Devil's Invitation

Then maybe if you weren't a fool at first it would not have gotten this far Skylar. " Hey Skylar, do you mind giving me a sec? I really need to pick this up " " Yeah, sure I don't mind " My name is Skylar Fox (16), im a 9th grader in Dutchville Highschool, i live alone in this small apartment in Sta. Lucia, my life was always been lonely after my older sister moved out after getting married to her husband, and now i have to do everything all by myself, i know it's very common to my age but trust me doing normal household chores is still difficult to me since i grew up living in a fancy life before my parents died, And aside from that i also have a part time job, i work as a cashier here on McDonalds and i make like 1 grand in 2 months it's quite small but it's more than enough to pay my rent, bills and everything. I also love writing stories and novels because when i was a kid i always think of a random scenarios on my head and i really wished all of it would turn into reality but since it's not more likely going to happen, making them into a great stories was my only way to make them come true. I don't know why but I'm seriously obsessed with books, journals and novels. They we're the only thing that helped me overcome my anxiety, mental breakdowns and loneliness, it's just they mean everything to me <3 " Hi, sorry to interrupt you, but i found this wallet outside the bathroom and it has your name on it so im pretty sure it's yours " " Oh, my wallet! Thank goodness I didn't even realized i lost it, thanks a lot " " You're welcome, wait by the way, what are you writing? " " Oh, this? It's like my journal books, i love documentation and stuffs so yeah " " Wow really? Do you write stories too? " " Yes, and honestly i just finished writing a story, It's sci-fi and im ready to post it on my f*******: account tomorrow im really hoping someone would read it " " Wow, what's your f*******: account? Im really interested to read it! You know since i was a kid i always love science fiction stories and i would really love to read your story! " " Really? That is awesome, Skylar Fox Writes, that's my f*******: account, trust me it's really worth to read and it has amazing plot twists too " " Thanks, i would really look up for this one, have a nice day! " " You have a nice day too! " • The Next Day : 10:00 AM • I was preparing my breakfast and getting ready to go to work everything was fine not until i kept on getting a lot of notifications so i decided to checked my phone i was so so surprised to see a bunch of people complimenting me for my good writing skills! and aside from that my story has 20k reacts too! No words can explain how happy i am to see my story getting viral on f*******:. I immediately went to work because i don't want to be late again but when arrived there i was shocked to see my boss standing there, it's been a long time since she last visited the restaurant so i still don't know what brings her there. " Oh, Skylar you're here " " Hi Boss, is everything alright? " " Uh yes everything is fine, but i want you to go inside first since i have some announcement for everyone " We all sat inside with a confusion on our face not knowing what our boss is going to announce. " So, today i just hired a new worker and we all know what that means right? We're gonna have to change your schedules again. Im not gonna hire more workers here for our restaurant so your new schedules will now be your permanent schedules. Skylar, from now on you're working in night shift so i was hoping you're okay with it. " " Uh-h, i- yes madam im okay with it " " That's good " So just like that, everyone's schedule changed and from now on I'll be working as a night shift im kinda happy but also worried at the same time, i never tried working at night so i think it would be really exciting but the only thing that bothers me right now is going to work, since I don't know how to drive, walking from home to work is a daily routine for me now. After the announcement i went back to my apartment so that I'll get enough sleep and to get more energy too since I'll be working from 11 PM to 5 AM. • 10:43 PM • As soon as i checked my phone i immediately dressed up and went to work. As i was walking down the street, i felt a cold atmosphere coming towards me as if someone is following me, i tried to act normal until i saw a creepy shadow behind me, i was trembling in fear not knowing whether i should run or not. I remain calm and acted like nothing happened. " BOO! " " AAAAHHHHHHH!! " " Oh, my goodness! Why are you screaming shut up " Of course, it's Michelle. I felt relief after knowing it's just her " Ugh! Why would you do that i***t! " " Jeez calm down, i heard from one of your workmates that your schedule changed so i