Sidemen Imagines

Haunted (Simon #17)

Sorry for all the Simon imagines recently it's just I find them the easiest to write.

As we enter our home for the night, I nervously twist my fingers to stop them from rattling as much. The ancient building has a deep eerie feeling to it like no other place I've been to before, I'd rather take creepy woods over this place most days. The air seems to be thin, too thin, as if someone or something will pass right through me; the hair on my arms, head and neck stand on end as I follow behind JJ, Harry and Josh who are advancing for the creaking stairs. A gust of below freezing air hits my face, head on from the upstairs landing. "Tell me it wasn't just me that felt that breeze?" I ask worriedly.

"I did but it's an old building so it's not very well insulated," Harry replies.

"Why, you scared (Y/N)?" JJ adds in, turning back from the top of the first flight of stairs to ask me.

"No," I answer trying to sound genuine, but if they can see my face it's far from it, thankfully I'm currently stood in a darker area-or not, as shadows hide a lot.

"Leave her be Jide, I bet you're tense even if you won't admit it," Josh gratefully chimes in and to my relief JJ turns back around, continuing to climb the staircase without responding. Some weight slides off my face and my shoulders droop slightly. I go to take my next step when a close, "Boo!" is sounded making me jump and sends my heart racing like a sprinter. My hand rises to my chest unconsciously and my eyes flicker between everything they can see in range, stopping at a newly anxious looking JJ.

"What the hell!" JJ almost shouts obviously panicked, his gaze falling down the stairs, which I follow until I find the body of the voice.

"What, I was just testing if your nerves were still working, seems they are," Simon comments back with a small but pleased smile presented towards JJ who storms off onto another set of stairs mumbling inaudible sentences to himself. How many floors are in this ghostly mansion? I don't have time to count as a familiar voice spikes my ears, dragging my thoughts away. "Can't let Jide pick on my girlfriend now can I, he'll put me out of work," Simon whispers stood behind me on a lower step but his head still meets mine at the same level. I give him a weak smile and find that my hand trails down towards his; he gladly accepts, squeezing my numb hand that starts to unfreeze its self.

None of the boys below overtake us but Tobi and I only notice him do so when; his camera glides past my face, capturing my pale face from shock most likely, and when he places a sympathetic hand onto my shoulder quickly before following behind Harry. I however stand glued to the top of the first flight of stairs not really wanting to go any further as I can't even see what lurks above the next floor above let alone the floor after that. "You can go ahead if you want, I don't fancy it," I say piping down a few steps to Ethan and Vik then looking back to Simon. They all stare back at me understandably.

"To be honest we'd rather stay on the first floor and not find out what's upstairs," Vik tells me and everyone else nods in agreement. Without speaking we all turn to head down the few steps we've managed to walk up, Simon keeping his hand securely locked in mine and staying very close to me reassuringly.

We keep walking down winding passages until we make it into the large living room where I make out there to be; an old fashioned fireplace central to the room, a few sofas and chairs surrounding a long rectangular table before the fire guard, which is slightly illuminated by a couple of strobe moon rays coming from the pained windows at the far right of the room, creating a mysterious glow on the room and a few hanging pictures. I turn to my right, then my left searching for the light switch which I can't seem to find. I frantically look up and down the cream walls within a few feet of me without any luck but thankfully Vik finds it on the far left side, allowing light to consume the area. I let out a very large huff as I don't feel as petrified as I did before.