Chapter 9: Fried

Jessica went to the kitchen and opened the door of the garage. The lights weren't on and she was scared for a second. It's just all that stuff about that killer, said Jessica to herself. She searched with her hands for a light switch. When she finally found one, she entered the garage, but the gate went up. She looked back at the switches and ran to it. She pressed on one and the gate went down. She smiled to herself about how scared she sometimes was. Although, she could be very furious when someone wanted to do something to her friends.

She stepped towards the fridge in the garage and opened it. She took some beers out and just hummed on the song that was playing in the living room. And she didn't notice that the door of the garage was slowly closing behind her back…

Jessica took some more bears and she had six of them in her hands. Suddenly, garden tools were falling on the ground. Jessica turned quickly around with big eyes and… she saw Sammy's cat Dandy going through that little hole in the gate. God, that cat scared her.

'Jessica, it's okay', she said to herself and closed the fridge. She stepped back to the door that led to the kitchen and took the clinch in her hand. But the door wouldn't move… 'Shit!'

And then the lights went off. Jessica turned around, but saw nothing. Only the fridge, some chairs and the dark. And the gate too, but that was okay… She knocked on the door and yelled: 'Hey, shit heads! Hello!' She sighed, rolled her eyes and then looked at the gate. She pressed on the switch so the gate would go up. The lights that were combined with the gate went on and she walked over to the gate. When she got there, the gate stopped with going up. It wasn't that high, in fact it wasn't high enough for her to go under. She had to bend over if she wanted to get out of the garage, but when she did, the gate closed again. She turned around to look at who it was and was startled.

Someone with a white mask and a black cloth was standing there. Ghost Face!

'Is that you, Eric?' asked Jessica with narrowed eyes.

The man at the door shook his head very slowly while keeping an eye on her, probably.

'Okay, what film is this from? "I Spit On Your Garage"?' asked Jessica who didn't believe it wasn't Eric. She walked over to him and said: 'Loose the outfit. When Bella will see it, she'll flip.'

Ghost Face shook his head again.

'Oh, you want to play psycho killer?'

Ghost Face nodded.

'Can I be the helpless victim?'

Ghost Face nodded again.

'Okay, let's see… No, please don't kill me, Mr. Ghost Face. I want to be in the sequel.' She giggled. She stepped forward to the door, but the man in front of her wouldn't let that happen.

'Cut it, Casper. That's a wrap', said Jessica who getting suspicious now. She was struggling with the person who held her arm so tight that the blood there was almost exploding. She dropped the beer bottles. 'Eric, what are you doing?' He putted her arm up to him and got a knife out of his sleeve. Jessica's eyes popped open on that second. Ghost Face slowly slid a bit on her arm and Jessica yelled: 'No!'

Luckily it wasn't a deep cut! But Jessica stepped backwards when Ghost Face let her arm go. She kept stepping backwards while Ghost Face slowly stepped towards her. She hit her back to a bike that was hanging in the air on a hook above her and she tripled over her own feet. She landed in a chair, but got immediately up. She ran to the fridge, but then stood still. She took the clinch of the fridge above her in her hands and when Ghost Face got close to her, she threw it open. Ghost Face got the thing in his face and fell on the ground with a loud moan.

Jessica ran to the door of the kitchen, but it didn't move. She pressed on the button from the garage and then ran to it. Ghost Face got up and she walked to the broken bottles on the ground. Ghost Face ran towards her, but she threw the bottles towards him. One of them hit in Ghost Face's vital parts and he moaned again. Another one hit his stomach and another his face. Ghost Face ran to her, ready to stab, but Jessica ducked and he made a somersault over her back. He landed with his back on the little stairs towards the door of the kitchen. Jessica looked at the gate and ran to it. It wasn't fully up already, but she tried to go through the little hole. She popped her head out and then her breasts. But her butt was stuck. Ghost Face saw this and he got up. He pressed on the button and the garage went up. She screamed while she went up with the gate and saw the wall above her coming closer. Her head got stuck between the gate and the wall and there was a weird, blood sound. Her neck was probably broken. Her body kept hanging there.

The door opened and Ghost Face got in.

In the meantime, Bella was searching for Jessica. She heard someone saying to Sammy that the party was awesome. She shook her head and yelled: 'Jessica, come on!'

'Do you know where she is?' she asked Sammy.

'No, I haven't seen her', answered Sammy.

Bella looked behind her, but suddenly someone jumped in front of the door and she screamed. It was Mike!

'Oh, Mike, hey!' said Bella. She looked at the ground underneath her.

'Mike, what are you doing here?' asked Sammy innocent, but it was obvious that he had planned this meeting.

'I just want to talk to Bella', replied Mike and he looked with lovingly eyes at her.