knew this is the perfect time to scare you off " " You literally scared the heck out of me! " " By the way, who was that one guy staring at you outside from your apartment like literally an hour ago? Is he your boyfriend? " " What? A guy staring at me outside from my apartment?! " " Yes, that one guy wearing a black hoodie " " But i never invited anyone to come over! " " Then who was that guy? " " I don't know!! Ugh, Now im scared to go to my apartment again " " Lol! Just kidding " " What?! Enough with the jokes Michelle, it's not funny you know, you almost scared me to death " " Lol, whatever im going home now it's getting pretty late, i just went to the Grocery Store to buy some milk now i have to go, see ya on school tomorrow " " Okay, blah blah whatever " I arrived at the McDonald's and i was glad to see that there was a lot of customers. " Oh Hey Skylar, im gonna go home now " " Yeah yeah goodbye! " My other workmate already went home and i was the only one left at the restaurant, it was 2 AM already, there we're barely no people inside the restaurant and i knew i had to clean up the tables again " Hi! Do you still have that rocky road cream? " " Oh, we sure do! Wait- you we're the girl who found my wallet yesterday right? " " Oh yes it was me nice to see you again, i never knew you work here " " I started working here 3 months ago HAHA wait what was your name again? I totally forgot what it was " " Oh my name is Andie Willington " " Oh right it was Andie, by the way how was it? " " The story? Well it was so immaculate dude i love it so much, your writing skills is so nice and the plot twist was literally unexpected " " Wow really? Im glad you like it! " " Hey! Do you know? It has 100k likes already! You're so famous now! " " What? 100k? The last time i checked, it only has 20k likes, oh my goodness " " Naurrr, you gotta check it! It's getting viral now, it has a lot of shares too, but honestly that doesn't surprised me at all, i mean you're good at writing stories " " Lol HAHAHA im not, by the way what do you wanna eat again? " " Can i have the rocky road cream? And also can i get some cheeseburger? Im really craving for McDonalds right now " " Oh sure, that would be $16.37 " " Here " " Thank you, Just sit wherever you want and I'll bring your food in a minute " While i was preparing Andie's food, I've noticed that she was my only customer that time and since i have nothing else to do, i decided to have a little conversation with her. " Here's your food Andie, by the way do you usually come here every night? " " Actually yes, i usually come here in like these hours because im always craving for food literally late at night so yeah, but how come i never saw you worked here before? " " Well apparently, i used to work in 7 AM to 3 PM but that's before my boss hired a new cashier, and since there's gonna be a new cashier my schedule moved and i had to work in night shifts now " " Is it difficult? " " What do you mean? Being a cashier? Well it is, but it kinda depends on you tho, if you have experiences of being a cashier then it's pretty easy for you, but if you don't, then it's literally hard as heck, but why did you ask me that anyway? " " Welp, you've heard about that new pizzeria opening tomorrow right? I applied there as a cashier and im also going to work at night shift but i don't have any experiences and that's why im asking you right now hehe " " What the heck really? That's nice, it's near here right? " " Yeah it is " " Wait, do you have someone who will walk with you? " " Actually no, my friends work literally far away from here so im always alone " " Hmmm, do you want to walk with me? You're working at night shifts too right? " " Of course, that's a really awesome idea, now i don't have to go to work all by myself again in this dark, creepy street " After my shift, i immediately went home and sleep since i still need to go to school in the morning, exactly 8 AM i already dressed up and went to school as i was walking in the hallway a blonde girl suddenly blocked my way " Where do you think you're going dumb b***h? " " Me? " " Yes i***t " " Well, i-uh im going to my class now " " Well, you better go now since this is probably gonna be the last time that you're going to attend in this school " " Huh? What do you mean? I just transferred here " " Well that's the whole point, so you see you just transferred here but literally everyone hates you already, so if I were you? I already transferred into another school, shameless brat " " What did i do to you? " " You're asking me what did you do to me? Why don't you ask yourself instead? " " I really don't know what you're talking about " " Well If you're really that desperate to know, before you came in here, i was the most smartest person in this