Chapter 5: Bad Idea

We were sitting in the big car for quite a bit of some time, as I stared through the window all at once at the exact same time too, as I just enjoyed the view that we were driving through, even if there was not all that much for me to look at, as all of the trees that were not dead, were simply ugly little pine trees, all along the edges of the road, out in to the woods.

I let out a bit of a soft sigh to my self all at once, as I was not all too sure as to what it was that was going on with me right now. It was as if I had all of the sudden seemed to switch sides with Alexander all of the sudden, as he had seemed to have all of his senses of his emotion come back to him, as he no longer seemed to be focused on what it was that we were about to do.

A part of me was glad for it as well, but at the same time too, a part of me felt like I could not help but to feel a bit off with what it was that he had said to me about his uncle. I had never been told from any of his family that he had ever had an uncle, and a part of me wanted to say that he was making it up to make an excuse for being scared over a simple horror story that we had all been told as kids, and had been told in school as well.

It did not make all that much sense at all to me how ever, as I knew that he, very much like I, did not believe in any sort of God, nor did we believe in any ghosts none the less. A lot of people told us that we did not believe in God, due to the fact that we just did not want to 'except the fact that you both going to Hell'.

He always seemed to find that a bit funny, as he and I both knew that was not the reason that we did not believe in God at all, but I still could not lie to my self, when I was told things such as that, it did in fact through me a little bit off. I knew it was true as well, at least, if there in fact was some sort of God that lived out side of our world some how and some place.

I shivered at all of those thoughts all at the same time too, as I felt a bit sick to have all of those thoughts come in to my head all at the exact same time as well, either. I was not all too sure as to what had got me in to those thoughts in the first place, as I closed my eyes for a few moments, and I began to breath in, so that I could clear all of my other thoughts, and try to remember as to where it was that I was even at in the very first place.

It then hit me all at once, as I remembered that I was still a little bit suspicious of the fact that it might seem like Alexander was making up the story of him having an uncle that had gone missing trying to do the exact same thing that me and him were trying to do all at once as well.

I could tell just based off of the fact that he had quite a strange look on his face, as it was clear that he was a bit afraid of all of it, that he was telling the full truth on what it was that he had said to me in the first place. That kind of scared me a bit, as I was trying to find some sort of other way that all of it could have happened.

I knew that there was surely no way that all of what we had been told could be real right? I shook my head, as I was sure that some thing had happened to his uncle and his friends whilst they had been out there. I was sure that with out any sort of doubt, it might be some cold and treacherous land trying to get across the border and in to the mountain, but I am sure that people going up there and not coming back was the reason all of those lies had spread in the first place any ways.

I shook my head, as honestly, I was starting to get a little bit excited on all that was going on, as I could tell that every single other person in the car was a bit hyped up about it as well. Well maybe they were just excited on the fact that we were now on Winter Break, as I felt like that was the more likely part of all of this.

I shook my head all of the sudden, as I then got my focus on the car that I was in right now, as I could see that Zachary and Alexander seemed to be jamming in the front seats right at this very moment in time, as I was a little bit lost as to why, until I then heard that the music that they were playing was in fact 'Suicide Boys'.

I was about to start jamming out to it as well, as they were one of my favorite artists for me to listen to, until at least, I saw the look that was on the fact of my girl friend, Marion, as I saw that she had quite the look of dread, which did in fact confuse me at the exact same time too, as I tilted my head at her, letting her know that I was a bit lost as to what it was that was going on with her right now.

It was as if the look of fear, and all of the thoughts were going from one person to another all of the sudden, which had me feeling a bit lost, as I now felt like I was no longer nearly as afraid as I had been just a few seconds before now. But the look that I saw on the fact of Marion, seemed to be a bit as the same as the look on the face that I had seen from Alexander.

I was about to say a bit of a joke line to her, on the fact such as, 'what? Did your uncle die out there too?' but I held my self in, as I knew that they still did not have a clue as to what it was that we were even doing in the first place. I was a bit worried that Marion might go out of it, as I knew that my girl friend was in fact a very religious girl.

It was one thing that we for sure differed our views on, and we often got in to a lot of heated fights and arguments about it. I let out a bit of a soft sigh to my self, as I squinted my eyes at her all of the sudden, as if she might some how already know as to what it was that we were about to go and do in the first place.

