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So, finally, finally an update! I'm sorry I kept you waiting for so freaking long, but I just had NO inspiration whatsoever for this chapter. Thankfully I know what I want after this chapter, so new updates will follow soon (I hope..). Please leave me a review!!

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“Gee, look at the time. I’d better get going to the airport. Her plane will land soon.” He rambled, thankful that he could get out of that hospital room where tension had been causing them all to stay silent, unknowing of what to say or do. Kevin almost fainted, but recovered quickly as soon as he sat down. He had tried to get away, but eventually gave up when Brian had told him he wasn't going anywhere. Nick quickly got to his feet and almost ran for the exit, still unable to believe Kevin’s confession. As soon as he was outside, he looked up at the sky, again trying to find some answers, but ofcourse he didn’t find any.

His hand was shaking as he tried to get his keys out of his left pocket, then the trembling caused him to drop them. He knelt down, got his keys and started walking towards his car, his thoughts plagued with some of the things Kevin had said. Kevin had walked around with that huge secret for over three years. Three years of feeling guilty for something that really wasn’t his fault, was it? He opened the door, sat down and looked at the big grey building, thinking of just one thing. Room 263 now was really the last place he wanted to be at.

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“Did you hear that?” Susie grabbed a pillow and covered her head. “Did I hear what?” her friend asked.
“That sound..squeeking sound..” Susie knew watching “Friday the 13th” wasn’t such a good idea, but Wendy had AGAIN talked her into watching a horror movie with her, now that nobody was home. Jake was over at his girlfriend’s house and her parents were having dinner in some fancy restaurant and told 15-year-old Suzie to invite Wendy over and order some pizza. Wendy shook her head, silently laughing as she turned her attention back to the tv. “You always hear things when we watch movies like these.. EWWWW!! That’s gross!!” she said as she saw how a young man got killed because the killer stabbed him in the back from below his bed. Susie screamed at the scene, hiding her face behind the pillow.

Shortly after that, Wendy noticed a squeeking sound as if somebody was climbing up the stairs. She softly poked Susie who was still hiding behind the pillow and screamed at the unexpected poke. Wendy held her finger to her lips, signaling Susie to be quiet. Her friend’s eyes went wide out of fright, but Wendy grabbed her by the arm and forced her to come along to Jake’s room, knowing she could find a bat or something else in there.
“What’s gotten into you?!” Susie whispered. “I think there’s someone downstairs.” Her friend whispered in return, placing her hand over Susie’s mouth, which muffled her scream. She shook off Wendy’s hand and began to panick. “So.. police.. call.. now..”
“Calm down, dork.” Wendy shook her head as she grabbed a basketball from the floor and turned towards the door, ready to go check out whoever was in the house. When Susie heard another sound, she froze in her footsteps, only to be dragged along by Wendy who noticed she was still standing there. “When I say ‘now’, you hit he light switch. Got that?!” Susie slowly nodded her head, hoping she could remember to actually to do so when being told. “Maybe it’s just Clumsy.. maybe it’s just the stupid cat..” Susie whispered to herself as she followed Wendy towards the stairs.

Wendy tiptoed over to the stairs, ready to throw the ball at the unwanted guest. When she heard something coming from a few steps below, she told Susie to hit the lightswitch and as soon as her friend had, she focused on the figure below her, aimed real quick and threw the ball in it’s direction. As soon as the object had left her fingers, she recognised the person standing there. She yelled his name, but was too late. Her perfect aiming had caused the ball to hit the person’s head on the side, followed by a loud yelp as he lost his balance and tumbled down three steps, landing on the floor, leaving him unconscious.

Wendy and Susie raced down the stairs, knelt down beside Brian’s body as they said his name over and over again. A few minutes later, he slowly opened his eyes and touched his head as his eyes tried to adjust to the brightness. A minute or so later, he was fully conscious and aware of the headache caused by the basketball. “Owww.. my head..” he whispered. “Are you okay?!” Wendy asked him as she helped him to sit up. He slowly nodded his head. “What happened?” he asked her as he rubbed his head with a puzzled look in his face.
“Ehm.. Bri.. You.. uhm.. slipped and fell down the stairs..” Wendy smiled at him, happy to see he was okay. “You were just being clumsy, as usual.” She tried to hold in the laughter as she noticed Susie turning red at her comment,staring at the floor, trying not to laugh out loud. But as soon as they looked at eacher, the girls bursted into laughter, leaving Brian clueless of what was so funny.

A few days later, he remembered what had happened and made the two girls swear not to tell anyone, which for once they didn’t, sparing his reputation. Susie smiled at the thought of that memory. She hoped everything was finally turning around now, that things were finally returning to normal. She looked at her watch as she sat down on one of the plastic chairs, pushing the luggage out of the pathway. Howie was late, which was rare. She did tell him what time her plane would land, didn’t she? She thought she had, but since she had already been waiting for an hour, she wasn’t so sure anymore. She was just about to call him, when she heard a familair voice yelling her name.

“Susie!!” He waved as he walked towards her, trying to get her attention, in which he succeeded. Even though he wore a cap and sunglasses, she recognised him the second she saw him. They had known each other since forever, so no disguise could fool her. She got up and hugged the blonde. “Hey Nicky!! Good to see you again.. So how have things been ever since I left?!” she chattered, happy that she was about to see the rest of their own little family again. When he didn’t respond she let go of him and looked at him. “Nick?”
He walked past her and got her luggage. “Not here.” He whispered as he began to walk over to the nearest exit. “Nick? What’s wrong?” Susie quickened her pace as she tried to catch up with him. “Nick?!”
“In the car.” He breathed. “We’ll talk.. in the car..” Susie stopped for a second, feeling that he wasn’t going to deliver any good news.
“Nick?! Please tell me everything’s okay!!” she panicked. He turned around and walked up to her, put down her luggage for a second, took off his sunglasses and placed his hands on the woman’s shoulders. “Susie, nothing..” he closed his eyes and took a deep breath before he continued. “Nothing is okay.”