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Hello, my spookies. It's February, the month of Love. But
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of course love doesn't always take a traditional approach. That's
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just not how life works. Sometimes things get messy when
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it comes to matters of the heart and other internal organs.
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So tonight I'm presenting to you seven of the most eerie,
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creepy and messy stories about that little thing called love
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to get you ready for Valentine's Day next week. And
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don't worry. Next week on Wednesday, we have a brand
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new Valentine's Day novella just for you to listen to.
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So make sure you're subscribed, And on Valentine's Day itself
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next Friday, a compilation of some Valentine's Day stories to
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make sure you're in the mood. Make sure you're subscribed,
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and get cozy and let's fire it up. Love Conquers
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All by Joe Salmon. Brian, put your dick back in
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your pants, Derek said, as the two stood alone under
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the stars. The acres of alfalfa surrounded them on Derek's
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dad's farm. We got some drinking to do, he finished,
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and put his hand on Brian's shoulder. Brian, having emptied
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his bladder, quickly zipped up and followed Derek back to
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the little campfire they had in a small clearing in
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the fields where their friends and more importantly, their dates waited.
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Somehow he managed to get a date with Chelsea Hammer,
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and he was fully aware of her reputation, although it's
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been a few hours and she didn't seem all that
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promiscuous to him. Chad slammed a can of piss warm
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beer into his chest as he cleared through the oats
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and alfalfa plants surrounding them. He smiled when Brian doubled over. Thanks, asshole,
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Brian said through clenched teeth. He looked over at Chelsea
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to see she had noticed. She rolled her eyes at him. Great,
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just great, Becca, you need another beer, Chad asked, and
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before she could answer, he tossed her one. She missed
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it and it landed on the fertile soil next to her.
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Too slow, really bad reflexes, Chad said, and laughed loudly. Chad,
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maybe you should cool it, eh, Derek said, I'm usually
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the asshole here, and if I notice you are, how
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big of an asshole? Does that make you? Mind your
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own business? Dare I noticed that you're the only one
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that didn't bring no pussy to bang, Chad said in
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a slur. Becca said in disgust. She stood up and
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crossed her arms. I want to go home. Oh come on, babe,
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I didn't mean anything by it, Chad said, and stumbled
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over to her, trying to plant a kiss on her cheek.
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She avoided the contact, and Chad fell down on his face,
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crushing the smaller alfalfa plants mixed with the oats. Chelsea,
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are you gonna suck my dick tonight or what? Brian
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asked her flat out. She had to know, that's why
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he invited her out to Derek's family farm. What absolutely not,
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Chelsea said, offended, and stood up. She grabbed the towel
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she had been sitting on that the boys provided them
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and covered her shoulders from the cold fall air. Come on, Becca,
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I'll drive you home. This was a waste of time.
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Come back, Chad called out after them, but they disappeared
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into the field in the night. Man, what we need
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is girls that'll do what we want. Chad said that slavery,
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Jack asked, Derek said, pouring his piss warm beer on
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the fire pit to put it out. Come on, Night's over.
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Come on, man, it's early yet, not even like midnight.
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Chad complained, I don't really feel like partying anymore. This
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night sucked. Brian chimed in. Derek picked up the plastic
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handle on the cooler, the cooler without ice, and started
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to drag it down the path to the side road
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they'd made in his father's field so they could party
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out there undisturbed. I brought the cooler. Why did I
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have to bring the ice too? Don't let those bitches
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ruin our night, man, It's their loss anyway. You know
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what I'm packing in here, Chad asked, grabbing his groin.
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Bitch probably would have choked anyway from the stench. When's
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the last time you showered, man? You looked like shit anyway,
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Derek retorted. As they reached the road, all three of
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them watched as the girls drove off in Chelsea's dad's
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dodge Ram. Chad flipped them off. I knew I should
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have insisted that I drove. Then she wouldn't have been
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able to leave, Chad said, to what end? Like? Seriously?
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Brian said, unlocking the corolla his parents got him for
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graduating last year. They told him he could use it
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to drive to college. They were so proud of him.
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All he'd done since was get drunk in fields and
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try to get laid. He wondered if they were still proud.
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He wasn't sure. Well, if they stayed with us and
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got to know us, Chad began, let me cut you
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off there, Chad. The longer they were with us, the
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more they would have disliked us. There ain't nothing to
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like about us. Can't you see that? There ain't no
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girls around here that would give us the time of day.
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Derek said, Now, go home so I can crawl into
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bed and rub one out before I pass out. What
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are we supposed to do then, go into the city
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and get hookers and catch one of those veterinary diseases?
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Chad asked, Maybe we just conjure one up. Brian joked
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and shivered in the chill of the early November night air. Yeah,
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we can just dress a scarecrow up women's clothes and
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take turns fucking her a pussy. Chad said, somehow, it
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seems less demeaning than getting rejected by real girls all
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the time. Brian said, my dad catches us fucking one
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of his scarecrows and he'll beat my ass again, Derek
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shouted at them again. Chad and Brian asked at the
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same time, Well, not for the same thing. Derek replied sure.
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Chad said, but you know you might be onto something.
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I think they built a woman in that movie from
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the eighties. Why couldn't we do that? We don't have
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a computer, asshole. Brian chimed in as he got everything
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packed into the car. Can we go now? They got
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one down at the library. I can ask Old Pete
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about it. He's the smartest person I know. If anyone
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would know how to do it, it'd be him, Chad
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said in a eureka moment. Brian dismissed him and climbed
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into the car. Let's go the next night. Two in
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the morning, zero hour. Time to finish and go to sleep,
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Derek thought as he held his phone in one hand
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and his dick in the other. He only dropped it
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twice on his face this time. They should make a
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headband that holds your phone for when you're watching porn,
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he thought, just as he finished into a dirty sock.
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He used the outside to wipe himself off a bit
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and tossed it onto the floor of his dirty room
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in a satisfied sigh. It only felt like a few
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seconds before there was a weird sound from outside. Perplexed,
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Derek rose out of bed and threw on a pair
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of sweatpants the dirty sock had landed on. Ignoring the cold,
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wet spot, he made his way to a window, looking
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towards the seemingly endless fields. His dad maintained, What the fuck?
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He whispered and opened his window. Chad and Brian were
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standing there. Behind them was a wheelbarrow, and was that
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someone in it? He couldn't quite make it out in
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the dark. What are you guys doing here, Derek asked
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in an angry whisper, waiting for you to finish? Chad replied,
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took you long enough. How's your nose? You were watching me?
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Never mind, what do you want, Derek asked, Meet us
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out in the field. We'll explain it all. Chad said
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with a smile and grabbed the wooden handles on the
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wheelbarrow and took off into the field, leaving an obvious trail.
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This was why we always went in from the road.
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Plausible deniability, Derek thought, as his gaze went from a
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bewildered Brian to his room. As he looked around for
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some clothes to wear. You gonna follow him in a second.
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I got a shit mind if I come in, Brian asked,
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don't wake my folks and hurry up. They met Chad
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in the clearing waiting for them, a bunch of weird
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stuff laid out around them. What's all this, Derek asked,
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We gonna get laid tonight, Chad said, Brian agreed. Derek
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realized he could see his breath in the cold air
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and wished he'd brought a thicker jacket. The plants were
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going to die tonight in the frost. He watched as
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Chad kept checking his phone and looking around the clearing
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like he was reading a recipe and making sure he
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had all the parts. He placed a single rose to
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the left of the wheelbarrow and a black Swan DVD
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to the right. You want to explain how, Derek asked.
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Chad went to see Old Pete at the library and
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he explained it all to him. Apparently they looked up
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the particulars online, but the printer was broke, so Chad
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had to type it all into his phone. Remember how
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that girl from Milford broke his camera when he tried
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to get a pick of her peeing over there, Brian
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explained as he pointed to the part of the field
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they all used to piss on nights like this. Yeah,
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I remember Stacy or something like that, Derek said, Stacia. Anyway,
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he got it all down and now we can do it,
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Brian said, excitedly. Do what exactly.
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Sh it was only the wind. You're safe, weekly spooky,
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We'll be right back.
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Have a woman that don't want to have sex with
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us all the time. Chad chimed in, You see, it's
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real simple. Old Pete said that what you need to
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do is someon something that likes to have sex and
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whamo there you go. You mean like a succubis. Derek asked,
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oh no, Pete said that would be a mistake. He's
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done that before and it didn't end well at all.
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Did you know Old Pete is only thirty two years old.
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He looks seventy. He said. It was from a night
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with a succubus, he said, to someon something nicer, like
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a love goddess. Chad said, and how do we do that?
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Derek asked, getting annoyed at Chad. Well, we looked into
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it and found this old Greek book about their mythology
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and shit. It had these rituals where you would offer
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things to the gods and they would come and accept
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the gifts. Old Pete says, all the gods are real.
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They pop into reality as long as one person believes
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in them. Chad finished, as he removed the body from
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the wheelbarrow and placed it into the center of the
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figure he had drawn in the soil around them. What
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is that, Derek asked a vessel. Brian explained, like a ship, No,
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like a host. The gods can't come to our world
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without a body to inhabit. I took one of your
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dad's old scarecrows from the cornfield over there, Chad said,
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pointing off into the distance. Guess we will be fucking
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a scarecrow after all, Brian said and laughed. You don't
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believe any of this shit, do you, Derek asked him.
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Brian always seemed like the most level headed of them.
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If it works, great, If not, I had no better
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plans tonight anyway, his friend explained, with a hint of sadness.
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And you're basing this all on what some old librarian
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told you, Derek asked them. Oh, Pete, isn't the librarian.
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He lives behind the library in the alley. Chad clarified.
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Sometimes he'll tell you about his crazy adventures for a
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forty crazy is right? Derek said, What do I have
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to do so this can fail and I can go
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back to bed? I knew you'd be into it, Chad said,
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and handed him a grocery bag full of fall colored leaves.
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He pointed at the scarecrow. What am I doing with this?
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Derek wondered out loud. Stuff it's bra man. We want
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to give her big old titties, don't we, Chad said.
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Derek looked at Brian for a hint of reason to
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this night, but he just nodded his agreement, then made
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hand gestures of how big he would suggest. Shaking his head,
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Derek went over to the scarecrow and began to stuff
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its shirt. Is this makeup? Where did you get makeup
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to put on my father's scarecrow? Here? Mom's room? Chad said,
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and laughed. Brian laughed too. Even Derek grinned a little
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bit at the lame your mom joke. Okay, I think
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everything is where old Pete told me to set it up.
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All I gotta do is read the passage, and we
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should summon a love goddess to pleasure us. Chad explained,
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remember to read it exactly as you wrote it down.
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Old Pete said that was the most important part. If
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we screw it up, we don't know what could happen,
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Brian said, adjusting the scarecrow a little bit to the left.
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I got it, Chad said, it's only a few sentences.
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I think I can handle it. From the depths of
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the other planes, from the space beyond mortal men, we
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call you forth with these gifts, symbols of your power
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and prowess. We bring you forth, mother of love, passion,
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and beauty. We ask that you bestow your attributes on
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us with this A slight pause as Chad giggled. This
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Alfalfa is scratchy, Brian said, pulling his leg away from
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the dying plant. In fact, all the plants around them
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were dying. It looks like a pale light was draining
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from them into the scarecrow. Come forth, Alfalfa diiti, Chad
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called out. A distant boom was heard, and Chad turned
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towards his friends. Shit, what did I just say? You
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fucked up the name, you idiot, Brian said, I meant aphrodite.
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You're the one who mentioned alfalfa. So what happens now,
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Brian asked. Think we're about to find out, Derek answered.
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As the scarecrow started to twitch on the ground. The
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face a pumpkin with his mother's makeup on it, turned
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towards him. Its drawn on mouth somehow became animated and
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opened into a womanly scream. They all backed up to
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the edge of the clearing as they watched the thing
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stand up awkwardly. The hay wound its way through the
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sleeves and formed arms and hands, slender, delicate hands, the
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hands of a woman. The round pumpkin turned its head
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toward Chad. A wicked smile crossed its painted on facial features.
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A tongue licked around the lipstick that formed its mouth.
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It looked Chad up and down as it stepped towards
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him seductively. Guys, I think it worked, maybe not exactly
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as we planned it, he paused, as he looked that
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the scarecrow love Goddess approach him. I think we can
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make this work. Yeah, I got half a chub, Brian admitted,
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and smiled nervously. You guys are fucking insane, Derek said.
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This thing is not what you told me it was
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going to be. I want no part of this. To
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be fair, you didn't want part of it before, Chad said.
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As it approached him, it reached out a slender arm
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towards his waist, pointing its haystock wrapped finger. Oh yeah, baby,
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I know what you want, Chad said, and unzipped his pants.
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He pulled out what he always bragged to them was
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a fine example of USDA grade a man meat, but
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was in reality a micro penis. You would think it
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would take the scarecrow love goddess some talent to find
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it in the cold night, but it didn't. It didn't
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take it long at all to shoot a haystock straight
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up the hole in the micro penis, and it must
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have pushed some air out of him elsewhere as he
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simultaneously farted and screamed, the latter being louder, but not
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by much. She's penetrating his piss hole, Brian said. Had
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tried to cross his legs while standing, which made him
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fall to the ground. That's some kinky shit. I ain't into.
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Nobody's into that, Derek said, and panicked. He definitely didn't
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want that for him. He grabbed the first thing he
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could find and charged toward the hay goddess of penis
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penetration with a war cry that would make Vikings proud.
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He swung the object and struck it on the back.
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It had little to no effect other than to get
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her attention. It was a boring movie anyway, he said,
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and tossed the DVD to the ground. A rope of
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hay slipped from her other hand and wrapped around his throat,
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choking him. You brought me here into existence to play.
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Let's play, the creature said, in a seductive tone. I'm
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going to have to admit that voices bringing back my chub,
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Brian said, getting to his feet. If I see old
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Pete again, I'm going to punch that coot in the face,
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Chad said, pulling his hands away from his bloody groin.
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The distraction had made the goddess unpenetrate him. He panicked
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for a second, thinking she had ripped off what he had,
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but he sighed when he realized it was still there,
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just with a wider hole. Derek hobbled towards the goddess,
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who was holding Derek by the throat. While digging in
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his jeans for something. Fuck this, I'm out of here,
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Brian said, and turned to leave, but with her free hand,
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a tentacle made of straw shot towards Brian, ripping a
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hole into the back of his Walmart jeans. He screamed out,
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wishing he had paid the extra for leviyes. They probably
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would have held up better either way. He didn't have
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to worry much longer, as the straw tentacle made its
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exit through all the holes in his body at the
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same time, impressively impaling his eyes. Balls that twitched in
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the pale moonlight. That killed Brian. I would have bet
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he would be the one of us to survive something
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like this, Chad said, and stabbed his pocket knife into
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the pumpkinheaded hell bitch, she screamed out as pumpkin seed
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and pulp sprayed over Chad's face. It dropped Derek to
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the ground, who coughed and gasped for air. Oh shit,
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Chad said, backing away from it, grasping his micro penis
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with two hands protectively. She circled him like a corn
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carnivore hunting its prey. He closed his eyes and fought
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back tears All he wanted to do was get laid.
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He didn't want any of this shit. He felt the
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stalk touching his leg and working its way up him
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with a gentle touch, a womanly touch. You don't want
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to play with me anymore, the seductive voice asked playfully.
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I like it, spooky weekly, Spooky will be right back.
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No, please, just go back. We didn't know what we
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were doing, Chad cried out, as it circled behind him.
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Have you no desire to win my heart anymore? You
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created me in the ritual, You gave me a name
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and therefore power. I was nothing until you named me Alfalphaditi.
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What did you expect, a love goddess? You created me
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by mistake. I am a mistake. You wanted me to
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do whatever your heart desired, and now you have no
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desire for my heart. Chad whimpered. Derek stood up, leaning
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on the wheelbarrow and looked at his friend. This can't
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be real. He's either having the weirdest wet dream of
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his life or he took a ton of great drugs
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without knowing it. He rubbed his neck and his throat.
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You don't want my heart, I refuse yours. The monster
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sent a straw tentacle through Chad's chest from behind, impaling
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his heart and shooting it out his chest towards his friend.
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The heart landed in Derek's hand as he was removing
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it from his throat. He shrieked when he realized what
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it was and dropped it to the ground next to
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a can of hair spray that must have been part
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of the ritual. He grabbed for the can as his
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friend's lifeless body hit the cold earth just feet in
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front of him. Derek got to his knees and reached
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into his pocket, pulling out his bowl and lighter. He
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tossed the bowl down and faced the creature as it
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approached him in that sexy walk with stalks for heels.
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I don't want nothing from you, Derek called out. Leave
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me be, Derek. It was part of you that summoned
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me here. We have the strongest bond, she said as
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she pointed to a familiar your object on the ground,
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his spank sock. God, damn it, Brian, take a shit
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my ass. He stole my spank sock. He raised the
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can of hairspray and held it up to his lighter.
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With a flick and a press a fireball shot into
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the face of the scarecrow. Fuck Buddy gone wrong and
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sent it reeling back with a scream. He stepped forward
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over the spank sock and sent another fireball into the scarecrow,
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this time aiming it at its flammable shirt and straw
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instead of its pumpkin face. Stop, the voluptuous voice called
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out to him. You don't understand. I had to get
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rid of them so that we could be alone. It
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was your magic that summoned me, she said, looking at
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the sock and trying to brush out the straw that
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was on fire. Magic, Derek asked, watching her every move.
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Years of your reproductive magic, the potency. It's very strong magic,
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she said. Taking a step towards him, He noticed her
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leaves had burned away. No more breasts for her. No
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this can't be. I don't want this, Chad did, Derek said.
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Do not reject me again, she said, and wrapped his
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leg with straw, Pulling him to the ground. She mounted him.
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I will not be as gentle next time. Derek managed
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to get the can and lighter between the two of
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them and let loose with another blast, this one point blank.
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He felt the heat probably just as much as she did,
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and screamed to match hers. He continued as long as
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he could until she got up from him. He rubbed
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his chest where he had been burned himself and found
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his shirt burned into his flesh. The creature wasn't doing
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much better as it ran around, now engulfed in flames.
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He ran towards it and planted the can of hairsp
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in its flat chest, burning his hand in the process,
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and backed away, wrapping his burned up hand in his
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spank sock. Don't leave me, I was created so we
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would be together, she called to him, wrapping him in
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her smoldering straw tentacles. He turned to face her, a
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tear running down his cheek. He was going to die.
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There was no escape. Just then, the can of hairspray exploded,
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sending the torso flying in all directions. The pumpkinhead fell
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to the ground, cracking open and spilling the insides onto
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the ground. The tentacles fell away from Derek, and he
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dropped to his knees, looking at the carnage. He heard
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something coming through the field towards him. Oh God, could
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this be another one? How many more are there? He thought?
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A second later, his father entered the clearing with a
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shotgun in his hand. God damn it, Derek, I thought
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there was some hooligans out here fucking around. It's just
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you banging another scarecrow. I am gonna whoop your ass.
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Did you did you use your mother's makeup on that thing?
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Derek closed his eyes, wishing the thing had finished him
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off like it did his friends. Suspended by Rob Fields.
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It was just a week ago that Strickfield High School
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won the state football championship, beating out Strickfield Academy in
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what was a rather unusual game. Yeah, people are still
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talking about it. It was Greg Branlake, the big, hot
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shot quarterback of Strickfield Academy, who ended up transforming into
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a demon and trying to kill Strickfield High's Eddie Peewee Richter.
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As the demonic brand was ready to kill Richter for
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winning the game and the state championship for Strickfield High,
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his head exploded all over the field. The police reports
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say someone fired a high powered rifle at brand Lake.
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No one knows who was behind it, but I'm sure
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the question you want to know the answers to are bella,
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you're a Strickfield High cheerleader. Right, aren't you the bitch
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master vampire who could have stopped brand Lake after he
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went all demon. The answers are yes and fuck yeah. However,
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I wasn't there that night, you see, yours truly wasn't
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allowed on school property or at school functions. Our ever
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so esteemed principle, Matthew Van Deiste, suspended me from school
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just prior to the state championship game. In fact, it
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was our quarterback Jason Norman who got me suspended. Let
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me tell you about it. It was the Wednesday prior
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when Donnerley and I were walking the halls of Strickfield
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High to get to our lockers. Both of us were
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wearing our cheerleading outfits since basketball season had started and
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we had to cheer for a game that night. Two
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nights later, we would have to cheer for our football
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team at the state championship game. AINI and I were
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opening our lockers and talking about shit when Jason Norman
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came up right behind me and groped my tiny little titties.
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You're easily the hottest cheerleader at this school, Bella, he said,
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slyly in my ear, looking at you I can tell
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you need a good fucking Let's skip school and I'll
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take care of you. Clearly, this stupid mortal didn't know
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who he was fucking with. It was time to teach
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him a very important lesson that every red blooded young
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American boy needed to know. You never never put your
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fucking hands on me unless I want you to. Big mistake, motherfucker,
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I hissed as I turned around, grabbed him, and slammed
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him into the nearby lockers. Norman made some serious dents
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across them. He got back up and came at me again.
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Now people at Strickfield High call me the bad schoolgirl.
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One reason is they know I'm strong as fuck. They
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didn't know I was really a master vampire, a rare
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one who can walk in daylight and doesn't have to
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drink blood. Norman sneered to tell me he would have
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me no matter what. When he tried putting his hands
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on me again, I lifted him up off his feet
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and threw him right through a classroom door. And wouldn't
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you know it, Principal van Deist had seen me. Now,
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either he wasn't around to see Norman grope me, or
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he just didn't like how extreme I got. Principal Van
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dest raised his voice to me for the first time
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ever and practically screamed for me to go to the office.
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He wouldn't even let me tell my side of the story. Now,
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as far as he was concerned, I'd assaulted the star
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quarterback of Strickfield High. Oh fuck you, I told him
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right to his face. It's quite all right for him
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to have his hands all over me, but I'm not
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allowed to defend myself. You know what, you can go
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suck my dick. The next thing I knew, he was
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riding up my suspension. You do not come anywhere near
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this school for two weeks bela tabon, and that means
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no cheerleading. You're going to learn your place here at
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Strickfield High one way or another. I gave him my
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wicked little smile, the one that got my grandparents to
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start calling me little devil when I was younger. Then
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I raised my fists together and do what scrawny geek
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Jaren Hatley had done months ago. I brought my fists
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down and destroyed his desk. Boy did he ever shriek.
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I don't believe he shit his pan, but the look
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on his face was priceless. Now we're at present time.
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Now you know why I wasn't at the state championship
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game shaking my tits and ass with the rest of
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the girls when the bran Lake demon shit went down.
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Sometimes I run into Principal van dist on the streets.
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He always looks worried whenever he passes me, probably thinking
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I'm gonna kick his ass or something. Yeah, like I'd
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waste my time and energy on a pathetic loser like him.
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Don't go away, weekly, Spooky, We'll be right back.
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But I'd bite and give him my little devil smirk.
472
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Thanks to Ainie. I don't really need her to do
473
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that for me, but she's just doing her duty by
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me as my best friend. Martin, Aileen's older brother, calls
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her Einstein on account of how smart she is. I've
476
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been calling her Iini for short. In response, she calls
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me Bells. It's Saturday morning, the week after the Big
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Game and Greg Brandlake's death. Martin and I have been
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mostly distant pretty much since Ainy and I got back
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from vacationing in Shore City back in June. Martin makes
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another one of his stupid attempts to try and talk
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to me before he takes off to go work at
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Denoyer's grill. I'm about to let him go fuck himself
484
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when I notice Aine has that look on her face
485
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that tells me something's on her mind, not even acknowledging Martin.
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I follow Aine so we can go and talk in private. Oh.
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I can feel Martin glaring at me as he walks
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out and slams the back door behind him. Well fuck him.
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He doesn't deserve any of my time. After Aine told
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me he's the main reason why she's sick. When we're alone,
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we face each other. Talk to me, Iine, I say,
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am I still that obvious bells? She asks in her
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mousey voice. How long have we been best friends? Aine?
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I remind her. She groans a little. We've got this
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new hot girl at school. Her name's Lavender Collier. Everybody's
496
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just gawking at her. I mean, she's really put together.
