Two years after, I was now 18. it's been a long time,kinda, since we trio last went out to a diner and talked about things that aren't that important. mainly because of University stuff. I hated it though so we all arranged to spend a whole week together, having fun and doing silly things like we used to before.
The first day which was Monday came and we went out to our favorite diner called 'Le paso'. It sounds pretty fancy right? but no! it's not Fancy. It's a primitive place in a really small corner where people go to hang out mostly teenagers. And it's our favorite because it's like that.
"Yo man I'm starving" Gary said playfully while rubbing his belly.
"Susan the bills on you" he added with a mischievous smile.
"screw you! when last have you ever paid the bills here. Kevin's been the one paying it." replied Susan.
"what the hell! who told you that? heaven knows that I usually pay" said Gary.
"oh yeah? what's stopping you from paying now huh?" Susan replied him with a straight face
" Nothing, it's just that I'm not in the mood right now" said gary while rubbing the back of his head.
"Kevin should pay " he added
" whoa why me? why not you? I asked
" yeah gary, aren't you ashamed?" asked Susan
The both of them kept arguing about who's paying the bills. it was like I didn't even exist since they where so caught up with their argument and it was starting to bore me. After some time I couldn't take it anymore so I interrupted their conversation
"fine I'll pay, I'll pay!!! jeez can't you guys go a day without arguing?" so I gestured for the waiter and we ordered for what we wanted.
We later went out for a stroll late in the evening. Susan was never in support of that idea and she suggested that we took the car instead of walking. But it wouldn't be called a stroll anymore if we had taken the car, would it? Anyways we strolled to a distance that's a bit far from le paso and when we felt we had gone far enough we decided to turn back. And that was were it all started.
we walked down the same road and same street. Took the same turns but something felt off. it was wierd. it's like we took a wrong turn. But how? we followed the same path, that's for sure. But now, we've ended up some where else. It was already dark and we were lost. No one was walking on that street in fact no one seemed to live in that street.
" Kevin I seriously don't remember taking this road " said Susan
" yeah me neither " I quietly replied
" dude I'll call for help " Gary suggested while waving his phone.
" Yeah you do that and hurry up! this place is beginning to creep me out " said Susan while gripping my arm. I could tell that she was getting scared because we were we where looked really deserted, and all I could do was to calm her down by hugging her and telling her " it's ok ".
" Shit! no signal! I can't even get a single bar. what about you guys? " asked Gary.
" same here " I replied
" my battery just died " Susan replied.
" So what the hell are we gonna do? " Gary asked
Susan was starting to panic " Oh no I can't stay here any longer guys. I'm starting to get scared "
" Guys calm down. There's nothing to worry about. let's keep walking, probably we might find our way back to le paso. OK? " I suggested
" ok " they replied.
so we kept on walking and walking and walking. but we were still lost. There was no one to ask directions from and there was no signal.
Susan was panicking hard, Gary was starting to get worried. we were starting to get tired from all the walking Until we came across what seemed to be a store. The lights were switched on inside it and it was hard to tell if anyone was inside it. So Gary suggested that we go take a look to know if anyone was inside. At first we didn't want to but we needed to get out of here ASAP.
We went into the store looking for someone, anyone, who was inside. But all to no avail. We roamed the place calling out to anyone but no one answered. Things were starting to get creepy. I was getting scared. Gary saw a telephone and tried to use it but it wasn't working.
As we went deeper we saw a door that looked like it was locked but wasn't. And again Gary suggested we open the door and see what's on the other side. Upon hearing that Susan through a sharp glare and said " Are you crazy Gary ? so you seriously want us to open it? We don't know what's behind that door. Haven't you watched horror movies where they'll open strange looking doors and a dangerous and horrifying looking creature pounces on them and splits them in half? Infact I feel like I'm in a horror movie already ".
" well we'll never know what's behind it until we open " said Gary as he attempted to open the door.
" what the hell is wrong with you Gary? have you gone nuts? Susan is right we shouldn't open it " I said in a really annoyed tone.
Soon silence filled the place for a while. until I broke it " Maybe we should just keep on walk....."
" No way dude. I'm not walking any more " Gary butted in. " Common guys don't you want to find out what's behind the door? even for a little bit? " He added. And as we were about to reply him, he reached for the door and pushed it open.