Chapter 4 - Decision, Decision-
After school, at 2:47, Matt came in the door with his backpack on one shoulder, and started to head up stairs. Of course not to do homework, he wanted to make a decision about going to the party. He'd thought about it during school, but the darn teachers were blabbing their heads off, which he couldn't think clearly enough.
Holding a laundry basket with dirty clothes ready to go in the washer, Jo shouted Matt's name. Though Matt didn't listen. He just kept going.
"Matt, I need to talk to you!"
Matt stopped in his footsteps, then turned his body around toward his Mom. "Mom, what is it? I've got homework to do." he lied. He wasn't going to do homework. He just wanted to make an excuse, so he wouldn't have to listen to his Mom blab just like his teachers.
"It'll only take a minute." She explained. "Can I ask you a question?"
Matt rolled his eyes. "Sure."
"Alright." She sighed. "Is there anything going on in school? Is someone trying to pressure you into doing something that you don't want to do?" she asked. "I'm just wondering."
Matt didn't want to say anything about the party. "Stop getting into my business! It's my life, not yours!" He ran up the rest of the stairs, and slammed his bedroom door behind him.
Matt sat down on his bed, took a deep breath, and began to think out loud softly.
"Party. Should I go to the P- A- R- T- Y?" He asked himself. "I wanna go, but I'm not sure."
He thought a little harder.
"What would Lizzie do? Would she decide to go? Or would she just walk away from it, and just forgot about the whole thing? Nah, I think not. She did go to Kate's birthday party when Mom told her not to. But that was back in eighth grade. I wonder if in Rome she went to any parties? I don't know, but I think she had gone to probably one, at least." He sighed. "So, why shouldn't I sneak out to the party? I should go just to get away from parents." He stopped and thought for a few minutes. "Yeah, I made up my mind. I'm going to have some fun! No parent isn't gonna stop me!"
* * *
By the time 6:45, Matt had called Haywood for the directions to Andrew's house.
The phone rung three times before anyone answered it. "Hello?"
"Haywood, please."
"This is Haywood."
"Oh, hi. I was wondering, how do you get to Andrew's house?"
Matt wrote the directions down on a sheet of notebook paper as Haywood told him.
"Okay, I'll be right there. The party does start at seven, right?" Matt wondered.
"Yeah."
"Okay, see ya!" They both hung up.
Matt walked over to his nightstand to grab his flashlight, because it was dark outside ((Usually it is in the month of March)), and he'd dug in his pocket for the note he wrote earlier. He rechecked the note to see if it's the right one. It read: "Dear Mom and Dad, I'm going to Oscar's to spend the night. He has a new video game that I really want to try out. I will go to bed at 9:00 though. P.S- Mom, if you make Apple pie, please save me a piece. Yum-yum! Love Matt." He wanted it to sound like nothing was up, which there was, the party.
He went to his window, opened it, stuck his body out it, and began to climb down fence that goes up and down the siding of the house.
When he was climbing down the fence, the wood caught his jacket that he wore. He pulled and pulled on his jacket, and finally it came loose, which made him fall right into a rose bush full of thorns. He tried to keep his screaming down when he kept getting stuck by the thorns as he tried to get out. He got out, and mumbled to his self, "I did hit a bush." He giggled a little.
He started off searching for Andrew's house. It wasn't that far; it was only two blocks.
When He was walking, he felt if someone or something was watching and following him. His heart was beating fast. He had parts of a song in his head. I think someone's watching me. I think it's very eerie.
He stopped, shined the flashlight all round, and then said in a fearful voice, "I've got a gun and will shoot you!"
Something came out behind a tree. It looked like a pig. A killer pig actually. It had blood on its face, and body. It held a knife that had a piece of meat on it. It looked like bacon or even people meat.
It said in a monster-like voice, "You don't have a gun. You have a flashlight." It gave an evil laugh. Then another killer pig came out and stood beside the other.
Matt just screamed and ran.
"Matt," Both killer pigs laughed. "It's just us. Haywood and Adam."
Matt turned around and shouted, "Guys, why did you do that? You had me freaked out!"
"Aw! Is Matt afraid of the dark?" Adam teased.
Matt shook his head. "No!"
"I've got a gun and will shoot you." Adam mimicked. "Yeah, right. You can't have a gun. You don't even keep guns in your house. Your parents worry too much about that kind of stuff."
"Yeah, I do. It's right here." Matt pulled a gun out of his jacket. Haywood and Adam gasped.
"Where'd you get that?" Haywood eyes widen.
Matt rolled his eyes. "Don't you guys know anything?"
"Yes."
"No, you don't, because," Matt snickered. "It's just a toy gun!" Matt shot it and one of those fake bullets came out.
"Ha, ha! Very funny!" Haywood and Adam dropped their surprised face into a frown.
"Let's just go. I can't wait 'til we get there. So much fun, we're going to have!" Adam said excitedly.
Matt, Haywood, and Adam all started running down other people yards to get to Andrew's house, so they can party hardy.
