Close the Windows

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The noise of socks gliding through halls and sneakers and boots thumping on the wood were loud but not quite as loud as the breathing and pounding heartbeats of the three young adults as the ran around the room they had so diligently set up as they grabbed a whatever could fit in a backpack or could injure someone if you were to smack them with it hard enough, if something was left behind it no one would be coming back for it, once the people could leave the house and alert the police they were determined to never come back but, of course they'd have to leave the house first and find a way back to town now that the keys of their cars were discarded somewhere in the dark room.

Adrian was pacing around a small area in the room as tears poured from his eyes, he was coughing up blood and spit as he kept chewing on his tongue in attempt to calm himself,

"What the heck I gotta do~oo to be with you.." was what he repeated over and over without fail even if his voice cracked with the melody and his mouth started to drip along with his tears,

The girl, Elizabeth was rubbing his shoulder with one hand, her other clutched a pocket knife that she took with her everywhere, she used it to work with string and set pieces but today it was for the sake of self defense.

"R O F L O L." She said in unusually calming voice as she tried to get Adrian to see straight through his tears and choked song lyrics.

In the corner of the door frame sat Davie, his feet were hanging out of his socks as he had lost his shoes, he clutched the metal pole harder than ever even if the edges dug into his skin,

"Guys, I thought we said five minutes." He said referring to previous plans, "It's been at least ten and it's almost two am, we should leave soon. The k-killer probably knows where we are." He said, his voice dropping a certain points where he was still in doubt on the happenings of the night.

"Davie, I'm trying to calm Adrian here.. You know he hasn't been without Dana since like pre k." She said her voice dropping into a whisper when she said the dead boy's name, "Adrian, Davie's right.. We gotta go and tell the police and find somewhere safe.." Her voice returned to a calming nature as she spoke to him, after several seconds of coughs and sputters Adrian stood a bit taller and stopped his small pacing,

"How are we even gonna get out.. We can't go through the window they know of the window.." He said in a meek voice, despite the abundance of tears it was hard to tell he was crying from the way he spoke,

"There is a main entrance and other windows Adrian, we can get out easy.." Davie stated as he stood up and and coughed a few times, the boy had grown a sense of courage since he had seen the body. You could see the fear and whiff of tiredness in his eyes but he was refraining from showing any real emotion on his face, if Davie couldn't stay strong then no one else in the group could. Even Elizabeth had abandoned her skills of looking controlled and poised, even if she wasn't crying her eyes and lips were red from all of the rubbing, her skin was also peeling from her finger due to the excessive scratching she was doing with her newly chewed nails.

"So we don't even know what we're gonna do.." Elizabeth said as she took a short breathe and brandished her pocket knife, the other hand held a flashlight as she moved towards the doorway, Adrian followed after her with a bleak look. Unlike the others he had no weaponry, only one of the flashlights that were yet to break, he figured he could use the butt of it to knock out a few teeth but that was all he had to defend himself.

The three of them moved cautiously as they greatly wanted to sprint but, they couldn't make too much noise as the only person who had gone into this side of the house was Davie and if he talked he would shout. As said before the boy looked prepared but he was terribly uneasy and couldn't control many of his bodily functions... They walked out of the area of the dining hall and towards the staircase up to the upper floors of the manor, something went off on Adrian as he started to puke again, Elizabeth and Davie movie away from him as he ran to the back part of the staircase,