Jenni slowly turned around and examined the door frame. Her face went pale with fear as the fingers of her trembling hand traced out the letters in the wood. She turned to Jon with a stare and screamed, running from the room. He quickly ran after her, trying to catch her before she got to the others.

"Wait, Jenni!" he shouted, following her down the stairs. "You don't understand!"

"It was on the door, Jon!" she screamed into his face as she stomped her foot on the stairs. "Her name was on the door!"

"Um..." Ryan looked at the two while holding a bowl in his hands. "What are you yelling about?"

"Sy... Sybil...SYBIL SC... SYBIL SCOTT!" Jenni mumbled, then yelled, falling into Jon. "I don't want to go back up there."

"You saw a ghost?" asked Ryan as he walked past Jon and up to the top of the stairs. "Where?"

"We didn't see a ghost, Ry," Jon answered, hugging the now sobbing Jenni. "We saw the name Sybil carved into the doorpost of Brendon's room."

"Oh..." Ryan's voice revealed a bit of disappointment. "Someone could have put it there after reading the book. Anyway, besides Brendon, Kii, and Celeste the others have already gone out to the lake. You should join them."

"Aren't you going out?" asked Jon.

"I will once the others come down," answered Ryan as he set the bowl on an end table. "I'm making some snack mix that Celeste left a recipe out for."

"I see..." Jon replied, helping Jenni down the stairs. "I think some fresh air might be good for us right about now. Do you agree, Jen?"

She nodded, pulling away from Jon and walking towards the back door. He followed. The two used the back door of the kitchen to leave the house and walked out to the lake. Spencer and Chaynee were sitting at the picnic table waiting for the rest of the group to arrive. It was a sunny afternoon with barely a cloud in the sky. The water sparkled a dark shade of blue from the sun that shone on its pearly waves. Spencer waved to Jon and Jenni.

"Hey, what took you two so long?" he asked, hopping off of his seat. "Where are the others?"

"They're still in the house," Jenni answered as she sat down next to Chaynee at the picnic table. "Something about them being upstairs, I think."

"Oh, Brendon's helping Celeste choose which of Kii's swimsuits she's going to borrow," he answered, sitting back down and scooting over so that Jon could sit next to him. "She forgot her own."

"She remembered all of that food and yet she forgot her own swimsuit?" Jon asked, sliding in next to Spencer. "That's odd."

"Pretty. Odd." Chaynee chuckled, taking a sip from her glass of lemonade. "Sorry, I couldn't resist that."

Kii spread out the last swimsuit on her dresser top and stepped back to Celeste, who was looking at Brendon. The three of them stared at the suits for a moment while he made humming noises to himself. He tilted his head and walked up to the dresser, taking a closer look at the detailing of the suits. Celeste leaned to her right and looked around his shoulder in an attempt to see what was going on in his mind. He smirked and removed three suits from the dresser, setting them on Kii's suitcase on the bed, then resumed his examination of the other two. Both of the suits that were left were two-piece swimwear, both were rather skimpy in the material department.

"How did I know you would choose one of those?" Kii asked, rolling her eyes.

"Shh..." he whispered, holding the top of one of the suits in the air to see it in a better light. "I am a master fashion consultant at work."

He set the suit top down and gave them both another detailed analysis with his hands before picking up the second suit and setting it on the bed. He then walked over to the dresser and held up his favorite, a black halter top with a matching bikini bottom that had a pink jeweled heart on the front. Celeste smiled in approval and thanked both he and Kii before running off to her room to put the suit on.

"You perv..." Kii glared, picking up one of her suits and shoving him out the door.

"Glad I could help," he smiled, whistling as he walked off to his room.

Bump for me, my peeps. ^_^

*just finished reading this*
I really like it, it has a different plot to it than most of the fiction I've read here. I like your writing style as well.

Yes, I have more readers! ^_^

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its really good :]]

aha, better and better. :]
but yeah i like it how youre not the main character and you get with brendon or ryan, like with 90% of the stories here
its nice. xD

Actually, I'm in it. You just don't know that I'm in it. ^_^

I've written the tenth part out and am currently typing it into the computer. It shall be up soon.

