Chapter 13: A Story

I looked down at the ground for quite a bit of some time, as I was not all too sure as to just what it was that I should be doing right at this very moment in time, as I had not expected any one to be up at this place in the very first place any ways. I began to breath in quite a bit to my self, all at the exact same time as well, as I wanted to say some thing to the man, as it kind of seemed like he was just trying to scare us right now, but I kept my mouth shut, as I did not want to say any thing stupid that might get one of us shot at the exact same time as well, as after all, the man did in fact have a rifle on him at this very moment in time too.

I nodded just a bit to my self, as I did my best to try not to do any thing as stupid as that, as I felt like the best option for me right now was to have my head down low to the ground, so that I did not make any sort of stupid moves, such as the ones that were going on in my head right now, as I sighed a bit to my self, all at the exact same time as well, as I rolled my eyes a bit none the less, as I hoped to God that the man could not see the fact that I had rolled my eyes in the very first place any ways, as I did my best to keep my head quite a bit low to the ground all at the same time too.

I blinked eyes never the less, as I could see from the corner of my eye, that Zachary had a smile on his face, as it did not seem like he was taking any of this seriously at all, as I saw that he too rolled his eyes from the corner of my own eye, expect the man could clearly see the fact as to what it was that he had done, as the older man then kept his eyes squinted at Zachary, as I could tell that he was not all too happy with him either. Either way, I did in fact know that we were walking on private property right at this very moment in time, and the man had every right to shoot all of us dead right now, and no one would ever find us either in this snow storm, as I knew that no one ever came up to this place.

I felt like Zachary needed to take this a lot more seriously, but then again, I also knew that Zachary did not seem to take any thing seriously, as I then began to breath in quite a bit heavily to my self all at the exact same time too. I shook my head at him, trying to get his attention on me, and tell him know, but it was clear that his eyes were set on the man, and he had a big smile on his face, as he then began to head over to the man, who had the rifle pointed directly at them, as if he was daring the man to shoot, which was some thing that was very stupid. It was almost as if Zachary wanted to die right now, as I felt like I should step in and do some thing, or say some thing right now.

It was as if Zachary thought the gun was a toy gun, but based off of the fact that the nozzle was not orange, I had to come a bit of an assumption that the gun was not a toy at all, as it did not make sense as to why an older man that lived up in these mountains would have a toy gun in the very first place any ways. I was about to step in for Zachary, to make sure that the man did not in fact shoot my friend, when all of the sudden, all at the exact same time as well, I heard the voice of Alexander, as he stepped in for Zachary, all at the exact same time too, before the older man did some thing to him, and before Zachary came right up to the barrel all at the exact same time as well.

It was lucky for Zachary too, as it did in fact look like the man had the full intention that he was about to shoot Zachary, as I knew that these country folk were not people to mess around with at the exact same time too, especially if this man had not been out in the real world for quite a bit of some time none the less. I began to breath in just a bit, as I then all of the sudden saw Zachary turn his head over to Alexander, as he squinted his eyes at him all at once as well, as if he was upset at Alexander for stepping for him and saving his life for some odd reason or another, as it was clear to me, that Zachary seemed to just think that this was some sort of game right at this very moment in time.

I felt like there was a reason that people did not come up here, so Zachary should not get too big of a pair of balls just yet, when he did not know what it was that we were dealing with. I then all of the sudden blinked my eyes just a few times, all at once, as I got my focus on the fact instead on Alexander, as of course, he was the one that had stepped up to speak to every one, and he was the one that might have just saved the life of Zachary at the exact same time too. I blinked my eyes a few times, as I ignored Zachary, and I then kept my eyes on Alexander instead, as I began to listen as to just what it was that he had to say to him in the very first place any ways.

"Zachary... Stop... He has a gun, don't mess with that, this isn't a game..." He said to Zachary, as it was clear that he was doing his best to try to wake up our friend who was clearly lost at this very moment in time. Zachary stared at Alexander for just a little bit longer, as it still did not seem like he was taking a single bit of this shit serious at all, as he still had the same little grin on his face that he had not all too long ago. I let out a bit of a soft, but also rough sigh, as I then once again dipped my head a bit low to the ground, such as I had been doing not all too long ago, as I knew for a fact that I did not want in on a single part of this right now.

Zachary blinked his eyes just a few times at Alexander, as if he had really not heard a single word that he had just said in the very first place any ways, which I was tempted to groan just a bit to my self, all at the exact same time as well, as I was not all too sure as to just what else it was that I should do right now. Perhaps I should have listened to the fact that Alexander had told all of us not all too much longer ago, that it was a bad idea to come up here. Whilst it might not be due to the fact that it had any thing to do with the stories that he had been told when he was a lot younger, this all felt like a stupid idea as to the fact that we had thought that this was a good idea to come up here.

I looked back at the girls all at the exact same time as well, as I knew for a fact that they had not wanted to come up here at the exact same time too, but they were the last thing that was on my mind right now, if I was going to be for real, and completely honest with my self none the less. I expected the girls to be holding on to each other, and squeezing them selves in, trying to keep each other warm, but to my surprise that was not the case at all how ever, as I saw that what it was, that they were doing right now, was a different than all of that, as I saw that they had their phones up and open right now, as if they had connection out here some how, and they were paying no sort of attention as to just what it was that was going on right now.

