As I sit here, going through my clothes to see what I was going to wear on my date, Tim is on speaker phone. "You are going on a date? With Hanna? How the hell you pull that off?"

"Hey!" I said clearly offended. "It's not like I can be a normal teenage girl. I hunt things that go bump in the night remember? That doesn't go well with girls. 'Hey, my name is Sam. I like reading, writing, dancing, singing. Oh yeah, I hunt down things like ghosts.' Remember my last date?"

Tim chuckles. "Oh yeah. The Drunken Fish incident. Why didn't you tell her you didn't like that type of fish?"

"What do you mean that…." I thought about what he said and rolled my eyes. "Haha Tim. Anyway, she told me it was going to be a surprise."

"And what a surprise it was. Not only you didn't get to eat, you had to fight an ancient samurai spirit during the date."

"Yeah. Try explaining that to someone. 'I have to cut the date due to the fact an ancient spirit being released and terrorizing Central West End. Call me.' Worst date ever."

"Remind me to tell you about my worst date ever."

"The pudding fiasco?"

"What? How do you know about that?"

I laughed. "It was the story of the week. In all seriousness though, what am I going to wear?"

"The custom blue St. Louis Cardinals jersey with a blue top and jeans. Wear your blue and white reeboks to complete the outfit and before you ask, I had to retroed fitted to fight ghosts."

"I don't remember packing any of that Tim." I say looking through my clothes but find the items Tim was talking about. "You did some of my packing didn't you?"

"If I didn't, you would have forgotten half your shit." He says with a smile in his voice. "Seriously Sam. Be a teenage girl tonight. Forget the fact you are there hunting and enjoy your date with a cute blonde. Have an off day."

"Okay I will but just in case I will take my gloves as well. One more thing before I let you go. You guys find the bodies yet?"

Tim tone turns serious. "We are getting close. Seems the bodies were moved to some place called Ravenswood. Supposedly the town was build around a huge graveyard. How creepy is that? If lucky, the team will be there tonight and locate the bodies."

"Good. That way, Bethany can lose her spirit bodyguards. Alright. Thanks Tim...for everything."

"No problem kid. Enjoy yourself out there." With that Tim hangs up.

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I check myself out in the mirror and did a mental checklist in my head.

Glasses clean? I make sure my glasses don't have fingerprints all over them. Check.

Teeth clean? I smile to make sure my teeth was clean. Check.

Breath smells good? I blow into my hand and smell my breath. Still minty fresh. Check.

Put on deodorant. I take my deodorant and run it under my arms. Check.

Perfume? Perfume? Shit. I don't have any.

I stick my head out the bedroom door. "Paige! You have any perfume I can use?" Paige sticks her head out her door for a second before disappearing. She reappears and tosses a bottle my way. I catch it and read it out loud. "Love Spell Fragrance Mist by Victoria's Secret?" I spray a bit of it into the air and stuff. Interesting mix of cherry blossoms and peach. "Thanks Paige!" I spray a little on my neck and down my top. "Check." I hear a knock on the door. "Come in."

Paige walks into the room and whistles. "Damn Sam. I always knew you was cute but you clean up nice."

I roll my eyes but smile. "Thanks Paige. You don't look too bad yourself." Paige was rocking a Owl City shirt with skinny jeans and old school chucks. "When are the girls coming?"

"They are on the way. Hanna isn't going to know what hit her. Still need to work on not being suckered by her pouts and puppy eyes."

"Like Emily doesn't have you wrapped around her finger."

Paige blushes a bit. "She doesn't."

I put my hands on my hips. "Right. She doesn't have you whipped." Before she can respond the doorbell rings. "Saved by the bell McCullers." I laugh.

"Whatever." Paige mutters. She goes downstairs and I hear her open the door. "Hi Emily." Even from where I was, I can tell she has a big smile on her face. "Hi Hanna. Sam's upstairs."

