𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐄𝐍 𝐏𝐒𝐘𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐇 ━━ 𝐉𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐘

six

j a c k

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"dinners ready!" corbyn yells from the kitchen. i realize that zach and i have been staring at each other for a long time and quickly look away. he does too. he gets up, i follow his actions.

i take a quick side glance at him and follow him out of the room. we walk to the dinner table that has three spots set up. spaghetti is served on each plate with a side of a bread stick.

corbyn is holding a water pitcher and filling up the cups. zach sits at the very end of he table. i don't do anything because i don't know what to do.

"sit" corbyn gestures to the chair to the right of zach. i sit down and put my hands in my lap. i start to crack them because that's what i do when i'm nervous.

corbyn finishes filling the cups and sits down across from me. they both pick up their forks and start eating. i do the same but very hesitant.

"why am i here?" i blurt out dropping my fork making a clinging sound when it hits the white plate. i want answers.

"we don't know, he never told us " corbyn says looking up at me. i can tell he's lying but i let it go because i know he doesn't want me to know.

"how long have you guys been here?" i ask going back to eating.

"2 months" zach says not looking up from is meal.

"about 6 months" corbyn replies. my eyes widen.

"half a year?! haven't you tried escaping?!" i yell slamming my fists on the table.  corbyn looks down so does zach.

"do not try to escape, trust me, it won't end well" corbyn says looking up with tears forming in his eyes.

"i'm so sorry corbyn, i didn't mean to-"

"its okay" corbyn cuts me of mid sentence.

"what happened?" i ask curiously.

"you don't want to know" zach says

"to sum it all up, the outcome was the worst it could've ever been" corbyn says. zach looks up at me with sad eyes.

"is there anything else i should know?" i ask trying to get more information.

"don't disobey him, or you'll regret it" zach says so quick it scares me. now i know to not disobey him. it will probably end really bad.

"so, where are you from jack?" corbyn asks me.

"i'm from pennsylvania" i say.

"really? i had a good friend from there, where in pennsylvania?" corbyn asks.

"susquehanna" i respond.

"that's where he's from" corbyn informs me.

"what's his name?" i ask curiously.

"daniel"

that name made me choke on air. "what?... daniel as in daniel seavey?" i ask regaining my breath.

"yeah, you know him?" corbyn says surprised.

"uhh, yeah he's my... friend" i don't want to reveal too much.

"oh cool, i'm from virgina" corbyn says going back to his almost eaten spaghetti.

"i'm from texas" zach blurts out.

"oh that's where, i could tell you lived
down south by the way you speak" i chuckle. they do to.

we finish dinner and clean up. i do the dishes while corbyn and zach scrub the table. once i'm done i help the boys finish the table. we finish and i'm really bored.

"what do you guys even do?" i ask playing with my ring.

"watch tv, read, clean, sleep" zach says putting away the cleaning supplies.

"i'll stick with watching tv" i say pushing myself off the counter i was leaning on. the space is kind of small so i know my way around.

i walk to the living room and sit on the couch. i pick up the remote and turn the tv on. a game show comes on and i quickly change it.

i keep flipping through the channels until i skip something that catches my eyes. i go back to that channel and see that it's the news.

"late last night, 19 year old jack robert avery was taken from his home in susquehanna pennsylvania. all prayers go out to the friends and family" a lady says as a picture of me pops up.

"if you see this boy or know what happened please contact the pol-" i quickly turn the channel. i changes to riverdale.

i fall back with a sigh. my head hitting the soft cushion of the couch. i just stare up at the ceiling, thinking about everything when i felt the cushion next to me sink down.

i look to my left to see zach. "hey jack" zach says grabbing the remote.

"hey" i say back as corbyn walks in with a book. he sits on my right side, opposite of zach.

zach flips through the channels and stops on american horror story. i've never seen it but still watch it anyways.

after one episode i get really bored and want to read.

"hey corbyn?" i ask sitting up on the couch.

yes?" he questioned looking up from his book.

"do you have a book i could read?" i say standing up and stretching.

"yeah there's a bookcase full of books in my room" he says looking back at his book.

"thanks" i start walking away.

"no problem" corbyn says not looking up from his book. i see that he's reading twilight.

i stroll out of the living room to the hallway with the rooms. i walk into corbyn's room and look around. a large bookcase is there. i look through it and settle on harry potter.

i've never read it or seen the movies but i'm probably going to be here a long time so why not. i walk out of the room when something catches my right eye.

it's the red door with the big lock on it. i look down the hallway and see that nobody is there.

i tiptoe to the red door and touch it. it's smooth but rough at the same time. i put my ear to it and hear something but i can't figure out what it is.

i'm getting really scared so i decide to walk back. i bump into something which makes me scream and fall to the floor.

it's corbyn and he helps me up. i sigh in relief that it's not jonah or anyone else beside him or zach. i proceed to brush myself off.

"what's with the red door? i can hear something on there but i don't know what it is".

corbyns eyes look straight at me with widened eyes. his body tenses up.

"uhh, it's nothing" corbyn says hesitantly. i know he's lying and i have to get it out of him.

"really? then why does it have a big lock on it?" i challenge him.

corbyn sighs and spits out, "jack, there's something you don't know about jonah..."

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wednesday
july 18th, 2018
1100 words

edited on;
sunday
august 18th, 2019
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-alayna ✰