Hi ya peeps! 'Sup? Thankies to all that reviewed! YOU MADE MY WEEK SO MUCH BETTER! Well, besides that, my week sucked. I got surgery yesterday on my spine. Please review to make me feel better! You could also send virtual lollypops to my email! BTW, I am SO FRIGGEN SORRY! It's been like two weeks since I last updated! PLEASE FORGIVE ME! Anyway, what you've all been waiting for: the chapter.

Disclaimer: For what is now the 13th time, not mine.

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Chapter 13: Nightmares. Or are they?

Once upon a time, there were three best friends.

Their names were Zach, Ryan, and Jade.

They were inseparable.

Then, something happened that changed them forever.

Ryan and Jade fell in love.

Zach hated it. He was the third wheel.

So, he tried to break them up.

What he didn't understand was that you never try to break up two people who are in love.

Jade and Ryan were very angry with Zach.

They loved each other, and he was in their way.

So, they did the only thing that they could.

They killed Zach.

One freezing night, when the water in the pond had frozen, they took Zach out to the water.

Then, they pushed him in. His body broke the ice on impact.

He was drowning. He couldn't find a way out. All he could find was ice and water.

He couldn't breathe. He heard Ryan and Jade laughing as he struggled.

Oh, so this was all a joke. But, it wasn't funny. He wanted to get out.

He was panicking. Somebody, save him!

This wasn't a joke. His two best friends were killing him. They would pay.

Those were the last three words that Zach thought, before slipping into blackness.

Ryan and Jade were on the beach, laughing their heads off.

Murder was some kind of joke for them.

They never considered that he was their friend.

After about two hours, they got bored and decided to leave.

They ran back, having a race. It was all a big game.

By the time that they got back to town, however, Ryan noticed that Jade was missing.

He quickly retraced their steps. That was when he noticed something sparkling on the ground.

He walked over and picked it up. It was one of Jade's many bracelets.

The looked up. There was a small path, as if somebody had forced themselves threw the mess of bushes.

On the dirt floor, there were two sets of footprints. One looked as if they had been dragging something heavy. The other looked like they belonged to a person being dragged.

With a strangled cry, Ryan leapt up off of the ground. He ran as fast as he could. He needed to get away from that place.

He ran away. Not intending to ever tell anybody about it. Not intending to ever go back.

He was still alive. Even if Jade wasn't, he was. He was safe.

How wrong he was.

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Steph woke with a start.

It was just a dream. A nightmare.

Nothing bad was actually happening.

There was no Ryan. No Zach.

Her older sister, Jade, was only 15. She knew better than to kill somebody.

And, besides, her and Jade were best friends. Jade would tell her if she got a new boyfriend.

But, she hadn't heard from Jade in a long time.

Her older sister had promised to write to her every week.

She hadn't heard from Jade in almost three weeks.

'It's almost Christmas break. She's probably busy. Besides, Parker, Alice, Lily and I are spending break in the Leaky Caldron (sp?) I don't have time to worry about silly dreams.'

And with that, she went back to sleep.

She had no nightmares the rest of the night.

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BAM

"Ow… Alice! Get off of me! I'm sleeping." Lily mumbled.

"Wake up, hon! We're leaving for the Leaky Caldron today!" Alice exclaimed.

Lily groaned as she felt two more bodies collide with hers.

"Fine, fine. I'm getting up. Now everybody, get off me!"

Everybody laughed and got off of the aching Lily.

They all showered and got ready.

They walked down the stairs, all talking and laughing.

"So, what are you getting Snape for Christmas?" Parker asked nosily.

"First of all, his name is Severus. Second of all, I don't have any idea. You guys have to help me decide!" Lily said.

"So, Lily. I hear that you're going out with a ball of grease. Is it true?" James asked rudely.

"No. I'm going out with Severus, though. Not that that is ANY of your business, so I suggest you bug out." Lily snapped.

This is not what James was hoping for. He was hoping for a 'James you're right. Snape is a great ball of grease, and I'm dumping him. I love you!' kind of thing.

But NO, she just had to actually LIKE him! The nerve of her! Argh!

The rest of the marauders and the dream team watched the two in interest.

They knew that James wanted to snap back. But, to their surprise, he held his tongue, and walked away moodily.

Lily just shrugged and walked down the stairs.

'Hey, Siri!" She said when she reached the bottom. "Will you PLEASE give me piggy back ride?"

Sirius sighed. She always did this. Stupid puppy dog face…

"Fine, get on." He said, bending down.

Lily squealed happily, and got on. Sirius was strong, and she loved the feeling of being so high in the air.

And, as usual, as if to make fun of Sirius and Lily, Steph immediately climbed onto Remus' back, and they chased after them.

James sighed. How he wished Lily would ask him to do that. But, she wouldn't. He placed a smile on his face, and chased after his friends.

Later that afternoon, after the girls had arrived at the Leaky Caldron, they decided to go out for dinner.

After a while, Parker and Lily decided that they REALLY needed to go to the bathroom.

Parker got there first, and came out a minute later.

Lily rushed in, relieved herself, and was about to leave when she heard someone trying to open the door.

Lily heard Steph saying "Somebody's in there."

Just to be mean, Lily sat on the floor, and waited. She thought it would be funny to make that poor person suffer.

About five minutes later, Parker knocked on the door.

"Lily, honey, are you okay?" Parker asked concernedly.

Lily opened the door, and told Parker what she did.

"Lily! Tim had to tinkle!" Parker said.

"Tim?" Lily asked, confused.

"Yes, Tim. Or at least that's what his name tag said…"

"You mean he WORKED here!" Lily exclaimed.

"Yup. And this was his only break. And you denied him bathroom privileges."

"I didn't know that he worked here."

"Poor Tim. He's probably working here all day, to pay for his poor, sick, mother's medical bills, and this was his only break, and you denied him!"

"Shut it."

"Why don't you go tell Tim's poor, ill mother to shut it."

"Shut UP Parker!" Lily said. But, she was laughing.

And, from then on, Lily was teased about Tim.

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Okay, just to let you know, that part at the beginning was not pointless. It'll come up in other chapters, don't worry. And, I'm thinking, that after this break, I'll have them go back to school for maybe three chapters, then, I think I'll skip the rest of the year, and just send them to summer vacation. What do you think? Bad idea? And, I promise I'll update sooner next time! I'm ashamed! READ AND REVIEW! You know you want to.

Lovies,
Liz