"Hi, my name is Ethan Vend, I'm eighteen years old and I'm currently working at Hotel Melody, a haunted hotel. Oh, no, don't worry, not a horror haunted hotel but a haunted hotel where ghosts are guests. Here we will fulfill all the dreams, requests and everything of every ghosts that they were unable to do when they lived, and I mean everything. Sounds familiar, right? Yes but no, it's not Kdrama Hotel Del Luna on Netflix, this is America, we go for American cowboy style. The reason I work here is because I can see ghosts of the dead and also Evil Spirits, which is a rarity in this world. And because I really need a job and money. My job is to work as a hotel receptionist, carry luggage and bring food to the room, clean the corridors and hotel rooms and hunt Evil Spirits. There are only five of us here so it will be a lot of work, but everyone is so happy, sociable and funny, I really wouldn't have thought to meet such people. My work may be very hard and tiring, but as long as I work hard, I will still feel really happy. So, welcome to Hotel Melody, location deep in the woods at Sam Houston National Forest, Forest Service Rd 215, Montgomery, TX 77356, Texas State. It's near the lake so everyone will find it, be careful to avoid traps. Phone number ***********. Enjoy your time here, and I need to get back to work immediately! Leo, what the hell are you doing?!"
USER SERIES 1
Micah Rex: He's handsome, dangerous, reckless. An addict. When he walks into a room, people notice. People are scared of him, people don't look him in the eye.
AJ Ferro: She's cute, nice respectful. A helper. When she walks in a room, people usually get flowers. People love her, people want to be her friend.
Despite her cheery nature and soft words AJ has never had it easy when it came to addiction -or depression. Without his addiction, sadness and anger Micah doesn't know who he is -and he hates not knowing things.
And, of all places, they meet at a rehab center.
He looked at her and saw a peppy girl with no future. She looked at him and saw a troubled boy with a bad past.
Micah wants to die, AJ wants him to live.
It's only a matter of time before one of them breaks through or breaks the other.
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I was 12 the first time I took a hit off a joint at a party, smoked a blunt by myself and bought a bong. I was 13 when I started drinking alcohol for fun. 14 the first time I took ecstasy at a college party I snuck into, the same age I lost my virginity. This was the first time I went to a mental institution because it's also the year I first tried to kill myself. 15 the first time I smoked meth, took a bump of cocaine, shot myself up with heroine. This was the first time I got sent to rehab, it didn't work and I came out worse.
I was 16 when I tried to commit three times in the same year, the last time I got my heart to stop for 30 seconds. That year was also the first time I snorted Hydrocodone, getting me started in opiates, I experimented with Xanax and liked it.
And I was a month from 17 when I got sober.
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"Fuck you." I snap.
"You already have." Micah bites out. "And I'm pretty fucking sure you liked it too, if your orgasms were anything to go by."
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"I want-" Micah stopped, running his fingers through his hair. "Never mind what I want. What do you want?" His voice is quieter now, more gentle.
"You."