Sam and Colby: The Amusement Park

• Chapter Eighteen •

The blaring sound of a rooster crowing jolted Andi awake, her eyes flying open as she turned away from the wall in confusion. The soft glow of morning sunshine flowed through the two square windows at the front of the room, lighting up the sleeping faces of the remaining four friends.

"Who's cock is that?" Jake groaned, reaching blindly for his pillow before slamming it over his ears to block out the noise.

"Rise and shine fuckers," Sam smiled, rolling over to turn off his obnoxiously loud alarm. The blonde boy sat up on his cot and took a long stretch before looking around at the others in amusement.

"Sam," Andi huffed, rubbing her eyes as she dragged a hand down her face dramatically. "Are you seriously waking me up at what I presume is the ass-crack of dawn after I've had the longest twenty-four hours of my life?"

"That's exactly what I'm doing," Sam laughed, wiggling out of his sleeping bag. The boy stood up and walked over to where the cameras were sitting lifeless as they charged with the wireless battery packs. "Plus, it's 9:40, so not the ass-crack of dawn, and we have to get going so we can film."

"Smartass," Andi sighed, crossing her arms over her eyes to block out the sunlight shining directly onto her face.

"Brother," Corey groaned from his cot next to Andi. "We got enough scary shit last night, can we not at least sleep for another hour?"

"Didn't you know dude," Jake huffed, rolling off of the air mattress with a thud as he hit the floor. "Unless he's literally fucking floating it's not enough for ole Sammy boy."

Andi smiled and nodded her head in agreement. Sam had literally said not even a few days ago that he wanted to be thrown by a ghost just to get some hardcore proof for the viewers. The kid was crazy when it came to how far he was willing to go to make others believe. Andi admired him for it, of course, but she wouldn't deny that he was a little bit of a lunatic when it came to the subject.

"Yeah yeah make fun of me all you want," Sam laughed, digging around in his backpack. "But you can't deny the fact that all four of you would get the biggest paycheck you've ever seen if I did float."

"Plus," Sam added, pulling a plastic bag out of his backpack. "I've got protein bars to hold us over until we go to the store. First come, first serve."

Andi opened her eyes to look at the blonde boy, and sure enough, he held up five Clif bars with a knowing smirk. She had had an addiction to the snacks when they were teens, and he knew she had a strict rule of eating breakfast every day so that she didn't feel like shit later.

"Food?" Jake asked, suddenly snapped out of his sleepy state as the boy jumped out of his sleeping bag on the floor and stood up to stretch.

"Jake!" Andi said, quickly covering her eyes as the boy moved past her and walked over to Sam. "Must you always sleep in your underwear like a whore?"

"I've got to let the boys air out," Jake shrugged, grabbing a protein bar from Sam before walking to the door. "Plus, I've gotta wear pants at the apartment, I'm not wearing them here."

Andi rolled her eyes as Jake let the locker room door shut swiftly behind him. The rest of the group was lucky. They were guys, they could just pee on a tree and be fine. Unless she wanted to squat outside and risk one of them walking up on her, she had to go back to that creepy ass bathroom.

"How Tara deals with him, I'll never understand," She sighed, wiggling out of her blankets before standing up with a groan. She twisted around and smiled at the series of cracks that echoed around the room as some of the pressure in her spine alleviated.

"You know that's hella bad for you, right?" Corey yawned, sitting up on his cot.

"You know what else is bad for you?" She said nonchalantly, moving to take her breakfast from Sam with a smile. "Starting shit with me this early in the morning."