The four of us arrive in an abandoned hotel and what feels like forever of walking.
I look around and and see so much moss and damp mould everywhere but I just shake my head in disgust and just decide to suck it up.
"You've got to be kidding me!" Ellie exclaims in surprise but also a bit of excitement, "You ever stay in a place like that?" She asks curiously
"No a little out of our league." Tess says with a small laugh.
"Not exactly like this.. but something very similar yeah." I say nodding my head and looking around.
God I wish I could be back to when my life was simpler, when we could go to fancy hotels and kids and swim in the pools, but those days are gone now, and I guess that's just life for you, cruel.
"How do you even know what this is?" Joel asks her confused and I just shoot him a 'dude, really?' kind of look.
"Have you heard of books?" Ellie replied sarcastically and Joel gives an annoyed look then starts to walk down the steps towards the massive pool of green, mossy water.
"Wait are we going in there?" Ellie asks.
"Yeah, we got to get to the stairwell on the other side." Tess says and I give a groan then follow Joel into the water.
"Well.. I don't know how to swim."
"Well you kinda just.. you know." I say as I give some really bad actions of swimming. "Just like that." I say with a small laugh.
"Thanks." She says sarcastically.
"Seriously?" Joel asks with a stern look on his face.
"Do you think we have pools in the QZ?"
"No, smart ass." He replies with the same stern expression as before and steps into the water where in doesn't even reach his waist.
"Don't know how I was supposed to know that." Ellie mutters as we follow close behind him.
"This is gross." I state as I try to not get my backpack wet.
"Suck it up." I hear Joel mutter as I give him a glare.
"What the hell is your problem?" I exclaim loudly, starting to get a bit annoyed by his behaviour.
"What the hell is yo-" He replies angrily but he is cut off by Tess.
"Literally just shut up you two." She says seriously, clearly getting quite annoyed with our arguing now and I just roll my eyes but still quiet.
"Oh check it out." Ellie exclaims happily as she walks in the water towards the, now how emerged in water, desk.
"Ding ding ding." She says happily and starts to talk to herself. "Yes, sir. I would like your finest suite, please."
"Weirdo." I mutter and let out a small laugh.
"You're a weird kid." Joel exclaims.
"You're a weird kid." Ellie answers.
Suddenly something startles Ellie and I raise my gun at where something fell. "Oh fuck!" She says loudly.
I take a step closer but I realise it is only a Skelton.
"Sorry.." She says trying to get her breath back.
"At least it can't hurt you," I say shrugging, "well physically anyways, think I just got scared to death for a minute."
Joel helps Ellie up but he quickly lets go and I can tell his hand is hurting him.
I know it will anger him but it's worth trying to get him to warm up to me a bit.
I slowly approach him with a somewhat fake smile on my face.
"...what?" He asks confused.
"Your han-" I start but he quickly cuts me off with a glare, it looks could kill, I'd be way down in hell right about now.
"Okay doke." I say simply, clearly getting the message and walking away from him.
"You okay?" Tess asks Ellie.
"Yep. Fucking fabulous." She replies sarcastically.
"I feel ya kid." I say nodding in agreement as I walk after her.
A/N- Kinda short again so soz but this is just a good place to stop it LMAO 💀
Date finished- technically 20/5/23
Word count- 682 words
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FanfictionWhen I was just 13 the world went to shit. Nothing was left. The world was gone forever and no one would ever make the world feel whole again. Or that's what I used to think until I met two people who changed my life. I believed very strongly on bei...