school! I was always in top of everything! No could ever beat me! Not until some sort shameless brat like came here to show off! " " HAHAHAHA are you even serious?! " " What's so funny? " " if you we're really the most SMARTEST person in this whole entire school then why are you so offended by the fact that i came here? I thought no one could beat you? Is it why you're mad that im here because im better than you? Because i outsmarted you? Because you can't accept the fact that im way more intelligent than you are? If you're smarter than everyone you're not gonna be bothered that im here right? Because im just a piece of cake for you? " " OMG look guys! Beverly is about to cry! " " SHUT UP! And you! Do you even know who i am?! " " Yes, the entitled smart girl who got humiliated right? " " STOP! my father is the vice principal of this school! And i can kick you out whenever i want! Now don't you dare to talk back to me or else! " " Or else what? Or else what Beverly? You're gonna kick me out in this school? Do you even know that the school principal is my mother's sibling? " " What? Your m-m-mother's sibling?! " " Yes, you're right honey " " Well I don't care! I still have the power to kick you out! " " As long as you don't have my auntie's consent to kick me out, i can still stay here anytime i want " " Take back everything you said! Im calling my daddy! " " What if I don't want to? What are you gonna about it? Remember my auntie has higher platform than your father did so if i excuse please get the hell out of my way if you don't want to get suspended for the whole entire month " " Are you okay? " Before i could walk into my class, a handsome boy approach us. " Oh, Chandler my baby! Im okay, did you came all the way here to visit me? So sweet of you! " Wait? Is it Beverly's boyfriend? Why did she call him baby? " Of course not! I came here because of Skylar " Hold on wait a damn minute! Did he actually said Skylar? You're telling me this handsome boy is asking me if im alright?! " M-m-me? " " Yes, are you okay? " " Are you serious?! Why are you talking to her! " As i was about to speak, i was surprised to seChandler got mad and yelled at Beverly. " Enough is enough Beverly! You're such a mean brat! You always bully everyone in here! Will you please stop?! " " B-b-but, C-Chandler! T-this b***h hurt me! Are you seriously gonna defend her over me? Your own girlfriend? " " Girlfriend? Since when did i said that i like you? Whatever you do, im never gonna fall in love with an evil girl like you! " " But, your friend Derek said that you like me too! " " Then it was all a lie Beverly, not everyone falls in love with you just because you're pretty, famous and rich " You know how much i hate being involved in this kind of things, so i immediately went to my class already. " Hey Beverly! " " Oh hi Andie " " I just saw how you embarrassed that mean girl! I was so surprised, you we're the first person who did that! Finally that b***h is getting a lesson now " " Oh HA HA HA HA HA HA she deserved that anyway " - - - - - 3 PM - - - - - Our class just finished, when i saw Andie running from the distance. " Hey! Wait! Skylar! " " Oh, hey Andie " " At 11 PM, just come to my house so we can go to work together okay? " " Wait! Hey! Hold on! But I don't know where you live " " Oh right i forgot to tell you, i live near the theater, you know Jasmine's Apartments right? just tell my name and they will surely take you to my apartment, i need to go now! Bye! " " Oh okay, bye! Take care! " Wow, i never knew Andie is renting in Jasmine's Apartments. That's like one of the most expensive apartments in town, she must be really rich rich. After that I already went home to get some rest, but as i was trying to sleep I saw a human figure outside the house, so i came outside to see if someone outside, as soon as i opened the door i was surprised to see a deliver man with a package. " Hi, miss... Uh miss Sky- skylar.. fox? " " Oh yes that's me why? " " There's a package for you " " Uh, I really don't know ma'am, There's no name written outside the box so the letter must be inside the package " " Oh okay thanks " " Wait ma'am, you need to sign this first, it's for confirmation " " Oh is it really important? " " Yes maam, it's like a proof that you already received the package, we never give it to the receiver unless they sign it " " Oh okay, here, have a nice day " " Have a nice day too! " I was wondering what this package is and who gave it to me, it was quite heavy it weighs more than 12 kilos. I immediately grabbed the knife and open the package, the first thing that popped up was a letter so i quickly read it. " To Skylar, From Jessi " Whew, it was just my sister i thought it was someone. " hi lil sis! How are you? How was your