Elsewhere 2

Chapter two "Moving Day"

"Andy!" Valerie hissed snappishly. Misty looked up at him like her heart had been torn in two. "But...you were there...you were right by my bed when I woke up..." She said in confusion.

"Nope. Doesn't ring a bell." Andy said loudly. "Jenna's right. You were just dreaming. None of this was ever real."

"Then how am I here then!?" Misty demanded. "Do you really not believe in anything that happened before!?"

Hiding her tears, Misty dashed back up the stairs. Everyone else was glaring at him. "Not cool dude." Garret said. "Even I would never do that." "What did I do?" Andy asked. "Uh, making your girlfriend look like she's crazy!" Garret said in surprise.

"But she is crazy!" Andy said as truthfully as possible. "Unbelievable. Misty is capable of millions of things that we aren't, and you don't trust her." Valerie huffed.

"You don't believe her either!" Andy told her. "Yeah, but if you love her, you would believe her no matter what." She snapped back.

Ryan opened the front door. "Come on guys!" Andy pleaded. "You just got back!" But they all left him standing alone by the door, with an angry Misty upstairs.

Ryan soon dropped Valerie and Giana off at their small, worn down house that sat alone in the woods. Over the summer, Ryan and his friends had helped patch it up a little bit.

The sisters carried their luggage inside, and to the bedroom they shared. They didn't even bother to check and see if their worthless alcoholic father was in his usual living room chair.

Valerie plopped her suitcase on her bed, and began unpacking. "So, how was school this week?" She asked her younger sister. "That boy say he liked you yet?"

"No." Giana sighed sadly. "And it makes no sense. He used to pass me notes and pull my hair all the time. But now he acts like I'm not there."

"Ouch." Valerie chuckled. "I remember when Ryan did that to me. But you're only thirteen. Guys at that age are pointless. If I were you, I'd find somebody older, and more mature." "Like Ryan?" Giana asked. Valerie smirked. "Ryan is out of school, and still not mature."

"VALERIE!" Their father barked. "I'll be right back." Valerie sighed. She found Mr. Hutchen's in the kitchen. He was standing and drinking beer. It was one of the few times she ever saw him out of his chair.

He slammed a sheet of paper in front of her. "I need you to pay the electricity bill for this month." He snapped gruffly. Valerie sighed. "Dad I'm still working on getting my car. I'm only three hundred dollars away. Didn't you finally get a job as a janitor at the bar you like to go to? Can't you manage to pay for it?"

Her father slammed his fat wrists down. "THEY FIRED ME!" He hollered. "ON TUESDAY!" "Oh no." Valerie groaned. "You weren't drunk were you? Dad this is the third job you've been fired from this year and you barely put effort into getting them. I can't afford all these bills."

"You've got a job and you've got money!" Mr. Hutchen's argued. "I am always too tired to work!" "Well I've also got school, and a future that needs preparing!" Valerie glared at him. "And you are no help to me at all!"

Mr. Hutchen's slapped her in the face. "DON'T YOU DISRESPECT ME LIKE THAT!" He yelled madly. Valerie turned around and returned to her room. "I can't wait to get out of here." She muttered.

"Everything okay?" Giana asked her. "Yeah." Valerie nodded assuringly. Giana took a camping flashlight from her bag. She randomly turned it on just to see if it worked, and shone it at the wall.

Just like that, she noticed something that was very wrong. Her shadow reflected normally onto the wall, but Giana, who was standing right next to her, did not have a shadow at all.