Dead Within but Still Alive

Chapter 3

"My name in Slender Man, you may call my Slender." He said.

"Okay, Slender." I replied. The atmosphere in the room lightened and I walk out of the room with Jeff.

"So, What do you think so far?" He asked.

"What do you mean?" I questioned as we walked down the stairs.

"What do you think of this place, and everyone?" He asked again.

"Ah, hmmmm........I think I might enjoy living here." I looked up at him as we walked into the living room. He was smiling wide and seem pleased with himself.

I chuckled at his face and walked over to the couch. There was a boy sitting with his legs crossed playing video games.

"Do you mind if I can play with you?" I asked him.

"Sure, I don't really care." He responded and handed me a controller. He showed me the basic controls and we started playing. I lost numerous amount of times, but as we played I began to learn the game. I finally beat him. I had been hiding up in the attic of a building and when I saw him pass I shot him in the head. It was extremely hilarious, his reaction was phenomenal.

"Dinner is almost ready!" Slender shouted from the kitchen.

I dropped the controller and spun around,"when the hell did he get there?"

"He can get by you with you noticing very easily." The little dude said. He wasn't really little though, just not average.

"Ah, I see." I responded to his statement.

He turned off the game and shut off the TV. We walked over to the table and they all sat in what seemed their normal spots. I stood to the side, watching them converse with each other and Slender walked around serving everybody what seemed like stew. I watched as some of them started to eat. I, not since I can remember, have never sat at a table and eaten with others. I have always been alone. I had to leave for school before I could eat breakfast. I never had any money to buy lunch at school, and I would have been lucky if I cold snatch an apple but that never happened, and for dinner I was kept in my room and given a small bowl of whatever was left from dinner. Some nights I wouldn't even eat. I looked back up from looking at the floor thinking about how my life was, and saw that everyone was looking at me.

"Aren't you gonna come sit, and eat?" asked a guy in a plain white mask.

Jeff patted the seat next to him where there was a bowl that already had stew in it. I nodded and slowly walked over, and sat down next to Jeff.

"Now that all of us are here let me introduce everyone." Slender pronounced.

I nodded again and kept my hands in my lap.

"The person to your right, as you may already know, is Jeff. The person to your left in Ben." He began.

I looked over and saw the little guy from before already eating. His head just popped over the large dish in front of him. I laughed at his situation as many others did as well.

"The person sitting next to Ben is Jane, and the person sitting on Jeff's right, which is my left is Laughing Jack." Slender stated.

"Hehhehheh, you can call me LJ, though." He said.

" Okay." I responded.

Slender started again," The person to my right is Sally and the person to her right is Eyeless Jack, Call him EJ."

"Ok, so EJ and LJ. I think I've got it." I said. I looked between LJ, who looked like a monochrome clown, and Ej who was wearing a black hoodie and a blue mask that only consisted of black wholes where his eyes should be.