At the call of her name Isabella turned around and let out a groan, [i] Ugh, you know I hate my name shortened to Bella. Either Isa or Isabella!"[/i] she commented, placing her hands on her hips as she watched him unload his ukulele and approach the front porch to stand with her. Isa eyed the case, she knew Derrick carried his drugs around in there from time to time, and she wondered if he had the guts to do so in front of Meg's family. Her family always knew what was going on, always.

As Meg threw open the door Isabella returned the grin to one of her best friends. [i] "I didn't want to come here anyways!"[/i] the girl joked back before she was embraced in a tight hug. She returned the gesture, leaning back to listen to what the two had to say. [i] "I suppose Jessica is at work right now, or just on her way home. We probably can meet her halfway, and head into town, or maybe even go down to Hinder's creek..if you guys wanna swim!"[/i] Isa exclaimed her hands doing most of her talking as usual.

Hinder's creek was a small stream of water that eventually led into a bigger lake of sorts. Most teenagers went there to hang out, smoke, drink, swim. The only problem? Most parents forbid their kids there. Besides the normal teenage activities that parents wanted their children to stay away from, there was a building that overlooked the large swimming area, mostly hidden by the overgrown shrubbery, but the upper floors could be seen quite perfectly from the water. The house that over looked the lake had been abandoned for many years. Of course people would break in and do various adult activities; but for the most part the place was very quiet. Almost too quiet.

Isabella liked the thrill of going there with her friends, and they had gone only a few times since Derrick was old enough and had a car to drive them around. She looked mischievously from both of them, awaiting their answer.