.Brother Spook.
They managed to occupy the conveniently 12 rooms in a single row and had left the remaining five rooms empty on the third floor. Who wanted to live beside the attic? Besides, all creepy things began with attics. Right?
Brenda, Nicole, Alex, Kyle, Daniel and John took up the right side, while the others took the other row.
Whether it was sheer coincidence or not, Isabel was going to see John a lot now. He had taken the room nicely opposite hers and it seemed that whenever Isabel opened her door, he was conveniently doing the same.
Brenda was overfriendly and seemed attached to Liz, Maria and Tess. Tess had remarked that she could be looking for a female "partner" and that had scared the rest so much that they ducked whenever Brenda strolled past.
Daniel was quiet but he had bought a guitar and a few song sheets that immediately attracted Alex and Maria who took every opportunity to bug him.
Nicole somehow was very interested in the art of flipping burgers and whether she was on flirt-mode or not was still unconfirmed. Anyway, she promptly attached herself to Michael and constantly pestered him to tell her about his job at the Crashdown. Michael, being the impatient one and almost said "I don't do married ones". Luckily, he didn't, out of sheer politeness but that resulted in his new "friend."
Kyle had gotten so homesick that he hunted the whole living room out and finally found a phone. However, upon picking the phone up, he discovered that the line was only connected to the Sponsors of the Haunted House Challenge. He complained bitterly about missing the fries in the Crashdown until Michael gave up and turned the whole kitchen upside down and uncovered a pack of frozen fries, which he cooked and stuffed Kyle's mouth with.
Max had nothing much to do and he was constantly sighted pacing back and forth in front of Liz's room, resulting in Liz's flattered love-sick look that caused Maria to stick to Tess and Alex in the attempt to avoid the sick puppies one in the room and one outside.
They were well settled in, each with his or her problem in tow, but they seemed contented until night fell.
The night was more eerie because most of them were beginning to see "ghosts".
Nicole had ran our screaming from her room, which delighted the camera crew outside and the fat man instantly reported solemnly into the camera: "A contestant had met a ghost in her room, now we hear cries of torture, cries of pain and even cries for help. The ghost is known as the Torture Ghost and we… ", however, that was not the case as Nicole claimed that she smelled meat cooking and that the "ghost" was cooking someone over the grill.
It turned out that it was Michael grilling a frozen TV dinner and he was indignant to learn that he was the "ghost" and the TV dinner was a "someone" being grilled. Nicole, embarrassed hid in her room the whole night.
Kyle, pale and homesick for a soccer game in his comfortable sofa at home at switched on the TV to see if there was any soccer game that he could indulge in. Instead, he discovered that the TV was programmed to show horror movies 24 hours a day. After a blood and gore program, he had begun to see "blood" everywhere and had nearly fainted when he saw Maria drinking a cup of grape juice.
Liz and Max only saw hearts the whole night and neither budged from their position.
Brenda had suggested that the girls stay up all night with her and watch a horror movie together, so that they would not get too scared. It resulted in Brenda screaming and digging her claws into Tess's arm until Tess got angry and changed places with a indignant Maria who slapped Brenda's hand whenever it came near her.
John stayed up in his room all night and if someone could see him, he was busy learning how to fold a heart from a dusty "do-it-yourself" book he found under the bed. Who is was for seemed obvious as now, he was oblivious to the fact that he had a wife waiting for him back at home. When Daniel and knocked and opened the door to invite him down to dinner, Daniel nearly drowned under the sea of crumpled defected hearts he had already made.
When John had finished with the perfect heart, he knocked on Isabel's door and presented her with the heart, which made Isabel scream and slam the door in his face. Dejectedly, he walked down into the hall where Maria happily traded places with him so that he ended up sitting next to Brenda.
Alex came flying into the living room to say that he saw a "ghost" singing a Mexican song opposite his room. He had opened the room door, which was Max's and claimed that a ghost with long hair, a broken nose and wearing a long white gown was sitting in the room.
The story had fascinated the crew outside until the fat man had nearly barged into the house and interviewed Alex. When everyone had been pulled up to the room, they had discovered an embarrassed Max and a shy Liz sitting in the room, a white curtain billowing in the wind. The exaggerated part about the long hair and nose was never brought up, much to Alex's relief.
P/s: Sorry about babbling too much. Promise, the next one would not be full of babbling. Thanks for readingJ