I knew that was not the case at all how ever, as I shook off all of those thoughts at the same time too. Perhaps she had seen the worried look on the face of Alexander earlier, and it had her a bit worried her self, as she knew just as well as I did, that it for sure was not some thing that was normal for him at all.

I looked at her for a little bit more time, until she suddenly noticed that I was in fact looking right at her in the very first place as well. She blinked a few times, as I then did in fact remember that she would notice that I was staring at her. I also remembered at the exact same time too, that I was about to speak to her in the first place.

I blinked my eyes right back at her at the exact same time, as she then all of the sudden nodded to me, as it seemed to be a bit clear to me, that she had in fact known that I wanted to speak to her in the first place. I nodded back to her at the same time too, as I then began to speak up to her a bit quietly, so that the girls in the middle of the SUV could not hear a word that came out of my mouth either.

"What's going on with you? You seem to be a little bit off?" I said to her at the exact same time too, as I kept my eyes squinted at her, which did not seem to bother her all too much at all, such as I knew that it did when it was Alexander that did such a thing to her. I knew that she felt some sort of way to my friend, though I was not so sure what her feelings were for him.

A part of me felt like it might be some kind of lust for him, but also at the same time too, I also felt like she might be afraid of him, and she just was such a good person at hiding things such as that, which I very well knew that she was in fact good at it, which was why I could not rule it out as a possibility at the same time too.

I felt a bit afraid on the fact that she might have a little bit of lust for him, as it was not more the fact that I was worried that my friend was going to fool around with her, as I knew that he was my best friend, and would not do as such a thing, especially when he was in a happy relationship with the girl that he was with right now.

It was more the fact that I knew that it had not been the first time that she had some sort of lust for another man, as we had nearly broken up last year do to that, as I had caught her exchanging pics with the guy, as the guy had gone around bragging the the whole school about it, and she did not even try to deny it at all either.

I had forgiven her for it, but I was not so sure that I would be able to do the same thing once again, if she was going to let it happen again. I did my best to try to shake out all of those thoughts from out of my head all at once as well, but it was kind of hard for me, as I knew that it very well could in fact be a possibility.

I let out a bit of a soft sigh to my self all of the sudden, as I was glad that I did not have all too much time to think on all of that, as I then began to hear her voice begin to speak up. I blinked a few times, as I lifted my head up at the same time too, as I then looked at her as to what it was that she had to say in the first place.

I was a bit lost as to why it was that she had been speaking so loud any ways, until when I looked up to her, I saw that she did not have her eyes on me at all, as it seemed clear to me at the exact same time too, that she was paying me no sort of attention at all, as she had her eyes focused on the guys that were at the front of the car.

I squinted my eyes at the exact same time too, as I could not help but to feel a bit oddly suspicious about all of it still, but I shook off all of those thoughts from my head all at the same time as well, as I then did in fact listen as to what it was that she had to say in the first place, to Zachary and Alexander who were in the front seats.

"So do you ever plan on telling us what it is that you guys plan on doing, or are you going to take us there with out even giving us a chance to say no? If that is the case, than go ahead and count me out of it... I do not like surprises..." She said to them up at the front. I blinked a few times, as I could not help but to agree with her on that, as that was for sure one thing that we had in common.

I looked up at the front at the exact same time as well, as I felt like she had a bit of a fair point, as it seemed like we were nearly out of the city at this point, and we were a solid few minutes away from any of their homes. I blinked a few times, as I saw that Alexander was not paying any sort of attention as to what it was the she had just said.

I was not sure if it was because he knew that Marion looked at him in a bit of a strange way from time to time such as I had noticed, and he was just trying to ignore him, or if it was due to the fact that he was too busy jamming him self out to the new song that was playing.

I had to guess that it was the prior to all of that, as I could tell that he was not in to all that was going on right now, as I felt like Alexander would go back to the way that he was earlier, if he did in fact remember as to what it was that we were planning on doing in the first place as well.

I shook my head, as I let out quite the loud sigh at the exact same time too, as I saw that Zachary had his eyes on the rear view mirror, as it was clear that he was looking a Marion, as he was not all too sure as to what it was that he should say back to her at the same time too, as he knew just as well as I did, that she was quite the religious freak.

I saw Zachary blink his eyes a few times through the mirror, which Marion did not seem to notice at all, as it did not seem like she had her eyes on the mirror at this very moment, as I saw just based off of the look that she had in her own eyes, as she had her eyes squinted at the guys up in the front.

