I Belong with You by Abbie Davis (chapter books to read to 5 year olds .txt) 📖

the only way to escape it is to have someone there. He is what scares the innocent into being the opposite sometimes.”

   I looked on the wall and saw a picture that was drawn by two young kids. It was label the Nightmare monster and it had a terrified element to it. He had legs of a spider and the body of a bear. But the two pictures were different from each other. One had the head as a dragon/snake thing while the other was of what looked like a mixture of a snake, lion, and a rabid dog thing. You could tell who drew which one. Catherine had the one with the three way looking head and Nick’s was the other one.

“Is the place haunted or something,”I asked as an old lady and Nick walked back in.

“The Nightmare monster is not a ghost,”The old lady said,”He is a being that is much like a wolf. He is powerful and have chosen these three kids as his targets.”

“Who are they?”Kristen asked.

“Me,”Nick said.

“Me,”Catherine said,”And Josh.”

“Now go to bed right here so I can watch after these two and you two want be bothered by it,”The women said as Nick and Catherine laid down by each other as if in fear. 

Chapter 12

I woke up to my head getting rubbed by a piece of a towel. I hate it when the Nightmare monster comes out. It was a thing my mom uses to tell me about to keep me from misbehaving but it soon was a real thing for me, Josh, and Nick. It also only seemed to attack me and Nick when we were at his house or Josh’s.

I saw Alex had his head on my stomach and was peacefully sleeping. I smiled as Mrs. Singley left the house to go back to her home. Nick was in the kitchen making breakfast it smelt like. I was playing in Alex’s hair when Nick walked in and over to where I was at. He lifted Alex’s head to a pillow and we headed to the kitchen. It felt like old times when the night before you are scared half to death then you wake up that morning and have your best friend cook for you.

“That was a bad one,”I said as images of Josh killing Alex over and over played on repeat.

“You're telling me,”He said as we laughed quietly,”Try seeing you like that made me want to freak out and not go to sleep that whole night.”

“Hey we are the twins aren’t we,”I said as I heard footsteps walk in.

I turned to see a tired looking Alex. He seemed to have been in a trance like thing that made him seem like a zombie at first. I walked over to him and wrapped my arms around his torso. He hugged me as I swayed a little bit. It was a peaceful morning for us since my mom wasn’t here to see what had happen.

“How did that start?”He asked as we sat down to enjoy our meal.

“My mom use to tell me that if I wouldn’t behave then the Nightmare Monster would get me,”I said looking at the drawing we had did,”She said that he was the one thing all good kids would fear and he would feast on them if they were bad.”

“One night we were up later than we were suppose to be here,”Nick said to finish the story,”She told me about the Monster but I really didn’t care. Well when we went to bed that night all you could hear for miles were our screams. Mrs. Singley had to run in and save us before it was too late.”

“What happened if it’s too late?”Alex asked.

“You are scared to death,”Was the only way I could answer that.

“Wow,”was all he said as I looked at him.

“But when I moved away it went away,”I said happily,”The monster stopped following us around and stayed here. Josh moved to Louisiana and it stopped. It is only at the old places it happens.”

“And when she is here with us,”Nick said,”Didn’t that work the same way for Josh? When you were over he attacked.”

“It was also you too,”I said as we laughed,”But he doesn’t really bother us any more.”

“Except for last night,”Alex finished up,”I’m afraid to ask but what’s today.”

We both looked at Nick as he seemed to smile bigger than when we came. He laughed as I looked around at the table. He didn’t plan out a whole month full of things we liked did he.

“How about a little game,”He said holding up the soccer ball.

“The school against us,”I said as he nodded.

“Plus I think your cousin Max is going to be here,”Nick said as my eyes lite up more,”I was told he wanted a rematch since your team beat his sorry little tail in a game and he had to wear a stupid outfit you picked out.”

I smiled and jumped for joy as Kristen walked in looking at me. She has serious bed head when she doesn’t have time to get ready. She looked at us as she was wondering what was going on.

“We get to beat Max again,”I cheered as she nodded,”And you have bed headed.”

Her eyes went wide as she ran back up to the rooms. I laughed as Alex took me up to our room. I found my old jersey with pawprint on it. Nick had got it for me. We called ourselves the raging wolves. I found some gym shorts with pockets and went to change. I took a shower knowing I smell like alcohol rub.