I can hear footsteps on the stairs. "Sam?" Hanna calls out. I check my breath one more time before exiting the door, nearly running into her. She smiles brightly at me before looking me up and down. "Looking good. You clean up nicely."

I roll my eyes and smirk. "I heard that already. You look great." She's wearing a simple white tanktop and black skinny jeans with black and white nikes.

"Thanks short stuff." She gives me a hug. "What is that I am smelling?" I can feel her breath on my neck as she breath me in and was surprise my knees didn't give out.

"Love Spell." I squeak out.

"Love Spell huh? Figure you could cast a spell on me?" She says with a flirty tone.

Before I can say anything, Paige calls out to us. "Come on. We're leaving."

Hanna smirks and pokes me in the nose. "To be continued."

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(The Fair)

Me and Hanna are walking hand and hand to the entrance of the hair with Paige and Emily a few steps ahead of us. "I haven't been to a fair in awhile." When we reach the entrance, I can hear music playing and people having a good time throughout the fairground. I look around like a happy child, kinda bouncing up and down. "This is cool. Wait…" I sniff the air. "I smell...funnel cakes."

Hanna laughs and squeezes my hand. "Yup I smell it too. Let's go get one." I squeal a bit and cover my mouth in embarrassment. I get funny looks from Emily and Paige as Hanna grins. "A girl that takes after my own heart." She pulls me into the direction of the smell when we are stopped by Aria. There is a tall man with dark brown hair and blue eyes by her side.

"Hi everyone." She waves to us and points to Hanna. "Heading to get a funnel cake right?"

Hanna laughs. "Actually, this young lady next to me wants a funnel cake."

I nod. "I really like funnel cake."

Aria and her company laughs. "Yeah. I can by the squeal I heard earlier."

I groan and facepalm at my embarrassing moment. "You heard that?"

The tall man laughs. "Yeah but girls tend to squeal about something or another right?" That statement earns him an elbow from Aria and he laughs, faking as he is hurt. "Oh." He extends his hand out. "I'm Erza."

I shake his hand. "Samantha but please call me Sam."

"Will do Sam. May I ask where you are from? Your accent is unique compare to the area."

"The Midwest. St. Louis, MO to be exact."

He smacks his own forehead. "Of course. If I was paying more attention to your jersey, I would have know that." He smiles at me. "I hope you have been enjoying Rosewood."

"Yeah. It's been an interesting trip so far."

"Really haven't heard a tourist ever call this place interesting. Well, as long you are having fun." He narrows his eyes a bit and I can tell what he is looking at. "Or maybe you are having too much fun. That looks like it hurt."

I rub my bruised cheek. "Yeah. I'm fine."

"How does someone so pretty as you get a bruise like that?"

Before I could explain, Hanna jumps in. "She got that mark from some slut talking shit about me."

"Hanna!" Aria and Emily say at the same time.

"Technically it was her friend that got in the cheap shot." I interjected.

"Oh yeah. The slut's bitch of a friend got in a cheap shot." Hanna says.

"Hanna. Watch your language. There are kids running around." a voice says from behind us. We turn around to face the voice and it's Spencer with an even taller man by her side. "Hello everyone. Samantha." She says my name coolly, narrowing her eyes at me, staring at me.

"Spencer." I reply just as coolly, narrowing my eyes right back at her.

"Did we miss something here. What's up with you two?" Hanna says. When either of us respond to her, she sighs. "Toby, help me out."

"Spencer, let's not have a fight here at the fair. We are suppose to be enjoying ourselves tonight remember?" Toby says with a kind tone. He looks at me and gives me a gentle smile which soften me up a bit. "I'm Toby. Spencer's boyfriend." He extends his hand out and I shake it.

Spencer sighs. "How do we know she's not working for A?" Everyone groans. "What?"

Paige speaks up for the first time. "Trust me. She's not working with A."

"Yeah? Am I suppose to just trust you Paige?" Saying this makes Emily narrows her at Spencer and Spencer throws her hands up. "Sorry Emily. Look, I am just saying we don't know anything about her. Like at all."

