"Come on guys!", I yelled to my friends Genna and Janie. I was sort of nervous. We walked over to my neighbor's house. "So, whats the plan again?", Genna asked. "We are going to knock on some of the kids doors and see if they want to play games until it gets dark.", I reminded her. I was super excited for this! I in-visioned us with a good sized group of people, laughing and having fun, playing flashlight tag. Janie was definitely the most brave out of us. She just waked right up to the door and knocked. Me and Genna stood behind her and watched the door to open. "Hello Mrs. Williamson! Can we speak to Claire?", Janie politely asked the woman in the doorway. "Oh sure! Claire, someones here to see you!", the woman called for her daughter. Claire walked up to the door, she was wearing running shorts, tennis shoes, and a T-shirt. Her hair held up tightly with a rubber band. "Hey guys!", she said, waving. "Hey Claire!", we all said waving. "So Claire, we were wondering if you wanted to come with us and play a few games in my yard, like Hide-and-Seek, until it gets dark?", I asked her. I hoped she would say yes, I wanted a big turn out...like those little neighborhood gatherings I had seen in Dennis The Menace so many times.. You know! Right at the end when they are pushing that guy into the cop car? "Sure! Sounds fun! I'll ask my mom.", she said turning to go find her. It had been a couple of minutes and we were waiting for her to come back out, she had said she needed to get some shoes.
We sat down on her stairs. "I sure hope a lot of people say yes!", Genna said verbalizing my thoughts. "Me too!", I said excitedly. Later, after Claire had joined us, we were walking over to Anne's house. Anne was mostly one of Claire's friends but, I talked to her sometimes and she was nice. Claire knocked on the door and talked to Anne. Anne said she would like to, so that meant we had a group of five people. I guess that's a lot, but not enough. Anne had a couple more friends to invite and so did I. So, we went to their house's next. They all said yes, our count of people was up to ten. Now thats a lot of people! We all went back to my house to take a vote, the girls who wanted to invite the boys from down the street and those who didn't. The boys from down the street had names, Tommy and Matt. "They might not want to play with a huge group of girls.", I pointed out. "But, I think it's worth a shot! Tommy and Matt aren't too bad.", I added. "As long as they don't pull any pranks!", Anne spoke up. We nodded in agreement. The boys were bad about that.. I went over to our refrigerator and grabbed sodas for everyone, we handed them out before Me, Janie, and Claire headed off for Tommy's.
Janie knocked on the door and Tommy's mom answered, we asked for Tommy. When he came to the door his mom whispered, "Tommy, look some girls are here to see you!",she said as she fixed his hair, we laughed. "Aww! Mom!", Tommy whined. We asked him if he wanted to join us at my house and he said yes. I turned around to see some lightning bugs in the distance, I knew it was going to get dark soon. Janie offered Tommy a soda as we walked up Matt's driveway. We let Tommy knock on the door and ask Matt, since they are friends. Claire offered Matt a soda and we made our way back to my house. Once we got back, we began to choose a game, we had a lot of options since we had a big group of people! We had a grand total of TWELVE people! Me, Janie, Genna, Claire, Anne, one of Anne's friends Amy, Anne's friend Morgan, My friends Alexa and Austin, Tommy, and finally Matt. If that wasn't a big turn out, I don't know what is! We all decided on Freeze Tag and Alexa was it. She was fast and tagged half of the people we had, Tommy was just as fast though, and just as she would freeze someone he would un-freeze them.
We played Freeze Tag for a little while longer, until everyone wanted to play a new game. "I want to play Hide-And-Seek!", Austin said. "Me too!", Amy agreed. So, we began playing Hide-and-Seek. I was it, so I started counting. "29, 30! Ready or not, here I come!", I called out. I walked around the yard, inspecting every hiding place possible. I glanced over at Mr. and Mrs. Warbar (pronounced W-RR-BUR), an old couple that has lived here since before I can remember. I looked at one of their old windows. There was such intricate detail surrounding the glass. The delicate lace curtains were pulled shut, but I could see a light on. It was very dim, probably one of Mrs. Warbar's antique lamps she loves so much.. I saw someone walk by the window. It was a woman with long hair, she had a slim figure, and was wearing a dress. That wasn't Mrs. Warbar.. Chills went over my arms and legs as I continued to watch the figure. The woman swiftly made her way by the window and I couldn't see her anymore. My eyes grew wider as I watched the window, waiting. I forgot all about the game, and sat down to make out what I had just seen. Mrs. Warbar was a big woman, with long white hair that was always pulled up into a perfect bun, on the top of her head. Maybe, Mr. and Mrs. Warbar had someone over, they don't have any kids, but maybe it was a friend.. But, the way that woman moved by the window, so swiftly. It wasn't......human. I kept thinking back to one thing, I had I seen a ghost?!
"Hey! Heeelloo? Elizabeth?", Matt called me. "Oh, what?", I said snapping back to the game. "Oh yeah! Sorry!", I called out. "Did you forget about the game?", Tommy yelled back. Everyone was walking from their hiding spots to where I was standing. "You guys didn't see that?!", I questioned. "See what?", Austin asked. "Well, right before I started looking for you guys, I looked at Mr. and Mrs. Warbar's house," I looked over that way for added effect. "And when I did someone walked by the window!" They all looked at me like I was crazy. "You didn't let me finish!", I said put my hands out. "Well go ahead.", Tommy said, looking at everyone sceptically. "Whatever. The person who walked by was a woman, but not Mrs. Warbar. I was thinking rationally, so I thought maybe it was a friend of theirs.", I went on. "Because they don't have kids.", I quickly added. "Okaay.. So they had a friend over?", Janie said. "Maybe.. but you should have seen the way that woman walked by. It was effortless, like she was floating. It wasn't right.", I said, almost whispering the last part..
I hope you liked it! That was as far as I had gotten! Comment what you think, its always nice to hear! And if you want me to post more of this story let me know in the comments as well!
Talk to you guys soon!,
Zoe