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She could be Taylor Miron's body double. I have to
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think about this, okay, Aine, So you're saying she's got
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a hot porn star body. She wouldn't be the only
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one like that at school, you know. Iini tightens her
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fists and growls a little. Yeah. But every damn guy
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is practically drooling over her. She's even telling people she
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wants your place on the cheerleading squad, so let her
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fucking have it. I reply, Ainie unbowls her fists and
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points right at me. No, you don't, bells. You're not
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getting away from school that easily, especially not when Principal
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van dest is itching to put Lavender on the squad. Seriously,
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she's got him eating right out of her hand. Principal
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van Deist always has his eyes on other girl's tits.
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I emphasize, fuck, can't even keep his eyes off my
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little speed bumps. Iine's really agitated now. Then she jumps
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up and down quickly a few times as she growls,51300:33:09.119 --> 00:33:11.720
will you listen to me? I'm trying to tell you51400:33:11.960 --> 00:33:16.799
something's not right about Lavender. I remember Aini's my best friend,51500:33:16.880 --> 00:33:21.119
and get serious. Okay, okay, did you see something that51600:33:21.200 --> 00:33:25.200
wasn't right with her? She calms down and nods. She51700:33:25.319 --> 00:33:27.680
kissed one of those jocks in the hallway yesterday. I51800:33:27.720 --> 00:33:31.359
mean she really planted one on him. Then he breaks51900:33:31.400 --> 00:33:34.039
up with his girlfriend right in front of everybody. He52000:33:34.160 --> 00:33:38.759
literally became Lavender's lap dog, doing whatever she wanted, and52100:33:38.799 --> 00:33:43.200
then something clicks in my brain. Keep talking, Iinie takes52200:33:43.240 --> 00:33:45.559
a deep breath and looks me right in the face.52300:33:46.839 --> 00:33:49.759
His body was found in his bedroom this morning. She52400:33:49.920 --> 00:33:54.000
hands me today's paper. Look. I read the top story52500:33:54.039 --> 00:33:58.119
about Jacob Lautner, a star basketball player for Strickfield High,52600:33:58.200 --> 00:34:01.359
who was found dead in his bedroom. The cause of52700:34:01.400 --> 00:34:03.680
death was unknown, but his body looked like the human52800:34:03.720 --> 00:34:07.000
equivalent of a prune. It made me think of that52900:34:07.079 --> 00:34:09.440
science fiction movie Ainie had me watch with her and53000:34:09.480 --> 00:34:12.880
her cousin Madeleine about a month ago, called Life Force.53100:34:13.440 --> 00:34:15.639
If you've seen it, then you know what I'm talking about. Here,53200:34:16.440 --> 00:34:21.440
Aini looks desperate. Now something's wrong here, Bell's please believe me.53300:34:22.199 --> 00:34:23.960
I put the paper down and put my hand on53400:34:24.000 --> 00:34:27.559
her shoulder. I believe you. I think I may know53500:34:27.599 --> 00:34:29.960
what's going on, but I have to get a closer53600:34:30.000 --> 00:34:34.360
look at this lavender collier to be sure. How will53700:34:34.400 --> 00:34:39.239
you get into school? Ainie inquires, you're suspended. Remember Principal53800:34:39.280 --> 00:34:41.639
van dest said he'd expel you if you came back53900:34:41.679 --> 00:34:45.679
before your suspension was over. I give her my little54000:34:45.719 --> 00:34:51.360
devil smile. Maybe he will and maybe he won't. Aini54100:34:51.440 --> 00:34:56.000
gives me her worried look, what are you going to do? Bells?54200:35:00.599 --> 00:35:03.800
Monday comes, I'm back to walking the halls of Strickfield54300:35:03.880 --> 00:35:07.440
High with Iini. It's not long before Principal van dest54400:35:07.519 --> 00:35:10.360
passes both of us. He just looks at me the54500:35:10.400 --> 00:35:14.079
way he always looks at the bad schoolgirl. He makes54600:35:14.119 --> 00:35:17.360
it a quick point to check out my sexy schoolgirl outfit,54700:35:17.960 --> 00:35:20.800
the shirt with the sleeves torn off and tied in54800:35:20.880 --> 00:35:23.360
the front to reveal my black braw and a plaid54900:35:23.400 --> 00:35:28.400
miniskirt with my men's eighties rebock pump basketball shoes. Some55000:35:28.480 --> 00:35:32.159
people here have joked that I'm a runaway from Strickfield Academy.55100:35:32.880 --> 00:35:35.800
Even now, I'm sure Principal van Deste is undressing me55200:35:35.840 --> 00:35:39.039
in his mind just the same he doesn't say a55300:35:39.119 --> 00:35:44.280
fucking thing about my suspension. What happened? I got iinny55400:35:44.400 --> 00:35:46.480
to distract him in the office long enough for me55500:35:46.559 --> 00:35:49.480
to slip in the way vampires do. I grabbed a55600:35:49.480 --> 00:35:51.800
hold of Van Deist and gave him a light brushing55700:35:51.840 --> 00:35:54.920
of glam to make him forget that he suspended me.55800:35:55.440 --> 00:35:57.960
Since I only gave him just a tiny bit of glam,55900:35:58.280 --> 00:36:00.880
I have to be careful not to provoke it too much,56000:36:01.320 --> 00:36:03.719
otherwise he'll snap out of it and remember that this56100:36:03.840 --> 00:36:07.639
little devil is his mortal enemy and that I'm suspended.56200:36:08.159 --> 00:36:11.159
I know, why not just wipe his mind completely? Right?56300:36:11.960 --> 00:36:15.480
Because my glam is quite powerful for being a master vampire.56400:36:16.000 --> 00:36:18.639
If I'm not careful with how I apply it, I56500:36:18.679 --> 00:36:23.360
can do some serious, irreparable damage to somebody's mind. I'd56600:36:23.440 --> 00:36:26.360
rather not do that shit unless someone truly deserves it.56700:36:27.079 --> 00:36:31.960
I may be a wicked little devil, but I'm not inhumane. Okay, Iine,56800:36:32.280 --> 00:36:36.880
show me lavender Collier. I say, Aine's looking around. Then56900:36:36.960 --> 00:36:40.960
she suddenly grabs my wrist behind us bells. We both57000:36:41.039 --> 00:36:45.079
turn to see she's with Principal Van Deste. Holy fucking shit,57100:36:45.760 --> 00:36:48.480
Aine's not kidding when she said this bitch is hot.57200:36:48.719 --> 00:36:53.400
I mean she's got it all. Looks sexy body, huge tits,57300:36:53.400 --> 00:36:57.320
and lavender hair. Thanks to my master vampire site, I57400:36:57.320 --> 00:36:59.920
can see that it's her natural hair color and not57500:37:00.280 --> 00:37:04.639
die job. I know exactly what this creature is. She's57600:37:04.679 --> 00:37:08.400
a succubus, I whisper to AINI think of her as57700:37:08.440 --> 00:37:12.360
being a vampire, except instead of drinking blood, she steals57800:37:12.360 --> 00:37:15.760
sexual energy from men. But why would she go after57900:37:15.840 --> 00:37:20.480
somebody like Van deist Aine wonders, and then iiny gasps58000:37:20.800 --> 00:37:24.000
when we see Lavender slide her tongue into the principal's mouth.58100:37:24.679 --> 00:37:27.400
You'd swear the other students passing by would have seen it,58200:37:27.800 --> 00:37:31.559
but they just act like nothing's going on. The succubus58300:37:31.639 --> 00:37:34.039
is emitting some kind of a field that makes them58400:37:34.079 --> 00:37:38.079
not see her. Inhaling van Deste, the only reason why58500:37:38.119 --> 00:37:40.280
Ainie and I can see her is because our minds58600:37:40.320 --> 00:37:43.719
are strong. Guess that shows a lot of these students58700:37:43.719 --> 00:37:46.320
here are just going through the motions, if you know58800:37:46.360 --> 00:37:49.119
what I mean. Ainie and I both head into an58900:37:49.119 --> 00:37:53.360
empty classroom to talk. Can you stop her bells? She asks?59000:37:54.199 --> 00:37:59.239
I can, but school isn't the place. I answer. Lavender59100:37:59.320 --> 00:38:01.679
is very power. I can see it in her aura.59200:38:02.119 --> 00:38:05.480
I can't risk getting other students hurt. But why go59300:38:05.559 --> 00:38:09.880
after principal? Van Deiste pels He's not exactly a prize catch, right?59400:38:10.519 --> 00:38:14.159
I raise my finger on the contrary. One thing you59500:38:14.239 --> 00:38:17.280
need to know about a sucubus. She doesn't care what59600:38:17.320 --> 00:38:19.480
a male looks like. As long as he's got a59700:38:19.519 --> 00:38:23.360
great deal of sexual energy. You're in the ballpark. Though,59800:38:23.519 --> 00:38:26.320
when it comes to Van dest you just know he's59900:38:26.320 --> 00:38:28.800
not with anybody. He definitely wants to be, which is60000:38:28.840 --> 00:38:31.840
why he's checking out other girls. He's got so much60100:38:31.920 --> 00:38:34.960
pent up sexual energy. He's just perfect for somebody like60200:38:35.079 --> 00:38:39.039
Lavender Collier. She won't take him here, No, she's priming60300:38:39.119 --> 00:38:41.920
him up. She'll likely come for him tonight when he's60400:38:41.920 --> 00:38:45.480
sleeping and dreaming about her. And that's where we're gonna60500:38:45.519 --> 00:38:50.280
be you too, An all too familiar voice calls out.60600:38:50.880 --> 00:38:54.000
We turn to see Principal Van Deste standing in the doorway.60700:38:54.480 --> 00:38:57.280
He turns on the light and sees us. He points60800:38:57.320 --> 00:39:01.920
to Aileen, get to class now. Then he points to me,60900:39:02.760 --> 00:39:06.079
and you can tack on another week to your suspension.61000:39:06.480 --> 00:39:10.679
Bella Tabon. Damn it, that fucking succubist was able to61100:39:10.719 --> 00:39:14.119
overpower my glam with her a lure. Van Deist remembers61200:39:14.159 --> 00:39:17.760
everything regarding me. He comes straight to me and grabs61300:39:17.800 --> 00:39:20.920
my arm. Normally I'd have beaten the living shit out61400:39:20.920 --> 00:39:25.440
of a man for that, but there's a fucking succubus involved. Okay,61500:39:25.559 --> 00:39:28.599
Van Deiste, you get this one for free. He walks61600:39:28.639 --> 00:39:32.039
me to the main doors and yes, every nearby student61700:39:32.119 --> 00:39:34.960
is looking right at us. He pushes open one of61800:39:35.000 --> 00:39:37.800
the doors and shoves me through it. Then he steps61900:39:37.840 --> 00:39:41.039
outside and points right at me. I'm getting sick and62000:39:41.159 --> 00:39:43.960
tired of you thinking you run my school bella tabon.62100:39:44.559 --> 00:39:48.679
You need to remember I'm the principal here me. And62200:39:48.719 --> 00:39:53.440
then I notice he's staring me down again. Hmm. Me,62300:39:53.559 --> 00:39:56.159
being as scantily clad as I am, can work to62400:39:56.199 --> 00:39:59.480
my advantage here. I move my hands up to my62500:39:59.559 --> 00:40:02.760
hair pose for him just enough to where Van Deist62600:40:02.880 --> 00:40:06.039
can see my sex appeal. I may not have the62700:40:06.039 --> 00:40:09.039
glamorous body of a succubust, but there are plenty of62800:40:09.079 --> 00:40:13.679
males here at Strickfield High who would love to be mine.62900:40:13.760 --> 00:40:17.559
Are you one of those people, Matthew van Deste. Let's63000:40:17.639 --> 00:40:21.719
just see who's got more allure here, the voluptuous succubists63100:40:22.239 --> 00:40:27.039
or the skin tight vampire. U sh it.63200:40:27.079 --> 00:40:31.239
Was only the wind. You're safe, weekly Spooky will be63300:40:31.400 --> 00:40:31.960
right back.63400:40:33.320 --> 00:40:36.000
Van Deiste is just stammering his words as he keeps63500:40:36.079 --> 00:40:39.599
ripping me one new ass after another. I've already said63600:40:39.639 --> 00:40:42.800
I have little speed bumps for tits, but he's still63700:40:42.880 --> 00:40:46.639
drawn to him. He's still quite attracted to my tight body.63800:40:47.159 --> 00:40:49.920
I'm not even using glam on him like that fucking63900:40:49.960 --> 00:40:52.639
succubist in the school. I can wrap people so tight64000:40:52.639 --> 00:40:56.199
around my little finger, they'll do anything I tell them,64100:40:56.360 --> 00:40:58.679
so I guess you can say Lavender and I aren't64200:40:58.719 --> 00:41:02.119
that much different in that department. And that's when I64300:41:02.159 --> 00:41:05.559
see the bitch looking out and glaring at me. Now,64400:41:06.119 --> 00:41:08.679
I've never been sure whether or not a succubist or64500:41:08.719 --> 00:41:12.960
an incubus can sense a vampire. A master vampire can64600:41:13.000 --> 00:41:16.599
sense them, for sure. Lavender looks ready to come outside64700:41:16.599 --> 00:41:19.840
and confront me, but she knows that's probably not a64800:41:19.880 --> 00:41:24.280
good idea. No, Lavender doesn't want people knowing what any64900:41:24.360 --> 00:41:28.119
and I both know. I keep turning on the charm65000:41:28.199 --> 00:41:30.559
for van Deste. I don't even have to go full65100:41:30.599 --> 00:41:34.159
porno on him, just showing a curve here and there,65200:41:34.400 --> 00:41:38.760
keeping his full attention on my nearly naked body. Guess65300:41:38.760 --> 00:41:42.519
bigger tits ain't always better, huh, Lavender. I'm laughing my65400:41:42.599 --> 00:41:46.840
ass off. Deep down, Lavender is fucking pissed at me. Now,65500:41:47.599 --> 00:41:51.559
good come for me, bitch, and then I have a65600:41:51.639 --> 00:41:54.559
hell of a plan. I don't know if Van Deste65700:41:54.559 --> 00:41:57.519
heard the bell ring, but I sure did. Still he's65800:41:57.639 --> 00:42:00.000
rambling on and even repeats a few things to me65900:42:00.360 --> 00:42:04.239
as he's still undressing me, with his eyes still holding66000:42:04.320 --> 00:42:08.639
Lavender's attention. It's time to do the unthinkable. I come66100:42:08.679 --> 00:42:11.679
in close to van dest and lock my lips with66200:42:11.800 --> 00:42:15.480
his boy do his fucking arms ever wrap me up?66300:42:15.880 --> 00:42:18.760
He holds me oh so gently to him as we66400:42:18.840 --> 00:42:21.960
share a soft kiss together, and then I hear his66500:42:22.039 --> 00:42:27.480
heart beating and realize I just made a huge mistake.66600:42:34.199 --> 00:42:37.079
I quickly back the fuck away from Principal van Deste.66700:42:37.639 --> 00:42:42.639
Then he just looks right at me, bella, I know66800:42:43.039 --> 00:42:46.360
I'm suspended. I quickly reply, getting my ass off school66900:42:46.360 --> 00:42:49.400
property right now. Then I give him two middle fingers67000:42:49.840 --> 00:42:53.320
and you can go fuck yourself. Just then, a teacher67100:42:53.360 --> 00:42:56.840
sees Lavender and tells her to get to class. At first,67200:42:56.880 --> 00:42:59.639
she won't go, but she ultimately doesn't have a choice67300:42:59.679 --> 00:43:03.800
if she doesn't want to expose herself. She finally leaves,67400:43:04.440 --> 00:43:07.440
knowing I did what I wanted to do in provoking Lavender,67500:43:07.599 --> 00:43:11.440
I turn and start walking away. As I turn the corner,67600:43:11.559 --> 00:43:15.039
Van Deist snatches my wrist. Now you wait just a minute.67700:43:15.599 --> 00:43:18.880
As I turn around to face him. We suddenly lock67800:43:19.000 --> 00:43:22.440
lips again. This time the kiss lasts a little longer.67900:43:23.039 --> 00:43:27.559
Then we come apart. What in the actual fuck? When68000:43:27.559 --> 00:43:30.400
I hear his heartbeat again, I have my confirmation that68100:43:30.519 --> 00:43:33.920
I truly fucked up. I know now that Principal Van68200:43:34.000 --> 00:43:37.519
Deste has desired me for a very long time. I68300:43:37.559 --> 00:43:39.559
don't mean he just wants to have hot and nasty68400:43:39.639 --> 00:43:43.000
sex with me. I mean he wants to be with me.68500:43:44.119 --> 00:43:49.039
He's he's fucking in love with me. I compose myself68600:43:49.039 --> 00:43:54.079
and raise my finger. Okay, Matthew, one, you know, fucking68700:43:54.199 --> 00:43:58.320
goddamn well, what we're doing is quite forbidden. Read the68800:43:58.400 --> 00:44:02.280
student handbook. Two, you'd have to decide if you want68900:44:02.360 --> 00:44:06.480
Lavender or me, and three it'll never work between you69000:44:06.559 --> 00:44:09.400
and me in any case. And since I'm not supposed69100:44:09.400 --> 00:44:12.840
to be here, When we hear someone opening one of69200:44:12.840 --> 00:44:15.960
the main doors and calling for Van dest he glances69300:44:15.960 --> 00:44:18.760
over his shoulder when he goes to look back at me,69400:44:19.320 --> 00:44:23.679
I'm gone, Yeah, just like Batman, the little devil in69500:44:23.719 --> 00:44:26.639
me loves pulling that shit on him. But this wasn't69600:44:26.639 --> 00:44:30.000
a case of me being a little devil here. I69700:44:30.039 --> 00:44:33.039
had to get the fuck away from Van dest I69800:44:33.119 --> 00:44:36.239
need to think I'm out on the football field. When69900:44:36.320 --> 00:44:41.199
Aini finds me at lunch break, bells you okay, she asks,70000:44:41.400 --> 00:44:44.880
sitting down next to me. I shake my head. No,70100:44:46.280 --> 00:44:49.239
and you're gonna be so pissed off at me. I70200:44:49.320 --> 00:44:53.960
tell Ainie everything. Her jaw drops. Are you saying? I mean?70300:44:54.719 --> 00:44:57.320
I get principal? Van Deste has a thing for you.70400:44:57.920 --> 00:44:59.920
I've known that ever since I first brought you just70500:45:00.199 --> 00:45:06.119
field high. But are you in love with him? I sigh? Heine,70600:45:07.039 --> 00:45:10.159
you know, Martin and I aren't fucking anymore, ever since70700:45:10.199 --> 00:45:12.519
your grandma talked to me about him and you told70800:45:12.559 --> 00:45:16.840
me how you got sick. There's just no way in hell. Also,70900:45:17.239 --> 00:45:22.000
I can smell that he's been fucking other girls. I sigh,71000:45:22.039 --> 00:45:26.280
But I have feelings and needs too. Go ahead, rip71100:45:26.360 --> 00:45:30.440
me some new asses. Nothing you haven't done before. Aine71200:45:30.519 --> 00:45:34.239
just looks at me and groans in frustration herself. So71300:45:35.639 --> 00:45:38.119
what are you going to do about Van dest You71400:45:38.159 --> 00:45:41.559
can't just leave him for Lavender to suck up. No71500:45:41.719 --> 00:45:45.880
fucking shit, I mutter. He's a fucking worm of a man,71600:45:46.079 --> 00:45:48.800
but I have to save him. Lavender will come for71700:45:48.920 --> 00:45:51.480
him tonight. She plans to fuck him and take his71800:45:51.559 --> 00:45:55.400
sexual energy. Van Deiste will end up just like Jacob Lautner.71900:45:55.559 --> 00:45:59.559
If that happens, I swear the shit you get me into. Iine.72000:46:00.519 --> 00:46:04.639
She looks apologetic. Now I had to tell you Bells.72100:46:05.440 --> 00:46:08.320
I smirk a little in patter he's shoulder. I know.72200:46:09.280 --> 00:46:15.039
I'm glad you did. I just didn't expect this. I72300:46:15.119 --> 00:46:24.679
put my hands on my forehead and grown fuck That night.72400:46:24.800 --> 00:46:28.519
Anie and I are hiding in Van Deste's backyard. Thanks72500:46:28.519 --> 00:46:30.639
to my night vision, I can see shit like it's72600:46:30.679 --> 00:46:34.679
still daylight. Van Deste is sitting at his computer. I72700:46:34.760 --> 00:46:38.079
recently discovered I can focus my vampire vision to zoom72800:46:38.079 --> 00:46:40.679
in on things I can see. Van Deste has the72900:46:40.679 --> 00:46:46.480
Strickfield High website up. He's looking at pictures of me.73000:46:47.559 --> 00:46:50.239
God damn it. That's what I get for attaching a73100:46:50.280 --> 00:46:53.280
piece of old bloodstone to my choker to allow myself73200:46:53.280 --> 00:46:56.400
to cast a reflection. I did it so people wouldn't73300:46:56.480 --> 00:47:01.239
see what they shouldn't. Ainie's using night vie goggles she made.73400:47:01.840 --> 00:47:04.199
She's really putting that big brain of hers to use73500:47:04.239 --> 00:47:06.639
and building all these new toys we're using when we're73600:47:06.639 --> 00:47:10.360
out together. I used to tell AINI that I work alone.73700:47:11.039 --> 00:47:13.440
But you know, damn well, she's not gonna stay put.73800:47:13.920 --> 00:47:19.119
Ainie's definitely not my sidekick. No, she's my partner in crime.73900:47:19.840 --> 00:47:23.039
To be honest, I like having her around. Then I74000:47:23.079 --> 00:47:27.480
hear Ainy sigh of disgust. I don't know what you did, Bells,74100:47:27.880 --> 00:47:32.280
but you've definitely set Van Deist on fire. Yeah, no shit,74200:47:32.719 --> 00:47:37.599
I mutter, how you feeling? Can you do this? I'll74300:47:37.639 --> 00:47:41.920
be okay, And then looks like he's getting ready for bed.74400:47:42.599 --> 00:47:45.360
Lavender will come for him. Once he's asleep and dreaming.74500:47:46.280 --> 00:47:48.800
He'll dream about her, assuming her hold on him is74600:47:48.840 --> 00:47:53.159
still there. I know I did some research on Suckuby.74700:47:53.800 --> 00:47:59.599
I roll my eyes. I'm what Wikipedia? Please? She scoffs74800:47:59.639 --> 00:48:02.519
at me. I never use Wikipedia. Give me a break,74900:48:02.559 --> 00:48:06.679
Bell's She bumps my arm. You better move. I can75000:48:06.719 --> 00:48:09.800
sense the tension between any and me. She knows I'm75100:48:09.800 --> 00:48:12.840
feeling something for Van dest I move out of the75200:48:12.840 --> 00:48:16.199
bushes and leap up onto the roof. I walk barefoot75300:48:16.199 --> 00:48:19.440
to his window and look in, making sure he doesn't75400:48:19.440 --> 00:48:22.719
see me. Even out here, I can still hear his75500:48:22.800 --> 00:48:29.239
heart beating. He still desires me more than anything. Why75600:48:29.280 --> 00:48:33.440
the fuck did I ever kiss him? He finally falls asleep.75700:48:33.920 --> 00:48:37.400
I just have to wait until he's dreaming. It's then75800:48:37.519 --> 00:48:41.119
that I smell Lavender Collier. She comes out of his75900:48:41.199 --> 00:48:48.480
closet and approaches the bed. Yes, mortal, your energies are76000:48:48.559 --> 00:48:53.440
at their utmost, she purrs. Now, I shall give you76100:48:53.559 --> 00:48:58.400
that which you most desire. In turn, you shall sustain76200:48:58.559 --> 00:49:04.920
