The pirate dressed girl ruffled her skirt, cold from the chilly air. She had thought the leggings she wore would've warmed her up, but it only mitigated the effects by a small margin. In fact, it seemed to be clinging to her body a little tighter than expected.
"Its probably late-night shrinkage." Ashley mumbled. Behind her, Annabelle the country girl cried out.
"Urgh, it's so cold..." Annabelle whined, rubbing her bare arms in a futile attempt to heat them. "The mansion may have been spooky, but at least it was warm".
"Well, if it was so warm, why not go back in?" Ashley suggested with a grin on her face. "I'll even go with you, just so you don't get lonely. Or scared!"
Ashley giggled internally at the suggestion, Annabelle wasn't one know for her courage. So the light-hearted ribbing would probably take her mind off the tightness of her skirt.. It seemed that Ashley didn't quite keep those giggles inside of herself as Annabelle pouted at the girl.
"I'm... I'm not scared!" She protested. "I just think messing with the dead is... unfair to the dead! Yeah, that's it! I mean, how would you like it if a bunch of girls tried talking to you after you died and just wanted to rest?"
"Rest? I wouldn't spend my time resting!" Ashley replied. "I'd be one of those annoying ghosts that moves stuff around the house and makes spooky noises in the middle of the night!"
Ashley's mind wandered to the thought of her floating around and moaning at those bitches from Atticus Academy. White sheet not touching the ground, blank face hidden under it.
"Course you would..." Annabelle mumbled under her breath.
"Alright, you two, give it a rest," Sarah said, interrupting the duo. "In fact, while we're here, why not have a few dares? After all, we just proved that Lady Aurelia isn't currently home".
"What'd you have in mind?" Kim asked, wiping some blue juice from her mouth.
"Go in and find a certain room?" Sarah suggested. "And don't worry, Annabelle, we won't force you if you don't want to go".
"W-What? I do wanna go!" Annabelle said bravely, straightening up slightly. "In fact, I'll go first! Pick a room!"
"Okay... Find the Master Bedroom!" Sarah said. "And take a picture so we know you've been there!"
"Master bedroom? E-Easy!"
Ashley's eyebrow rose at Annabelle's new-found courage and was really tempted to follow her just to see her go through with it. Shrugging, she and the others opened up the doors to the house to allow Annabelle entrance. Closing it gently, the girls sat down and began to converse.
"So what would you even ask the ghost if we summoned her?" Dallas questioned. "I mean she's not exactly up to date with world news."
"I would've asked about her wealth of course." Sara chirped. The girl's eyebrows rose at her response. Ashley was the only one not to do so, for she was the reason Sara knew about that in the first place.
"I was just going ask for some recipes, but your's is way cooler!" Beverly replied, she tugged on her shirt a little, and was that pudge Ashley saw? Shaking her head, she listened on.
"Yep. You see Aurelia may have been very wealthy, but it seemed that she didn't leave behind any will. And while the banks fatten themselves on whatever they could get, they never really got the true juiciness of the Belviews." Sara replied. The other girls eyes grew wide in wild thought.
Fifteen minutes later, Annabelle voice came from behind the doors.
"Girls! I wanna get outta here! Please!" Annabelle said in her most steady voice, but she couldn't quite keep the terror down. Slowly the door began to open, greeting Annabelle with faces of her friends.
"You okay Annabelle?" Beverly stated, looking at her friend. Ashley had a playful grin on her face as she saw the woman, while the others faces were covered with various degrees of worry.
Annabelle weirdly moved herself in front of the others, but Ashley just jotted that down to the country girl trying to warm herself up.
"Yeah, riggghhhttt..." Ashley teased. But she did wonder if Annabelle actually got any pictures from the place.Dallas however pushed past everybody to proclaim her annoyance.
"Everyone ready, good, awesome? Okay, because Honey-Bun has made snacks and they're getting cold right now, so lets get to my house, chop-chop!" Dallas announced. She walked down the steps of the manor and motioned for the girls to follow her. Sara shrugged, going over to Dallas. The rest of the girls fell into place with Annabelle being the last one to move.
"Damn skirt, It seems even tighter now!" Ashley whispered under her hushed breath.
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