Joe and Cary were the first to arrive at Jo's house, so she had them help her pull the lawn chairs outside and circle them around her fire pit. Then Preston arrived and finally Martin. "Finally!" Jo exclaimed once Martin showed up. She took him by the shoulders, hurried him towards the chairs and sat him down. "We've been waiting forever!"
"Jo. It's been, like, five minutes since I got here." Preston said.
"Oh,really?" Jo asked, as she had not realized that. "Well, either way, I want smores. You should not make a woman wait for her smores!" Jo said. She looked at Cary, "Would you like to light the fire?"
"Oh, hell yes!" Cary said, bringing out his lighter and setting the fire pit ablaze.
Jo smiled and handed out untwisted clothes' hangers to each boy, "So, what happened after you guys went home?" Jo asked as she sat down in her chair.
"I went to Joe's house and found out that his dad doesn't like me." Cary said.
"Aw, now would anyone ever dislike you?" Jo asked sarcastically.
Either Cary didn't notice the sarcasm, or he ignored it because he then said, "Because he thinks that I can't seem to stop lighting things on fire!"
"That's because you can't." Martin said.
"It's true. That's why my mom is mad at you,you set our living room on fire." Preston added.
"Okay, okay. So, I do have a little obsession with fire." Cary said.
"A little obsession?" Jo asked.
"Shut up, Jo. I'm sure you have something that makes people dislike you." Cary growled, but he really didn't intimidate her.
"Of course, I don't. Everyone loves me." Jo said with a sweet smile. Then her smiled faded, "Except...Brenda Lynn," she shuddered at the thought of her fourth grade nemesis.
"Why would anyone dislike you, Jo?" Cary imitated what she had said earlier, but adding a smidget more sarcasm.
"Because Brenda was a bitch!" Jo snapped at him with a voice that was a big warning.
Cary backed down and everyone was silent for a really long time and several smores later, Jo spoke again. "Hey Preston, remember when I said you needed a girlfriend?"
Preston looked up and even though his heart did a weird flip-flop thing but he remained cool, "Yeah?" Was she really gonna say what he was hoping she would? No,no she wasn't.
"Well, I have these friends who I think you would really like." Jo said.
"Oh," he said,extremely disappointed that she was not going to say she liked him.
"Yeah. They're super nice. I think you should meet them sometime. It sure seems like everyone else has got someone; Joseph has Alice,Martin probably has his own fan club, Cary will eventually end up with Azalea; and you deserve a girlfriend most of all," she said with a smile then looked at the other boys, "No offense, guys."
The night went wonderfully. There were no arguments, until Cary and Jo started arguing about something so dumb that no on really cared. But things got extremely awkward when they started playing truth or dare, but then again it was pretty damn hilarious.
"Truth or dare?" Jo asked Cary.
"Truth."
"If you had to marry one person here, who would you choose?" she asked. She really just wanted to make him say her. He would hate it, and that is why it would be hilarious.
"Alright, dare." Cary changed his answer.
"I dare you to answer that question." Jo replied.
"Oh, alright. Hm..." Cary thought, "Martin." And everyone cracked up, with the exception of Jo and Martin.
Jo looked it him in utter silence, "Dude. What?" she finally said.
"I pick Martin over you." Cary explained, grinning because her face looked priceless... so did Martin's and it was incredibly difficult not to laugh again.
"I am offended. Very offended. I mean Martin's nice and all. But you would choose a GUY over ME?" she exclaimed, still wearing that priceless face.
"Yes, Jo, yes I would. I'm very sorry. But you can't marry your best friend! It's, like, against the rules!" Cary explained.
Jo was silent for a couple moment, "Eh, you have a point there."
Cary nodded, "Anyway. My turn." He said, deciding who to 'truth or dare'. "Jo," he decided, "Truth or dare?"
She thought for a moment, "Dare," she shrugged.
Cary smirked, this was perfect! "I dare you to...kiss Preston."
Jo's jaw dropped, and Preston's eyes widened a little. "Oh, no way! No, no, no. I will not! Never!" she exclaimed.
"Come on, Jo. You took the dare, gotta do it!" Cary urged.
Jo continued to be stubborn, "Uh- uh. In your dreams, Chompers!"
"Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it!" Cary, Martin and Joe chanted.
"Guys!" Jo groaned. The boys continued to chant and Jo got very annoyed, "Alright! Alright! Fine! You want me to kiss Preston? I'll kiss Preston." she accepted her defeat. Preston basically looked like an insane maniac was about to jump out of nowhere and stab him to death.
Jo stood up and walked over to where Preston was, she walked very slowly though, hoping that anyone would stop her. She reached him, took a deep breath and leaned down towards him. Although he looked a little panicky, Preston was super happy. This day could not get better.
Just before their lips actually met, there was a loud sound from the trees near her house, "What was that?" Jo asked quickly, standing up and looking around.
Preston let out his breath because he hadn't realized that he wasn't breathing.
"I didn't hear anything." Cary lied.
Then the sound came again, "Did you hear that?" Jo asked Cary, not even believing him the first time.
"I'm sure it's just your neighbors." Joe reasoned.
"At eleven o' clock at night?" Jo asked skeptically. "I kind of doubt it,Joseph."
Joe shrugged, "Just a guess."
"Any of you got a flashlight?" Jo asked the boys. None of them did. "Alright, I'll go get one from my house. Be right back." she said, before hurrying off through her back door.
It silent for a few moments, " Dude, you were so close to kissing her!" Cary practically shouted.
"Yeah..." Preston said quietly,thinking about how absolutely glorious it would have been if he actually did.
"I knew it! I knew you had the hots for Jo!" Cary exclaimed.
"If Preston doesn't, I sure do." Martin said.
"Well, too bad Smartin. She's Preston's." Cary said with grin. It was almost funny.
"She is not his!"
"They nearly kissed!" Cary protested.
"Because you dared her t-"
"I'm back!" Jo announced,running out of the house with a flashlight. " Who wants to come and see what's lurkin' in the darkness?" Jo asked, suddenly in a very party mood.
Martin and Joe raised their hands. Cary and Preston didn't because they probably had the same idea; Cary wanted to talk about Jo with Preston...and so did Preston. So they decided to stay behind. "Alrighty then, wish us luck and hope we don't die." Jo said to Cary and Preston before turning on the flashlight and heading towards the trees with Joe and Martin.
The trio headed into the trees and shone the flashlight around, looking for whatever it was that was making a commotion. They heard something move very close to them,but not close enough to see or touch. Jo quickly moved the flashlight to where she had heard it move. "What was that?" she whispered to no one in particular. Promptly after she asked that, whatever it was moved again. This time it moved from in front of Jo, this time it nearly brushed up against her leg. It freaked her out so much that she literally jumped into the arms of the person closest to her, being Martin.
"I don't know. But whatever it is, it's closing in on us." Joe replied in a very quiet whisper.
"We really should get out of here." Jo said.
"Agreed." Martin and Joe whispered simultaneously.
Just then, Jo shone her flashlight in one direction and caught what appeared to be a very spider-like leg disappearing into the woods. And with that, Jo had to restrain herself from yelling the word 'run.' She kept it to a low whisper, but that was enough to get the message across. Joe, Martin and Jo dashed out of the forest. Well, technically, Jo was still being carried by Martin,but nonetheless they got the hell out of those woods.
They ran back into the house without looking back and Preston or Cary once,but Jo did shout, "Inside the house! Now!" Her frightened tone was more than enough to get Cary and Preston through the doors in a matter of seconds. Once everyone was inside, Jo closed and locked both of the backdoors. All the windows,the front door and anything that could let whatever that was in.
Once everything was locked Jo just broke down, and held on tightly to Martin. Forgetting his own fear for a moment, Preston felt a pang of jealously towards Martin. And what made matters worse was that Martin had just said that he liked Jo, too.
"What did you guys see out there?" Preston asked.
Jo looked up at him and just looked at him for what seemed like forever, "I think we saw an alien."
Yay! Finally finished with this chapter! Well, Jo, Martin and Joe have encountered the new alien. And I have found effective ways to make Preston jealous. (Believe it or not, it's a lot of fun). Anyway, I try and get these up ASAP, and I hope this chapter is a least decent. I felt it went a little fast, but what-evs. Read and review. Because reviews are love. :)