Downstairs (frerard)

The basement

Frank is on his way to Mikey's house. 

   His mom has a guy over again, and there is no way Frank is staying the night in the same house as another one of those drunk weirdos his mom brings there. He learned his lesson when the last one stumbled into his room while he was sleeping, puked on him, and passed out on the floor. Naked. God, why isn't there a lock on his door?

   Mikey won't mind Frank staying there. His parents are out of town celebrating their 30th anniversary, and there are two guestrooms in the Way household. Of course Frank hasn't exactly  asked  if he can sleep there, but Mikey won't say no. Proabably. 

   Frank is now standing on the porch with his "sleepover bag", containing a toothbrush, pizza flavored rice cakes, and an old, oversized batman shirt to sleep in. Nobody is answering the goddamn door. Great. Now, Frank could either go home and risk getting puked on, or he could find the spare key the Ways hide somewhere. He knows of the key because of Mikey, but he apparently didn't trust Frank enough to tell him where it is. Or maybe he's just scared of all the pranks Frank could (and would) pull on him if he could get into the house whenever he wants.

   "If i was a key, where would i hide?" Frank wonders out loud. He checks under all the flower pots and doesn't find anything. That's where his mom hides their spare key. He did find a bracelet though!

    After a while of looking, Frank finally finds the key. It was in  a flower pot, covered by a thin layer of dirt. Finally, Frank opens the door and goes in. The house is kind of scary without the Ways, it's quiet and oddly calm. Frank didn't want to make much noise, since he felt like it has to be either quiet or noisy. For some reason, whenever Frank makes a noise when he's alone, the scilence afterwards scares him. Frank makes his way to the living room and sits on the couch, turning on the tv. He started watching one of those cooking shows where everything is on fire and everybody is screaming at eachother, when suddenly he heard a noise from the kitchen. The panic started immediately.

   It's probably Mikey... but what if it's not? What if it's a serial killer? Are there any weapons i can use here? The knives are in the kitchen with the psycho! Wait, don't forget it could still be just Mikey. 

   Frank looks for something he can hit the murderer with, and finds nothing, except the remote. It'll work for now. He slowly makes his way into the kitchen, holding the remote like a baseball bat. As he steps into the kitchen, he finds it empty, but one thing has changed. "The door" is open.

   There has always been two doors in the Way kitchen. The door that leads to the hallway, and what Frank calls "The door". The second door has always been a mystery to Frank, but he assumed it was a broom closet, until now. Now is the first time he's seen "The door" open, and it's definetly not a broom closet. No. It's a staircase.

   The Ways have a basement.