Zachary was safe for the time being, though I felt like I should yell to him, that he needed to have his eyes on the road, as I knew that he often got a bit distracted, leading in to a lot of near accidents, several times. As I stared for just a bit longer how ever, I did in fact see that he did put his eyes back on the road all of the sudden.

I let out a bit of a sigh of relief at first, until I all of the sudden began to hear Zachary yell back to her, over the very loud music that was playing at the front of the car. I blinked just a few times my self as well, as I then all of the sudden, began to listen as to what it was that he had to say back to her in the first place.

"Relax girl! I was just looking for a good place for us to eat out at! Seems like you caught me just in time!" He said all of the sudden, as I was just a little bit lost as to what it was that he had been getting at in the first place, as I tilted my head just a little bit, even though I knew that he had not noticed me do so, and even if he had, I doubt that he would care all that much.

I was fairly certain that he had forgot about the fact that he was going to tell the girls as to what it was that we were planning on doing in the first place, as I was not the best when it came to roads, but I could in fact tell that we were heading out of town, where I had to assume we were going to cross the border illegally at the exact same time too.

I breathed in a bit of a sigh of relief as well, as I felt like I kind of wanted Marion, and perhaps the girls to be excluded out of all of this, as I was not too sure if they could handle the large trek up in to the mountains at a cold time of the year such as this one. I also knew that they would be a bit too afraid to do such a thing.

I did not want to have to drive all the way back, to take them back home, due to the fact that they would be too afraid to go up in to the mountains. I nodded a bit to my self at the exact same time as well, as I was glad that he had in fact remembered all of that, as I was ready to take the girls back to their homes at this point now.

I did not want Marion to get hurt whilst we were out there, as for one, it was cold, and there were not really any nearby hospitals any where to be found either I had to assume, just due to the fact that we were going to be in the mountains in the first place. If we did take them there in time any ways, would they let us in if they knew that we had crossed the border illegally?

I shook off those thoughts, as I got my focus on what it was that was going on, as I heard a loud groan come from the girls that were in the middle seats at this very moment in time. I was a little bit lost as to what it was that it could be, as I looked right at them, to see as to what it was that they were looking at in the first place, as I expected it to be a YouTube video, or a Tik Tok.

That was not the case at all how ever, as to my surprise, they had their phones down for once, as I saw that their eyes were focused on some thing much different, as I saw that they were looking right out the window. I was quite a bit confused as to what it was at first, until I all of the sudden saw as to what it was that they were even looking at in the first place.

I did not blame them for the loud groan suddenly, as I saw that the place that we were at, was 'McDonalds'. I hated eating at this place just as much as the rest of them did, as I was not so sure as to why Zachary seemed to stop here to eat so often, as I knew that just like the rest of us, he did not like any thing that was on the menu really.

They used to say back in the day, such as my father had used to tell me, that the fast food was cheap. That was not the case at all any more how ever, as the last time that I had been to a Mickey D's, every single meal that was on the menu, was always at the very least, 10 dollars, as some of it was near 20 at this point.

It was kind of insane to me, considering the fact that the minimum wage in the state of Washington, was a measly 20 dollars. I also knew at the exact same time too, that I did not have all that much money left in my account at the exact same time either, which made it a lot less that I wanted to go and eat out at place like this.

Also the fact that it was called 'fast food' was sort of a joke at this point, as I knew that the food that they made in there, damn well was not fast at all, as it usually took 5 to 10 minutes, and that was if we were lucky, and the McDonald's was not as packed, such as it seemed like this one was right now.

I let out a bit of a soft groan my self at the exact same time too, as I rolled my eyes, and I then stared through the window, such as I had been doing long before this, as I was wondering if I even wanted to get any thing off of the menu at all either, as they did not even have the 2$ soft drink deal that they used to have a little while ago.

I shook my head all at the same time as well, as I then heard the voice of Alexander begin to speak up from the passenger seat of the car. I could tell that he was not all too happy with the fact that Zachary had taken us to this place, as I could tell just based off of the tone of voice that he had at this very moment in time as well, as I listened as to what it was that he had to say in the first place too.

"Really? This is what you had in mind when you said a good dinner tonight?" He said over to Zachary, as I could see just from the side of the front chair, that he had his eyes squinted at Zachary at the exact same time as well. I could tell that it kind of bothered Zachary at the same time too, but I also felt like I should not feel bad for him either, as it was in fact his own fault that he had chosen to come here.

