STRANGE HAPPENINGS
By: BER13
CHAPTER ONE
Melissa Crochet stared out the window of her home. Outside, her sisters Josie and Erica were riding a sled down a snow bank.
"Hey, Melissa," A voice spoke up. Melissa whirled around and saw Callie, her twin, standing in the doorway.
"Oh, hi," Melissa said, hopping onto her bed. She patted a spot next to her, and Callie sat down with a smile. Callie looked out of the window and sighed as she asked, "Why don't we ever play with them?"
"Because we're never been invited," Melissa answered grimly. Callie suddenly hopped up and said, "Let's go for a walk."
"Now?" Melissa said. "With them sledding and us watching?"
"Oh, come on," Callie urged. "Melissa, you've always wanted to stay away from Josie and Erica."
"And Rachel, too," Melissa added, watching as seventeen-year-old Rachel hopped onto the sled. The eighteen-year-old twins smiled and screamed as they tumbled to the ground.
Minutes later, the two sixteen-year-old girls were shuffling through the snow, which was about three inches deep. Melissa saw that house by house, kids were building snowmen, making snow forts, having snowball fights.
"Kind of makes you want to go home and go sledding, doesn't it?" Callie asked quietly. Melissa nodded.
"It's so unfair," Callie went on. "They treat us like babies, don't they? Josie, Erica, Rachel-they're all so 'grown-up' that they don't even notice us."
Melissa wasn't listening. Instead, she was carefully watching a snowball fight in her friend Brittany's yard. Brittany, her sister May, and Callie and Melissa's best friend Judy were laughing and shrieking as one snowball after another flew into the air. As soon as Brittany spotted her friends, she called out, "Guys, come on and join the fun!"
"Want to?" Melissa asked Callie, who shrugged. Both girls ran into the yard and ducked behind a snow shelter with Brittany.
"Are your sisters bugging you again?" Brittany asked. Without waiting for an answer, she poked her head over their shield and aimed a snowball at May. When she sat down again, she looked at Callie and Melissa.
"Yeah," Melissa answered. "They left us out of sledding."
"Too bad," Brittany said, ducking to avoid a snowball that ended up down Callie's shirt. While Callie danced around, trying to get the ball of snow out, Melissa said, "They are so rude. We can never do anything with them."
"Who? Your sisters?" Brittany asked.
"Duh!" Melissa rolled her eyes, jumped up, threw a snowball at Judy, and squatted down.
Brittany's face was pale. Her eyes were huge. She was staring at the ground, her mouth open, as if a giant cockroach was about to climb onto her leg.
"Brittany, what is it?" Melissa asked, looking down. She didn't need an answer to make her cry out like she did.
Callie was laying facedown in the snow, totally lifeless.
By: BER13
CHAPTER ONE
Melissa Crochet stared out the window of her home. Outside, her sisters Josie and Erica were riding a sled down a snow bank.
"Hey, Melissa," A voice spoke up. Melissa whirled around and saw Callie, her twin, standing in the doorway.
"Oh, hi," Melissa said, hopping onto her bed. She patted a spot next to her, and Callie sat down with a smile. Callie looked out of the window and sighed as she asked, "Why don't we ever play with them?"
"Because we're never been invited," Melissa answered grimly. Callie suddenly hopped up and said, "Let's go for a walk."
"Now?" Melissa said. "With them sledding and us watching?"
"Oh, come on," Callie urged. "Melissa, you've always wanted to stay away from Josie and Erica."
"And Rachel, too," Melissa added, watching as seventeen-year-old Rachel hopped onto the sled. The eighteen-year-old twins smiled and screamed as they tumbled to the ground.
Minutes later, the two sixteen-year-old girls were shuffling through the snow, which was about three inches deep. Melissa saw that house by house, kids were building snowmen, making snow forts, having snowball fights.
"Kind of makes you want to go home and go sledding, doesn't it?" Callie asked quietly. Melissa nodded.
"It's so unfair," Callie went on. "They treat us like babies, don't they? Josie, Erica, Rachel-they're all so 'grown-up' that they don't even notice us."
Melissa wasn't listening. Instead, she was carefully watching a snowball fight in her friend Brittany's yard. Brittany, her sister May, and Callie and Melissa's best friend Judy were laughing and shrieking as one snowball after another flew into the air. As soon as Brittany spotted her friends, she called out, "Guys, come on and join the fun!"
"Want to?" Melissa asked Callie, who shrugged. Both girls ran into the yard and ducked behind a snow shelter with Brittany.
"Are your sisters bugging you again?" Brittany asked. Without waiting for an answer, she poked her head over their shield and aimed a snowball at May. When she sat down again, she looked at Callie and Melissa.
"Yeah," Melissa answered. "They left us out of sledding."
"Too bad," Brittany said, ducking to avoid a snowball that ended up down Callie's shirt. While Callie danced around, trying to get the ball of snow out, Melissa said, "They are so rude. We can never do anything with them."
"Who? Your sisters?" Brittany asked.
"Duh!" Melissa rolled her eyes, jumped up, threw a snowball at Judy, and squatted down.
Brittany's face was pale. Her eyes were huge. She was staring at the ground, her mouth open, as if a giant cockroach was about to climb onto her leg.
"Brittany, what is it?" Melissa asked, looking down. She didn't need an answer to make her cry out like she did.
Callie was laying facedown in the snow, totally lifeless.