Behind us we heard footsteps. We stepped to the side to let Puck and Evan up. They put the boxes all the boxes on the floor and opened them.
"Did you...?" Evan asked, looking at me and then the candles.
"No, none of us did."
"Oh."
"That the attic?" Puck asked, indicating the large doors.
I nodded; "yeah."
"Alrite."
They went and opened the heavy doors.
"There ya go," Evan said.
"Thanks," I said.
We each got a box and went into the giant room. There were round windows on 3 sides, and what I could only presume were large paintings leaning against the walls. There were black trunks, wire dress forms, round hat boxes, wood night stands and rectangular cardboard boxes. Some of the dress forms were empty and some had clothes, jewelry and scarves on them.
"Wow," Serena said.
Someone flicked a switch and the room was flooded with light.
"Guess they decided to install modern lighting up here," Rachel said.
"They?" Rose asked.
"Whoever lived here before you did."
"Oh."
"So where do we start?" Puck asked.
"Um, try and tape the garlands to the ceiling," I told them.
"Ok."
They dug the garlands out of the boxes and started.
Serena, Rose, Rachel and I taped the skeletons and paper ghosts to the walls and windows. Within a few minutes we were done.
We left the boxes in the room and headed downstairs into the living room. It was 7:40 by that time.