I was sure that it was just a reflex of the moment situation, as he just looked at the closest place that he had recognized after Marion had just spoken up to him a few seconds ago. I knew that he had no plans on eating out at a place such as this one, as he had said he was going to take us to a nice place to eat out at tonight.

He more than likely just had his mind set so stuck on what it was that we were going to do, that he had not felt hungry at all, and it had not crossed his mind as to what all that we were planning on doing in the first place, as well as the fact that he had failed to tell the girls as to what it was that we were even going to be doing.

I rolled my eyes just a little bit, as I then saw that Zachary was parking in to a handicap parking spot, as he had a bit of a grin on his face at the same time too, as he all of the sudden took the fake handicap parking tag that he had got from his dead grand mother, which I still could not get over the fact that he had done that, as he put it on top of the mirror to the car.

I knew that we would get in a lot of trouble with the law if they knew that the car was not actually for a handicap person, as there was actual people that were handicap that needed that spot, but I did not say any thing about it, as I did in fact think it was kind of funny, even if it was wrong.

I let out a bit of a soft sigh all of the sudden, as I saw the guys up at the front get out of the car, as the girls were soon to follow them. I blinked a few times, as I then saw Marion head over to the spot to move the seats forward, so that we could get out of the car, and then join the others out side.

I looked at Marion for a few moments, as she turned her head over to me, and put her eyes on mine, as it was clear that she was making sure that I was going to follow her in side of the place, as I was not too sure as to what else she would think I would be doing. To be fair though, I had in fact stayed in side of the car a few times when we had gone to a McDonalds, due to the fact that I just did not like the place.

I was hungry right now how ever, as I had not eaten any thing today, as I had skipped out on break fast, just as I usually tended to do, as I wanted to get a little bit of extra sleep, rather than fill my belly a bit for the day. It was kind of foolish if I was not going to lie, due to the fact that I sat in bed wide awake for about 30 minutes every morning, not wanting to get up.

We did not really eat lunch when we were in the ISS room, as we did not get to go to the cafeteria with the other kids in there, as it was almost as if they were trying to ground us, as if we were just little children. So if you were going to eat lunch, than you had to bring some food with you from back home.

I thought that was kind of illegal to not feed the kids, because some kids were not able to bring food to school with them, but I never really said any thing about it, because I really did not want to bring up a bit of a confrontation with the school board, as I knew that they could easily bring up a lot of the shit that I did.

I knew that they did not know about me taking illegal substances my self, but I was sure that they had to assume that I did at this point. I did not care, as we were not going to be in school for too much longer. I sighed just a bit to my self, as I shook off all of those thoughts all at the exact same time too, as I saw that Marion was still staring right at me at this very moment.

I blinked a few times at first, as I was just a little bit lost as to what was going on at this very moment in time, but as I then got my mind back on the present, and all that was going on out side, as I could see the guys and their girls going in side of the McDonalds, I then nodded to Marion, to let her know that I was going to follow her in.

She nodded right back over to me, as she then hopped out of the car. I hesitated just a bit for a couple of seconds, but I did in fact join her, as I did remember how hungry I was, even if I did not want to be going around and eating McDonalds, especially after the fact that I had been expected us to be going to eat out at a much nicer place tonight.

I suppose that I should not be too worried about it how ever, as I was sure at the same time too, that Zachary did not want to sit down and eat out for a very long time tonight, as I was sure that he wanted to get to the Mountain by the time it was dark. It meant that we were going to have to spend the night in side of the car, which did not really bother me all too much.

I could already see my self making all kinds of spooky noises to try to scare every one that was in the car in the middle of the night, but I shook off all of those thoughts at the same time too, as I also knew that now was not the best time to be lost in my head, and in a bit of a train of useless thoughts none the less at that.

I let out a bit of a soft sigh to my self, as I then began to follow Marion in to the McDonalds, which felt to be the most miserable place in the world to me, as I kind of thought of it as a bit of a joke that it was supposed to make every one happy that was in side. I was not so sure as to how they thought they were going to do that, if the people that worked there were clearly miserable.

I did not blame them either, as they were working a minimum wage job, and a lot of the people that came in were ass holes to them, such as Zachary usually was, as he viewed in to be some thing a little bit funny to do to the people that worked at a fast food place like this. I felt a bit bad for them, as it was not really their fault.

