Chapter One

It's a bright and sunny afternoon in Thriller Park, Gatlinburg Tennessee.

Two teen boys sit at the top of twin water slides, one  looks down nervously while taunting his friend  "Hey Riley race you down". Riley looks back saying "Now way your pussy ass goes down this thing before me Lucas".

The attendant sighs telling them "Can you guys move it along already?"

Both teens count together before going down the slide, "One… Two...Three… Aaaaaaaaah".

They scream in excitement as Lucas' long blond hair crashes around violently, in the end Riley comes out first and taunts Lucas "I told you I'd win". Lucas gets up pulling  the wet hair from his face saying "Okay I have another challenge", he pushes Riley into the pool and runs away saying, "Race you to the snack bar".

Lucas, of course, gets there first and buys two drinks and candy, Riley soon gets there panting. "Took you long enough",Lucas says, taunting him.

"Not everything has to be a competition you know" Riley responds, hunched over and out of breath. Lucas hands him a can of "7 burps" saying, "Drink this and sit down before you pass out".

Both boys get a seat and relax to talk about the state of the park, "I can't believe this place is getting sold" Riley says taking the opportunity to comb his wet, nappy hair.

Lucas responds "It had to close down eventually, I heard the land got bought by some developer since the park wasn't making any money, who builds a park in the middle of nowhere anyway?".

Riley takes a sip and says "We live here though", Lucas puts his feet on the table and replies "I mean compared to the rest of the country".

Riley points his comb taunting Lucas "After two years you still a stuck up city boy".

Lucas picks up his drink and shrugs his arms unbothered, "I'm not lying". As he shrugs Ashley walks by with her friend Rachel  and bumps into Lucas' hand spilling the drink on both of them. She screams "Oh my God, you idiot!" as she tries to wipe off the stain from her swimsuit.

Rachel  chastises Luacs "You need to apologise now". Luacs' jaw drops upon hearing this and responds, "She bumped into me! Y'all can go kick rocks"

The two girls sneer at him and leave, Rachel  says to Riley, "Why are you even friends with this jerk?".

Lucas shakes the soda off his arm saying, "Your sister is an asshole". Riley sighs deeply replying "Sometimes, but her heart's in the right place".

Lucas scoffs, "Yeah whatever" as he throws the empty can into the garbage. He goes into the changing rooms to wash off and change into his street clothes of dark jeans, sneakers and a black cardigan.

He puts his bag on his shoulder and goes to meet Riley who's lounging on a pool raft.

He splashes water on his face to get his attention and tells him "Hey Riley can you do me a favor?"

Riley looks up and asks "Sure what is it?"

Lucas hands him his backpack and tells him "I'm going to the abandoned part of the park, help me take this home". Riley wipes his face looking confused, "Don't tell me you're going to do that parkour nonsense or whatever?"

Lucas takes out his digital camera and says, "Well duh, I'm going to get some sick pictures too".

Worried, Riley says "You're going to get in trouble or worse".

Lucas responds "Who's going to stop me?" while looking through the eyepiece of the camera.

Riley shakes his head and tells him, "Don't say I didn't warn you, I'll be here with your bag when you come to your senses".

Lucas runs off saying, "Thanks, I owe you one".