Christmas Horror

Gabriella groaned. Someone was shaking her awake, and she really wanted to slap who ever that was, so she did. The shaking stopped and she smiled in her sleep. ‘you did not just hit me, baby?’ said a really familiar voice. Gabriella’s eyes flew open and turned round to see her boyfriend rubbing his arm.

‘oh my……. Baby, I’m sorry, I thought it was Taylor’. Troy raised his eyebrows.

‘I look Taylor now do I?’ he asked. Gabriella rolled her eyes. ‘if you looked like Taylor, then I wouldn’t kiss you’. Troy’s mouth snapped shut.

‘Thought so’. Gabriella climbed out of bed and went into her wardrobe. She emerged 3 minutes later, dressed in boot flared, floor length grey jeans, a spaghetti blood red flared top and black 3 inch heel boots. Her long, brown hair was curly and hung down her back. A light shade of blusher was applied to her face, with waterproof black eyeliner and mascara were applied to her eyes. Troy’s jaw dropped.

Gabriella giggled. ‘you’re drooling, babes’. She swiped a finger across his mouth, but Troy caught her wrist and kissed her, both hands pressed gently onto the sides of her head, while she grabbed his collar forcefully pushing him more into the kiss. He weaved his hands tangling them in her hair , their bodies were pressed together throughout the kiss and they breathed in perfect harmony , their chests heaving up and down. They were kissing heavily and forcefully each wanting to feel more and more of each others mouths , their tongues battled furiously exploring each crevice of the other's mouth. They drew back breathless and smiled at each other, Gabriella being the first to speak.

‘I love you’

‘I love you too, come on’. he grabbed her hand and walked down the stairs and out into the snow covered streets.

Meanwhile on the other side of town, Chad Danforth was walking to church with his parents, although it was pretty clear that he didn’t want to go by the expression on his face. ‘mum, dad, I need the toilet’ he hissed in their ear.

His parents turned to him. ‘Chad, can’t it wait?’ his dad asked

Chad shook his head. ‘be quick’ said his mum. Chad bolted off, to make it look like he was desperate. The second he was out of eyeshot he slowed down and turned right to go to the frozen lake.

‘ Chad?’. Chad froze thinking it was his parents. ‘where are you going?’ asked Taylor Mckessie, walking up besides him. Chad let out a sigh of relief.

‘I’m going up to the lake, you coming or what?’ he asked, setting off again. Taylor looked back at her house, but went after Chad. ‘So why are we going up to the lake?’ Taylor asked.

‘to hang around, and I want to give you your Christmas present’ said Chad. A few minutes later, they arrived at the frozen lake and Chad started singing.

‘’Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Had a very shiny nose,
And if you ever saw it,
You would even say it glows.
All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names-’’. Chad stopped singing when he heard laughter from behind him. He turned to Troy, with his arm wrapped round Gabriella’s waist, laughing while trying to hold Gabriella, who was laughing so hard she was almost falling. Chad turned and blushed a deep shade of red.

A few hours later, Troy and Gabriella were laided on the frozen grass kissing, while Taylor and Chad were talking. ‘So you like your gift?’ Taylor asked. Chad was staring out into space. She snapped her fingers in front of Chad’s face.

‘sorry, what?’ he asked. Taylor frowned. ‘ I asked if you liked your present?’

Chad sighed. ‘Listen, Taylor, I need some time to think about things’

‘things like what?’ she asked suspiciously. Chad looked at her.

‘I think we should take a break’. Taylor felt her heart break. She looked over at Troy and Gabriella, who was sat Troy’s lap, Troy’s hand caressing her face lovingly. Taylor stood up and walked onto the ice. ‘Taylor, be careful’ said Chad, also getting up and onto the ice. Taylor’s anger got the better of her and she ripped the chain off Chad’s neck and threw it across the ice. ‘TAYLOR’ shouted Chad. Troy and Gabriella looked over at them.

‘what’s wrong?’ asked Gabriella, getting off Troy’s lap and standing up. Chad looked at her. ‘she just threw my present off her across the lake’. Gabriella looked at Taylor, who was holding up the necklace. ‘HEY CHAD’ she shouted. Chad turned. ‘YOU WANT HE NECKLACE?’.

