Party!
I do not own anything I put in this story, except for the horses from next chapter. Not even the characters in this chapter, they own themselves. I only own myself, Lisa.
I am obviously not creative with titles...
All the characters in this chapter are either me or people I know from school. All of them (Except for Toby) are my friends.
Chapter 1: The party has started
Lisa glanced out the window for about the tenth time since 2:50. It was now 3:00, time for her party to start.
As she looked outside, she spotted Ashley coming up the curved path to her house. Lisa immediately jumped up from her seat on the couch and ran the three steps to the door to open it before Ashley got there.
"Hi, Ashley!" Lisa called out the door. Ashley ran the last three yards to the door, blond hair streaming behind her.
"Hi, Lisa," She replied, with a hint of a sigh in her voice. She had been carrying a duffel bag that apparently was heavy. Lisa stepped back, allowing Ashley to come in the door. She glanced around at the room. "Apparently I'm the first one?" she said when she didn't see anyone.
"You can set your bag in the office; here, I'll show you," Lisa said. She turned to lead the way into the office. They walked past the big TV and turned down the hall. They passed the first two doors-one on each side of the hall-and went into the second door on the right. Ashley set her bag down and they went back to the hall. Lisa pointed out the bathroom (the door across the hall from the office), her bedroom (the door at the end of the hall) and her parent's bedroom, where there's an extra bathroom. Just then, the doorbell rang.
Lisa rushed to the door, Ashley following more slowly behind her. Lisa opened the door, revealing Jeremy on the other side.
"Hey, Jeremy!" Lisa said, again stepping back.
Jeremy replied with, "Hi, baka!" In response, Lisa poked Jeremy in the side. Jeremy then poked Lisa in the arm. She turned around and plopped down on the couch, rubbing her arm where Jeremy poked her. Ashley sat down next to her and Jeremy sat on a chair nearby. He had refused to spend the night, so he didn't have any bags.
"Ashley, this is Jeremy-watch out for his pokes, they hurt." Lisa then rolled up her sleeve, revealing a red mark where Jeremy had poked her. "And Jeremy," Lisa started; stopping when she noticed Jeremy was looking around the desk where a computer was, completely ignoring Lisa. He then spotted what he was looking for-headphones for a computer. He put them on and turned on the computer. Lisa then saw movement out of the corner of her eye. She looked outside and saw Alex, walking on her toes, bouncing like she usually did. Lisa got to the door just as Alex went to step up the only step in front of her house.
"Risa!" Alex said in a medium-high pitched voice (Risa was Lisa's Japanese name.) Alex then glomped Lisa and said "Squishy!"
Once Alex released Lisa, she said, "Hey, Alex! You can bring your bags to the office if you like." Alex had been here a few times before, so she knew where the office was.
Whenever Alex came to Lisa's house to sleep over, she brought a lot of stuff, and this time was no exception. She had a duffel bag AND a backpack.
Lisa stepped back to let Alex in who went straight to the office to set her bags down. When she came back out, she saw Ashley.
"Hi, I'm Alex," she said, dipping her head. Lisa was going to introduce them, but Alex beat her to it.
"Yo, I'm Ashley," she replied. She then took out her Kyo plushie and started petting it.
"Hey! You have one, too!" Alex said. She started to get hers, when she saw Jeremy, still not paying attention. She went over to him and poked him in the stomach. Jeremy squeaked loudly and bent forward, surprised by the poke. Once he recovered from the surprise, he went to poke Alex back, but she had disappeared down the hall. He sighed and returned to not paying attention.
Alex came back out, wearing her kimono. A head of a Kyo plushie was sticking out.
"Two Kyo plushies, perfect!" Lisa muttered to herself, though Ashley heard.
"Perfect for what?" She asked, puzzled.
"You'll see."
Someone knocked at the door, making everyone jump, except Lisa, who does a reverse jump. She went to the door and opened it, revealing Kelsey.
"Konnichi wa!" she said. She set her bag down by the door and sat down on the white chair, across the room from the couch.
"Do all your friends speak Japanese?" Ashley asked playfully.
"Most of them do," Lisa replied, still standing. She picked up Kelsey's bag and took it into the office, for she knew that if she were to ask Kelsey to do it, she would reply with "Eh, I'll do it later."
When she got back out, she noticed LeChez walking up the path. She rushed to the door just as she had twice before and opened it.
"Hey, LeChez!" she called out the door. When LeChez had set her stuff in the office, she looked around the living room. "That's Jeremy and that's Alex," Lisa motioned at them in turn, LeChez giving them a shy wave.
"Almost everyone's here; just one more guest" Lisa said. She then turned to Jeremy and said, "Hey, baka! Do I have to turn off the computer, or will you?" Jeremy reluctantly turned the computer off.
"Who's the last guest?" Ashley asked.
"You'll see!"
A little conversation started, with plenty of pokes, when Lisa spotted the last guest outside.
"Looks like our entertainment's here!" Lisa said. Ashley turned to look out the window and saw Toby walking towards the house.
"That's why you asked me to bring Kyo and The Book of the Dead" Ashley said. "Can I get the door?"
"Sure!" Lisa replied. Ashley ran into the office and ran back out holding The Book of the Dead and went to the door. She opened it, just as Toby was about to knock and hit him in the head with the big, heavy book.
"Ah!" Toby exclaimed, soldiers up, shaking. "Why must you always hit me in the head with that book!?"
"It's fun!" Ashley replied, and then let him in. Toby went straight to Jeremy.
"Hi, I'm Jack Sparrow," Toby said. Jeremy poked him in the stomach. "That hurt more than Lisa's pokes!" he said, clutching his stomach.
"Everyone's here, let's go outside!" Alex suggested. Everyone agreed, so they went through the family room to the backyard.
Instead of the usual small backyard, they found that they were in a wide, open area with woods on the right and an ocean on the left. About a mile ahead, a river cut through the grass and about a mile from that, a lone house stood. Over the land, horses of all colors were scattered all around.
Lisa's eyes widened; she knew this place. This is the place she imagined when she thought of the perfect place for herself.
"Uh, Lisa?" Ashley said, tapping her shoulder. She looked over at Ashley, who was looking behind the group. Everyone else turned around to see what Ashley was looking at. Lisa's house was gone; in its place there was a stone wall.