This one is super long! We're nearing the end. :( Should I drag it out-or get the pain over with?
Chapter 12
Friday (Again)
6:30 a.m. FRIDAY
"BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEE-"
Sabrina Grimm's hand shot out and cut of the annoying clock's sound in mid-"Beep." She lay there with her face in her pillow, not wanting to think, but her mind told her it was Friday. She turned over on her back and sat bolt upright. Friday.
For some reason, she had dreaded the day all week. Perhaps it was because it was the last Friday of the summer, and because she was to meet with the rest of the "ring." Or maybe it was because it was the last weekend of freedom for the next nine months. Sabrina groaned at the thoughts. Oh, they were sordid thoughts.
Sabrina climbed out of her bed, made it, and then went to get some clothes from her closet. Someone knocked. Who else would be up and ready so early? She said, "Come in." The doorknob turned, but the person wasn't coming in.
She closed her closet, placed the clothes she had picked out on her bed, and went to open the door. It was Red. She was looking at the door in puzzlement.
"Why can't I come in?" she asked.
"Umm, I don't know," Sabrina said, trying to hide her knowledge of the spell. Sabrina stepped out of the room and into the hallway. "What did you want?"
"I just wanted to—um—ask you who he was."
Sabrina's face turned hot. "He who?"
"The boy last night—in your room."
"You remember that?"
"Yeah. I just pretended the forgetful dust worked for his sake. But he didn't even know what it was, did he?"
"No," Sabrina said hesitatingly. "Why doesn't it work on you?"
"I'm not quite sure. Puck tried it on me once, and it didn't work. And then you tried it again, and it still didn't work. I'm not complaining, though," she added quickly.
"Why would Puck use it on you?"
"Shhh. He can't know that I still know. And it would embarrass him. I can't tell you. Can I come in? People have nosy ears, you know."
"Sure." Sabrina walked in and Red ran into an invisible wall. She rubbed her nose.
"Ow. What is wrong with this? Why can't I come in?"
Sabrina started to get nervous. She wrung her hands and prayed deep down that Red could enter.
"Try again."
Red put her hand out. Still, no luck.
"Crap."
"Huh?"
"Why don't we go in your room?"
"Daphne is in there picking out my clothes."
"So?"
Red turned around and walked back to her room.
"Red, wait!"
She turned around and muttered, "Never mind."
Sabrina closed her door and sat down on her bed. She felt terrible, plus she felt like she was going to throw up. She shook it off and stood up to get ready. Then she lit up and exclaimed:
"My slur is gone!"
6:15 p.m.
Sabrina was sweating. She was so nervous. Should she really attempt this?
For most of the day, Sabrina had been planning a way to escape for the night. Unfortunately, she would need Puck's help. She did not want to go and ask him after that morning. She knew it wasn't a big deal, but still.
Sabrina knocked on Puck's door.
"Come in!" he shouted.
Sabrina opened the door. She saw Puck reclining against a boulder near the lagoon. He was—reading? She closed the door and approached him.
"I need to recruit your mischievousness," she stated in a business-like way.
He looked at her curiously. "What?"
"I need your help," she said, dropping the business-like manner.
"With what?" He sat up.
"I need you to back me up. I'm going to be in my room the rest of the night."
"Whatever," Puck scoffed.
"Please?"
"Oh? Princess say 'please'? Well, then maybe."
"Thank you. And don't call me princess."
"What are you really going to be doing?"
Before she could stop herself, Sabrina said, "A party."
Puck gasped a fake girly gasp and put his hand over his mouth. Sabrina had already put her hand over her mouth.
"Shame," Puck said sarcastically. "I'll join you," he added.
"No!" Sabrina exclaimed nervously. "Puck, please don't say a thing to anybody. And for Pete sake's don't follow me!"
"You know that I'm going to anyway. This sounds like fun. Ask Daphne to back you up."
"No! She already thinks I'm a druggie."
"Oh? Her, too? That's funny."
"PUCK!"
"NO."
Sabrina sighed and exited the room. She descended the stairs and went to her parents who were sitting at the computer doing the checkbook.
