We'll Never Know...(Prompt 13)

    Corina was afraid. How could she not be? She was sitting in the middle of the Blandford Cemetery with her dog, Cuddles, and her two best friends, Kate and Julia. To make matters worse, it was her own fault they were all stuck there. Earlier that same day, Jared Owens, the fifth grade class bully of Carver Elementary School said he would leave Corina and her two friends alone for the rest of the school year if they would accept and complete a challenge. Not wanting to look like a chicken and desperately wanting Jared to leave her and her friends alone, Corina accepted. It was until she heard what it was that she wished she hadn't got to school that day. Jared informed Corina, her two best friends, and the rest of the kids on the playground that if the three girls could successfully spend four whole hours in the Blandford Cemetary that he would leave them alone.
    At ten o'clock sharp, Corina, Kate, and Julia snuck out of their houses and met Jared at the cemetery entrance with their sleeping bags and Corina's shih-tzu, Cuddles ( a small guard dog is better than no guard dog). Jared told them that he would wait until two o'clock (or sooner if they were too afraid to stay the whole time). And with that, he directed the girls to the iron cemetery gate.

    The cold night air whipped past the girls as they looked for an acceptable place to wait out the next four dreaded hours. Cemeteries are creepy in general, but the brisk breeze made the hairs on their necks stand straight up and Cuddles stopped dead in his tracks to whimper. Deciding that going any further into the cemetery would be too scary and much too difficult to escape should a zombie apocalypse begin, they spread their sleeping bags around a very plain but clean-looking headstone. Kate read the details aloud, " May you rest in peace. Here lies Bill Eustice, a loving son, father, and husband. Born 1942. Died 2003." As she finished reading the last date, the wind picked up again and the trees began to sway. Kate and Julia grabbed Cuddles and jumped into the same sleeping bag (he was named Cuddles for a reason, of course). Corina, though terrified and wanting very much to join her friends and dog, restrained herself and put her brave face on. She had to make it through the night and reassure her friends that everything was fine since it was her fault that they were all hanging out together in the middle of the town cemetery, after all. 
    The next few hours crept by slowly. Kate, Julia, and Cuddles clung to one another shaking. Corina sat shaking, alone in her won bag and tired to keep everyone's minds off the fact that they were surrounded by dead bodies and were sitting directly six feet above one specifically, by singing old girls' camp songs Her friends didn't join in at first but couldn't help themselves after the second or third song. Their favorite was "Bazooka Bubblegum." They sang it a couple of times all the way through and then they laughed and began reminiscing and sharing camp stories. All of the sudden the wind stopped and the girls heard "...I bought some bubblegum. Bazooka-zooka bubblegum..." 
    Not attempting to figure out where the almost inaudible voice sing their favorite song was coming from, they immediately jumped up, grabbed their blankets and Cuddles, and ran screaming for the gate. Jared was slumped outside of the cemetery against the brick wall when they finally reached the outside. Catching their breaths, they took turns telling him what had just happened. Jared tried not to look terrified and told them that though he didn't believe them, a deal was a deal. They had made it to two o'clock and would no longer have to endure his bullying for the rest of the school year. And with that, he high-tailed it home...