Rock & Blood :

Don't Answer The Phone. Don't Open The Door. Don't Try To Escape.

A/N : thanks guys 4 the reviews there were awesome! U have 2 pay attention to Tess's celebrity crush and read the note at the end . Now enjoy!

Chapter 9

-Maybe your movie-freaked mind lost it's reality button?-asked Shane insulted .

Nate shrugs, taking all back -You're absolutely right. I'm the first to admit it. If this were a scary movie, I'd be the prime suspect.-

-And what would be your motive?-asked Jason .

-It's 2008--motives are incidental.-replied Nate .

MAIN STREET - LITTLE LATER

Jack's patrol jeep makes it's way down main street. It's almost dark. The street is close to deserted. Jack's behind the wheel having a heated conversation with Tess while Mitchie stares out the window.

-A party? Mom's gonna kill you. Then me.

-Don't be so self-righteous. It's just a little blow out--we'll be perfectly safe.-replied Tess .

Mitchie stares out the window. Closed signs fill the storefronts, a few people rush to their car, in a hurry to beat curfew.

-God, look at this place, it's THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN. -said Mitchie .

-Hey, I saw that movie. True story, 'bout some killer in Texas.

-Hey, Mitch. Just think if they make a movie about you. Who's gonna play you?-asked Tess .

-Oh, god...

Jack comes to a stop, parking the car in front of the police station. He looks to Mitchie with a brotherly smile.

-I see you as a young Reese Witherspoon myself.

-Thanks, Jack. But with my luck they'd cast Lindsay Lohan . .

They pile out of the jeep. Jack heads for the station. -I'll just be a few minutes. Don't go

far.-

The girls take off for the local supermarket that sits across the street.

-Is Shane going to be there tonight?

-He better not be. I told Jason to keep his mouth shut. I think we can live without Mr. Rockstar one night . -

They approach the grocery store. Small and simple. Mitchie and Tess grab a shopping cart from the bin and enter the store, pushing the cart through two sliding glass doors.

A lone check out lady behind the counter, big and frumpy, looks up from counting money.

-You girls gonna have to hurry it up. We're under curfew.

-Two minutes tops. -said Tess .

They make a bee-line for the junk food section just as the automated doors slide shut behind them and a... ghost masked figure appears , out of nowhere, standing just outside, watching, quietly through the glass store windows.

POLICE STATION - SHERIFF'S OFFICE

Sheriff Burke's face heats up as Deputy Tyler marches in, hurriedly.

-Jack ! Where the hell you been, boy?

-Keeping my eye on Mitchie .

-Listen up, Jack, because it's bad. Real bad. Aircomp just faxed us. The calls were listed to Richard Torres --Mitchie's father. He made the calls with his cellular phone. It's confirmed.-

-Couldn't his cellular number have been cloned?-asked Jack .

-There's more. Guess what tomorrow is? The anniversary of his wife's death. It all fits. He's our man.-

-Have you contacted the bureau?

-They believe he's out of state by now. We'll keep roadblocks and curfew in effect through the night. If he's not picked up by morning--we'll do a house to house.-said Burke .

-You think he could still be in town?

-He'd have to be crazy. Where's Mitchie?

-She's with my sister. Should I bring her in?

-Hold off for now. Just stay close to her.

-She'll be with her friends over at Jason Hall's tonight.-

-Watch her. Don't let on--just keep your eyes out.

-Yes, sir.

SUPERMARKET - FEW MINUTES LATER

Mitchie and Tess push a basket through the junk food section. The store is completely empty. The girls gab freely.

-Shane's right. Whenever he touches me, I just can't relax…

-You have a few intimacy issues as a result of your mother's untimely death . It's no big deal. You'll thaw out. -

-But he's been so patient with me, Tess. You know, with all the sex stuff. How many guys would put up with a girlfriend who's sexually anorexic?

-Shane and his penis don't deserve you. -said Tess .

Mitchie grabs some chips and salsa from the shelf. Down the aisle, through the storefront window the ghost masked figure still stands watching their every move.

Outside the supermarket Mitchie pushes the cart out of the glass door with Tessriding it. The ghost masked figure is nowhere to be found.

-What do you think about when you're having sex?-asked Mitchie .

-With Jason , there's little time to stop and reflect. But sometimes before, to relax and get in the mood, I think about Kevin Jonas -

Mitchie pushes the cart and Tess across the street.

-Excuse me …Who?

-Kevin Jonas , DUH! --the oldest member of the Jonas Brothers . Remember that episode of Hannah Montana?… He would come around every now and then with his guitar and sing "Anywhere we are anywhere we go , everybody's knows , we got the party with us ..."

He had straight hair back then . God, I was in love with Kevin , he was so hot. The other bothers are so fine too , but Kevin Jonas was very instrumental in my maturing as a woman.-

Mitchie stares at her friend blankly . -Don't take this as an insult the Jonas Brothers are hot…but how does that get you in the mood with Jason ?-

-During foreplay, I sing their first hit to myself. "Ooo, this is an S.O.S , don't wanna second guess , this is the bottom line " It's a real turn on.-

- No fucking way . -replied Mitchie .

-The little one Nick Jonas wrote the song himself. I'm convinced the lyrics had a secret meaning, "I gave my all for you , now my heart's in two ..."

Mitchie pushes the cart up to Jack 's jeep. Tess hops off.

-What secret meaning? Like a Satanical thing?-asked Mitchie .

-Hey you gotta listen to them , watching them on tv , Mitch . Their basket is bigger than the one you're pushing.-replied Tess .

-TESS!

-Oh, Mitchie . WHAT? A guy can talk tits till he's dead but the minute you mention an eight inch weenie. Watch out.-

Mitchie stops just short of a laugh. Tess pulls the back jeep door, loading the groceries in. Behind her, the ghost masked figure appears, just out of their sight, behind the jeep's open back door.

-There's that sense of humor. I knew it still existed. Ohh, Mitch, let's have some fun tonight.-

-Deal. -Mitchie moves to the back door and closes it shut, when from behind... Jack stands. Mitch jumps, startled.

-You girls ready.-he asks .

-Yeah.

-Looks like I'm your personal bodyguard tonight, Mitch .-said Jack

-No, Jack . You'll ruin the whole night. -complaint Tess .

-Sorry, police orders. I'll stay out of the way, I promise.-

-Shit.

Tess kicks the shopping cart out of the way, blindly. It rolls down the road by itself, gaining speed on a decline running smack into the ghost masked figure who stops the cart cold with one hand.

Okay! Hope you liked this chapter .

So…should I kill Nate , Shane , Jason , Tess , Mitchie?

One thing : I'm afraid of Nate , I don't think he's gonna make it . What do you think?

Please Review and make my day…Tess's celebrity crush cracked me up .

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M&M