Chapter 12

Tammy

"Why are we going on this tour anyway?" I heard Maria asked from behind me and I turned around to face her from where I was sitting on the bus.

"Because we are tourist?" I asked and she stuck her tongue out at me before rolling her eyes as I laughed. "Because we needed to get out of that motel before I screamed."

"And Max wanted to see the buildings," Liz told her from where she was sitting next to Max. I rolled my eyes.

"Oh come on, a bunch of boring buildings," I muttered and Liz shrugged.

"They'll be fine," Liz told me and I shrugged as I turned back to the front before smirking as I got up and made myself comfortable in the seat behind Max, causing him to look at me.

"What are you doing now, nutter?" he asked and I arched my brow.

"Excuse me, just making myself comfortable," I told him and he let out a snort of disbelief.

"Couldn't make yourself comfortable over at your own seats?" he asked and I shook my head.

"Nope," I told him before flicking my magazine up and ignored him.

Max

This has got to be the most annoying day ever; Maria and Michael were either throwing glares or hot glances. Tess and Kyle…don't get me started and my sister is really trying to get under my skin.

"Will you quit it!" I snapped and turned around to face her after she flicked my ear once more.

"Oh come on Maxie!" she whined. "I'm bored," she told me and I glared at her.

"Then annoy someone else, leave me alone," I told her and she rolled her eyes and pulled out her cd player and pressed play, nodding her head to the music, I turned back to the front only to glare at Liz when she bit her bottom lip, trying to stop herself from laughing.

"Don't even think about it," I told her and she nodded as she turned to the window and looked out of it while Jake was sniggering behind me. "Why is it Tammy has to annoy me?" I asked.

"Because you got off easy over the year," she replied and I turned around to see her smirking as she closed her eyes, her foot moving to the beat when all of a sudden, it happened.

There was a clunk and all of a sudden, one side of the bus tipped.

"What the hell?" Maria asked.

"Blow out Tyre," Tammy stated in a bored tone as she picked up her bag and walked off the bus, moving her hips to the beat of the music and I shook my head and looked out of the window and rolled my eyes at the sight.

"Just our luck," I muttered as I stared at the haunted building before shrugging. "Come on, let's have a look around."

Liz

"Oh you have got to be kidding me," Tess muttered as she moved closer to the door and stared at the building with a sense of fear in her voice.

"It'll be fun," Tammy replied as she stepped over to the door and went to open it when all of a sudden it creaked open, causing Maria to jump.

"That's just too freaky," Maria muttered and Tammy smiled.

"I thought it was cool," she told us before stepping into the house and Max groaned from behind me.

"Tell me again, why did I have to get a sister who's practically fearless?" he asked and I shrugged.

"That's what you get," I told him and he glared at me as he took my hand and we both followed the rest into the building.

"Still not fun," Max stated and I laughed as we looked around the building, it was the creepy place which you would expect, white sheets covering everything, dust-layering top of the sheets.

"This is way too cool!" Tammy exclaimed as she swung her torch back and forth and I had to take a double look when I saw the torch.

"Where the hell did you get that torch from?" Kyle demanded and Tammy looked at him.

"My back pack, is that alright with you?" she asked and he shook his head in disbelief.

"How the hell do you know what to bring?" he asked and Tammy shrugged.

"Like the girls' scouts, always be prepared," she told him and Kyle snorted.

"You were never in the girls scouts," he replied and she shrugged.

"Still the same thing when you grow up with Max as your brother," she replied and I giggled behind my hand while Max looked at her.

"Hey!" he shouted in offence and she looked at him.

"It's true!" she protested in defence with a shrug. "I'm looking upstairs, you always get better things," she told them and Maria grabbed her arm.

"Are you kidding?" she demanded. "Everyone knows that if you go upstairs, you are more likely to be killed off!" she told her and Tammy looked at her like she had lost it.

"Chill Maria, it's not a film," she told Maria and Maria shook her head.

"Still applies to reality," Maria told her and Tammy shrugged.

"I'll be fine, I grew up with Max," she informed and I shook my head while biting my bottom lip, trying to keep my laugher at bay.

Michael, Alex, Kyle and Jake didn't even bother while Max glared at his little sister.

"Count on payback," Max told her and Tammy saluted.

"Wouldn't have expected any other," she replied before making her way up the stairs and Max groaned as he shook his head.

"Shoot me right now," he muttered as he made his way into what looked like the dinning room while I saw the library.

I stepped into the library and gasped when I saw all the books, there were shelves reaching all the way to the ceilings and I shook my head. I couldn't understand why anyone would abandon a place like this; it was amazing. I could stay in this library for months!

I looked around once more before leaving the room and bumped into Maria, who let out a shriek before slapping my arm.

"Will you stop that!" she exclaimed and I looked at her.

"I've only done this once!" I told her and she rolled her eyes as she linked her arm in mine and we both walked around the castle.

"Figures Tammy would make us come to a place like this," she muttered and I laughed.

"Hey, I wanted to ask, how is it going with you and Michael?" I asked and she looked at me before sighing.

"Alright," she told me and I looked at her and she rolled her eyes. "I love him Liz, you know that," she told me and I nodded. "But I am a little wary." I nodded in understanding.

"If it was me, I would be the same but Michael really loves you, sometimes it easier to deny your love instead of confronting it," I told her and she looked at me.

"Is that what you did with your feelings for Max?" she asked and I nodded.

"Yeah, I love Max so much that it hurts, it didn't help that my parents were beating me up, I was petrified that he would agree with my parents and turn his back on me," I admitted and Maria rolled her eyes.

"The day Max turned his back on you is the day when the devil comes on to earth complaining that Hell has frozen over and the whole world had come to an end, so I don't see that happening," she told me and I laughed.

"I know but let me tell you something, fear is a pretty strong emotion, it can override any other emotion," I told her and she nodded as she rested her head on my shoulder, I rested my head on her head and we moved closer to the guys when all of a sudden there was a noise.

"Hi ya!" a voice came from up the stairs then there was a scream and a loud thud. All I could think was that Tammy was up the stairs!

TBC