Hello again, everyone! Now, welcome to chapter 2 of this story, and I will try to finish it all before the very end of October. This 2nd chapter of this Halloween horror story is now about to get underway. In this chapter, both Edward and David will return to their homes after school is out for the day and out for the weekend. Once Edward gets back home from school, he will see his mother packing a suitcase, and the reason for doing so won't be revealed right now, and will be revealed in the actual chapter. Also in this chapter, Edward will be sent to run an errand, which also won't be revealed until we all get into the actual chapter content. And that will reveal everything to come in future chapters. So, without anymore further delays getting in the way, let's all sit back, relax, and begin chapter 2 of this very spooky Halloween story!

The school day went by as normal, with classes being completed, lessons being taught, tests being taken, and lunch being serviced in the cafeteria at 12:00pm noon. Then, 6 hours later, at 3:00pm in the afternoon, "RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!l, the dismissal bell rang alll throughout the entire school, and hundreds of students began to exit the school through the front entry doors, rushing towards the car's intercom the parking lot, the bicycle racks, and the area where all the yellow school buses were parked, ready to take most of the students back to their homes throughout San Diego. Once outisde the school building, Edward and David rushed towards the school bus parking area, and boarded their assigned bus to return to their homes. Once they and about 16 other random students were seated and buckled up on the bus, the bus driver started up the ignition, closed the front door, and drove the bus out of the parking lot, and onto the main road. Once on the main road, the bus made a left turn, and began the drive back towards the neighborhood where both Edward and David lived...

"Ugh, I'm glad school is over." said David, "Hey Edward, how do you think you did on your English test?"

"Oh, it doesn't matter, man." said Edward, shrugging off the stress of test-taking, "Its all over now and we've get to go home, and enjoy Halloween over the weekend. By the way, are you having dinner before or after you come over?"

"After I settle in." said David, "My dad said I could have dinner at your house this evening. He then called your mom to let him know what foods I like to eat for dinner."

"Well, it's a good thing I already planned to go shopping after I get home and settle in anyways." said Edward, " I wrote up the shopping list on my phon and my mom will fill me in on what your father said to buy for you."

"Great man, thanks." said David, "It really help me out a lot. I already have to pack my suitcase of clothes and toiletries after I settle in back home, so that really helps me."

"No problem, dude." said Edward, as he looked out the window of his and David's seat on the bus, "This weekend will not go wrong as I will take care of everything today before you arrive."

About 20 minutes later, after making multiple stops along the way to drop off a couple of students, the school bus finally pulled up along side the bus stop at the curb within the neighborhood on the right. Once the bus stopped at the curb, the door opened up and Edward along with David unbuckled their seatbelts, stood up, and stepped off of the bus. Once off the bus, the bus driver closed the door, and drove off down the road. Edward and David then began to make thier way back to their homes...

"I'll see you later, man!" said David, as he waved at Edward while running acorss the street to get over to his house, "Don't forget my snacks, bro!"

"Don't worry, buddy! I won't forget!" said Edward, as he waved back to his freind before continuing the walk back to his house, "I'm very excited for this weekend."

And with that being said, Edward continued to make his way back towards his house, passing multiple houses, trees, bushes, and mailboxes as he did so. Finally, about 5 minutes later, Edward finally walked up to the front door of his house, took out his key, unlocked the door, opened it, and stepped inside, closing and locking the door behind him. He then took his bookbag off of his back, holding it by the shoulder straps in his left arm. Edward then climbed up the stairs and walked towards his bedroom. But as he did so, he noticed something happening past the open doorway of his mother's bedroom...it seemed that Mrs. Jones had an opened purple suitcase on her bed, and she was packing up, placing some clothing and toiletries inside of it. Edward placed his bookbag down on the floor and walked inside of his mother's bedroom, unsure of what the heck was going on...

"Hi mom." said Edward, as he entered his mother's bedroom, smiling happily at his mother, "I see your...packing up. You won that business conference trip, didn't you?!"

"Yes!" exclaimed Mrs. Jones happily, as she stopped packing her suitcase, long enough to hug her son, "I did! My boss decided that since my office productivity was the best this month, that I'm the one who gets to go to Nebraska and get the bonus!"

"Well mom, I'm very proud of you." said Edward, as he hugged his mother back, "It looks like your hard work at the office really paid off. So, when do you get back from your trip?"

"Monday at noon." replied Mrs. Jones, as she continued to pack up her suitcase and a separate carry-on duffle bag, "And I leave today on a 5:00pm flight, so I need to leave to the airport while you're out shopping. Oh, speaking of which, David's father called me and said that since david is having dinner here tonight, that he needs you to buy some fried chicken tenders, macaroni and cheese, corn on the cob, and mashed potatoes for him for tonight, as well as a few mother things, all from the Whole Foods store when you go food shopping tonight. I left you a new credit card on the table that is yours, but is linked to my bank account, so besides food, use it for emergencies only. By the way, you planning on buying anything else?"

"Yes actually..." replied Edward, "David wanted me to pick up some snacks and horror movie DVDs to watch on Saturday night. I can buy the DVDs cheap from the local thrift store and I can get the snacks from Publix. So, can I?"

"Well, I guess it couldn't hurt?" said Mrs. Jones, shrugging as she replied back, "Why not. Go ahead, but keep the receipts for me for when I get back on Monday."

"Alright mom, you got it." said Edward, "Well, I better get going to get the shopping done."

"By sweetie." said Mrs. Jones, as she hugged her son one last time, "I'll be gone by the time you get back, so I'll see you again on Monday."

Amd with that being said, Edward hugged his mother one last time before exiting her bedroom and placing his book bag into his room. He then grabbed his wallet, and put it into his pocket before walking back downstairs, and out of the front door, closing it and locking it behind him once again. He then took out his car key and unlocked his car, got into his car, and got inside of it, closing the driver's side door. Edward had a full driver's license, so of course he had his own car. Edward then buckled up, started up the ignition, put the car in gear, backed out of the driveway, and drove down the road, making his way to the local "Whole Foods" market. Litttle did he know, his shopping trip would have him discover something that would change his life forever...

Well, that's all for this chapter. It looks like Edward's mother was packing up to go on a business trip in Lincoln, Nebraska for the weekend and is leaving immediately right before Edward gets back from his errands. And as for that errands, Edward was sent off by his mother to buy some extra foods for David to eat during the sleepover. Edward's friend David suggested going to the local thrift store go pick up some cheap horror movie DVDs as well as some snacks for them to eat during the night while watching the horror films Halloween night. Now, usually, its at this point, that a story like this would begin the scary stuff the moment a scary DVD or lost VHS tape is found. So, it seems that is what's going to happen next. And now, it's time for us all to move on to chapter 3 of this very spooky Halloween story...