SAM LOOKED THROUGH magazines. She bobbed her head up and down to the music as max pranced around the room. "Oh, you found Ralph macchio." Max said and kneeled down on the ground next to the bed.

   Sam looked up from her magazine and looked At max. "Macchio?" El asked and max nodded. "Yeah, he's the karate Kid."

   "Hai-yah!" Max did a example of chopping something. The girls giggled, Sam playfully rolling her eyes. "He's so hot, right?" Max asked but Sam only frowned.

   Lucas is hot, Sam thought. "I bet he's an amazing kisser, too." Max smirked. Sam and el gave her an incredulous look. "Hey, uh..is mike a good kisser?" Max asked with her eyebrows raised, Sitting on the bed now.

   Sam laughed at el. Max glanced over her shoulder, "Is Lucas?"

   Blood rushed to Sams cheeks. She tried to cover her face, as max giggled. "I don't know." Both girls answered.

   "Mike was my first boyfriend." El told max, setting her magazine aside. Max smirked, "Ex-boyfriend."

   Els eyes casted downwards, she didn't know how to feel after the breakup. Was she happy or was she sad?

   "Hey, don't wot about it. Okay? He'll come crawling back to you in no time, begging for forgiveness. I guarantee you, him and Lucas are, like, totally wallowing I'm self pity and misery right now. They're like, oh, I hope they take us back." Max ranted with a smile which made el laugh and Sam frown. She hadn't broke up with Lucas.

   "God, what I wouldn't give to see their stupid faces." Max chuckled. Sam pursed her lips, and el thought for a moment. "What is it?" Max asked, seeming to notice the silence.

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   El put on a blindfold, while Sam sat next to her, closing her eyes. Max hurriedly—after pacing the radio on static—sat on the bed. "Is this really gonna work?" Max asked. El nodded.

   "Holy shit, this is insane."

   "Max." Was all Sam said. Max was silenced quickly by her saying her nickname instead of her full name. "Yeah, quiet. I'm sorry." Max nodded.

   It was a while before Sam was pulled into the loop, standing next to el now. "What did I do wrong?" Sam heard mike question as the three boys appeared in front of them.

   "I see them." El told max, outside the void, but Sam couldn't. At least not immediately at the moment.

   Sam turned out el and Max's conversation, more on the boys in front of her. "I just don't understand what I did to deserve this. Mike whined.

   Lucas groaned, "Nothing. Nothing. That's my whole point. You are the victim here."

   "I know. It's just, why is she treating me this way? I don't know." Mike stuffed another chip in his mouth as he lied down on the couch. "Mike-" Lucas tried.

   "What did I do wrong!? I mean, come on Lucas! What did we do wrong?"

   "Mike, stop. Relax. Just relax. Stop asking rational questions." Lucas stressed, holding the bridge of his nose.

   The two girls were stepping closer to the boys.

   "I know, I know, you're right."

   "Yeah."

   "Because women act on emotion and not logic." Sam glared at Mike, what did that even mean?

   "Precisely." Lucas agreed and suddenly Sam was even confused. "It's a totally different species." Lucas shrugged but he seemed doubtful.

   "Guys, it's ready." Will announces. And Sam turned her attention on will, who was standing behind the table. "Will, not right now." Lucas told him. "She broke up with you. What else is there to talk about?" Will sassed.

   "Tons!" Lucas argued. "Yeah, were trying to solve the great mystery of the female species." Mike retorted.

   Suddenly mike burped and it echoed throughout the void, then he chuckled. El scrunched her face up In disgust while Sam furrowed her eyebrows.

   "Dude, you can smell the nacho cheese." Mike smiled. Will groaned. "I got that beat." Lucas suddenly smirked. "What?" Mike asked but will knew. "Oh, no."

   Mike seemed to get it, "No, Lucas, no."

   "No!" Will exclaimed but Lucas lifted his leg up. "Lucas! Lucas!" Lucas farted loudly, and Sam and el took a few steps back.

   Sam snapped her eyes open, turning to max. "What? What happened?" Max asked.

   Sam was the first to burst out laughing, leaning on el as she did. El followed soon after that, leaning over. "What? What happened?" Max repeated, although a smile was on her face.

   Their laughs were interrupted by a hoppers car crushing branches and trees.

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   "Hey!" Sam heard.

   "When I say, three inches—"

   Suddenly hopper burst into the room, a jacket and a drink in his hand. His hair was flipped to a side messily.

