Inhale

Chapter 9:

Joey and sid had drove around town asking on different roads before the bridge that corey may live at. None had been successful and Joey was starting to lose hope as they sky set gently and the black clouds created shadows and danger. Joey drove down to the bridge corey had got Joey to drop him off before as Joey parked his car. Corey had said this was half way but then went off in the opposite direction to make joey suspect he lived here.

"He said he lived round here." Joey noted

Sid looked around the place and raised an eyebrow "isnt this the bridge a bunch of homeless people live under?"

"I know." Joey wrinkled his nose "they could just get jobs but they congregate under there." Joey pointed to the tents underneath

"So corey lives near here?" Sid asked

"Yep." Joey nodded

Sid laughed gently as he undid his seatbelt, he liked danger but he wasnt an idiot after all.

Joey and sid got out as the looked over at the houses

"So should we walk that way?" Joey asked

Sid shook his head as he pointed over to the tents in the distance.

"I think we should walk that way."

Joey's nose wrinkled again "past all the homeless bums?"

Sid nodded "past all the homeless."

Joey sighed "why?"

"I just have a feeling." Sid shrugged

"I dont think so I think we should knock on those houses first." He pointed over to some small houses and apartment blocks.

Joey walked up to the first door quickly and knocked on it. Eventually a small old women awensered.

"Yes dear?"

"Is there a corey Taylor that lives down this road?" Joey asked

She shook his head "afraid not dear. Never heard of a corey taylor and I think you have the wrong address."

"Okay...well thanks."

"Sorry love."

She shut the door fairly quickly

"She doesnt know him." Sid pointed out "so can we do my suggestion now?" He asked

Joey sighed and nodded as they walked over slowly, Joey waking behind sid slightly.

He didnt want to go over, corey wouldnt be there. Sid had no idea who corey was. Corey wouldnt hang out with a bunch of lazy, uninspired drug addicts who stole and stabbed people. Well Joey was sure, corey did do drugs true and he did technically steal from paul but he wasnt like these people.

Joey looked up at sid who seemed to be distracted.

Joey looked over to where sid was looking at to see a bunch of peope outside one tent. They looked panicked and were talking loudly.

"Let's check it out." Sid suggested as they neared it.

They walked past the concerned people as eyes fell on them and people stopped taking.

Joey looked at the make shift fires all around and watched people try their hardest to get warm.

There was a man outside the tent sitting there. He had brown hair, and crooked yellow teeth with these brown eyes and a beauty spot above his lip. He had stubble and a flat cap on with a coat as he sipped coffee from a flimsy plastic cup. His gloves holed. And Joey was a bit intimidated.