Dear Diary,

Since there is nothing to do but wait 'till the Halloween celebration(in approximately two hours) I'm just going to write. A little while ago I went to the cemetery to see Shade again. I hid behind a large tombstone and looked around for him. I finally spotted him. For a while I watched him. He was walking around and reading the tombstones. He walked over to my hiding place and I ducked. He sat down with his back against the stone. I waited for a while, then looked at him. Shade looked like he fell asleep. I crawled out from behind the tombstone and looked at him. He looked so beautiful when he slept. I lightly traced my bone finger over the stitches that split his face in half. I felt his hair and jacket. But when I touched his face, his eyes flashed open. I stumbled and then ran. I heard him calling, but I couldn't hear what he was saying. I ran right into Jack. I fell over, but Jack kept his balance.

"Whoa! Careful!" He said. He looked down. "Oh, hi Sammy. What were you running from?" Jack asked with a curious face, while helping me up.

"N-nothing. J-just saw a w-weird shadow that's all." I stammered. He raised an eye, then nodded and went back to talking with the Mayor. I couldn't stop thinking about Shade. He seemed perfect. Absolutely perfect. I won't be writing again until after the celebration so,

Love

Sammy

Dear Diary,

The Halloween celebration was great! It started off like this...

the citizens did their normal thing, but the ending was so cool! When Jack came up from the fountain, me and two others rose up with him wearing jack-o-lanterns on our heads. We threw away the pumpkins and I screamed "This is Halloween!" As everyone cheered, guess who I saw walking back to the cemetery. Shade walked around a wall and disappeared. Suddenly, I got that bad feeling again. I shook it off and slipped away before anyone could see me. I followed Shade back to the cemetery and hid again. He was sitting on a tombstone reading a book. I watched him for a while when suddenly he looked up and saw me. I turned to run when he suddenly grabbed my arm. I looked down at his hand. He was wearing a sort of glove that cut off below the joints of his fingers. The rest of his fingers were skeletal.

"Maybe this time you'll tell me your name." He said.

"M-my name i-is Sammy" I said nervously. He smiled.

"That's a good name." He said. Shade kept looking at me.

"I have to go now, I'll see you later." I managed to say at last. He let go of my arm and I ran away. I stopped after a while and leaned back against a wall.

"Sammy! There you are! We were looking all over for you! We thought you had gotten lost or something." I turned my head to see Jack and Sally walking towards me looking very concerned.

" I thought I'd just take a short walk." I said sheepishly.

"Well maybe you ought to tell us where you're going next time okay?" Sally said. They were actually worried about me. I thought.

"Come on, let's go home."Jack said.

That's all for tonight.

Love

Sammy