Chapter Two

The girl plopped down onto the bed. The trip from New York was exhausting! Any of her classmates would've loved the open space out here, but Dylan was just tired of the walking.

"OH DY-LAN!" A loud voice yelled. Sarah got up and sat on the bed, brushing the auburn curls out of her face.

His eyes glinted with curiosity and adventure and his smile glinted like a rising sun. "Do you want to go exploring?"

With a smile just as his, she nodded and they both hurried down the stairs. The two fought a lot, but whenever they moved somewhere new, they always had their own sacred ritual of sorts. They'd go around and explore the city, or in this case, country.

The two bounded down the stairs, running like a deer during hunting season. Their dad, used to this already, just said, " Be careful!" Their converse pounded against the hot, sundried soil, the pair laughing and eventually falling down and taking a deep breath.

"Maybe it isn't so bad here after all," Dylan thought. Her thoughts were soon interrupted by a cool voice, which countered against the hot day.

"You the new neighbors?" A boy's voice asked. The girl's auburn hair tilted up as she lifted her head to see a boy. He had dark hair, blue eyes like the sky, and a plaid shirt.

"Yeah!" her brother said, answering for her. The boy smirked and went over to him, holding out a hand.

"Well nice to meet you. I'm Anthony. Call me Andy."

The younger boy smiled. "My name is Sam!" he said, before pointing over at Dylan, "And that's my older sis, Dylan!"

Dylan stood up, brushed the grass off her legs, and waved.

"Hi."

He smiled and held out his hand to her too. "Well, nice to meet you, Dylan."

She blushed as she shook her hand, before hearing their dad call them for dinner.

"Well, gotta go. C'mon Sam," she said, waving a quick goodbye before jogging back inside.

"Well this will certainly be an interesting summer," the boy said, his hand over his eyes as the golden sun set down.


"Hey Georgia!" the boy heard a voice say, looking down to see a small girl with soft, dark curls and a flower in her hair.

Anthony, also known as Georgia, smiled down at her and asked, "Well, what're you doing here on the mainland, little sis?" a perfect Southern drawl in his voice.

"Remember, the State meeting is here in Atlanta at the end of the summer!" she smiled sweetly, "Oh, and Alaska's here too!"

He looked down the hall to see a boy, not yet a teen but not a child anymore, talking to his other sister, Texas.

"Well then, looks like this summer will be more interesting than I thought," he muttered to himself, as he swaggered down the hall to his siblings.

"Hey Texas. Hey Alaska," he said, waving meekly.

"Hello brother. Who's the girl out there?" Alaska asked, poking around at his brother.

Blushing, he replied simply, "The new neighbors."

Laughing, Texas said, "That's nice, bro. So." She clapped her hands, smirking as she said, "Who's up for round of horror movies?"