**Chapter 2 is up! I hope you like it! The haunting part isn't that scary,
but if you were in their position it would be! Please REVIEW!!**
Later that afternoon the family went out for dinner at an old restaurant. Annie and Eric loved the food because it was "good old fashioned food". The kids however preferred pizza or something they could get at home. Annie and Eric decided to find something for the kids to do after dinner. They drove around and they finally found a miniature golf course. That was the first time that day that the kids actually got along with each other. That night, back at the hotel, Matt pulled Mary aside while the other kids went down to the small pool.
"What do you want?" Mary snapped.
"I saw the look on your face this afternoon when I asked what you and Lucy were up to. I could tell that Luce was dead serious that you guys are just so close. Come on tell me what you are up to before you hurt someone."
"I'm not up to anything."
"Fine, but once this thing blows up in your face, don't come to me for advice." Matt said and then started to walk away.
"Wait....." Mary called back at him. "Jimmy Moon wants to break up with Lucy, again. He doesn't want to tell her so he asked me if I could tell her and of course the first word out of my mouth was yes."
Lucy picked Jimmy over Rod when they both wanted to be her a few months ago.
"So....you changed your mind about telling Lucy and you decided to get close with her instead so when someone finally tells her she won't be mad at you.....am I right?" Matt said with a little bit of anger in his voice.
"Yeah....."
Matt let out a sigh and ran his fingers through his hair. "Why doesn't he want to tell her?"
"Because he's afraid of you, Matt. You told him never to break her heart again or you go after him. You said that when she was trying to pick between Jimmy and Rod remember?"
"He should be, that little idiot. Look, Mary you got yourself into this now get yourself out. Just tell Luce, there is no other way."
"Unless you do it for me." Mary hinted.
"No, absolutely not. The only thing I need to take care of is the idiot."
"Matt leave the poor kid alone. He can't help it if he doesn't like Lucy."
"Oh, he can help it all right. He goes out with her once, he broke her heart, he goes out with her twice, he breaks her heart again. Why would you go out with someone if you just broke up with them?"
"Whatever, Matt." Mary said as she walked away. ************************************************************************
It was the middle of the night and everyone was sleeping well. The door to girls' and the boys' room was shut. The hotel was very old, it was built in 1856 and was one of the most elaborate hotels in the state at that time. It has a legend that hardly anyone knows for a lot of people don't believe it. The legend was: one night there was a ball being held in the ballroom of the hotel and everyone was having a grand time. Then all of the sudden the hotel was engulfed in flames and since the ball room was so crowded no one got out alive. It says that the voices of the people can be heard throughout the night. The hotel does not advertise the legend in any way, but there is proof that the hotel burned down to the grown in 1865 and was rebuilt that year.
"What the..!" Matt yelled as he woke up suddenly after hearing a scream. "Simon did you hear that?"
"Yeah, it sounded like it came from the girls' room." Simon said now wide awake.
"I better go check it out." Matt said and then he unlocked the door connecting to the girls' room. "What's wrong?" He said anxiously as he turned on the light.
"What the...Matt what are you doing? It's 3 in the morning! Leave us alone!" Mary yelled as she rubbed her eyes.
"Simon and I heard a scream and we thought it came from in here. Luce, are you all right?" He asked Lucy who was pale white like a ghost.
"Yeah." She said in a shakey voice. "You guys are just freaking me out because I heard something too."
"I heard it too, Matt." Ruthie said.
"Well, I didn't hear anything and I think all of you are nuts and that we should all go back to sleep." Mary said in one long breath.
"Fine." Matt said.
"Matt?" Ruthie said.
"Yeah, Ruthie?"
"Can you keep the door open?"
"Sure, Ruthie. Now you go back to sleep all right?" He said as he tucked her back into bed. She nodded her head slightly.
"Good-night everyone." Mary said and everyone replied back.
It wasn't more than 20 minutes later that they all heard moaning and screaming of all kinds.
"Matt, what is going on?" Mary said as she rushed into the room and turned the light on.
"I don't know, Mary."
"You know, I overheard some guy talking about a ghost in this hotel yesterday when we checking in. Maybe it's a ghost trying to communicate with us." Simon said.
