The next night, mom was feeling very hesitant to leave me in the hotel room by myself.

"Are you sure you don't want me to stay?" she asked.

"Mom, don't be silly. Go have fun," I said.

"I just don't want anything bad to happen," she said.

"Like what? Are you worried I'm going to be kidnapped by Captain Hook?" I asked. She laughed.

"Alright. Well, if you're sure you'll be okay," she said, leaning over my bed and giving me a kiss good-bye. "I'll be back later." I smiled.

"Don't rush back," I said.

"I won't," she said, closing the hotel door (and locking it) behind her. I sat in my bed for a while before I decided to practice my lines. Just as I was about to start the first scene, I heard a knock at the door. I looked through the peephole, but didn't see anyone there. Probably just a prank or something. I thought. I walked away, but a few seconds later, I heard another knock. My mom had taught me not to open the door to strangers, so I stayed as quiet as I could. My heart was pounding. What if I really was about to be kidnapped?

"Callie? Are you in there?" I heard a small voice from outside the door. I let out a loud breath. Amber. I opened the door.

"Amber! You scared me half to death. Where is your mom?" I asked.

"Probably with your mom," she replied. Of course. Why didn't I think of that?

"She just left you alone?" I asked.

"No...she left me w-"

"Amber!" I heard a voice behind her. "I told you to stay put!"

"Ahh!" she screamed, running through my room and disappearing from view. A boy that looked like he was about ten came up to me with brown hair and brown eyes, but I was too busy paying attention to what Amber was doing to notice who he was.

"Amber? Where did you go?" I called. She was gone.

"Hide and seek!" I heard from my mom's room. I went in there to look for her, the boy following closely behind.

"Am I getting closer to you?" I asked.

"Nope!" I heard, this time from my room.

"How did she do that?" I asked.

"I have no idea," the boy said, obviously exasperated. Wait a second. I turned and looked at him. My eyes widened.

"You...you're...you..."

"Please don't scream," he said. I giggled. "Sorry. Some people scream when they see me, especially when their eyes get all big like that. It's weird. It makes me feel like the grudge...or Will Ferrell..."

"I wasn't going to scream," I said, although I wasn't sure that was true.

"Hi. I'm Charlie. I guess I'm your little brother," he said.

"I'm Callie," I said.

"AND I'M AMBER! COME LOOK FOR ME!" She called. I smiled. Charlie sighed.

"She's a handful," he said. "I've only been babysitting for ten minutes and I'm already exhausted."

"Babysitting? How old are you?" I asked.

"Thirteen," he said.

"Same." I replied.

"Really?" he asked. I nodded.

"How'd you get stuck babysitting?" I asked.

"I have no idea. I just kinda got stuck with her. At first, it was fun, but then she got bored and now-" we heard a bang from the other room.

"Come find me before I get bored again. Then we'll have to play hide and seek in the hotel LOBBY!" she called.

"Crap!" I muttered and ran in the other room to find her.