The revenge of the scarecrow.

Chapter eight

When they got to the house Jason and Brandon got the bags out of the trunk and the rest of them stood around admiring the view of the never ending corn stalk . " Emily you never told us how big your families farm was. " Melissa said . " I haven't been here in forever and I can barely remember anything from my childhood . " She answered . Emily turned around and started walking to the door. As she put her hand on the door nob it felt like something or someone was watching her every move . She turned around to see what it was but there was  nothing everyone was preoccupied with there own things. She looked at the fields one last time before she turned around again , she could see the big old barn standing in the middle of the field like a mother hovering over her children's every move. 

She snapped out of her staring when everyone stood behind her waiting for Emily to unlock the door. She unlocked the door and everybody headed in . All of the furniture was covered with sheets and the house smelled like dust and old perfume. The perfume smelled like her mother always did. She closed her eyes and enjoyed the sent of her mother . She never had the best relationship with her mother , but every girl needs a mother and she loved her regardless of everything they went through. The house had three bedrooms , a room for each couple . Everyone walked through the house and put there bags down in the rooms. Emily went to her old room . Her mother had removed everything that belonged to Emily and Johnny and turned both rooms into guest rooms . She looked around and none of the items in the room reminded her of her childhood , except the photos on the dresser.

She walked to the dresser and picked up the photo of her and Johnny at the river . She smiled at how young and happy they use to be. She heard footsteps behind her and closed her eyes gently. She felt his hand gently stoking her hand from her shoulder slowly down to her hand . She took his hand in hers and held it tightly. With his other hand he moved her hair behind her ears and kissed her neck. She had a wonderful chill running down her back. She turned around . Their bodies where so close to each other she could feel his heart beat against her chest. She looked up into his eyes . He smiled and then placed his lips on hers gently . Her heart was pounding hard as his hands went down to her lower back. 

Suddenly their romantic moment was interrupted by Katy knocking on the door . " Come on out lover birds we're having a game night and I have volunteered Emily to make us dinner tonight since she is the only one of us actually being able to cook edible food . " Katy said while making her way down the stairs. Jason continued holding her a little longer. She wrapped her arms around his waist . He lifted her chin up with his one hand and said " We'll continue this later tonight " Emily smiled " Can't wait " she replied. 

As the walked down stairs hand in hand the rest of the group sat in the living room area on the floor playing some sort of board game. Jason went to join them while Emily went to the kitchen to make dinner for everybody. She looked over the counter laughing at how serious Katy is taking the game. She walked over to the bags of food they brought and wondered what to make. Her mother has thought her from a very young age how to cook so she can make almost anything. She started to pack everything in the fridge. She look out the nacho crisps some cheese , avocado and bacon. Nachos was one Katy's favorite foods and it was quick and easy. She was not about to prepare a full course meal just for everybody to get drunk and pass out before they have even eaten. She put the food in the oven for a while and washed up the plates she used . As she stood in front of the sink washing the dishes she looked up at the window and screamed at the top of her lungs. Everybody rushed in . " What's wrong ? " Katy asked " What happened " Jason asked . " There was something outside the window " Emily said while crying . Jason held her. " It's okay , shh , it's okay ." he said . " It was probably just your reflection " Brandon said  . " But me and Drake will go check. "

Everyone sat in the living room waiting for Brandon and Drake to return. "It's taking to long , why aren't they back yet." Katy said . " They'll probably be back soon , everybody just needs to relax. " Jason said while holding Emily.  Suddenly the door opened and Drake and Brandon walked in laughing . "There's nothing there , we walked around the house three times just to make sure , so you definitely just saw your own reflection so there is nothing to worry about. " Brandon said as they walked in. Katy ran to give Brandon a big hug , she was really getting worried about him . Drake went to sit next to Melissa who was on her phone clearly unbothered by the whole situation. Jason looked at Emily " You okay ? " he asked softly . Emily tried acting unbothered by everything that just happened . " Yeah , I'm fine it was just my reflection . " She replied not knowing if she was trying to convince Jason or herself . She stood up and went to fetch the nachos that were still in the oven . She placed it on a tray with two bottles of wine and walked to the living room. She placed the tray on the table , poured herself a glass of wine , smiled and asked " So what are we playing ? " Everyone looked at her for a moment and then just ignored everything that just happened and continued playing the games. Jason placed his hand on her leg and gave her a slight smile. She could see he was worried about her. So she put on her best smile and tried to enjoy the rest of the night.

