8 Perks

CHAPTER 8 PERKS I DON'T DO PERKY. After a truce has been declared, we go inside. Mom gives us hot apple cider and we all dry off. I take out one of my board games and we're good for another two hours. It starts to snow again so Mom says that Freddy, Eric, and Derek can stay over. Mom builds a fire in the fireplace and we all toast marshmallows and tell ghost stories. SOMETHING DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT.

I'M BAKING CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES. WHO NEEDS A REFILL? IT'S YOUR MOVE, DEREK. YOU'RE HOLDING UP THE GAME. DEREK, SPIN THE SPINNER! GUYS, DON'T RUSH ME! CAN YOU USE ANOTHER EYE?

I BURNT THE COOKIES, BOYS. HOW ABOUT POPCORN? I KNOW A SCARY GHOST STORY. LET'S HEAR IT. I'M NOT SCARED. THESE ARE YUMMY. CAN I TAKE A PHOTO OF YOU?

DEREK'S SCARY GHOST STORY SAMMY WAS A LONELY GHOST. HE HAD NOBODY TO SCARE. HE PUT A HELP WANTED AD IN THE NEWSPAPER. I CAN SCARE THEM ON THE PHONE. NO ONE CALLED. I LIKE THIS STORY.

HE PUT A SIGN ON HIS DOOR. FREE COOKIES NOBODY KNOCKED SAMMY LOOKED IN THE HALLWAY MIRROR... AND SCARED HIMSELF! THE END. THAT WASN'T A SCARY STORY. I DON'T GET IT TILL IT AGAIN.