| Chapter 10: Although it was ten at night, it was anything but dark. The boardwalk was filled with light and laughter as crowds shopped and went on the rides. Emily looked around her, wondering about this happy lifestyle that the people on the island must have. "What's down there?" Lucky asked, coming up beside her. "What's where?" Emily asked. Lucky pointed down to the beach. Emily shrugged. "It looks like some kind of beach party." "Let's go check it out." "No, Lucky, I don't want to butt in on a party." "There's so many people there, no one would notice." Lucky grabbed Emily's hand. "Come on, please?" "Spencer, look at me one more time with those puppy dog eyes and I'll deck you." She grinned. "Great, let's go!" The rock music grew louder as the two got closer to the bonfire. Kids were laughing and chatting with their friends or dancing to the music. The crowd was large, but not too big to cause a huge disturbance. "Hey, you're new here, aren't you?" Emily turned around as a teenager her age with curly, blonde hair spoke to her. "Yeah", she answered him. "Well, here." The boy thrust a large plastic cup to her and walked off to distribute the rest of the drinks he was holding. "Hey," Lucky suddenly reappeared at her side. "Where'd you go?" she asked. "I got us a drink." "I already got…from…some…kid." She took a sniff of the drink. "I think this stuff is spiked." Lucky smelt his own and nodded. "I think you're right." He looked around, and then gave the cups to the nearest couple. Emily shook her head and laughed. Lucky shrugged innocently, "what?" "Nothing, do you want to head back up to the boardwalk?" Lucky replied with a nod of his head and the two started back up the beach to the safety of the boardwalk's lights. Suddenly Lucky stopped. "What's wrong, Spencer?" Lucky's eyes glanced about, never staying still on one spot. "Lucky, what is it?" He glanced back to the party by the bonfire, where dozens of people crowded about. "Spencer, quit scaring me, what's going on?" Emily demanded. But the sounds of gunfire drowned out his reply. |