Chapter 3: "Perfect Place for a murder…"
The next day Sharon, Christie, Bridget, and Caree met Alyssa, Ryan, and Chris at Premier lanes and theaters the next day. They were all laughing and talking about random things. The seven kids walked up to the counter, waiting for somebody to give them they're tickets. A worker that they usually called Mr. Sir-Dude came to the register and gave them their tickets. Alyssa started looking at the candy. "You know, you're supposed to go to the dollar store first. The one that's almost right next-door," Mr. Sir-Dude said matter-of-factly.
"Will you hold the movie for us?" Alyssa asked suspiciously. Mr. Sir-Dude nodded and laughed as the kids ran outside to go to the dollar store. Alyssa picked out one or more of almost everything. She emptied her candy onto the counter. The cashier looked at her as though she was crazy.
After they were finished in the dollar store, they all rushed back to the movie theater. They ordered some popcorn and rushed into the empty theater. Sharon looked around the dark movie theater. They had chosen to watch Jeepers Creepers. "Gosh," Sharon said, "This place is so empty it'd be the perfect place for a murder." All of the kids laughed thinking nothing of it except for Bridget, whose eyes glimmered with terror.
They all screamed throughout the movie, especially Caree who was afraid of almost everything. After the movie everyone went to the library. Caree, Bridget, and Alyssa, checked out a variety of books but Christie, of course, checked out eighteen R.L. Stine books. Everyone was staring at her as she carried her books to the counter.
"What?" she asked and conjured a confused expression on her face. They all laughed.
After they left the library they all headed towards their favorite coffee shop, New York Now. Caree breathed in the scent of coffee. Yuck, she thought. Caree hated the smell of coffee, which everybody thought she was crazy because of. They sat in a booth sipping on their Italian sodas as they talked and joked around. "Caree somewhere very… very deep down, you know, I might actually like you. But of course you are an annoying brat so the chances are very small!" Ryan teased. Caree was going to laugh but Sharon's loud, angry shout interrupted her.
"That is so totally rude it's not even funny! Caree is my friend and I'm not going to let you talk about her that way!" Sharon leapt up out of her seat, looking like she was going to punch him, but Caree held her back.
"It's a joke," Caree said soothingly, "He always does that." She shot Ryan a confused expression as she continued to soothe Sharon.