Where's Autumn

chapter 2

Courtney's POV

i looked down at those two words in horror. what does she mean you're next? i have a bad feeling about this.

"Susie?" i looked at her in shock.

" i know" she was pale. dead pale if she wasn't sitting right next to me i would have thought she was dead.

" what do we do now?" i was wondering what was next. she sat up and tried to smile and laugh.

" there was probably someone here earlier that wrote that. there's no way that's real." i think she was trying to convince herself more than me.

" um yeah" i was trying to think of something to take our minds off the diary. " maybe you could stay the night"

" yeah go ask your mom"

we left my room and went across the hall to see my mom unpacking.

"hey mom" i said as i walked in. she turned around and looked at Susie.

"who's your friend?"

" her name is Susie." Susie just waved." alright well did you need something?"

" um yeah could Susie stay the night?"

" of course just be back by six for supper"

" ok thanks mom we just have to get her stuff." as we were leaving we passed jeff in the kitchen thank god he didn't look up.

( time lapse cause I'm lazy and nothing would happen on the way there)

as we walked into the house i looked around. it was nice, and big enough for Susie's two younger brothers and her. i saw a middle aged woman come from a hallway on the left. Susie kind of looked like her. the woman had brown hair and brown eyes Susie had brown hair and hazel eyes. i couldn't help but wonder what her dad looked like but after her telling me he left when she was younger i didn't feel comfortable asking. her mother turned to us.

" Susie i thought you were at Courtney's house did something happen?" her mom worried almost as much as mine.

" no we just came by to see if i could stay at Courtney's house?"

" of course go pack a bag you better hurry its getting late"

"ok mom" and with that we went down the hallway her mother had just come from and into a small room. to say she was obsessed would be an understatement there were band posters everywhere and to be honest i was a little overwhelmed. she grabbed a duffle bag from the floor and stuffed in some clothes an ipod with headphones and a small bag that i assumed held makeup. after her bag was packed we left as i saw two boys running down the hall in the opposite direction. i assumed they were her brothers and by the look she was giving them they were really wearing on her patience. i was amused as they ran up and down the hall without a care in the world. Susie rolled her eyes and walked into the kitchen with her bag over her shoulder.

" i'll see you tomorrow mom"

" alright text me if you need anything"

" bye mom"

" bye"

with everything we needed we left.

(time lapse again)

walking in i could smell spaghetti and it was amazing. Susie must have thought the same because she was in the kitchen in record time.

"watcha cooking miss J?" yep miss J because my last name is Johnson.

" spaghetti with garlic bread and you two are just in time to set the table"

'ugh!!!!! why me?'

" ok mom " we set to work getting down plates and silverware. when we were done setting the table we helped bring out the food while mom called Jeff into the dinning room. as we all sat down i could see Jeff out of the corner of my eye just staring at me. me and Susie finished fast and practically ran to my room.

we were looking at the diary again. upon further inspection we found out that it belonged to a girl named Autumn Sanchez and the last entry that wasn't terrifying was from 2007.

"so what do you think happened to autumn?" Susie was asking me a million questions that i could never answer. i had an idea of what happened to her but i didn't want to freak out Susie.

" hello Courtney" she said repeatedly moving her hand back and forth in front of my face. i finally looked up.

"what?"

" if your not going to answer my questions we should do something else."

" like what?"

" listen to music?" she stated like it was obvious.

" ok "

we walked into the living room and no one was in there but that's no surprise it was 11:00 at night and my mom had to work tomorrow. Jeff well i have no idea but it was summer and that means time is not a problem. we turned the TV on and turned it to the music channels. getting a bag of chips from the kitchen we sat on the couch and ate chips while singing along to the music in the back round. i kept hearing something so i finally muted the TV and turned to Susie.

"do you hear that?"

" you mean the terrifying scraping noise coming from the attic? of course how could i not?"

'god shes sarcastic'

" im gonna see what it is" i got up and walked slowly to the laundry room with Susie right behind me. the stairs were still down from earlier and after grabbing a flash light i made my way up. we finally got to the top after slowly creeping up the stairs. i turned the flash light on and pointed it around the attic.

'nothing, there is nothing up here'

we made our way down Susie got to the bottom first and as i was on the third step she was facing me. she pointed to the top of the stairs wide eyes. right before i fell i heard her scream.

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authors note

hey guys so word count 1,018

i just wanted to say it would mean alot to me if you voted and comented what you think. i also want to apologize for any punctuation errors or if anything was worded wrong or if i used the wrong form of a word english is not my strong suit.

xoxo- alli