Holly looked at me with a pout that could rival Victoria Beckham's. "Come on Summer, don't be so ugly. It's just an old house, right Kate?" She looked at her best friend Kate who nodded. "I've been there before with my brother and I swear It's not that bad. It looks scarier from the outside than when you're actually inside. "I don't know guys; deserted houses really give me the creeps. It's a little too Nightmare on Elm Street for me. Maddie looked at me with worry in her eyes but didn't reveal my secret that I could sometimes see the dead. abandoned house was causing all kinds of trouble for someone like me I looked suspiciously at my new friends who were looking at me eagerly I had met Holly and Kate just days after starting at my new school, Coolangatta High. Both were avid surfers and were friends with my boyfriend Luke Once they realized the new girl at school was dating Luke and learning to surf herself, they bonded immediately. friendship with me. They were the most popular girls in school; girls wanted to be them and boys wanted to date them. They practically ran the school; whatever they did, others followed, or did their best anyway. Holly had long, sun-bleached hair, a golden tan, and a fit surfer body. She was beautiful and confident, and because of that, she had a long string of guys asking her out. I had noticed that she only dated surfers, and anyone who asked her out received a rather polite, but firm no. I had heard that she even went out with guys older than us; provided they are surfers, of course. She was a born flirt; she flirted with all the guys at school, doing ...... middle of paper ...... a few months ago. We'd met at his parents' New Year's party, which I'd reluctantly gone to with Mom and Dad, thinking it would be a group of free-range seniors. But to my surprise, I had seen Luke, whom I had met briefly at the beach a few days earlier, and he had introduced me to Maddie and Seth. The four of us became friends almost immediately; Luke and I became a couple, his best friend Seth had taught me how to surf and they had all learned about my ability to see ghosts. Maddie was still quite quiet and reserved around new people, but had started to relax around Holly and Kate. . She told me that she had been at school with them since they were all in first grade, but that they had rarely spoken to her. She said she completely understood why. While she loved reading and getting good grades; they loved surfing and boys. She told me she just came