I shook my head though, as I could already see at this point, that Zachary was messing with the poor lady that took the orders at the front, just by the fact that he had the same big smile on his face that he always had when he did stuff like that to people. I rolled my eyes at the same time too, as I then walked in to the place with him.

I continued to walk over to him, but I was quite a bit embarrassed to do as such at the same time too, as I could already hear, just based off of the tone of his voice, as be was speaking to the poor lady, that he had already begun to start the games that he pulled on the people that worked in here.

I kept on walking to him any ways, as I figured that I should not get all too worried about it at the same time as well, as I then began to catch what it was that he was saying to the lady, which I felt a bit bad for her, as I could tell that she was having quite a bad day as it was up to this point already.

I felt like I should step in and say some thing about it, but based off of the fact that I could tell that Alexander was about to burst out of his bubble in a bit of laughter, I decided not to do as such, as I sighed a bit to my self at the exact same time as well, as I then began to listen as to what it was that Zachary had to say to the woman.

"Come on... I asked for Sweet Tea, not Iced tea! This shits nasty!" He said to the lady that was at the front desk of the McDonalds, taking orders. I could also see at the same time as well, that there was a family with a young daughter behind them as well, that were not too happy at the fact that he was holding up the line for one thing, but also the fact that he was cursing in front of their daughter that could be no older than perhaps 4.

I was about ready to step in and do some thing about all of this, but I felt like I did not have the balls to do such a thing as that, as I stayed back, pretending that I was not a part on any of this, and that I had not a clue as to who these fools are that were at the front of the line, holding up every one that was behind them.

I saw based off of the look that was on the face of Marion, that she was not all too happy as to what was going on right now at the same time as well. I knew that she was friends with the girl friends of the boys, but based off of the fact that we could both hear them laughing a bit, she was not too happy with them at all.

I was not all too sure how Marion could consider them friends at all, if I was going to be honest with my self, as they were not in to the same things with each other, nor did they seem to get along when ever they were with each other. I let out a bit of a soft sigh, as I already knew the answer to that question at the same time too.

I kind of felt bad for it, as I knew that Marion had a fair amount of friends before I had gone off of the deep end such as I now was, if you wanted to call in that at the very least, which I felt like I would not call it that, as it felt like I was living the best life. I felt bad for her for it how ever, as I knew that she had lost a lot of her friends, due to the fact that they did not like me, and they no longer liked her either, due to the fact that she was my boy friend.

I shook off all of those thoughts at the same time too how ever, as I knew that those were not the thoughts that I should be having going in to my head at this very moment time, as I let out a bit of a soft sigh to my self. I knew that it did not matter at all, as even if me and her had our differences in the past, I still loved her, and I was grateful to have her by my side.

I looked away from her suddenly, as I then got my focus back on to the front all of the sudden, as I looked at the poor lady that was trying to take orders, and waiting for him to leave, so that she could take the rest of the orders. I could tell that she was losing her patience at this point, as she was doing her best to keep her self calm at the exact same time as well.

I still could not help but to feel a little bit bad for her, as I then did my best to shake off all of those thoughts, as the lady then finally began to speak up to the boys, in the most calm voice as she possibly could, even though she knew very well that the guys were messing with her, but she did not want to get in trouble with her manager.

I could just about hear her breath in heavily, as she seemed to be letting out quite a bit of a sigh to her self all of the sudden, as she then nodded to the boys, to make sure that they were listening as to what it was that she was about to say to them. They did not nod back at all to no surprise, as she then just began to speak to them any ways, as I listened as to what it was that she had to say to them at the exact same time as well, from not too far back behind.

"Okay... I am sorry sir... Let me get this clear, because I might have heard you say Iced Tea, even though you might have said Iced Sweet Tea..." She said to Zachary, who was clearly the main guy in all of this in the first place. Zachary had his eyes squinted at her, as I could tell that he was doing his best to try and keep a straight face through all of this, as I could tell just based off of the look that was on his face, and based off of the fact that I had known him for quite a bit of some time too, that he was about to burst in to a bit of laughter at any moment. He held him self in how ever, as he kept that straight look for as long as he could, as he then nodded to her to, to let her know that he was listening to her. The lady then rolled her eyes, as she continued with where it was that she had left off in speaking to Zachary, as I continued to listen as to what it was that she had to say to him in the first place. "You want Sweet Tea right?"