"Is it alright if I go to a sleepover at Katy's tonight?"
Henry looked at her. "When did this come up?"
"She just called a couple of minutes ago."
"When?" Veronica asked, turning to look at her daughter.
"It starts at 7."
Her parents looked at each other, having a silent conversation. She hated it when they did that. The weird expressions that they used drove her nuts.
"I guess it's alright," Henry said.
"Thanks!" Sabrina exclaimed. She turned and went back upstairs. Was she supposed to be this lucky?
When she got back to her room, she felt like throwing up again. She lay down. Lying was not something that she was ok with. She hated it.
Someone turned her doorknob.
"I don't want anyone to come in!" she exclaimed in her head.
The person entered. It was Puck. Sabrina groaned.
"When are we going?" he asked.
"Not you. Me. I'm going to a 'sleepover at Katy's'."
Puck sneered at her. "Is that your excuse?"
"Yes. And don't louse it up."
"You do know I'm just gonna follow you anyway?"
"You said that already, and, yes I figured you would. But I wouldn't if I were you."
"Well, you're not me." And with that, he left.
6:45 p.m.
Sabrina came down the stairs with an overnight bag filled with blankets. This was supposed to fool anyone who thought she was going to a sleepover.
"See ya tomorrow!" she called out to the house's occupants.
She heard a chorus of different "Goodbye's" coming from different parts of the house. She then walked outside and went to get her bike. Puck was leaning against the house in front of her bike.
"Do you really think that you'll get there in fifteen minutes by bike?" he asked.
"Yes, I do," Sabrina replied.
"Flying would be so much faster."
"Yeah, but in case you didn't know, we live in the human part of town, and flying in full view would be a big mistake."
"Nobody is going to be looking that high."
Sabrina sighed. "Alright. 1423 King Arthur Loop."
Puck smiled in victory and picked her up. They were soon high in the air and on their way.
6:54 p.m.
Once they had landed outside the Randall residence, which was down at the end of the loop, and quite secluded, Sabrina whispered, "You have to stay outside until the meeting is over."
"What? I thought this was a party!" Puck whined.
"I'm sorry. I thought you knew," Sabrina said sarcastically.
"Oh well. I can just TP the house."
"No! Just stay put and stay hidden."
Sabrina turned around and went to knock on the door. When she turned around for a peek, Puck was gone. Before she could think, Tom Keith opened the door and ushered her in. Once inside, Tom led her upstairs.
"Where are her parents?" Sabrina whispered.
"On a cruise in theBahamas," he said with a scoff. "Don't worry," he added," We're good all night as long as nobody calls the police." He winked at her and led her into a room that looked like a conference room.
There were eight other teenagers in the room—including the red head who had given her the threat in the envelope. Sabrina realized that this girl was Sara Randall. She also recognized everyone else in the room. There was: Tom Keith, Randy Evans, Andrew Shallow, Enrique Tesoro, Jesse Holiday, Elizabeth Bentmenson, Jenny Taylor and Sabrina's best friend, Katy Parker.
Katy looked shocked to see Sabrina, but she recovered and beckoned for Sabrina to come and sit next to her.
"This is Sabrina Grimm, but I think we all knew that," Tom said, as he stood up as if leading the meeting. "Now, first order of business, our new recruit needs a hoodie."
Sara handed Sabrina a neatly folded, neon green hoodie that was blindingly bright. She took it and the meeting went on.
7:25 p.m.
The members of the ring went out the front door and Sabrina followed. Sara was the only one that stayed.
"See ya at the party," they told each other, and they got in their cars and drove away. Most of them were going to change.
Once they were gone, Sabrina whispered, "Puck!"
His head popped out upside down from a tree in the side yard.
"Hmmmm? My, what a short meeting. What did you talk about?"
"Just random stuff that has to do with the ring. All of their rules and stuff." As soon as she said it, she clamped her hand over her mouth. Puck didn't know about the ring.
"What ring?" He jumped out of the tree.
"Let's go," Sabrina said, trying to avoid the subject.
