Jess was banging on the little cupboard door while her parents were banging on her bedroom one. The door wouldn't open, even though it didn't have a lock. She scratched at the door as a pressure was still on her ankle, and she couldn't shake it off.
Zoe and Nick were panicking. Zoe was hysterical, and Nick was trying to think.
"Im knocking down the door." He said, and took a step back.
"Be careful!" Zoe cried, and Nick ran at the wall.
The door came off its hinges and fell to the floor. Jess heard the bang, and as soon as she did, the pressure came off her ankle and the cupboard door opened and let her out.
Nick was looking around and began to panic when he couldn't see her. Then, he saw the cupboard move and he ran over. He pulled her out and hugged her. She was sobbing.
"Shh." He said. "Your safe now." He watched Zoe run over and take hold of her.
"From now until when the ghost hunter group gets here, we walk around together." Zoe said. "Not alone. We can't have this happen again." Jess was still sobbing.
"Did it hurt you?" Nick asked, and Jess shook her head.
"Just where it grabbed me..." Jess sniffed and she looked at her ankle. It was a bit swollen already.
"Same foot as the burn." Zoe sighed and wiped her own eyes. "Good job we kept the crutches, eh?" Jess nodded in response.
"Come on." Nick said, helping her up off the floor. "Lets get some ice on it. Can you walk on it?" She tried and nodded.
"Yeah." Jess said. "But it hurts."
"Okay." Nick said, and crouched down. "Hold on." He put her on his back, walked down the stairs and sat her on the sofa. Zoe got her an ice pack and applied it.
Jess's eyes flicked up to the mirror when she saw a shadow form.
"Mum." Jess said. "Mum!"
"What? What is it?" She looked up to the mirror and saw it.
"What is it?" Jess asked, scared when it went down to her ankle.
"Wait." Zoe smiled. "Watch. This is what happened with your neck!"
"Huh?" Jess asked, looking in the mirror, then sighing in relief when the pain in her ankle disappeared. It was creeping them out though, seeing the shadow in the mirror and not by them. "Aaaah." She sighed with a smile.
"Whats happening Jess?" Zoe asked.
"My ankle..." She sighed. "It doesn't hurt anymore."
Zoe looked up at the mirror and the shadow disappeared. Zoe lifted the ice pack and the burn and the swelling had completely gone.
"Oh my god." Jess said, looking at it.
"Thank you!" Zoe looked in the mirror. Then Nick came in.
"Why are you saying thank you?" Nick asked, and looked at the smiles on their faces.
"That shadow I saw before..." Zoe said. "It came back and look!" She pointed at Jess's ankle.
"Woah." Nick said. "This house is creepy."
"Tell me about it." Jess said. "Hopefully the bad one will go..."
"I hope they do." Zoe said. "I like the nice one."
Jess moved about. "Woah hang on."
"What?" Zoe asked. "Is something wrong?"
"My back." Jess said. "It doesn't hurt anymore."
"Lean forewards." Zoe said, and she lifted the top up. The scratches had gone. There was no proof that they were ever there in the first place.
"Thank you." Jess said. "Thank you whoever you are." Zoe smiled.
"I think its best if we go out for the day." Zoe told her. "What do you think?"
"Yes. Please." Jess sighed. "But I need to get dressed."
"Ill come with you." Zoe said. "I won't let you go alone."
"Okay." Jess said, getting up. They walked upstairs together and picked out clothes. They went in to Zoe and Nick's room and Jess got dressed while her mother had her back turned. "Done." Jess said, grabbing her phone and walking out of the house happily.
"So where to?" Nick asked as they all sat in the car.
"Anywhere." Jess said. "Just anywhere. I don't care."
"The river." Zoe said. "We can go for a walk by the river."
"Okay, not that." Jess said. "Thats boring."
"Then what?"
"Cinema?" Jess asked.
"Sure." Zoe replied. "I fancy some popcorn!"
"Me too." Jess giggled.
"Cinema it is." Nick said, and drove off.
"What are we watching?" Zoe asked as they neared it.
"Um..." Jess asked. "Keith Lemon the film?"
"What age is it?" Nick asked.
"Fifteen." Jess said. "Im going to be sixteen soon so I can watch it."
"What about Ted?" Nick asked.
"Oh yeah!" Jess said. "I want to watch that! Can we?"
"Sure." Zoe smiled, and they went into the cinema.
About two and a half hours later, they came out and were happy. The film was great, and they had forgotten about their house for the time they were in there.
"Where now?" Jess asked and smirked. "Mcdonalds?"
"I am hungry.." Zoe said and looked at Nick. Nick knew both of them were big mcdonalds fans.
"Fine." Nick said. "But youre paying."
"Fine." Zoe smiled.
They had a day out, driving around and doing whatever they found, and then had to return home. Jess was nervous. She didn't want anything to happen again.
They walked in through the door and were surprised. Everything was tidy and in its place like what happened with Jess's bedroom the other day.
"Its as if they want to repay us." Zoe gasped as they walked in.
"Well, one of them anyway." Jess said. She stayed next to her mother the whole time. She didn't want to move one foot away incase something happened.
Nick was going through the footage of the cameras and hated it when he watched Jess get dragged into the cupboard by the ghost. He didn't realise Zoe was standing behind him.
"Oh my god." Zoe gasped, as Jess was stood next to her.
"It was worse actually being there!" Jess said. "If that were you, youd be pooing yourself."
"Yeah, I probably would." Zoe said. Then Nick played the other video of Jess getting scratched.
She sat up in the bed, and it looked like something his her as she jerked forwards, then layed back down. Then Nick walked in five minutes later.
"Is that when I got scratched?" Jess asked.
"I think so." Nick replied.
"I think its time we got some dinner." Zoe said, and walked off to the kitchen. Jess followed as she felt safer that way.
