[hr][color=black][h3]December 19th, 2016. 6:48 AM[/h3][/color][hr]

As the phone alarm jostled her awake, silently, Lauryn groaned at the thought of leaving the comfort of her warm bed. She had never been a morning person. She often wished that she was. The grass is greener on the other side of the fence, she supposed. 

Like most days, her very first thought was, [color=black]“I wish I could sleep longer.”[/color] The comfort and safety of her bed screamed loudest in the mornings. Her vision was blurry, and she could not read the screen clearly, but there was no need. Her hand found the snooze button instinctively, as if it needed no help from her brain. She wasn't very sure what good her brain was that early, anyway. Lauryn dragged herself out of bed and stumbled towards the closet, wiping the sleep from her eyes and in an almost robotic fashion, pulling on a pair of ripped jeans and a T-Shirt—whichever is conveniently residing at the top of the "clean [url=http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/cid/212398979/id/-lYXszu35hGBuMvVxkt47Q/size/l.jpg]clothes[/url]" pile. After that, she quickly brushed her teeth and washed her face in the hallway bathroom. Then she threw on her black fur jacket before stopping by the bedroom window, using the reflection to fix her hair. The street light at the top of the driveway illuminated a steady stream of rain. She grabbed a scarf, a pair of socks and her rain boots before leaving the house.

Lauryn was the third of her friends to arrive at the diner, and it was then that she realized just how hungry she was. She ordered a stack of pancakes and, after drenching them in blueberry flavored syrup, scarfed them down until she was satisfied. She washed the meal down with an ice cold glass of apple juice. By the the gang was finished eating, the rain had stopped, so they decided to go exploring in the forest that surrounded the outskirts of the town. When they'd come across the unfamiliar home, Lauryn was very skeptical. Her skepticism, however, turned to concern as soon as Gina started up the weak and wobbly steps, almost falling right through when she stepped on the termite infested wood. Pushing her concern away, Lauryn scanned the ground as she listened to her friends converse. [color=gray]"Looks like there's a fairly clear window over there,"[/color] She'd heard Sebastian say.

[color=black]"It's funny,"[/color] she said with a laugh as she continued to look around, [color=black]"how we find a strange ass abandoned house in the middle of the forest, and our first instinct is to [i]look around.[/i]"[/color] As soon as she'd finished speaking, Lauryn found exactly what she was looking for. After retrieving the largest rock she could find in the area, she made her way to the right side of the house, wrapped her scarf around her hand, and, without warning, used the rock to break in the rest of the window. Lauryn grinned as the glass shattered and a few shards of splintered glass spilled onto the ground.

[color=black]"Why bust down the door when we can climb through the window?"[/color] she said, dropping the rock back on the ground and unwrapping her hand. [color=black]"Now,"[/color] she said with a smirk, [color=black]"who's up first?"[/color]