"He's got a point." Lucy spoke up.
"There is no such thing as ghosts. It's probably someone watching a movie or something in the room behind us." Matt said trying convince them that there was good explanation.
"How do you know that? No one knows that."
"I just know it, all right, Luce? Now it happened twice it probably won't happen again so we should go and get some sleep."
"I can't sleep now." Mary said. "This is too freaky. It sounded like it happened right out........Ahhh!" She screamed as she looked out the window.
"What?! What's wrong?!" Matt yelled.
Mary turned white and she felt sick to her stomach. "I.....just saw something.....it was a whole bunch of faces moaning and groaning like they are hurting......I gotta get out of here." She said as she headed for the door.
"Mary, it's all right. I'm sure it was a shadow of a tree of something."
Just then Ruthy and Simon screamed. They also saw the faces out the window. Little Ruthy clinged to Simon, she had never been more scared in her life.
"You saw it too?" Mary asked anxiously.
"Matt, this hotel is really haunted! Let's get out of here before it hurts us." Simon demanded.
"We're not going anywhere! Even if we would go somewhere, where would we go? Nowhere. Nothing is out there and it's not going to hurt us."
"All I know is that this is really freaking me out and that I am not going back in our room by myself." Lucy said quietly.
"Fine, you guys can all sleep in here." Matt said.
"Mary will you come with me to get our blankets?" Lucy asked.
"Yeah."
Lucy walked through the doorway into their room and as soon as Mary was going to go through the door slammed shut and the lights went out.
"Ahhhh!" Lucy screamed. "Let me out! The door won't open, someone help me!" Lucy cried as she pounded on the door in the pitch black.
"Mary, open the door!" Matt yelled.
"I can't......it won't open!" Mary panicked as she pulled on the door to open it. Then Matt tried and he couldn't get open.
"Luce, it's all right. Just stay calm. We're going to try the other door." Matt talked to her calmly so she would panic.
"Please, Matt, hurry." She cried.
**End of chapter 2! Chapter 3 up soon! Any suggestions please let me know! And don't forget to REVIEW! Please!**
Later that afternoon the family went out for dinner at an old restaurant. Annie and Eric loved the food because it was "good old fashioned food". The kids however preferred pizza or something they could get at home. Annie and Eric decided to find something for the kids to do after dinner. They drove around and they finally found a miniature golf course. That was the first time that day that the kids actually got along with each other. That night, back at the hotel, Matt pulled Mary aside while the other kids went down to the small pool.
"What do you want?" Mary snapped.
"I saw the look on your face this afternoon when I asked what you and Lucy were up to. I could tell that Luce was dead serious that you guys are just so close. Come on tell me what you are up to before you hurt someone."
"I'm not up to anything."
"Fine, but once this thing blows up in your face, don't come to me for advice." Matt said and then started to walk away.
"Wait....." Mary called back at him. "Jimmy Moon wants to break up with Lucy, again. He doesn't want to tell her so he asked me if I could tell her and of course the first word out of my mouth was yes."
Lucy picked Jimmy over Rod when they both wanted to be her a few months ago.
"So....you changed your mind about telling Lucy and you decided to get close with her instead so when someone finally tells her she won't be mad at you.....am I right?" Matt said with a little bit of anger in his voice.
"Yeah....."
Matt let out a sigh and ran his fingers through his hair. "Why doesn't he want to tell her?"
"Because he's afraid of you, Matt. You told him never to break her heart again or you go after him. You said that when she was trying to pick between Jimmy and Rod remember?"
"He should be, that little idiot. Look, Mary you got yourself into this now get yourself out. Just tell Luce, there is no other way."
"Unless you do it for me." Mary hinted.
"No, absolutely not. The only thing I need to take care of is the idiot."
"Matt leave the poor kid alone. He can't help it if he doesn't like Lucy."
"Oh, he can help it all right. He goes out with her once, he broke her heart, he goes out with her twice, he breaks her heart again. Why would you go out with someone if you just broke up with them?"