Clearly they were how ever, as I saw that their phones, and their cameras were pointed directly over to the older man right now, as I was fairly certain that they were either recording, or taking pictures of what it was that he was doing right now. Clearly the man did not have a single clue as to what it was that they were doing, or he just did not seem to care. I had to guess that it was more the fact that he just did not know as to what it was that they were doing how ever, as if I had to guess, this man most likely had not left his home in a very long time, where ever it was that his home might be at in the very first place any ways, as for all I know the man could be bluffing about all of this.

I had not seen a house out in the woods of the mountain any where. Surely the man could not live in that cabin right? It would make sense, the more that I thought on it how ever, as to the fact that the man might have some how lived out in that cabin all along, as I had in fact noticed that it had been in good condition, for a place that had been said to have not been used for an entire century. I let out a bit of a rough sigh, all at the exact same time as well, as I then shook my head, all at the exact same time too, as I did my best to get my focus off of all of those thoughts, as I felt like those really did not matter at all right now.

Based off of the way that things seemed to be going right now, I had to guess that we were going to be headed back home, which I was in fact fine with at the exact same time as well, as I let out a bit of a rough sigh, as I then nodded to my self, all at the exact same time as well, none the less, and I kept my eyes on the girls for just a little bit longer, still just trying to make sure that all of them were okay. As I seemed to stare at them for quite a bit of some time how ever, I then all of the sudden heard the voice of Zachary start to speak up from not all too far away from me, as it was a lot easier to hear, now that it seemed like the blizzard how managed to calm its self down now.

I turned my head around, and I then looked at Zachary, right in to his eyes, all at the exact same time as well, as I was not all too happy with what it was that he was doing right now, as it seemed like he was taking all of this as some sort of joke, and he thought that this might be a prank on him, all at the exact same time too, some how. I was not all too sure as to how he might think that it could be the case, if he looked at the looks on all of our faces a little bit closer, he should cleary be able to tell that we were quite a bit afraid as to the fact that there was an older country man that had a gun pointed directly at the face of our friend, at the exact same time as well.

It was clear how ever, that Zachary did not care at though, as he still had quite a bit of a big smile on his face, which was easy to see due to the fact that the moon light seemed to make it out like it was the day time right now, which was clearly not the case at all, as I let out a bit of a soft sigh to my self all at once, as I once again did my best to get my focus off of all of that, all at the same time as well, as I then got my focus on the fact that Zachary was of course speaking back to either Alexander, or the older man, which of the 2, I was not all too sure as of right now. I let out a bit of a soft sigh to my self, all at the exact same time too how ever, as I got my focus back on him, as I then began to listen as to what it was that he even had to say in the very first place any ways, as well though.

"Hey... We just wanted to have a good time... We have no where else to go for the night now man, we were just on our way to the cabin to sleep there... We will be off in the morning, we just wanted to see some cool sights out here my guy..." He said to the older man, as I noticed that he used a lot more slang terms that he usually did, as it seemed like he was purposely trying to confuse the guy for some odd reason or another, as I then tilted my head at Zachary, not all too sure as to just what it was that he was doing, nor how it was that he some how managed to think that what it was that he was doing right now was at all a good idea.

I gulped just a bit to my self, all at once, as I kept my eyes on Zachary for just a little bit longer, as I saw that he kept a bit of a smile on his face whilst he had said it, but at the exact same time as well, he had a bit of a dead serious look on his face, as it was clear that he was being serious about the fact that we did not have a place to lay our heads for the night, as I knew that it was too late for us to go back to the car none the less as well. Surely Zachary did not think that the man was going to let us stay in his home after the way that he had seemed to act up to this point so far, right?

I rolled my eyes a bit to Zachary, once again, even though I knew that he did not have his eyes on me at all right now, as his eyes were clearly on the older man that still had his rifle pointed towards Zachary, as it was clear that he was not all too sure whether to trust my friend right now. I did not blame him either, as it seemed like Zachary was trying to be a bit fishy on purpose right now, for some odd reason or another, even though this was a very serious situation that we were in right now, as I let out quite a bit of a rough sigh all at the exact same time too, as I saw the older man turn his head over to us, seeing that we had a bit of a look of fear on all of our faces, and we were not all too sure as to just what it was that we should do either.

Well, besides the girls I suppose, as I was sure that they still had their phones up, and I was sure that they were all recording all of this right now, as I let out a bit of a soft sigh to my self, all at the exact same time as well, as it was clear that the man did not have a clue as to just what it was that the girls were doing right now, as it seemed like he might think that they were using flashlights right now, even though there was no light emitting from the phones at all at this very moment in time. I shook off all of those thoughts from my head how ever, all at the exact same time as well too, as I knew that it did not matter at all at this very moment in time any ways.

I saw that the man looked back over to Zachary, as he squinted his eyes at my friend once again, as it was clear that the man still was not all too sure whether or not he should trust our friend just yet, which I really did not blame him for at all, if I was going to be completely honest with my self, as I then did my best to get my focus off of all of those thoughts, all at the exact same time as well, as I then shook my head all of the sudden, as I heard the older mans voice begin to speak out quite a bit louder than he had before, as it was clear that he was trying to get the attention of the girls on him at the same time as well.

He had his rifle down, luckily enough for us, or luckily enough for Zachary at the very first, as I gulped a bit of a soft sigh, all at the exact same time too, as I then got my eyes on to the older man as well, as I squinted my eyes at him at the same time too, still not all too sure as to what it was that I should think of him. I got my focus off of all of those thoughts how ever, as I could hear him talking right now, which seemed to be a lot more important than the rest of my thoughts were on right now, as I then began to listen as to what it was that he even had to say at the exact same time as well.

"I have a cabin not all too far away from... You probably should not have come here... It is not safe out here during the night... Follow me, and I will tell you a story..."