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The cage

Nick looked himself at the mirror. He then turned and looked at his clothes. Nothing looked good. They were all old clothes from his brother, many of them were torn and sewed again and he didn't want to wear any of these. He looked again at the mirror. Damn his hair was clearly out of control, everywhere. He had changed so much in a year, everything on him was out of control, he had grown 10 cm in one year, his voice got deeper, he even had to take medication for acme that had at his back. He wore some underwear and his best pair of shorts, which he bought with his money. Then he sprayed himself with axe, took his phone, wallet and he left the trailer. He knocked Jim's door, he opened after a minute.

"Were you jerkin' off or something the mosquitoes have eaten me by now?" Nick said, "I was just changing dude chill, also who walks around shirtless at night?" Jim asked. "Anyway do you have any good shirt I can wear? My shirts are... my shirts." "Sure, not that it will fit you" Jim laughed, mostly to himself. Jim's father is a banker, so the family has no problem with money. He is an only child so that makes his situation even better. Nick wished he was like Jim, even though he always complained about his height. Jim was so lucky, he wasn't dealing with old and small clothes or crazy siblings. Jim reached the small closet of the trailer and pulled out a vans t-shirt. "Here, that's the largest I own"

Nick thanked him and the boys went out of the trailer. "Luke is coming with his brother, so I guess we have to leave alone, George is waiting for us with Chris behind the swings, at the edge of the camping, behind the small door " they walked to the swings, only to find a car filled with eighteen-year-olds and lots of smoke coming from inside.

"So," said George. "We have saved you a sit on the back, it will be 16€ each"

"But there's no space in the back" Nick replied

"There is Niki," Chris said as he opened the port baggage. "And now the money, don't forget that you will pass in because of us"

The boys paid and they all waited another five minutes, for Stratos and Luke to come. There were four other girls in the car, they were speaking a nordic language and they were smoking weed, that was given to them by Stratos. The three of them were sitting in the back with Stratos. One of them was fooling around with Stratos' dick under his pants.

Nick, Lukas and Jim had to squeeze and survive a twenty-minute drive in the port baggage without saying a word because if they did a sound, according to Chris he would let them in the middle of nowhere. Finally, after an eternity, the car arrived at the club. The Cage was next to the beach. At day it served as a silent café and at night it became the wildest club of the hole region of Halkidiki.

"Come on, we are in a hurry," Chris said while he was opening the door. They entered The Cage easily. Turns out Chris' brother is dating the guard at the front.

"So boys, do whatever you want, they have one drink for free, then you are on your own. We won't take you home, we will have some business to do" shouted George and blinked at the Scandinavian girl next to him.

"Well, I guess we shall go and have some fun," said Luke and he went towards the pole at the left corner of the club.

"Hey, there are people of our age here too, do you think we should meet people," said Jim

"Sure, why not?" said Nick

George looked at Jim. He was flirting with some girls in the middle of the club. He was a completely different person when he was drinking. He was the centre of attention and he was now going to the bathrooms with a blond girl. Who? Jim, the most underestimated of them all in the subject of socialising. Lukas, on the other hand, was dancing his ass off.

Luke noticed him and went closer, he was already quite drunk, he wasn't a good drinker anyways and with half a cup of a drink, he was completely drunk. "You haven't even touched your vodka dude," Lukas said to him. "Let me show you how it's done" He opened Nick's mouth and threw a large portion of the drink in. "Now is more like it," Lukas said seeing his friend relaxing from the alcohol. "You know Nick, I think we don't hang out as much anymore it seems like you avoid me." "you ditch us for Helen Luke" "Yeah but... but..." Luke threw up, raised his face upwards again and continued talking "I like her Nick, please can you forgive me?" he threw up again. "I think you are not that good Luke, maybe sit down for a bit?" "Nah, I'm ok," said Luke as he disappeared in the crowd. Nick drank the other half of the drink and joined the dancing crowd.

Luke was dancing harder than ever. Nick also joined him a couple of minutes later. "Shall we go to the bar, have something to drink, I'm becoming quite thirsty" Luke proposed as they headed on the other side of the club. There, a little away from the music, it was easier to talk. "Luke, did you see Jim, like at all?" "No, he vanished, I'm sure he's having a blast, now what are you drinking, I'm paying." "Will you pay for us too?" Two girls appeared next to them. The one was thin with blond hair and green eyes, wearing too much makeup. The other, who talked to them was shorter, with nice curves, long black hair, wearing a short red shirt, smaller than her bra. "My name is Ismini and this is Lia, she is from Bulgaria" " and your names are?" Lia said in a Slavic accent. "Nick and he is my friend Luke, so what shall we offer you?" "I'm fine with some whiskey, Nick," Ismini said coming closer to him, stressing out his name "I'm getting another vodka, what will I order for you, Lia?" Luke said, leaving Nick and Ismini alone.

Jim came out of the bathrooms, alone this time. He checked the time from the screen of his phone. It was already four-thirty. The DJ was playing the best beats he could offer and the club was more alive than ever. A girl came out after him. "May I buy you a drink? As a treat" she winked her eye and Jim followed.

Nick woke up and he could still hear the loud music. His head was in serious pain. "Hey cutie you passed out, but you promised me something..." A hot girl was next to him, not bigger than sixteen, and he was touching his special areas. Who was she? What had happened? Nick couldn't remember a thing. She pulled him at the edge of the club, where she pulled George's mouth against her. Before Nick could understand the whole situation he kissing with her, with her one hand inside George's pants. "Hey, there you are" Luke pulled him away from the girl. "We are leaving," he said. "Oh come on dude fuck off" Nick shouted "I'm having the time of my life" he tried to pull himself away but Lukas was too strong for him to resist. Nick was pulled out of the club and the three boys, now joined by Jim were walking their way home.

Nick checked his pockets. His phone and wallet were still there. "What happened, Luke?" "You drank three drinks and then fooled around with Ismini Nick, that's what happened. I was trying to find you for twenty minutes, we need 50 minutes to reach the camping and if Mr Yannis sees us we are in big trouble. George, who was starting to understand a little of what was going on checked his watch. The time was 5:30 and the sun was starting to appear. "We need to hurry up" George finally talked with some sense and the boys increased their speed.

When they arrived at the camp forty minutes later, they found an ambulance and three police cars at the main door of the camping. Now they couldn't get in without being recognised. "The beach is empty, we can pass the police (and more importantly Mr Yannis) from there" Jim whispered.

They took off their shoes and stopped running, walking from inside the sea, so no footprints could be seen until they came in Jim's trailer. Luke fell asleep instantly on the couch. "He had a bad night," Jim said, covering Luke with a blanket. "Why? Didn't he have dun with Lia?" "How drunk were you Nick? He mixed Lia with Helen, while they were kissing near us he called her Helen!" "Near us?" Nick asked, still not remembering a thing. "Near you and that girl you were with. I was nearby with some outsiders." "You met outsiders?" Nick was quite shocked. "Yeah sure, I don't know why we thought they were that bad and snobby, we are the snobs isolated from everybody else" Nick went and slept next to Luke "Night Jim" "More like good morning," Jim said laughing.

I know this was a small chapter, but I think it was full of surprises. This is the start of the mystery and our main storyline, it might seem vague at the moment but you'll understand in the following chapter. If someone reads this hope you have enjoyed it so far.