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Alana

"So where to now?" I asked looking around at everyone . They all seemed lost.

"Well we could always start by finding flat ground to put up tent." Vinnie suggested. "Okay then." Thomas and Vinnie walked towards the iron gate which looked like it would be tough to open. But as Thomas barely touched it. The gate swung open.

He just glanced back at us. I grabbed onto Jack's arm as we walked into the cemetery. "Alana don't dig your nails into me." Jack hissed at me and I quickly let go of his hand.

Vinnie fell into step beside me making sure he walked a bit behind. We walked for some time till Mia spotted a barren piece of land. "That looks good." She pointed at it.

"Alright then let's set camp. Also guys this cemetery is a bit weird unlike the usual ones this has the tombs scattered randomly in a forest like I see no fences or anything it just merges into the forest." Thomas informed the camera, filing our surroundings.

A sudden snap of a twig caused me to jump. I grabbed into Vinnie's arm as a reflex. "Shit Thomas don't do that." Vinnie sighed.

"My bad guys."

"Vinnie man I could use your help setting this up." Thomas looked at Vinnie who then turned to me. "You wanna let go of me or?" He trailed off causing my gaze to snap at my hand clutching his arm in a death grip. "Shit sorry." I retracted my hand. He just smirked at me helping Thomas put up the tent.

"Okay now that the tent is set up we need wood for the fire." Thomas pointed the camera at the tent which was up in ten minutes courtesy of him and Vinnie.

"We might have to split up to gather sticks." Mia nervously looked at us. "Jesus Christ Mia!" Jack exclaimed.

"Alright but we meet here in no later than fifteen minutes." Thomas agreed with me and we split up. Mia, Thomas and Jack went to the entrance while me and Vinnie went deeper in. I held the camera Thomas handed me tightly.

The temperature got even cooler as we went in. I rubbed my hands against my arms, crossing my hands. "I'm really starting to regret this." I muttered which caused Vinnie to let out a breathy chuckle.

"So we're stuck going deeper into the forest. Just my luck." Vinnie takes the camera from me and films our surroundings. The only light being of the camera overhead.

"Remind me to bitch slap Mia after we're done with this shit." I glare at the ground when suddenly I hear a bang next to me.

"Fuck!" Vinnie's arm wraps around my waist as he pulls me into him.

"What was that?" I whisper looking around frantically. My hands were resting on his chest. I'm sure he could hear my heart going a million miles per second.

"I don't know but I don't think we should go that way." He tipped his head towards the area where the noise came from. "Agreed."

As we walked in the opposite direction, Vinnie's arm was securely wrapped around me. His body giving me warmth. "There's some sticks." I point towards a small pile laying.

I go to pick them up and see a shadow from the corner of my eye. I immediately scramble back to where Vinnie stood not even a foot away. "What's wrong?" He asked.

"I think I saw someone there." I point to where a tomb was. "What the fuck?" He whispers running a hand through his hair. He pointed the camera towards the spot so that we could see properly.

"Come on we should get back." I dragged him and he obliged following me. Getting back to our campsite, no one was there yet so we began to place the sticks and Vinnie pulled out his lighter.

The fire spread from stick to stick and burned bright reflecting on our faces. Vinnie's hazel eyes glistened like the flames. "So we've set up the fire and I don't know why am I still doing this" I spoke the camera. Vinnie was sitting on one of the few foldable chairs Mia bought. "Where the fuck are they?" He threw a stick into the fire causing the flames to irrupt.

Just then I heard a crunch of leaves somewhere in the distance. Vinnie got up and walked over to where I was standing.

"I'm never doing this shit again!" I heard the familiar voice of Jack. "Oh thank god we're here!" Thomas sighed in relief sagging down on the chair Vinnie was sitting on. "We found bones, fucking bones!" Mia grinned pointing the camera to me.

"What the fuck?" Vinnie looked at Thomas who just shook his head.

"Okay I'm hungry, I need food!" Jack started rummaging through our supplies and pulled out a bag of chips. "It's almost 2 am, we could rest for a while." Thomas suggested to which everyone except Mia agreed to. All of us retired to our tents. Mia was sharing with Thomas and Jack, Vinnie and I were sharing one.

"I so tired." I leaned back against the tent. We had stacked the blankets and placed pillows to make it cozy and surprisingly it was.

"We don't need to go explore, we've got enough footage." Vinnie said. He sat cross legged next to me while Jack laid down. I stretched my legs and placed them upon Jack's due to the lack of space. He offered me a chip which I declined and settled on drinking water.

"Yeah I'm not drunk enough for this shit." Jack sighed.

"I could be playing video games right now." Vinnie agreed. "Vinnie, do you have alcohol with you right now?" Jack nudged his knee with his foot. "Nope I'm driving."

"Fuck my life!"

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Long timeeee no seeeee