Young Adult Revisited

Brittany is Kristy from the BSC, while her best friend Louisa is like Stacey or Claudia. Louisa cares about fashion, hair, and makeup, and she wants her best friend to look better, which is why she keeps trying to “fix” her hair. Brittany is extremely unhappy because their principal volunteered them to go visit some new kid Max who is too sick to come to school but new in town. He picked them because he caught them petting a rat in the band room. Even though this kid Frankie brought the rat to school, they got in trouble too. Her little brother Jimmy then runs in and does a card trick, which is his favorite thing in the world. Brittany, Louisa, and Frankie head over to Max's house, which is on Fear Street. Frankie suggests they cut through the yard of Mrs. Marder, an older woman everyone calls Mrs. Murder. Brittany tells them that she cursed a girl named Gina. Gina went in her yard and was never seen again. The older lady also has a ton of black cats hanging around.

Diane is hanging out with her boyfriend Lenny, best friend Cassie, and Cassie's boyfriend Jordan when they come across the house of their math teacher. Mr. Crowell is the least liked teacher in Fear Street. After complaining about him for a bit, they move on and see a dark figure climbing out of a window. Though they think it's a burglar, it's actually Diane's old friend Spencer. Spencer tells them that he abruptly left town because his dad lost his job and his grandmother got sick so they moved to Washington. They came back recently, but his parents put him in private school. He doesn't explain why he never called Diane who was supposedly his best friend. Spencer tells them that he likes doing something he calls Night Games and wants them to play with him. It really just involves him sneaking up on a couple making out and yelling at them. Lame. Lenny is goofing off in math class when Mr. Crowell goes off on him. I think we're supposed to feel b