"Go where?"
"To Katy's. I need to change. She told me I could come.
Puck rolled his eyes and looked as if he was preparing for an argument, but he took her and they flew off.
7:30 p.m.
"I don't want a dress," Sabrina said, shaking her head at the clothes Katy was holding up.
Katy sighed and asked, "Will you wear heels?"
Sabrina replied, "Maybe."
"You're going to be difficult."
"How about I choose yours and you choose mine," Sabrina suggested.
"Fine. It'll keep you busy while I search for you."
"Just remember, get me something comfortable so I can actually dance."
Katy scoffed, but returned to looking. After a minute she said, "I have two pairs of black heels, so choose something that matches."
That's when Sabrina saw it. A pretty blue off-the-shoulder shirt. It was perfect. She turned around and held it up for Katy to see.
"This is for me," she said.
At the same time, Katy pulled out a pair of jeans and heels and a pink bodycon dress that was on a hanger. When she saw the shirt, she smiled and said as she handed the pants and heels to her, "Now go put it on. I think I already know what I'm wearing."
7:56 p.m.
Once the two girls were dressed and were outside, Puck jumped out of a tree and said "Now can we go to the party?"
Sabrina rolled her eyes and said exasperatingly, "Yes."
"Great!" Before he could sprout his wings, Sabrina grabbed his arm and whispered in his ear, "We're taking her car."
It didn't take long for the threesome to pull up at the party. Cars already lined the driveway and a little bit of the road. There were quite a few bikes and motorcycles also. People were milling around outside waiting for their turn to go through the entrance.
Sabrina, Puck and Katy walked through the throngs of teenagers. Once they were at the door, Sabrina saw that it was closed. She tried it and it was locked. She knocked and Tom immediately answered and said, "Not yet!" but when he saw that it was her and Katy, he let them in. He gave Puck a "Stay back," look, but Sabrina whispered in Tom's ear that he was with them and he let him in.
Once they were all in, Tom closed the door and locked it again.
"Why did you lock it?" Katy asked him.
"We were blocking off the stairs and moving the furniture upstairs. We also need to finish setting up tables and chairs and put out the refreshments before we get it started."
Sabrina entered the living room through a curtain. She had never been in there because the stairs were to the left of the door and that was the only place she had been. There was a door-type fixture at the top of the stairs that Sabrina guessed was supposed to prevent any couples from entering through.
The living room was huge, plus, the screen door that led to the porch covered most of the wall it was on. A DJ was setting up some of his equipment outide on the patio.
"What can we do?" asked Katy.
"Help finish putting chairs around these tables outside. Sabrina, I think you could help Sara and Jenny bring the rest of the refreshments out. "
Sabrina turned around and went back through the curtain. She saw Jenny coming out of a swinging door carrying a bowl full of red liquid.
"Need some help?" Sabrina offered. Jenny smiled and said that Sara had the last tray, but thanked her for the offer.
When Sabrina returned to the living room, most of the rest of the Neon Green members were in there helping take the last few chairs outside. Then Sara entered. She was carrying a tray of Ritz. She shot Sabrina an uncouth expression. Sabrina raised her eyebrow. Before she could give her one back, Andrew Shallow entered with a brown paper bag. He pulled out a bottle and Sabrina was shocked to see that it was Voldka.
"Lookie here!" he exclaimed as he went over to the punch bowl and emptied the bottle into it. The other members gave him approving cheers. Sabrina was shocked. She knew immediately that she wasn't going to be drinking any punch. Puck looked uncomfortable also, as did Katy, Jenny, and Jesse. Sabrina was glad that she wasn't alone.
Suddenly the DJ started a song. It was "So Good" by B.o.B. Tom opened the screen door and yelled that it was "Party time!" then went to the front door to let in the other teenagers that were waiting outside. It took about five seconds for the living room to be crowded, and the backyard to be filled with teenagers. With every person that filled the living room and porch the DJ cranked the music louder.
Sabrina couldn't resist. She started to dance, as did everybody else. "This is going to be fun," she told herself.
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