I didn't get to say it before, so here's the disclaimer…Coraline stuff and bla, bla, bla doesn't belong to me, they belong to their creators who I don't remember… Now the chapter


Chapter 2: Making Plans

It had been a very rainy Sunday the day after Coraline's birthday, and as usual, her mother wouldn't let her go out because she'd bring mud. So that's was the main reason she hadn't run to Wybie's house to get answers out of him. However, she had all the time she could ever need to think about it. She'd stare at the statuette that was now on her night table wondering what could happen when she told him that little secret she had had ever since he rescued her from the Beldam's hand. Ever since then, she was always happy having him near.

"What could red possibly mean?" Coraline told herself touching her stone. "The only clue I have is that it's not happiness" She thought remembering the day before. She then had a brilliant idea; she should have a paper as to remember the meaning of each color. She then took a small notebook and a pencil and wrote on it "Light Blue-Happiness" then below it she'd put "Red…?...".

The rest of the day would be just as boring as possible, at least she could spend the following morning with her friends and make up for the fun not had that weekend. It was the first time in her life she'd want to go to school, it was better to be bored with friends than be bored alone.

It was already night time and the rain kept falling. Somehow she managed to pass the whole day inside. Never said not bored, but she survived. She had just finished supper as she went upstairs to her room and decided to go sleep early so she could be more energetic at school and maybe not sleep while the teachers explained. However, the thought of teachers made her fall asleep faster than any thing they used in hospitals for operations.

The next morning the sun had wakened her up, shining through her window. It was finally a sunny day! The girl jumped out of bed as she glanced at her clock, seven fourty five. She'd need to hurry up if she didn't want another detention day for being so late. Miraculously, she had got dressed, combed and washed in 5 minutes. She practically jumped down the stairs, grabbed an apple and left.

She ate the apple in 4 or 5 bites and started running as fast as she could through the forest, evading trees, slopes and stones, until she had to stop to catch some air. She glanced again at her clock and gasped. She only had five minutes left and had to run for another ten blocks, it was physically impossible to do that. She then started walking, thinking about what she'd tell the teacher, until she heard the roar of a motor. She looked back and saw Wybie in his homemade motorbike driving to her; he then stopped next to her.

"Hey Jonesy" The boy with the skull mask said "You're getting late, want a lift?" The boy smirked even though it couldn't be seen because of the mask.

"Seriously?" Coraline asked "Sure! Thanks Wybie!" She said hopping into his bike and wrapping her arms round his waist. The boy blushed a lot, but since he had the mask on, he didn't need to worry about being seen. As soon as she held tight to him, he drove off and in a couple of minutes they had arrived. Fortunately, they managed to enter their classroom just in time. Seconds later the bell ringed. "Thanks Wybie" Coraline whispered to him as the teacher entered the classroom "You saved my life…again".

The class finished before they knew, nor fast nor slow, but what mattered was that it had ended. They both went chatting to recess, talking about the craziness of the teacher. And stuff, until they reached the point where they had to talk about the other day. Since Coraline was the curious one, she started.

"So…Wybie" She began "what did you have to do after you left on Saturday?"

"I had to help, well…more like clean. You know the statuette right? I kinda left everything a disaster back home. My grandma was furious with me." Wybie explained rubbing the back of his head, Coraline grinning.

"I'm glad you made that disaster" the girl told him "I love that statue, really."

"W-wow…" Wybie said "How touching" he smirked "At least you liked it, that's worth my punishment" both laughed. The two children then met their friends, who unfortunately had another schedule and couldn't be with them in most classes. The girl 'Alma Lopez' was a Mexican blonde girl, usually in a ponytail, with green eyes and a beautiful skin. She generally wore blue jeans and a pink or light green t-shirt with flower stamps and stuff. It was obvious her style was like most girls, gossiping about boys and things, but for some reason she and Coraline did become good friends. Still, she did have some hidden Mexican talents.

The boy 'William "Will" Brown' was the newest kid at school, he had no long ago moved from London to Oregon and being new as Coraline made them good friends. He also had a love for nasty things, just as Wyborn. He was a redheaded and had brown eyes, mostly because he had Scottish genes. His clothes were the most sophisticated trends from Europe. However, they were all dirty or in bad conditions. Of course they were both wearing their uniforms then, but when they were not in school, those were their personal clothes.

"Happy birthday Jonesy" Shouted the two friends. Her nickname was more known than her name.

"Thanks guys" She answered happily.

They both had given her presents. Alma's present was a bright pink t-shirt with images of cats, every color you could imagine. Coraline gave it an 'I'd rather be dead than wear this' look, but fainted a smile and thanked her friend.

Will's present was better for Coraline than Alma's, but not what would be expected from a foreign person. They were a pair of gloves that had some magnetic fabrics in each finger. It was something modern, unusual, interesting, yet not very useful.