studies? I hope you are doing just fine, im not quite sure if i could visit you this month again because we are having a trip to bahamas, it's been a long time since we last talk and i was really wondering what are you doing right now. how about your job? Is it hard? Is it pressuring your studies? If it is then quit, don't worry about your bills i will pay it for you. Kids like you shouldn't be out there working to earn money, just let me pay for it okay? I only want the best for you. And here's a package, you said you love books right? So i came to the Books Store last week to buy you these, i really don't know what kind of books do you like so i just bought the whole book store hehehe just kidding, anyways i hope you like it. It's not that much but I hope you will appreciate it. It's cost more than a thousand dollars so if i came back there, you owe me a thousand dollars okay? Lol just kidding okay bye now. I love you so much. - jessi " " Ohmygoodness :( I can't believe it. She really put all of her efforts to write this letter, this is why i love her so much:(( she even bought the new limited edition black fire book, and the Seven Clocks too, i am so blessed to have a sister like her, i love her more than anything in this world, but i missed her so much, I can't wait to hug her again, i wished she was here " After i put all the books to my shelf, i immediately went to my table and write her a letter too. It's quite embarrassing if I don't write a letter from her too. I spent the whole night making a letter for her to the fact that I didn't even realized that it was 11 PM alread " Whew, i hope she reads this, wait what time is it already? What?! 11 PM!? SHOOT! I better go now Andie must be waiting for me! Ugh Skylar you're such a b***h! Im getting late now, but atleast i wrote a letter for my sister right? " I quickly ran to Andie's apartment hoping to not disappoint her because it's already late. " Uh, Miss- is Andie Willington here? " " Yes, she is in Room 171, but may i know who you are? " " Oh, im her f- friend " " Do you know where Room 171 is? I just want to make sure you don't get lost " " Oh, i really don't " " Well, come with me I'll show you her room " " Thank you, Since when did Andie moved in here? " " Oh, she lived in here for like 2 years now " " Wow " " Are you guys highschool friends? " " Umm no, i actually umm just met her like a few days ago " " Oh, i thought you we're her old friend who used to visit here, anyways here is her room, just knock and she will come out in a second " " Oh thank you, i appreciate it. Uh, Andie? Andieeee? Hey it's me Skylar, sorry if im late... Andie? Is anybody home? " " Oh sorry for late response, i was looking for my car keys, I can't find it. Wait hold on please give me a sec i really need to find it " " Yeah sure no problem " Wait Andie has a car? I never knew she owns one. I thought she go to work by just walking down the street. " Oh finally i found it. Should we go now? " " Yeah sure, I really thought you already left me, because it's already 11:03 PM " " Oh why would i leave you? Actually you we're just in time tho " " Wait by the way, you have a car? " " Yes i do, it's actually from my mom and dad, they gave it to me on my 16th birthday HA HA HA " " Wow you're so lucky you received a car on your 16th birthday, the only thing i got for my last birthday was a pair of socks that my sister got me from a dollar store HA HA HA " " Nah, you should treasure it. I actually didn't asked a car for my birthday but they were the one who gave it to me so yeah i just accepted it HA HA HA but don't worry, maybe in your 18th birthday your parents will get you a car too " " oh, actually, umm " " Why what's the matter? You don't know how to drive? " " i do but like " " Why what's wrong then? " " My- my parents uh died a few years ago so.. " " Really? Im so sorry for your lost, i feel bad for you, sorry for asking this but what is the caused of their death? " " Umm, remember that tragic plane crash that happened in Nevada? Both my parents we're in that plane and yeah, sadly the plane crashed and none of them survived " " it must be really hard for you, im really sorry to hear that " " Oh it's okay HAHAHAHA it happened already and i have nothing to do now, anyways we should go now it's really getting late " " Yeah sure " As we we're driving, we decided to listen some music instead. " Hey Skylar, will you mind putting the volume down? " " Yeah sure, why? " " Well i have something to tell you " " What is it? Go ahead " " You know Chandler right? " " Chandler? Never heard of him " " that handsome guy who defended you when you were arguing with Beverly " " Oh damn HAHAHAHA i just remembered, yeah what about him anyway? " Well, he was my ultimate crush too since middle