these ghosts."
Kendra threw her hands up. "Whatever. Can we just go take these silly pictures?"
"Yeah, we'll definitely need to talk about priorities sooner rather than later. Both of you. But for today, take these cameras." He passed out four expensive-looking digital cameras. Josh didn't know much about them, but he browsed around electronic stores enough to know quality merchandise when he saw it.
"No need for me," Whisper said. "I have my own." She pulled out a camera from her purse and showed it to Mr. Baxter.
He examined it for a few seconds. "Yeah, that'll do. It's at least as good as mine." He turned his attention back to Josh, Zach, and Kendra. "Remember, those are my personal property, so please be careful with them. Only use them at the farm and bring them back to me tomorrow after school. Got it?"
They nodded. "You have a memory card in here?" Zach asked.
"Yeah, they each have one loaded in. You'll have plenty of space for pictures. Snap one ever few seconds, and don't worry about checking them there. It's better to look on the big computer monitor anyway. And no more than a half-hour. Then home to hit the books. Even you, Ms. Phelps. Understand?"
Kendra rolled her eyes. "How come you're picking on me? Zach does the same amount of work."
"Hey, don't bring me into this."
Josh and Whisper looked at each other and shared a laugh. He wanted to step over just to be closer to her, but that'd probably look weird and make him look like a stalker. So he held his ground and contented himself with sharing the moment with her.
"Fine," Mr. Baxter said, rolling his eyes right back at Kendra. "All of you hit the books equally hard. Especially you two, Mr. Hart and Ms. Douglas. Is that better, Ms. Phelps?"
"Whatever. You don't need to get all dramatic on us, Mr. Baxter." Everyone cracked up except Kendra, who rolled her eyes again. They said goodbye to Mr. Baxter and headed out to hunt some ghosts.
Chapter 6
Josh pulled into the farm's driveway, right behind Zach, who drove the girls. As far as Josh could tell from the tracks on the hard-packed dirt, no other vehicles had been here except them a couple of days ago.
"Did you see the sign?" Zach asked. "It was different."
Josh nodded. "Welcome new friends."
"What did it say last time you were here?" Kendra asked.
"Welcome picture enthusiasts."
"Who changes it?" Whisper asked. "Doesn't look like anyone's been here in a while."
"That's the question," Zach said. "Who does change it?"
"Sometimes the sign stays the same for a year or two," Josh said, "and sometimes, like now, it changes a couple of times a week. It's been like that ever since I can remember."
Whisper frowned. "Signs don't change themselves. No one's ever seen anything?"
"No," Zach said. "The ghosts must wait until they're alone."
Kendra rolled her eyes. "Again with the ghosts?" She wrapped her arms around his waist. "I like you and all, babe, but give that a rest."
"I'm not kidding. Our pictures back it up."
"We'll see," Josh said. Though deep down he knew Zach was right.
Whisper took out her camera. "A mystery for another time. Let's get to the pictures."
Josh walked over closer to her. "You enjoy taking pictures, don't you?"
"Yeah, I've always loved it. My parents used to buy me cheap cameras. I'd wear them out so fast. Half the time I didn't even put film in. I just love looking through the lens. Or the view screen now, I guess."
"No film to worry about with digital cameras, right?"
She smiled at him, and his heart skipped a beat. "You got it."
Kendra slid in between them, giving Josh a pointed look and grin. "You two ready to go hunt some ghosts? Even though they don't exist?"
"You don't even know, Kendra," Zach said. "You weren't here. You'll see. There's no way we won't get the same evidence. Maybe even better."
As Kendra went off ahead to argue with Zach, Whisper leaned in closer to Josh. "What was it like? I mean, I don't believe in ghosts, but I felt something about those