"Spencer…" Paige's tone getting harsh. "She's not working with A."

"We still don't know anything about her. What if A gets to her and turns…."

"Spencer!" Aria says with a tone I wouldn't expect from her. "We are here to have fun. Please leave the A crap off the table for one night. Please?"

Spencer looks at Aria and her shoulders hunch a bit. "Okay okay. I'm sorry. I'll leave it alone for tonight."

Toby gives her an one arm hug. "Thank you. Now may we go ride something?" He gives her a childish smile and for the first time, I see Spencer smile and she nods. "Good. Catch you guys later." With that, he takes her hand and lead her past us, heading to a roller coaster.

"Well that was interesting. Funnel cake?" Hanna points to me and I nod. "Good. Ladies, Erza, we are off. See you around the fair. Have fun." She pulls in direction of the funnel cake smell. As we are walking to the funnel cake stand, Hanna squeezes my hand. "Sorry about Spencer. She is so protective. I don't even think she knows half the time she is stepping on toes when it comes to us."

I scoff a bit and for the first time, I see Hanna look hurt. I sigh and stop her from walking. "Okay. I shouldn't have scoffed at that. It's just…ugggh. She gets under my skin ya know. She reminds me of someone. We use to get under each under skin but became friends. Maybe that will happen between me and Spencer."

"Do you still talk to this friend of yours?".

"I haven't seen her in a couple of years." I laugh a bit as I remember the times me and Mona shared. "There was this one time where she shows me this pic of a friend…"

"She's pretty cute right? I got a thing for her." Mona says proudly.

I look at the picture and couldn't help but get lost into the girl's blue eyes. "Yeah. She's beautiful."

"Can you believe she gets made fun of beside of her weight?"

I look at the picture again. "Huh? She looks fine to me."

"I tell her that but the queen bitch is always calling her hefty. Makes me sick. One day, I will show her…"

I place a hand on Mona's back. "Mona…"

She looks at me and smiles. "I'm fine Sam." She places a small kiss on the picture. "When I go back home, I am going to confess my feelings to her."

"Mona? You sure that's a great idea? From what you told me, Rosewood is a small town. Small towns tend to frown upon all things gay."

"I don't care about that. I just want her to know my feelings."

I place an arm around Mona. "So does this Princess Peach have a name?"

Mona looks at me confused. "Princess Peach?"

"Yeah. Princess Peach. Blonde, blue eyed cutie that Mario has to save every time? Super Mario Bros?"

"You are such a geek Sam."

"And you're a nerd. So does she have a name?"

"Yeah but I will tell you later. We got a mission remember? Hunting down something called A."

I am snapped out my thoughts by Hanna snapping her fingers at me. "You okay there Sam? Kinda lost you there."

"Yeah. I'm okay. I tend to space out." I laugh. I see the funnel cake stand. "Come on Peach, I owe you a funnel cake." I pull Hanna to the funnel cake and smile at the vendor. "Two funnel cakes please." As the vendor gets our funnel cakes, Hanna pulls out her wallet but I stop her. "I got this."

"Hey. I can pay for our funnel cakes because you my dear will be paying for our carriage ride." She points to the carriage ride then pays for cakes.

"As you wish." I do a little bow and Hanna pushes me playfully. The vendor laughs and hands us our funnel cakes. "Thanks." We find a bench and sat down. I bite into the funnel cake and moan a bit. "I haven't had a funnel cake in a long time." Hanna looks at me, trying to hide a smile. "What?"

