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Chapter 8

Lizzie opened her eyes just as the sun had rose, momentarily happy. But then the day before flooded into her memory, and she cringed, thinking about it.

She and Nikki got ready and met everybody in the lobby, including Mrs. Claire, who had apparently decided to come on time.

"Alright, your assignment today will be a very easy one. You and partner will go to the library and research on ghost sightings. You must find four articles, and print those out, then type, or hand write, a summery of at least two pages on the articles. Go ahead."

Everyone rushed out into the streets.

Half-way there, Lizzie spotted someone. It was Danny, with two other kids. A girl with black hair, and boy with a red hat on backwards. "Um, you go on ahead, I'll meet you there, okay?" Lizzie told Nikki.

Nikki sighed. "Okay, but hurry."

Lizzie stopped and turned down a street that was beside the one that the three kids were on. She didn't want them to see she was coming. When she could see them, she turned on the corner and walked up to them.

"Hi, Danny!"

Danny nearly jumped five feet in the air, whipping around to see Lizzie, standing on the sidewalk. He let out a little yelp and backed up. "Hi…" he answered.

"Um… Danny, who's your friend?" The girl in all black asked.

Danny turned to face her, then turned back. "Umm…Lizzie, right?"

Lizzie nodded. Danny turned back to the girl and the boy. "That's Lizzie. I met her yesterday. She was asking questions. For her school."

Danny looked at her again. "Yeah," Lizzie said, "my class is staying here for a week. Our topic is ghosts." She said the last word with lots of diction, looking for a reaction from the three. The girl and boy slightly cringed, but Danny did nothing.

"Um, this is Sam, and that's Tucker," Danny said, pointing to the girl, then the boy.

"Hi." Tucker smiled.

Sam didn't say anything, just stared at Lizzie, making her very uncomfortable.

She cleared her throat. "So, I was wondering, do you wanna hang out? I mean, I don't have any friends here yet, so I was just wondering." She couldn't believe how smoothly the lie had slipped out of her mouth.

"Sure!" Tucker said, then shrank back with a glare from Sam.

"I don't know…" Danny looked at Sam, who gave a slight shake of her head. Then to Tucker, who gave a slight nod.

Danny turned back and nodded. "Okay. But do you even know your way around?"

Lizzie shook her head.

Danny smiled, a big smile. His attitude looked like it had changed, from nervous to friendly.

Okay. I think I can put the bracelet on him. No! Not now…Wait till he trusts you more.

"That's okay. I—we—can show you around!"

Lizzie smiled. She looked over at Sam. She didn't look to happy. What, your afraid I'll find out Danny's little secret? Too late!

Another part of Lizzie's mind snapped in. Maybe you shouldn't be doing this. You should just go to the library where you're supposed to be.

But Lizzie ignored that part. She smiled sweetly, and as Danny, Sam, and Tucker got up off the sidewalk and started to show her around, she couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt at what she was about to do.

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Peace until next chapter!!

Danni