The Player and The Freckled Girl

This has just got a whole lot bigger than I thought it would

"what are we even looking for here," Alex asks as we trudge up the trail at Camden Forest

"I don't know, something that screams 'I look dodgy, don't go in'" I say to Alex sarcastically

"Thanks, Einstein, really helpful," she says rolling her eyes at me like usual.

Alex and I search the forest high and low for anything that could help us, but all the paths we seem to follow just lead to endless trees going on for miles.

"what about the new trail, the one you took Kelley on her date," Alex says as the sun is starting to set

"there's literally nothing there except the cliff view, I mean there was that ancient build-" I say cutting myself off as I realise what I'm saying

"I'm so fucking stupid" I mumble to nobody in particular and take off jogging towards where I know the factory is

"where are we going, Dan!" Alex shouts following behind me

"you'll see in a second" I shout back and take the next left leading us right where I wyas with Kelley

"you see that building there, Kelley told me it was an old abandoned factory from after the second world war that used to produce cotton, it hasn't been touched since" I explain and as Alex raises her eyebrows at me

"what! I was listening to her" I say walk in towards the gate through the tall grass

"for a place that hasn't been touch since world war two, these locks look very new to me," Alex says getting a closer look to see what's attached to the gates

"They do indeed," I say and look at the rust-free locks keeping this place closed off.

"How are we going to get in, it's not like we can scale these gates?" Alex says looking around for another entrance but I'm just concentrated on these locks, while they're brand new they aren't the latest out there so old enough for me to pick them

I grab Alex's head and pull it down so I can get a bobby pin from her bun.

"Jesus Dan, was there any need for that," She says slapping my hand away

I just smirk at her, finding it funny how easily riled up she gets and I start to unpick the lock

"do I want to know where you learnt to do this?" She says watching me intently

"I've already told you I went to a few questionable schools and that meant I had a few questionable friends too," I say just as I hear the last click letting me know it's unlocked

"like old times," I say letting out a sigh while Alex gives me a strange look

The sun has almost set by now so we get our phones and turn on the torches, hoping we don't step on something old and dangerous.

"This is a bad idea, we should come in the daylight," Alex says glancing around nervously

"it's fine, come on there's a path here leading to somewhere," I say and follow along with it

We arrive at a huge electronic door, the only way to enter it through a keypad that we don't have the code for

"This is definitely not a World War two abounded building if you ask me Dan," Alex says looking around for some way in

"There has to be another way, let's head around the back," I say pulling a very reluctant Alex along with me.

We creep around the sides until we find a window that's been left slightly open by whoever was in here last. I slide it upwards and climb in, dropping down inside the factory, staying as quiet as I can