She looked at Zachary for just a bit of some time, as I could tell that Zachary was still trying to hold in his laughter, which to my surprise, he was doing a great job of it, as he usually was not good with doing as such at all most of the time. That was besides the point in all of it, though I could not help but to be a little bit shocked by it.

I continued to look at Zachary, as he did not seem to want to say a single word to the lady at all, as he then began to slowly nod to her. The lady had her eyes squinted at him, as I wondered just how long this little game had been playing on for, before I had even come in to the place.

After just a few moments longer, I then saw the lady then begin to walk to the back of the McDonalds, to go to the refreshment station, so that she could fill up another cup once again, of some sweet tea. I could not help but to feel bad for the lady, as I stared at her for some time, as I watched her pour up the drink for Zachary.

I blinked a few times at the exact same time as well, as I was a bit lost on why the hell Marion was staring at me with her eyes squinted, as I could see her from the corner of my own eyes. I was a bit lost at first, as I then all of the sudden looked over to her, and I tilted my head a little bit, just to let her know that I was in fact a little bit lost as to what she was on about.

Marion still had her eyes squinted at me for a bit of some time, but once she realized that I had not a clue as to what it was that she was getting at, she then rolled her eyes at me. I was in fact a little bit lost as to what it was that she was getting at in the first place, as I then all of the sudden looked back at the lady that was now filling up the cup with some tea.

I looked at her for just a few seconds, as it then all of the sudden hit me as to why she had been looking at me in that way just a few seconds ago. I realized that it was due to the fact that the lady did in fact have a nice ass. It was not what I had been looking at, at all, just a few moments ago, but now that I did in fact notice it, I could not help but to stare at it.

I kind of felt like it was Marion's own fault for doing so in the first place, so I did not feel all too bad about it, as I did not have too look at it for all too much longer, luckily enough for the both of us as well, as the lady then turned her head back over, and she brought the tea over to Zachary at the exact same time too, keep her eyes squinted on him, and paying no sort of attention to me, as she should not be any ways.

She then gave it over to Zachary at the same time as well, as she stared at him for just a bit more time, as Zachary then began to drink in to the drink all at once. I waited for him to give out a bit of a nasty 'ew' once again, but he did not do as such, as it was clear that he knew that it would not be nearly as funny this time, as it had been last time, which really had not even been all that funny to me in the first place.

Zachary then nodded to the lady, as he gave her a thumbs up at the exact same time as well, as he then turned his head over to where me and Marion were at near one of the tables, as he had a bit of a smirk on his face, as if he felt like he was a bit of a comedian, with what it was that he had just pulled on that lady a few moments ago.

If I was going to be honest with my self, it was not funny at all, as I knew that the lady was just trying to do her job, so that she could get back home, and more than likely get some rest, so that she would have to wake up, and most likely have to go back to work in the morning. Hell... For all that I knew, she could have 2 jobs, and could be just about ready to go to the next one.

I shook off those thoughts how ever, as I knew that they did not matter at all right now, as I saw that Alexander, and Zachary were walking back with 2 bags in their hands. I saw Alexander have a bit of a smile on his face, which I could not help but to smile back at him, as when ever I saw him think some thing was funny, even if it was not funny at all to me, it always seemed to come back to me.

I rolled my eyes, as I shook off all of those thoughts at the exact same time as well, as I then all of the sudden saw then sit at a nearby table, that was the closest way out, to get to the door, and back in to the car that was out side waiting for us to go in. I saw Zachary nod to me and Marion at the same time too, as it was clear that he wanted us to join him at the table.

I let out a bit if a soft sigh to my self, as I turned my head over to Marion, to make sure that she was going to join me in doing so in the first place. As she saw me look over to her, I all of the sudden saw her nod as a little bit of a response to me, to let me know that she was in fact ready to join up with them at the table right now.

I nodded a bit to my self, as I felt a bit more safe now, as I did in fact begin to head over to the table where all of the others were at right now. I heard Marion joining me too, as I heard the foot steps of her heels that she was wearing at this very moment. I was a bit lost as to why she had brought heels with her on the last day of school.

I really was not attracted to it at all, so it must be some thing that she just enjoyed doing, or maybe there was some other guy that might be attracted to it for all that I knew. I felt sick as to all of those thoughts, as even though I had told her that I had forgiven her for what she had done, my subconscious thoughts thought the opposite.

I sighed, as I shook off all of those thoughts all at the same time as well, as I then sat beside Marion, in the open spot on the table, and I then nodded to Zachary as well, to let him know that we were here, and that we were ready to eat. I pulled out my wallet at the same time too, as I offered to pay Zachary for it.