me once I fed, then you die. She's wearing a76300:49:05.000 --> 00:49:09.360
red dress and is already barefoot. She easily undoes the76400:49:09.400 --> 00:49:13.320
shoulder straps and lets the dress drop to the floor. Naked,76500:49:13.679 --> 00:49:17.519
she slithers onto the bed and lays on top of him.76600:49:18.440 --> 00:49:23.159
Wake up, my love, Lavender whispers, Take me in your76700:49:23.320 --> 00:49:27.880
arms and make me yours. I need you so desperately.76800:49:28.880 --> 00:49:31.559
Van Deist wakes up and sees the beautiful form on76900:49:31.639 --> 00:49:37.360
top of him. But then something quite adverse happens. No77000:49:38.239 --> 00:49:44.760
Vandiste utters, shaking his head. What, Lavender shrieks, This cannot be.77100:49:45.280 --> 00:49:46.840
How have you broken my allure?77200:49:48.280 --> 00:49:52.199
You're not safe yet weakly Spooky will be right back.77300:49:54.320 --> 00:49:58.440
Yeah, I truly drove any thought of Lavender Collier out77400:49:58.440 --> 00:50:00.480
of his mind when I let him in this morning.77500:50:01.599 --> 00:50:03.760
His love for me is powerful enough for him to77600:50:03.800 --> 00:50:08.320
resist her. I realize I can't just stay outside and observe.77700:50:08.440 --> 00:50:12.599
Now I gotta fight the bitch. I burst through the77800:50:12.599 --> 00:50:16.400
window and glare at Lavender. Get the fuck off him77900:50:16.960 --> 00:50:20.840
right now. Lavender gets off the bed and on the78000:50:20.880 --> 00:50:24.639
other side. Then she glares at me and begins to78100:50:24.800 --> 00:50:28.639
change into her true form. She now has big horns78200:50:28.639 --> 00:50:31.280
on her head, a long tail with a very sharp78300:50:31.320 --> 00:50:35.480
point on the end, and claws. Seeing her reminds me78400:50:35.519 --> 00:50:38.519
of pictures I've seen of the hell Weaver. In fact,78500:50:39.119 --> 00:50:42.760
all suck you By are her daughters. I quickly vamp78600:50:42.800 --> 00:50:46.559
out and raise my claws. You can't have him, I78700:50:46.639 --> 00:50:50.920
say to Lavender, But I shall once I have disposed78800:50:50.960 --> 00:50:57.320
of you. She replies, Bella what Van dest cries out,78900:50:57.840 --> 00:51:03.119
you're a mumpire. Lavender hisses at me and raises her79000:51:03.119 --> 00:51:06.000
own claws. The two of us leap up and meet79100:51:06.039 --> 00:51:09.360
over the bed. We punch and clawed each other. I79200:51:09.480 --> 00:51:12.280
know I'm gonna have a hell of a fight with Lavender.79300:51:13.039 --> 00:51:16.440
Suck Youby are very strong and can become quite dangerous79400:51:16.480 --> 00:51:21.199
when they're threatened over their chosen prey. I eventually grab79500:51:21.280 --> 00:51:24.079
Lavender and throw her ass out the window. Then I79600:51:24.119 --> 00:51:26.800
come out after her. I can smell where Inini is79700:51:26.840 --> 00:51:30.159
and know she's watching us fight. I'm feeling so high79800:51:30.239 --> 00:51:34.559
strung right now. I fucking love to fight. My desire79900:51:34.599 --> 00:51:37.639
to fight really increased after I became my own unique80000:51:37.639 --> 00:51:42.760
master vampire. Along with my appetite and my libido, Lavender80100:51:42.760 --> 00:51:45.400
and I attack and roll around on each other. We80200:51:45.480 --> 00:51:48.639
throw each other into things. She's really quite strong and80300:51:48.679 --> 00:51:52.800
can possibly match my strength. She hisses loudly in frustration80400:51:53.000 --> 00:51:55.719
when I won't stay down. She even tries to claw80500:51:55.760 --> 00:51:59.159
at my heart. Hate to tell you, bitch, but going80600:51:59.199 --> 00:52:01.719
for my heart won't help you in the least. I80700:52:01.800 --> 00:52:05.159
tell her no. Lie. While it takes a stake through80800:52:05.159 --> 00:52:09.159
the heart and decapitation to destroy a traditional master vampire,80900:52:09.920 --> 00:52:13.480
this method does not work on me. I've been staked81000:52:13.519 --> 00:52:17.000
and beheaded twice during my existence as a master vampire.81100:52:17.559 --> 00:52:20.920
When Thornton Gillian's blood mixed with my pure Tabon blood81200:52:21.320 --> 00:52:25.039
those many years ago, it made me something truly unique.81300:52:25.400 --> 00:52:28.800
I'm beginning to think I may never be capable of dying.81400:52:29.880 --> 00:52:32.320
Lavender and I have bled each other with our claws.81500:52:32.599 --> 00:52:36.880
Though our injuries heal almost immediately. This certainly isn't your81600:52:37.039 --> 00:52:40.719
usual high school cat fight either. No, Lavender knows how81700:52:40.760 --> 00:52:43.840
to fight same as I do. Our styles differ on81800:52:43.840 --> 00:52:46.440
the account of our training. What Lavender is about to81900:52:46.480 --> 00:52:49.360
find out is that she picked the wrong fucking cunt82000:52:49.599 --> 00:52:52.719
to fight. You see, any and I both know how82100:52:52.719 --> 00:52:56.000
to kill these fucking things. In fact, I'm about to82200:52:56.079 --> 00:52:58.719
use one of those toys she whipped up. I have82300:52:58.840 --> 00:53:02.440
launchers strapped to my forearms. She originally made them for82400:53:02.519 --> 00:53:06.239
fighting enemy vampires. We used them to fight werewolves back82500:53:06.239 --> 00:53:09.480
in early June at Shore City. In fact, it'll be82600:53:09.519 --> 00:53:12.079
the same method we use to end the werewolves that'll82700:53:12.199 --> 00:53:16.559
end this succubus. Since I've kept Lavender from fucking van Deist,82800:53:16.679 --> 00:53:19.719
she hasn't been able to feed. By keeping her fighting82900:53:19.760 --> 00:53:23.320
with me, she's gotten weaker. I finally get her to83000:53:23.360 --> 00:53:26.239
the point where she's desperate. When she tries to grab83100:53:26.280 --> 00:53:28.519
my head to rip it off, I hold her to83200:53:28.639 --> 00:53:31.280
me and position one of my launchers at her heart region.83300:53:31.960 --> 00:53:35.360
Lavender shrieks and then cries out in serious pain when83400:53:35.400 --> 00:53:38.360
she feels the tip of the silver steak coming out83500:53:38.400 --> 00:53:42.679
of her back. That's how you kill them, silver, but83600:53:42.719 --> 00:53:45.360
you have to have a substantial amount of it, like83700:53:45.400 --> 00:53:48.920
in a stake. Something as small as a silver bullet83800:53:48.960 --> 00:53:51.599
can kill a werewolf, but something as big as a83900:53:51.599 --> 00:53:55.800
silver steak is what you need for killing these fucking bitches.84000:53:56.360 --> 00:54:00.800
The only exception is hell Weaver herself falls back and84100:54:00.880 --> 00:54:04.039
tries to remove the silver steak from her heart. It's84200:54:04.079 --> 00:54:08.559
in there pretty tight, and she's too weak, you bitch.84300:54:09.280 --> 00:54:14.880
Lavender moans, my mother will destroy you for this. I84400:54:15.000 --> 00:54:18.800
sneer as I raise my middle finger. Your mother can84500:54:18.840 --> 00:54:23.920
make like a dildo and go fuck herself. Lavender finally dies.84600:54:24.800 --> 00:54:29.519
Then she begins to melt away, even her bones. Soon84700:54:29.599 --> 00:54:33.639
there's nothing left but residue and the silver steak. I84800:54:33.719 --> 00:54:35.599
pick it up and hand it to Ainy. When she84900:54:35.679 --> 00:54:43.159
comes beside me, you okay, bells still kicking. I answer, okay,85000:54:43.280 --> 00:54:48.400
we can go home. Then she says, I sigh. Not yet.85100:54:49.039 --> 00:54:51.719
Van Deste has seen me. He knows what I am.85200:54:51.800 --> 00:54:54.320
Now I have to go back and glam him to85300:54:54.360 --> 00:54:59.480
make him forget Iini gives me a doubtful look. You're85400:54:59.559 --> 00:55:02.440
really going to sleep with him, aren't you. I just85500:55:02.519 --> 00:55:06.480
lower my head. I can't walk away. He knows my secret.85600:55:07.559 --> 00:55:09.360
She and I just look at each other for a85700:55:09.400 --> 00:55:14.920
long moment. Then she turns and walks away. I want85800:55:14.920 --> 00:55:24.079
to call her out, but Cih van Deiste is still85900:55:24.079 --> 00:55:26.239
in his bed with covers pulled up to his chin.86000:55:26.320 --> 00:55:29.280
When I return. When he sees me, he pushes the86100:55:29.320 --> 00:55:32.280
covers down and quickly gets out of bed. He comes86200:55:32.360 --> 00:55:35.199
right to me and takes me in his arms. I'm86300:55:35.280 --> 00:55:38.360
still in my vampire form, and he's not the least86400:55:38.400 --> 00:55:42.519
bit afraid of me. We don't talk. I can tell86500:55:42.599 --> 00:55:45.119
he wants to tell me he loves me. I can86600:55:45.159 --> 00:55:49.039
feel my own feelings. I don't understand why I feel86700:55:49.079 --> 00:55:52.119
for someone like Matthew van Deste, given what I know86800:55:52.239 --> 00:55:55.719
about him at school. In the truest sense of age,86900:55:55.760 --> 00:55:58.599
it wouldn't be wrong for us to be together. He's87000:55:58.639 --> 00:56:01.280
in his early forties and I appear to be seventeen,87100:56:01.840 --> 00:56:03.639
which was how old I was when I came to87200:56:03.679 --> 00:56:08.079
be a master vampire back in eighteen eighty nine. I'm87300:56:08.079 --> 00:56:12.679
easily the older woman here. Now we share a long, deep,87400:56:12.920 --> 00:56:16.880
passionate kiss. Truly, Van Deste has loved me for quite87500:56:16.960 --> 00:56:20.320
some time. I don't know if I've always harbored feelings87600:56:20.360 --> 00:56:22.519
for him. As much as I've played with him at school,87700:56:23.199 --> 00:56:26.880
he's always tried to tame the bad schoolgirl, but he87800:56:27.000 --> 00:56:31.480
continues to find I just can't be tamed. If anything,87900:56:31.599 --> 00:56:35.119
I keep him honest, but I gotta be honest with myself.88000:56:35.719 --> 00:56:37.920
As much as I'd truly love to see where this88100:56:38.039 --> 00:56:42.920
forbidden relationship would take us, I gotta pull away. I88200:56:43.039 --> 00:56:46.599
do just that. After we finish our kiss, his eyes88300:56:46.599 --> 00:56:50.800
are on mine. Now he's sinking deep into me. His88400:56:50.920 --> 00:56:58.760
will is mine? Okay, Matthew. I begin The next morning,88500:56:59.159 --> 00:57:02.880
Innie and I walk into Strickfield High together. Principal van88600:57:02.960 --> 00:57:07.199
dest immediately sees us, and he's undressing me with his eyes.88700:57:07.760 --> 00:57:10.000
I play with him again by flipping him off and88800:57:10.079 --> 00:57:13.079
flicking my tongue for him. He just glares at me88900:57:13.360 --> 00:57:16.719
but does nothing. I can still hear his heart beat.89000:57:17.360 --> 00:57:19.719
He still loves me with all his heart and soul.89100:57:20.760 --> 00:57:25.199
Even my powerful glam can't remove or change true emotions.89200:57:25.760 --> 00:57:28.400
I need nods for us to go into an empty classroom.89300:57:29.840 --> 00:57:33.480
We go in there to talk bells. Why didn't you89400:57:33.519 --> 00:57:37.239
pursue van Deste, she asks, I know you want to.89500:57:38.159 --> 00:57:41.280
I shake my head a little, because you mean more89600:57:41.320 --> 00:57:44.039
to me than he does. When you walked away from89700:57:44.039 --> 00:57:49.679
me last night, it really hurt. I even cried a little.89800:57:50.239 --> 00:57:53.639
I never expected to have a friend like you. I89900:57:53.719 --> 00:57:57.519
love you, iinee. A forbidden relationship with Van Deste isn't90000:57:57.559 --> 00:58:01.719
worth losing your friendship over. I may be having emotional issues,90100:58:01.760 --> 00:58:05.559
but I'm not a fool. Anie and I come together90200:58:05.639 --> 00:58:10.000
and hug. I love you too, Bells and thank you90300:58:10.079 --> 00:58:13.599
for always sticking by me. After we come out of90400:58:13.639 --> 00:58:16.320
our hug, we leave the classroom and make our way90500:58:16.360 --> 00:58:20.719
to first period to start the school day. Deep down,90600:58:20.920 --> 00:58:22.920
I have the feeling it's only going to be a90700:58:22.920 --> 00:58:26.880
matter of time before something drastic happens to bring Van90800:58:26.960 --> 00:58:30.599
Deiste and me dangerously close to each other once again.90900:58:31.960 --> 00:58:44.920
But not today. Echo echo by shame, shame, Biglevoka. I91000:58:45.000 --> 00:58:47.880
first met him last week, though I'd heard about the91100:58:47.920 --> 00:58:51.239
new guy in town before that. Castle New York was91200:58:51.280 --> 00:58:55.719
the smallest of small towns. Word travels fast when somebody91300:58:55.760 --> 00:58:58.960
knew moves to town. Travis looked like he stepped out91400:58:59.000 --> 00:59:02.320
of one of those fifties biker films, and last Thursday,91500:59:02.599 --> 00:59:05.079
when he walked into the diner I work at, I91600:59:05.119 --> 00:59:07.639
couldn't take my eyes off him, and he knew it.91700:59:08.480 --> 00:59:11.039
He caught me looking at him and smiled that sly91800:59:11.239 --> 00:59:14.519
smile of his. My eyes darted away and I tried91900:59:14.519 --> 00:59:16.639
to make it look like I was working around the diner,92000:59:16.679 --> 00:59:20.159
but it was too late. He strode over to me.92100:59:21.199 --> 00:59:25.920
Hello there, he said. Hey. I tried to sound confident,92200:59:26.119 --> 00:59:29.239
like I didn't give a fuck, but my voice cracked.92300:59:29.719 --> 00:59:33.199
He smiled at me. Can I get a chocolate milkshake92400:59:33.239 --> 00:59:40.800
to go? Sure? I heard there, like wow here. I92500:59:40.840 --> 00:59:43.199
started making the shake. As he leaned on the counter,92600:59:43.679 --> 00:59:46.320
he looked at his reflection in the glass case of donuts,92700:59:46.400 --> 00:59:52.400
adjusting his perfect hair. Yeah they're really good, I said, unsuccessfully,92800:59:52.480 --> 00:59:56.480
thinking of something cool to say. Lived here all your life,92900:59:56.800 --> 01:00:02.840
he asked. Unfortunately, ain't so, I've been to worse. I93001:00:02.920 --> 01:00:05.440
finished the shake and brought it over to him. He93101:00:05.519 --> 01:00:08.199
gave me a wink and took a sip. Before I93201:00:08.239 --> 01:00:11.039
could say anything, he slid a ten dollars bill across93301:00:11.039 --> 01:00:14.760
the counter. A large silver ring gleamed on his hand.93401:00:15.400 --> 01:00:19.800
He turned and started to leave. Let me get your change.93501:00:19.880 --> 01:00:24.360
The rest is for you, Dolly. I watched him go. Dolly.93601:00:25.239 --> 01:00:28.599
I felt a bit offended, but at the same time,93701:00:28.679 --> 01:00:34.159
I was feeling something else, love lust, whatever it was.93801:00:34.440 --> 01:00:38.800
It made me somewhat forgiving of the Dolly remark. So93901:00:38.880 --> 01:00:42.320
that's the new guy, not bad. I turned and it94001:00:42.400 --> 01:00:46.119
was my coworker and friend, bren She adjusted her raven hair.94101:00:46.920 --> 01:00:50.039
What did he say to you, Ronnie? Nothing much, just94201:00:50.400 --> 01:00:55.760
wanted a milkshake. Yeah, yours? We both laughed. Brenn has94301:00:55.840 --> 01:00:59.320
this obnoxious laugh that usually ends up making me laugh94401:00:59.360 --> 01:01:02.639
even harder. The next day he didn't show up, but94501:01:02.840 --> 01:01:06.320
the day after that he was there again, this time94601:01:06.400 --> 01:01:10.320
wanting a milkshake and a burger. No matter who waited94701:01:10.320 --> 01:01:13.239
on him, he always ended up talking to me, usually94801:01:13.280 --> 01:01:17.840
asking me about some town idiosyncrasy or whatnot, always coming94901:01:17.840 --> 01:01:21.679
in at the same time every other day. It continued95001:01:21.719 --> 01:01:24.559
like this for a month. We'd small talk a little,95101:01:24.599 --> 01:01:27.239
and then he'd leave. I never saw him outside of95201:01:27.239 --> 01:01:31.960
the diner. Then one day he changed the routine. I95301:01:32.000 --> 01:01:34.840
got off work one sunny Monday afternoon and Travis was95401:01:34.880 --> 01:01:38.400
waiting for me. He was leaning ever so slightly against95501:01:38.400 --> 01:01:41.960
the side of the diner. He smiled at me. Hey,95601:01:42.639 --> 01:01:46.679
I said, hey, he answered. He flicked out a metal95701:01:46.760 --> 01:01:49.480
lighter and lit a slim cigarette. So what do you95801:01:49.559 --> 01:01:53.239
do for a kick around here? There's the movie theater95901:01:53.400 --> 01:01:58.159
or the bowling alley? No, no, you? He took a puff.96001:02:00.119 --> 01:02:10.199
Me not much? Nah, dang, shame pretty little girl like you? Thanks?96101:02:10.880 --> 01:02:14.199
The flattery made me blush? Was he hitting on me?96201:02:15.239 --> 01:02:17.159
I sucked at this kind of thing. I wasn't sure96301:02:17.199 --> 01:02:21.119
if he wanted me to say anything. I haven't found96401:02:21.239 --> 01:02:25.440
much in town to get excited about Dullsville. Really, he96501:02:25.519 --> 01:02:28.440
took a long drag on his cigarette, so I was96601:02:28.440 --> 01:02:33.079
wondering if you want to hang? I thought for a second,96701:02:33.760 --> 01:02:37.880
he's asking me out. I suck at dating. He's good96801:02:37.920 --> 01:02:41.119
looking and seems nice, but there's no way a date96901:02:41.159 --> 01:02:45.400
between us won't end an embarrassment for me and perhaps97001:02:45.440 --> 01:02:50.599
him too. How can I talk him out of it?97101:02:50.599 --> 01:02:53.920
It's kind of been a rough day, you know, mondays,97201:02:54.679 --> 01:02:58.159
I just want to go back home and chill. It97301:02:58.239 --> 01:03:03.519
don't have to be today. Oh cool? So want to97401:03:03.559 --> 01:03:08.079
see a flick? He said, show the new guy the sights? Sure?97501:03:08.760 --> 01:03:13.199
Am I really going to do this? Yeah? I guess97601:03:13.239 --> 01:03:18.199
I was. Why not? I deserve some fun, right right?97701:03:19.039 --> 01:03:21.760
You do? Brend was always trying to get me to97801:03:21.800 --> 01:03:27.719
go out this would really shocker tomorrow night good. I97901:03:27.800 --> 01:03:30.159
thought about it. Did you know I didn't have to98001:03:30.159 --> 01:03:35.239
work the day after? Sure, aces, it's a date. Then98101:03:35.599 --> 01:03:40.159
I'll let you pick the flick cool. Yeah, he looked98201:03:40.159 --> 01:03:42.480
at me. You should always have your hair like that.98301:03:43.519 --> 01:03:46.079
I touched my hair. I forgot I tied it back98401:03:46.079 --> 01:03:49.159
at work. This was probably the first time he saw98501:03:49.159 --> 01:03:57.320
it loose. It's so beautiful and red like a rose. Thanks.98601:03:58.159 --> 01:04:02.920
My face lit up as I blushed. Great, got a run, babe,98701:04:03.119 --> 01:04:05.679
be seeing you. He did a little point at me98801:04:05.719 --> 01:04:08.639
and winked before leaving, the spurs on the back of98901:04:08.679 --> 01:04:12.320
his cowboy boots jangling as he went. What had I99001:04:12.400 --> 01:04:16.840
got myself into? Our first date went well, as did99101:04:16.880 --> 01:04:20.000
the next three. Before I realized it, we were a99201:04:20.159 --> 01:04:24.840
thing in town. I think Brenn was jealous. For our99301:04:24.880 --> 01:04:27.360
fifth date, Travis wanted to take me on a picnic99401:04:27.400 --> 01:04:30.199
to Harmony Lake. It would be our first date in99501:04:30.239 --> 01:04:34.840
a less public space. I wasn't too worried. On every date.99601:04:35.119 --> 01:04:37.880
Travis had been quite the gentleman. I was getting ready99701:04:37.920 --> 01:04:40.639
in the apartment I share with Brenn. I stood doing99801:04:40.679 --> 01:04:45.039
my hair over and over again. You look good. Let99901:04:45.039 --> 01:04:48.039
it go. She said. I turned from the mirror and100001:04:48.079 --> 01:04:51.840
presented myself. You think, I said, twirling around in my100101:04:51.920 --> 01:04:57.599
new dress. You're hideous, hilarious. Seriously, hun, you look a100201:04:57.679 --> 01:05:01.039
maze balls, she hugged me. Have fun at the lake.100301:05:01.639 --> 01:05:05.840
Try not to get too lucky. Hey, it's been a while,100401:05:05.880 --> 01:05:09.719
but not that long. Travis picked me up in his100501:05:09.800 --> 01:05:13.880
nineteen fifty seven Plymouth Fury. It was a convertible. The100601:05:13.960 --> 01:05:16.400
thing looked like a shark that decided to crawl out100701:05:16.440 --> 01:05:18.760
of the ocean and start looking for meals on land.100801:05:19.519 --> 01:05:23.400
He tooted the horn as he pulled up. You look stunning, babe,100901:05:23.840 --> 01:05:26.800
he said. Ever the gentleman, he wouldn't let me into101001:05:26.800 --> 01:05:29.280
the car unless he got out and opened the door101101:05:29.320 --> 01:05:32.599
for me. Some old song was playing on the car radio.101201:05:33.159 --> 01:05:36.440
In fact, I don't think he ever listened to anything101301:05:36.480 --> 01:05:39.440
after the fifties. We headed out of town as the101401:05:39.559 --> 01:05:43.960
King sang on the radio. I can't get over your car, Travis,101501:05:44.119 --> 01:05:47.800
I said, it looks so good for its age. I101601:05:47.960 --> 01:05:50.320
take care of this baby means a lot to me101701:05:50.880 --> 01:05:55.440
sentimental value. I keep her cherry, try to get maximum performance.101801:05:56.199 --> 01:05:59.239
He steps on the gas and we're moving a little101901:05:59.280 --> 01:06:02.480
too fast through town. I look at him nervously as102001:06:02.480 --> 01:06:05.559
he speeds up. Don't sweat it, Rose, I got this.102101:06:06.480 --> 01:06:10.639
Travis had started calling me Rose. Honestly, I didn't mind.102201:06:11.199 --> 01:06:16.519
He took my hand. I think today is gonna be special.102301:06:20.440 --> 01:06:22.719
The lake looked beautiful in the summer sun as we102401:06:22.800 --> 01:06:26.119
walked to a nice secluded spot under a large tree.102501:06:26.320 --> 01:06:30.239
Travis left the car radio on. Down in the willow102601:06:30.400 --> 01:06:35.360
garden where me and my love did meet. He set102701:06:35.400 --> 01:06:39.320
down a large blanket. My dear, he said, ushering me102801:06:39.360 --> 01:06:43.119
to the blanket. We brought quite the selection of food.102901:06:43.599 --> 01:06:47.280
Travis popped open a bottle of wine. Was that weird103001:06:47.320 --> 01:06:50.880
for a picnic? He caught me, making a face. Don't103101:06:50.880 --> 01:06:54.440
tell me you don't drink wine. No, just seems like103201:06:54.519 --> 01:06:58.239
a bit much for an afternoon picnic. Well, it's a103301:06:58.239 --> 01:07:03.880
celebration too, babe. It is what are we celebrating? Five dates?103401:07:04.400 --> 01:07:09.719
I laugh, Okay, I'll drink to that, my love. She103501:07:09.960 --> 01:07:13.400
