𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟭

《 The Trip 》

I jolt and open my eyes to a banging on my front door. I sit up and look around. I must've dozed off on my couch while waiting for- more bangs on the door cut me off. I get up with an eye-roll and open the door

I'm met with the sight of an excited-looking Spifey and Vurb. "Hey dude!! You pumped? We're gonna sleep in the same room as ghosts!" Vurb says, excitedly. "Yeah, sure" I say, with a smirk "ghosts aren't real". "I'm calling it right now, Zak is gonna be the first to die" Spifey says, snickering. "No one's gonna die" I say, rolling my eyes and going back into my house.

I get my bag and go outside, closing and locking the door behind me. "Let's ggoooooo" Vurb whines, tugging on my arm. "Be patient, toe man" I stick my tongue out as I earn a laugh from Spifey. We get to the car and I put my bag in the trunk. "ZAK HAS TO SIT IN THE MIDDLE" Spifey yells. "WHAT" I yell back

We fight about it for a solid 20 minutes until I'm sitting in the middle seat, arms crossed and angry. "Don't be upset, Zakky, you're short so it's the least uncomfortable for you!" Spifey jokes, holding back a laugh. "I'm gonna punch you in the gut if you talk to me one more time during this car ride" I growl

The car ride mainly consisted of Vurb going "are we there yet?", Spifey, Vurb, and TapL being hungry and bugging Zelk, who is driving, about it. We stop for food about an hour into the drive because of this. We got happy meals from Mcdonalds. Because I had to sit in the middle, I made everyone give me fries from their box. I got so many fries >:)

I wake up to Vurb shaking me. I pick up my head from his shoulder and rub my eyes, yawning "I fell asleep?". "Yeah you just randomly put your head on my shoulder and were just out. Did you even sleep last night?" He jokes. "Honestly no" I laugh. "Figures, knowing you. Well, we're here. You slept the entire 4 hours. You better fuckin sleep tonight or I swear I'll knock you out myself" he says, getting out of the car

I get out of the car, getting my bag as the others are already going inside. I close the trunk and I'm about to go inside, but something catches my eye. I don't know what it was. I don't even know what I saw. But my eyes were suddenly drawn to what looks like a garden. There are flowers of all colors and types in it. Honestly, it's pretty beautiful. Especially in the slight sunlight that's out right now.

I hear my name called and I look to the door. TapL is waving for me to come inside. I run over and go inside

"We got our rooms. Zelk and I and sharing and then you, Spifey, and Vurb are sharing" TapL explains. "Okay. What's the room number?" I ask. "140. This is the key they gave us for it" he says, handing me a key with paper taped to the top that says '140' in messy handwriting. "What's your room?" I ask, looking up to him. "145. We're pretty close" he says, smiling. I smile "nice"

"The others are already in the room, I'm gonna go park the car in a better spot" TapL says, leaving. I walk to where I see the elevator and hit the button for the second floor. I step in, the doors closing. As the elevator moves, I start getting a weird feeling. It's not excitement as it should be. It's the feeling I'm being watched or something. Is this place really haunted?

The doors open with a noise that I don't think it should've made, but I step out unphased anyways. I glance to the key I've been holding in my hand for dear life as to not drop it, rereading the number over and over to get it engraved into my brain

I walk down the ominous hallway that's only being desperately lit up by a few lights on the walls that seem to have not had their bulbs changed in a while, cause they look like they're struggling to stay bright, proven by flickers on going off, but deciding they would rather be on

I find my room and unlock the door, feeling what can only be described as a presence behind me. I get shivers and quickly open the door, closing it behind me as fast as I can. Spifey and Vurb, who are on one of the beds with their bags on the ground, look over to me. "You look shaken up. What's with you, dude?" Spifey asks, curious. "I don't like this place. I get such a bad vibe from it. I kept feeling like I was being watched the whole time while I was in the elevator and the hallway is so scary-looking and I swear to god I felt a presence behind me while I was in front of the door-" Vurb cuts off my ramble "lets gooo this place is actually haunted then. We aren't getting scammed. Honestly, what did you expect?" He jokes, a smirk on his face.

"Ghosts aren't real. No one is gonna die" Spifey mocks what I said earlier.
I throw my bag at him "they aren't real. This place is just old and creepy. Nothing is going to happen" I say, walking over and flopping onto the bed and staring at the ceiling

We all get settled and Vurb obsesses over the tiny little shampoo bottles in the bathroom, before there's a knock on the door. Spifey goes over and opens it. Zelk and TapL walk in.

"Dude this place is so cool" TapL says, excited. "I know right?" Vurb replies, smiling. "I dunno, it's kinda creepy" I say, uncomfortable. "Lighten up, Zak. You yourself said ghosts aren't real. If you're right, then that's that. If you're wrong, what would the ghosts want with us? They can't even touch us! They'll just go through us!" Zelk says, trying to reassure me. "Whatever" I say, rolling my eyes as the humored notion that ghosts may be real, let alone in this wack ass hotel

We all talk for a bit before TapL and Zelk go back to their room to sleep. "There's only two beds, who's sleeping with who?" Spifey asks. "Vurb can sleep on the floor" I comment, earning a laugh from Spifey and a pout from Vurb. "Well I know I'm gonna be scawred cause of the ghowsts in this place, so I need someone to cuwddle" Vurb says, trying to do puppy-dog eyes. "Go to Spiffey for that, I'm not cuddling with a toe-licker" I roll my eyes. "Zak is so brave sleeping alone in a haunted hotel" Spifey snickers. "What are the ghosts gonna do? Wake me up? Good luck trying" I say, flopping onto one of the beds and burying my face in the pillow

Not long later, Spifey and Vurb and already asleep, obviously cuddling as the homies do. I say awake, staring at the ceiling. Vurb was right, I can't sleep. I shouldn't have slept so much today