.swayla.reality.

.FIVE.

Tayler's P.O.V
"What the fuck are you doing in my house?" A voice said. It was quiet but threatening and I slowly raised one of my hands.

"Hey we aren't stealing, in fact we were looking for you Josh." Anthony said slowly.

"How the fuck, do you know my name?" The person, now known as Josh, said in the same tone. He kept the gun raised and slowly out of the corner of my eye I peered over at a gun cabinet above the mantelpiece. It was empty so he must have taken the guns a while back.

"Can you lower the gun please, we aren't trying to hurt you." Anthony tried again, as calmly as he could.

"Tell me why you're in my house and maybe I will." Josh snapped.

"I told you. We were looking for you." Anthony said slowly. Josh lowered the gun a little and I lowered my hand. "Do you remember me? Or Blake? Or maybe you know Bryce. We all went to you're school. Blake and I were in your year. We just want to talk to you."

Josh was silent for a moment, peering at all our faces. "Yeah I remember you all." He mumbled after a moment. "What do you want?" He said it harshly. He probably didn't spend much time with people anymore.

"Well we were going to call you-" Anthony started.

"-how'd you get my number?" Josh interjected. Man this kid asks a lot of questions.

"From a boys number that we found in you're room-" Josh whipped his head in the direction of Blake's voice and his face suddenly turned to one of anger. Anthony said Blake was smart but that definitely wasn't the smartest thing he could have said. Anthony turned to glare at Blake just as Josh spoke.

"You went in my room? Did you go in hers too?" He said. It sounded like he was trying to stop himself from shouting but somehow it made him seem even more threatening.

He didn't wait for an answer before pushing past Anthony and Blake and running upstairs. Anthony was quick to follow and Bryce and I ran after them.

We got onto the landing and I just saw Anthony disappear into a room along the hallway. Bryce and I followed and walked into a room that must have been Josh's. He was looking at all his stuff while Anthony was trying to talk to him.

Josh mumbled something and left the room. We followed him out and down into another room. I assume this was 'her' room. My best guess was his sister because of the pictures I had seen downstairs.

He looked around like he had in his own room and then sat on the small, pink, metal framed bed. It sent a cloud of dust into the air but Josh didn't seem to care very much because he sighed and put his head in his hands.

Anthony walked into the room while Bryce and I observed from the doorway.

"Josh will you please just listen to us." Anthony said quietly, "We're sorry for going through you're things but we wanted to find you-"

"WHY!?" Josh suddenly yelled. He looked up and I saw that his eyes were brimmed with tears. "Why?" He repeated much quieter. "All I've ever done is be a complete dick. To you guys right now, to my parents, my friends, my sister. So why now, do a bunch of my old classmates that I barely knew, want to see me?" He looked between us, waiting for an answer.

"Because we want you to help us. To help us get her back, and everyone else, so you can make it up to her." Anthony said slowly whilst sitting down next to Josh, tentatively.

"How?" He whispered.

"By becoming our fifth player in our team." Anthony said. Josh looked up at us, wide eyed.

"I suppose dying is a way I can see her again. Cause that's it isn't it. They haven't gone somewhere and they aren't coming back. Completing the game ain't gonna do shit. If we even manage to do that." Josh said bitterly.