The night was painted like a scene in a bad horror movie, the wind howling through the cracks in the windows sounding like the screaming of a tortured woman. The house vibrated with each crack of thunder and the lightening lit up the house as if it were broad daylight . Jacob, Alex and Kaya pretended to be brave and manly, hoping to impress the girls they invited over while Kaya's parents were out of town.
Sydney was the hottest girl in the entire high school and Kaya really wanted to ask her out. He had to make an impression tonight. As they sat awkwardly staring at each other in silence, Kaya spoke up, breaking the tension.
"Alright guys, I got something that will liven up the night", he laughs with his crooked grin.
"What, did you steal some of your parents booze?" Jacob mused, fiddling with his cell phone. The girls looked at Kaya, waiting for an answer.
"No jackass, even better. I found an old Ouija board in the attic the other day when I was up there looking for my old Pokemon cards to sell on Ebay. Let's see if we can contact the other side" he joked as he went into his bedroom to get it.
Sydney looked uncomfortable just looking at the thing but her fiends seemed excited. She had heard some freaky stories about playing around with the Ouija boards.
"Dude, haven't you seen the Exorcist? Is that what you want to happen to you?" she said half joking and half not.
Kaya responded in his most serious and ominous tone, "Don't you think it would be kinda cool to be possessed? I have always wanted to be able to turn my head in a 360 and puke split pea soup at people just for fun."
Alex agreed with him while the girls giggled nervously, "Yeah Kaya, but since you are failing Latin I don't think you'd make a very good demon."
Kaya dusted off the box and laid out the board on the coffee table and instructed everyone to sit in a circle. Jacob lit some candles and Alex dimmed the lights.
"Everyone put your fingers on the pointer like this," Kaya demonstrated trying to be scary "and we will ask it a question."
They all leaned in around the table and eyeballed Kaya, waiting for him to start.
"What are we supposed to do next?" Maddi asked looking at her best friend Khloe rolling her eyes.
"Well in the movies they always ask it for a sign or something." Jake responded.
Kaya cleared his throat, "Are you there spirit of the dead? Give us a sign or something" he giggled.
They held their breath and waited for the spirit to answer but the pointer didn't move.
"Uh hello out there, earth to spirits, come in spirits" Kaya yelled out sarcastically.
Still nothing.
"This is stupid, it doesn't even..." Khloe sighed as she took her hands off the pointer. But before she could finish her sentence the lights flickered, dimming the house even more.
"There we go" Kaya whispered under his breath.
"Whatever Kaya" Maddi winced, "it's probably just the storm. It's blowing like crazy out there."
"Quit being such a girl Maddi and put your hands back on this thing." Kaya demanded and continued.
"Are you here?" he said in his spookiest voice. The silence seemed deafening as they waited.
The pointer seeming to move without any effort began to buzz and slide slowly toward the word YES. Everyone looked nervous and suspicious.
"Alright, who is moving this thing?" Sydney asked starting to get really scared and looking at Kaya who was doing his best to hide his undeniable fear.
