"Now you all know that I had that big interview today, right?" The family nodded. "Well… I got a promotion to be president of my own branch!"
"All right, Dad! I knew you could do it!" Lisa's little brother said, gently punching his father in the shoulder.
"Oh honey, that is wonderful news!"
"But… we will be having to move to New York City… in three days," The entire family all stopped celebrating and stood coldly still, Lisa's mom still having a frozen smile on her face.
"What! I will have to leave all my friends! No!" Lisa yelled, running off of the couch and into her bedroom, slamming the door shut and locking it, nearly sending the pictures on the wall to the ground.
"Well, I think that went over well…" Lisa's father said, smiling to his lovely wife and son.
"You're what!" Eileane asked in complete and total shock, nearly twitching at Lisa.
"I'm moving… in like a few days. My retarded father sprung this whole thing up on me last night… last night, when I… I…" Lisa paused, looking around the lunchroom, eye-wide.
"Yeah, you never told me what happened last night. Apparently you didn't get killed by some drug addict or a bum or something, since I am sure that place has some of those people crawling around there. So, how'd it go? Lisa?"
Eileane nudged Lisa on the shoulder, only to have her neck slide slowly to the side, letting her gaze meet with Eileane's. Her mouth gently opened as the coldest words whispered out, "Ghosts…"
"What?"
Lisa began to tremble as memories of last night flashed into her mind… the children laughing, the cell phone, and the little girl, screaming, crying for help. "The little girl! I have to save her!"
"What the hell are you talking about? What little girl?" Eileane asked, seriously confused.
"Hello, ladies," a young man with strikingly sharp eyes, a metallic eyebrow piercing in his right eyebrow, and decked out and punk clothes, wearing a shirt with the band 36:Crazy Fists, sat down with his lunch tray right next to Lisa. "What's wrong with her?"
"Hey Ben. Just… ignore her, she is in some weird daydream I think right now," Eileane mumbled while chomping down on some corn.
"You guys… we have to go back to there tonight! We have to! Meet me at my house after dinner, and bring some flashlights," Lisa jumped out of her seat and began walking away, leaving her friends in confusion at the lunch table. "Umph!" Lisa let out a burst of air as she fell back onto the ground, her food flying on top of her.
"Watch where you're going, freak!" Emma, one of the most popular girls in school, captain of the cheerleading squad, and class president, snidely spoke as she walked over the fallen Lisa, laughing and giggling as she went by. Her friends, consisting of the kings of the jocks duo, Jason and Cody, followed her. Some bedazzled by her tall, magnificent, beauty, as she graced her presence in the lunchroom by sitting down at a table with the rest of the populars, whom which were also laughing at Lisa.
Eileane stood up, throwing her napkin down into her tray as she scowled at Emma, glancing back at the incredibly embarrassed Lisa before she forcefully stomped over to the "popular" table, Ben tightly following behind.
"Hey, skank whore, apologize to my friend Lisa over there!" Eileane screamed, pointing over to Lisa.
"Apologize for what?" Emma growled while standing up.
"For being a slut and knocking her down to the ground with your big, plastic surgery ass!" Emma gasped in shock as her posse did the same.
She walked up to Eileane, picking up a glass of juice, "I don't think so," she smiled, tossing the juice in Eileane's face, sending Eileane toppling over backwards, tripping over Cody who was kneeling down on the ground, waiting for her to run into him. She landed hard onto the tile flooring, nearly going unconscious.
Ben reacted quickly to the events, approaching Emma with an evil intent in his eyes. His arms reached out for her neck, but his body flew back as Jason tackled him down to the ground. "Don't touch my woman!" Jason yelled as he raised his fist, clenching it tightly, bringing it down to his face—
"I wouldn't even put my hands to such germs by touching that STD infected slut!" Ben shouted as he blocked Jason's fist, pushing it to the side as he bashed his forehead into Jason's nose, causing Jason to cry out in pain. He shoved Jason off of him as Jason continued to roll on the ground, clenching tight onto his bruised nose.
Cody quickly kicked a firm kick into Ben's gut, sending him sliding across the floor and into a table. "C'mon, bring it!" Cody mocked, squatting down and moving his fingers back and forth. Ben saw the mocking and pushed himself up to his feet as he went running up to Cody, diving onto the ground and slide under him as he kicked his legs out from under him.
Both breathing with such force that it was plainly audible from across the dead silent lunchroom. All eyes were on the two young men, watching for their next move, their next step, their next breath. They lowered their heads, nearly in unison as they began to run towards each other.
"STOP!"
A voice cried out from outside of the forming crowd. Shoving herself through the bloodthirsty crowd, Lisa came through, stepping between the two men. "Now will you just stop? Please, Ben?" She asked, her eyes pleading with his.
He fought back the submissive smile until it shined through.
Ben and Lisa had been best friends since nearly childbirth; they even use to spend the night over at each other's houses when they were kids. Over the years though, their friendship seemed to develop into more than just friends… but something more, even if neither of them could admit it, but it was bluntly obvious.
"Fine…" He responded to her, walking with her to the fallen Eileane who they helped out of the lunchroom.
"Aw, someone is whipped!" Cody laughed, making a slight whipping jester with his hands followed by a cackling noise.
"Don't mind him…" Lisa reminded him, walking out of the lunchroom just before the bell rang. "Remember; meet at my house after school!"
The nearly incoherent Eileane vaguely heard what she said and let out a sigh, "Ugh, I don't trust you Lisa… you and your little plannings, but I guess I am in."
"Me too!" Ben replied, gently letting Eileane down onto her feet.
"Good, see you then!" Lisa smiled as she walked down the hall, entering into her Quantum Physics class.