did not know. The song played on as he poured103601:07:13.480 --> 01:07:16.400
us each a glass of wine. We eat and I103701:07:16.480 --> 01:07:19.119
take a couple SIPs of wine. I haven't had much103801:07:19.119 --> 01:07:21.559
in the way of wine, but this is really good.103901:07:21.960 --> 01:07:24.960
I wonder where he dug it up around here. As104001:07:25.000 --> 01:07:28.800
we eat, we talk mostly about me. He always has104101:07:28.840 --> 01:07:32.840
so many questions. Every time I ask him something about him,104201:07:33.400 --> 01:07:37.719
he seems sad, almost on the verge of tears. I104301:07:37.719 --> 01:07:41.159
don't want to bring up any bad memories. As we talk,104401:07:41.280 --> 01:07:46.320
my head starts to feel light, which was a dreadful sign.104501:07:47.000 --> 01:07:52.320
What's up, Ronnie wow? Uh getting a head rush. I104601:07:52.360 --> 01:07:54.800
try to stand up, but my legs feel like rubber.104701:07:55.320 --> 01:07:58.480
Travis catches me as I come, crashing back down on104801:07:58.559 --> 01:08:05.239
the radio song keeps repeating a dreadful sign. He brushes104901:08:05.280 --> 01:08:07.559
the hair out of my face and gives me a105001:08:07.599 --> 01:08:15.920
sad smile. I'm so sorry, dull, What sorry about? I stammer.105101:08:16.159 --> 01:08:20.119
My mouth doesn't want to move. I'm sorry. You have105201:08:20.199 --> 01:08:26.439
to die. All beauty must die. It's my curse. I105301:08:26.479 --> 01:08:29.640
summon up all my strength and push away from Travis.105401:08:29.800 --> 01:08:31.760
He tries to grab me, and I scratch his face105501:08:31.800 --> 01:08:34.520
with my nails. Trying to stand again, I fall to105601:08:34.560 --> 01:08:37.760
my knees. The world begins shaking apart at the seams.105701:08:37.760 --> 01:08:41.039
My eyelids feel heavy. Every time I blink, it feels105801:08:41.079 --> 01:08:44.319
like it'll be my last. Maybe if I just sleep105901:08:44.439 --> 01:08:48.079
it'll be better. I'll wake up from this nightmare. No106001:08:48.600 --> 01:08:51.920
fight it. I start crawling on all fours, dragging myself,106101:08:52.039 --> 01:08:54.880
digging my nails into the ground. I have to get away,106201:08:55.319 --> 01:08:58.359
have to fight, have to get to the car. A106301:08:58.479 --> 01:09:03.359
dreadful sigh. I see someone standing by Travis's car. I106401:09:03.399 --> 01:09:09.319
can't make them out. Why won't they help? Please? Rose,106501:09:09.920 --> 01:09:13.359
No one can help. I'm sorry. He grabs me by106601:09:13.359 --> 01:09:16.359
the leg, pulling me back. Travis turns me over, glaring106701:09:16.439 --> 01:09:21.880
at me. The scratches on his face aren't bleeding. I106801:09:22.039 --> 01:09:25.000
like playing with you, Rose, he said, But my dear,106901:09:25.600 --> 01:09:31.880
you're breaking my heart. Fuck you. I try to hit him,107001:09:32.239 --> 01:09:34.920
but I have no strength left. Why won't that person107101:09:35.039 --> 01:09:38.359
do something? He stands up, pulling a large knife from107201:09:38.399 --> 01:09:42.159
his leather jacket. I could gut you, but that's no fun,107301:09:43.119 --> 01:09:46.840
not anymore. He looks at his reflection on the knife blade.107401:09:47.439 --> 01:09:52.439
He adjusts his hair. I used to find his vanity. Cute, bastard.107501:09:53.119 --> 01:09:56.920
The poison isn't killing you, just making it hard for107601:09:56.960 --> 01:10:03.800
you to do anything. Why why not? I tried to107701:10:03.840 --> 01:10:05.760
move my head to see if that person was still107801:10:05.800 --> 01:10:11.119
standing there. A dreadful sign. Why is that song? Repeating107901:10:11.680 --> 01:10:14.640
is that an effect from the drugs. Travis notices me108001:10:14.680 --> 01:10:17.039
trying to look at the car. I can hear him108101:10:17.079 --> 01:10:21.880
talking to somebody. I think, go away. He says, you're108201:10:21.880 --> 01:10:26.359
not welcome here. He turns the radio off. Who was that?108301:10:27.439 --> 01:10:31.279
Who was he talking to? After what seems like hours,108401:10:31.520 --> 01:10:35.039
Travis comes back holding a large cinder block and rope.108501:10:35.600 --> 01:10:40.359
Did you hear that? Better check the locks on your doors? Weekly, spooky,108601:10:40.560 --> 01:10:41.640
We'll be right back.108701:10:42.920 --> 01:10:48.159
Comfortable, doll, go to hell. I manage my mouth starting108801:10:48.159 --> 01:10:52.640
to fail me. Travis just laughs, be right back. He108901:10:52.720 --> 01:10:58.680
walks off, carrying the cinder block and rope. My mind races, move, move,109001:10:59.479 --> 01:11:03.439
but I can't it. It's physically impossible. I try to109101:11:03.760 --> 01:11:07.279
will myself, picturing my spirit leaving my body, flying over109201:11:07.319 --> 01:11:10.920
the trees, finding bread, or my folks, telling them what's109301:11:10.920 --> 01:11:14.000
happening here. If I want it strong enough, I can109401:11:14.000 --> 01:11:19.079
make it happen. Run, flee, I will my spirit to soar.109501:11:20.520 --> 01:11:24.239
He comes back, standing over me. He reaches down and109601:11:24.279 --> 01:11:28.640
grabs my legs, going for a little trip, my beautiful rose.109701:11:29.399 --> 01:11:32.000
He drags me across the ground. I can see the109801:11:32.039 --> 01:11:35.479
grass ending as we go over a rocky area, but109901:11:35.600 --> 01:11:38.520
I can't feel any of it. I can't feel his110001:11:38.560 --> 01:11:42.840
hands on my legs, just a great numbness. We go110101:11:42.960 --> 01:11:46.119
up a small hill near the beach. He stops dragging me.110201:11:46.880 --> 01:11:50.359
We're here. We don't have much time left together. He110301:11:50.439 --> 01:11:54.039
kneels down and touches my face, wiping away my tears.110401:11:54.680 --> 01:11:57.079
He pulls out two coins and puts one on each110501:11:57.119 --> 01:12:00.520
of my eyes. I blink my eyes and a slip off.110601:12:00.880 --> 01:12:04.520
He gets frustrated, Why did you do that? Therefore your110701:12:04.600 --> 01:12:07.880
journey over. He takes them and sticks them in one110801:12:07.920 --> 01:12:11.359
of my hands, bawling it into a fist. I see110901:12:11.399 --> 01:12:13.520
the cinder block with the rope tied to it near111001:12:13.560 --> 01:12:16.800
my feet. He crawls over to it and ties the111101:12:16.880 --> 01:12:20.520
rope to my legs. No, no, no, he's going to111201:12:20.600 --> 01:12:23.680
drown me. You've been a blast. He picks up the111301:12:23.720 --> 01:12:25.479
cinder block and walks to the edge of the hill,111401:12:25.520 --> 01:12:29.279
overlooking the lake. I scream, but my throat fails me.111501:12:30.000 --> 01:12:32.720
I can barely make more than a crackling noise. He111601:12:32.720 --> 01:12:38.880
hefts the block up. He sighs, parting sweet sorrow and whatnot.111701:12:39.800 --> 01:12:41.600
He throws the block over the side, and I can111801:12:41.600 --> 01:12:44.399
hear the rope quickly chasing after it, knowing that any111901:12:44.439 --> 01:12:49.640
second I'll be following it. And then I'm falling, followed112001:12:49.640 --> 01:12:55.600
by the slam of hitting the water. I sink, my lungs,112101:12:55.680 --> 01:13:01.920
quickly filling with water. I welcome it. Please let there112201:13:01.960 --> 01:13:07.640
be peace. I feel so tired. I just want it112301:13:07.680 --> 01:13:12.079
to be over. I can see the sunlight trickling down112401:13:12.159 --> 01:13:16.319
through the water. Darkness starts to creep into my vision112501:13:17.840 --> 01:13:27.319
until the light is swallowed by it. I wake, unable112601:13:27.359 --> 01:13:32.920
to move, my heart racing where am I. I'm in112701:13:33.000 --> 01:13:37.359
my room, laying on my bed. I hear a noise,112801:13:37.439 --> 01:13:42.880
a crackling hiss, almost like static. My eyes catch movement112901:13:42.920 --> 01:13:46.399
in the darkness. The thing nears the edge of my bed.113001:13:46.920 --> 01:13:50.399
My heart pounds faster and faster. Am I having a113101:13:50.399 --> 01:13:53.640
heart attack? A low, whispering hiss comes from the shade113201:13:53.640 --> 01:13:58.159
at the foot of my bed. Not a dream. Heed113301:13:58.239 --> 01:14:03.439
the sign, and then the world went back to normal.113401:14:03.720 --> 01:14:07.119
I could move again. I wiped the sweat from my forehead.113501:14:07.560 --> 01:14:10.600
My heart beat started to slow. I curled up in113601:14:10.640 --> 01:14:13.279
a ball on the bed, pulling the blankets over me.113701:14:14.000 --> 01:14:17.239
For the longest time, I didn't move, fearing that that113801:14:17.600 --> 01:14:22.319
thing was waiting for me in the darkness. Eventually I113901:14:22.399 --> 01:14:25.880
drifted off to sleep again. I woke and my room114001:14:25.960 --> 01:14:29.079
was lit by the light of early morning. Had it114101:14:29.239 --> 01:14:34.399
just been a dream, a nightmare? I get up, dangling114201:14:34.399 --> 01:14:36.880
my legs over the side of the bed. Was this114301:14:36.960 --> 01:14:40.640
all a nightmare brought on by being nervous over my114401:14:40.720 --> 01:14:45.520
big date with Travis. I stand in the shower, almost114501:14:45.520 --> 01:14:48.680
in a trance, as the water pours over me. I've114601:14:48.720 --> 01:14:52.680
taken plenty of showers before, but this just seems weird.114701:14:53.279 --> 01:14:55.640
The water feels like it's closing in on me. I114801:14:56.039 --> 01:15:00.880
hear the jarring sound of static through here the shower curtain.114901:15:00.920 --> 01:15:04.159
I see a dark shape move the thing from my nightmare.115001:15:04.640 --> 01:15:07.960
It's back for me. I back against the shower wall.115101:15:08.479 --> 01:15:11.600
The wet tiles are cold against my back. I run115201:15:11.680 --> 01:15:15.319
my hands over them, looking for escape. A voice snaps115301:15:15.359 --> 01:15:20.039
me back to reality. You almost done, Brenn says, annoyance115401:15:20.079 --> 01:15:26.840
in her voice. Water will be freaking cold. Sorry, almost done.115501:15:27.119 --> 01:15:31.239
I hear the door slam shut. All dread is faded away,115601:15:32.359 --> 01:15:35.039
and I just feel like a shit for hogging the shower.115701:15:36.039 --> 01:15:38.600
I get out and dry off quick, trying not to115801:15:38.640 --> 01:15:41.560
waste any more time. I leave the bathroom a towel115901:15:41.600 --> 01:15:44.760
wrapped around me. Brenn is waiting for me by the door.116001:15:45.520 --> 01:15:49.960
You okay, Why what were you doing in the shower116101:15:50.039 --> 01:15:55.720
so long? Daydreaming or a little pre date gratification. I116201:15:55.760 --> 01:16:00.840
shoot her a look and bren does that laugh of hers. Ronnie,116301:16:01.159 --> 01:16:04.000
I know you're all stressed. She gives me a kiss116401:16:04.039 --> 01:16:07.199
on the cheek and goes into the bathroom, shutting the116501:16:07.199 --> 01:16:11.000
door behind her. I hear the lock click. Guess I116601:16:11.000 --> 01:16:14.720
should have done that at work. It's no easier. My116701:16:14.840 --> 01:16:18.560
mind drifts all day thinking about our date. This afternoon,116801:16:19.680 --> 01:16:23.399
the day moves in slow motion. What seemed like hours116901:16:23.439 --> 01:16:26.439
were in fact minutes when I looked at the clock,117001:16:26.520 --> 01:16:30.319
and everything I did at work seemed like the wrong thing,117101:16:31.039 --> 01:16:35.800
giving people the wrong order, spilling drinks. I shouldn't be117201:16:35.800 --> 01:16:39.720
this stressed over a date. No, it was that dream,117301:16:39.319 --> 01:16:44.279
that nightmare. I consider calling the picnic off, but by117401:16:44.319 --> 01:16:47.960
the time my shift is over, I've reconsidered maybe I117501:16:48.000 --> 01:16:50.640
could turn this day around. When we get back to117601:16:50.680 --> 01:16:53.439
the apartment, I strip out of my waitress uniform and117701:16:53.479 --> 01:16:56.560
splash some water on my face. The water seems to117801:16:56.600 --> 01:16:59.720
engulf the room, for the briefest of seconds, but the117901:17:00.039 --> 01:17:07.159
ucination quickly fades. Am I losing my mind? The lake118001:17:07.239 --> 01:17:10.199
looked beautiful in the summer sun. We found a nice118101:17:10.199 --> 01:17:14.159
secluded spot under a large tree. Travis left the car nearby.118201:17:14.720 --> 01:17:18.920
He had the top down and the radio on. Down118301:17:19.359 --> 01:17:23.640
in the willow garden where me and my love did meet,118401:17:25.000 --> 01:17:28.880
he sat down a large basket. My dear, he said,118501:17:29.359 --> 01:17:31.720
ushering me to the blanket with a wave of his hand.118601:17:32.640 --> 01:17:36.039
We'd brought quite the selection of food. Travis popped open118701:17:36.079 --> 01:17:38.840
a bottle of wine. Was that weird for a picnic?118801:17:39.600 --> 01:17:43.359
He caught me making a face. Have we done this before?118901:17:44.039 --> 01:17:49.079
Don't tell me you don't drink wine? No, just seems119001:17:49.119 --> 01:17:54.199
a bit much for a afternoon picnic. Well, it's a119101:17:54.239 --> 01:18:00.159
celebration too, babe, my love. She did not know. I119201:18:00.199 --> 01:18:03.119
put my hand up. I'm sorry, but I don't think119301:18:03.159 --> 01:18:07.760
I should. I'm feeling a little sick, sick everything, Okay,119401:18:08.720 --> 01:18:12.840
I just had a rough night, bad nightmare. He touches119501:18:12.880 --> 01:18:16.680
my hand. I don't know why this makes me flinch.119601:18:17.319 --> 01:18:22.279
He looks at me, puzzled. What kind of nightmare? I think?119701:18:22.319 --> 01:18:25.840
I was drowning? And there was this figure there when119801:18:25.880 --> 01:18:29.399
I woke up, I swear it was still there, you know.119901:18:30.119 --> 01:18:33.039
He starts pouring wine into the glasses. I think you120001:18:33.079 --> 01:18:37.159
need a little nip of wine, my rose. No, really,120101:18:37.199 --> 01:18:42.199
it's okay, it'll help your nerves. Okay, maybe just a little.120201:18:42.880 --> 01:18:45.960
Travis hands me one of the glasses. There's the sound120301:18:46.039 --> 01:18:50.439
of static cutting through the air, like someone's adjusting the radio.120401:18:50.640 --> 01:18:56.479
A dreadful sign. I look over at Travis's car and120501:18:57.079 --> 01:19:01.600
see it there, the thing from my nightmare. The glass120601:19:01.600 --> 01:19:03.640
of wine falls from my hand. It hits the ground,120701:19:03.920 --> 01:19:07.600
rolling and spilling all over the blanket. The song skips120801:19:08.359 --> 01:19:16.199
or repeats, A dreadful sign. Not a dream, it said,120901:19:16.920 --> 01:19:21.800
heed the sign. At first, I don't realize I'm screaming121001:19:22.399 --> 01:19:26.359
until I see Travis's face. He grimaces. He grabs me,121101:19:26.479 --> 01:19:29.159
clapping a hand over my mouth. He holds me so tight.121201:19:29.439 --> 01:19:32.159
I start to tear up. Shut the fuck up, would you?121301:19:32.960 --> 01:19:35.079
I try to pull away, but his hands are like121401:19:35.159 --> 01:19:37.880
iron clamps. I can see the anger in his eyes.121501:19:38.039 --> 01:19:40.439
He looks over to the thing standing next to the car.121601:19:41.520 --> 01:19:45.479
A dreadful sign. That's not gonna help you, Ronnie, dear,121701:19:45.920 --> 01:19:50.399
he says, his voice never wavering it's just an echo.121801:19:50.560 --> 01:19:53.960
As if robbed of its power, the thing evaporates into121901:19:54.039 --> 01:19:57.840
the air. He tightens his grip, tears streaming down my cheeks,122001:19:58.199 --> 01:20:01.079
soaking his hand. I see the one wine bottle lying there,122101:20:01.279 --> 01:20:04.439
just out of reach of my free hand. I could122201:20:04.479 --> 01:20:07.840
hit him with it. Listen to yourself, you're gonna hit him.122301:20:08.119 --> 01:20:12.079
This is nuts. It has to be a game, right, No,122401:20:12.159 --> 01:20:15.960
it's not. I just need a weapon to get away.122501:20:16.560 --> 01:20:19.800
I rake his face with my fingernails, scratching jagged lines122601:20:19.840 --> 01:20:22.600
down his face. For all the world, it sounded like122701:20:22.680 --> 01:20:25.520
running your nails over stone. He lets go of me,122801:20:25.880 --> 01:20:28.239
and I lunge for the wine bottle. As I reach122901:20:28.279 --> 01:20:29.960
for the bottle, he grabs me by the belt of123001:20:29.960 --> 01:20:32.520
my jeans. The bottle slips from my hands as he123101:20:32.600 --> 01:20:36.079
yanks me towards him, rolling just out of reach. I123201:20:36.199 --> 01:20:38.600
dig my feet and hands into the ground, pulling myself123301:20:38.640 --> 01:20:41.560
towards the bottle, the sun reflecting off of it like123401:20:41.600 --> 01:20:45.119
some magical weapon. It beckoned to me. My arms and123501:20:45.199 --> 01:20:50.079
legs burned as I strained, Almost my fingers brushed off123601:20:50.079 --> 01:20:52.920
the smooth neck of the bottle. Why won't you let123701:20:52.920 --> 01:20:57.359
me help you? Travis says, help me. I'm gonna free123801:20:57.399 --> 01:21:01.279
you of all this bullshit. I manage a last bit123901:21:01.319 --> 01:21:06.359
of strength and grab the goddamn bottle. I swing it124001:21:06.520 --> 01:21:08.279
and hit him square in the side of the head.124101:21:09.079 --> 01:21:12.760
Unlike in the movies, the bottle doesn't break. Travis lets124201:21:12.760 --> 01:21:16.319
go of me. I hit him again, and again the124301:21:16.319 --> 01:21:20.439
bottle doesn't break. He falls to the ground, momentarily stunned.124401:21:20.880 --> 01:21:22.800
I bring the bottle down again on his head for124501:21:22.880 --> 01:21:27.119
good measure. This time it shatters. I turn and run124601:21:27.159 --> 01:21:30.119
for his car. As I reach the car, Travis appears,124701:21:30.279 --> 01:21:33.039
pulling a large knife from his leather jacket. I didn't124801:21:33.079 --> 01:21:36.119
want to make a mess Rose. He touches the wounds124901:21:36.119 --> 01:21:39.840
on his face. Gonna have to fix these. I slide125001:21:39.840 --> 01:21:42.680
into the driver's seat. Yes, the keys are there. I125101:21:42.760 --> 01:21:45.199
start the car. It roars to life. I hit the gas,125201:21:45.239 --> 01:21:48.399
aiming right for Travis. This is insane, am I in125301:21:48.439 --> 01:21:51.760
a never ending nightmare. I ram into him, sending his125401:21:51.800 --> 01:21:55.039
body flying up onto the hood. He smashes through the windshield,125501:21:55.079 --> 01:21:59.239
his face contorted in a wicked smile. Hold hands you,125601:21:59.399 --> 01:22:03.239
love birds, he says. The car plunges into the lake.125701:22:03.760 --> 01:22:08.319
Water rushes in as we sink the nightmare. I'm going125801:22:08.359 --> 01:22:12.600
to drown here with him. A shard of broken window125901:22:12.640 --> 01:22:15.560
floats by me as we sink down. I grab it.126001:22:16.239 --> 01:22:19.520
The jagged edges cut into my hand. I take it,126101:22:20.159 --> 01:22:23.039
jabbing it into his eye. He lets go of me.126201:22:23.640 --> 01:22:26.439
He smiles at me as I push him away. I126301:22:26.520 --> 01:22:29.760
swim through the open top. For however long I live,126401:22:29.800 --> 01:22:32.960
I don't think I'll ever forget that smile, the jagged126501:22:33.039 --> 01:22:37.920
shard embedded in his eye. Travis and his car sinking126601:22:37.960 --> 01:22:41.760
to the bottom. I pull myself onto the beach. I126701:22:41.800 --> 01:22:44.439
think I pass out for a while, lying there in126801:22:44.479 --> 01:22:48.960
the dirt, soaking wet. I wake with a start and126901:22:49.000 --> 01:22:53.119
see a shadow fall across me. I look up and127001:22:53.239 --> 01:22:56.920
see that thing, the thing from my nightmare, standing over me.127101:22:57.520 --> 01:23:01.680
Its face and arms are blue and blowed. Its face127201:23:02.399 --> 01:23:07.760
vaguely feminine, Its remaining hair rotten, hangs down in long strands.127301:23:09.119 --> 01:23:21.520
It wore a dress, my dress roxy by Charles Campbell.127401:23:29.199 --> 01:23:33.159
Thunder only happens when it's raining, or so Stevie sang127501:23:33.199 --> 01:23:37.239
in the popular Fleetwood Max song. But I've found in127601:23:37.319 --> 01:23:41.760
my lifetime anyway, that is not always the case. It127701:23:41.800 --> 01:23:46.479
can thunder without rain and it can be oh so127801:23:46.840 --> 01:23:50.880
very loud, so loud in fact, that it drowns out127901:23:50.920 --> 01:23:55.439
everything that once was important. What was my thunder, you ask?128001:23:56.359 --> 01:24:00.760
My thunder was a girl named Roxy, and she rumbled128101:24:00.760 --> 01:24:06.399
into my life two short years ago. I wish she hadn't.128201:24:06.760 --> 01:24:11.039
Two years ago, Jake Blackman was walking his mud of128301:24:11.079 --> 01:24:14.800
a dog, minding his own business when she passed him by.128401:24:16.000 --> 01:24:19.600
Jake caught a whiff of sweetness and turned his head.128501:24:20.199 --> 01:24:24.520
He took a deep breath. The scent was immediately intoxicating,128601:24:25.199 --> 01:24:29.319
and when he saw her, his eyes widened as if128701:24:29.359 --> 01:24:33.119
he had just stumbled upon the holy Grail. She was128801:24:33.159 --> 01:24:36.560
the prettiest girl he'd ever seen. She stopped when she128901:24:36.680 --> 01:24:41.479
noticed him staring at her. Jake fumbled for his words. Hi,129001:24:41.760 --> 01:24:44.760
your name's Jake. What's yours? He winced as soon as129101:24:44.800 --> 01:24:48.760
the words escaped his lips. He felt better when she giggled.129201:24:49.760 --> 01:24:53.279
You're a cute one, aren't you? She asked. Her skin129301:24:53.479 --> 01:24:56.439
was like porcelain, and her smile cut through Jake in129401:24:56.560 --> 01:25:00.520
such a way he felt lightheaded. Let me try that again.129501:25:00.720 --> 01:25:08.800
I'm Jake Blackman. What's your name? Roxy? She replied? Roxy? What? No? Roxy? What?129601:25:09.880 --> 01:25:14.279
Just Roxy? She answered. Her long jet black hair hung129701:25:14.399 --> 01:25:16.880
around her shoulders like a shawl on a cold night.129801:25:17.560 --> 01:25:20.920
Roxy's eyes were dark brown pools that pulled Jake in129901:25:21.000 --> 01:25:26.399
like a cobra. And her smell, he couldn't quite describe it.130001:25:26.399 --> 01:25:30.199
It was sweet, for sure, but not sickeningly so. It130101:25:30.279 --> 01:25:33.039
was a smell that felt ancient and new at the130201:25:33.079 --> 01:25:37.399
same time. Roxy was a different breed, and Jake felt130301:25:37.399 --> 01:25:40.720
it it made him water. Jake's mud of a dog130401:25:40.880 --> 01:25:45.159
was even enamored with the woman. Normally, he'd sound off130501:25:45.199 --> 01:25:48.520
