Creepy and Scary Tales by Reuben Shupp

Author:Reuben Shupp
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: children's spine-chilling horror, children's action adventure, children's humor, paranormal mystery, urban legends for children, october fright and scare, Halloween horror stories, teen and young adult horror, short stories anthologies, children's books on bullies, occult mysteries, horror anthologies and short stories, literature anthologies, scary stories for children, sleep over horror, campfire horror
Publisher: Reuben Shupp
Published: 2021-10-05T00:00:00+00:00

Andrea

I step out into the late evening with my brand new Santa Cruz skateboard. To skate, or not to skate, that is the question. Skate. It is always skate. I jog down the driveway and complete a kickflip trick with satisfaction.

“Markus, where are you going?” Dad says.

“To the park.” I walk my board from side to side towards the front door.

“The park? Where is it?” I shrug my shoulders.

“I will find it. Every town has one.”

“Well... okay.” He licks his finger and wipes the food from my chin. I smile and then skate away.

The wheels’ hum echoes against the school pavement. Beads of sweat form on my brow. The Summer heat lingers above the empty parking lot.

I kickflip the board and then push off harder and harder. The wind buzzes in my ears like an irritating mosquito. I jump on the curb and slide six feet before falling on my butt.

Giggling rings across the road. My eyebrows knit as I glance to the right and left.

A girl the same age hovers over me laughing. I brush past her and skate to the other end of the parking lot. “Don’t be like that,” she says while she jogs after me waving my Android. I stop and glare at her.

“Where did you get that?” I snatch it out of her hand and stick it in my pocket. I push off and continue to peer at her at the same time I skate around her.

She smirks and says, “It’s one of my many talents.” I pause and gaze at her for a few seconds before pushing off again. “What’s your name?”

“Markus.”

“That’s a dumb name.” I glare at her. What is her deal? All I wanted to do was skate in this stupid parking lot in this idiotic town.

“What is your name?” I ask in a sarcastic tone.

“Andrea.”

“A-N-D-R-E-A,” I say. She stares at me with her beady eyes. I giggle and then skate away from her. She yells after me. I keep going and do not look back. Will she leave me alone? What did I do to her?

I stop at the top of a steep slope. It goes straight down. There are not any curves or dips. Once I start, I cannot slow down. I will... Footsteps echo behind me.

Andrea bends over as she pants. “This is Bunker Hill.“ I look at her for a second before I return my gaze to the road. “You’re probably not good enough to skate down this hill. You should go back to the parking lot.”

“I have skated down hills more dangerous than this one.” She laughs.

“You’re fibbing.”

“Have too,” I say.

“Prove it.”

“All right. I will.” I stare once more at Bunker Hill. The echo of my heart beating faster and faster rings in my ears. I wipe my sweaty palms on my jeans.

“What are you waiting for? “

I peer at her and say, “I am planning my route.” She laughs.

“It’s a hill. It goes straight down. There’s your stupid route. I think you’re chicken.”

“Am not.” I say while I place my hands on my hips.

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