Adam finally made his way to the house, stumbling over to the group huddled around the entrance.

[color=red]"Sorry I'm late guys!! Just needed to catch my breath..."[/color]

He stopped to rest his hands on his knees, taking in mouthfuls of air. Never the athlete, all the escaping and running and adrenaline rush were finally catching up to him. Not gonna lie, he definitely had no desire to be here. He had heard the rumors about this place. There were so many local urban legends surrounding the house that it's no wonder even demo crews wouldn't just demolish it already. Instead, it was left to rot and fester like a curse. Just looking at it gave Adam the heebie jeebies.

If it weren't for peer pressure, Adam would've just served his time in detention and let the others be the delinquents they were. This wasn't like him, Adam Harvey didn't get in trouble. He just wanted to fit in and detention made you a cool kid, right? When the girl he covered for in class sent him that smile and mouthed "thank you", the hopeless romantic in him plastered the goofiest grin on his face. But that grin didn't last long when he saw who he had to share detention with. Instant regret. Scott Larue, asshole extraordinaire. Even more regret when the five of them started plotting to escape detention and "have some fun". He wasn't sure who came up with the idea first but soon enough they were all sneaking their way through the halls and out the courtyard. Adam wanted to stay behind, the idea of playing hookie terrified him. Landing detention was bad enough, how was his father going to react when he found out?? But someone just scoffed and said something along the lines of not taking any chances for him to snitch and dragged him along with the rest of them.

Upon approaching the group, Scott made a comment about using his face as a battering ram, making Adam visibly cringe. Even though he said he was only joking, Adam definitely knew better.

[color=red]"Jokes are supposed to be funny..."[/color] he muttered under his breath as Scott walked away. Readjusting his backpack, Adam took a deep breath and looked up at the house looming ominously under the unnaturally grey sky. It was too quiet and Adam hated quiet. The world was so naturally full of sound that when it was quiet like this, it just felt so wrong somehow... But always one to try and find the silver linings in things, Adam figured this was the big test. One giant trial to pass to FINALLY be accepted. This was Adam's chance to finally prove that he could be a nerd AND cool....