Beneath the Darkness Page #2

She'd be 21 now.

Our minister came

over that night...

to try to comfort my mom...

try to make her

not feel guilty...

that this was meant to be.

What kind of crap is that?

Did you try and tell

your mom what happened?

Yeah.

First she believed me,

then, um...

it was just to calm me down.

I wonder if my mom

would even believe me...

if I told her I saw

something like that.

Probably not.

But I'm glad you told me.

Hear it not, Duncan,

is a knell...

or for hell.

Something like that.

Thou hath made me drunk,

hath made me bold.

Um....

Hmm.

Well, at least it seems like we

have the majority of it down.

Yeah.

You do, anyway.

Oh, El Camino!

God, I'm awesome.

Your car is not that nice.

My car is amazing.

That will take you any day.

No. No, it will not.

El Camino is king.

Yo, it's the Macbeth's.

Ha, ha, how are you guys?

You guys are really into

this acting thing, huh?

I am too.

The ghost, in... in the play...

he gets stabbed

by Macbeth, right?

Well, Macbeth had him killed.

Perfect. I'll

play the ghost.

You want to play the ghost?

Yeah.

Yeah. Sure,

why not?

Right? No, I can come on with

the ketchup on my head...

and then at the end,

I will lick the blood.

Oh, sort of like a Buffy

Macbeth kind of thing.

Hell, yes.

Okay, all right.

That sounds great. Can we go?

I want to get to Chestnut

Square before it gets late.

Yeah.

Abby? Back

by ten.

Leave your cell phone on.

Yes, Mom.

Thank you.

Brian.

Hey.

One passenger at a time with that

new license of yours, please.

Of course, Mrs. Harwood.

And I always take good

care of my passenger.

Thank you, Brian.

I love that sweater,

Mrs. Harwood.

Okay, Danny.

Your mom's so hot, I'm sorry.

Really? That's

my mother.

Come on.

She's hot. What's with the

be back by ten sh*t, though?

Don't get me started.

That's early.

Come on, Abby.

You got one more strike.

Let's see if you can do it.

Don't you listen to

him, Abby, all right?

He's just trying

to psych you out.

Watch and learn, Brian.

You get it, girl.

Go, go! go!

I'm pretty sure I just won.

Just saying.

Travis, did the bowling ghost

knock the pins over?

That's not really funny.

It's just a joke.

Calm down.

Just get out of my face.

Whoa, hey dude.

Calm down.

Brian...

No, no, I'm the

victim here, okay?

It's his fault.

We're just bowling here.

We are just bowling.

All right, I'll stop, I'll stop.

Sit down.

I don't wanna sit down.

You sit down.

Brian.

Have you seen them?

No, no.

Real ghosts? Like

just dancing around?

Colin saw them

when he was walking by.

He said they

were all shimmering.

Can you guys lay off already?

My God!

We're not talking about Travis.

Jesus. Okay, so where did

Colin see these things?

Outside, in the front lawn.

He said they drifted

in through a wall...

and he could see them

through the window.

That is complete horse sh*t.

I know. It's what he said.

Who's house is this at?

Vaughn Ely's.

Travis mows his lawn.

I've never seen

anything like that.

You mow his lawn

during the day.

Ghosts come out at night.

It's probably

Ely walking around...

with a sheet on top

of his head.

So wanna go check it out?

Really?

Really.

No, no, no.

You are not driving this car.

Brian. Give

me the keys.

All right, let's go!

Oh, it's so dark tonight.

Oooh...

S0 what's Ely's deal?

He's all right.

He's a freakin' weirdo, man.

You gotta be if you're...

one of those,

uh, "morticianers?"

Yeah, yeah, morticianer.

Yeah, that...

that guy.

Sticking those tubes in people

and sucking all that snot out.

That's gross, Brian.

Oh, you're welcome.

Was he married to

the mayor's sister?

Yeah, but she died

a couple years back.

What does he pay

you to mow his lawn?

Twenty bucks.

Twenty... twenty bucks,

that's it?

Yeah, I mean, I

only mow the front.

Why?

He never lets me

in the back yard.

I figure he does it himself.

That's weird.

I would completely believe

this house is haunted.

It gives off such a weird vibe.

I think you just like

to be scared, Abby.

Brian.

No, seriously.

No, Brian, look.

Sh*t.

See? I

told you.

He lives alone, right?

Yeah.

Yeah, so who is that?

This house is so haunted.

Nobody's gonna believe this.

I'm still not convinced.

Brian, we all saw it.

Maybe one was Ely, but

the other one was...

How do we know it

was a freakin' ghost?

Then what was it, Brian?

I don't know, maybe

Ely had a hot date.

You know, he was

dancing with her...

before he mixed the milkshake.

It was not a hot date.

It was just...

something wrong.

Well, maybe if

she was a ghost...

she'll show up

in class in a second.

Give that Macbeth

ghost some company.

Are you a man?

Aye. And

a bold one...

that dare look on that which

might appall the devil.

A shame itself.

Why do you make such faces?

When all's done, you

look but on a stool.

Prithee, see there!

Behold! Look! Look!

How say you?

If charnel houses and graves

send those that we bury back

then our monuments shall

be the maws of kites.

A**hole.

You know I don't like that.

I know that grade's

sh*t, but who cares?

I do.

Travis, wait.

Why aren't you trying?

Honestly? Cause

I don't give a sh*t.

Well, wh... what

do you care about?

Maybe if Erin were...

No, no, just say it! Say it!

If Erin was still alive...

I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have.

You know, Mom, people

die every day.

You can't change it.

And you sure as hell

can't change me.

What's up?

It's Vaughn Ely,

what's the word on my van?

Vaughn, I hate to tell you.

It's the torque converter.

Well, how much

is it gonna cost?

It'll be close to 1500...

How come anytime anything goes wrong

with the car, it's 1500 dollars?

Now look, man,

it is what it is.

You want me to fix it or not?

It's gotta be

ready by Saturday.

How long on that van?

It's gonna be at least a week.

Vaughn, it's gonna be tough...

Alright, just have it done.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

You all did a great

job with the sonnets today.

We have come a long

way with Shakespeare.

By the way, I won't

be here this afternoon...

so if you need anything, please

check with me after class.

Wait, where's she going?

Basher.

You know, her old man's

been missing for two years.

She's gonna get a divorce.

Hey, Travis?

Can I speak with you for a moment?

It's about your

Macbeth exam paper.

I thought I got an A on that.

Actually you got a hundred.

The highest grade in the class.

Well, then what?

Well, that test proves

what you can do...

when you apply yourself.

But so far this semester

your grade is a D.

You didn't even turn in

that book report last week.

Guess what grade I had

to give you on that?

Hmm.

Travis, here's the deal.

You wanna work on getting

your grade up...

I'll help you.

But that's gotta

be your decision.

Can I go now?

Go ahead.

Miss Moore...

Yes?

I'm sorry about your husband.

Thank you, Travis.

Go, Orange!

Go, Black!

Hey, sweetie.

Hi, Vaughn.

Sylvia.

How nice to see you.

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