YAY! lol thats good. I love your writing

Celeste spun around in front of the mirror admiring her borrowed bikini. She stepped over to the dresser, opened a drawer and removed a towel, then skipped out into the hallway. She looked down the empty length of her house and heard Kii complaining in her room. Hoping to avoid a long conversation about the perversion of men during the walk to the lake, she walked down the hallway to Brendon's room to see if he was ready to go down and join the others. She quietly stepped up to the door and knocked, waiting for permission to enter.

"Come in," said a voice from inside the room.

She turned the doorknob and tiptoed into the room, closing the door behind herself.

"Are you ready to go down to the lake?" she asked, looking around the messy room.

Suddenly the room grew completely silent. An alarm clock, which until recently had been beeping, stopped. The lights began to flicker and slowly came down to a dimmed state. She looked towards the window and felt a pair of arms gently wrap around her waist from behind. The room began to grow warm, so warm that small beads of sweat accumulated onto her brow.

"I've been waiting for you," whispered a low, passionate voice into her ear with humid breath.

"Oh Bren, quit being so silly," Celeste giggled, turning around to look at him. Her face grew pale as she realized that no one was behind her. Quickly becoming scared, she darted towards the door and ran from the room screaming.

Upon hearing her screams Brendon, who had been waiting in the entertainment room down the hallway, came charging down the hallway to see what the problem was. He ran towards Celeste and grabbed her hand to keep her from running off, then looked at her face with a worried, questioning stare.

"What happened to you?" he asked, looking down towards the open door of his room.

"There... room... something..." the words sputtered incoherantly from her mouth as she cried. She quickly wrapped her arms around him and doused his shoulder in tears.

"What's with the commotion out here?" Kii asked, peeking out of her room.

"Something's happened to Celeste," Brendon answered, holding the sobbing girl.

"Well... keep it down," she sighed, closing the door to her room.

He shook his head an exasperation and pulled Celeste away, looking into her eyes.

"Celeste, tell me exactly what happened to you," he said sternly. "I need to know what happened if you want me to help you."

"Someone..." she muttered. "Someone was in your room."

"You stay here," he nodded, looking away from her. "I'll go check on it. If you see anyone you don't know scream for me."

Celeste stepped over to the wall and watched as he made his way down the hallway and over to the door of his room. He slowly peered in and looked around. Somehow the lights had been restored and were now burning at their brightest. There was no one else in the room, so he picked Celeste's towel up off of the floor and walked back out to her, shutting the door behind himself.

"There's no one in there now," he said, holding the towel out to her with a smile as he ruffled her hair. "But you should check before you go into my room."

"Thank you," she whispered, slowly taking the towel from him. "I'll remember to ask before I go next time."

"Next time?" he chuckled, crossing his arms as she hugged him.

Just as they hugged Spencer appeared at the top of the stairs. He watched them for a moment before looking down at the ground with a sigh and turning to walk away. Celeste noticed him and called his name.

"Spencer!" she smiled, walking over to him. "Are you ready to go down to the lake?"

"I've already been there," he answered, looking away from her eyes. "Ryan sent me to see if you three were ready yet."

"We are," she replied, twirling around in a circle. "What do you think of the suit that I borrowed? Brendon picked it out."

"It looks nice on you," he said, glancing towards Brendon, and then back at the giddy girl.

At last Kii stepped out of her room in her outfit for the lake. She was wearing a bright blue bikini and catwalked down the hallway with a smirk, tickling Brendon's chin as she walked by. He smiled playfully at her and looked over the swimsuit.

"Pervert," she whispered, walking towards the stairs. "Last one to the lake's a rotten egg!"

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lol I loved it. I love how all the girls are calling Brendon a pervert. XD

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Originally posted by MidnightsMuse:
"Something's happened to Celeste," Brendon answered, holding the sobbing girl.

"Well... keep it down," she sighed, closing the door to her room.

LOL
That is one creepy house.

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Originally posted by BdenIsLuv:
lol I loved it. I love how all the girls are calling Brendon a pervert. XD

I only write the facts. ^_^

hahahaha I almost died frm that!

I aim to please. ^_^

i'm not in the latest chap but i still like
now thats commitment! hahah