Best Friends and Demons

Little Boo Girl

When Regan arrived home, her parents still were not home. They had been gone for several days and Regan was getting very worried. Her binder landed on the chair with a dull thud and a paper slid out onto the hardwood floor. She leaned over, grabbed it and looked it over. The paper made a crinkling sound as Regan smoothed it out onto the dining room table. A phone number was scratched in blue pen and a name was above it. 'Papa' it said. She immediately grabbed her phone and dialed her grandfather's number. Odin lay on the couch adjacent to the tv and he perked up as Regan plopped down. She rubbed his head as the phone dialed. It went to voicemail.

"Hey papa, uh, can you come over? I can't find my parents and I'm getting kind of lonely so can you just-" She was interrupted by a knock on the door. With a questioning look on her face, she hung up and went to the door. It opened with a creak to reveal a man who vaguely resembled her grandad,

"Hey little boo girl, I got your call. Guess who's staying for a few days?" Her grandpa said excitedly and he lifted up a rolling suitcase and smile, "We're gonna have so much fun!"

"Papa! I didn't know that you lived so close!" Regan said, the look still remaining.

"What do you mean?" He asked, setting his luggage down.

"I just got off the phone with you asking you to come over. And you live like half an hour. How'd you get here so fast?"

"I... I was in the area..."

"Oh... okay!" She lead Papa in the house. He walked upstairs and set his luggage in the guest bedroom, "Hey Papa?"

"Yes dear?" He walked back down

"Would you mind if some friends came over? We have... homework to do. It's a group project" She stared at her phone in disbelief

"Of course not! The more the merrier! I'll make cookies" He walked into the kitchen and grabbed a bowl and some ingrediants, "Is chocolate chip okay?" He asked

"Yeah, yeah" Regan went into the other room and sat down on the couch. Staring at her phone, she looked at the new message. Sophia had texted,

Something is wrong with Anjali

How can you tell?, Regan responded

I don't know. I can just tell...

Alright, call the gang. Meet at my house asap

Okalie dokalie, A crash came from the kitchen.

"You okay?" She yelled

"Yep, yep. Everything is just fine!" Papa quickly responded. She shrugged it off, stared out the window, and thought about everything that happened in Hell. Things flashed back, images, screams that were slightly familar to her. Unaware she had fallen asleep, she woke with a jolt as the doorbell rang. Papa yelled, "I'll get it!" He ran to the door and opened it

"Who the fuc-fudge are you?" A familar voice rang out. Chloe walked in and gave a questioning look to Regan. She mouthed 'who the fuck is this guy?'

"Chloe, this is my Papa." He walked over and firmly shook Chloe's hand

"Have we met before? You look awfully familar?" Chloe asked. He smiled and nodded

"Just one of those faces, I guess." She stared into his eyes (don't worry, they're not having a romantic moment sickos!)

"What's your first name?"

"Chuck" At the mention of the name, Chloe couldn't help but break out laughing.

"I know where I've seen you! Do you go to my church?"

"Yeah, yeah! That's it!" He nerviously chuckled and turned to Regan, "Honey, who else is coming?" He asked her