'You know if Jessica sees you, she drop bled', said Bella.

'Why don't you guys go to my parents' room? So you guys can talk', said Sammy, 'or whatever.'

'Subtle is a cool word, you should look that up', said Mike to Sammy.

'No, it's okay. We do need to talk', said Bella and she held her hand out. Mike was startled for a second, but then he smiled. He took her hand in hers and followed her, but not before he gave his pall a little smash in his stomach.

Eric saw this while he came from the living room and was jealous. He went to Sammy and asked: 'What's Leatherface doing here?'

'Oh, he came to make up', said Sammy while he kept staring at the couple.

'Here goes my chance with Bella', said Eric to himself.

'As if', whispered Sammy, but Eric had heard it. Eric turned to him with angry eyes.

'Oh really, Alicia', said Eric. 'As if, I'm going to check on them.'

Sammy made peace sign towards Sammy and walked away while Eric went up.

The camera man was still outside in the van, checking on the screen. The screen was black and he gave it some bangs. 'Come on!' He finally got something on the screen. It were the remaining teens inside the house and he saw his boss there too. 'Yes!' he said. But someone opened the door of the van and he looked behind him. It was his boss! 'Oh, come on!'

'What's wrong?' asked Esmé in pleasure.

'I got a delay!' answered Kenny.

'How long is it?'

'I don't know… How long does it take it from here to the house… Thirty seconds!'

'That will be fine just record it', said Esmé. She kept looking at the screen. 'The place of this camera is perfect! Tell me, Kenny…'

'Uhuh…'

'Has a cheesy tabloid journalist ever won the Pulitzer?'

Kenny just said: 'Well, first time for everything!'

'You're damn right!' said Esmé and looked back at the screen.

Bella and Mike were upstairs, but they weren't talking at all. Mike was pacing to and fro. Bella was just sitting on the bed and she smiled at him.

'So uhm…'

Mike turned to her and placed himself next to Bella.

'So… I'm sorry', said Mike. 'I've been selfish. And I want to apologize.'

'No, I've been selfish', began Bella and looked right in Mike's eyes, 'with all this post-traumatic stress disorder.'

'You lost your mom', said Mike.

'Yeah, but you're right', said Bella. Tears were almost coming down her cheeks and she had to fight this. 'Enough is enough. I can't wallow in the grief process forever. And…' she gulped and then looked back at the wooden floor, 'I keep lying to myself about who my mom was.'

Mike felt sorry for her when the tears eventually did come.

'I think I'm just… scared!' said Bella. 'That I'm going to turn out just like her.' Bella gulped and whipped a tear away when she finally finished her "speech": 'It sounds stupid.'

'No. No, it doesn't', said Mike and he gulped too. 'It's like Jodie Foster in "Silence of the Lambs" when she flashbacks from her dad.'

'But this real life, this isn't a movie', said Bella.

'Sure it is, Bells', said Mike. He used Jake's nickname. It only belonged to Jacob, because he was the one who had said that. 'It's all a movie, it's all a big, long movie.' He laid his hand on Bella's cheek and she closed her eyes. 'Only you can't pick your genre.'

She laid her hand on his cheek and she sighed. Bella leaned in and they kissed. Bella felt Mike's lips on hers and they were burning for her. Bella opened her mouth a little and Mike shot his tongue right in. Bella liked it and she felt Mike's fingers traveling down her butt.

She backed away while Mike kissed her neck and she said: 'Why can't it be a Meg Ryan movie?' Mike just kept kissing until Bella said: 'Or a good porno.' Mike backed slowly away and he looked in her eyes. He smiled and then he leaned in again.

'Are you sure?'

'Yeah', said Bella in a smooth whisper.

'Here it comes!' said Eric in the living room.

They were watching a film and now a man opened the door. A machete went through his chest.

'The blood is all wrong', said one of them. 'It's to red.'

'Wait, here comes another!' said Eric.

All the people were sitting on the tip of their chairs.

'Oooh!'

'Yeah! Predictable!'

'How can you watch this shit over and over?'

'When do we see Jamie Lee's breasts? When do we see Jamie Lee's breasts?' asked Sammy. He was getting bored!

'Breasts, not until 83', answered Eric. 'Jamie always played the virgin. She never showed her tits until she had the jigs.'

'Then she could afford a decent pair', joked one of the girls.

'That's why she always outsmart the killer in the end. Only virgins can do that. Don't you know the rules?'

'What rules?' asked one of them back.

'You don't…', Eric took the remote control and pressed pause, 'You don't know the rules? Jesus Christ! You don't know the rules!'

'Someone is getting ma-a-ad', whispered Sammy in one of the girl's ear. She giggled.

