Soooo…. I own nothing except the weird things these people do, and um…read on….
Chapter 4: Day one: groovy man
Thursday – day 1
Rachel's apartment
Aidan checked his lipstick in the mirror.
"Cherry blossom…I'm off to school now Rachel!" He yelled, and left the house.
He walked along in the rain, his huge black umbrella towering over him, until a figure stopped in front of him. Aidan raised his umbrella to look at the person. It was a man.
"If you weren't my dad and Rachel's ex…you'd be pretty." Aidan said, walking away.
Noah confusedly walked on, until he reached Rachel's apartment.
"Take my picture." Rachel insisted, handing Noah the camera.
"Aren't you gonna pull a cheesy grin or summit?" He asked, the camera raised and ready.
Rachel stuck her tongue out and tried to lick her nose.
Noah took a picture.
"Now that's a Kodak moment." He said, looking at the photo on the digital screen.
"Scan the rest." Rachel instructed. Noah did.
The photos were smudged and whirled. All the pictures of the kids on the camping trip taken after they watched the tape were like that, and then they had all died…
"Cool effect." Noah mumbled, scanning the 1000000000th picture.
"I know." Rachel said. "Totally groovy but kinda creepy."
In the living room, Rachel pushed the tape into the VCR and sat her finger lightly on the play button.
"Maybe you shouldn't watch it." She said, turning to Noah.
"I agree." He said. "I don't wanna die."
"Oh well I'll play it anyway." Rachel said, pushing the button.
As the TV went static, Noah started whining in fear, rocking back and forth like a psychopath.
"Wait…" Rachel said, leaning forward and pulling a piece of green shoe out of the VCR. The tape played properly. 'A Walk To Remember' came on.
"Huh?" Noah asked, cocking his head to the side.
"Oopsie…" Rachel said, lunging at the TV and pulling out the tape. "Wrong tape…" nervous snigger
She put in the correct tape, and hit play. They sat and watched it, Noah sitting in an unnecessarily crouched position, like he's mentally unstable, occasionally sucking his thumb.
Rachel walked onto the balcony and snooped at what other people were doing in their apartments.
One woman is sitting on her sofa watching Spongebob Squarepants. Next door, a balding old man is watching that's So Raven, and in the next block, a young girl watching the Exorcist, rocking back and forth.
Rachel walked into her office, and put the tape into a machine, and hit play, making a copy of it.
Rachel thought to herself as she watched the tape.
This gets better every time you see it…Hey…does this re-set my seven days?