Lawn of The Dead

I was walking with Sarah and Ethan whilst they rambled on about something boring.

'Yo! What is up!' Rory practically shouted in the hallway behind us.

'What happened to you?' Ethan asked

'The weirdest thing, last night I went out for a crunchy critter snack but this time the snack fought back! I think it was possessed!'

'You don't need bandages, remember?' I said 'We can heal ourselves.'

'Yo fingers grow back fast! Sweet! High five!'

Nobody gave him a high five and I saw him frown. I always felt bad for Rory because Ethan and Benny always left him out, not purposely I don't think but those two have always been closer as a duo than a trio. Before his hand went down I gave him a high five and then he smiled, the smile that I never get tired of.

"Did you guys do what I think you guys did?!" Sarah practically yelled

"Raise dead animals from the grave to get a girl's attention?" Ethan drawled out slowly to try relieve tension

"Unbelievable" she had proclaimed, rolling her eyes back.

"Sarah? Wait? No? Oka-" A scream had interrupted me, a familiar one.

"Benny! GET IT OFF ME!!" Oh god, Dela.

"Benny!" E had blurted out when running towards the noise of yelling. As Rory followed on behind, laughing.

"Come on!" He laughed, dragging me down the hallway towards the chaos which was Benny's way of getting a girl's attention.

//

I had held the door open for what felt like hours before Ethan and Benny finally caught up, red faced and very out of breath.

"DID YOU HAVE TO SPEED OFF?!" Benny belted from the driveway

"DID YOU WANT  ME TO DIE?!" I snapped back "IT'S LIKE 200 DEGREES" Obviously it wasn't but my fragile skin thought otherwise.

Finally, they had made it indoors and Benny slammed the door behind them, luckily, Mrs Morgan wasn't home otherwise she probably would've smacked him right back outside.

"Is it just me" Benny had panted, hands on knees "or did that chipmunk look about ready to eat our eyeballs"

"I think it's about time we called in some magical backup" Ethan had groaned, struggling to stand up straight

"You read my mind, no wonder you're a seer" I joked from the couch

"Not the time Lola" he knows I hate that nickname

"Oh so we have time to resurrect a dead dog for the girl you like, but not jokes?"

"Anyway!" Benny added as they approached the living room "We can not tell her, if Grandma finds out who knows what she'll do to me!" At this point I was blanking his voice out plus my favourite show was on TV "Look if the potion did cause this then it'll probably just run out of gas, I'm sure the worst is over" the boys had plonked themselves next to me, practically breathing down my neck.

"Sorry to interrupt this programme" A voice appeared from the screen

"Seriously?" I groaned

"All over Whitechapel reports are coming in of bizarre small animal attacks-" As the man tries to finish his sentence a tortoise bites his neck

"Hmm, the worst is over huh Ben?"

"Wait! That's Tiberius!" Ethan blurts out

"No!"

"Yeah!"

"But that's crazy he ran away when you were like eight!"

"We need to talk with your Grandma, now!"

"Couldn't we just email her?"

I cleared my throat to point out the fact she was already here. Boys are so dumb.

"AH!" the boys yelled "I mean ah-ha!" Benny tried to play off "Hi Grandma!"

"Something you two twits want to tell me?"

"Uh what about Willow?!"

"Please, they called me last night after your little seance with Puffles"

The boys had shot me a dirty look but I just smiled before speeding off, it was for the greater good.

//

Rory and I were sitting on Ethan's roof to get away from all the creepy critters beneath us, waiting for the signal to go and by go it meant; 'kill as much as you can'.

'You ok?' he asked

'Yeah just you know covered in animal bites, I'll heal'

'Why do you think Benny's Grandma wanted me to do the flute thingy?'

"Cause the others couldn't and you are trustworthy enough, I guess"

"Rude" he joked

''Wait" Rory blurted "Random but, if you're Jesse's younger sister and he's around 1000, how old are you really?"

"I lost the years when Anatasia put me in that coma or whatever but about 800, 900, at least but in reality I'm stuck as a 16 year old"

"Damn, I'm friends with a 900 year old, I must respect the elderly" He smiled and then fake bowed in respect"

"'Hey" I nudged him in the side "I think I look good for a so-called old person!"

"We better go in before Ethan sends Benny to find us, or worse, Sarah" my eyebrows furrowed at this "She's really scary when angry" he added

"Right, yeah, where's the recorder?" Perfectly on time, as I said that a manic squirrel decided to knock it from the side of Rory right down Ethan's chimney.

"Crap"' We gulped in unision

//

"Rory what did you do?" Ethan snapped "How come I can still hear the music?"

"I had an inspiration, why shred my primo lips when I could just record the tune and play it back on a loop. No flute required" he stated whilst handing the instrument back over to Benny.

"So where's the player?" Benny inquired

"We landed on the roof to wait for you guys when I accidentally dropped it down the chimney after a psycho squirrel attacked me, hence the healing scratch mark across my cheek" I took the blame because Rory gets blamed enough and I feel bad for him.