'There are certain rules that you have to follow to survive a horror movie', began Eric. 'Number one: you can never have sex.'

The teens were yelling at him and throwing popcorn at him. Eric could dodge some of that, but not all. 'Big no no! Big NO NO! Sex equals death, okay? Number two: you can never drink or do drug!'

All the teens raised their glasses or bottles when Eric said that. 'No, the sin factor. It's like number one. And number three: don't ever say "I'll be right back", because you won't be back.'

Sammy got up from the couch and asked: 'I'm grabbing another beer. You want one?'

'Sure', replied Eric.

'I'll be right back!' yelled Sammy.

All the teens turned to him and went "oooh" or "aaah" or they just said "good luck".

'You see, you push the laws and you'll end up dead', finished Eric his speech. 'I'll see you in the kitchen with a knife.'

In the meantime, Kenny and Esmé were still looking at the screen. Eric just said that only virgins can outsmart killers.

'Uh, boring!' said Esmé.

Suddenly there was loud knock on the door and Esmé jumped from the fright. Kenny turned the screen off and Esmé opened the door. It was Charlie!

'The sheriff just radioed that someone reported a car in the bushes down on the road. I'm going to check it out. Do you want to come?' explained Charlie.

'I'd love to. If that's alright', answered Esmé.

'Madam, I'm the deputy of this town. Once I was the sheriff myself.'

Esmé got out of the car and said to Kenny: 'Be right back!'

Kenny looked at the two going away and he turned the screen back on.

Esmé walked towards the house while Charlie walked to the right.

'Excuse me, Esmé', began Charlie. Esmé turned to him. 'I thought maybe we could walk. It's such a nice night. And I have a flashlight.' Esmé looked at him with flirting eyes, but also a little frightened. Charlie turned the flashlight on and let the light shine in his face. 'You're not scared are you?'

'No', answered Esmé in a playful way. 'Alright!'

They began to walk and Charlie began to talk. 'Do you know what kind of Zodiac that is?' Charlie pointed at the sky.

'No, what is it?' asked Esmé back.

'Well, I don't know. That's why I asked you', said Charlie.

Esmé laughed, but it wasn't a fake laugh. She really laughed about it.

'So what happened to Jessica, dude?' asked one of the boys at Sammy.

'Maybe she got pissed and went home', said Sammy.

Some guys – included Eric – were still sitting in the living room, watching the film. A character from the film showed her boobs towards someone and the guys went wild. A girlfriend from one of them said: 'I'll leave you guys alone.'

The telephone rang downstairs and Eric crawled to it. The telephone was next to the television and he was bored with that. Who was calling at that hour? He picked up and said: 'Hello?'

The person gave him some information and he was shocked by it. Eric dropped the phone at first, but then laid it back when the person was finished. He turned to the others and said: 'Listen up. They found principal Green dead. He was gutted and hung from the goal post on the football field.'

The other guys looked at each other until one of them said: 'What are we waiting for? Let's go over to the place. They'll take him away soon enough!'

'Hey', said Eric. 'Where are you guys going? We're just getting to the good part.'

Kenny, the camera man, was still looking at the screen and still got delay. He saw the guys coming out of the house and then looked at the screen and heard why. He gulped. Who was going to be next?

The guys were drunk and he knew that. They drove like mad over the road away from the house. Kenny locked the door of his van and just kept looking at the screen while he ate his crisps.

'So Charlie is your real name?' asked Esmé.

'Yeah', replied Charlie. 'My brother is called Charles. Our parents didn't have much inspiration.'

'Well, I like it!' said Esmé. 'It sounds sexy.'

'This town doesn't take me serious when I'm mad', said Charlie.

'What about Esmé Evenson?' replied Esmé. 'People treat me like the antichrist of the journalism.'

'I don't think you're that bad', said Charlie and he looked at Esmé's full lips. He wanted to kiss her.

'No', said Esmé. 'Well, I think you only say that because you kinda like me.'

Charlie turned around and saw the cars. He saw the drunken kids and said: 'They sure are coming fast. HEY! Slow down! Freeze!' But when the cars didn't stop, he pushed Esmé towards the bushes, of the road. They rolled together into the grass and Charlie landed on top of her.

Charlie looked in her eyes and he saw something shining. And he just said: 'I'm sorry. Are you okay?'

Esmé nodded and she wanted to kiss him too.

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... It's saturday! Sorry, but there was a song stuck in my head yesterday: Last Friday Night (TGIF) from Katy Perry. I LOVE IT!

Anyway, I wrote this chapter quicker then the other times, but that's because I want to end this story so I can start a new one. I think some people already now who it is...

Now it is a longer chapter too. There was more to write about in this chapter/piece...