Chad nodded. ‘WELL, THEN FETCH IT’ shouted Taylor and threw it every more further across the ice. Chad and Troy ran onto the ice. ‘TROY, PLEASE BE CAREFUL’ Gabriella shouted fearfully. Taylor skidded back to Gabriella.

‘what’s wrong with you?’ asked Gabriella. Taylor casted her a glare, with made Gabriella shut up. They both looked back at Troy and Chad, who were now heading back towards them. But Troy slipped and landed on the ice.

TROY, ARE YOU OK?’ screamed Gabriella. Troy groaned, but got up and nodded.

‘YOU HAPPY NOW, TAYLOR’ shouted Chad. Unknown to the others, Gabriella heard a crack, from where Troy and Chad were standing. There was another which all of them heard.

‘GABRIELLA, GET BACK OVER THERE’ screamed Troy. Gabriella shook her head.

‘NOT WITHOUT YOU’

‘CHAD, GET BACK OVER THERE. THE ICE IS GONNA CRACK’ screamed Taylor

‘TAYLOR, COME BACK OVER HERE’. That stopped Taylor in her tracks. ‘I’D RATHER BE DEAD’ she shouted. She began to stomp over to Chad, with Gabriella following behind. There was a sudden, terrifying scream from Gabriella……..

Taylor whipped round and saw the place where Gabriella was standing, was a watery hole. She fell to her knees and screamed Gabriella’s name. Troy and Chad joined her. a few seconds later, Troy took off his jacket.

‘Troy, man, what you doing?’ asked Chad. Troy didn’t answer, but took a deep breath and plunged into the water. Taylor broke down in tears. Meanwhile, under the ice, Troy was beginning to feel the effects of the water. His skin was going numb, while he couldn’t feel his feet. He was about to give up, when he saw Gabriella. He managed to reach her and pulled her into his arms bridal style….. on top of the ice Taylor had just called an ambulance, while Chad had stayed where he was. Taylor sank to her knees and hid her face in her hands……………. There was suddenly a gasp from Troy. Taylor seized Gabriella underneath her arms and hoisted her out of the water, while Chad helped Troy out. Troy coughed up water, grabbed his jacket and put it on.

‘W-W-Where’s G-Gabriella?’ he spluttered, while shivering. Chad pointed to where Taylor had laid Gabriella out on the dock. The two boys got up and went over to Gabriella. Taylor was checking for signs of life. ‘I’ve found a pulse’ she said, but the look on her face, they knew it wasn’t good.

‘anyone know CPR?’ asked Chad. Troy nodded.

‘ok then do it’ said Taylor. Troy tilted Gabriella’s head back, pinched her nose lightly, put one hand under her chin and blew into her mouth.

3 minutes later, Troy was still not giving up hope. Chad looked at his watch. ‘Troy, dude, its been three minutes’. Troy looked up and indicated one finger, showing him one more time. Chad nodded.

‘come on, baby, please don’t do this to me. I love you so much’ they heard Troy whisper. He took a deep breath, and blew one last time into her mouth. Suddenly, after Troy had leaned back, Gabriella coughed up a lot of water, while Troy rubbed her back with a relieved smile on his face. But as soon as Gabriella felt a hand on her back, she shot up from her lying position and into a sitting one, with Troy wrapping his arms round her securely and she burst into tears.

‘Troy, I was so scared’ she cried

‘shush, its ok, we’ve got you’ he reassured her, dropping a kiss on her forehead. A few hours later, Troy and Gabriella were in the ambulance what Taylor had called earlier that day. Gabriella was asleep, while Troy held her hand.

Gabriella’s Dream

Gabriella felt herself sinking lower and lower into the lake. Then she saw something. She swam towards it hoping that it would her get to the surface. She grabbed the thing and held tight, but let go when she realized she had touched a dead body’s hand. She opened her mouth to scream, but water gushed in, then her world went black

End of Gabriella’s dream

Gabriella woke with a start. Her head turned to Troy. ‘I can’t close my eyes, don’t make me close them, please’ . Troy looked confused as to why Gabriella was acting this way. He just grabbed her hand more tightly, while Gabriella slumped back, knowing that she was going crazy………….. or was she?