Elsewhere 2

Chapter four ¨A Night to Forget¨

"Oh so when I did it you got mad at me!" Garret said crossing his arms in offense. Jenna ignored him.

"I'll see ya after school yeah?" Jenna asked him brightly. "Well...no we don't have conditioning today." Colton said shyly. "Oh yeah, forgot!" Jenna chuckled.

"See ya around!" Colton waved as he rushed off. Garret watched him walk off in jealousy.

After a few moments of silence, Misty finally asked, "Where is Andy?". Ethan, Jenna, and Garret froze. "Uhhhh Ethan you tell her." Garret said.

Ethan looked at Misty in the eyes. "Ummm...I found out this morning that Andy got sent to ISS for the rest of the day." He told her. Misty's eyes widened. "Why!?"

"He got in a fight." Ethan said scratching his head. Without a word, Misty stood up and made her way out of the courtyard to get to the ISS room. Ethan got up, and followed.

That left Garret and Jenna on the bench alone. For a minute they just sat there. Garret cleared his throat. "Um... nice weather we're having huh."

Jenna just rolled her eyes. "Oh come on Garret what is it that you want?" She asked. Garret nervously looked down. "Well...ever since you first moved in with your dad here this summer you and I have done a lot of stuff together right?" Garret asked quickly.

"Right." Jenna said with a smirk. Garret turned red. "And...you see we have a lot in common. We're both competitive, and just...I don't know we just have a good time together even though we always fight and pick on each other."

"And your point is...?" Jenna asked impatiently. "What I wanted to say is..." Garret took a moment to think. "I was thinking that we should go to the formal together...but as friends!" Garret said loudly with his eyes widened.

Jenna looked at him, and smiled. "Yes Garret, we can go to the dance together. As friends."

Ever since the disappearance of the plumbing boss, the entire town of Carsonville had been trying to find answers. Three other plumbers had been swallowed by the strange goo while trying to clean it up. The church was now off limits for anyone to enter.

Bill stood outside the church, and stared at it. The shadowy smoke that was coming out the windows made him think of Catherine.

"Crazy huh?" One of his plumbing buddies said as he placed his arm around him. "Anthony I want to take a look for myself." Bill announced. "I think I can figure out what it is."

Anthony's bushy eyebrows rose. "You're crazy man!" He gasped. "Don't you see that there is nothing you can do?" "But if nothing gets done, then what if this mess spreads all over the town? Or the whole world?" Bill asked worriedly.

"That's impossible." Anthony assured him. "Even if something can be done, we are no use for it. It might take professionals. But for the sake of Catherine's kids, please don't do anything stupid."

Bill sighed, and looked back at the church in worry.

Valerie had been serious about her school work her entire life. She was serious now more than ever as a Senior.

Early in the afternoon, she was in the middle of her toughest class, Chemistry. While in the middle of taking notes, her phone vibrated in her pocket. Four times.

She finally asked her teacher to let her go to the bathroom. In the bathroom, she called Ryan.

"What is it? I'm kind of busy." Valerie sighed. "Look you're never going to believe who showed up at work today!" Ryan gasped. "Who?" Valerie asked as she tucked a short strand of hair behind her ear. "Trevor Hill!" Ryan announced.