Tommy and Laura in Sleepover at the Wolfman Lodge

Tommy punched the unicorn on the side of it’s face, rainbow colored blood spilling out of it’s mouth. Laura kicked it down, pressing her heel into it’s side as it coughed out it’s death throes.

They were pretty good at this monster hunting thing now. The other unicorns scuttled off as they began to pick up the necks of the corpses of the dead unicorns.

“What a bunch of assholes.” said Tommy.

“I know right? Now we gotta lug all these corpses somewhere.” said Laura, sighing.

The janitor jumped off from the red bench table outside, nailed to the concrete. “Or you could just do this.” he said, grabbing a bottle from the inside of his jacket. He spilled a bunch of red liquid on the unicorn and they disintegrated into red dust, disappearing in ice cold winds.

“Woah dang, what’s that?” asked Laura.

“It’s something that turns whatever soaks it up into that red dust. I find it handy for getting rid of monster corpses.” said the janitor.

“I see that.” said Laura, walking over to the janitor.

“Don’t be using this for human corpses or something illegal, alright?” the janitor passed the bottle to Laura.

The air filled with red dust as the mess was cleaned up. Tommy and Laura headed to Tommy’s car and said their goodbyes to the janitor as they completed another day of duty as monster hunters.

“How’s your vampire girlfriend?” asked Tommy.

“Andrée? I dunno, I think I hate her now.” said Laura. Tommy raised his eyes in interest.

“How so? You two seemed to be love at first sight.” asked Tommy. Truth be told, he didn’t like Andrée either but he never seemed to like whoever Laura was dating.

“I just… I dunno. It’s definitely me. I’ve dated a lot of guys but this was the first girl... and I just… I dunno.” she clumsily thought out.

“She ever tried to drink your blood or what?” asked Tommy.

“Nah, she respects me, maybe a bit too much. Again, I think it’s mostly me.” said Laura. Tommy was witnessing a rare moment of self awareness for Laura. For years, Tommy had known her as a girl who never made mistakes and aced life. “You guys ever…?” asked Tommy as the car lulled to a stop at the light.

“Ever what? Have sex?” shot back Laura. “God, you can be such a prude sometimes…”

“Well?” asked Tommy, watching the light as it stagnated on red.

Her face turned as red as the stoplight. “You seriously want to know?”

“Well, I mean… not in a perverted way…” Tommy said, getting embarrassed. Why the hell did he want to know?

“Phh… you don’t need to know.” said Laura, turning away from him and staring at the window. Tommy stared straight ahead as the light turned green. Laura suddenly remembered something.

“Oh shit. You know what I just realized? Jess had after school detention today.” said Laura.

“So?” asked Tommy.

“She saw it. The room has a window that has a view of the field. It’s not one of those small windows either. It’s a big window without blinds.” stated Laura.

“Oh fuuuuck,” droned Tommy as he turned a left. “Were we supposed to keep this a secret or what?”

“I was! What the fuck were you doing?” snapped Laura.

“I told everybody!” said Tommy.

“You dumbass! You told everybody?” Laura snapped again.

“Well, none of them believed me but yeah. I told everyone I knew. I mean, if I was Spider-Man, I’d tell everyone. I’m not sure why he cares who knows…” said Tommy.

“Because there are villains who would murder his family?” Laura said, itching to punch Tommy but she knew that she’d throw the car off the road if she did that.

“Well… I mean… we can talk to Jess, right?” asked Tommy. “Just catch her before school begins.”

“Man, you dumbass. What do you think this is? The 90’s when everyone didn’t have cellphones? Also, we have winter fucking break tomorrow.” asked Laura. “I don’t have Jess’ number. I know you don’t either.”

“Ah jeez.” said Tommy as he pulled up into Laura’s neighborhood.

“Fuck, everyone is gonna know by the end of winter break.” Laura said. “God damn it.”

“Well, it can’t all be that bad…” said Tommy as he stopped the car. “It’s not like we’re bad at it.”

“I guess you’re right…” groaned Laura. “I just haven’t been exactly having the best week.”

“Well, that sucks,” said Tommy. “Hope you feel better over winter break.”

Laura exited the car and waved goodbye as Tommy started up the car again and drove off.

Tommy sat on a white chair with wheels on the bottom, looking at the screen of the computer in front of him. Suddenly his cellphone buzzed and he took it out of his hoodie. Unknown Caller.

“Hello?” he asked.

“I’m inside the house,” said a raspy voice of a killer. Tommy’s eyes widened in fear. “Nah, just kidding. I don’t even know where your house is.” said a softer voice, of a teenage girl.

“Jess?” asked Tommy, trying to recognize the voice.

“Yeah. I… uh… saw what you and Laura did.” faintly said Jess deep in thought.

“Oh,” said Tommy. “Did you tell everyone or…”

“Well, I was but then I realized nobody was gonna believe me. I guess they would’ve thought I was high or some shit… can you just verify it happened or…?” asked Jess.

“Look, Laura said that this was supposed to be a secret… wait, did you call the cops?” said Tommy, hearing police sirens in distance.

“I saw the janitor so I assumed if he was part of it you probably weren’t doing anything illegal… I mean that was cool as shit, man.” said Jess.

“Oh, thanks.” said Tommy, sitting back in the chair.

“So, I mean, if you wanna keep a secret I guess I could just not tell anyone…” Jess said.

“Thanks… it means a lot. Wait, how did you get my number?” asked Tommy.

“Vicky told me it.” said Jess.

“Oh yeah, her.” said Tommy, not wanting to remember her.

“I dunno why I called…” said Jess, laughing. “I guess I just called you to let you know that I know what you did before winter break.”

“Laura got pissed at me when she realized that you possibly saw it, so this is a good thing. Thanks.” said Tommy.

“Why do you hang out with her anyway?” asked Jess. “Just wondering. I know she’s not your girlfriend so…”

“We’ve been friends since elementary school.” said Tommy.

“Yeah, but she treats you like such utter shit sometimes.” said Jess. “I don’t really see you guys but even I know you act like a total simp towards her.” It caught him off guard.

“Simp?” asked Tommy.

“Well, yeah.” said Jess. The phone buzzed again. It was Laura.

"Look, I gotta take another call," said Tommy. Jess said nothing as Tommy hung up. "Hello?"

"You got anything going on during Winter Break?" asked Laura.

"Not really..." said Tommy.

"Ok, well, I got a free stay to something called the Wolfman Lodge and I can bring a friend. You wanna go?" asked Laura.

"Wolfman Lodge? Free stay out of the blue?" asked Tommy suspiciously.

"Yeah, yeah, it sounds fishy as hell. That's why I want you to come." explained Laura.

"What about Andrée?" asked Tommy. "I was planning to play video games over the break."

"She can sneak in as a bat in a suitcase or something if she wants to come. But I need you there because if it's what I think it is then I'm gonna want my best friend coming." said Laura.

"Alright, whatever. Hey, Jess called. She's agreed to keep it a secret." said Tommy.

"Stop bullshitting me." said Laura, clearly sick of Tommy's shit.

"No, really." said Tommy.

"Why would she call you?" asked Laura. He shrugged.

"I don't know." he replied.

"The Wolfman visit is tomorrow, don't forget it." said Laura, hanging up. Tommy sat in the room alone. Simp.

More to come...