Yay! Chapter 2. XD Hope you enjoy it.

Chapter 2: Don't Go

It's around the start of fall. The weather is slightly getting colder which I really don't like. I grabbed my bag and slung it across my shoulder. Once I stepped on the front porch, I felt the cold air through my skin and realized that it's colder than I expected. I went back inside the house to fetch my black leather jacket and finally left the house.

I went to the garage to get Velvet, my bike. Yes, I named my bike. It's a little bit old and rusty, the basket in front needs to be replaced but I've learned to work with it. It was a bargain and I had to buy it as soon as I saw it.

As I was riding my way to school on the sidewalk, I silently sung the lyrics to "Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns n' Roses just to keep myself occupied.

Suddenly, a car on fast speed was going towards me. I stopped for no reason. It screeched as it passed by me.

Holy crap, I was almost hit!

I turned my head and shouted, "Hey, watch where you're going, will you!" Then I saw his plate number. Des-Tiny.

What sort of idiotic person would name his plate number like that?

I was about to continue riding my bike until I noticed some sort of paper on the floor. I picked it up and realized it was a flyer.

The flyer has this vibrant neon green color with bold black borders and letters. In big letters, it says, "Cirque du Freak". Well, that really caught my attention.

The World's Greatest Freak Show

Really? We'll see about that.

Cirque Du Freak
One Night Only

Not for the faint of heart
Some Restrictions may apply
This flyer is needed to get tickets

The Dix Theatre 1212 Main Street

"Interesting." I told myself.

I looked at my watch and realized that I really am almost late for class. I quickly put the flyer inside my bag and rushed to school.

I ran through the hallways, pushing everything and everyone out of the way. Mr. Kersey is going to kill me if I don't get into class in time.

I've finally reached my classroom and sat in my seat just in time as the bell rang.

I sighed in relief and silently congratulated myself for sparing myself from the wrath of Mr. Kersey and a detention slip.

Mr. Kersey entered the classroom and began to discuss about the Cold War. The class couldn't get any more boring so I took the flyer out and began to read more about it.

Wonders beyond your greatest imagination.
Featuring some such as the Wolf-Man, Madame Truska the Bearded Lady, and the Snake-Boy!

I checked the date. It's next week! Yes! I can go. But then I remembered that I'm grounded for 2 weeks because I got caught cutting classes.

"This is depressing." I silently mumbled to myself.

"Miss Jones!" Mr. Kersey called out. Unfortunately, he heard what I just said. "Would you like to share something to the class?"

"uh…." Oh great. "No?"

"OH MY GOSH! Mr. Kersey, look!" Josh yelled. Mr. Kersey turned his head away from me to look then he realized there was nothing.

Suddenly, the bell rang. Phew, saved by the bell… and Josh.

"Oh well, it's gone now. Sorry, Mr. Kersey." Josh said.

I started to gather my stuff and quickly left the classroom before Mr. Kersey could ask about the flyer I'm holding. Josh and I walked through the hallways together.

"Thank you! I owe you a milliom" I told him.

"You're welcome?" he said, confused.

This is Josh. He's my best friend. We've been friends just recently since I just moved in to this town a year ago. I knew he was awesome since the day I knew he has awesome taste in music.

"What were you reading, anyway?" he asked.

"I'll tell you all about it in lunch later, okay?" I told him and ran to my next class.

Lunch came and I sat alone, staring at the flyer while waiting for Josh. Something tells me that I should really go. But then again, I don't have tickets.

I sighed in frustration.

Then suddenly, someone's hands covered my eyes.

"Guess who…" someone said in a fake girly voice.

"Josh. Duh!" I answered. "Who else has that ugly voice?"

"Ouch!" his hand touching his chest. "Hey, aren't you going to eat?"

"Nope." I said as I turned back to my attention on the flyer.

"You should really eat something. I've never seen you eat properly since last week. I'm worried."

"Awwww, thank you!" I smiled falsely then put on a straight face. "But no."

He sighed, giving up. "Hey, what's that?" Josh asked as he snatched the flyer away from my hands.

"Hey! Give that back!" I tried to take the flyer but he keeps on keeping it out of my reach. Josh is pretty tall while I'm pretty short so I really hate playing games such as this with him.

"Hmmm, Cirque Du Freak. One night only. Cool." He read out loud.

"Give it up, Josh!"

"Kay, here you go." He gave the flyer back.

"Bully." I said and stuck my tongue out. He just laughed and pinched my cheeks.

"You do know that you're not supposed to go to those kind of things." He told me.

"And why not? I can do whatever I want." I assumed, my voice stern.

"It's not that but from what I heard from Mr. Kersey, freak shows are usually distorted people." I looked at him with a confused expression. "You know, people who weren't born normal. Say, 3 arms, 1 leg, 6 toes. Stuff like that. Point is people exploit them for money. Which isn't a good thing so don't go."

"Okay… it just sounds interesting. I mean, seriously? Who has ever heard of the Snake boy or the Wolf man? Doesn't sound like exploiting to me. Sounds like a real freak show!" I defended.

Josh and I spent the whole lunch time debating whether the freak show is a good thing or not and how he keeps telling me that I'm so gullible when it comes to this stuff. I still stuck to my opinion until the end and so did Josh. The bell finally rang and we had to part ways.

"I'm telling you. Don't go." He told me.

Right…