Endurance // M. Taylor

iii. prologue

I was with the Washington's, Ashley, Chris, Mike, Emily, Matt, Jessica, and Sam for the annual winter getaway. We had all been a little drunk, but nobody was as drunk as the eldest Washington and Chris. Matthew Taylor was my boyfriend of two years. We had gotten together during our senior year of high school and hit it off immediately. I definitely wish I could have gotten together sooner, but I was happy to say the least.

The two friends had been passed out since a little after one or two in the morning. So, they had no clue what was going down. And it was...not good.

Beth was doing some dishes while Sam and I were on the couch scrolling through our Instagram feeds. Sam was my best friend. We had been besties since the first grade when we were forced to be reading partners. I didn't know how truly sweet she was until then. But boy was I glad she was by my side.

Emily walks in the room along with Jessica and Mike. Sam and I stand up from the couch and begin to walk towards them, slightly curious as to what they were all doing whispering.

Emily speaks up but still is in a hushed whisper, "Oh my god! I can't believe you actually did this!" Quietly freaking out. What in the world is she talking about? Emily and I were friends but not as close as Sam and I were. She definitely could be a total bitch sometimes.

"Don't you guys think this is a little bit cruel?" Sam asks, looking directly at Jessica, with concern for the unsuspecting Hannah Washington. A part of me wanted to find Hannah before all of this went down. A part of me just wanted to go to bed and sleep. But, for some stupid reason, I don't do anything. Instead, I try to find Matt and get him out of whatever the hell this was. But, before I did that...

"Oh come on, she deserves it." Jessica tries to get Sam and I on board. I don't want to get involved in anything, so I simply stay silent. I was worried that Matt had something to do with this, I had hoped that he wasn't, but I'm not always right.

"It's not her fault she has a huge crush on Mike -" Sam attempts to reason with Jess, but Jess is very stubborn and hard headed and there was no getting through to her. I rolled my eyes at the blonde, and make a point to find out more. Maybe if I could get through to someone, nothing would actually happen to the Washington girl.

"Hannah's been making moves on him," Jessica points at Emily before continuing, "I'm just looking out for my girl Em." Jess walks away happily and Sam and I just look at each other, unsure of what to do. I just walk with Sam and we attempt to catch Hannah before she gets to Mike. We were completely ignorant as to what was happening to Hannah. I just hoped she'd be okay.

I hear Emily speak as I walk up the stairs, "Just because he's class Prez doesn't mean he belongs to everyone. Mike is my man!" Emily says, following right behind Jess only to be interrupted by Mike himself.

"Hey, Em. I'm not anybody's man." Mike tries to stand up for himself, but fails. What a player.

"Whatever you say, Darling!" Emily sings, making me sigh in annoyance. Emily always was the most annoying person, but part of me still wanted to be her friend regardless. I guess that's just the type of person I am; always trying to be everyone's friend.

I hear voices coming from the guest room and footsteps, so I follow the voices and head in that direction. By the time I got there, Hannah had already ran out of the room with tears in her eyes and her arms crossed in front of her like she was trying to hide something.

Out of curiosity and anger, I barge into the guest room to find everyone in there. I was shocked, seeing Matt in the closet. He was holding a camera on a stick with a confused look on his face and Sam finally speaks up. Just as angrily as I am.

"You guys are jerks! You know that?" Sam says before angrily storming out of the room, "HANNAH!"

I speak up before also storming out, "What the FUCK were all of you thinking? And you...Matt...I thought you were better than this." I yell, and follow in Sam's footsteps. I heard Matt begin to chase after me and call out my name, but I ignored him. I was worried about Hannah. I wanted to go wake Josh up, but he was wasted. Even if he did wake up, he'd be really out of it. I didn't have time to help him get sober right now. Right now, I had to find his sister. Before she did anything stupid. That's what he would want me to do.

All of us chase after Sam and run outside the lodge. It was absolutely freezing outside. It made me very worried for Hannah's safety. I understand how she must be feeling but, would you really run out into negative three degree weather with no coat on?

Sam yells for her, but gets no response. I feel Beth push us all out of the way, before getting extremely upset.

"What's going on? Where's my sister going?" Beth asks everyone worriedly. I honestly felt really bad, even though I wasn't a part of the prank. I still knew about it and yet I did didly fucking squat to stop it.

"Ugh, it's fine...she just can't take a joke..." Jessica sighs, trying to justify her actions. But Beth saw right through it.

To make matters worse, Emily takes Jessica's side and yells, "It was just a prank, Han!" Emily quickly earns the attention of Beth.

Beth's face begins to turn a furious red, "What did you do?" Beth looks around at everyone like she hates us. And honestly...I don't blame her.

"We were just messing around Beth, it wasn't serious." Mike tries to calm Beth down but Beth just retaliates.

"You JERKS!" Beth yells before starting to look for Hannah, "Hannah! HANNAH!" Beth begins to run into the cold, isolated mountains. The was the last time anyone had seen the Washington twins...

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Roslyn Baker
Matt's Ex

Character Stats

Honest: 7/10▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▫️▫️▫️
Charitable: 8/10▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▫️▫️
Funny: 8/10 ▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▫️▫️
Brave: 8/10 ▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▫️▫️
Romantic: 9/10 ▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▫️
Curious: 9/10 ▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▫️

Relationship Status

Ashley: 4/10 ▪️▪️▪️▪️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️
Beth: 9/10 ▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▫️
Chris: 7/10 ▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▫️▫️▫️
Emily: 3/10 ▪️▪️▪️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️
Hannah: 9/10 ▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▫️
Jessica: 6/10 ▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▫️▫️▫️▫️
Josh: 8/10 ▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▫️▫️
Matt: 9/10 ▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▫️
Mike: 9/10 ▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▫️
Sam: 9/10 ▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▫️