The next morning a beeping sound emitting from Lyra's phone woke her from her sleep. Rolling over she grabbed it from her bedside table.
Unlocking her phone she noticed she had a text from Mark.
'Good morning :) sorry if I woke you up as it's only 7:15, but I was wondering if you wanted to hang out today?'
Lyra smiled and immediately replied.
'Morning Mark, don't worry about it and yes, I'd love to hang out with you today'
'Awesome, I'll pick you up around 9'
Lyra locked her phone and placed it back on the bedside table to then leave her bedroom and begin her morning routine.
She spent some time making sure to eat breakfast and watched a couple of Mark's latest videos. However she soon heard a sudden knock at the door.
Lyra suddenly felt unnerved and confused, checking her phone it was only 8:30 she wasn't expecting Mark to arrive for another half an hour.
Quietly walking up to the door she took a look through the peep hole only to be surprised and angry at who was.
Yanking the door open she was faced with Pippa and Ava.
Ava spoke up first but Lyra didn't want listen.
"Hey Lyra, how are you-"
"How am I, how am I! You left me, you both left me alone. Packed your things and moved out with giving me an explanation as to why! A whole month and a half, just- just go and don't come back".
With that Lyra slammed the door shut, turning her back to the door she slid down it to collapse on the floor.
Tears cascaded down her cheeks as sobs escaped her mouth, Lyra wasn't sure how long she was on the floor but heard another knock a short while later.
She hoped it wasn't Ava and Pippa as it seemed they were no longer friends but nonetheless she gathered herself up off the floor and proceeded to answer the door once again.
Opening the door Lyra was relieved to see Mark.
"Hey Mark", she tried her best to smile but it quickly faded a stray tear fell.
Though Mark saw her sadness, "Lyra, what's wrong", he asked concerned as well as being confused as to what had got her so upset.
"My- my friends, no I should say ex friends came before you arrived and things didn't exactly go well, it started a month and a half ago, they packed their things and moved out without giving me a reason or explanation as to why they just abandoned me"
Mark felt his heart ache as he looked at her sadly and placed his hand on her shoulder for comfort, "I'm sorry Lyra"
Lyra gave him a sad smile, "it's alright, it's not your doing, but you won't abandon me right?, we'll always be friends".
He watched as she gave him a look of hope.
"I'd never dream of abandoning you Lyra, we'll always be friends I promise", he spoke softly giving her a reassuring smile.
"Thank you Mark, anyway sorry to put a downer on things"
"Don't worry it's fine, so, I thought if you wanted to we could go to my house and play some video games"
"Sure, I'd love to", Lyra turned away from the door grabbing her coat and splints putting them on before locking the door.
20 minutes later they arrived at Mark's house, once inside they were greeted by Chica barreling towards them with the distinct sound of her claws tapping on the floor. Both Lyra and Mark greeted Chica and sat with her for a short while until she decided to go elsewhere.
"You have a nice house Mark", Lyra said taking in her surroundings.
"Thank you, we could have a tour of the house if you like and then we'll play some games, in fact I'll be recording a video soon, would you like to join me?"
Lyra looked at Mark shocked and surprised, "are you sure, I don't want to intrude".
"You won't intrude it'll be fun, come on I'll give you a tour the house first", he said excitedly which earned a giggle from Lyra.
She followed Mark around the house as he showed her each room until eventually they came to his office/recording room.
Lyra stood in the middle of the room gazing in awe of her surroundings then turned to face Mark.
"This is amazing, I can't believe it, I'm actually here".
Mark chuckled at her reaction, "you're here, now then time for a recording, how about I start the video and introduce you and we'll go from there".
Lyra nodded in agreement, "sure, sounds good"
"Cool, let's get started".
She watched anticipation out of sight of the camera as he set everything up and made sure everything was up and running.
"Hello everybody my name is Markilpier and welcome to another episode of 3 scary games"...
Will be continued in the next chapter..
Chapter 3 first published May 19th.