"Whatever, Matt." Mary said as she walked away. ************************************************************************
It was the middle of the night and everyone was sleeping well. The door to girls' and the boys' room was shut. The hotel was very old, it was built in 1856 and was one of the most elaborate hotels in the state at that time. It has a legend that hardly anyone knows for a lot of people don't believe it. The legend was: one night there was a ball being held in the ballroom of the hotel and everyone was having a grand time. Then all of the sudden the hotel was engulfed in flames and since the ball room was so crowded no one got out alive. It says that the voices of the people can be heard throughout the night. The hotel does not advertise the legend in any way, but there is proof that the hotel burned down to the grown in 1865 and was rebuilt that year.
"What the..!" Matt yelled as he woke up suddenly after hearing a scream. "Simon did you hear that?"
"Yeah, it sounded like it came from the girls' room." Simon said now wide awake.
"I better go check it out." Matt said and then he unlocked the door connecting to the girls' room. "What's wrong?" He said anxiously as he turned on the light.
"What the...Matt what are you doing? It's 3 in the morning! Leave us alone!" Mary yelled as she rubbed her eyes.
"Simon and I heard a scream and we thought it came from in here. Luce, are you all right?" He asked Lucy who was pale white like a ghost.
"Yeah." She said in a shakey voice. "You guys are just freaking me out because I heard something too."
"I heard it too, Matt." Ruthie said.
"Well, I didn't hear anything and I think all of you are nuts and that we should all go back to sleep." Mary said in one long breath.
"Fine." Matt said.
"Matt?" Ruthie said.
"Yeah, Ruthie?"
"Can you keep the door open?"
"Sure, Ruthie. Now you go back to sleep all right?" He said as he tucked her back into bed. She nodded her head slightly.
"Good-night everyone." Mary said and everyone replied back.
It wasn't more than 20 minutes later that they all heard moaning and screaming of all kinds.
"Matt, what is going on?" Mary said as she rushed into the room and turned the light on.
"I don't know, Mary."
"You know, I overheard some guy talking about a ghost in this hotel yesterday when we checking in. Maybe it's a ghost trying to communicate with us." Simon said.
"He's got a point." Lucy spoke up.
"There is no such thing as ghosts. It's probably someone watching a movie or something in the room behind us." Matt said trying convince them that there was good explanation.
"How do you know that? No one knows that."
"I just know it, all right, Luce? Now it happened twice it probably won't happen again so we should go and get some sleep."
"I can't sleep now." Mary said. "This is too freaky. It sounded like it happened right out........Ahhh!" She screamed as she looked out the window.
"What?! What's wrong?!" Matt yelled.
Mary turned white and she felt sick to her stomach. "I.....just saw something.....it was a whole bunch of faces moaning and groaning like they are hurting......I gotta get out of here." She said as she headed for the door.
"Mary, it's all right. I'm sure it was a shadow of a tree of something."
Just then Ruthy and Simon screamed. They also saw the faces out the window. Little Ruthy clinged to Simon, she had never been more scared in her life.
"You saw it too?" Mary asked anxiously.
"Matt, this hotel is really haunted! Let's get out of here before it hurts us." Simon demanded.
"We're not going anywhere! Even if we would go somewhere, where would we go? Nowhere. Nothing is out there and it's not going to hurt us."
"All I know is that this is really freaking me out and that I am not going back in our room by myself." Lucy said quietly.
"Fine, you guys can all sleep in here." Matt said.
"Mary will you come with me to get our blankets?" Lucy asked.
"Yeah."
Lucy walked through the doorway into their room and as soon as Mary was going to go through the door slammed shut and the lights went out.
"Ahhhh!" Lucy screamed. "Let me out! The door won't open, someone help me!" Lucy cried as she pounded on the door in the pitch black.
"Mary, open the door!" Matt yelled.
"I can't......it won't open!" Mary panicked as she pulled on the door to open it. Then Matt tried and he couldn't get open.
"Luce, it's all right. Just stay calm. We're going to try the other door." Matt talked to her calmly so she would panic.
"Please, Matt, hurry." She cried.
**End of chapter 2! Chapter 3 up soon! Any suggestions please let me know! And don't forget to REVIEW! Please!**