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    When the girls reached the cemetery, the gate
was locked. “Did your cards say how the hell we are supposed to get
inside the cemetery?’’ Kate’s voiced cracked. “If you’re too scared
Kate, we can just find your dog for you…for a small fee of course.”
Astrid smiled. “We can go around behind the mausoleum and get in
that way.” Waverly offered. The girls walked the length of the
cemetery and saw the large stone structure. They started to walk
across the grass, when a bright light shone on them. “Do you girls
need any assistance tonight?” A man’s voice said. Waverly grabbed
Astrid’s arm, afraid to turn around. Kate turned to see the patrol
car marked BGPD. There were two officers inside the car. Astrid
peeled Waverly’s fingers from around her arm. “Actually, we are
helping our friend look for her lost dog, Sir.” The officer turned
off the blinding light. “Do your parents know you’re out here?”
Kate gasped, but Astrid stepped forward so they would look less
suspicious. “Our friend here, lost her mother’s dog and we need to
find her as soon as possible, my parents know that we came down
here, they said it was okay as long as we weren’t out too long.”
Astrid lied. “Well, what kind of dog is it ma’am? “ The officer
asked. Kate managed to stammer…”She’s a Scottish terrier, Sir….a
little black dog with a red plaid collar…her name is Molly.” Astrid
thought Kate would faint at any moment. “Ok girls, we’ll keep an
eye out, you have a good night.” The officers drove off, and Kate
almost started crying. “Jeezy that was close!” Waverly said in a
shaky voice. Kate bent over like she was going to throw up. “Can I
just remind you that we haven’t actually done anything wrong?
Astrid exclaimed, as she was fed up with Kate already. “Like
breaking into a cemetery at night, Ass-trid…that’s what we’re doing
wrong!” Kate hissed. Astrid kept walking. “Um, all we were doing
was walking down the street as far as they know…they only stopped
because we live in the most boring town ever constructed by
mankind, and they have nothing else to do.” Astrid sneered. “Also,
we are not breaking in to anything; we’re walking in….around the
back of the mausoleum…so come on.” The girls crossed the grass and
went around the end of the fence and into the cemetery. They
decided to run around the back of the large stone crypt because the
street lights did not reach that far and it was pitch black back
there. Waverly tripped over a branch and scraped the palms of her
hands. “Damn-hell that hurts!” Astrid and Kate immediately started
laughing at Waverly’s choice of words. “Are you ok, Wave?” Astrid
asked pulling her friend up by her wrists. “I’ll live, but can we
just walk instead?” She said blowing on her palms. The girls
continued walking out into the very dark cemetery. “Well, now what
do we do?” Kate asked. “Uh..I guess we just start looking around
and calling for Molly.” Kate was afraid to yell in a cemetery at
night, but she didn’t want to make that known to everyone, so she
managed a very weak “Here Molly, here girl!” Astrid threw her hands
up into the air. “You aren’t going to wake them up, Kate….it’s okay
to yell…Astrid whistled and clapped her hands…Here Molly!! C’mon
dog!” The girls listened for any sound at all. They walked further
into the cemetery, reading the names and the dates on the stones.
Waverly did not like the fact that whole families were buried
together. This thought had not ever occurred to her before, and it
made her uncomfortable. “How long do we have to keep this up?” Kate
asked. “Well, as long as it takes to find your dog, I suppose.”
Astrid said and kept walking. She had no idea what to do next, but
she figured she was in charge of this expedition, so they better
keep walking. “Maybe we should split up” Waverly said. “No way
dude, I am not doing this alone, plus I PAID