Chapter 9-Night on the Shore
"The ghost is angry!" Simon cried as he shut the book.
"W-what are we gonna do now?" Theodore asked on the verge of tears. Simon sighed.
"Well," he said, "the only thing we can do right now is just go back to our beach house and think of a solution as soon as possible."
"I am not going back there!" Brittney snapped,
"Then where do you suppose you're gonna stay, Brittney?" Eleanor snapped. Brittney thought for a second, then sighed.
"Well, I guess I have no choice now, do I?" Brittney said giving in.
"Alright," Simon said, "let's get going, they're closing in five minutes." They all left the library and headed back to their beach house. Around 11:30, they arrived at their beach house. Theodore yawned as they walked through the front door.
"Tired, Theodore?" Alvin asked his younger brother. Theodore nodded.
"We should all go to sleep," Eleanor suggested, "I mean, I know it's not so comforting knowing there's an angry ghost haunting the house, but we still need our rest."
"She's right," Simon said with a yawn. All the kids went into the room and laid down to go to sleep. Theodore was the first to fall asleep. But after a few hours, Alvin and Jeanette were the only one's awake.
"Is anyone awake?" Alvin whispered.
"I am," Jeanette replied.
"Jeanette?" Alvin asked just to make sure.
"Uh-huh," Jeanette replied.
"Oh, can't sleep?" he asked.
"No," she replied, "I'm not sure why, though, you?"
"Same here," he said, "suddenly, I'm not tired."
"Me neither," Jeanette responded, "I mean, I am freaked out, but I know that's not why I can't fall asleep."
"You know," Alvin said, "we should hang out tonight, just you and me." Jeanette was shocked that Alvin was actually interested in hanging out with her.
"Me and you?" she asked, "Well how come? I never thought you'd wanna hang out with me, Alvin."
"Really? How come?" he asked.
"Well," Jeanette said, "normally, you're hanging out with my sisters, not usually me."
"Exactly, why I think we should hang out tonight," Alvin responded.
"Okay," she said, "what do you want to do? I mean it's like one in the morning, so there's not much we can do."
"I have this sudden urge to go to the beach," Alvin replied, "we should to there." Jeanette thought about that suggestion.
"That's weird," she said, "usually, I would think that's an awful idea, but that actually sounds nice right now."
"Should we go then?" he asked hopefully.
"Um," Jeanette said, "sure, let me go get my bathing suit on."
"Okay," Alvin said, "I will to." Alvin changed in the bedroom, while Jeanette changed in the bathroom. Jeanette was standing in front of the mirror as she slipped the top half of her bathing suit on. She had a weird feeling about going to the beach with Alvin in the middle the night, but for some reason, she just had the urge to go. When she finally got her top on securely, she slipped on a skirt and walked to meet Alvin at the front door. They snuck out quietly.
"So um," Jeanette said as they were walking down the street, "how've you been doing since the whole 'Brenda incident'?"
"Pretty good," Alvin replied with a smile, "that girl got what she deserved from Ms. Miller!" Jeanette looked at him and giggled. Alvin was surprised. "You like violence?" he asked.
"Well," Jeanette replied, "sure, when a person deserves it, and I know Brenda deserved that." Alvin never realized how…cool Jeanette could be.
"We should do this more often," he said, "we're not even there yet, and I'm already having a good time."
"Me to," Jeanette replied, "as long as we can do it without having to sneak out in the middle of the night all the time." They both laughed.
"Don't worry," Alvin reassured her, "we won't, but we can't do this too much or Simon might…" he stopped himself, realizing what he was saying. Jeanette looked at him curiously.
"'Simon might' what?" she asked.
"W-well," Alvin hesitated, "I think he…kinda…well…likes you." Jeanette gasped.
"Well how…how do you know?" she asked with surprise.
"When you're not around…he…talks about you…a lot," Alvin said, "he says you're smart and you're 'rather attractive'." Jeanette blushed.
"Oh," she said.
"Can I ask you something? And I promise I won't tell a soul," Alvin asked.
"Um," Jeanette hesitated, "s-sure."
"Do you like him?" he asked looking her strait in the eyes.
"W-well," she hesitated. Alvin noticed this and actually cared that she was feeling pressured, he knew how shy she was.
"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to," he said uncharacteristically nicely.
"It's okay," she said, "I do like him." Alvin grinned.
"What do you like about him?" he asked.
"Well," she began, "I think he's cute, handsome, sweet, and smart."
"Oh," Alvin said with a grin, he kinda liked to hear a girl, other than teachers, say something good about his brother for once.
"Y-you won't tell him, will you?" she asked, still blushing.
"No," he said, "your secret's safe."
"Thank you," she said graciously.
"Hey look!" he cried happily, "we're here!"
"Oh," she said, "the night is so…beautiful."
"I guess," Alvin said, "why don't we go for a swim?"
"I would," she replied, "but my hair would get wet, and would take a long time to dry, and then it would frizz and would be evidence that we came here."
"Oh okay," Alvin said as he headed for the ocean.
"I'm just gonna sit here in the sand," Jeanette called after him.
After a few minutes, Jeanette thought she saw a glowing white woman walking in the moonlight, along the shoreline. She felt her heart begin to beat faster, she just knew it had to be a ghost. The woman spotted Jeanette and began to approach her. Jeanette broke out into a sweat and could hear her heart beating even faster. The woman stood in front of Jeanette, who was still sitting on the sand, and glared down at her. Then Jeanette realized it was the same woman that Simon had described.
"AAAAHHH!!" Jeanette screamed, "AAAALLLVVIIIN!!! Help!" Alvin heard Jeanette screaming. He looked over and saw the ghostly woman standing in front of her. He jumped out of the water and ran toward them.
"Wh-who a-are y-you?" he asked the woman when he got next to Jeanette. The woman didn't respond, she just continued to glare at them furiously. Suddenly, they both went blank and fell to the ground, unconscious.
No my intentions were not to make them look like they're falling in love, b/c they're not! Chapter 10 should be up soon!! I can't make promises as to when, this time. Please Review, I like them. lol.