1. Don't tell me it's happening again? Is it just me or is there a sense of déjà vu here?

As I sat in homeroom the next morning I went over my Math assignment which I was due to hand in the next class. I was sure it was wrong, but I figured it was too late to fix it. I'd have to hand it in and hope for the best. Sitting there I idly listened to some of the guys sitting near me discussing "Stab 13" and other horror movies. Honestly, I thought, what is the big deal about the movie? It wasn't even that scary. And some of the things that the people in it did were so stupid. For example, Jennifer Love Hewitt's standing in the middle of the road and screaming "What are you waiting for huh? What do you want?" and turning around her arms up to the sky. And then the rain pouring down on her, and her thin, white cotton blouse getting soaked through, which of course, caused a lot of hoots from the male part of the audience! And then Lindy had leant over to me and whispered "Is it just me or has that been done before?" I'd laughed and agreed it did seem quite familiar!

"Don't you think it's ominous that it was "Stab 13"? Isn't 13 an unlucky number?" One of the guys asked. "Mark my words, something strange is going to happen soon!"

A few laughed at that, and one of the girls nearby leant over. "Yeah, next thing you know we'll be reading in the paper that Sidney bit the dust!" She said.

I rolled my eyes, and leant my head on my arms on my desk. I'd been up until the early hours of the morning studying, and slept in late that morning, and as such I hadn't even had time for a cup of coffee to wake myself up!

"I can't wait for "Scary Movie 4: Scary Movie becomes a movie" to come out next month." Another of the guys said.

"I don't know, I think "Halloween 25.5" will be better..although I think maybe Jamie Lee is getting a bit old to be running up and down stairs screaming." Sean said.

I glanced at him, and shook my head. He caught my glance and smiled, and leant over towards me. "You look tired." He said.

"I am..I got no sleep last night." I admitted.

He smiled at that. "Scared?"

"Hardly. I was working on that Math assignment, speaking of which, did you get your one done?" I asked.

He hesitated, and then shook his head. "Nah, but I'll do it over the weekend. I'm sure Mr. Masters will give me an extension."

I bit back a sharp reply. Mr. Masters, our Math teacher, was one of the basketball team's biggest fans, and as such it was perfectly conceivable that he would get an extension with no problems.

The loud speaker crackled into life, and the voice of our principal came over loud and clear. "It has come to my attention that last night in Greenwood Heights there were two murders..The police have issued an extreme caution considering Greenwood Heights is only fifteen minutes away. Make sure that you don't wander around after dark by yourself. And also remember that your principal loves you and wants to bone you all...Especially all you girls wandering around in those barely there skirts and tops..Oh yeah baby..Yeah!"

After the loud speaker went off there was a flurry of comments in the room.



"I told you so!" the guy who had said only a few minutes ago that "Stab 13" was ominous! "Didn't I say that something was going to happen?"

Sean looked at me, and I managed a weak smile. "Well the police didn't say that this had anything to do with the movie did they?" I asked. "I mean, there was no mention of any person in a ghost mask was there?"

One of the girls sitting near me rolled her eyes. "Oh puh-lease. It is like so totally obvious.." she said. She hiked her short skirt up slightly, and smiled at all the boys around her, who's eyes were focussed on her tanned legs. "I think someone's in denial here.."

"Whatever." I muttered. If Lindy had been in this class we would both have been laughing by now.

"I mean come on-" she began, but then the teacher came in and the class all paid attention to the front of the room.

"Okay class, I've been asked to tell you all that this is an extremely serious case. At the moment the police have no leads, but they are working on the case, so what they're advising is to be safe.." She said.

The girl who had spoken to me a minute ago, Courtney was her name, and she was head cheerleader, and if you looked up bimbo in the dictionary her picture would appear, put her hand up. "Do you think it's related to "Stab 13"?" She asked.

The teacher frowned slightly. "At the moment there is no evidence to indicate anything.."

I smiled, slightly vindicated. I mean why on earth would someone kill two teenagers just because "Stab 13" came out? That was so far fetched it should be in a movie!