school, but don't tell anyone okay? I trust you " " Oh you have a crush on him? I mean he was kinda handsome tho but he's not my type, he has black hair and im really into blonde so yeah, i really hope you guys would end up together " " Stawpp, HAHAHAHA " " Hey i was just being honest " " But like he's not really into me tho " " Bruh don't lose hope, i will help you with that, no worries im an expert to that bestie" " Really? You will? " " Yes, i will help you get into him for 1 condition " " What is it? Tell me " " Help me get rid of that stupid Beverly " " Tsk, help you get rid of her? No worries, i can even track her down all by myself, it's just she never knew how evil i am if i show my dark side to her " " Yo, im lovin' the confidence HAHAHA " " As i should, she is literally the villain of our school, bestey really thought she can rule the whole entire school just because her fatty, ugly, monster, daddy is the vice principal HAHAHAHAHA " " That's right, i mean my auntie is the school principal and she can't do anything to me as long as my auntie is still in that position " " Hey, honestly i never knew your Aunt was the school principal, i just realized it now " " oh HAHAHAHA she told me she just became the school principal last year so i don't think everyone knows her already " " Is it why you transferred here because the school principal is just your relative? " " I mean yes, i was actually supposed to study in Canada but like since this school is just near on my work place and my aunt is the school principal I decided to transfer here " " Now that makes sense " " What about you tho? " " Oh me? Welp, my father is the president of the biggest tech company in this town so i yeah HAHAHAHAHA" " Oh my gosh- so your family is really rich rich rich? It must be really nice to be this wealthy, like now you're only 17 and you're already driving that 300 grand Porsche, like i swear, even i die im not gonna be able to buy a Porsche in my life " " Why are you so hard on your self? Gosh do you even realize that before my dad became the president of the biggest tech company in town we also experienced being poor? Before we barely got something to eat in our table, our pockets have no money in it, our clothes are torn and is really old, we also experienced living on the street for a month " " Oh damn, i guess you we're right, i didn't know you also experienced being poor, because by looking at you right now, i could see the future president of the tech company in the world " " BAHAHAHAHA stop it " After 10 minutes we finally arrived at the McDonald's. " Lol, that was a fun ride, im gonna work now see ya! " " Wait, i will pick you up at 5 AM just tell me if your shift is already done " " Wait what? You really don't have to HA HA HA " " Nah, i mean my shift ends in 5 AM too we can go home together " " Alright, fine fine fine, if you insist " " Okay bye! See ya later im gonna go to work too " " Wow is that your friend? " I was so surprised to see Michelle eating in the restaurant. " Oh hey Michelle, yeah it was my new friend her name is Andie Willington " " Andie Willington? She looks really familiar to me " " her dad was the president of the biggest tech company in town " " wow, her dad is the president of the biggest tech company in town? Your friend is rich rich rich " " yep " " Anyways. Since tomorrow is Saturday, Let's watch that new horror film coming up! " " Heck yeah, sure tomorrow is my day off, tomorrow is really the perfect time to watch that movie, meet me at 4 PM bastard " " Okay, wait do you want to invite your new friend too? I really wanted to be friends with her she looks really nice, please if you have spare time please introduce me to her, you we're like my only friend and I really need more friends doe " " Sure i mean why not, all of us could be besteys " " Thanks i appreciate it imma go home now " " Okay, see ya " As i was cleaning the counter i saw an old woman outside, she looks really cold and hungry so i decided to talk to her. " Hey, granny, are you okay? " " Oh yes i am, thanks for asking " " Are you sure? Are you hungry? I have some sandwich in my backpack i can give it to you " " Oh really? Thank you so much sweetie pie" " Uh, here granny, eat it all, make sure to drink water too okay? " " Thank you so much i really appreciate it, i haven't like eaten in days im so hungry " " Oh no, you should not be out here granny, where do you live? Where's your family? " " Oh i live a few blocks in here, and I don't have a family, i usually come here every night to ask some money to people " " Aww, poor you granny " I felt really bad seeing the old lady suffer from the cold atmosphere outside, i want to help her, i have some extra room in my apartment for the old woman to stay but the only problem is...