Random impulse [week three]

Meg and Sally have been best friends since they were little. They consider themselves “soul sisters” because they’ve been connected at the hip since the day that Sally’s mother, Sharon, moved next door to Meg and her family in May of 1996. Rarely has anyone found one of the girls without the other. For their eighteenth birthdays they had matching tattoos done on their wrists that were two hearts side-by-side with the words best friends in the middle. One day Sharon briefly mentioned to Sally and Meg that the local skating rink Dazzles was hiring two people for stocking and cleaning. The girls applied for the job, and knew they were shoo-ins because Sharon is really good friends with the hiring manager. That fall the girls started working at Dazzles. One Saturday night Dazzles was particularly busy and the shift manager, Dana, never showed up. Sally was worried because Dana always shows up at least an hour early to make sure that everything is running smoothly. Outside was cold, damp and dreary. Sally started confiding in Meg her fears for Dana, because something just didn’t feel right. Meg agreed and called Dana’s phone but received no answer. Meg and Sally started stocking the shipment of food that came in earlier that day, trying to ignore their impending fears. As Sally placed a crate of Cherry Coke on the top shelf, all of the lights went out and the fire alarm turned on. Sally searched to try and find Meg so they could evacuate the building together. Try as she might, Meg was nowhere to be found. Sally figured that Meg left without her and she would find her outside. When Sally finally got outside, all of the workers were off in the corner discussing something that was inaudible to Sally. Sally frantically ran over to her coworkers and realized that Meg was not there. All of the employees decided that they would go back inside and try and find Meg. Sally jumped in her car and got her flashlight to go back inside with. The second Sally walked something just felt wrong to her, Meg was not alright. Sally started walking into one of the backrooms. With her flashlight she looks around and spots something on the white wall. All of the sudden, the lights come back on. Sally breathes a sigh of relief until she notices what’s on the wall, blood everywhere. She lets out an ear-piercing scream. In the corner of the room there is an arm that has a tattoo on the wrist with the words best friends in the middle of two hearts. Sally decides she is going to find Meg if it is the last thing she does. She starts running through all of the stock rooms and finds Meg’s limp body hunched over a shipment of soda. Sally runs over to Meg and starts shaking her. Meg’s eyes widen and the lights cut out and the last thing that is heard is the sound of someone’s scream.