Disclaimer: I own none, only Casey. I may not even own the plot which may be owned by Ivorycat (read her stories, they're good!). She also may be writing for this, so look out for her input. Joss, the insane god he is, owns the whole cast of characters you see, save again, for Casey, she is mine.
Attention: Look, there will be talk of, if not seen, cases of child abuse from Holtz. This happens because in my time line, Holtz took much of his anger out on Casey, and some out on Connor. But Connor was the favorite child of the two. More about that later. There also may be instance of corporal punishment. I would like to inform people that child abuse and corporal punishment are two different things. Corporal punishment will only happen when there is need for it to happen, and it will always be done in a loving environment.
Author's Note: I am going to try and put my teenage characters though what normal teenagers go through. That may be bad grades, idiot teachers, sexual harassment, drugs, alcohol, and that such. Some may be embellished a little, but guess what? If they are, that's because I have yet to experience them in my high school. Now don't say that I make this some kind of soap opera, because quite frankly, life is one.
Summery: How the idea comes about.
Chapter Twenty One: Fundraising
* One Month Before *
"We need a fundraiser. How else are we going to get everything we need?" Kara asked as she tapped a pen against a notebook, surprisingly, she was a very good businesswoman.
"Well what do you say we do? A bake sale is not going to cut it," Seth said, who was busy flicking little torn up pieces of loose-leaf paper at anyone. His current target was Connor.
"Stop it," Connor muttered once a scrap hit him under the eye. It was a welcomed distraction really; this meeting that Casey had dragged him too was making him fall asleep quicker than one of his father's lectures would.
"Gladly," Seth whispered and went on to flick pieces of paper at Casey.
"Well, this is the inner kid in me, but what about a haunted house? I mean, we would have like month to prepare and we don't have to think of a set date. And people will come, if we make it scary enough, besides it would be for a good cause," Ashley suggested.
"My god, that's genius!" Claire said and went to start planning it on a scrap piece of paper.
"Hold up, is it possible?" Casey intervened, dodging the paper Seth was flicking at her.
"Why not? We'll need a bunch of people for scene, but we can rummage them up. Besides I have a few good friends who would be interested. Also my dad can encourage a few people he knows to join," Claire offered.
"It's settled, we are doing a haunted house. There will be seven exhibit things and people periodically to jump out and scare people. That sound good?" Casey instantly took over, showing her inner CEO.
The next few weeks were spent doing everything they could getting the haunted house scenes built, but the hardest part was putting everything up in the gym, which took hours. Now it was time to go back.
Author's Note 2: I know it's short, very short, but the next chapter's cute. Promise lots of action with people. And then the chapter after that and so forth. Believe me, it will work. It's all good. And there will be Charlie-Casey goodness…maybe some Claire-Connor…who knows. And if anyone can guess what relationship Charlie/Will (Spike) have, you get a walk on role. Other contests include what Charlie is. And what Claire is. Hint, look in previous chapters.
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