Living in the Hollow Mansion

Chapter 1: Getting Ready

"Guys, Guys! Get your asses down here!" I yell to the two other girls I live with: Evelyn and Juliette. After a couple very long seconds I hear the muffled sounds of two pairs of footsteps thundering down the hall above me, then down the stairs and into the room I am in.

"Willow, what could you possibly want that badly enough to interrupt me winning COD?!" Evelyn asks, or rather yells at me, glaring with crystal blue eyes that pop out against her fair skin and ruby red hair.

"You were not winning, you liar! I was." Juliette retorts, glaring at Evelyn with her own smokey blue eyes that match a little more with her pale skin but contrast with her hair: Chocolate-brown on the right side of her head and vanilla-blonde on the left.

"Okay, okay, I don't really care who was winning or losing. But I do have some good news!" I break apart their argument before it gets intense like the last one. (Lets just say that we're going to need new glass cups.) They both turn their attention to me and motion for me to go on.

"I got us permission to go to the Hollow Mansion!" As I exclaim this both of the girls start jumping up and down and hugging me. We have been wanting to go to the Hollow Mansion for almost three years. We'll all be turning twenty soon; I am in five days, Juliette in eight days, and Evelyn in ten, so our birthdays are really close. We are aware that we may be adults, although we act like five-year-olds sometimes, but we don't care.

"When are we going? How long are we gonna be there? Are we going to be the only ones there? Oh! So many questions!" Juliette fires questions one after another at me while beginning to fan herself with her hands. I don't miss a beat.

"We get on a plane that leaves at 9:20 in the morning, tomorrow, so we need to pack and shower today. We're going to be there for three to five months depending on how long we want to stay, and from what I have requested we should be the only ones there besides another group of three." I reply, answering the questions with ease as they both stare at me.

After a few moments of silence they bolt up the stairs to what I'm guessing is their rooms since they are yelling something about 'getting all their clothes packed in time' and 'if they have enough of the right clothes and shoes'. When they say that everything goes silent.

'Oh, no.' I groan internally, hurrying to put on my shoes, as Juliette and Evelyn tumble down the stairs. Grabbing their wallets and tanking me out the front door, we head to the car. Looks like we're going to the mall. I sigh dramatically.

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We finally make it to the mall and just as I park the car, Evelyn and Juliette are already out and gleefully hurrying toward the mall entrance. I turn off the car, get out, and lock it before jogging into the mall after them, before realizing that they are already out of sight.

I stand in the entrance and for a moment think of where the first place is that they would head to. I decide that they'd definitely go to Hot Topic because they love the jeans and shoes, so I start in a fast pace to Hot Topic. Luckily for me I find them there, bouncing on their heels in the store while looking over their articles of clothing. They really do love this place.

I walk over to Evelyn as she is the closest to me. She has, incredibly, eleven different pairs of jeans in her small arms, two pairs of combat boots, three pairs of converse and four plain t-shirts laying on her shoulder.

"Think you've got enough stuff, Evelyn?" I ask her with a half smile on my face and a raised eyebrow.

"NO! Do you seriously think I have enough stuff?!" She exclaims incredulously, leaning towards me with wide eyes and her head tilted to the side. I slowly nod my head.