Chapter 1

"Hurry Mandie!" cried Celia, "We're going to be late!"

"Sorry Celia, just daydreaming, think about it for the first time everyone is coming to my house for a whole month this summer!" 18 year old Mandie Shaw exclaimed.

"I know it will be so exiting, but we won't make it if we don't get on the train." Celia giggled.

"All right all right let's get going." Mandie answered. Mandie and Celia just got out of collage for there summer break. Suddenly someone layed there hand on Mandie. Mandie spun around, standing there was Joe Woodard her long life friend.

"Joe what are you doing here" Mandie cried, and embraced him.

Joe smiled. "Your Uncle John sent my here to escort you."

Mandie ,who was still hugging Joe, said "I missed you so much."

"I missed you to Mandie." Joe looked into Mandie's bright blue eyes. Mandie blushed and turned away.

Celia giggled "What about me?"

"Sorry Celia here let me take your bag" Joe said.

"Thank you!" Celia answered.

"How is collage?" Joe asked. "

"It's going well, we just finished our big test, but we get the our grades later" said Mandie.

"All aboard!"

"Come on we shouldn't be late." said Celia. Joe grabbed Mandie's bag.

"Thank you!" Mandie smiled. Celia grabbed Mandie's arm, and pulled her onto the train.

Mandie slumped down on one of the train seats and drifted off to sleep.

"Mandie, Mandie wake up we're hear" said Celia, as she shook Mandie awake.

"Ok, I'm awake!" Mandie moaned. "Were is Joe?"

"He is waiting for us, he took our bags." answered Celia. Celia grabbed Mandie's arm and dragged Mandie out of the train and onto the platform. By this time she was wide awake.

"Hello sleepy head," greeted Joe. "Mr. Bond is waiting for us."

Mr. Bond is Uncle Johns caretaker and most of the time picks up Mandie from the train station

"So good to see you Mr. Bond" exclaimed Mandie, as she hugged him.

"So good to see you as well Miss Amanda" Mr. Bond said. "Here let me take your bags."

The young people hopped into the buggy Mandie sat in between Joe, and Celia.

"What have you been doing at collage Joe?" asked Mandie.

"A lot of homework my teachers are real nice, and I have two classes in the morning and four in the afternoon." replied Joe.

"Wow!" cried Mandie. " We have a lot of homework, but not as much as you" said Mandie.

" We only have four classes in the morning, and homework" commented Celia.

The buggy pulled up to the Shaw's gate, and Mr. Bond hopped down and opened the gate pulled up near the house grabbed there bags and set them on the ground

"I'll have Abraham come take your bags up stairs." said Mr. Bond.

" Thanks Mr. Bond." replied Mandie.

Mandie, Celia, and Joe walked up to the door. Mandie put her hand on the door nob and froze

" Well are you going to open the door or just stand there?" asked Celia.

" Mandie are you ok?" asked Joe.

" I'm fine, but I was just thinking why don't I hear anything? asked Mandie.

" What do you mean" asked Celia.

" Just what I said, but what does it matter!" replied Mandie

" Well open the door!" cried Joe

Mandie slowly opened the door.