Sleepover

Chapter 20: Hit Play: Open Your eyes

A/N: I hope this isn't confusing, if it is just ask a question and I'll answer it.

Aaah, I've grown to love making you all cazy with cliff hangers! You've all resorted to ether screaming at me, or even having an announcer yell at me to run while you maul the air trying to wrap your figners around my throat!

I've noticed this is how you all react;
1. Disbeliefe
2. read it agian
3. confusion
4. anger
5. Spazzum
6. Threat

I was sorta dissapointed to see that that last chapter didn't get up to 40 reviews (i was 4 away though!) but then I saw that i have pirced the 500 review mark! I LOVE YOU ALL I didn't even expect this story to get 200 reviews but you all proved me wrong!

I feel like crying! When I'm a writer, you will all be in the dedication of my first book!

So, here's a old fashioned street lamp! read on!

Sam looked up at the walk way gasping. "Aaaaaahhhh!" she screamed and went to run but Ember was to fast. She flew down in front of her and held her in place.

"Oh no!" Ember said. "If I couldn't escape this, nether will you!"

With one last groan the walkway fell, hurtling towards Sam. At the last moment, Ember let go of her and went intangible.

Screams filled the auditorium.

Snapped cords from the walkway sparked onto the curtains, catching them on fire. The smoke caused the fire alarm to go off, screaming at everybody to get out. They ran for the Fire Exit, but the doors were still sealed shut.

Danny was suddenly on the scene; he shot the doors open and shouted at everybody to get out. "EVERYBODY OUT! THE PLACE IS ON FIRE! GET OUT NOW!"

Once he was sure everyone realized the doors were open, he went backstage.

More pandemonium. He ran to the center of it all. "EVERYBODY GET IN CLOSE TO ME!" he yelled. "HUDDLE TOGETHER!" The crowd immediately obeyed. Danny turned intangible and hovered over the floor, everyone touching him or touching someone touching him was also hovering now. He floated sideways, out the wall and dropped everybody out onto the street. "EVERYBODY ON THAT SIDE OF THE STREET!" he yelled, pointing to the street opposite of the auditorium. "DON'T STAY IN THE STREETS! THE FIRE TRUCKS NEED TO BE ABLE TO COME THROUGH!"

With one last look at them all, he flew back inside to check for anyone left behind.

xOx

PAUSE

Sam squeezed her eyes shut. She squeezed them shut so hard she thought her eyes would bleed. She held her breath, better to have something in your lungs to be taken away then nothing and start choking, right? She didn't know, Sam didn't know if they covered getting the wind knocked out of you by a giant walkway in Health class.

MUTE

Where did all the sound go? Suddenly, it was as if she was deaf. There was no sound. Nothing. Not even the annoying buzzing noise you hear in your head when things are deafly silent.

Deafly. Deadly. Dead.

STOP

Was she dead? Sam didn't know. She was afraid to open her eyes. She afraid that if she did, someone would hit play on her life and everything would come crashing down.

Sometimes, Sam liked to imagine her life was a movie. A really, really long movie that takes more than one tape or DVD to complete. Like The Titanic. Or better even, Gone With The Wind, no even better than that. 10 Kingdoms, or whatever that movie was that her crazy fairy tale obsessed cousin has been trying to get her to watch for a month. Something about a 6-hour movie didn't appeal to Sam though, and she liked Fairy Tales too.

But the thought of her life being a movie? That was her favorite daydream. Sometimes, when she was alone, she would go downstairs into her basement and stare at the giant TV. The TV would be off, but she would just sit there and stare at it, imagining her life was the movie.

She would go through her memories, picturing them on the screen. Sam would take the batteries out of her remote and hit the pause button to study someone's facial expression. Or she would hit rewind on her favorite parts.

Like the Fake-Out Make-Outs.

Or a memory with Danny.

Danny.

Suddenly, his voice ran through her head. "BECAUSE I LOVE HER!"

He had told her- no the world he loved her, and she didn't say anything back. She never had the chance. And she never would now that she was about to die.

Wait, was she about to die?

In the time it took her to think all of this, wouldn't the walkway have fallen?

Sam almost opened her eyes to see, but them she remember the movie. She wasn't ready for it to play again.

So she would just rewind and watch it all over again. Go over the scene backwards, like reading a book's events from the back to front to see if you can make more sense of things.

Sam replayed this morning in her mind. Danny had decided to play a cute prank on her and say she was going to be late for the bus when it was really a Saturday. Sam struggled to remember if she had put on her ring that morning. The ring Danny gave her for her birthday not to long ago.

Sam tried to feel her fingers to feel the ring on her, but she was frozen in place. She only had control over her mind and eyes. Once she opened her eyes, her mind died along with her body.

Right?

Maybe Sam was looking too far into this. She just needed to remember the good things in life. Not things she might regret. Sam wanted to be happy and content with her life before she opened her eyes.

How about feelings?

Sam listed all of her favorite feelings.
Silk
Danny's Lips
Feathers
Soft brand new Carpet
Danny's Lips
Accomplishment
love
Danny's breath on her skin
Individuality
Danny's love for her…

Danny…
Danny…
Danny…

Next was her values.
Individuality
Life
Helping Others
Danny
Tucker and Jazz
Her family
Grades

She decided to stop making lists. Sam was happy with her life. She regretted nothing, she was happy, she was in love, and she lived her life to the fullest. Heck, Sam even helped save a few lives along the way.

She opened her eyes.