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After school, at 2:47, Matt came in the door with his backpack on one shoulder, and started to head up stairs. Of course not to do homework, he wanted to make a decision about going to the party. He'd thought about it during school, but the darn teachers were blabbing their heads off, which he couldn't think clearly enough.
Holding a laundry basket with dirty clothes ready to go in the washer, Jo shouted Matt's name. Though Matt didn't listen. He just kept going.
"Matt, I need to talk to you!"
Matt stopped in his footsteps, then turned his body around toward his Mom. "Mom, what is it? I've got homework to do." he lied. He wasn't going to do homework. He just wanted to make an excuse, so he wouldn't have to listen to his Mom blab just like his teachers.
"It'll only take a minute." She explained. "Can I ask you a question?"
Matt rolled his eyes. "Sure."
"Alright." She sighed. "Is there anything going on in school? Is someone trying to pressure you into doing something that you don't want to do?" she asked. "I'm just wondering."
Matt didn't want to say anything about the party. "Stop getting into my business! It's my life, not yours!" He ran up the rest of the stairs, and slammed his bedroom door behind him.
Matt sat down on his bed, took a deep breath, and began to think out loud softly.
"Party. Should I go to the P- A- R- T- Y?" He asked himself. "I wanna go, but I'm not sure."
He thought a little harder.
"What would Lizzie do? Would she decide to go? Or would she just walk away from it, and just forgot about the whole thing? Nah, I think not. She did go to Kate's birthday party when Mom told her not to. But that was back in eighth grade. I wonder if in Rome she went to any parties? I don't know, but I think she had gone to probably one, at least." He sighed. "So, why shouldn't I sneak out to the party? I should go just to get away from parents." He stopped and thought for a few minutes. "Yeah, I made up my mind. I'm going to have some fun! No parent isn't gonna stop me!"
* * *
By the time 6:45, Matt had called Haywood for the directions to Andrew's house.
The phone rung three times before anyone answered it. "Hello?"
"Haywood, please."
"This is Haywood."
"Oh, hi. I was wondering, how do you get to Andrew's house?"
Matt wrote the directions down on a sheet of notebook paper as Haywood told him.
"Okay, I'll be right there. The party does start at seven, right?" Matt wondered.
"Yeah."
"Okay, see ya!" They both hung up.
Matt walked over to his nightstand to grab his flashlight, because it was dark outside ((Usually it is in the month of March)), and he'd dug in his pocket for the note he wrote earlier. He rechecked the note to see if it's the right one. It read: "Dear Mom and Dad, I'm going to Oscar's to spend the night. He has a new video game that I really want to try out. I will go to bed at 9:00 though. P.S- Mom, if you make Apple pie, please save me a piece. Yum-yum! Love Matt." He wanted it to sound like nothing was up, which there was, the party.
He went to his window, opened it, stuck his body out it, and began to climb down fence that goes up and down the siding of the house.
When he was climbing down the fence, the wood caught his jacket that he wore. He pulled and pulled on his jacket, and finally it came loose, which made him fall right into a rose bush full of thorns. He tried to keep his screaming down when he kept getting stuck by the thorns as he tried to get out. He got out, and mumbled to his self, "I did hit a bush." He giggled a little.
He started off searching for Andrew's house. It wasn't that far; it was only two blocks.
When He was walking, he felt if someone or something was watching and following him. His heart was beating fast. He had parts of a song in his head. I think someone's watching me. I think it's very eerie.
He stopped, shined the flashlight all round, and then said in a fearful voice, "I've got a gun and will shoot you!"
Something came out behind a tree. It looked like a pig. A killer pig actually. It had blood on its face, and body. It held a knife that had a piece of meat on it. It looked like bacon or even people meat.
It said in a monster-like voice, "You don't have a gun. You have a flashlight." It gave an evil laugh. Then another killer pig came out and stood beside the other.
Matt just screamed and ran.
"Matt," Both killer pigs laughed. "It's just us. Haywood and Adam."
Matt turned around and shouted, "Guys, why did you do that? You had me freaked out!"
"Aw! Is Matt afraid of the dark?" Adam teased.
Matt shook his head. "No!"
"I've got a gun and will shoot you." Adam mimicked. "Yeah, right. You can't have a gun. You don't even keep guns in your house. Your parents worry too much about that kind of stuff."
"Yeah, I do. It's right here." Matt pulled a gun out of his jacket. Haywood and Adam gasped.
"Where'd you get that?" Haywood eyes widen.
Matt rolled his eyes. "Don't you guys know anything?"
"Yes."
"No, you don't, because," Matt snickered. "It's just a toy gun!" Matt shot it and one of those fake bullets came out.
"Ha, ha! Very funny!" Haywood and Adam dropped their surprised face into a frown.
"Let's just go. I can't wait 'til we get there. So much fun, we're going to have!" Adam said excitedly.
Matt, Haywood, and Adam all started running down other people yards to get to Andrew's house, so they can party hardy.
End Chap