"You got a little something on your mouth." She leans in and wipes the right corner of my mouth. She bites into her funnel cake and her eyes flutter. "Okay, I can see why you are enjoying this so much." We sat and enjoy our cakes, making small talk about things. When we finish, Hanna is looking at me, her eyes lock onto mine then drifts down to my lips. "Still got something on your mouth." She leans back in and pecks me on the lips. "There. Gone now." She winks and stands up, wiping off powder sugar. "Okay. Let's go on that ride." She pulls me up by both hands then wraps an arm around my waist as we talk over to the carriage ride. It was a black carriage being pulled by two white horses. The horses is what caught my attention. They seemed on edge. Huffing and puffing, not staying still. Hanna must have notice me staring at the horses because she nudges me. "Afraid of horses?"

I shake my head. "No. I am fine with horses." Horses like most animals can sense things and the way they are acting, something was near.

"Good because I think this ride will be fun and kinda romantic." The man in charge of the ride helps Hanna into the carriage. "Thanks dude. Sam, pay the man."

The man tips his hat. "The ride is on the house." He smiles at me and I cringe a bit. Something is not right. I was about to pull out my phone when the man spoke up. "Come little lady. Don't have your date waiting."

"Yeah Sam. Don't have your date waiting. Get up here." Hanna says, patting the spot next to her. The man helps me in the carriage and I pull out my phone but Hanna takes it from me. "No. This ride is a phone free ride."

"Hanna...I just need to check something." Something about all this felt wrong.

"Nope." She puts my phone into her pocket. "Driver please."

The man nods and tilts his hat. "As you wish." The horses start to pull the carriage. "So are you lovely ladies tonight?"

"Perfect. It's a nice night and I am in good company." Hanna says brightly.

"Glad to hear it. It is a perfect night. I like nights like this. Reminds me of the nights I spent with your mother."

"Excuse me?" Hanna says with a harsh tone.

"Your mother Hanna. The nights I spent with your mother." The man says with a wicked tone.

"What was that? How the hell you know my name?" Hanna tone getting harsher by the second. I reach into my back pocket and pull out my gloves, putting them on.

"Oh Hanna. Still the dumb blonde bitch that I arrested for shoplifting." The man laughs.

The color from Hanna's face disappears. "This isn't funny. Stop the ride! Now!"

"But Hanna, I just want some time with you." When he says that, we pick up speed. The horses moving faster around the fairground and seen I hear the hooves hit pavement. "Let's go see your mother!" He laughs wickley.

I jump up from my seat and places a chokehold on the man. "Wilden! Get out of this man!"

Wilden laughs and starts to make the horses swivel back and forth. "You didn't learn your lesson from last time. To think I can kill Hanna and you in one night, I must be lucky." I can hear cars blaring their horns as we are going into oncoming traffic. I tighten my grip around the neck of the body that Wilden is controlling and Wilden lets out a sick laugh. "Choking him doesn't hurt me." He headbutts me and I tumble back where Hanna is. "Now enjoy the ride." I shake off the blow and pushes Wilden over, causing him to be between the horses. I jump on top on him, wrapping an arm around his neck and he continues to laugh. "You're more annoying then I thought."

I punch him in the face. "Get out the body! Now!" I go in for another punch but the man whimpers.

"What's going on?" Panic in his tone. "Oh my God! What's going on?" I hear Hanna scream and I look back. Wilden is there, undoing the carriage from the horses. I pull up the man and put him on the horse to the right as I get on the one on the left.

"Hanna! You are going to have to jump!" I yell at her. She shakes her head, clearly scared. "Hanna! You have to trust me!"

"Sorry but it seems Hanna wants to stay with me." Wilden says, nearly done with uncoupling the carriage from the horses.

'Hanna! I know you are scared but jump!" Hanna looks at me and gets up from her seat, lunging forward to me. She hits the horse and nearly falls off. "Hanna!" I scream out as I catch her, pulling her up. She hugs on to me tight as I hear the carriage crash behind us. The horses start to slow down to a complete stop and I let out a breath of relief. I look around and I see we are near a park. Hanna still has her arms tightly wrapped around my waist, crying into my shoulder. I pat her hands. "You're okay Hanna."

"What the hell was that…" Hanna speaking into my shoulder through the tears. "What the fuck was that?! How did you know that was Wilden?! When did you become an action star?!"

