Welcome To Lakewood ~ A Noah Foster Love Story ~

ᏟᎻᎪᏢᎢᎬᎡ 18 ~ FᏆNᎠᏆNᏩ ᏔᏆᏞᏞ

We all jumped as Em's phone rang her picking it up , Hey, you almost here? Kieran! Uh, not exactly. Awkward family time was your mom's idea. Where are you? I can't tell you right now. Are you with Will? No, it's not what you're thinking. Emma, tell me what's going on. Are you... Are you safe? Yes, I'm safe. Okay. Do you need my help? I... I'm gonna need you to cover for me, okay? So, you want me to tell the 'rents you're at Audrey's? Yeah. Yeah, helping her study for midterms. Thank you so much. I owe you one Em said , Yeah, you do Kieren lightly laughed hanging up the phone. Here we are Jake announced pulling up to a once again abandoned building , We all hopped out , gotta find a way in Noah said pacing around the gate. Okay. You guys go that way. Noah , Carter and I are gonna go this way Em said as Brooke and Jake took off the other direction. And we'll meet you around back. That sounds like the first of many bad decisions I said looking at the both of them squeezing Noah's hand. Write your blood type on your boots and leave your letters to your loved ones. Let's Shake N Jake . Uh gross Brooke said crossing her arm as she went with Jake.

Noah , Carter and Em's Pov :

Noah, you have to stop doing that! I squealed as Noah turned around again , well I would walk backwards, but there's a lot of broken glass Noah said looking over at me. You're making me more nervous than I already am, okay? Sorry Noah said frowning before grabbing my hand looping his fingers through mine. As much as I enjoy a good indie horror flick, in real life, it's just really terrifying Noah said looking up at Em. This doesn't feel right. I mean, why is he changing the game all of a sudden? Em said as she stop walking and turned looking around. Noah sighed It's cause he's playing chess instead of checkers. It started with Riley, and now Will. He's making you responsible for who lives or dies. And I have all of the pieces to lose. He's hiding behind a mask. There's nothing that I can take away from him. Unless you figure out who he is. Until then, he'll just keep upping the game. It's like this whole thing, you know, leading us here, it's like he wants you to think you have some power, and then he can just take it all away Noah said getting excited. Sounds like you admire this guy or something. What? No! He's like this crazy, psycho loser, killer guy. I mean, if he wants me to find Will, why not just leave the door open? Classic cat and mouse. He likes to play with his food before he eats it Noah smirked. Unless maybe he'd rather get right to the main course Em said pointing to the opened door as we walked in.

Brooke and Jake's Pov :

I just had a thought. Your mom would be so proud. We're out here in the middle of nowhere, and we don't even know what we're walking into. All because Nerd HQ led us here? Jake said looking over at Brooke. What are you saying, Noah's the killer? She asked looking at Jake confused.
I'm just saying, on every cop show, there's always that one harmless guy that's usually the vic's roommate or her manager at the coffee shop that's like "Susie's dead? That's horrible!" Jake said giving Brooke a smirk before walking over to the side of the building. Did you know that you sound like him right now? Brooke said walking next to him. Nine times out of 10, that guy's the killer. And he's usually sweet and funny and uber smart Jake said searching through his backpack. Well, that takes you off the table. Or does it? Jake said pulling out a dagger trying to pull the doors open with the knife between . Damn it! Wow...Brooke said rolling her eyes , try running into it.
Jake took a few steps back before running towards it hitting it hard pushing it open. Brooke strutted in rolling her eyes , what? No thank you? Jake said following her.

What is this place? I don't know. It's not a happy place I said looking at Noah who clenched my hand rubbing the side of it with his thumb. Hello? Will? Em screamed looking around. It's a bowling alley I said looking at the two. Whoa, that is the most mack daddy jaguar-and-space-shuttle mural I've ever seen Noah said as his eyes widened. Jake? Come on! Brooke said as they both ran up to us. You can't rush the Jake. Brooke punched Jake in the gut. Owe! Your fists are like little ball-peen hammers Jake said. Brooke sighed , Thanks for waiting up. It smells like wet dog and car wax. A bowling ball rolled down one of the lanes making me jump. Noah squeezed onto my arm Whoa! Well, that was terrifying Noah sighed grabbing my hand , Brooke looked at me and Em, God, I hate bowling . Me too Brookie I sighed. Okay. I understood why he took me to the hospital, but why would he bring Will here? Em said looking around at all of us , Yeah, this place is big. We should split up finding Will. Said no one who survived a horror movie, ever Jake , Noah, Carter you two come with me. You guys stay together. This is dumb, but fine, don't listen.