Jacintha's outfit up there

In the morning I knew it was shopping day. Shopping day was something i  did with my mom every other Monday and now I  will do it with my grandma too. I quickly got dressed and ran downstairs only to find out it was 3:00 in the morning and no one else was up so I messed around on my phone until bout 5:30 when my mom got up. 

"MOM!! Your finally up! It's shopping day!!!!!" I squealed jumping up and down. "Jacintha how long have you been up"? My Mom asked sleepily. "Um... two and a half hours" I said while my Mom got coffee. "Why did you get up so early and not go back to bed" she said as she came to sit on the couch with me.

"I don't know, I guess I didn't think of sleep when I got up. I immediately thought of a day of shopping in French stores with my Mom and Grandma" I said picturing myself in a room FULL of shoes, shoes and more SHOES. "Well, you need to get more sleep tonight" My Mom said sipping her coffee. I don't understand why she likes it so much, it's like she loves coffee almost as much as I love shoes. 

"Ok mom, um if you don't mind I'm gonna explore the house a little" I said slowly getting up off the couch. "Sure honey, go ahead just don't wake anybody up". 

 I walked around the kitchen and then I explored the attic, it was nasty. I walked around for a while then I found the door to the basement. "Oh yeah"! I said to myself. I opened the door and stepped inside. 

I turned on the light and closed the door behind me. "Wow, looks like nobody's been down here for ages". There were cobwebs everywhere as well as dust and I think I saw a couple mice, I think I did that doesn't mean I really did.

Once I reached the bottom of the staircase I reached into my pocket to grab my phone and turn on the light. "Woah, this is so spooky" I said to myself almost whispering because I felt a chill down my spine. I think I was scared. 

"Ppsssttttt aaaaaaaoo pppppsttttt waaaaaaoo Jaaaaciiiinthaaaaaaa" a mysterious voice called to me. "Who's there"!!! I yelled. "Justin! John! This better not be you two pulling a prank on me"!!! I was scared half to death. 

"Jaaaaciiiinthaaaaaaa coooooommeee heeerrrrrre" it called out again, from a room that's door was locked. "Aaaaaaaahhhhhh"!!!!!!!!! I screamed and ran as fast as I could up the stairs and into the living room. I guess nobody heard me scream. Weird.

 "Jacintha are you alright"? My mom asked"your as pale as a ghost" she said. YES! that's probably what I heard a ghost. Wait. A GHOST. "A GHOST That's what I I saw" I said sitting down, I was absolutely terrified. "Honey, you know better than anyone that ghosts aren't real" my mom said. "I now believe they are" I said firmly.

"GHOSTS ARE REAL"!!!!!!!! My brother John came out of his room, he was so excited. "Ok, Jacintha tell me EVERYTHING" He said eagerly. "Alright then let's start with that shirt, that ugly, ugly shirt..." I started but I was cut off.

 "No I mean everything you know about the ghost you saw, I heard you and mom's conversation"  I laughed in my head, I didn't actually see a ghost I heard a ghost. "Ok didn't actually see a ghost..."

 "WHAT" John said. "Then what was all that talk about ghosts"? He asked me, obviously confused. I guess in his world you only see things and not hear. "John. I heard a ghost calling my name from the basement. It sounded like this 'oooooh Jaciiiinthaaaa'" I mimicked the ghost voice horribly. "WHOAH! Let's go back down there"!!!! He said super excited.

 "Uh no" I said, I was not going back down there. That basement is the creepiest place I've ever been, and I've been to very creepy places like my best friend's grandma's attic.

"Jacintha come on" my brother complained. "Fine" I gave in even though I was going to leave the second I hear the voice again. "Yes"!! John seemed overly excited to be going to a ghost room. We headed toward the basement as quietly as we could since we had to go past everyone's rooms. 

When we reached the door I could tell John was a little creeped out.'This isn't even as creepy as it gets' I thought to myself. We went down the creaky staircase into the dust old basement. " ok I think I've seen enough" John said running back up the stairs. 

I was starting to get curious about what was behind that locked door where the ghost voice came from last time. I put my hand on the door handle and I swear there was sudden whoosh around the room. I opened the door with my bobby pin, who knew it actually worked. The room looked abandoned, no different from the rest of the basement.

"Oh my gosh" I said. I saw a treasure chest. Everybody knows that when there is a treasure chest there is a lot of treasure, it's in the name. "Please be treasure, please be treasure, Please be treasure". I said lifting up the lid that was surprisingly unlocked. 

"Ugh no treasure" I said disappointed. All that was in there was dust, paper and... wait a second. "What is that" I saw something shiny at the bottom of the chest. It was a pocket watch? "Wait, why would there be a pocket watch in here"?  

I was unsure if there even was a reason. I watch to many movies where people find mystical objects that changed their lives. I stuffed the pocket watch in my pocket and headed back upstairs. 

When I got upstairs it looked like my mom and grandma were ready to go."Jacintha there you are. Ready to go shopping"? My mom asked. "Yeah sure... I mean uh YES" I couldn't get my mind off of the watch so maybe doing my favorite thing will, shopping!