with barks and growls around someone new, but Rusty seemed130601:25:48.560 --> 01:25:52.359
to be just as love struck with Roxy as his owner.130701:25:53.359 --> 01:25:57.439
He was sniffing her black knee high boots. Oh what's130801:25:57.479 --> 01:26:00.960
your dog's name, Roxy asked, as she down and stroked130901:26:01.000 --> 01:26:07.319
Rusty's head. Uh. Jake struggled to remember, and Roxy let131001:26:07.399 --> 01:26:11.800
him off the hook. Oh, his tag says Rusty. Hey, Rusty,131101:26:12.479 --> 01:26:15.840
she said as she stood. Rusty jumped up his dirty paws,131201:26:15.920 --> 01:26:20.239
leaving streaks on her boots. Rusty, stop, I'm so sorry,131301:26:20.560 --> 01:26:24.479
Jake said. It's all good, Jake, they'll wipe off. You131401:26:24.520 --> 01:26:28.000
want to buy a girl dinner? She asked. Jake was131501:26:28.079 --> 01:26:32.079
nodding his head, and she knew this was going to131601:26:32.119 --> 01:26:39.520
be easy. After a dinner of burgers and fries, they131701:26:39.560 --> 01:26:42.680
walked back to Jake's house, with Rusty hanging closer to131801:26:42.800 --> 01:26:47.319
Roxy than the man that fed him. Jake was completely131901:26:47.359 --> 01:26:51.359
in love with this woman, everything about her, her look,132001:26:51.920 --> 01:26:55.000
her smell, the way she spoke to him in an132101:26:55.079 --> 01:26:59.039
unassuming tone, keeping Jake on edge in a good way.132201:27:00.119 --> 01:27:02.920
He felt the thunder for the first time when they132301:27:02.920 --> 01:27:07.760
went inside. Do you love me, Jake, Roxy asked. As132401:27:07.800 --> 01:27:11.319
soon as they were inside the house, I do Roxy,132501:27:12.039 --> 01:27:16.000
He said, It wasn't a lie. He was madly in132601:27:16.039 --> 01:27:19.399
love with her. Roxy led Jake to the bedroom as132701:27:19.399 --> 01:27:22.800
if she had lived there all her life. Rusty followed132801:27:22.840 --> 01:27:25.520
behind and whimpered when the door closed in his face.132901:27:26.640 --> 01:27:30.560
Roxy and Jake made love. Jake felt the thunder roll133001:27:30.720 --> 01:27:33.720
through his heart. She was lying in his arms and133101:27:33.760 --> 01:27:37.479
no words were spoken. As the rain began to fall outside.133201:27:38.199 --> 01:27:41.720
It was followed by thunder that paled in comparison to133301:27:41.760 --> 01:27:46.960
what Roxy had brought him. She was trouble somehow, he133401:27:47.079 --> 01:27:57.000
knew it, but Jake didn't care. He would later. Very133501:27:57.039 --> 01:28:00.479
early the next morning, Roxy nuzzled her face next to133601:28:00.560 --> 01:28:04.159
Jake's neck and breathed that sweet breath in his ear133701:28:04.279 --> 01:28:05.760
before she whispered.133801:28:06.159 --> 01:28:08.920
Jake, will you kill for me?133901:28:09.840 --> 01:28:13.359
You know I will, Jake replied, without a second thought.134001:28:14.439 --> 01:28:18.039
She was the cobra after all, and she had completely134101:28:18.079 --> 01:28:24.600
glamored him. That's good, you sweet man. Now go back134201:28:24.640 --> 01:28:29.119
to sleep, she whispered, and that's exactly what Jake did.134301:28:29.960 --> 01:28:33.760
He went to sleep. When he awoke four hours later,134401:28:34.520 --> 01:28:38.920
Roxy was gone. Jake didn't get a phone number and134501:28:39.199 --> 01:28:43.319
no last name. The mystery lover blew his world apart134601:28:43.399 --> 01:28:47.600
without trying. He looked for her high and low. She134701:28:47.760 --> 01:28:51.279
was gone. Jake remembered what she asked him in the134801:28:51.279 --> 01:28:55.640
middle of the night, and he remembered his answer. He134901:28:55.800 --> 01:29:00.119
meant it. He would kill for her, anything to have135001:29:00.199 --> 01:29:04.600
her in his life. Rusty mister too. He whimpered and135101:29:04.640 --> 01:29:08.920
whined for two weeks straight after Roxy disappeared. Two months135201:29:08.960 --> 01:29:13.119
after that, Jake wondered if it was even real. Maybe135301:29:13.159 --> 01:29:16.720
she never really existed, Maybe he made the whole thing135401:29:16.800 --> 01:29:19.680
up in his mind. It was her scent that he135501:29:19.720 --> 01:29:24.600
couldn't shake. Jake could almost smell her. He hungered for it,135601:29:25.079 --> 01:29:28.079
and he wouldn't get a full night's sleep until she135701:29:28.359 --> 01:29:32.640
was in his arms once again. Another ten months passed.135801:29:33.279 --> 01:29:38.600
One year later, Jake was now alone. After Roxy left,135901:29:38.680 --> 01:29:43.319
Rusty was never the same. He stopped eating, he didn't136001:29:43.359 --> 01:29:46.640
want to take walks anymore, and after more than a136101:29:46.680 --> 01:29:50.720
few visits to several different veterinarians, none of them could136201:29:50.720 --> 01:29:54.720
give Jack a plausible explanation as to why Rusty's desire136301:29:54.800 --> 01:29:59.520
to live was so siphoned away. Rusty passed away one night,136401:30:00.279 --> 01:30:04.760
lying by the kitchen door. Jake was devastated. It was136501:30:04.840 --> 01:30:07.800
three days after Rusty died and Jake was walking home136601:30:07.880 --> 01:30:13.920
with his head hanging. Then the smell hit him. Jake136701:30:13.960 --> 01:30:16.600
felt a tingle in the back of his neck. He136801:30:16.720 --> 01:30:20.640
stopped looking at his feet. I'm sorry to hear about Rusty,136901:30:21.279 --> 01:30:24.439
Roxy said. She was standing there in front of him,137001:30:24.479 --> 01:30:28.239
looking exactly as she had one year before, same hair,137101:30:28.720 --> 01:30:34.840
same clothes, same boots, and she was devastatingly beautiful. Where137201:30:36.159 --> 01:30:40.560
where have you been, Jake asked, Oh, it doesn't really matter.137301:30:41.479 --> 01:30:45.359
You want to buy a girl dinner? Roxy asked. Jake's137401:30:45.399 --> 01:30:48.960
sadness over Rusty vanished. He smiled and took a deep137501:30:49.079 --> 01:30:52.880
breath of her sweetness. It was even better than he remembered.137601:30:54.600 --> 01:30:58.319
Don't go away weakly, Spooky, We'll be right back.137701:31:00.319 --> 01:31:04.079
After a dinner of caesar salad and wine, they walked137801:31:04.159 --> 01:31:07.640
hand in hand back to Jake's house without uttering a word.137901:31:08.439 --> 01:31:12.279
When they got inside, Roxy led him directly to the bedroom,138001:31:12.359 --> 01:31:15.560
where she quickly ripped at Jake's shirt. Before they both138101:31:15.680 --> 01:31:20.119
hastily undressed. Roxy pulled him toward her. She kissed him138201:31:20.199 --> 01:31:23.720
hard and rough. Jake felt a trickle of blood rolled138301:31:23.800 --> 01:31:28.159
down his chin, but he didn't care. Jake lifted Roxy.138401:31:28.680 --> 01:31:31.760
She was almost weightless, and he set her gently on138501:31:31.880 --> 01:31:36.439
the bed. She was rough, He was not. He couldn't138601:31:36.479 --> 01:31:41.560
be not with her. He moved slowly over her porcelain body,138701:31:41.640 --> 01:31:45.680
taking in every feature, and was more intoxicated by the138801:31:45.760 --> 01:31:49.199
scent than he had ever been by alcohol. He kissed138901:31:49.239 --> 01:31:53.119
her softly, as if he may break her. As soon139001:31:53.159 --> 01:31:58.760
as Jake's lips touched Roxy's, she moved so fast Jake139101:31:58.960 --> 01:32:02.079
was now under her, and she locked onto his eyes139201:32:02.119 --> 01:32:07.079
As she moved rhythmically on top of him. She spoke, Jake,139301:32:07.720 --> 01:32:10.520
you said you loved me, and now it's time to139401:32:10.560 --> 01:32:14.359
prove it. I need you to kill for me. Roxy said,139501:32:14.399 --> 01:32:17.760
as she began to grind harder. He was shaking his139601:32:17.800 --> 01:32:21.840
head in obedience and ecstasy. Jake never took his eyes139701:32:21.880 --> 01:32:25.840
off of Roxies, and he saw the change. Her eyes139801:32:25.880 --> 01:32:29.720
were now opaque, covered by a third lid that sprang139901:32:29.800 --> 01:32:33.279
from the bottom corner of her eyes. It was like140001:32:33.359 --> 01:32:39.680
a shark's eyes. He wasn't afraid Jake was captured. The140101:32:39.760 --> 01:32:49.880
thunder was louder the next morning. It was deja vus140201:32:49.920 --> 01:32:54.880
because it certainly happened before. Jake woke in a daze140301:32:55.239 --> 01:32:59.039
and Roxy was gone. He searched the house like he140401:32:59.119 --> 01:33:02.800
had the year before, and there was one noticeable difference.140501:33:03.560 --> 01:33:06.479
There was a single piece of evidence that confirmed to140601:33:06.600 --> 01:33:10.159
Jake that he wasn't psychotic. It let him know that140701:33:10.319 --> 01:33:14.239
Roxy was real. There was a note on the kitchen table.140801:33:14.920 --> 01:33:17.960
He read the only four words on the torn sheet140901:33:18.239 --> 01:33:26.560
of notebook paper, kill Billy Cuto, Roxy Billy Cuto. Jake141001:33:26.680 --> 01:33:30.239
asked the empty room. He hadn't the slightest clue who141101:33:30.279 --> 01:33:33.840
this person was or why he had to die, but141201:33:34.800 --> 01:33:38.359
he knew he had to do it because Roxy said so.141301:33:39.720 --> 01:33:43.000
It was Saturday, so Jake had nowhere to be. He141401:33:43.079 --> 01:33:45.159
walked to the small desk in the corner of the141501:33:45.199 --> 01:33:48.920
living room, where his laptop lay dormant. Jake clicked the141601:33:48.960 --> 01:33:51.760
mouse to bring it back to life, and he entered141701:33:51.760 --> 01:33:56.479
his password rusty two zero one seven dollar sign. A141801:33:56.600 --> 01:34:01.840
chrome window was already open, and Jake refreshed the Facebook page.141901:34:01.920 --> 01:34:05.520
The feed was filled with shared memes, pet and children142001:34:05.560 --> 01:34:08.760
pictures he could care less about. He quickly typed the142101:34:08.840 --> 01:34:14.279
name Billy Cuto into the search bar. There were three hits,142201:34:14.840 --> 01:34:18.800
one of them local, with four mutual friends. Three of142301:34:18.840 --> 01:34:23.319
the mutual friends Jake really didn't know. Jake was pretty142401:34:23.399 --> 01:34:27.760
lucy goosey with accepting friend requests. He pretty much accepted142501:34:27.760 --> 01:34:31.039
them all and deleted the hot chicks that immediately messaged142601:34:31.079 --> 01:34:33.640
him out of the blue looking for money. Once a142701:34:33.680 --> 01:34:38.600
request passed. Twelve hours later, Billy Cuto stepped onto his142801:34:38.640 --> 01:34:41.720
front porch. There was a chill in the air, but142901:34:42.000 --> 01:34:45.520
it didn't require a hoodie just yet. Billy lit the143001:34:45.560 --> 01:34:49.479
Marlborough that hung loosely from his lips. He glanced at143101:34:49.479 --> 01:34:52.880
his phone, hoping for any kind of communication from the143201:34:52.920 --> 01:34:55.439
woman that came and went out of his life a143301:34:55.479 --> 01:34:59.560
couple of years ago. She was all he could think about.143401:35:00.159 --> 01:35:02.760
He used to keep his hair cut short, a marine143501:35:02.840 --> 01:35:06.319
crew cut if there ever was one. Now his hair143601:35:06.399 --> 01:35:09.720
was shoulder length, and he sported a nicely groomed beard.143701:35:10.520 --> 01:35:14.399
One other change Billy made since she disappeared was discontinuing143801:35:14.439 --> 01:35:19.439
his monthly shipment of contacts. Instead, Billy opted to get143901:35:19.439 --> 01:35:24.520
some old fashioned horn rimmed glasses, Buddy Holly style. He144001:35:24.520 --> 01:35:28.079
shouldn't have threatened to expose her, Billy thought, sure she144101:35:28.279 --> 01:35:32.479
was different, but aren't we all. She frightened him and144201:35:32.520 --> 01:35:36.439
he couldn't handle it. Then she left, and Billy hadn't144301:35:36.439 --> 01:35:40.199
seen her since the sound of a hammer being pulled144401:35:40.279 --> 01:35:44.560
back brought Billy to the here and now. The cigarette144501:35:44.600 --> 01:35:49.399
fell from his lips. Roxy sends her regards, Jake said,144601:35:49.439 --> 01:35:54.119
before the single shot rang out, scrambling Billy's brain, killing144701:35:54.199 --> 01:35:58.840
him instantly. Dogs were barking in the distance. Jake held144801:35:58.880 --> 01:36:03.199
the smoking gun and smiled. He had never taken a life,144901:36:03.720 --> 01:36:07.239
but Roxy was worth it one hundred times over. He'd145001:36:07.319 --> 01:36:10.119
killed the entire fucking town if she asked him to.145101:36:11.359 --> 01:36:17.479
He went home to an empty house. Ten months later.145201:36:19.159 --> 01:36:23.520
It was now a life of longing. Roxy was all145301:36:23.560 --> 01:36:27.359
he could think about. Jake ate just enough to keep145401:36:27.439 --> 01:36:31.760
him going. The same went for sleep. He muddled through145501:36:31.840 --> 01:36:35.520
work every day, doing just enough not to get fired.145601:36:36.159 --> 01:36:40.399
But his once friendly demeanor was replaced by one of145701:36:40.560 --> 01:36:44.600
constant sadness, and he was indifferent to people that cared.145801:36:45.159 --> 01:36:48.600
There was only one that mattered to him. Jake did145901:36:48.600 --> 01:36:52.600
what she asked, and Roxy still hadn't returned. That's really146001:36:52.640 --> 01:36:56.159
what kept him going. Jake was compelled to wait on her,146101:36:56.279 --> 01:36:59.880
no matter how long it took. It was Friday afternoon146201:37:00.560 --> 01:37:05.840
and Jake was zombie walking home. Hey, Jake, Roxy said,146301:37:05.880 --> 01:37:09.239
as he approached his house. Jake stopped looking at his146401:37:09.239 --> 01:37:13.079
feet and raised his head to meet her gaze. Roxy146501:37:13.199 --> 01:37:16.520
was sitting on the front porch steps, looking exactly as146601:37:16.520 --> 01:37:20.600
she had always looked, wearing the same outfit. There was146701:37:20.640 --> 01:37:24.920
one big difference this time. Beside her sat a little146801:37:24.960 --> 01:37:29.000
girl that was the spitting image of Roxy. Jake gave146901:37:29.039 --> 01:37:34.920
her a puzzled look. Who uh, Who's she? Jake asked,147001:37:35.560 --> 01:37:39.920
she's your daughter, Roxy replied. The little girl looked up147101:37:39.920 --> 01:37:44.920
at Jake with the same brown pools. That's impossible. If147201:37:44.960 --> 01:37:48.680
she were mine, she'd still be a baby. This little147301:37:48.680 --> 01:37:52.279
girl is at least three years old, maybe four Jake said,147401:37:53.039 --> 01:37:57.800
Anger wasn't his emotion. It was confusion, And then a147501:37:57.920 --> 01:38:02.600
thought slapped him in the face. Billy. He bet it147601:38:02.640 --> 01:38:05.800
was Billy's daughter, not that it was a deal breaker,147701:38:05.880 --> 01:38:09.800
because he wanted Roxy more than anything. His veil of147801:38:09.840 --> 01:38:15.720
indifference was yanked away. Hi, Daddy, my name's Roxy. The147901:38:15.800 --> 01:38:20.359
little girl said, what Jake asked, looking at her mother.148001:38:21.279 --> 01:38:26.960
She's me and I'm her, Roxy said, and she's you too, Jake.148101:38:27.880 --> 01:38:30.920
The little girl stood and outstretched her hand for a shake.148201:38:31.640 --> 01:38:35.439
She looked like a living porcelain doll. Jake took the148301:38:35.479 --> 01:38:39.720
girl's hand and smiled. It fell into the Everything was148401:38:39.760 --> 01:38:43.560
aok if Roxy was in his life lane. The three148501:38:43.600 --> 01:38:50.520
of them walked into the house together. Jake and Roxy148601:38:50.600 --> 01:38:53.920
sat together and listened to little Roxy tell her father148701:38:54.079 --> 01:38:58.600
everything about her life, about the things she had learned,148801:38:59.159 --> 01:39:02.720
and Jake was a She was smarter than any adult148901:39:02.760 --> 01:39:06.680
he had ever met, and not in a precocious kid way.149001:39:07.560 --> 01:39:11.199
She was beyond anything he had ever encountered. The dialect149101:39:11.239 --> 01:39:15.079
and intelligence with which she spoke frightened Jake. This was149201:39:15.159 --> 01:39:19.800
no ordinary child, and she had no ordinary mother. Jake149301:39:19.880 --> 01:39:23.199
remembered the last time he and Roxy made love and149401:39:23.279 --> 01:39:28.000
the uniqueness of Roxy's eyes. But Jake thought of himself149501:39:28.039 --> 01:39:32.840
as quite ordinary, boring. In fact, he didn't care. He149601:39:32.880 --> 01:39:35.439
loved Roxy and the little girl by the same name.149701:39:36.319 --> 01:39:40.600
Little Roxy looked at him with the eyes of her mother. Daddy,149801:39:41.600 --> 01:39:47.039
kill for me, she said, sure, sweetie, Jake answered, he149901:39:47.119 --> 01:39:50.239
was just as charmed by little Roxy. I need you150001:39:50.279 --> 01:39:53.720
to kill him, she said, and pointed toward the window.150101:39:54.840 --> 01:39:58.359
There was an older man walking down the sidewalk toward150201:39:58.479 --> 01:40:03.199
Jake's house. Okay, Jake said, and grabbed the baseball bat150301:40:03.239 --> 01:40:04.520
he kept in the hall closet.150401:40:06.159 --> 01:40:10.520
There's more scares where that came from. Weakly, Spooky will150501:40:10.560 --> 01:40:11.399
be right back.150601:40:12.840 --> 01:40:15.520
It was secondary protection if he wasn't within reach of150701:40:15.560 --> 01:40:19.439
his pistol if someone kicked in his door. Jake casually150801:40:19.520 --> 01:40:21.720
walked out the front door, looking as if he were150901:40:21.760 --> 01:40:25.159
going to batting practice. The man took notice as soon151001:40:25.159 --> 01:40:28.680
as Jake stepped from his front porch. Hey, there, the151101:40:28.720 --> 01:40:32.319
man shouted, smiled for a second, and waved at Jake.151201:40:33.199 --> 01:40:37.039
Jake didn't return the wave. He broke into a sprint,151301:40:37.239 --> 01:40:39.920
and this is when the older man realized the threat.151401:40:40.560 --> 01:40:43.039
Jake held that bat over his head as he closed151501:40:43.039 --> 01:40:46.840
the distance between himself and the man. The man held151601:40:46.880 --> 01:40:51.600
up his hands in a defensive posture. No, don't were151701:40:51.640 --> 01:40:53.760
the two words the man got out of his mouth151801:40:54.159 --> 01:40:56.920
before Jake brought the bat down on the man's skull.151901:40:57.680 --> 01:41:01.039
The dull thunk of wood striking bow and filled the air.152001:41:01.800 --> 01:41:05.319
The older man blinked wildly at Jake. His eyes were152101:41:05.399 --> 01:41:09.359
crossed and blood trickled down his forehead. He kept his feet.152201:41:09.399 --> 01:41:12.279
With the first strike, Jake brought it down again, and152301:41:12.359 --> 01:41:16.399
this time it sounded like a ripe melon splitting in half.152401:41:17.119 --> 01:41:20.680
The man fell face first onto the sidewalk. Jake went152501:41:20.720 --> 01:41:23.640
to town on the corpse's head. He brought the bat152601:41:23.720 --> 01:41:28.680
down over and over again, bits of brain and bone152701:41:28.720 --> 01:41:33.199
flying with every smash. Little Roxy smiled from the window.152801:41:33.840 --> 01:41:37.119
She watched it all happen. Her mother was behind her.152901:41:38.039 --> 01:41:42.000
You learned so fast, Roxy whispered in her daughter's ear.153001:41:43.079 --> 01:41:46.760
It's time to go. There was a scream and a153101:41:46.840 --> 01:41:50.640
yelp from across the street. Sydney Jones yanked her dog153201:41:50.760 --> 01:41:53.640
back by the leash. Jake turned toward her with a153301:41:53.640 --> 01:41:56.520
bloody grin on his face, and tipped the bat toward153401:41:56.640 --> 01:41:59.760
her as if it were a hat. Jake wiped his153501:41:59.800 --> 01:42:03.880
bra with his forearm. His mouth was parched. He'd go153601:42:04.000 --> 01:42:06.640
inside so little Roxy and her mother could see what153701:42:06.720 --> 01:42:10.840
he did for them. They weren't there. He looked through153801:42:10.880 --> 01:42:13.840
the house and stopped when he saw the note on153901:42:13.920 --> 01:42:17.119
the kitchen table, thank you for killing Billy and his154001:42:17.279 --> 01:42:23.520
daddy the Roxies. Then the wail of sirens came. Jake154101:42:23.640 --> 01:42:25.840
set the bat on the kitchen table and went to154201:42:25.880 --> 01:42:30.079
the porch steps. He waited for the police. Jake knew154301:42:30.119 --> 01:42:33.720
he'd never see them again. They were worse than mermaids154401:42:33.720 --> 01:42:36.920
in the legends of pirates, and they were much more154501:42:37.359 --> 01:42:42.159
than mortal, but they needed men to breed. How many154601:42:42.319 --> 01:42:47.039
Roxies were in the world, Jake wondered, beautiful creatures that154701:42:47.159 --> 01:42:50.800
convinced men to do their evil bidding before disappearing in154801:42:50.880 --> 01:42:54.479
a veil of mystery. Jake raised his hands as the154901:42:54.520 --> 01:42:58.039
officers stepped from the cruiser. There would be no trace155001:42:58.039 --> 01:43:01.359
of DNA evidence suggesting that anyone else was in the home,155101:43:02.279 --> 01:43:05.720
just the handwritten note tying Jake to the killing of155201:43:05.760 --> 01:43:10.399
the younger Kuto with his bloody prints. Thunder doesn't only155301:43:10.479 --> 01:43:15.319
happen when it's raining. Thunder can come from anywhere. Thunder155401:43:15.359 --> 01:43:20.319
can have any name. The name of Jake's thunder was Roxy,155501:43:21.119 --> 01:43:29.960
and he was certain he wasn't the only one party155601:43:30.119 --> 01:43:36.000
in the woods. By Joe Salmat, Tristan and Becha made155701:43:36.039 --> 01:43:39.319
their way down the wooded path behind Tristan's neighbor's farm.155801:43:39.960 --> 01:43:42.479
Josh and Emily went to bed pretty early, so for155901:43:42.600 --> 01:43:45.840
years Tristan had brought friends down here behind the farm156001:43:45.920 --> 01:43:49.279
to explore the woods. As he got older, he explored156101:43:49.359 --> 01:43:51.800
less and came to the woods to drink and party156201:43:51.800 --> 01:43:54.840
with the girls from town. Becca was new to town,156301:43:55.279 --> 01:43:58.880
just moving here a month ago. Tristan was infatuated as156401:43:58.880 --> 01:44:01.000
soon as he saw her in the hall in school,156501:44:01.479 --> 01:44:05.319
her long brown hair flowing behind her. He followed her156601:44:05.359 --> 01:44:08.239
after school, trying to come up with something to say156701:44:08.239 --> 01:44:11.560
to her to spark a conversation. It paid off, though,156801:44:11.920 --> 01:44:14.640
he thought, as he sneaked a glance at her behind156901:44:14.720 --> 01:44:18.239
the moonlight through a break in the trees. She carried157001:44:18.239 --> 01:44:20.800
