“Well, what should we do?” Jake asked.

            “Ummm… you go do some of your office work or whatever and I’ll give you a surprise! As gratitude for saving my life!” I said.

            “Well, I didn’t really. I only drove you to the hospital.  Anyone would’ve done the same.” he replied.

            “But you did. I’m glad it was you.” I said as I placed my hand on his arm.

            “She’s getting real weird now… A little too open than before…” Jake thought.

            “Ummm… then I’ll just go finish off some research…” Jake said and walked quickly away.

“Hehe, alone with a cutie! What luck!” I thought.

            “Hmmm…. what should I do?  I know! I’ll cook something for us to eat!” I started to get all giddy.

            Twenty minutes later…

            “ARGH! My finger! Hurts! Cooking was harder than I thought! And why is this knife so sharp! WAHHHHHHHH!” I started to cry.

            Jake heard and came.

            “What happened??? Are you okay?” Jake asked.

            I sniffled. “My…my… finger… cut… bleeding…boo boo hurts…” I choked out.

            “Wait here, I’ll get bandages.” Jake said and walked towards the cabinet where th first aid kit is.

            He took the white box and opened it.  There was only a box of bandages in it.  A piece of paper slipped out of it.  I took a look at it.  It read:

For emergencies, call 9-1-1 asap.

           

            “No shit… thank you Captain Obvious.” I thought.

            Jake also saw the piece of paper.

            “Haha, my friends must’ve tried to play a prank on me.  Luckily they left the bandages. Alright, give me your hand.” Jake said.

            I held out my hand.  He started to bandage my finger.

            “Oh my god! Jake…bandaging… wait, I got 10 fingers… which means Jake will have to treat 10 boo boos…” I thought as my eyes started to sparkle once again.

            “I’ll cook.” Jake said. 

            Jake picked up the knife and started to chop the carrots.

            “You go sit over there.”

            Within half an hour, food was ready.   We started eating.  The food looked really good, like it came out of a restaurant!  I took a bite of food. 

            “Wow, you really can cook!  It’s better than those microwave dinners! Haha!” I said. 

            Jake smiled and said, “Thanks.”

            When we finished dinner, Jake got up.

            “I’m going back work. Excuse me.” he said.

            “Awww, c’mon. Take a break! Let’s play Playstation 2!” I tugged his shirt.

            “… I really gotta finish my work.  Be a good girl and keep yourself occupied alright?” he said.

            I nodded. 

            Jake patted my head.

            “I’m not a kid you know.” I said.

            “I know.” Jake replied and walked away.

***

 

            “YAWN! What to do… so boring… hmmm… let’s take a peek into Jake’s room…” I said to myself.

            I walked over towards the door and tried to peek through the crack.  Before I had a chance to take a peek, the door opened wide and slammed my face in.  I immediately feel onto the ground and saw only black. 

            I looked up and saw a white boy and a long haired azn boy. 

            “Who are you?” I asked.

            “You forgotten already? We only died a short while ago!” the white kid said.

            “Come on girl! I’m Valiant and this is Jonny!” the azn kid said.

            “Remember, she got that accident with the toilet!” Jonny said to Valiant.

            “Oh yeah, that was rough… I guess we could let her off the hook this time.” Valiant said.

            “Maybe.” Jonny said.

            “Alright, I’ll bring your memory back!  Let’s do a little flashback!” Valiant said.

            A series off images flashed before me.  Valiant runned over by a truck, Jonny in a field of other corpses, George’s message, Denny’s car breaking down, the ghost in Salina’s car, that poop incident … Then I remembered.  Everything that I was scared of came back.

            Then, Jonny and Valiant both vanished.  I felt the floor beneath me began to crumble and I fall into darkness.

***

 

            I jumped.  I opened my eyes and found myself tucked in bed. 

            “You’re awake! You scared me!” a familiar voice said.

            “Huh? Jake… where’s everyone else?” I said, still a little hazy and disoriented.

            “They went out. Just relax, you’ve hit your head so many times today already.” Jake replied.

            “But George’s time, it’s running out. Where are they?” I asked again.

            “You remembered?” Jake said, shocked.

            I nodded.

            “They’re…” Jake stopped, remember that he wasn’t suppose to tell, “Don’t worry, they went to hangout!”

            “Really? But George…”

            “Uh… that’s what they said.  I don’t know.  Maybe they found a way out?” Jake said.

“Where’s my bag?” I asked.    

“Oh, it’s over there.” Jake pointed to the kitchen table.

“Thanks.” I replied.

I walked over to my bag and went to the washroom.  Jake looked confused.     “Girl stuff…” I said.

Jake’s face flushed.  I walked into the washroom and locked the door.  I unzipped my bag and took out my laptop. 

“Betcha didn’t know I put a tracker on your rotten car, Chow cow! I’m such a genius!” I said.

I booted my computer.