Murderville - Audrey Jensen

Chapter 35 - The Storage Locker

(Warnings: mild swearing, blood, threat of violence

Word Count : 3276

Song : Thank You, Amber Run)

When Noah burst into Vicki's room at god-knows-what-crazy-early time, throwing open her curtains, she had only a few words to say to him. And none of them were particularly nice. This meant that on the car journey to Audrey's house the girl was in a silent mood, scowling at the bags under her eyes and her messy red hair. She had tried to put it in a braid but had given up half way, and now it was a sloppy mess.  

Their friend did not reply, even when they were literally inside her house. Therefore, Vicki was quite surprised to find the girl fully dressed when they burst inside her room; she had assumed her silence meant she was asleep.

"Hey, sleepyhead!" Noah threw his hands up after pounding on the now open door "I've been texting you since dawn. You ready to check the storage unit? Let's go, go, go"

"He's been like this all morning" Vicki sighed "It's like its Christmas"

"Yeah, just give me one sec, okay?" Audrey asked, holding up one finger.

"One second" Noah copied her action "Meet me out front"

Vicki followed her cousin, waving a quick goodbye with a small smile before running after the boy. The two only had to wait a second before Audrey joined them, smiling as she came to stand beside them.

"Can we go now?" Noah whined, making the two girls shake their head, laughing at his excitement. Vicki hoped that whatever they found, or didn't find rather, wouldn't put a dampen on his mood.

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"So, who were you on the phone with basically at dawn?" Noah quizzed as they walked towards the storage unit.

"Hey, fun story. None of your business" Audrey replied, making Vicki snort.

"Always so mysterious"

Vicki's mind started to wander however.

Who would Audrey be talking to?

No one but Noah is ever up that early.

Unless...she has a girlfriend, or something.

Fuck.

"Look, maybe we should go get breakfast instead of breaking and entering?" Audrey suggested "I'll spring for pancakes"

"No pancakes" Noah shook his head, before spinning around in excitement "Oh, wait! Hey, frame me up. Maybe use, like, a Dutch angle so it's creepier"

"I got it" Audrey flipped on her camera, biting at her lip.

"This is it" Noah slowed down, looking up in wonder at the blue metal door "Oh, what? The unit was already unlocked?"

"Crescent Palms guy was hazing you" Audrey sighed.

"We'll see" he threw the lock to the ground and began to move into position to open the door "You recording?"