a bottle of Jack Daniels in her right hand. It157101:44:20.920 --> 01:44:24.000
was already missing a quarter of the brown liquid inside.157201:44:24.479 --> 01:44:27.039
She was more of a drinker than he was, he157301:44:27.159 --> 01:44:30.600
noted with a smile. He couldn't keep his eyes off157401:44:30.640 --> 01:44:34.560
of the way she walked the curve, swaying back and forth.157501:44:35.000 --> 01:44:39.720
It was mesmerizing the swaying stopped in front of him. Tristan,157601:44:40.560 --> 01:44:44.119
did you hear that, she whispered to him. Hear what,157701:44:44.800 --> 01:44:49.079
he asked at a normal volume. Sh something in the woods?157801:44:49.680 --> 01:44:54.720
She replied. Do you guys have bears around here? She asked,157901:44:54.760 --> 01:44:58.079
with a little bit of fright in her voice. I158001:44:58.119 --> 01:45:01.319
didn't hear anything. Don't worry. I've been coming here since158101:45:01.319 --> 01:45:03.760
I was a kid. There's nothing out here that can158201:45:03.840 --> 01:45:07.680
hurt us, he said, and smiled that famous smile that158301:45:07.760 --> 01:45:12.279
got him the girl on numerous occasions. Becca still stood158401:45:12.279 --> 01:45:15.479
there for a moment. When she didn't hear anything, she158501:45:15.600 --> 01:45:20.199
began to walk the path again, but cautiously, Tristan snuck158601:45:20.279 --> 01:45:22.479
up behind her and grabbed the bottle from her hands.158701:45:22.760 --> 01:45:25.000
She let out a scared yelp as he laughed at her.158801:45:25.479 --> 01:45:27.680
He took a big gulp off the bottle, letting the158901:45:27.720 --> 01:45:31.760
alcohol burn his throat. Are the others meeting us up here?159001:45:32.319 --> 01:45:35.199
Becca asked? She wouldn't agree to coming out to the159101:45:35.239 --> 01:45:38.000
woods with the guy she'd just met unless others were159201:45:38.039 --> 01:45:40.880
going to be there. He scrambled to find another couple159301:45:40.960 --> 01:45:44.640
to come along. Yeah, it's not much farther now. We159401:45:44.720 --> 01:45:48.079
got a little fireplace from an old house, Tristan said.159501:45:48.640 --> 01:45:51.560
It must have been from the seventeen hundreds. He said,159601:45:52.399 --> 01:45:57.199
sounds cool, becha said, Thinking of the fireplace, Tristan frowned.159701:45:57.640 --> 01:45:59.880
He should be able to see it from here. He159801:46:00.119 --> 01:46:03.479
knew Greg and Beth were already there. He saw Greg's159901:46:03.479 --> 01:46:05.239
car down by the side of the highway on the160001:46:05.239 --> 01:46:09.359
way over. Maybe he was just lazy. He thought the160101:46:09.399 --> 01:46:12.079
moon was hidden by the boughs of the trees above.160201:46:12.640 --> 01:46:14.600
Tristan made his way in the dark to where he160301:46:14.640 --> 01:46:17.880
knew the stone chimney was. He could barely see the160401:46:17.960 --> 01:46:20.920
lighter stone in the darkness. He felt around to the160501:46:21.039 --> 01:46:24.600
right where he stacked the kindling. It felt wet, but160601:46:24.640 --> 01:46:28.680
he didn't remember it raining recently. Greg, if you pissed160701:46:28.720 --> 01:46:31.760
on our wood, I will kill you, he called out160801:46:31.760 --> 01:46:34.319
to the night. He hoped Greg heard him as he160901:46:34.399 --> 01:46:37.640
banged Beth or whatever they were doing. He grabbed a161001:46:37.680 --> 01:46:40.319
book of matches from his pocket. After stacking the wooden161101:46:40.319 --> 01:46:43.399
branches into a small t piece shape with pine needles161201:46:43.399 --> 01:46:47.720
and last falls leaves underneath. I can't see anything, Becha161301:46:47.800 --> 01:46:52.439
said from behind him. One second, he said, masking his disappointment.161401:46:53.000 --> 01:46:55.079
She was one hell of a looker, but she seemed161501:46:55.159 --> 01:46:58.319
kind of annoying to him. He struck the match, which161601:46:58.359 --> 01:47:00.439
blinded him for a second with its brightness in the161701:47:00.479 --> 01:47:04.159
almost complete dark. He instinctively moved the match to the161801:47:04.199 --> 01:47:07.199
pine needles under the wood before it burned out or161901:47:07.279 --> 01:47:10.279
the wind got it. He saw spots in his vision162001:47:10.319 --> 01:47:13.760
as he gently blew on the pine needles. Yes, he162101:47:13.800 --> 01:47:16.640
called out, as the fire came to life. It wasn't162201:47:16.680 --> 01:47:20.560
piss on the sticks. It was a darker, thicker color.162301:47:21.159 --> 01:47:24.520
It reminded him of the bottle Becca carried. Hey, Babe,162401:47:24.560 --> 01:47:27.079
can I get a drink? He said, getting to his feet.162501:47:27.680 --> 01:47:30.039
The sticks were catching now and the light from the162601:47:30.119 --> 01:47:35.720
chimney was spreading. Becca didn't answer him. Babe, he said,162701:47:36.119 --> 01:47:39.920
and turned around. Becca was standing in front of him,162801:47:40.279 --> 01:47:42.760
ten feet away, with the bottle still in her right hand,162901:47:43.279 --> 01:47:48.079
her widened eyes staring past him towards the chimney. What163001:47:48.119 --> 01:47:50.439
the hell's gotten into you, he said, and took a163101:47:50.439 --> 01:47:54.640
step closer, but she didn't move. He watched as the163201:47:54.680 --> 01:47:57.760
bottle slipped from her hand and struck the ground, spilling163301:47:57.800 --> 01:48:02.119
its contents. What's wrong with you, he said, grabbing the163401:48:02.119 --> 01:48:04.560
bottle off the ground to save its contents, which he163501:48:04.600 --> 01:48:07.520
tried to pour down his throat. He stopped with the163601:48:07.520 --> 01:48:12.800
bottle to his lips. Becca still hadn't moved. He started163701:48:12.840 --> 01:48:16.640
to get a creepy feeling and turned towards the fire.163801:48:17.279 --> 01:48:21.039
The light from the flames illuminated the immediate area. The163901:48:21.079 --> 01:48:24.800
stack of wood he had piled there yesterday was definitely wet,164001:48:25.199 --> 01:48:30.039
but it was also red. It looks like something bled164101:48:30.079 --> 01:48:33.119
all over it. His eyes fell to just in front164201:48:33.159 --> 01:48:36.439
of the stack of wood, and he saw the source164301:48:36.479 --> 01:48:40.199
of the blood. Greg naked to the waist, lay on164401:48:40.239 --> 01:48:45.359
the ground, twisted and away. Tristan could only describe as wrong.164501:48:46.439 --> 01:48:49.640
His face looked behind him, and several vertebrates stuck out164601:48:49.680 --> 01:48:52.600
from a gaping hole in his neck. His eyes were164701:48:52.640 --> 01:48:58.680
wide open in fear, similar to Becca's. He turned towards164801:48:58.680 --> 01:49:01.880
his would be girlfriend, but she was still looking in164901:49:01.960 --> 01:49:06.079
the same direction. Tears streaked her cheeks and a sob165001:49:06.239 --> 01:49:09.039
escaped her lips. He turned back to see what she165101:49:09.119 --> 01:49:13.159
was looking at, and that's when he noticed.165201:49:12.840 --> 01:49:17.560
Beth did you hear that? Better check the locks on165301:49:17.640 --> 01:49:21.319
your doors. Weakly, spooky, We'll be right back.165401:49:22.399 --> 01:49:26.039
Blonde hair mixed with crimson blood covered her young face165501:49:26.079 --> 01:49:29.199
from the caved in skull before it sunk into the165601:49:29.239 --> 01:49:32.760
opening that her missing lower jaw left behind. She was165701:49:32.840 --> 01:49:37.960
completely naked behind the woodpile. Tristan approached her body carefully.165801:49:38.560 --> 01:49:42.640
He tried to speak, but nothing came out. She had165901:49:42.720 --> 01:49:46.800
large scratches or claw marks chris crossing across her naked166001:49:46.880 --> 01:49:49.920
breasts at an inch deep, filled with rivers of blood.166101:49:50.680 --> 01:49:55.479
One of her legs was missing, just missing. How does166201:49:55.520 --> 01:49:59.800
that even happen? He couldn't see it anywhere, but he166301:49:59.800 --> 01:50:03.840
did find her lower jaw. It looked like some sick166401:50:03.920 --> 01:50:07.399
bastard tried to rape her with it, but all it166501:50:07.439 --> 01:50:11.239
did was tear her pubic area. Teeth peeked out from166601:50:11.239 --> 01:50:14.359
between strings of her mangled genitalia that hung from her166701:50:14.399 --> 01:50:17.239
body like the streamers on a five year old girl's bicycle.166801:50:18.239 --> 01:50:22.000
Panics started to settle in to Tristan. He stepped backwards,166901:50:22.039 --> 01:50:26.279
away from the mangled corpses of his high school friends Becca.167001:50:26.720 --> 01:50:31.399
He called out, run. He turned himself to run and167101:50:31.560 --> 01:50:35.800
saw a horrid sight. Behind Becca, who still hadn't moved167201:50:35.800 --> 01:50:41.000
from the same position, stood three humanoid shapes. Their eyes167301:50:41.039 --> 01:50:45.520
reflected the firelight from the chimney. Beca Tristan managed to167401:50:45.560 --> 01:50:48.760
say before the creatures moved in an instant. Two grabbed167501:50:48.760 --> 01:50:51.199
his date and held her arms behind her back. He167601:50:51.199 --> 01:50:53.680
heard a sickening pop as one of her shoulders were167701:50:53.680 --> 01:50:56.960
dislocated violently. The pain seemed to break Becca out of167801:50:56.960 --> 01:51:00.720
her shock. She screamed. The third creature charged Tristan. He167901:51:00.800 --> 01:51:02.720
managed to land a punch on the monster, but it168001:51:02.760 --> 01:51:05.079
didn't seem to have any effect. It grabbed him and168101:51:05.119 --> 01:51:07.359
forced him to his knees, placing one of its large168201:51:07.399 --> 01:51:09.439
clawed feet on the back of his legs so he168301:51:09.479 --> 01:51:14.079
couldn't get up. Help me, Tristan, Becha called out. It168401:51:14.159 --> 01:51:17.439
was her last words. One of the creature's hands suddenly168501:51:17.439 --> 01:51:20.479
protruded from her lower abdomen, tearing out of her flesh168601:51:20.520 --> 01:51:25.079
with a violence Tristan had never witnessed before. No. He168701:51:25.159 --> 01:51:28.039
called out in horror and began to sob. He swore.168801:51:28.119 --> 01:51:31.520
The creature holding him mocked his cry. Tristan saw the168901:51:31.560 --> 01:51:34.279
moment Beca died. He could see it in her eyes.169001:51:34.960 --> 01:51:37.760
The moment it ceased to be Becca and became only169101:51:37.800 --> 01:51:40.560
a sack of meat. It was worse than the mangled169201:51:40.560 --> 01:51:45.520
corpses of his friends. Watching her die like that, Becha's169301:51:45.520 --> 01:51:48.840
body fell down to the ground. The two monsters fought169401:51:48.880 --> 01:51:51.600
over her, tearing pieces of her flesh off in front169501:51:51.600 --> 01:51:54.680
of him, the same flesh he was admiring just a169601:51:54.680 --> 01:51:58.079
short time ago. Tristan couldn't take it anymore. He put169701:51:58.079 --> 01:52:00.319
his head down, letting his hair cover his eyes, but169801:52:00.359 --> 01:52:03.159
the creature holding him reached down with its gray hand169901:52:03.319 --> 01:52:06.520
and pulled his hair until once again he was facing Becha.170001:52:07.319 --> 01:52:10.399
Not only did they seem to enjoy killing, but it170101:52:10.479 --> 01:52:15.079
seemed they enjoyed making him watch. He cried out. When170201:52:15.079 --> 01:52:19.119
the two creatures finished dividing up Becha, they began to eat.170301:52:19.880 --> 01:52:23.359
Tristan struggled, but the creature's strength was too much for him.170401:52:23.640 --> 01:52:26.239
He clenched his eyes closed to block out the horror170501:52:26.239 --> 01:52:28.560
in front of him, but the creature seemed to know170601:52:29.439 --> 01:52:31.520
it dug a dull nail into the back of his170701:52:31.640 --> 01:52:34.600
neck every time he closed his eyes, only letting the170801:52:34.600 --> 01:52:39.399
pressure off when he opened them again. Closed or opened170901:52:39.840 --> 01:52:43.039
he was being tortured. He kept them closed as long171001:52:43.079 --> 01:52:45.640
as he could take the nail digging him, never in171101:52:45.680 --> 01:52:48.720
the exact same space, then opened them until the pain171201:52:48.800 --> 01:52:52.600
from the nail was replaced with the evisceration of his date.171301:52:53.880 --> 01:52:56.800
It seemed to go on forever. He couldn't take any more.171401:52:56.920 --> 01:52:59.000
He tried to move again, but the third creature that171501:52:59.039 --> 01:53:03.840
held him did so diligently. Go on, get a bite,171601:53:04.359 --> 01:53:07.079
Tristan called out to his captor. It was the only171701:53:07.119 --> 01:53:10.800
thing he could do, mocking his torturers. He had no171801:53:10.920 --> 01:53:13.960
way to track time, but at least fifteen minutes past171901:53:14.039 --> 01:53:18.079
as he watched his date disappear peace by piece down172001:53:18.119 --> 01:53:22.439
the gullets of these hellish creatures. He couldn't take any172101:53:22.479 --> 01:53:25.359
more and closed his eyes to escape, But his ears172201:53:25.399 --> 01:53:28.800
picked up on the wet snapping of teeth through flesh172301:53:28.840 --> 01:53:32.239
and bone. It reminded him of tearing the wings off172401:53:32.239 --> 01:53:34.840
of a chicken for dinner, and it made him want172501:53:34.880 --> 01:53:38.119
to throw up. The creature holding him down pushed him172601:53:38.159 --> 01:53:41.239
all the way to the ground. He opened his eyes172701:53:41.279 --> 01:53:44.079
and looked at what was left of Becca. At that172801:53:44.239 --> 01:53:47.800
point he did throw up, but it had nowhere to go.172901:53:47.920 --> 01:53:51.039
Being forced down to the ground, he breathed in his173001:53:51.119 --> 01:53:54.359
own vomit and thought he was going to drown. The173101:53:54.399 --> 01:53:56.520
creature yanked him back up to his knees. As the173201:53:56.560 --> 01:53:59.479
other two approached. He was pulled all the way to173301:53:59.520 --> 01:54:02.319
his feet, and with the last act of defiance, he173401:54:02.439 --> 01:54:04.640
kicked the groin of the creature right in front of him.173501:54:05.000 --> 01:54:07.680
It stepped back from the impact, then reached out with173601:54:07.720 --> 01:54:11.800
its gray skinned hand and grabbed his chest, tearing cloth173701:54:11.920 --> 01:54:15.680
and flesh away from his body. He screamed. The pain173801:54:15.840 --> 01:54:20.560
was intense. Just fucking kill me already, he yelled out,173901:54:20.960 --> 01:54:25.119
just wanting it done. He couldn't take any more, Do it,174001:54:25.239 --> 01:54:29.560
you cocksucker. The monsters didn't heed him. One of them174101:54:29.600 --> 01:54:32.680
grabbed his hand and held it out. The first creature174201:54:32.880 --> 01:54:35.800
that had been holding him the whole time switched places174301:54:35.840 --> 01:54:37.920
with the one that tore a piece out of his chest.174401:54:38.600 --> 01:54:41.760
It looked him in the eye with an evil intelligence174501:54:41.800 --> 01:54:46.439
behind its gaze. As it slowly and deliberately raised his174601:54:46.600 --> 01:54:50.239
hand to its mouth and bit off his thumb. He174701:54:50.319 --> 01:54:52.880
screamed out into the night. He held on to a174801:54:52.920 --> 01:54:55.640
slim hope that Josh or Emily might hear him in174901:54:55.680 --> 01:54:58.560
the quiet country night. They had just had a newborn,175001:54:58.880 --> 01:55:02.079
so maybe they would be wake feeding it, he thought.175101:55:02.760 --> 01:55:06.159
The creature bit off his middle finger and smiled. Tristan's175201:55:06.199 --> 01:55:10.119
blood and flesh still sitting in its gaping maw. Its175301:55:10.159 --> 01:55:13.920
body shook with small convulsions with a grunting sound. A175401:55:14.000 --> 01:55:17.680
shiver shot up Tristan's back as he realized it was175501:55:17.800 --> 01:55:30.159
laughing at his misery. Till death do Us Part by175601:55:30.319 --> 01:55:37.399
Rob Fields, fourteen months ago. Ain't a church supposed to175701:55:37.439 --> 01:55:42.279
be a safe, sacred place. Ain't all churches considered the175801:55:42.359 --> 01:55:46.039
house of God? Y'all? Wouldn't have known that if you175901:55:46.239 --> 01:55:50.079
was at the Strickfield Community Church. It was Saturday afternoon176001:55:50.119 --> 01:55:52.560
and my best friend was supposed to be marrying her fella.176101:55:53.359 --> 01:55:56.880
You'd have thought it'd be a happy scene. The guests176201:55:56.920 --> 01:56:00.439
invited filled many of the pews there. You would have176301:56:00.520 --> 01:56:04.680
seen the minister herself, Delphine Brewster Sloane, conducting the wedding176401:56:04.960 --> 01:56:08.319
between my girl, Whitney Miron and her fella, her high176501:56:08.359 --> 01:56:12.880
school sweetheart. But you see, I know what Whitney knows.176601:56:13.520 --> 01:56:17.600
The fella ain't been faithful to Whitney. In fact, I176701:56:17.720 --> 01:56:23.319
done seen her cheating twice with different women. First time176801:56:23.439 --> 01:56:26.720
was with Whitney's mama, and a couple days ago, her176901:56:26.760 --> 01:56:29.840
fella was putting the screws to a stripper at his177001:56:29.960 --> 01:56:34.319
bachelor party. Whitney's fella knew I knew about him and177101:56:34.359 --> 01:56:37.520
Whitney's mama, and swore up and down he'd kill me177201:56:38.079 --> 01:56:41.720
if i'd done told her. But that's just it. I177301:56:41.880 --> 01:56:45.479
told Whitney. She ain't none believed me about her mama,177401:56:45.920 --> 01:56:48.760
but she done saw what I saw with that stripper.177501:56:49.479 --> 01:56:53.640
Whitney was fuman to kill her fella right then and there. Honestly,177601:56:54.720 --> 01:56:56.439
I would have thought she would have ended the wedding.177701:56:57.520 --> 01:57:01.159
But the wedding happened, and everything started off like you'd177801:57:01.199 --> 01:57:06.880
expect a wedding to start. Then it happened. Whitney suddenly177901:57:06.880 --> 01:57:11.920
turned and faced everybody, but y'all wouldn't recognize her. When178001:57:11.960 --> 01:57:15.840
I saw her, I donepede myself. Whitney was a ghost178101:57:15.920 --> 01:57:19.479
bride right out of some horror flick. Her eyes glowed red,178201:57:19.520 --> 01:57:24.039
and her skin was like shining marble. She done completely178301:57:24.079 --> 01:57:28.800
looked like some other girl. Suddenly, Whitney pointed past the crowd.178401:57:29.520 --> 01:57:31.840
I swear y'all could have heard every door in here178501:57:31.920 --> 01:57:36.359
locking fast minister Brewster. Sloane shrieked and stepped away from178601:57:36.359 --> 01:57:42.159
the couple. Almighty God in heaven, she choked out. Whitney178701:57:42.159 --> 01:57:46.800
turned to her. God doesn't exist here, she laughed coldly,178801:57:47.760 --> 01:57:50.159
Or he would have appeared when you asked if there178901:57:50.199 --> 01:57:52.920
was a reason why my groom and I shouldn't be married.179001:57:54.319 --> 01:57:57.560
Whitney's suddenly pointing right at her fella while holding her179101:57:57.560 --> 01:58:01.840
bridal bouquet, which looks more You are like black roses179201:58:01.880 --> 01:58:06.840
now instead of the red ones originally. You cheating bastard,179301:58:07.359 --> 01:58:10.520
she accused him. Why did you even keep our wedding179401:58:10.560 --> 01:58:14.359
today when you don't even love me, she screams now,179501:58:14.479 --> 01:58:17.560
making him fly out into the crowd. Then she drops179601:58:17.600 --> 01:58:21.560
the bouquet. You betrayed me, lover, but we'll have one179701:58:21.680 --> 01:58:25.760
hell of an event here today. When that Whitney thing179801:58:25.840 --> 01:58:28.840
went out into the crowd, the guests ran to the doors.179901:58:29.279 --> 01:58:33.039
I knew deep down they wouldn't budge none. When I180001:58:33.119 --> 01:58:36.359
tried running, Whitney was suddenly right there. I know you180101:58:36.479 --> 01:58:39.880
tried telling me about his cheating and I wouldn't listen,180201:58:41.199 --> 01:58:43.800
But you still get to be my maid of honor.180301:58:44.960 --> 01:58:48.239
Whitney turned and went to her. Fella boy, was he180401:58:48.319 --> 01:58:51.319
ever begging and pleading for Whitney to let him live.180501:58:52.560 --> 01:58:56.279
Whitney smiled at him. I'll spare your life if you180601:58:56.319 --> 01:58:59.319
can show that you're faithful to whommever you truly do,180701:58:59.399 --> 01:59:03.840
give your black heart too. She raised her finger. But180801:59:03.960 --> 01:59:08.359
be warned. If I see you're still unfaithful, then I'll180901:59:08.399 --> 01:59:12.840
return for you on your wedding day. Whitney turned her181001:59:12.840 --> 01:59:16.239
attention to the crowd and laughed insanely as she went181101:59:16.279 --> 01:59:19.279
and painted the church with the blood from the guests.181201:59:19.840 --> 01:59:22.199
I peed myself again at the horror I was seeing.181301:59:22.920 --> 01:59:25.439
I was a mess. When Whitney returned to me, her181401:59:25.479 --> 01:59:28.880
once beautiful bridle gown now all wet and red itself.181501:59:29.680 --> 01:59:33.520
Whitney's mouth was full of blood. Then she licked her181601:59:33.560 --> 01:59:35.880
fingers like she'd done finished a good help in her181701:59:35.920 --> 01:59:39.279
ribs on Memorial Day. I know you tried to tell181801:59:39.319 --> 01:59:44.399
me about mom Oh, but I just ate her black heart,181901:59:44.600 --> 01:59:50.199
she smiled a toothy smile. Don't worry, Arianne, you and182001:59:50.279 --> 01:59:52.319
the minister get to live.182101:59:54.399 --> 01:59:58.840
If you're not afraid, then you're already dead. Weekly spooky,182201:59:58.920 --> 01:59:59.880
We'll be right back.182302:00:01.119 --> 02:00:03.520
Next thing I knew Whitney picked up her bouquet of182402:00:03.600 --> 02:00:06.640
black roses. Then I remembered where she got them from.182502:00:07.359 --> 02:00:10.239
Whitney's mama found them for her at a stand at182602:00:10.359 --> 02:00:14.039
Jamie's flea Market near the village limits. On the west side.182702:00:14.199 --> 02:00:18.720
There was this booth set up called Tinkers. The man182802:00:18.800 --> 02:00:21.279
there was selling odd junk, but he also had this182902:00:21.880 --> 02:00:24.760
bridal bouquet and his refrigerator off to the side and183002:00:24.800 --> 02:00:28.960
made her an offer she couldn't refuse. Whitney's mama was183102:00:29.000 --> 02:00:34.479
such a cheapskate even with Whitney. Whitney smiled. Now almost183202:00:34.600 --> 02:00:39.000
forgot the most important part. Whitney shoved the bouquet of183302:00:39.039 --> 02:00:42.800
