CHAPTER 4

" Girls, girls ! Wake up ! I've been shouting for longer than I should be!"
  "I'm awake Mom we'll be right down!" I said. I was still thinking about last nights events. I heard a loud snore from Mary's bed and, and I remembered that she wasn't awake yet. "Mary, wake up , we have school today !" I said in her ear.
   We decided to not tell anyone about the voices last night so we wouldn't scare anyone . But it was still weighing heavily on my mind . Soon we were downstairs. We had to eat breakfast quickly and then make lunch and get everything by the door because the bus was going to be arriving in 5 minutes. Mom was going to drive everyone else to school . It was very sad that we had to take the bus,  because in my school in New York, everyone who's 'cool' gets a ride to school but all the 'scary' kids take the school bus. I didn't have a lot of time so I just took an apple to school. It was very different than what Mary was making. Mary was making a turkey salad sandwich and a chicken salad.
"Wow , how do you have enough time for all that ?" I asked .
" Well , to start with I didn't spill my cereal on my little sister, and I didn't splash my tea on the window , that's always a good thing to not do , and I'm am very organized." she said jokingly even though I really did that , Rachel was still mad at me about that, she had to go and retake her shower.
" Awww come on, I'm not a morning person!" I said back also jokingly. I heard a honking sound outside and we had to rush out to catch the bus. As soon as we stepped on to the bus , everything went quiet everyone was pointing at our clothes and whispering to their friends. I could understand that, I mean we were wearing fancy new skinny jeans and expensive tops that we got from Nordstroms , We also had purses and Sunglasses on , I guess we made an impression on them because they started to sit up taller  and straighten up there jeans that were ripped in several different places and hide there dirty sneakers .
     "These kids are from New York City and we are going to welcome them in a nice way aren't we ?" said the Bus driver , I read his name tag it said Al, typical bus driver name.
There was a grumble from all the kids. We walked to the back seat and went to sit down. As soon as we sat down this girl walked on the bus, she was about 6 feet tall  and really buff like she could beat up a kid in 30 seconds and leave the kid crying for his Mommy. She wore a leather jacket, with little golden chains attached everywhere , Black cargo pants that were ripped and all droopy around the knees. She also wore black combat boots and a fingerless glove, her face was also very frightening, she had a scar running from the left corner of her mouth to the right corner of her chin ,  The whole picture was very scary. And , to make matters worse, she was coming right for us.
     "Get out of my seat punks!" she yelled in our faces, she had terrible breath.
     " We were here first , sit somewhere else!" said Mary. I was to scared to say anything, I was still trying to recover from her breath.
    " That's her seat , it's been her seat for four years, it's not gonna change." said a girl sitting in front of us."I'm Amy , and that's Jessica." The girl leaned towards my ear. " She's the school bully , even the toughest boys stay out of her way. As if to prove Mary's point Jessica cracked her knuckles menacingly. Mary and I scrambled . I think that is the only way to describe how fast we moved. We sat by the bus driver .
     " I's a wee bit long of a drive about 45 minutes away, I suggest a nap, there is a big day ahead of you. " said Al . We were going to take his advice but we heard a loud screech and then a terrible crunching sound , then everything went black.

Chapter 3

Our last days of driving were pretty much like that. Cruddy hotels, grumbling kids, porridge for breakfast, and then there we are ,leaving on a bright new shiny day! Woo Hoo. That's why we were so happy when we got to Texas .  My first thought when I saw the house was cool. I know, really smart, right? It was nothing compared to Kevin my 8 year old brother.
     " Wow , look at the structure of this place! The walls must be 9 inches thick , wow look at the stones on exterior! I bet it could withstand a 3.5 earthquake! Yeah, he reads a lot of books . The house was really beautiful, It looked about 3 stories high with an stone exterior, a huge deck, and balconies on every floor , outlining our property were woods with large pine trees that looked about  50 feet tall . It was beautiful.
" Who wants to go get something to eat inside?" asked my Mom. Everyone that sounded like a good idea. While mom and Dad were making tortillas, I took a look around, inside the house it was like a log cabin or something . the floors and walls were made out of 0ak Wood. The furniture was pretty, and there were really big windows . Mary and I chose a room that was really big . It was also the room that was attached to the workroom and the bathroom and the balcony so they were basically ours.  When food was ready we went downstairs to go eat, Mom addressed us and told us that we would be going to go to school at a place called Washington high school . She gave us a chart of what classes we would be taking and who would be our teachers. We studied those while she talked to the other kids about there school. After dinner we went to get ready for bed. While Julia and I were brushing our teeth we heard screaming and muffled cries for help!
     " What was that?" I asked whispering .
     " It didn't sound to very far away!" said Mary who was whispering also.
     I rushed over to the window . The whole street  was dark , except for the little pink house at the end of the neighborhood road.
     " I swear that little pink house was for sale when we arrived here." I said. " Come and look!"
    "  Oh My Gosh it was , I bet some kids would think they were being funny if they picked the lock and started goofing around in there? Mary guessed.  
    " Yeah , you are probably right , let's get some sleep and worry about it in the morning ." I suggested.
     " Yeah Good idea , Good night. "
     " Good night .
    We climbed in to bed . Mary fell asleep right away . But of course I couldn't help thinking about the little pink house . The voice seemed closer than it would have it was really far away like where the little pink house is . I could only come up with one conclusion, there was a mystery , and I was going to solve it. With that , I went to sleep.