   "Do you knock? Jeez!" Max exclaimed. "Yeah! Jeez!" El copied max. "Jeez!" Sam kept it going.

   "Oh, hey. I'm sorry. I thought that, uh—"

   "Mike and Lucas aren't here." Max told him. "Max wanted to have...a sleepover." El told him. "Is that okay?" Sam asked, staring up at him as she laid between max and el on the ground.

   Hopper nodded, repeating himself. "Your parents know about it?" He asked max and she nodded.

   "Uh, yeah, it's cool. Yeah. That's—that's really cool." Hopper trailed off, and the silence went on until max asked him if he need something and he said no. He left after that and the girls returned to the activities.

   "Holy shit, I can't believe we're really doing this." Max chuckled as she finished writing Billy's name.

   "Ready?"

   "Ready."

   "Ready."

   El spun the bottle, "Mr. Wheeler."

   "Ugh, Boring." Max groaned. "Yeah, Boring." El agreed. Sam glanced at her.

   "Spin again." Max told her. El went to do it again but Sam questioned it, "Against the rules?"

   "We make our own rules." Max shrugged with a smile. Sam giggled to herself. Then el spun again. "Billy." The three girls said in sync.

   "Okay, look, I should just warn you, if he's with a girl or doing something gross," Max started as she got off the bed and retrieved the radio and blindfold. "Just get out of there right away before you're scarred for life."

   "Max-"

   "No, I'm just saying, I'm serious. He's really gross."

   "Max!" Sam exclaimed. "Okay, shifting up now." Max smiled. She turned to the static channel and el closed her eyes, putting on the blindfold. Sam closed her eyes.

   It was a while before Sam was pulled in but she was eventually. Sam stood next to el.

   Both girls turned to the blue car that they both knew belonged to billy Hargrove. The headlights were on, but billy was no where to be seen.

   His windshield was smashed, which scared Sam. Sam followed el as she took a walk around the car. They started hearing whimpering, causing Sam to furrow her eyebrows.

   "I found him." El said. "What's he doing?" Max asked. "I don't know." Sam whispered.

   "He's..on the floor." El stated. Sam waked closer to billy. He was kneeled on the ground, in front of something that was whimpering. "...talking to someone." Sam said a bit louder.

   Sam and el walked closer to billy. "Just stay very still." Billy said to someone. Then he stood up, and turned around. Sams body tensed, her muscles tighten close together.

   As soon as he turned around, whoever was on the ground, was screaming. And she continued screaming as billy's eyes met Sams. It was like he could see her, which terrified Sam.

   Then he vanished, without a trace.

   Sam snapped her eyes open as blood dropped down her nose, she started breathing heavily as max started to question them. I want Lucas,  Sam thought as tears started develop in her eyes.

   She hadn't been scared in a long time, but when she met Billy's eyes, all she wanted to do was run.

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   Sam wore mom jeans, held up by a black belt, with a plain white tee. And companied with navy blue vans.

   The three girls were walking, to Max's place. "It's gonna start pouring soon. We should be at the mall or, like, watching a movie or something." Max shrugged, bored. Sam glanced at her, "You don't believe us?"

   "I believe you both saw some super weird stuff, totally, but you two said Mike and Lucas sensed you guys in the before, right?" Max asked and both brunettes nodded. "So maybe it was just like that. Maybe billy just..sensed you two somehow."

   Sam raised her eyebrows, a living, normal boy can sense a girl he's never met before?

   "But the screams," el protested. "Yeah, I know, but here's the thing," Max started. Sam and returned to look at her, listening carefully. "When billy is alone with a girl, they make, like, really crazy noises." Max stated.

   "They scream?" Sam asked, giving max a look. "Yeah, but, like...happy screams." Max dither explained. "Happy screams? What is happy screams?" El pressed on.

   "It's like...I'm just gonna lead you guys my moms Cosmo. " max shook her head, giving up.

   The three girls eventually reached Max's house, standing in front of it. "His cars not here." Max noticed. Max then glanced at el and Sam who stare at the house. "You two really want to do this?" She asked. Both el and Sam nodded, eager to know more.

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   Max lead both girls in Billy's room, the door creaking as it opened. "Why do I get the feeling we're gonna find all kinds of wrong in here?" Max asked, although nobody answered.

