School was canceled for the rest of the week, but we got a call from Coach Jennings that the basketball game scheduled for Saturday was still on, since it was an away game. Everyone around the house kept commenting that Gwen and I had been awfully quiet as of late, and it was really getting annoying. Every time someone said something, we snapped at them and told them that we were fine. I guess we were both a little irritable, but cut us some slack! After all that'd happened to us that week, you'd be a bit snappy too!

Not too many weird things happened between then and Saturday. Well, I mean aside from the telepathic link that Gwen and I had developed, and Randy had been giving us a lot of funny looks, but that was about it. We didn't run into any more freaky people or anything, and I started to relax. But when I told that to Gwen, well...

Hey, Gwen! We haven't run into any weird people as of late. Do you think they gave up?

Maybe...She sounded very uneasy.

Is something wrong?

Yeah, Rina. Something is.

What?

Just that. People who go through the amount of trouble that those people in the gym went through to get to someone tend to want something. And people who want something have a nasty little habbit of coming back. The fact that they haven't is what's bothering me. It's like in the movies when they say, "I don't like it. It's quiet...too quiet," and then a monster or something jumps out at them from behind. They're probably waiting for the right moment.

Oh c'mon Gwen! Don't be so paranoid! They're not coming back!

Rina, I'm serious! You're my best friend. If something happened to you...

Okay, okay! I get the point!

Rina, just promise me you'll be careful.

Yes, mother.