Chapter Two: Continues

"Hello! Maria are you listening to me?" Alex asked waving a hand in front of Maria's face as she slouched on the counter to the Crash Down.

"What?" Maria asked looking up snapping out of were ever she was. "Sorry. I must have dosed of for a sec there." Maria said.

"Yeah I would say so. I ordered my food twenty minutes ago and it's been sitting on the ledge for ten." Kyle said

"Who asked you?" Maria snapped. Kyle shrugged and moved back.

"Oh, attitude. Knew I shouldn't have come in today." Michael said as he came in with Max and they sat down at the counter.

"Don't worry. I have something special saved for you." Maria said with a sarcastic smile.

"What is wrong with you?" Alex asked.

"I didn't get much sleep last night I had a nightmare." Maria said. "My mom woke me up. And said I was screaming my head off."

"So that was you that woke me up at four in the morning last night." Kyle said with a laugh.

Maria didn't respond she just walked away picked up his food, and his shake which someone had left there. She slammed the food down and the shake spilled so much it got all over Kyle. "Now what did you say again?" Maria asked in an innocent voice. Michael began laughing. Kyle did nothing he just blinked a few times, looked at what had gotten covered, and then shrugged, and began to eat his fries.

"What was your nightmare about?" Alex asked ignoring what had just happened.

"Some stupid creepy clown thing was trying to kill me. The dream was super when I woke up it even hurt as if he had really choked me." Maria said as she picked up somebody's plates.

"Oh sounds creepy." Liz said walking in from the back. She wasn't looking up though she was looking down calculating her tips in her head.

"Whatever." Maria said in a bitter voice.

Liz looked up and saw Kyle, and she tried to hold a laugh.

"Don't do it." Kyle said holding up his hand. It seemed as if it got harder to try not to laugh for Liz. "Don't." Kyle said. Then Liz started laughing. "And she does it anyways." Kyle said in a rude voice. "I'm sorry Kyle." Liz said in a sweet voice. "It's just too funny." Liz said.

"That's it." Kyle said getting up. "I'm going home. And taking a shower." He started walking away and grabbed his plate of food. "Send me a bill." He said walking away. Liz shook her head slowly and walked over to Maria.

"Did you do that?" She asked Maria. "No," Maria said and when Liz gave her a disbelieving look she said "Ok, yes."

"Maybe you should go take a nap." Liz said. "Go upstairs, and take a nap in my bed. I'll cover you."

"I don't need a nap." Maria said walking away, and then she turned away and said "Just a little one."

Maria looked around the similar room she had seen many times. Why am I here, she thought. She heard a sound and turned to look at her cousin. She looked so helpless just lying there. She didn't deserve what she was going through. Zoey was a good person. She helped out, was sweet, and even got straight A's. Maria shook her head. Zoey began to scream and shake. Maria turned to get some help, but when she did she saw that thing again. It had that same evil smile on it. It grabbed her by the waste and she could feel the life draining out of her. "Get Off!!!" She screamed. No one could hear her not even Zoey. It's claw was flat on her stomach and it was still hurting her. "GET OFF!" She screamed even louder.

"Maria wake up." She heard someone yell. She woke up and hugged the person without even opening her eyes. Not even caring who it was.

"It's ok." Said the voice. For some reason she couldn't remember who the person was so she just said "Oh Michael."

"Okay. Not the response I was hoping for." The person said. Maria opened her eyes and saw Liz. Maria didn't say anything anymore. Only because she felt a sharp pain on her stomach in the same place were the thing had it's hand on her.