𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕷𝖆𝖘𝖙 𝕺𝖓𝖊 𝕾𝖙𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌

𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓. 𝟏

"Monty!" Said a voice, Monty groaned. He fell asleep at a table, he opened his eyes and sat up. He fell asleep after rehearsal. The band always rehearsed in Freddy's house in his garage. Monty yawned and looked over, is was Dj, aka Dan.

"Oh, hey Dan..." Monty stretched and looked at the time.

"How long was I asleep for..?"

"Well, you've been asleep for about... 3 hours. We decided to just stop practice for now and hang out. Freddy's already gone to bed and everyone went home, I insisted Freddy I'd stay here till you woke up... Guess you did!" Dan smiled, Monty stood up.

"What about your family..?" Monty said groggily. Dan chuckled,

"Don't you worry about that... I called em and said that I'd be home a bit late because I was staying back till you woke up. Oh, by the way... You should definitely come over some time! My kids love you!" Monty chuckled and gave him a nod.

"Definitely will... I'll come by soon... Well, I'm going to head home."

"Alright, just be quiet... Freddy is asleep." Dan smiled, Monty nods and picked up his bass as he put it in its case. He picked it up before leaving the garage. Dan followed and shut the lights off, the two walked out of the house quietly. Monty looked over at him,

"Hey... If you want, I could drop by and... Say hi to everyone, if it's not too late that is." Dan laughed softly,

"Well if I knew my kids... They stay up and refuse to go to bed until I'm home. Haha! So, sure!" Dan smiled and started to walk to his house with Monty.

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When they got to Dan's house, Dan opened the door and let Monty inside.

"Thanks Dj." Monty walked inside, he was greeted by Dan's wife. She smiled at Monty,

"Monty! It's so good to see you again! The kids are in their playroom if you want to say hello!" She said,

"Thank you, Mrs. James. I'll say hello!" Monty walked passed her and walked to the kids playroom door, he knocked on it and opened it. He saw the 3 kids playing, when they saw him they immediately ran to him and jumped at him. Monty laughed and hugged all 3.

"Monty!!" They all yelled happily, Monty smiled and looked at them 3.

"Jeez, you 3 have grown up so much! You all look identical! Your dad's making little clones of himself ain't he?" The 3 children laughed and Monty stood up,

"Well, your dad's home if you wanted to go cling onto him!" That's when the kids ran out, Monty smiled and stood up.

"Makes me want kids someday..." Monty chuckled and left their playroom and saw Dan's children clinging onto Dan's legs. Monty laughed and sighed.

"Hey, I'm going to head home,"

"Oh, Monty. Let me walk you home!" Dan insisted, Monty couldn't really protest so he just let Dan walk him out. Monty heard Dan's children yelling goodbye, Monty looked down at the ground as Dan walked with him. Dan spoke up,

"So... You found anyone special you like?" Montys eyes widened as he looked up at Dan.

"Uh, no. Not really..." Monty answered, Dan let out a small hum and had his hands in his pockets.

"You'll find em, boy, girl, they, them..." Dan chuckled, Monty smiled. When Monty got to his apartment, Dan watched as Monty got to his room and Dan waved goodbye. Monty nodded and waved back before going noticing, his keys were gone? Monty checked his pockets, nothing. He didn't remember leaving that at Freddy's house. Dan walked over,

"You good?"

"Uh, well... Thing is, I can't find my keys... I coulda sworn I had them with me..." Monty kept patting down his pockets.

"Shit... Maybe you dropped it by our house on the way back? Let's go look." Dan said before searching for Monty's keys with him. As they searched, Monty saw a black van. Monty raised an eyebrow and Dan looked back at him,

"You okay?"

"It's... That van. I've never seen that before. Isn't that a bit weird?" Monty asked,

"Maybe it's a new guy staying at the apartments? Let's not judge a book by it's cover now... Let's just find your keys." The two kept on searching, Monty came across a small reflected light in a bush. He walk over to it and moved them, it were his keys. Dan walked behind him,

"You found em?"

"Uh... Yeah, I did... How did they get here?"

"That's off... We didn't even walk this wa-" Then Dan stopped talking. Monty raised an eyebrow and stood up,

"Dj?" Monty turned around, he saw Dan on the ground passed out. Monty gasped,

"DJ?!" Monty yelled and got to his knees and shook Dan around.

"Dj! Dan! DAN!" Monty lifted him up and looked around for any sort of help. Monty grabbed his phone out of his pocket and was about to call 911, until... He was his upside the head roughly; knocking Monty out.