   They split up, Sam looking around his room as she walked closer and closer into the bathroom. She noticed the music that played on his stereo, was heavy mental. Sam sighed and pushed open the bathroom door, el following behind. Sam flicked the light on.

   Sam glanced in the tub and hovered over it, staring at the empty plastic ice bags. "Hey, Max." Sam said.

   Max and el stood next to her, staring am down at the ice bags as well. "Ice. It's just ice." Max said picking up a bag. "Probably for his muscles or something. He works out like a maniac." Max brushed off and Sam started to realize it's not that max didn't believe them it's that she didn't want to believe them because after all, that is her brother they were investigating.

   El looked behind her and settled her gaze on the cabinet under the sink. It had blood under the knob. El opened the cabinet door, happily avoiding the blood. When she opened it max and Sam turned around. "El, what is it?" Max asked as Sam let out a trembled breath.

   El picked up the trash can and pulled out a lifeguard fanny pack, which made Max's heart sink. The el pulled out a bloodied whistle, and Sam covered her mouth, covering her mouth from letting out a small cry.

   Trembled breaths came out of el as she turned around and glanced between max and the whistle.

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   Sam uncovered her dark blue raincoat, wanting to eagerly get out of the rain. She stood next to el, watching the the boy and girl who sat there, reading. "Excuse me." Max said, standing on the other side of el. "No one in the water until 30 minutes after the last strike. And don't try and argue with me. You wanna get electrocuted, go climb a tree." The boy said instantly.

   Sam inhaled sharply. "Yeah, we don't care and we're not year to swim." Max stated. "Or get electrocuted." Sam added quickly, staring at him weirdly.

   El gets the life guard fanny pack and holds it up, "We found this."

   The boy looked up from his book and at el, "Does that belong to anybody?" Max asked.

   "Oh yeah. That's heathers. I'll get it back to her." The boy said and Sam could detest a small smirk on his face. "We could give it back to her." Sam suggested.

   "You could, 'cept she's not here. Bailed on me today." The boy told them boringly. Sam glanced at el and max. The boy raised his eyes, "What is this? You girls want a reward or something?"

   "No, we're just...good Samaritan's." Max smiled. The girl sent max the smallest smile but max only gave her a weird look.

   Sam turned, sighing. She looked up and saw a board, that read, MEET YOUR '85 SWIM SEASON LIFEGUARDS.

   El walked over to it, Sam and max following quickly after. Sam squinted here eyes st the pictures and saw the name, "Heather."

   "Do you two think you guys can find her?" Max asked and Sam glanced at her. El glanced back at the two teens and turned back, snatching the photo.

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   Max turns on every shower and el put tape on the goggles. Sam sat next to her, her eyes closed as she waited.

   It was almost immediately that she was pulled in, glancing around and letting out a sigh once she realized she was again, next to el.

   They saw a mailbox, the box was white but the arrow, was red. Below it was numbers and Sam could only guess it was the address. 1438.

   They walked to it and el touched it, Sam only watched, giving her the shivers, anything else and it would have vanished. As el felt the drops of water on it, did a red door spear out of no where.

   Sam bit her lip before slowly progressing towards it. "What do you see?" Max's voice echoed through the void, and this time Sam answered. "A door."

   "A red door." El said more specifically.

   Sam walked towards it and opened it, when she opened it, there was a white tub, just sitting there. The two girls walked to it, and seeing that it was, another ice tub made Sam back away slightly.

   Suddenly heather emerged from the ice tub, causing a scream to escape Sams lips and her heart started to race.

   "Help me." Heather whimpered as her voice echoed around the void. Then she was, sucked back in and this time, el screamed as she went to get her back, as soon as she touched the tub, it vanished.

   Sam kneeled down quickly and looked down to where the tub was, it was heather screaming. "Help me!" She screamed and Sam started banging on the ground as water splattered in her and els face. "No!" Sam screamed as her eyes flickered from black and brown. Heather was being dragged down and deeper by the second.

   Eventually el stuck her head in and it went silent, she reached out to heather but she was too deep. "No!" Bubbles floated to the surface as Sam started banging harder.

   Sam snapped her eyes opened and immediately she started hyperventilating, and sadly so did el. Whimpers came out as tears followed down her eyes, her heart was beating fast and blood was dripping down her nose.

   "What happened? El? Sam?" Max asked, putting her hand on els shoulder and glancing over at Sam every second. Sam glanced at her, shaking her head as she stated wiping her tears away.

