Chapter 30: The floorboards

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~Pearson POV. November 9th, 2021~

Matt and I enter Blue Base, greeted by Bailey. "Hey Bailey!" I exclaim.

"Hey, so... are we gonna paint over this or are we gonna leave it this way forever?" Bailey asks.

"I'll be completely honest with you, I'm not entirely sure," Matt responds.

"Well, I think we should paint over it because we're gonna be hiring new employees soon," I suggest.

"Yeah, just imagine being a new employee and you're walking in here like: 'Hey, please take a seat in this orange chair with a computer on it. You know what, I'll just sit in this other chair, but wait, I'll just move these Scooby-Doo costumes,'" Matt jokes as he sits down.

"Wow... this girl's desk," I comment.

"Wait, what's that behind you? I don't wanna work here anymore," Matt jokes, heading towards the door.

As Woods goes to open the door, Matt has a change of heart, "Actually, I'm gonna stay," he says, opening the door for Woods.

"Thanks for opening the door," Woods acknowledges, "This feels like a weird fanfiction now," Matt remarks.

"Why?" Woods questions.

"Because I was pretending to be a new employee coming here, then I was about to leave because of all the craziness. Then I saw you, and now I want to be hired again," Matt explains.

"Oh my god. Just kiss already!" I playfully interject, and Bailey, Sam, and I burst out laughing.

"What are you guys doing?" Sam questions as she walks over, "I hear some fanfiction playing out," Sam remarks.

"So Bailey asked if we should paint over the walls because of new hires coming soon, then Matt was pretending to be a new hire," I explained, and Matt chuckles.

"Well, I think we should paint over the main areas just in case some new people come through here," Woods suggests.

"So here's the problem. I got more notifications last night," Matt stated, "So there's more writing to find. Great," I say.

"Do you guys want to come with me?" Matt asked, "Yeah... let's go," Woods agrees, and Sam grabs the camera.

"Bailey, do you want to come with us?" I invited, "I guess," Bailey responds, and we head over to Red Base.

Woods opens the door, and we see an arrow pointing to the right. We follow it and notice another arrow where we broke into the wall.

"There's another arrow," I pointed out.

"Woods, you mind switching with me because I'm way too jumpy?" Sam asks.

"Okay," Woods agrees, and Sam handed him the camera. We continue down the hallway, opening lockers until we reach Matt's locker.

"That's mine, don't look in there," Matt warns, but I open it anyway.

"What the heck?!" I exclaim as I grab a wig from the bottom.

"Amanda said I couldn't sell it," Matt defends, and Bailey laughs.

We left the lockers and found another arrow.

"The last thing I want to do is go into the dark soundstage right now," Sam admits.

"I'll go first," Matt volunteers, and he opens the door. Sam jumps as I close the door behind him.

"Why?!" Sam questions.

"We literally staked out to find something, and we didn't see anyone," Matt points out, but Sam doesn't seem reassured.

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