black roses into my arms. I hissed when my fingers183402:00:42.800 --> 02:00:46.079
got cut by them thorns. I was bleeding on the flowers.183502:00:46.079 --> 02:00:51.359
Now soon they all turned red again as before. Whitney183602:00:51.399 --> 02:00:55.960
pointed at me. You're getting married next girl. She lowered183702:00:56.000 --> 02:00:59.760
her hand. Hopefully you'll find a man that'll worship the183802:00:59.760 --> 02:01:04.640
grind you walk on, because I sure didn't. She turned183902:01:04.640 --> 02:01:09.840
to her fella, remember, if you're unfaithful to your next bride,184002:01:09.920 --> 02:01:15.399
I'll return for you and claim your soul. Then Whitney laughed.184102:01:15.439 --> 02:01:20.119
This horrible laughter as she suddenly caught fire and started burning.184202:01:20.680 --> 02:01:22.920
The minister and I escaped the church as it caught184302:01:22.960 --> 02:01:26.159
fire and burned to the ground. I didn't know about184402:01:26.199 --> 02:01:28.680
the minister, but I knew I'd never forget that day184502:01:29.359 --> 02:01:37.479
as long as I lived the present. I'd taken that184602:01:37.560 --> 02:01:40.399
next big step with my fellow once I'd finally taken184702:01:40.439 --> 02:01:43.800
a long shower and had a few too many nightmares184802:01:43.840 --> 02:01:47.840
about Whitney Miron's wedding. Lance Westerhold and I had been184902:01:47.880 --> 02:01:50.319
seeing each other off and on for a long time.185002:01:50.880 --> 02:01:53.800
I couldn't tell you why we kept getting back together185102:01:53.880 --> 02:01:56.840
and backing off each other. I couldn't even tell you185202:01:56.880 --> 02:02:00.720
how many times we fucked again and again. I admit,185302:02:00.840 --> 02:02:04.439
without reservations, I ain't pretty and ain't no prize to catch.185402:02:05.159 --> 02:02:07.239
I know for a fact Lance has fucked other girls185502:02:07.239 --> 02:02:10.319
who could have been sex stars. Lance could have done185602:02:10.399 --> 02:02:14.279
way better than me. I even joke about being beaten185702:02:14.319 --> 02:02:17.600
with an ugly stick by my mama many times. I185802:02:17.720 --> 02:02:20.640
never understood to this day why guys think I'm some185902:02:20.840 --> 02:02:24.680
kind of prize getting back to Lance. I was just186002:02:24.800 --> 02:02:29.119
leaving Woodies, driving after finishing my open to clothes. Yeah,186102:02:29.359 --> 02:02:32.079
I was a car hop who served people on roller skates.186202:02:32.640 --> 02:02:36.760
What's really fucked up? I actually loved working there. Yeah,186302:02:36.840 --> 02:02:39.920
y'all heard me. I loved being on my skates all day.186402:02:40.439 --> 02:02:42.880
Pay ain't for shit, but I get me some damn186502:02:42.920 --> 02:02:46.079
good tips. I was walking home to my trailer when186602:02:46.159 --> 02:02:49.520
Lance pulled up beside me and his Dodge charger. Now186702:02:49.560 --> 02:02:53.279
you talking about a complete mismatch here. Lance was one186802:02:53.279 --> 02:02:57.039
of them handsome, muscular mechanics you'd see in an older186902:02:57.119 --> 02:03:01.880
romance movie. I was just a scrawny He had that187002:03:02.039 --> 02:03:05.199
nice car, and I had my roller skates. He lived187102:03:05.239 --> 02:03:09.239
in a small house. I was just trailer trash. Lance187202:03:09.319 --> 02:03:11.079
was the kind of guy who knew what he wanted187302:03:11.119 --> 02:03:13.319
and went and got it. I was the kind of187402:03:13.359 --> 02:03:15.640
girl who accepted her lot in life and lived with it.187502:03:16.359 --> 02:03:19.680
Let me alone, Lance, God damn it, I yelled, I187602:03:19.720 --> 02:03:23.079
ain't no mood for your shit today. We was out187702:03:23.119 --> 02:03:26.399
on Township Road one point thirteen, not far from my trailer.187802:03:26.960 --> 02:03:29.880
In other words, nobody was coming or going when Lance187902:03:29.920 --> 02:03:33.039
stopped me and started working his charms on me again.188002:03:33.960 --> 02:03:36.800
He started telling me I was the only woman for him.188102:03:37.279 --> 02:03:39.720
I told him he was so full of shit, it188202:03:39.760 --> 02:03:42.880
was coming out his brown eyes. When I told him188302:03:42.880 --> 02:03:45.479
to fuck off again. He finally got out of his188402:03:45.520 --> 02:03:48.479
car and came to me. Then the fucker grabbed me188502:03:48.520 --> 02:03:50.760
and crushed me against him as he gagged me with188602:03:50.840 --> 02:03:53.880
his big tongue. Next thing I knew, he got my188702:03:53.960 --> 02:03:56.239
shorts off and was banging me in the back seat.188802:03:57.039 --> 02:03:59.920
Like I said, he had all them other hot peace188902:04:00.079 --> 02:04:03.800
ass he could be having whenever he wanted, and the189002:04:03.880 --> 02:04:07.560
dumb fuck kept coming right back to me one more time.189102:04:08.279 --> 02:04:12.960
I am an ugly ass fucking girl. And no, Lance189202:04:12.960 --> 02:04:15.399
ain't been drinking because I'd ha tasted it when he189302:04:15.479 --> 02:04:19.039
was sucking tongue with me. Also, Lance ain't my first,189402:04:19.039 --> 02:04:23.479
but I was definitely his. It was at Strickfield High189502:04:23.520 --> 02:04:26.640
when Lance saw me and Tammy Lesher at a football game.189602:04:27.199 --> 02:04:29.640
My girl and I were smoking a bowl together when189702:04:29.880 --> 02:04:33.399
Lance approached us. Now, Tammy was one of them hot189802:04:33.439 --> 02:04:37.079
girls Lance could have had whenever he wanted, but he189902:04:37.119 --> 02:04:40.520
couldn't keep his eyes off of me. When Tammy went190002:04:40.560 --> 02:04:42.560
back to the game, Lance grabbed a hold of me190102:04:42.920 --> 02:04:46.279
and took me where no nosey Parker could see us.190202:04:46.720 --> 02:04:49.560
I kept insisting Tammy could have given him a much190302:04:49.600 --> 02:04:52.319
better time than me, but he stripped me naked and190402:04:52.399 --> 02:04:54.960
gave me his cherry. I ain't telling you how I190502:04:55.039 --> 02:04:57.479
knew I was his first, but believe me when I190602:04:57.560 --> 02:05:01.560
say I knew. Like I said, We've been off and on,190702:05:02.079 --> 02:05:05.199
in and out of bed together, in and out of relationships,190802:05:05.199 --> 02:05:08.239
and now we was in the back seat of his car.190902:05:08.960 --> 02:05:12.000
I never saw it coming. After he'd fucked me twice,191002:05:12.439 --> 02:05:17.560
He'd said it right to my very lips, marry me, Arianne.191102:05:17.800 --> 02:05:22.279
Nothing much surprised me after Whitney's wedding, except that the191202:05:22.359 --> 02:05:27.680
fuck you say, marry me Arianne, he repeated. We looked191302:05:27.680 --> 02:05:30.199
at each other for the longest time. Then I scoffed,191402:05:31.039 --> 02:05:36.359
fuck you, marry me Arianne, he whispered to my lips191502:05:36.439 --> 02:05:39.600
one more time. We looked at each other for the191602:05:39.680 --> 02:05:43.359
longest time again. Then I told him the closest thing191702:05:43.399 --> 02:05:47.560
to a yes, he was gonna get fuck you, I muttered.191802:05:48.239 --> 02:05:50.439
Then he fucked me a couple more times in his191902:05:50.520 --> 02:05:55.279
back seat to make our engagement official. Anyway, That's how192002:05:55.319 --> 02:05:57.439
I keep remembering it. As I'm getting out of bed192102:05:57.439 --> 02:06:00.600
and leaving Lance sleeping, and go into the bathroom and192202:06:00.640 --> 02:06:04.319
look in the mirror. My ugly ass face was staring192302:06:04.439 --> 02:06:07.680
right back at me. At first, I was gonna laugh192402:06:07.720 --> 02:06:10.439
for even dreaming. Lance asked me to marry him till192502:06:10.479 --> 02:06:13.319
I'm feeling the weight on my left hand and raise192602:06:13.359 --> 02:06:16.239
it to see the big glowing rock he put on192702:06:16.279 --> 02:06:19.640
my finger. I come back out and look at Lance192802:06:19.680 --> 02:06:23.720
as he keeps snoring away. Now, unlike Whitney, I know192902:06:24.000 --> 02:06:27.239
exactly what to expect from my fellaw. Yeah, I know,193002:06:27.399 --> 02:06:30.560
goddamn well, he's gonna keep fucking other women like I'm193102:06:30.560 --> 02:06:35.159
gonna keep fucking other fellas, and we're getting married. The193202:06:35.279 --> 02:06:39.119
rock on my finger says we are okay. Know one.193302:06:39.159 --> 02:06:42.800
What I know about Lance. All I'm wondering is why193402:06:43.840 --> 02:06:46.520
I ain't rich, Like I said, I'm a car hop193502:06:46.560 --> 02:06:49.720
at an old time driving. I own this trailer and193602:06:49.760 --> 02:06:51.840
the land at rests on that. My folks left me193702:06:51.920 --> 02:06:55.600
out right, and it's my only lot in life. Only193802:06:55.680 --> 02:06:59.000
thing I'm thinking is I gotta be one hell of193902:06:59.039 --> 02:07:02.239
a hot fuck. I shake my head and keep wondering194002:07:02.279 --> 02:07:04.920
how I keep getting laid when fellas shouldn't want to194102:07:04.920 --> 02:07:07.720
touch me with a ten foot pole. And then I194202:07:07.760 --> 02:07:11.000
see that fucking bouquet of flowers Whitney Mirror gave me194302:07:11.479 --> 02:07:15.239
at that wedding from Hell, all them months ago. Yeah194402:07:15.279 --> 02:07:19.680
it's been months and then flowers they're still looking like194502:07:19.760 --> 02:07:22.399
I just picked them up at the flower shop. They're194602:07:22.479 --> 02:07:24.960
still red as the blood I bled on them that day.194702:07:26.119 --> 02:07:28.960
I went and picked up the bouquet. Then I shook194802:07:29.000 --> 02:07:35.640
my head slowly. Fuck you. I took them fucking flowers outside,194902:07:35.760 --> 02:07:38.720
not giving two shits who drive by and see me naked.195002:07:39.239 --> 02:07:41.439
I tossed them into the fire pit I burn shit195102:07:41.520 --> 02:07:45.039
in after soaking them down good and gasoline and lighting195202:07:45.079 --> 02:07:48.560
them up. I'm amazed yet again. Not only am I195302:07:48.560 --> 02:07:52.640
getting married, them flowers from Hell ain't even burning up,195402:07:52.920 --> 02:07:56.520
even after making the flames go real high. Then the195502:07:56.520 --> 02:08:01.319
fire finally goes out, them flowers are still there. I195602:08:01.399 --> 02:08:03.920
reach into the pit and pull him out. They ain't195702:08:03.960 --> 02:08:07.600
even warm. Next thing I knew, Lance is out here195802:08:07.600 --> 02:08:10.760
with me. He cradled me into him from behind so195902:08:10.840 --> 02:08:15.359
he can swap spitting morning breath in a kiss. The196002:08:15.479 --> 02:08:19.000
day of the wedding is finally here. It definitely wouldn't196102:08:19.039 --> 02:08:21.479
be a very big one, but there was enough people196202:08:21.520 --> 02:08:24.600
on both my side and his that came believe it196302:08:24.720 --> 02:08:27.760
or not, Lance's parents paid for our wedding. Now I196402:08:27.840 --> 02:08:30.439
know for a fact, Lance's parents ain't never liked me196502:08:30.560 --> 02:08:33.279
none too much. I even heard his daddy telling him196602:08:33.319 --> 02:08:36.359
he could do so much better than me. Hell, I196702:08:37.000 --> 02:08:39.159
even told Lance he could do way better than me.196802:08:40.199 --> 02:08:43.079
All the dumbass says back to me, is I love you,196902:08:43.159 --> 02:08:47.720
Arian and I'm marrying you. Keep in mind, I ain't197002:08:47.760 --> 02:08:50.600
never said I loved him, But I think he knew197102:08:50.640 --> 02:08:52.720
I'd stay with him when I'd let him fuck me197202:08:52.800 --> 02:08:56.279
six ways from Sunday, even after I knew he'd just197302:08:56.359 --> 02:08:59.680
fucked another woman, or when I'd show up walking funny197402:08:59.680 --> 02:09:04.000
in his place. Yet he still wants to marry me. Well,197502:09:04.800 --> 02:09:08.600
fuck it. Then, getting back to the wedding, we was197602:09:08.640 --> 02:09:12.079
wearing normal dress clothes. Fuck being all formal and everything.197702:09:12.720 --> 02:09:15.760
Lance comes and looks at me before the wedding. Forget197802:09:15.840 --> 02:09:18.279
he ain't supposed to see the bride before the wedding. Right,197902:09:19.000 --> 02:09:22.720
we're alone with each other now, you just know we're198002:09:22.720 --> 02:09:26.680
gonna be miserable together. Right, I tell him you can198102:09:26.720 --> 02:09:29.920
do so much better than me. Last chance to tell198202:09:29.920 --> 02:09:33.119
me to fuck off. I promise you no hard feelings.198302:09:33.760 --> 02:09:36.079
He just pulls me into his arms and stares deep198402:09:36.119 --> 02:09:40.359
into my eyes. I love you. I laugh a little,198502:09:41.079 --> 02:09:44.000
and you're off your fucking rocker, leaving that rich girl198602:09:44.039 --> 02:09:46.800
all to her own at your wedding rehearsal. Not just198702:09:46.840 --> 02:09:50.279
a rich girl a mirror. You do know, mirrans are198802:09:50.359 --> 02:09:53.720
rich as fuck, right, Yet your dumb ass done stood198902:09:53.720 --> 02:09:56.359
her up when you came to my trailer and fucked me.199002:09:57.600 --> 02:10:00.159
We stare at each other again, then he ki, this199102:10:00.199 --> 02:10:02.840
is me one more time before leaving me before our wedding.199202:10:03.760 --> 02:10:08.840
Suddenly that that fucking bouquet of flowers is right there199302:10:08.840 --> 02:10:11.720
on the table. I take him in my hands and199402:10:11.760 --> 02:10:14.880
hold him in front of me. The bloody red flowers199502:10:14.920 --> 02:10:20.600
turned deathly black. Funny thing. Not only have I continued199602:10:20.600 --> 02:10:24.279
having nightmares about Whitney's weddin, but I keep having nightmares199702:10:24.319 --> 02:10:28.439
about some of her last moments before the wedding. I'd199802:10:28.479 --> 02:10:32.039
swear I was looking right through her own eyes. That199902:10:32.159 --> 02:10:34.760
rich girl found herself a fellow whom thought the world200002:10:34.760 --> 02:10:37.880
of her the way she did him. Her girls she200102:10:37.920 --> 02:10:40.439
went to Strickfield High with kept telling her he wasn't200202:10:40.479 --> 02:10:45.159
no good for she wouldn't listen. I saw everything like200302:10:45.239 --> 02:10:48.359
I was Whitney Mihr and herself. She gave this man200402:10:48.479 --> 02:10:52.399
her everything. She gave him her heart, she gave him200502:10:52.399 --> 02:10:56.520
her body however he wanted to do her. She thought200602:10:56.640 --> 02:11:00.640
she did everything right. Then the wedding came and Whitney200702:11:00.640 --> 02:11:04.680
got this very bouquet. Whitney's mom especially ordered him just200802:11:04.760 --> 02:11:08.640
for her, from a man named Isley Tinker. Turned out200902:11:08.680 --> 02:11:11.079
he was doing flowers on the side of selling odds201002:11:11.119 --> 02:11:14.880
and ends at a junk shop. When Whitney got the flowers,201102:11:14.880 --> 02:11:18.319
her fingers got pricked by the thorns, same when Whitney201202:11:18.319 --> 02:11:22.119
put them in my hands. After Whitney bled all over him,201302:11:23.039 --> 02:11:26.560
she learned the truth about her fella. He was never201402:11:26.640 --> 02:11:30.239
once loyal to her. Whitney's fella fucked around on her201502:11:30.279 --> 02:11:34.119
again and again. The more she saw, the more she201602:11:34.279 --> 02:11:35.479
burned hot as hell.201702:11:37.199 --> 02:11:41.159
You're not safe yet, weekly Spooky will be right back.201802:11:42.840 --> 02:11:45.600
And at the Strickfield Community Church where the wedding was201902:11:45.640 --> 02:11:48.680
to take place, Whitney turned into a bride from hell202002:11:49.640 --> 02:11:53.560
and slaughtered everyone in that particular church, including the church202102:11:53.600 --> 02:11:58.960
people themselves, save Minister Brewster Sloan. Remember when I said202202:11:59.000 --> 02:12:03.199
I know everything there is to know about Lance you see,202302:12:03.399 --> 02:12:07.319
Lance was the fella fucking around on Whitney Mirran over202402:12:07.359 --> 02:12:10.920
a year ago. I knew damn well he was gonna202502:12:10.920 --> 02:12:13.319
marry her. I even agreed to be Whitney's maid of honor.202602:12:13.960 --> 02:12:16.760
But god damn if Lance wouldn't stop fucking me anyways.202702:12:17.520 --> 02:12:20.039
Only reason Whitney didn't kill his ass that day was202802:12:20.079 --> 02:12:23.359
because he begged her for his life, promising he'd be202902:12:23.399 --> 02:12:26.520
a better man. She said she'd hold him to it.203002:12:27.680 --> 02:12:30.680
Now that fucking music's playing for me to make my entrance,203102:12:31.000 --> 02:12:34.520
everybody's gasping at me. Now. No, not because I'm one203202:12:34.600 --> 02:12:38.399
ugly fucking girl about to marry Lance Westerhold. It's because203302:12:39.640 --> 02:12:43.720
I became Whitney Mihr and herself. Now I'm the same203402:12:43.800 --> 02:12:49.680
ghostly bride Whitney became all because of having them fucking flowers.203502:12:50.479 --> 02:12:53.039
The doors are all locked tight, and I'm seeing the203602:12:53.039 --> 02:12:56.520
look on Lance's face. He wants to run as our203702:12:56.560 --> 02:12:59.399
relatives are exploding all over the place and painting the203802:12:59.399 --> 02:13:02.800
Strickfield Chapel the unholy red wedding it needs to be.203902:13:04.039 --> 02:13:07.399
Lance is looking at me now, knowing he fucked up royally.204002:13:07.880 --> 02:13:14.279
In fact, it's only him the preacher Man and me. Now, Lance,204102:13:14.319 --> 02:13:20.079
don't even try running away. I'm ready, I tell the204202:13:20.079 --> 02:13:24.159
Preacher Man in Whitney Mirren's disembodied voice. The preacher Man204302:13:24.279 --> 02:13:27.800
stammers through the usual wedding lines with Lance. Lance is204402:13:27.840 --> 02:13:31.399
looking like he's ready to piss himself, but he looks204502:13:31.439 --> 02:13:37.800
at me and says, I ugh do now. The Preacher204602:13:37.840 --> 02:13:41.239
Man stammers the same lines to me, except he calls204702:13:41.239 --> 02:13:45.840
me Whitney Mirron, since that's who I am now. When204802:13:45.880 --> 02:13:49.239
he finishes, the preacher Man and Lance wait my answer.204902:13:50.279 --> 02:13:53.159
I look at Lance with my glowing eyes and smile205002:13:53.279 --> 02:13:58.279
sweetly till death do us part. And then I drop205102:13:58.359 --> 02:14:02.119
my cursed bouquet to whole Lance to me and seal205202:14:02.600 --> 02:14:06.439
our unholy union with a kiss. Then the Preacher Man205302:14:06.560 --> 02:14:11.199
watches us burst into flames as I'm taking Lance straight205402:14:11.760 --> 02:14:28.479
to hell with me. First date by Rob Fields Perspective205502:14:28.960 --> 02:14:32.640
Ariel Mirron. Who would have thought that my life would205602:14:32.680 --> 02:14:36.600
have changed so drastically over the holidays. I'm pretty good205702:14:36.600 --> 02:14:40.640
at keeping my feelings to myself, but I'm still very205802:14:40.680 --> 02:14:45.359
angry and upset with my parents, mostly Mom. I still205902:14:45.359 --> 02:14:49.520
can't believe that Witch offered me to Queen Arcadia in206002:14:49.560 --> 02:14:54.159
exchange for her fame and fortune. Oh, let me tell you.206102:14:54.479 --> 02:14:57.239
I was so angry with Mom that I screamed and206202:14:57.279 --> 02:14:59.760
threw everything at her that I could get my hands on.206302:15:00.600 --> 02:15:04.680
I mean, I destroyed a lot of stuff. My friends206402:15:04.680 --> 02:15:06.600
who were there with me had to pull me off206502:15:06.640 --> 02:15:10.800
Mom when I finally attacked her myself. I've had sufficient206602:15:10.840 --> 02:15:14.399
time now to calm down and assess my current situation.206702:15:15.279 --> 02:15:18.479
I'm living with Madeline Donnerley and her family now and206802:15:18.560 --> 02:15:23.039
actually have my own room. Mouse's parents converted a spare206902:15:23.079 --> 02:15:26.640
bedroom just for me. Not only that, I figured that,207002:15:26.880 --> 02:15:30.760
upon returning to Strickfield Junior High that people would be207102:15:30.920 --> 02:15:35.680
jeering me about the whole fall from Grace thing. No207202:15:35.720 --> 02:15:40.239
one said a word. In fact, I continued on as207302:15:40.239 --> 02:15:43.159
if that whole blow up between Mom and I had207402:15:43.199 --> 02:15:48.239
never happened. But something did happen at school today. You207502:15:48.359 --> 02:15:51.159
probably know by now that Carter Cross and I have207602:15:51.279 --> 02:15:56.399
always been polar opposites. Even now, he still calls me princess,207702:15:57.039 --> 02:15:59.119
but he's not making fun of me because of my207802:15:59.239 --> 02:16:03.000
fall from Grace. I wasn't letting him off so fast, though.207902:16:03.520 --> 02:16:06.039
I still managed to swipe a few of his sodas,208002:16:06.520 --> 02:16:12.119
including at lunch period today today though, it just it208102:16:12.159 --> 02:16:15.560
didn't feel right normally, Carter's on me the minute I208202:16:15.600 --> 02:16:19.199
swipe a soda. In fact, we both had the can208302:16:19.319 --> 02:16:22.960
ready to fight for it. Then he just let me208402:16:23.039 --> 02:16:26.520
have it. The truth is, I haven't forgotten that he208502:16:26.600 --> 02:16:29.920
asked me out the first weekend of December, when we208602:16:29.920 --> 02:16:34.200
were trapped in the Strickfield Town Center mall overnight hanging208702:16:34.280 --> 02:16:38.959
Christmas decorations for cousin harmony. I can't stop replaying that208802:16:39.040 --> 02:16:42.639
event in my mind over and over. Carter hasn't asked208902:16:42.639 --> 02:16:47.879
me out again since, though, however, I haven't really given209002:16:47.920 --> 02:16:51.799
him an answer. Then I remember that Carter Cross actually209102:16:51.840 --> 02:16:55.399
lives next door to me. Now, I go to my209202:16:55.440 --> 02:16:59.040
smartphone and text Carter to see if he's home. I209302:16:59.079 --> 02:17:03.479
get a reply back almost immediately. Yes. I get off209402:17:03.520 --> 02:17:05.719
my bed and head downstairs to go to his house.209502:17:06.239 --> 02:17:08.680
He's right there at the back door and invites me in.209602:17:09.440 --> 02:17:13.440
What's up, Princess, he asks. I take a deep breath209702:17:13.440 --> 02:17:17.239
and look at him. Yes, Carter, I'm sorry I never209802:17:17.280 --> 02:17:20.360
answered you that night, but yes, I will go out209902:17:20.399 --> 02:17:23.239
with you. Carter and I stare at each other for210002:17:23.319 --> 02:17:29.680
a long moment. You sure, he asks quietly. I nod quickly.210102:17:30.799 --> 02:17:33.239
We need to know for sure if there's really something210202:17:33.280 --> 02:17:36.840
