"spooked"
horror/ouija board


"Oh, Jesus Christ." Leah muttered as Alice bounced forward, pulling her into the large, empty bedroom where Bella and Rosalie were already camped out on the floor, wrapped in blankets, their gold eyes aglow in the night. "You did not wake me up for this."

"We didn't want to leave you out, and it had to be dark." Alice said, nodding in a very matter-of-fact fashion.

"You know this kind of thing is completely bogus, right?" She asked as she plopped down, eyeing the glow in the dark piece of cardboard warily. She was secretly moved by the fact that they'd even thought of her. Bella's attempts to include her in the family were almost enough to make Leah like her. Rosalie looked less than thrilled with the newcomer, but was at least doing her best to not sneer at the stench of the werewolf in the room.

"Yeah, but, I've always wanted to try it. I just never had friends before, and you're not supposed to do it alone, otherwise..." Bella said, smoothing out her gorgeous chocolate brown hair as she looked from Rosalie to Leah.

"Otherwise what? You'll be possesed by a ghost?" Leah scoffed, picking up the planchette from the Ouija board. "Do you know how ridiculous that sounds?" She asked. Bella plucked the planchette away from her.

"Anyway," Alice said, sitting down between Rosalie and Leah, "We thought it'd be fun. You know, fun? You have fun, right?" She asked, a wicked smile gracing her tiny round face. Leah sighed dramatically.

"This is ridiculous." Leah repeated. "You can see the future, anyway," She pointed out, gesturing at Alice. "And you have a brother that can read minds. What additional information could you possibly extract out of a piece of cardboard that glows in the dark?"

"Don't question the almighty forces of the Ouija board." Alice said, deadpan serious. Leah growled, leaned her head backwards, and after a moment sat up straight.

"Alright, let's do it." She said, deciding to make the best of the situation or something. Jacob was always telling her to do shit like that.

"Okay," Bella said, and they all touched the planchette. The vampires, Leah noticed, touched it in a peculiar feather-light fashion, like they were barely touching it at all. It made her feel somewhat clumsy and unrefined. She looked around at the three girls. They all had their eyes closed.

"What now?" Leah asked, and Alice hushed her quickly.

"Oh, great spirits of the Ouija board... is anyone there?" She asked, her voice cermonious. Leah was hard pressed to not roll her eyes, but jumped slightly at the planchette moved suddenly towards 'yes'. The three girls squealed in surprise, and then in satisfaction.

"Oh, please." Leah scoffed again, earning a glare from Alice. "One of you pushed it."

"I didn't push it," They chorused innocently. She narrowed her eyes at them, but eventually just looked back down at the planchette in defeat. It wasn't worth it.

"So," Rosalie said, and they all looked up at her. "Since the three of us are all in healthy, long-term relationships, I think the naturally progression of questions is 'Will Leah ever get married?'" She said, looking down at the planchette. Alice and Bella giggled.

"Okay, I'm leaving." Leah said, standing up. The giggles were immediately replaced by whines and Alice grabbed her arm.

"No, don't go," She whined, her precious tiny face the image of heartbreak. Leah raised an eyebrow at her.

"You only woke me up because my life is such a mess." She said, Alice let go of her arm and, looking somewhat guilty, looked down at her toes. "Because you're all so perfect, it's boring, and you need someone else's misery to make your evening interesting."

They were all silent.

"I'm going to sleep." Leah said, running her hand through her hair. None of them said a thing.