The bell rang and the four friends had to attend gym, so Wybie and Will went to the boys dress room as the girls went to theirs. Finally, many hours later they had lunch together, where they could talk without being interrupted by the bell again for an hour.

"Hey Jonesy, what else were you given for your birthday?" asked the redheaded boy before eating almost all his spaghetti in one bite.

"Well, I was given a brown hat" she said laying a finger to her cheek as a sign she was remembering "A statue Wybie gave, a year's worth amount of awfully smelling kinds of cheese, and this necklace" She said pointing to it. It'd obviously be seen without difficulty as she had to wear that boring uniform.

"Heart shaped?" asked Alma "that isn't like you"

"Oh…" Coraline replied "You still gave me a bright pink t-shirt when I don't like hearts"

"Touché" said Alma frowning.

"Aw…"moaned Will "You make me feel jealous" he said "All that fancy cheese…"

Coraline reacted at his speech and as fast as lightning, she looked him through the stone without being seen and saw the green glow. Then she took her notebook from before and wrote 'Green-Jealous".

"What's that Jonesy" asked Wybie trying to look at her notebook. She quickly hid it.

"It's um…s-some sketches" She answered "You know, for the story we have to write for literature next week". She then looked over to Will in order to change the subject "Hey Will, if you want I can give you some of my cheese" she said quickly, smiling.

"Oh, I cannot accept that" He replied exaggerating his accent on purpose "But if you want, I know a really good recipe I can make with that mount of cheese. And it'd be enough for all of us"

"Hey! I got a brilliant idea!" shouted Alma, freaking the others out "We could have a sleep over at Jonesy's place this weekend, and Will'll be happy to make that something special he has in mind" She then turned to Coraline "What'ya say, Jonesy?"

"Yeah, I like the idea" She said "My parents will be off to show some catalogues to some guy in Nevada and won't be the whole weekend. And they owe me it for not having a decent birthday party". "Besides…"she said so quietly no one heard her "It'd give me a good chance" she though glancing at Wybie, who was finishing his chicken legs.

"Then it's on!" Wybie said "We only need your parents' permission and that's all"

"Oh don't worry" Coraline said imitating Will's exaggerated accent, making Wybie laugh "I can be very persuasive" She was right. A lot. "I'll see you this Friday night. How bad we still have an entire week to suffer" She groaned.

After the all left school, they kept thinking about Friday. Especially the secret lovers, who were thinking about how they were going to make their own moves. Coraline had in mind using her stone the whole week and figure out what Wybie felt. And Wybie had in mind…to see what happened.

"No!" Mel answered Coraline after she told her the Friday's plan. Her eyes would never leave the computer's screen.

"Come on mom!"She begged, shaking her mother's arm "You'll be in Nevada, and I'd fell so lonely without my friends" She said making her kicked puppy expression.

"Fine" Mel said looking away from her daughter convincing eyes. "But I want everything clean when we get back, and stop doing that face!"She yelled "It puts me on my nerves".

Coraline let go of her mother's arm and took her feeling stone, saw through it and recognized a yellow glowing from her mother. She thanked her, kissed her on the cheek, ran upstairs, took out her notebook and finally wrote "Yellow-Anger".

"I'll know what red means on Friday, otherwise I'll risk myself".


"You sure there are banana slugs here?" asked Will crawling through the musty and muddy ground next to Wybie, who was wearing his skull mask. They were both in search for rare insects, like the banana slug.

"I'm pretty sure this is where I saw them for the first time" Wybie answered examining the trees, ground and well, everything.

"I think we should split up" suggested Will, standing up then taking out the dirt from his clothes.

"Sounds good" Wybie said "I'll keep an eye over here and you should go near the well". The two boys then separated and Will went on his own, heading to the old well. It had been a mystery for him why Wybie and Coraline were always so worried about that well, like if something would pop out of it. When he arrived, he started by examining the surface round it and after minutes of finding nothing, he got the crazy idea of looking down the well.

He took out the cover with some effort and saw through the dark, narrow and bottomless pit. He raised an eyebrow as he saw nothingness itself and decided to close it and go looking somewhere else. But before he did, he could glance at something shinny down the well, something that got his attention. If it was shinny it could be something valuable like gold, some other jewelry like stone or maybe an old coin or even something else…

One of the reasons he had given Coraline a magnetic glove for her birthday, was that he was very fond of them, he had many kinds of magnets and he casually had one tied a rope, like if it was some kind of hook. He threw it down while holding the other end of the line and realized it wasn't as deep as it seemed, he quickly tugged it up and saw what he had caught…a button shaped like key.

"Well this is weird" He told himself staring into it. He suddenly felt something unusual; he had the need of doing something he had no idea of. "I don't know why, but I want to go Jonesy's". He put the key in his pocket and closed the well again. He headed to meet Wybie were he had told him to and of course, kept his mouth shout about the little key.


I know i changed a lot about the category, the rating, and the summary...It's that i had another idea that would make this longer, but more interesting ;) soooo...hope you liked it ! Please R&R