"THE CHIMNEY?!"' The boys hissed

"Hey relax!" Rory started "I know a way to get it back! When Santa comes-"

"Rory shut up! You know the rules about plans involving Santa" Ethan demanded.

"Harsh much?!" I mumbled angrily

"But now the music is in the house, which means-" Ethan was interrupted by a scream from a familiar voice, once again, it was Dela.

By a few seconds after Dela's meltdown, the kitchen began to fill up with undead creatures and whilst Ethan, Benny, Sarah and I were fighting them, Rory was having a little rat snack.

"Seriously Rory?" I quizzed

"Try it with the clam sauce, it's lovely!" Rory managed to get out in a hum voice as I tried not to gag. As much as I was desperate for blood or some food at least, I would never eat a rat. Shortly after this sight, I look up at the door to see Ethan's dad.

"Ethan, quick" I whisper-shouted

"Hey Dad!" he beamed

"Hey I thought I heard a loud bang?" He turned and adjusted his body more towards the chaos, but luckily not his head.

Thankfully, Ethan had distracted his Dad well enough to get him out of the room to pitch a Top 10 factfile or whatever.

As my head swivelled to the sound of whimpering and a lot of growling, my eyes adjusted to see that Ethan was being attacked by 'Puffles'. Sarah was pinning him on the cabinet whilst Benny shot him, leaving his ashes and collar in the sauce.

"Ew his collar!" Sarah gagged

Ethan's mum entered the room quickly after, clearly in a rush to impress the guests.

"Sarah, I'm going to need this sauce right now!" she insisted "Okay?"

"Mom! Mom! Wait!" Ethan trembled "I'll get it, it's fine" they began to pull the bowl back and forth just waiting for it to spill, like a thriller and you're waiting for the dumb girl to die already.

"No, Ethan, stop!" his Mum ordered

Just as Ethan had finally stopped pulling and his Mum stopped resisting, Dela walks in, just in time as the sauce spills all over her pure white dress and the laminate flooring.

"Oh crap" I say uner my breath

"Puffles?!" she cries out, clearly disturbed as is Mrs. Morgan at this time.

"Yeah that's him... kinda" Benny states as Dela sobs and runs away "No, wait, Dela I can explain! Not right now but I'll think of something" his voice cracks as he goes to chase after her.

"Ethan you better have a good explanation for this!" his Mum groaned

//

As Sarah and Ethan attempted to clear up inside, Rory and I were watching the mess from outside. Dela's family were excused and on the way out, Benny decides this is a great time to explain the dead dog in the sauce situation.

"Dela! It wasn't what it looked like!" her brows furrow and her arms cross

"Oh really?! What was it then?" A silence fills the air "God you're so weird!"

Sadly, Benny walks himself to the door in an attempt to help to clean up.

"So.. no date?" I inquired from the floor next to him

"Yah.. no date." He smiles sadly before walking back inside

"Want me to walk you home?" Rory asks

"I'm good Ror probably gonna help Sarah and Benny cut Ethan out his sweater vest" I joke

"Haha, yeah" he giggles "See you at school?"

"Yeah see ya Rorster"

"Night 'Low"

//

That morning, for some reason the second I see the text from Sarah about her new car, my first thought was to call Rory.

"Hey 'Low what's hanging?"

"Hi Ror, just a question.." I pause "Found out Sarah has a new car and is on her way to show the boys, want to scare them with the whole ninja thing?"

Silence.

"Rory you there?"

"Is that even a question?" he laughs "A chance to scare Sarah, Ethan and Benny!? Of course! Meet you in 10"

"Ok weirdo" is the last sentence I manage to get out before the call ends.

"Ta Da. Guess who finally got their license?" Sarah smiled "And my Aunt gave me her old car. Hard part was saving up enough for insurance but your Dad gave me a great deal!"

"Yeah he's the best" Ethan said approaching the back seat where Rory and I would await.

'BOO' Rory shouted

'AHH' Ethan and Benny roared

"Guys this vampire ninja stuff has to stop or-" Ethan began not seeing that we had already left.

"Ok how'd they do that?" Sarah asked

"Don't care, let's just get out of here before they come back and scare us again" Benny said, searching his surroundings warily.

"That was so fun!" Rory said to me as we sat in a tree nearby.

"Yeah, told you they would be scared even Sarah was shocked and that's hard to do" I replied

"Thanks for hanging out with me, I get bored a lot"

"No worries, Vampire Ninja," I smiled and nudged him slightly. Unfortunately, I didn't realise how hard I had nudged him until I heard a thump in the leaves beneath me.

"Ow" he choked

"Oh my god" My hands covered my mouth to stop myself from laughing. "I am so sorry!" I shouted down to him, still trying not to laugh

"I'm ok!" he replied "I think..."

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