Zachary looked at me for just a few moments, as it seemed like he was about to laugh at what it was doing in the first place, but instead he just rolled his eyes at me, and he then shook his head at me, as it was clear that he did not want me to pay him for the meal that he had just got us.

I was a bit surprised by it, but I suppose that he had in fact said that dinner would be on him earlier, so it made sense, though this was not exactly the dinner that every one had been expecting to have at all. I let out a bit of a soft sigh, as I shook off all of those thoughts, and I all of the sudden nodded back to Zachary.

Zachary nodded right back over to me at the exact same time as well, as he all of the sudden began to speak up to all of us, all at once too. I blinked a few times, as every one at the table turned their heads over to him, as all of us then began to listen as to what it was that he had to say to each and every one of us in the first place.

"Here's your 2 McChicken Harris... And your 2 McChickens Marion..." He said to the both of us at first, as I looked at him for just a little bit longer, and I then nodded to him, as he handed me the McChicken all at the same time too, and he gave Marion the McChickens that he had bought for us. He then turned his head over to his girl friend, and Alexander's girl friend all of the sudden, as he did not say a word about what it was that he was giving to them. I was sure that it was due to the fact that they had been there for it, and they had already made their orders, so it would be no sort of surprise as to what it was that they had gotten to eat. I let out a bit of a soft sigh at the same time too, as I then saw a bit of a smile on the face of Zachary, which did in fact confused my just a bit. I tilted my head at him, but he was not paying all that much attention to me, as he had his eyes on the girls for some odd reason or another. I was a little bit lost as to what it was that was going on right now, until of course, Zachary then began to speak up to all of them. I blinked just a few times, as I shook off any other thoughts that I might have been having before, as I then began to listen as to what it was that he even had to say to them in the first place. "Alright... So the plan that we have set in stone, is that we are going to the Old Mountains... We are going to go and see if we can find the old man that they talk about that lives up there... Maybe he might even tell us a story..."

He said it a bit spookily at that last part, as I was not going to lie to my self, that did in fact kind of bring shivers down my spine as soon as he had said all of that. I was starting to think in my head all of the sudden, that perhaps this might in fact be a bad idea, as I saw that Alexander had his head down low to the ground, such as he had been doing when Zachary had spoken on it not too long ago.

I felt a bit bad for my friend, as a part of me wanted to not feel bad for him, due to the fact that I felt that I felt like he surely had to be lying about the story that he had said about his uncle, that way that he could find a way out of this, as for once in his life, he was scared of what it was that we had planned on doing.

A part of me felt a bit bad for him at the same time too, though I really did not believe that he had lost an uncle that he had never met before to that story, as I was sure that it was just a bit of a made up story that his family used to tell him when he was younger, just to freak him out a little bit, when ever he was a lot younger.

I sighed just a little bit, as I rolled my eyes at the exact same time too, and I then looked over to Marion all of the sudden, to no surprise of course, I saw that she had her eyes squinted at Zachary, as it was clear that she was not even going to give it a chance, as she was not in on all of it.

It was a bit disappointing if I was not going to lie, as I wanted to brag on some thing to Alexander for once, as he was the one that was being the coward, and I was actually standing up, and acting a bit excited to get this done. I blinked a few times at the same time as well how ever, as I looked away from Marion at the exact same time as well.

It was to no surprise that she would not be in on any of this, as I knew that she was afraid of 'evil spirits' as she liked to call it. I did not for her to go back home, as I knew that it meant that I was going to have to go back with her, which meant that I was going to blow the chance that I had to brag to Alexander about the fact that he had been too pussy to go and see the spooky stories that were told about the mountains in the first place.

I rolled my eyes just a little bit, as I let out quite a loud sigh at the same time too, as I could already tell, just based off of the looks that were on the faces of the girls, that it did not seem like they wanted to go out there either. I was about to give up all at once, at this point in time, until I all of the sudden heard Marion begin to speak.

I was a bit surprised by it, as I felt like this would be one of those moments where she would not want to say a word, but I felt like I should not be surprised, as I knew that she liked to talk a lot. I rolled my eyes just a little bit, as I then all of the sudden began to listen as to what it was that she had to say to Zachary.

"I'm in... I've always been a bit interested in what it was that was really up there... But I do think that it is a very bad idea..."