"Hanna…" I am cut off when I pulled off the horse, causing Hanna to hit the ground with me. Suddenly, I am dragged across the grass and thrown against a tree. I can feel a hand on my throat. "Wilden…" I choke out.

Wilden appears from me, fuming. "How dare you interfere?!" I kick him in the gut and he staggers back, clearly shocked I can touch him. "Well...this might be fun after all." He disappears again. "What is in it for you? Huh?" I see him out the corner of my eye and block his punch. "Is it Hanna?" He disappears again. I look around, pinning myself against the tree. He appears in front of me with a smirk on his face. "Willing to die for her? I can understand. After all...I tasted her mom." He licks his lips. "The Marins are a tasty bunch." I run full speed at him and deliver a jumping kick but miss and hit the ground. Wilden stands above me and plants right foot on my throat. He looks down at me as I grasp for air. "Too bad you won't get to have her. I be sure to do the things you couldn't." Suddenly I hear footsteps and see a branch passing through Wilden. Wilden takes his foot off my throat and I roll over, getting air as I see Hanna backing away from Wilden. "Hanna Hanna Hanna...oh I am going to enjoy this." He moves closer to her then suddenly stops. Wilden looks at his hands and they are engulf in flames. "NOOOOOOOOOO!" Wilden makes one last attempt to grab Hanna but he disappears.

Hanna drops the branch and rushes over to me, placing my head in her lap. "You okay?" My phone rings, causing her to jump a bit. "Shit that scared me." She reaches into her pocket and hands me the phone.

"Hey kid." Tim voice booms through the phone. "Sorry to interrupt your date but they salt and burned Wilden's body. They are still looking for the other ones as we speak. How's your date going?"

"Oh you know...had a funnel cake, went on a carriage ride of death. You know, good times."

"Wait...what?"

"Wilden attack me and Hanna during a carriage ride. We escaped. Remind me to thank the boys later."

"Will do. Shit Sam...you are just cursed to have bad first dates." Tim says adding some humor to the situation. I couldn't help but laugh and he returns it. "Alright kid. Glad you are safe. Guess it's time you tell Hanna huh?"

"Got no choice now. Thanks again Tim." I hang up my phone and Hanna is looking at me, face unreadable. "So I am guessing you want to know what's going on." Hanna nods and I tell her everything. After I am done, I go on a ramble. "I have horrible first dates. They always turn out like this. My last first date...don't even get me started." Hanna's face is still unreadable. "So I get it if you want to call it off. Completely understand if you don't ever want to go on a date again with me. I'm not a normal teenage girl. Sure...there are days when I want to be normal and go out like girls our age do but I can't. Dating for me is hard. I mean...how the hell do you tell…"

Hanna starts laughing, so hard she is holding her sides. "I'm sorry but you are way too cute when you ramble." She is wiping tears from her eyes. "I get it. You hunt ghosts. Think I am going to complain about you saving my ass back there? You are a legit badass." She stands up and pulls me to my feet. "Think I am going to run away from you? Because I am not." She kisses me a tender kiss on the lips. "Besides, that was one of the most intense first dates ever. Makes me want to know what you have planned for a second date."

I laugh. "I promise it will be a normal date. Hopefully." I see the horse that we rode on walking around. I extend my hand out to Hanna. "Shall we?"

Hanna takes my hand. "At least I can say I went on a somewhat romantic horse ride for a first date."

I laugh and escorted Hanna to the horse. Maybe this wasn't the worst first date ever.

A/N: Hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving and the weekend that followed. I know I did. The NFL teams and football club I support won. Woot woot St. Louis Rams, Philadelphia Eagles and Manchester United.

The music I thought of when I was writing when the girls first entered the fair: Streets of Rage 2 Soundtrack - Dreamer

The music I thought of when I was writing when the action happened during and after the carriage ride: Need for Speed Most Wanted Soundtrack Police Chase Theme 3

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