But in the far side of the cornfield there stood something lurking , watching there every move from the outside in. For Emily has not imagined anything and her eye caught a glimpse of what's to come . 

The next day everyone was still asleep when Emily woke up. She turned to the side and saw Jason sleeping peacefully . It still sometimes amazed her than some one so perfect as him loved her. He was caring , loving and so gentle. She wanted to go down stairs to go through her parents stuff. She knew she had to do it before the weekend ended. She sit up straight and kissed Jason on the forehead. His smiled while opening his eyes. " I can get use to waking up like this every morning . " he said. She liked the idea of it so much. " Did you sleep well ? " She asked. " Best sleep I've had in a while."  She started to stand up when he pulled her back in bed . "No don't stand up yet , we are on vacation you're suppose to sleep in and be lazy all day . " Jason said. She smiled as she made herself comfortable next to him. 

Emily and Jason fell asleep holding each other but woke up to a loud bang in the kitchen down stairs.  They rushed down to the kitchen just to see Katy standing with a bunch of pots around her laying on the ground , she was laughing so hard the tears started to go down her cheeks. " What's going on here , are you okay? " Emily asked. Katy struggled catching her breath from all the laughing. When she finally caught her breath she replied with " Yeah , I was trying to surprise you guys with some breakfast but I got a fright from a noise outside and dropped all the pans. " Emily looked outside curiously , she knew she just had to forget the figure she saw last night but she kept having this bad feeling about it. She wondered if the noise Katy heard was from the same thing she saw last night.  She walked across the kitchen to the window and looked out to see if there was something . Nothing . "You okay , babe?" Jason said while placing his hand on her shoulder.  She put on her fake smiled and turned around " Yeah , everything's fine." She answered. Just as Emily was finish speaking the rest joined them . 

Later that afternoon the boys started a barbeque outside . They set up some chairs and a table outside. Emily was upstairs going threw all of her mothers old stuff. Everything still smelled like her mother.  She took her scarf in her hands and rubbed in between her fingers. A tear rolled down her cheek while she was holding the piece of material in her hand . She whipped the tear of , closed her eyes and remembered the good memories of her mother. When she felt a hand on her shoulder she got a huge fright . She took a sharp ornament on her mothers dresser and held it towards the person. " What the f**k Emi ? " Katy said holding her hand out. " Katy ? Why are you sneaking up on me like that ? " Emily replied out of breath. " I just wanted to check if your okay ! You've been up here forever."  Katy said bursting out in laughter. She took the ornament out of Emily's hand " What were you going to do with this ? f*****g jab me to death ? ." She placed the ornament back on the dresser. " But on a serious note are you okay? " She continued asking " Yeah , I'm fine , I'm just getting emotional over my moms things. It's harder than I thought. " She put on a slight smile for Emily.  

After Katy helped Emily packed up some of the stuff , they headed downstairs to the rest of the group standing outside around the fire. The sun was starting to set and it started getting darker and darker. They enjoyed the sunset with a few sundowners. By the time the food was ready Drake had already passed out on the porch swing and Melissa was pissed at him and told everyone to just leave him to sleep outside. She brought out a blanket and threw it over him. Emily stood by the door waiting for Melissa as she tried to wake him up one last time. " Are you sure he can sleep outside , I can ask Jason to help carry him in " Emily said looking very worried about Drake . " No it's fine , this isn't the first time he's passed out like this and it's really starting to f*****g annoy the s**t out of me so he'll sleep here until he has sobered up because I'm honestly about to leave him if he continues with his s**t. " Melissa replied walking past Emily in to the house . Emily looked at him one last time and just convinced herself that he will be safe. 

She walked upstairs and saw Jason sleeping. She smiled at the sight of him . she closed the door behind her and got in to her sleepwear . She went to lay next to Jason he put his arm around her and pulled her against his body tightly . She laid there for a couple of hours until her eyes felt heavier and heavier and she finally fell asleep in her safe place . Her home. Not the house she grew up in . Not the farm she lived on. Her home. Jason.