Snippet #2154130

"You scared the crap out of me! What the hell are you doing slinking around the school after hours!" She shouted up at him.

Jacob was startled by the response on the girl, her reprimanding voice piercing his ears and causing him to jump inside of his skin. He frowned slightly in response, wondering if she realised the irony of her statement.

"I could ask you the same thing" Jacob shrugged as he excitement died down. He fell back several steps and leaned against the wall adjacent to the staircase, casually resting his hands inside of pockets.

Jacob smiled coyly as he observed Melody tend to the other boy's wounds, following her eyes as she stared at his bare chest bashfully before turning sharply to face the other direction in embarrassment. After hearing about her reasons for being here, Jacob's lips opened to speak, "That's pretty dedicated of you, are you a kind of professional ghost hunter then?" Jacob asked in a tone that sounded as though he didn't entirely believe her. It was understandable, Jacob was still doubtful as to whether or not the black haired boy had actually met real-life ghost.

Abruptly they all caught a noise which sounded more like a squeak then a voice. "Eeep!”

His head snapped to location of the source, his eyes falling on a anonymous dark brown door. Carefully, he pushing himself of the wall and approached the doorway, his back almost hunched from the heavy sense of apprehension. He wrapped a trembling hand around the door handle, applying a light pressure to test the lock mechanism. To his surprise, the door fell open without resistance and he glanced in the direction of the others, anxiety masking his features as the tension rose, before he pushed the door aside, flooding the dark room with light.

"Hello? Anybody there?" He called