The skaters of Playa Linda High School walked into school carrying their skateboards on a Friday morning. Not many people liked them that much. The surfers hated them a lot. No one knew why. It was always like this. Usually, the skaters had good looking girls while the surfers had hot guys. People thought that they should hook up and date each other.
The skaters hung out in the hall before going off to homeroom.
"Are you all going to the park after school?" Pete asked.
Most of them said yes. "I have to wait and see the project that I have to do in Myths and Fables," Kaitlin said.
"Don't you hate that class?" Mike asked.
"I hate it with a passion. But, I need it to graduate," she said.
The bell rang indicating that homeroom was starting. They all left to go to their homerooms. Kaitlin had Myths and Fables first mod. She couldn't wait to see what she had to do for her project.
"Good morning," the teacher, Mrs. Paul, said excitedly. "Are you all ready for your assignments?"
"More than you know it," a kid said sarcastically making everyone laugh.
"Come on, kids," she said, "This project should be a blast for you. I'm sure you will all love it."
Kaitlin rolled her eyes. "That's what you said last time," she said.
"I mean it this time," she said, "A group of you will be staying in a house all weekend and have to write a report on if anything bizarre happened."
"A house?" a kid asked.
"Yes. They'll be staying in the Martha Winston house together."
"Are you crazy?" David, one of Kaitlin's friends, yelled.
"No. The group will be of people of different interests and will see if what legend says is true."
"You are crazy!" a surfer yelled.
"If you all want to pass this year, you'll have to do it," Mrs. Paul said.
"Give us who's staying there," another surfer said.
"The following people will have to look up a legend and write about it in a report: Mike, David, Sarah, Lisa, Mary, Bill, Kayla, and Todd. The people I'm about to name are those that have to stay in the house: Kaitlin, Lucas, Bradin, Omayra, Tanner, Callie, Steve, Heather, and Calvin."
Kaitlin and Omayra looked at each other. They were stuck with four surfers and three skaters who didn't like the girls that much.
"With me until the end?" Omayra asked holding out her hand.
Kaitlin took it and they did their handshake. "Until the end my friend," she said.
Lunch rolled around and Kaitlin and Omayra sat with their skater friends.
"You two are so lucky to be hanging out with surfers this weekend," Mike said sarcastically.
"Shut it, bitch," Kaitlin said, "If you don't, I'm not going to do your homework either." Kaitlin always did Mike's homework and he paid her to do it. She only did it for the money because she needed it.
"Look at those losers," Sarah said referring to the skaters as they walked into the lunchroom, "They need to go shopping more often."
"I feel sorry for those who have to spend the weekend with them for a project in Martha Winston's house," Lisa said.
"Shut up," the surfer guys said.
The final bell of the week rung and everyone headed to their lockers. Kaitlin found a note taped to her locker. She took it off and read it.
"Hope you have a nice weekend.
Your surfer friends."
She became pissed off. They surfers always found a way to make her mad and a way to get her into trouble. She threw her stuff into her locker, grabbed her board, and headed out of the school. Once she was down the steps, she skated off to her house. She didn't feel like going to the skate park today.
"Kaitlin!" someone yelled. She stopped skating and looked to find David there, He ran up to her and asked, "Where are you going?"
"I don't feel like going to the park today," she said.
"Is it because of the project that you have to do?" he asked.
"Yeah."
"If you want, I can do Mike's homework for him and say that you did it so you can still get your money," he said.
"What's the catch?" she asked.
"There's no catch, I just thought that you need a break from everything. You've been… not yourself lately."
"I've had a lot on my mind and no one seems to care," she told him.
"That's not true," he said.
"Yes it is. Leave me alone," she said as she skated off.
Kaitlin sat in her room hoping that this weekend wouldn't ruin her life. She had to meet at the house around five on Saturday night and bring clothes to change into Sunday morning along with toiletries that she would need. She didn't want to do this project. But, it was 75 percent of her grade for the marking period. She had to do it.
Bradin walked into his house and looked for his aunt.
"Aunt Ava," he said when he found her in the kitchen, "I have to go spend the night in a house for a project for school."
"When?"
"Tomorrow to Sunday morning. We have to see if what the legend says about the house is true."
"You mean you're staying in the Martha Winston house?" she asked.
"Yeah. Me and eight other people from my Myths and Fables class. It's a project that we have to do."
"If it's for school, then, you can go. Will there be an adult there?"
Bradin didn't know the answer to that question. "Yeah. Our teacher will be there," he lied.
"Okay."