   El put her head on her hands that resting against her knees that were folded in cross-cross apple sauce. Sam was also in cross-cross-Apple sauce.

   Sam covered her face, trying to get the image of heather being yanked down against her will out of her mind.

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   Riding a skateboard was easy, at least to Sam since she controlled it the entire way to heathers house. It was raining uncontrollably and el had to hitch a ride with max, riding on the back of her bike.

   Sam had also learned to stop so many drops of rain from falling on her rain coat by making them levitate. It was a satisfying ride, to say in the least.

   But beyond the cool tricks, Sam feared the worst as they rode the whole time. She felt like they would find something horrid hiding behind all of it.

   Eventually they made it to heathers house, and as Sam got off the skateboard, max and el got off the bike. "Is this it?" Max asked, glancing at Sams fearful expression. "1438. This is it." Sam nodded, but you could hear the fear that trembled in her tone.

   Max tried for the door but el had tilted her head down and the door opened up easily. The three stood there for only seconds until they walked in. When they walked in they saw pictures of heather with her parents.

   "This is her house." Max confirmed, but she was the only person who still needed Confirmation. Suddenly chills went down Sams spine as she heard billy chuckle, "isn't that cute, huh?"

   A women laughed, "He's so funny."

   Sam, el and max had already started walking towards the voices and now stood in the dinning room, in front of the table.

   Billy sighted them first, Sam on the left, el in the middle and max on the right. "Max." Billy smiled warmly, standing up and went to stand beside max.

   Max stared at the women and mans faces and smiled reassuringly, "We didn't mean to...barge in, we tried to knock, but...maybe you didn't hear us over the storm."

   The man disregarded Max's word though. "I'm sorry, who is this dripping all over my living room right now?" He asked.

   Billy chuckled from Max's left side, "I'm sorry. Janet, Tom, this is my sister Maxine." Janet let out a "oh!" In realization.

   "What on earth are you doing here?" Billy asked turning to max all the way now. "Is something wrong?"

   "We just wanted to make sure everything was okay." Max reasoned. "Okay? Why wouldn't it be okay?" Billy asked with a smile.

   "Where is she?" El demanded, she was tired of the side conversations, she came here for one reason.

   "I'm sorry, where is who?" Billy asked, his smile never faltering. Which creeped Sam out.

   "Well, they're a little burnt, I'm sorry—" heather bursted out of the kitchen. She had a smile on her face, although her face itself looked pale and Sam found that hard to believe, it was summer, even sam got a tan.

   Billy looked at heather, "Heather! This is my sister, maxine." But then Billy turned to Sam and el. "And, I'm sorry, I did not quite catch your names."

   "El." She said bluntly, obviously not believing Billy's act. Sam met his eyes almost instantly, and she felt her heart drop. Now she knew something was wrong with billy.

   "And you?"

   "Sam."

   Their conversation was short, but they stared at each other longer. Billy stared at her with his best smile and Sam stared at him with both fear and curiosity.

   "Now, what is it you were saying, el? " Billy asked, turning his attention back to el. "You we're looking for somebody?"

   "I-I saw...I saw you—" el started but stopped once max cut in. "Your manager. At the pool. He said you guys didn't come in to work today, so we got worried." Max smiled.

   "Heather wasn't feeling so hot today, so we thought we'd take the day off to nurse her back to health." Billy explained but Sam could sense a lie.

   "But you're feeling just fine now, aren't you, Heather?" Billy smiled in heathers direction. "I'm feeling so much better." She nodded.

   "Did you girls want a cookie?" Heather asked with another—like Billy's— award winning smile. Sam shook her head instantly, no longer wanting to be in the house any longer.

   "You sure? They're fresh out of the oven." Heather offered again. Sam tittles her head down slightly, "No thanks."

   As soon as she said that the thunder rumbled. Sam slipped into both max and els mind. 'We need to leave.'

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   When the girls went outside, max and el picked up the bike and max got on. Sam got on the skateboard and turned around to see billy staring at her through the window. Sam glanced behind him and suddenly the family picture that was behind him fell to the ground.

   Billy turned and walked towards the picture, it was upside down so he saw 317 carved onto the back. He picked it up and flipped it around. LI3 was carved into the back slowly and the three was last. Billy's eyes grew dark and he rushed back to the front door, he threw it open, having a good idea who could of did it, but the girls were gone and if anything Sam wouldn't be so easy to find.

   Especially now that she had exited his mind.

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