Plan and execution

"hey Alison, glad you could make it!" I grinned

"what, and miss this day? You got to be joking!" she laughed

"what's she doing hear?" Kyle announced, his voice a low hiss which reminded me of a strangled cat.

"non of your business!" she retorted

"go out and play with your foot ball, were going to do some makeup" I exchanged a quick glance with Alison, a sign for her to play along

"fine" he grumbled, and headed for the back door. When he was gone, Alison burst into a fit of laughter

"going to do some makeup? Since when do you have makeup?" she slapped my shoulder

"I know, I didn't think he'd fall for it" I sniggered

"come on then, I've got the balloons" I nodded and followed her into the kitchen, she ran the balloons under the hot tap to soften them, while I ran to the cupboard and collected the jam and mustard sauce.

"stretch them first" I advised, she nodded and stretched each one before I filled them with the sauce and jam.

"where do we drop them from?" she asked giving me the last balloon

"garage roof, so we can make a quick escape to the abandoned house" she nodded.

The abandoned house was an old mansion on top of the hill, it had been empty for years after a rat infestation. the rats didn't bother me or Alison, and since Kyle hated them, it was the perfect hiding place.

We climbed the stairs and ran into the bathroom, our arms filled with the balloons, and dropped out of the window onto the garage roof. I led the way along the slippery tiles until we could see the edge of the garden, Kyle was kicking his ball into my pond and pulling out all of the pondweed, I growled silently.

"you throw first, aim for the head" Alison nodded

"Fire!" I yelled, we chucked our balloons as hard and as fast as we could, only five met their target but is was more than enough.

"Roxanne!" Kyle fumed "you are dead!" his hands balled into fists he raced across the garden, the veins throbbing on his forehead were big and threatening.

"run!" Alison yelled. I turned sharply, nearly slipping on the tiles as we pelted across the roof and jumped into the paper bin for a soft landing. We scrambled out quickly and hurried across the street in the direction of the hill, laughing the whole way.

"that... Was... Brilliant" Alison panted, we slumped to the ground gasping for breath, we had lost Kyle a few miles back, we were much too fast for him to catch up.

"uh hu" I nodded

"we're only a few meters from the house now, is there food in the fridge?" she asked, laying in the grass

"only some biscuits, the rats might have them though... The fridge is only cardboard after all" I sighed and gazed at the fluffy clouds that blocked out the much needed sun.

"come on then, I'm hungry now" Alison nodded and we continued up the hill, we hadn't gone far before we saw the mansion, strait away I saw something was different

"there's a new coat of paint on the walls" I gasped

"our stuff is in there" Alison muttered

"look at the place, it's all been re-done"

"we'd better ask for our stuff back" she added

"you think someone lives there?"

"I'd bet my pound for it"

"you're on" she grinned and nodded towards the house, I gazed in awe as a bright yellow Porsche pulled out of the newly refurbished garage.

"ok, you won" I sighed "lets get our stuff" she nodded and we slowly approached the house.

I knocked loudly, almost immediately the door swung open, A young woman stood in the opening, I heard Alison gasp. She was beautiful, something about her heart-shaped face, her billows of soft, caramel-coloured hair, reminded me of an angel in the silent-movie era. She was small, slender yet less angular, more rounded than me and Alison. She smiled.

"can I help you?" she asked, her voice tinkled like a thousand bells. Alison spoke first.

"we came for some of our stuff, a cardboard fridge and I think we had some biscuits" I nodded.

"oh, well you'd better come in then" she said, leading us inside. "I'm Esme, this is my husband, Carlisle" she placed her arm around another young looking man, he had blond hair and a more muscular posture.

"welcome" he replied

"I'm Roxanne, and this is Alison" I gestured to my friend, she nodded "we used to come hear when we were younger, and sometimes now when we have gotten into trouble" I admitted, Esme and Carlisle looked amused.

"are you in trouble now?" she asked kindly

I nodded "only from my brother though, we taught him a lesson and he didn't take it so well" I blushed

"it was funny though" Alison murmured to me

"well girls, I'm afraid we threw out that cardboard fridge of yours and the rats had your biscuits, sorry" I shrugged

"that's ok, sorry we bothered you" I added

"not at all dear, you can come back any time you like" she smiled, but Carlisle went stiff, he looked at her briefly and then turned away. I looked at Alison but I didn't think she had noticed.

"goodbye then" Alison waved, she then grabbed my arm and hauled me out of the door.

"whoa" I cried as Alison dragged me off my feet

"did you see there eyes?" Alison asked, still dragging me behind her

"no, I didn't look" I panted

"they were black Roxanne, Black!" she stopped and let go of my arm

"black... Who's eyes are black?" I panted

"I don't know" she breathed

We took a few seconds to catch our breath, then we continued home.

"they were nice though" I commented

"I didn't notice, it was just... Those eyes" she shivered

"but you're easily scared" I pointed out

"and?" she challenged

"nothing" I said quickly, a fight with Alison was the last thing I wanted. I fished into my pocket and brought out my Mp3 player, it was a good few miles before we got home so I fired up the first song, it was Lady GaGa - Summer Boy. Alison had the same idea, so we danced together on the way.

"hi" I waved to Kyle, he looked shocked

"you're home early?"he commented

"that house is owned now, by a really nice family too" I added

"oh" he sniggered

"uh hu, we'll see you later! I'm taking Alison home" he nodded and ran to his room, I faced Alison and began the trek to her house.

"I'm surprised" Alison said suddenly

"at what?" I raised my eyebrow

"you're brother forgot to kill us, that has to be a first" I laughed

"he does that when he's plotting revenge" I explained "that's why I'm staying at yours tonight" a added jokingly

"oh no your not, I have homework to do and besides, this way you get killed for something that was my idea" she sniggered and ran off

"hey!" I yelled after her, I shook my head and turned back. FRIENDS!

It started raining shortly after her departure. I ran home dogging the puddles and covering my head with my jumper in a pathetic attempt to keep dry. Kyle was waiting for me, grinning immensely, I was instantly suspicious that he had set a trap for my return. I briefly scanned the bottom and top of the door frame, it didn't take long before I spotted the common trip wire. It was a thin, slick line running almost invisibly just above the ground, I laughed and gently stepped over it. Kyle's grin faded.

"nice try bro" I said mockingly, I patted his shoulder as I passed "nice try"

he glared hostilely and turned into the living room, muttering under his breath about how I "cheated" him. I snickered.