I rinsed off my body and stepped out as Alex was getting in. I didn’t pay attention as neither did he. I changed quickly and waited in our room for him to come back out. He did and seemed to have notice what had happen.

“I didn’t see anything,”We both said and then laughed.

“Well then that was weird,”I said as we both headed back down.

“No words to anyone about it,”He said as we both agreed on it.

We went down and joined them at the door. We all were wearing some type of jersey. Me and Nick though were matching to a tee. We laughed and got into the Jeep. I stood up as the wind blew by. I laughed as Alex joined me in his school jersey.

I watched as the crew came to follow us there. We all had the same jerseys but mine and Nick’s were green and blue while theirs were black and either blue or green. I watched as the field came into my sight with my cousin standing there with Josh by his side.

Nick pulled up to the side with everyone at the same time. I backflipped off the back as all of the other people cheered for me. I held my hand out as Nick gave me my hat. I placed it on my head and we walked up in a line.

“All of you against us,”Max said looking at me.

“And let’s make it interesting shall we,”I said looking at Josh,”What you want if you win?”

“You,”Josh said as everyone looked shocked by it,”The way it was before Nick here came and Kristy talked you into snapping back to fantasy world.”

“Okay and if we win,”I said looking at Alex,”You pay for the damages you and your family did. You will give that much back to Alex’s family and Josh you will have to spend a night with me AND Nick as the Nightmare Monster attacks.”

His eyes went wide as I said that name. Nick took my back as we knew not to sleep while he was there. It was worst on us when the three of us were together under one roof. Max shaked on it as Josh looked like he was about to pass out from it.

We all took our spots as it was Nick, Alex, Kirsty, me, and plus some on the field. I looked over to see my dad and mom over in the crowd. I looked straight ahead as I saw Max looking at me. He wants me out of this. I looked back at Nick and gave a nod. He looked ahead of me and returned it back to me.

When the ball went up I jumped up with Max to start the game. I backflipped it hitting it straight to Nick and Alex. They both acted out and took hold of it. I landed on my feet and ran to Nick’s left as Alex was on his right. We all gave one look as Kristy joined us behind Nick.

We all kicked it to each other in the most confusing way possible. I watched as Max went to Alex’s side. I fell back as Kristy took my side. I ran over to the other side of Alex. As Max went to take Alex out he got me instead.

I fell to the ground holding my leg as Alex made to first goal. My dad ran out to the field as I laid there. I removed my hands as blood was running down my leg now. I looked at his shoes to see the metal spikes in them. I also saw that it was a single silver spike in it.

“Catherine,”Dad said kneeling by me,”Are you alright?”

“What do you think daddy,”I said as he laughed,”But Max was going to get rid of Alex.”

“What do you mean?”He asked picking me up.

“Max is wearing a single silver spike in his shoes,”I pointed out,”I need you to bandage me up so I can take him out of the game.”

He nodded and about halfway into the game I was back in it. I ran by Nick as I saw Max going to the right with the ball. I slide under him was my arms ran over his lace and undid them. Nick went around as metal and the string got tangled up. I smiled evilly as I shot it into my favorite corner. I turned around and went by Max. I stuck my tongue out at him as we were winning this now.

“Come on Max,”Josh yelled at his brother,”I don’t want to spend a night in the same house as her and Nick.”

“You try being out here with them,”Max yelled back as his shoes were tangled with each other,”It’s not as easy as it seems.”

He took one step and face planted the ground. He looked up with mud all over his face. Everyone laughed as he glared at me. Hey you wanted to play dirty then let's play dirty. I called a huddle and we all came up together.

“Leave me Max,”I said as they looked at me,”He isn’t playing fair so now he has me.”

“We can win this without doing something big,”Kristy said looking at me.

“Not if your Max,”I said looking at them,”Just get the ball to Al-Ni-Kr and we got this.”

They nodded as that was like saying Alex, Nick, and Kristy at once but without anyone knowing. I ran by them as I saw Max looking at me. As he ran to steal the ball I ran in front of him. My mom made it a rule not to hurt family in anything we do. He tried to get around me but I wasn’t budging to his little games. I watched the time tick down as I watched it play out in my