Jesse-Right, that's exactly why I was saying we shouldn't go upstairs and look for another phone.
Chris-Let's get out of here then! There's no use standing around!
They start to walk towards the front door, when they hear a moan coming from the upstairs...(Cliche #11 Spooky moan)
Chris-Ah! Let's get out of here! They all run to the door and pull and pull and pull on it..."Um you guys...I think the door is stuck." (Cliche #12...Stuck door)
Greg-Wow genius, we didn't realize that...
Chris-Hey, don't start with me Greg...I'm NOT in the mood!
Greg-I'm sorry dude...I'm just mad cause of all this shit.
Kristen-There's gotta be a way out of this house.
Matt-I have an idea...
Frankie-Usually we would all groan at that thought, but we have nothing to lose right now, so let's hear it Matt...
Matt-Well when we were walking into the house, I noticed an open window and a fire escape ladder hanging out of the upstairs window...
Kristen-UPSTAIRS?? Uh-uh...Nooo way...First of all, there are weird noises coming from upstairs, second...it's lightening outside, and we're suppose to climb down a metal ladder? Nooo...Third, it might not be safe...Fourth...
Kayla-Kristen, stop rambling...We don't have any other ideas, so I say let's do it.
Just then a black cat walks by and Chris screams like a girl and backs up breaking a mirror...(Cliche #13 and 14...Black cat and broken mirror)
Greg-Dude...7 years bad luck...Sucks to be you.
Chris-Dude...let me tell you something...SHUT-UP! He screams in his ear.
Diana-Guys, stop arguing...It's not helping. As much as we don't want to go upstairs, in this case we're gonna have to.
All of a sudden, the grandfather clock in the lobby strikes 12 midnight...(Cliche #15...Clock strikes 12)
Jesse-Wait, wait, wait...Hold up...My clock says it's 10:30pm...That clock is all wrong.
Frankie-Whatever Jesse...Stop stalling and let's go upstairs...
The 10 people walk slowly up the creaking steps...They hear something shatter on the ground, so the 10 heads turn around and look over the bannister. (Cliche #16...Shattering glass)
Matt-What was that?
Jesse-Hey, all 10 of us have our heads looking over the bannister...Is it me, or do any of you guys feel like we're the brady bunch!?!?
Greg-No.
Jesse-(Starts singing brady bunch) "Oh I think I'll take a walk outside now, I think I'll go pass time away."
Frankie-Yes outside...That's where we need to go...
Jesse continues singing..."Everybody's singing...Sunshine day...Everybody seems so happy todayyyyy."
Greg-We're not singing...It's not sunny outside and we're not happy.
Holly-Oh lighten up Greg...He's just trying to make things better.
Matt-Will somebody smack him?
Chris-I will...He hits Jesse over the back of the head...And they continue up the stairs...
When they get to the top, Kelli and Frankie are first.
Frankie-There are so many doors, how do we know which one has the ladder?
Matt-It's that one...He says pointing to a door on the far right.
Greg-Are you sure?
Matt-No, wait, it's that one...No it's that one...I'm positive.
Frankie-You better be right...He says opening the door, revealing a room with a bed with a sheet over it...a dusty dresser...and a rocking chair faced in the corner rocking from the wind, coming from the open window.
Greg-There's the ladder...Let's just get out of here...It's freaky in here...
They all run over to the ladder and start to climb down it...Greg was first, followed by Kayla, Chris, Kristen, Matt (Who was having trouble coming down in his bunny suit), Diana, Kelli, Jesse, Holly and last was Frankie. As Frankie, Holly, Jesse and Kelli were climbing down the ladder, after Greg, Kayla, Chris, Kristen, Matt and Diana were already off of the ladder, they heard footsteps coming from inside the room (Cliche #17...Footsteps)...
(Dun...Dun...Duuhhh)
Greg-Okay, I know I just heard that music...
Jesse-Thank you! Finally!
The steps were getting closer, closer, closer, closer and then...
A scary man/ghost thing peered it's gruesome head out of the window.
Jesse-Now where did HE come from?
Greg-The suspicious rocking chair...Duh pay attention Jesse.
The "thing" grabbed a hold of Frankie's fur coat and pulled onto Frankie...
Frankie-It's got me!
Greg-Smack him Frankie! Use those crooked teeth!
Frankie-Crooked teeth? Hey let's not reminisce on that Jungle 2 Jungle moment...But back to the scary "creature" thats got me...HELP!
Greg-Pinch him...Grab him...Pull his ear...Hit him in the nose...Knock some of those teeth out...
Frankie shakes free and scurries down the ladder...
Chris-RUNNN! He screams running in front of everyone and they all ran through the backyard cemetery, using the light of the full moon. (Cliche #18 and 19...Cemetery and full moon)...As the creature hung out the window and moaned to the kids...
As they run back to the front of the house Chris trips and Kristen bends down to help him and they continue to run (Cliche #20...Tripping at bad time...Phew, we got all 20 cliches! Yay for us!)...
Matt-(Out of breath) Did we lose him?
Greg-Yea...I think we did...Now what? We're stranded.
Jesse-Well I guess we're just gonna have to use that pay phone over there...
Everybody's eyes bulge out and their mouths drop open as they look at Jesse...
Jesse-What? Why are you guys looking at me like that...?
Dum...Dum...Da-dum...dum-da-dum-da-dum-da-dum...
Jesse-NOW where is THAT music coming from?
Matt-Jesse...you knew there was a pay-phone out there the WHOLE time???
Jesse-Yea, why?
Greg-WE HAD TO GO INTO THAT HOUSE FOR NOTHING!?!?
Kayla-Why didn't you tell us that the pay-phone was out here?
Jesse-Um, I...uh...forgot? Oops...I'm sorry...
Kristen-C'mon guys...Calm down...Don't be mad at Jesse...He didn't mean to do anything...But we're all okay...So let's use the phone...Get picked up...and get out of here...
Jesse-What about candy? No candy on Halloween?
Frankie-We'll buy you some...Let's go...
They use the payphone...get picked up by Diana's mom...Call a tow truck to tow Frankie's jeep back to the Bronx...Spend an hour at Diana's house, to hang out and talk...And they all get picked up separately and are taken back to their homes.
