Chapter 8: The Party
Some cars drove towards the house of Sammy. One car stopped and someone threw a paper from crisps out of the window. It was a big van with a beige color. It was a car with things on it for television! It was the van of Esmé. She had heard about the part and her companion drove to the house where the feast was situated.
A police car came also from downtown and it stopped in front of other cars. It was driven by Charlie and he dropped his daughter and her friend off.
'Alright, you girls have fun,' said Charlie. 'But not too much or I'll bust you!'
Jessica laughed about his joke, but Bella wad dead serious. She couldn't laugh for the past day, because of what happened to her yesterday! She couldn't face it if Ghost Face came back after her. She was the survivor of the attack. It was such a shame that Angela and Ben weren't survivors…
Jessica rushed to the house when she got her snacks out of the car. Bella had to run after her to keep following her best friend. Well, best girl friend… Her best male friend was Jacob of course…
Bella looked at the big villa that she was approaching. She stepped into the garden and followed the stone path. The house was in front of her and a part on her right. That part must be the garage and the attic above it, thought Bella. She looked up when she reached the front porch and she saw a special made glass window with a symbol in it. It is a sign of the family who lived in here, was Bella's thought. I'll ask Sammy later.
She walked further and she entered the house.
Students were dancing on rock music in the living room. There were a lot of them drinking beer and Bella was not sure if that boy in the corner was drunk or sleeping… She didn't give much attention to him and just followed Jessica.
'Catering is here!' yelled Jessica and putted her bags of snacks in the air.
People were cheering and followed Jessica and me into the kitchen. Jessica looked at the guy drinking beer through a transparent tube. Sammy was holding the top of it and kept putting beer in it.
'Real mature,' said Jessica and looked at Sammy.
'We thought we might as well start this party!' replied Sammy and the guy stopped drinking.
In the meantime Esmé and her camera man were coming out of their hiding place. Esmé looked around and saw nothing.
Her camera man followed her example and asked: 'Did anyone spot us?'
'I don't think so,' replied Esmé and looked at the camera man. 'Get the camera.'
The camera man went back into the van. Esmé turned to her left and jumped from horror. But it was only Charlie who was standing in front of her.
'I didn't mean to scare you,' said Charlie and he smiled.
'Oh, it's okay,' replied Esmé in a flirting way.
'What brings you here?' asked Charlie with a frown.
'Well, you just don't know when there will be a story,' answered Esmé and kept smiling at Charlie. The camera man looked at Charlie and he knew it: she was flirting with him to get something from him. Something about the case!
'Not much of a story here, just some kids cutting it loose…'
Charlie thought about the funny word choice he made there…
'Then what are you doing here?'
'I'm just keeping an eye out for when things happen. You never know,' said Charlie. 'I'm going to check on them.'
'Do you mind if I join you?' asked Esmé.
'Not at all,' answered Charlie a bit shy.
Esmé turned to the van. 'I'll just get my coat.'
Her camera man understood what she meant and gave her a coat with a little camera in a side pocket. Esmé smiled at him. She was glad that he understood her so perfectly. She turned around and said: 'Ready.'
'How many for "Evil Dead"?' asked Eric. They were choosing which scary movie they were going to see. Some people raised their hands and yelled "yeah".
'How many "Hell Raiser"?' asked Eric further. There were some other hands raising in the room.
'I already have hellish lady right here,' said Sammy and looked at his girlfriend.
Bella was looking through the DVD's that Eric had brought from the store: '"Terror Train", "Prom Night"… How come all these films are with Jamie Lee Curtis?'
'She's the scream girl', replied Eric.
'She has a very huge lung capacity', said Sammy.
'Tits… see', whispered Jessica to Bella and rolled her eyes.
The doorbell rang and Sammy got from the couch. 'Could you grab me a beer?' he asked at his girlfriend.
'What am I? The bear witch?' whispered Jessica to herself, but she got up.
Sammy came back and he was excited about something. He kept jumping up and down, up and down,… 'Guys, you will not believe who is here.' Everyone looked at him, waiting until he would tell them who it was. 'It's that chick from that channel. That news lady. Esmé!'
All the girls screamed and the guys whistled when Esmé entered the room with Charlie. 'No drinking', said Charlie. 'You're under aged! No, I'm just kidding!'
Jessica sighed and did a sign towards Charlie. Charlie looked at her and then walked over to the place where Jessica was standing.
'What is she doing here?' asked Jessica in a polite way.
'She's with me', answered Charlie happy. He was glad that he had someone after he divorced from Bella's mother.
'So she is… Now get her out of here, Mr. Swan. Your daughter can't stand her. You know that!'
'Well, I uh…'
Bella got up from the couch and passed Esmé without looking at first, but they exchanged an angry look and they were silent.
Esmé looks at all the other guests and a girl starts talking to her: 'I think you're awesome!'
'Thank you!'
'I don't miss any show of yours or about you!'
Bella shrugged and Charlie walked over to her. He smiled at her, but she didn't look up. After a while she did and noticed that Jessica was gone.
'Hey', said Bella to her dad.
'Hey', replied Charlie.
'I'm going to get my camera', said Eric and he raced to his car.
'Did you find my uncle?' asked Bella.
'No', replied Charlie. He sighed. 'The police thinks that he's the killer!'
Bella stepped backwards and looked at her dad: 'Seriously? They think that my generous, sweet uncle would do such a thing? He tried to kill me! My uncle would never do that!'
No one paid attention to Esmé who putted the camera under an open space at the table where the television was standing on. She shoved it a bit further and smiled when some kids looked at her.
'Do I need to worry, dad?'
'I don't think so, Bella', answered Charlie, 'but it's strange, don't you think?'
'Yeah, I guess…'
I hope that you liked it and that you'll review... Reviews are always welcome. I started with the exams and now it is weekend... YEY! This is the 8th chapter and I think there are three more chapters left... So who is the killer? Who will it be? Will anyone return for a sequel?
Sorry if it is a short chapter to you guys, but it is late and I just watched Lord of The Rings: Two Towers.