there between us. We can know for sure in one date. Right.210302:17:37.920 --> 02:17:42.760
We stare at each other again. What do we do?210402:17:43.520 --> 02:17:47.840
He stammers, I ain't never been on a date before210502:17:49.000 --> 02:17:53.159
me neither, I admit. I guess we can just go210602:17:53.799 --> 02:17:59.399
hang out together, right. Carter nods, okay, Yeah, what time210702:17:59.399 --> 02:18:07.639
do you want to go? Oh perspective Carter cross. Madeline210802:18:07.719 --> 02:18:10.840
Donnerley and me are playing video games at Roth's Rings210902:18:11.520 --> 02:18:15.120
after losing a third straight game of cruising USA place211002:18:15.200 --> 02:18:20.239
in nearly last Madeline looks at me. Let's go talk, buddy,211102:18:20.799 --> 02:18:24.200
she says in her mousey voice. We grab our drinks211202:18:24.200 --> 02:18:28.280
and head outside. Then I just tell her Ariel and211302:18:28.319 --> 02:18:31.719
me are going on a date tonight. Her eyes are211402:18:31.760 --> 02:18:36.319
really wide. Now. Really, I tell Madeline about when I211502:18:36.360 --> 02:18:40.000
asked Ariel out at the mall during that overnight last month.211602:18:40.879 --> 02:18:44.040
I just kept thinking about it. You've been giving me211702:18:44.079 --> 02:18:47.079
a hard time about Ariel. I know Mona and Bailey211802:18:47.120 --> 02:18:50.559
give Ariel a hard time too. Ariel said, we got211902:18:50.559 --> 02:18:53.520
to know if there's something there, so we're gonna do212002:18:53.600 --> 02:18:58.239
one date tonight. Now it's the same silence like at212102:18:58.280 --> 02:19:00.639
my place. When Ariel and I agree to go out.212202:19:01.879 --> 02:19:05.479
Madeline breaks the silence. Told you you liked her, buddy,212302:19:06.239 --> 02:19:10.079
I sigh. What if I mess things up with her? Madeline,212402:19:11.000 --> 02:19:13.639
this is our first date. It ain't gonna be like212502:19:13.680 --> 02:19:18.159
when we hang out, she smirks. Just talk to her carter.212602:19:18.840 --> 02:19:22.360
The rest will work itself out. I ain't never dated yet,212702:19:22.360 --> 02:19:26.520
but I understand a few things based on movies. She212802:19:26.680 --> 02:19:31.479
gently slaps my shoulder. Just talk to her. I nod quickly,212902:19:32.840 --> 02:19:35.680
Sorry about what happened in here. I should have just213002:19:35.959 --> 02:19:40.440
talked to you. It's all good, buddy, she replies. I213102:19:40.520 --> 02:19:43.440
put my hand on her shoulder. I'm glad. I can213202:19:43.479 --> 02:19:47.360
always talk to you, Madeleine, and you always will, she213302:19:47.520 --> 02:19:51.360
promises me. Feeling better, we go back inside and start213402:19:51.399 --> 02:19:55.079
playing again. Now I can actually compete with Madeline. When213502:19:55.120 --> 02:20:04.600
we start racing again, perspective Ariel mirror. I enter Mouse's213602:20:04.639 --> 02:20:08.680
house she calls it the mousehole, and see she's typing213702:20:08.719 --> 02:20:12.479
away on her computer. A few minutes later, she's finally done.213802:20:12.799 --> 02:20:15.360
I think she finished a paper for one of our classes.213902:20:15.920 --> 02:20:19.879
Now she looks right at me. It's gonna be okay, Ariel,214002:20:20.360 --> 02:20:24.520
she tells me. I sigh. Carter talked to you, didn't he.214102:20:25.479 --> 02:20:27.520
She turns in her chair and waits for me to214202:20:27.559 --> 02:20:31.120
sit on her lower bunk. He did, but she kind214302:20:31.120 --> 02:20:34.159
of been fidgeting all day. You only ever do that214402:20:34.200 --> 02:20:37.440
when you're really nervous, which don't happen often with you.214502:20:38.440 --> 02:20:43.319
I sigh again. I hate you. Mouse. She comes and214602:20:43.360 --> 02:20:47.600
sits beside me. It'll be okay. You and Carter are214702:20:47.680 --> 02:20:51.799
gonna hang out, Just have fun and talk to him. Suddenly,214802:20:52.559 --> 02:20:53.600
the doorbell.214902:20:53.280 --> 02:20:58.680
Rings don't go away. Weekly spooky. We'll be right back.215002:21:00.360 --> 02:21:04.040
It's Carter, Mouse tells me. I give her an odd look.215102:21:04.600 --> 02:21:09.319
Carter usually just comes in. Mouse smirks, Yeah. Carter and215202:21:09.399 --> 02:21:12.680
me usually walk into each other's houses. But Carter ain't215302:21:12.680 --> 02:21:15.040
here to hang out with me. He's here for you.215402:21:15.920 --> 02:21:19.159
Better go answer that. I look at the Freddy Krueger215502:21:19.200 --> 02:21:22.799
clock next to the door. Seven point thirty time sure215602:21:22.920 --> 02:21:25.879
flew since Carter and I arranged our date. I see215702:21:25.920 --> 02:21:29.440
Mouse's smile and know everything's going to be all right.215802:21:30.120 --> 02:21:31.760
I get up and make my way down to the215902:21:31.799 --> 02:21:35.760
front door. Mouse is right when Carter's standing outside. We216002:21:35.879 --> 02:21:38.760
look at each other for a long moment, just like216102:21:38.840 --> 02:21:41.840
at his house earlier. Then I finally put on my216202:21:41.959 --> 02:21:44.600
jacket and go out onto the porch, with him closing216302:21:44.639 --> 02:21:48.920
the door behind me. Where officially on our first date.216402:21:49.600 --> 02:21:59.760
Now perspective, Carter Cross, Ariel and me are both pretty nervous.216502:22:00.239 --> 02:22:03.600
We're walking to downtown village together in silence, glancing at216602:22:03.600 --> 02:22:08.399
each other at times. Finally, Ariel says something, I'm just216702:22:08.440 --> 02:22:11.959
as scared as you, Carter. That makes me feel better.216802:22:12.840 --> 02:22:15.760
What do you want to do? We stop right outside216902:22:15.799 --> 02:22:20.280
the Strickfield Centennial Theater. There's only two movies playing, including217002:22:20.280 --> 02:22:24.120
a special screening of Rad Yeah, that bicycle movie from217102:22:24.120 --> 02:22:28.040
the nineteen eighties. Ariel surprises me and wants to see it.217202:22:28.799 --> 02:22:31.120
I pay for our tickets and buy us both cokes.217302:22:32.040 --> 02:22:34.319
Madeline and I had seen this movie plenty of times217402:22:34.360 --> 02:22:37.639
after we became friends. Rad got us into riding bikes217502:22:37.639 --> 02:22:42.600
the way we do, even getting mongooses. Anyway, Ariel never217602:22:42.639 --> 02:22:48.440
got bored once. Later, we're sitting in Big Ed's soda217702:22:48.479 --> 02:22:52.040
parlor after the movie and talking about it. Madeline's right217802:22:52.120 --> 02:22:56.239
about just talking to Ariel. Also, Ariel insisted on paying217902:22:56.239 --> 02:23:00.559
for our Sundays since I paid it the movies. Suddenly,218002:23:00.719 --> 02:23:05.159
Ariel's eyes get wide, so do mine. When Bailey Downs218102:23:05.200 --> 02:23:09.959
and Mona Abels approach our table, Ariel's face goes red fast,218202:23:10.200 --> 02:23:14.200
and not because she's mad. Ah ain't you too cute?218302:23:14.680 --> 02:23:20.520
Mona teases. Bailey just gives Ariel this weird smile. Now218402:23:20.559 --> 02:23:24.920
Ariel does tough enough. Yes, I am here with Carter Cross,218502:23:25.239 --> 02:23:28.319
go tell the whole school. When Bailey and Mona look218602:23:28.360 --> 02:23:32.000
at me, I just NodD Ariel's way what she said.218702:23:33.079 --> 02:23:36.200
Then Mona and Bailey smile wickedly and giggle a little218802:23:36.280 --> 02:23:41.000
before they start singing Ariel's got a boy friend. Ariel's218902:23:41.040 --> 02:23:45.559
got a boy friend. Ariel growls at them, I hate219002:23:45.600 --> 02:23:49.920
you both. Then they turn and walk away, laughing. The219102:23:50.000 --> 02:23:52.600
last thing I hear before they leave is Bailey telling219202:23:52.639 --> 02:23:57.120
Mona told you so. Ariel takes a deep breath and219302:23:57.159 --> 02:24:01.319
looks at me. Now, I really don't care Carter. I219402:24:01.440 --> 02:24:06.360
smile at Ariel me neither. When we finish our ice cream,219502:24:06.360 --> 02:24:09.719
we leave and go walking around. Then I decide to219602:24:09.719 --> 02:24:13.680
be a man and take Ariel's hand. She gasps at first,219702:24:14.760 --> 02:24:19.239
and then relaxes. She doesn't take her hand back. Then219802:24:19.319 --> 02:24:27.760
we get calm and start talking again. Perspective Ariel Mirn.219902:24:29.159 --> 02:24:31.719
You just know Bailey and Mona are going to tell220002:24:31.760 --> 02:24:34.719
anyone who's willing to listen. I meant what I said.220102:24:34.760 --> 02:24:36.959
I really don't care who knows that I'm on a220202:24:37.040 --> 02:24:41.000
date with Carter Cross. I decide to be honest with him.220302:24:41.959 --> 02:24:45.120
Maybe if I was still living back in the gated community,220402:24:45.159 --> 02:24:48.360
I might have denied it. But I'm out here with220502:24:48.440 --> 02:24:51.760
all of you. Now, you ever miss being in there?220602:24:52.319 --> 02:24:57.879
Carter asks, no, I say, without hesitation, my parents never220702:24:57.959 --> 02:25:02.000
once called Mouse's house asking for They never stopped by either,220802:25:02.799 --> 02:25:06.479
not even anything in the mail. I smile a little.220902:25:07.799 --> 02:25:12.879
Madeline's parents are good people, I know. Suddenly, Carter and221002:25:12.959 --> 02:25:17.959
I just stop dead. How did we end up walking221102:25:18.000 --> 02:25:24.040
down this street? Carter? I ask, we just did? Carter221202:25:24.159 --> 02:25:28.120
tells me we just turned down this way. And well,221302:25:28.920 --> 02:25:32.159
Carter and I are staring right at the old Carnivosh221402:25:32.280 --> 02:25:36.239
estate from outside the high fence. When Carter and I221502:25:36.319 --> 02:25:40.440
squeeze hands, I admit something to him. Mona, Bailey and221602:25:40.479 --> 02:25:42.559
I dared Mouse to go into this house when we221702:25:42.920 --> 02:25:46.399
walked by it in early October. Mona asked her if221802:25:46.399 --> 02:25:49.680
she was chicken. Mouse simply told us she was brave221902:25:49.799 --> 02:25:53.799
enough to go in there, but not stupid enough. We222002:25:53.879 --> 02:25:58.760
didn't say anything more to her about it after that. Okay, well,222102:25:58.879 --> 02:26:03.879
let's just keep walking, Carter suggests, after a little bit. Yeah,222202:26:04.239 --> 02:26:09.360
let's I agree, fast, but neither of us move. It's222302:26:09.440 --> 02:26:12.600
not because we're both scared of the house. It's because222402:26:12.639 --> 02:26:16.879
we're looking through the main gate and seeing a little222502:26:16.920 --> 02:26:22.120
girl standing in one of the windows, looking right out222602:26:22.159 --> 02:26:32.719
at us perspective, Carter cross. Ariel and I both agree222702:26:32.760 --> 02:26:35.680
we saw that little girl in the house. We're both222802:26:35.760 --> 02:26:39.680
pretty sure nobody lives in the Carnivosh estate, and not222902:26:39.840 --> 02:26:43.520
for a very long time living in the village itself.223002:26:43.559 --> 02:26:47.280
It would be big news fast if anyone actually moved223102:26:47.319 --> 02:26:50.760
in there. When the little girl moves away from the window,223202:26:50.879 --> 02:26:54.559
Ariel and I look at each other. Carter, we can't223302:26:55.000 --> 02:26:59.000
leave that little girl in there, Ariel tells me. I gulp,223402:27:00.159 --> 02:27:03.520
afraid you'd say that. Ariel and me don't even gotta223502:27:03.559 --> 02:27:06.079
talk about it. We climb the fence and go inside.223602:27:06.079 --> 02:27:09.200
The property. Looks like this place ain't had yard work223702:27:09.280 --> 02:27:13.159
done in years, even though it's early January. Weeds seem223802:27:13.239 --> 02:27:16.559
to keep growing real good here. When we reach the223902:27:16.600 --> 02:27:19.920
front door, one of them's wide open. Then I hear224002:27:20.000 --> 02:27:24.559
Ariel gulp. She's breathing fast and giving me looks. I224102:27:24.639 --> 02:27:27.760
know I gotta be looking scared too. Ariel and I224202:27:27.799 --> 02:27:31.520
are still holding hands when we slowly go inside. We224302:27:31.600 --> 02:27:35.440
hain't even two steps past the door. When Ariel and224402:27:35.520 --> 02:27:37.639
me both cry out and turn around to see the224502:27:37.719 --> 02:27:42.399
doors are both completely closed. We go to them and224602:27:42.520 --> 02:27:48.239
find we're locked in. Ariel quickly pulls out her phone. No,224702:27:48.920 --> 02:27:53.920
she looks at me. No signal you, uh huh, I confirm.224802:27:54.319 --> 02:27:57.920
Then I open my settings. No nearby Wi Fi either.224902:27:58.760 --> 02:28:02.040
We put our phones away. Then Ariel points to the stairway.225002:28:03.200 --> 02:28:06.319
I don't think she was upstairs, Ariel, I say, I225102:28:06.360 --> 02:28:08.120
thought the little girl was in the room to the225202:28:08.159 --> 02:28:12.520
left of the doors. Ariel points in the direction in there.225302:28:13.319 --> 02:28:17.040
Ariel quickly grabs my hand. Don't you dare let go.225402:28:17.159 --> 02:28:20.719
I'm not losing you, Carter Cross. I shake her hand225502:28:20.719 --> 02:28:23.760
to assure her I'm holding it. Then we walk into225602:28:23.799 --> 02:28:28.520
what looks like a living room. Little girl, I call out.225702:28:29.120 --> 02:28:32.200
Then I point to the window. There's where we saw225802:28:32.239 --> 02:28:35.200
her right. We moved to the window and look outside225902:28:35.239 --> 02:28:38.479
to see where we were before we came in. We'll226002:28:38.479 --> 02:28:42.079
have to keep looking around, Ariel says, she's not in here. Now.226102:28:42.920 --> 02:28:46.680
I stop her fast, Ariel. She turns and sees I'm226202:28:46.680 --> 02:28:51.200
pointing down a hallway where we see the little girl. Stop.226302:28:51.440 --> 02:28:55.280
Ariel calls out, please come this way. Ariel and I226402:28:55.360 --> 02:28:58.200
run down the hallway as she turns away. When we226502:28:58.280 --> 02:29:01.440
reach the end, we come into a conservatory. We move226602:29:01.520 --> 02:29:03.559
to the other entrance and go through it to see226702:29:03.600 --> 02:29:07.639
the little girl again at the end of another hallway. Carter,226802:29:08.200 --> 02:29:13.120
Ariel gasps, you seeing this, I nod fast. The little226902:29:13.159 --> 02:29:16.200
girl's feet are pointing to the floor, but it's plain227002:29:16.360 --> 02:29:21.120
as the noses on our faces. She's floating. Yeah, I227102:29:21.200 --> 02:29:25.399
definitely think she's a ghost, Ariel. I hate you, Carter.227202:29:25.879 --> 02:29:30.280
Ariel stutters. She really squeezes my hand. Now. Then we227302:29:30.319 --> 02:29:33.200
look down the hallway. I think she wants us to227402:29:33.280 --> 02:29:36.639
follow her. I say, it's like she's trying to tell227502:29:36.719 --> 02:29:40.399
us something. Ariel gulps again and turns me to look227602:29:40.440 --> 02:29:44.559
at the wall. There's an old Carnivoge family portrait hanging there.227702:29:45.760 --> 02:29:48.200
Now we see the little girl at the very center227802:29:48.879 --> 02:29:54.120
in front of her family. Clearly she was the youngest.227902:29:54.760 --> 02:29:59.280
The date is January fourth, eighteen twenty four.228002:30:00.959 --> 02:30:05.159
I like it, spooky weekly. Spooky will be right back.228102:30:10.719 --> 02:30:16.399
Perspective, Aeriel Mirrn. That little Carnivosh girl is over two228202:30:16.479 --> 02:30:20.799
hundred years old. Had she lived, we look to see228302:30:20.840 --> 02:30:24.879
her ghost is still waiting for us. Come on, Carter,228402:30:25.440 --> 02:30:28.479
I stammer. The two of us keep following the little228502:30:28.479 --> 02:30:32.360
girl until we're at another door. No doubt this one's228602:30:32.399 --> 02:30:34.639
going to lead into the one place you would never228702:30:35.079 --> 02:30:37.280
want to go in a creepy old mansion like this,228802:30:38.639 --> 02:30:42.719
the basement. The door opens on its own, Then the228902:30:42.760 --> 02:30:46.159
little girl floats down the stairway. She's giving off this229002:30:46.319 --> 02:30:49.520
eerie light to show she's at the bottom and waiting229102:30:49.559 --> 02:30:53.520
for us. Since she's lighting our way, we can easily229202:30:53.600 --> 02:30:57.479
follow her down without tripping over our own feet. Carter229302:30:57.639 --> 02:31:00.799
insists on leading the way like the gall guy I229402:31:00.840 --> 02:31:04.079
know he is. When we reach the bottom, the ghost229502:31:04.200 --> 02:31:08.600
moves again, the basement still lit thanks to her. She229602:31:08.719 --> 02:31:11.520
takes us through a few rooms and finally stops next229702:31:11.520 --> 02:31:14.719
to a big brick wall. Then she points right at it.229802:31:16.280 --> 02:31:21.200
You want us to break Carter mumbles. The little girl229902:31:21.280 --> 02:31:25.600
keeps pointing to the wall. Then I see something over there.230002:31:25.639 --> 02:31:28.920
Carter grab that big hammer. Carter and I let go230102:31:29.000 --> 02:31:32.120
of each other's hands. He finds the big sledgehammer on230202:31:32.159 --> 02:31:35.200
a workbench and brings it over. It takes Carter a230302:31:35.239 --> 02:31:39.200
few really big hits before he finally succeeds in cracking230402:31:39.239 --> 02:31:42.920
the mortar. He keeps swinging and hitting until he finally230502:31:42.959 --> 02:31:46.120
makes a block come loose. Then he keeps hitting it230602:31:46.200 --> 02:31:49.719
until it falls over on the inside. Carter has to230702:31:49.799 --> 02:31:53.440
take little breaks to collect himself, but he finally manages230802:31:53.479 --> 02:31:56.159
to break the wall in enough. I take out my230902:31:56.239 --> 02:32:01.000
smartphone and shine my light through the hole Carter made.231002:32:01.040 --> 02:32:04.239
Carter and I both scream when we see a couple231102:32:04.239 --> 02:32:09.879
of skeletons, one big and one small, and then the231202:32:09.920 --> 02:32:14.959
little girl smiles happily and points to both of us. Suddenly,231302:32:15.040 --> 02:32:22.719
this huge flash of light washes over us. Epilogue perspective231402:32:22.879 --> 02:32:27.000
aerial Mirron. Later that night, Carter and I are in231502:32:27.040 --> 02:32:31.200
the mousehole telling mouse about our experience at the Carnivosh estate.231602:32:32.079 --> 02:32:34.840
We told her about finding the little girl and then231702:32:34.879 --> 02:32:37.600
her leading us to where she and her dad were231802:32:37.600 --> 02:32:42.479
both walled up in the basement. Two hundred years ago today,231902:32:42.920 --> 02:32:46.040
a band of robbers came to the Carnivosh estate and232002:32:46.159 --> 02:32:50.319
robbed it. Emilio Carnivoche tried to save and protect his232102:32:50.479 --> 02:32:53.520
family from the robbers, but it was all in vain.232202:32:54.120 --> 02:32:57.399
Emilio and little Rosemary were walled up within the basement232302:32:57.760 --> 02:33:01.479
to cruelly separate the two of them from Margo, the mother,232402:33:02.040 --> 02:33:06.879
and Rosemary's two older brothers, Waldo and Morton. Emilia was232502:33:06.959 --> 02:33:11.959
badly hurt and weakened, and Rosemary was too little, unable232602:33:12.000 --> 02:33:16.319
to free themselves from their tomb. They died of starvation.232702:33:17.520 --> 02:33:19.520
We weren't shown what happened to the rest of the232802:33:19.559 --> 02:33:24.360
Carnivoge family. I can feel like deep down that both232902:33:24.399 --> 02:33:26.840
the father and the little girl are resting in peace.233002:33:26.920 --> 02:33:30.920
Now I finish. Yeah, we got out of the house233102:33:30.959 --> 02:33:33.559
and went to Roth's Rings to call the police. Anonymously,233202:33:34.079 --> 02:33:38.120
Carter ads Carter and I both Pinky promised Mouse that233302:33:38.200 --> 02:33:41.719
we weren't making up the story. Ah, I believe you both,233402:33:42.040 --> 02:33:45.920
she said, Come on, we survived Abigail Tomlin, a big233502:33:46.000 --> 02:33:51.239
vampire woman, and Queen Arcadia. Right, good point, Madeline. Carter233602:33:51.399 --> 02:33:55.159
agrees When we finished talking, Carter and I leave the house.233702:33:55.559 --> 02:33:59.159
We find ourselves holding hands again as we walk onto233802:33:59.200 --> 02:34:02.799
Carter's back pot. Carter and I both look like we233902:34:02.840 --> 02:34:05.600
want to say something to each other, but we just234002:34:05.680 --> 02:34:08.959
look at each other again. Carter leans in a little,234102:34:10.000 --> 02:34:15.920
he's hesitating, I'm hesitating, and then I barely feel it234202:34:15.959 --> 02:34:18.840
when we come apart, but Carter and I shared our234302:34:18.840 --> 02:34:21.840
first kiss. We don't even have to say anything to234402:34:21.879 --> 02:34:24.840
each other, but we know mutually we're not going to234502:34:24.879 --> 02:34:28.200
be just one and done on dating. Carter and I234602:34:28.280 --> 02:34:30.639
say goodbye, and I watch him go into his house.234702:34:31.280 --> 02:34:33.639
I return to the Donnerly Home and go back in.234802:34:34.799 --> 02:34:36.719
I head to my room and lay on my bed,234902:34:36.879 --> 02:34:40.280
knowing I have a lot to think about, and that's235002:34:40.319 --> 02:34:44.120
where this particular adventure ends. But I can promise you235102:34:44.760 --> 02:34:51.840
we'll be back again very soon. Well, my spooky lover's235202:34:51.879 --> 02:34:55.840
out there. I hope you enjoyed either experiencing some of235302:34:55.879 --> 02:35:00.239
our finest fair about fearful love, whether it was the235402:35:00.280 --> 02:35:04.479
first time or as a much needed revisit, Because you know,235502:35:05.280 --> 02:35:09.319
absence does make the heart grow fonder. The longer a235602:35:09.360 --> 02:35:12.680
story's been away, the more it deserves a little revisiting235702:35:13.520 --> 02:35:18.520
or maybe just maybe I'm becoming a little sentimental in235802:35:18.639 --> 02:35:22.120
my old age. But thank you so much for listening,235902:35:22.520 --> 02:35:25.360
and I hope you enjoy our brand new Valentine's Day236002:35:25.440 --> 02:35:29.000
story next Wednesday. If you want to hang out with us,236102:35:29.040 --> 02:35:32.719
if you're a part of that Weekly Spooky Lonely Hearts club,236202:35:33.280 --> 02:35:36.239
just head over to Facebook and type in weekly Spooky's236302:35:36.319 --> 02:35:40.000
Tomb of Terror, hang out with myself, our authors, and236402:35:40.120 --> 02:35:46.920
other spookies like yourself. Until next time, stay safe, stay spooky,236502:35:47.159 --> 02:35:48.639
and watch out for love.
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