1 am || dreamnotfound

nine

once inside his home, clay hurried upstairs, ignoring his parents downstairs, in which it seemed as if his dad was going to say something, but then he didn't.

sighing, clay shut his bedroom door behind him and threw off his clothes, stepping into his bathroom and turning on the shower. once in the shower, he took in the heat. he felt as his hair plastered against him and water droplets dripped down and onto his skin.

humming, after a long while, clay got out of the shower and put on some sweatpants and a loose t-shirt. his hair was still pretty wet, even as he ran a towel through the locks, letting them curl around his forehead and over his eyes.

clay flopped onto his bed, head hitting the plush pillows. it was still light outside, but, some part of him wanted to fall asleep.

he let out a breath and pulled out his phone, checking his messages lazily and when he saw a group chat, he narrowed his eyes and clicked on.

clay
what the hell is this?
5:15pm

nick
gc, with punz, alex, karl,
george, you and me
5:16pm

clay
why?
5:16pm

alex
because why tf not
5:16pm
new friend group ig
5:16pm

clay let out a grim laugh and typed again.

clay
mk whatever
5:18pm

karl
ur just salty cuz all of us
get along except you and
mr. gogmeister
5:18pm

george
stop calling me names
5:18pm

karl
sorry gogy
5:19pm

george
fuck you
5:19pm

punz
if ur gonna argue then go
into ur own dms please
5:19pm

nick
ay do not speak to karl
like that
5:19pm

clay
you defend him but nvr me?
5:19pm
damn im offended
5:20pm

nick
fuck u too
5:20pm

alex
the gang's all here
5:21pm

george
not anymore, im going to
sleep
5:21pm

karl
ofc u r
5:21pm

clay
same, cya
5:21pm

he rolled over to place his phone on the nightstand. he was tired, plus, he wanted to go out again at one that morning, so might as well go to sleep.

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clay woke up to find it dark outside and as he reached for his phone, he read '12:42am' on the lockscreen.

there were a bunch of texts from the group chat but he ignored them as he pushed himself out of bed.

too lazy to change, he decided to just stay in his t-shirt and sweatpants as he crept downstairs and slid on his shoes, sneaking out the front door and down the driveway so he could hop onto his skateboard.

it was quiet, except for the barking of a dog, in which clay could find where it was coming from, and when he looked in the direction, it was a boxer dog barking at him.

he sighed and hurried out of sight and onto the bumpy road. the sound of wheels over ground was once again music to his ears.

instead of heading down his normal route, he leaned left, turning in the direction of an unfamiliar part of the neighborhood. most of the houses' lights were off and silent, but few kept theirs on, lighting the area around clay as he passed.

soon, he came to an end, but inbetween two houses, he could make out a little dirt path.

his curiosity got the better of him and he hopped onto it, feeling the bounce his skateboaard gave beneath him. it was harder the ride on, since it was dirt. it definitely wasn't smooth whatsoever, but clay was curious about what this path lead to.

the houses didn't have backyards here, so he didn't crash into any fences, but as he passed the houses, a dark forest came to view, with the path still going through.

so, he went on in.

it was extremely dark, there wasn't much he could see, the only light was the moonlight, which was hidden with the leaves of the trees.

the path continued on for about twenty damn minutes until the trees disappeared and he was out in the open.

also pretty much in the middle of no where.

still curious, he decided to ride around a bit in the empty-ness.

it was all pavement beneath him. but for miles upon end, there was nothing in sight, except if he turned around to find the forest behind him.

he let out a long breath as he continued riding on, hoping to find some sort of buildings, but nothing came and he literally found himself in the middle of nowhere.

"where the fuck am i?" he asked no one, looking around.

"that's what i want to fucking know."