This story is about an abandoned house and a 14 year old girl and her 16 year old older sister . The girls and their parents had just moved to their new home and it had been two whole months since they were in their new home, new city and they were fitting in just well and although they saw the abandoned , rustic house everyday on their way to school and on their way home. They'd never seen or noticed anything particular ( weird ) about it, at least until that one afternoon .

"hey hannah" lisa called her older sister "who's that kid?" she asked, her eyes focusing on a window of the abandoned house . Hannah raised an eyebrow at her sister's question. No one had lived in that house for the whole two months they'd been there so her sister saying this was weird.

"kid?" she asked

"yeah, a boy" lisa said.

"lisa, you know that no one's lived in there since we've been in this city. it's very unlikely that you'd see a kid, no less a boy" hannah explained, still not believing her sis.

"just look up there" lisa persisted, she pointed and hannnah followed her finger and her heart skipped a beat. There indeed was a boy, looking out the window, directly at them. He tilted his head to the side like in confusion then smiled, not a kind or evil smile, just a blank smile. he also waved. "he's giving me the creeps" lisa added

"yeah, i know" hannah agreed with her

"you can see him ?" lisa asked, almost surprised that her sister could see the boy.

"yeah, hard not to. let's go . i don't like the way he's staring at us" hannah said, lisa agreed "me neither" the two quickly left, going home and forgetting completely about their afternoon stroll. The two could feel his eyes watching them and they quickened their pace. Being there and seeing him really gave them the creeps and the way he looked at them like he was staring righ into their souls. it rubbed them the wrong way. They never told their parents of seeing him, who would believe them anyways ad also, they thought it was their imagination but the next day proved them wrong, so wrong. It was a monday and they'd gone to school, their mother tool them and the two instinctively just looked at the window thinking he was there again but when he wasn't , they felt relieved and the rest of th school went swell.

Lisa had six friend and two :dan and diana were twins. Boy and girl and they were coming to lisa's home for a hangout and hannah also had friends, eight friends and three: bella, penny and margret wanted to come hangout so all of them trekked to lisa and hannah's home since their mum or dad wouldn't be early to pick them. The two decided to return home on their own since they very much knew the route and usually they'd be confident to go home together but seeing that boy really hadn't helped them settle at all so they felt more comfortable with their friends with them but..

"hey who's that kid?" dan asked, capturing all their attention . Dan's 15 so is his twin sister, diana. lisa and hannah shared a look, obviously already knowing what he was talking about.

"what kid?" diana asked

"that kid" he pointed.

"dan, you're crazy. no one's lived in that house for centuries " penny said

"yeah, especially after the family that died in there" margret pointed out

"they didn't die. They just mysterious ... disappeared" bella corrected. Both lisa and hannah's heart skipped upon hearing this huge information .

" just look!" he snapped and everyone reluctantly looked. Their eyes went wide but lisa and hannnah just looked in fear. There was the same boy, his blank expression now focused on all of them entirely. He tilted his head, smiled the same blank smile and waved.

"dear God !" bella gasped in utter fear, taking a step back.

"it..it's the boy, the child of the family that disappeared " margret stuttered in fear, her voice cracking.

"what?" diana asked

"it's him, their only child" penny confirmed .

"lets leave " hannah suggested, stuttering , they all nodded and took off to hannah and lisa's home, they ran until they reached the gate. They opened the gate with the security lock, entered and locked the gate. Hannah had a spare house key so she opened the door, they all entered and she closed the door. They all settled in the living room" w..what...what did you mean by the child of the family?" hannah asked, after catching her breath. "well, there's a story surrounding the house " bella said.

"we've never heard of such a story" diana said

"well that's because it's a mystery itself "penny said. "what happened ?"lisa asked .

"i'll tell you. on october 31 1918, a family moved into that home. it was halloween time then and it was like the house had an eerie atmosphere to it. The family moved in and settled down. Their lives were pretty normal and okay, like any other family but on october 31 each year, strange things would always happen like a few things going missing, hearing voices hear and thee and seeing shadows run by fast but other than that , nothing really supernatural ever happened , at least until october 31 2000 when the father mysterious disappeared . He'd been the only one in the house that day, his wife and son were at her parents house. For two years they searched but the husband was never found and soon the case went cold. Then on october 29, 2008, the mother moved away , her son was 20 then and he'd started to act really weird, weirder than normal, even almost went as far as trying to kill his own mother and that was the last straw . she left because her own son had started acting like a monster and she couldn't bear it anymore so she left, leaving the son the home and property . Then on october 31,2010. The son mysteriously disappeared . The mother heard and she felt heartbroken , she'd left because of fear and now her son was gone. The boy was never found and the woman moved on with her life. Now she has a daughter and a granddaughter and she's happy but she'll never forget tl wonder what happened to her son and her husband . it remains a mystery till now" margret told the tale, no one could believe it.

"whoa" diana said, she couldn't believe the story . "i know right" dan said." so how come he's like 14 , you said 20 meaning he has to be 27 now" lisa said. margret shrugged, not fully having an answer herself (and how come she knows so much .)

"i don't know . maybe his spirit never fully left the house, maybe he's waiting for his father to return " she (margret) said.

"how do you know so much about it ?" hannah had to ask "well..." margret trailed off but bella answered for her "her grandmother is the woman . The mother that still lives, she's like 70 or 73 now".

"74 bella" margret corrected. "yeah 74" bella said

"so your grandmother is the mother that survived ?" lisa asked, just to make sure she wasn't hearing things " yep, told me the story when i turned 15. it was a true story and from a true source . i told penny and bella and the rest of our friend group, i guess now you four know as well" margret said.

"that is freaky" dan said

"super" lisa agreed

"so will he ever find peace?" hannah asked, margret shrugged "not sure but the house is going to be morgaged soon and maybe then he'll move on" she said

"maybe" said hannah

"so i'm hungry" penny said, to diffuse the tension

"same" bella couldn't agree more with her, she was starved.

"we can watch love lucy. i love that comedy show " diana suggested

"same.i'll go get the popcorn " lisa said as she stood up

"and we'll get settled " margret said

"i'll go get cookies and drinks" hannah said

"so really. no one eve found out what happened to them?" dan asked, still a bit intrigued by the tale.

"nope,no one, a cold case but i hav a feeling tha october 31, halloween time has something to do with it. my grandmother left 29 october. if she hadn't, then she might have been the one to disappear and not the boy. No one ever enters those gates and i don't think the people who are to tear down the house will do so on october 31. The mystery will forever remain unsolved but october 31 truly surrounds the mystery but I guess we'll never find out and i don't want to find out . let it stay a mystery " margret said

"i totally agree " hannah agree . So they al enjoyed themselves , keeping the house at the back of their mind and just like margret said. The house was brought down on october 1st and now a company os in its place. i don't know if the boy ever found peace, maybe he was truly waiting for his father or maybe he was waiting for his mother. The mystery remains unsolved and now it's november 26, 2023. The same day i wrote this story.

i hope you all enjoyed the story and the moral : some mysteries are better left unsolved . if margret's grandmother hadn't left when she did then she wouldn't have been around to tell the story of her first married life.

Also i'll be putting this story under any category , this is one of the limitations of fanfiction. net