Corpse King

Chapter 8: "Our New Friend"

After Eric drives everyone to their house, Anna begins to feel a bit annoyed about Michael's corpse smell.

-Uhm, Eric. You must clean your car when you get home- Anna tells Eric while he's driving.

-I know. I'll spray it with Lysol before I come home. Make sure Michael is safe in the attic-

Sam begins to feel nervous about Michael. He's afraid that he'd get caught by their parents.

He keeps checking on him in the back of the car.

-You okay back there, Mike?!- Sam told Michael.

-Yeah... I'm good. It's a bit comfortable but I'm fine. Thanks for asking-

-No problem!-

Anna asked Eric if they're almost home.

-Are we almost there? It's almost midnight- She feels impatient.

-Don't worry. I've got this! I also don't wanna be home late, my father would be very mad at me- He responded.

A few minutes later, they finally arrived at the front of the house.

Anna comes out of the car to open the garage. She opened it, and they parked inside.

Anna then closed the garage door, not letting everything to be seen.

Finally, Michael can come out of the car.

-Alright. You can come out now!- Sam told Michael.

-Great...- Michael responded.

As he gets out of the car, he stretched himself, because of the awkward position inside the car.

He then takes a look at the garage with amaze. He never imagined to be picked up by wealthy people.

-C'mon! I'll show you our house!- Sam tells Michael, inviting him to take a quick tour to the house.

-Sam! This is not the right time! We should put him in the attic before mom and dad gets here!- Anna told Sam, seriously.

-She's right. I think you guys should put me in the attic first. Then, in another day, you can show me the house. Okay?- Michael said to Sam, giving him a thumbs up.

-Okay...- Sam seems a bit disappointed, but agrees with the point.

They all headed to the attic, that it's headed upstairs instead of the typical ceiling door with a ladder.

Michael feels like being inside Kevin's house from Home Alone. He's feeling like a kid again seeing the amount of details in their house.

-Well, this is it. This will be your room. It's loaded with Christmas and Halloween stuff we keep here, but we'll rearrange it for your own comfort- Anna tells Michael.

-I think it's nice. Where should I sleep?-

-Sleep? I mean, you can?-

Michael gives a moment of silence.

-Oh! I'm sorry. I'll go get the sleeping bag!- Anna rushes down to get the sleeping bag for Michael.

Sam and Eric are in the attic with Michael at the moment.

Sam starts to show Michael the details about the attic room.

-This is the switch light for in case you wanna read a book or something. And there's the window with the view of our tree, and our neighbors- Sam tells Michael, showing him the details inside the room.

-That's very nice. I think I like it here-

-You think so? It's not that much-

-Oh no, no. It's alright. I'm not like those people who want luxurious things in one room. You know, when I was younger than you, I lived in a very small house with only 2 bedrooms, and we were a huge family. We were a lot, that we couldn't fit together, and we were so poor... I'm always remembering the things I appreciate from my past life, and that's why I'm here to show it to you. No matter what people say about the things you appreciate, just be you. Remember that, Sam...-