Chapter 1...
I believe that there is a fine line between sanity and taking things too far...
The cancer stick between Matthew's fingers twirled around at every one of his small movements. "Stuff will kill ya you know. " His blonde friend, Tommy said as he fiddled around with his fingers. "I couldn't even begin to make a list of the shit you're useless for, because it'd take me way too long to make, the list is never ending." Matthew rolled his eyes and then ran his pale fingers through his soft brown hair.
Nick sat awkwardly in the corner, watching the two of them fight. Of course, they did this quite often but Matthew was always the more dominant one because to him, Tommy was a mere slave, the pet of the friend group if you will. "Says the one who's single. " Tommy added, rolling his eyes as he scoffed. A smirk appeared on the brown haired boy's face as he held up a finger as if he was signaling them to wait. He then proceeded to open one of the drawers on his cabinet, and after a couple seconds of rummaging through it he pulled out a few pictures he'd taken from his Polaroid camera.
Matthew handed them to Tommy, as his smirk grew seeing that Tommy's eyes just widened. Nick glanced over Tommy's shoulder to see a few very graphic pictures of Matthew having sex with a girl. "Score man! " Nick clapped, lifting his hands up as he laughed. "Disgusting, oh my god, ew what the hell man you're completely underaged! " Tommy shouted, throwing the pictures at Matthew harshly, crossing his arms.
"Pftttt, I didn't ask." Matthew rolled his eyes, picking up the pictures and putting them back into his drawer. "So, when are we gonna do it? " Tommy asked, looking at Nick then at Matthew, and back at Nick. Matthew seemed a bit suprised as he scratched the back of his head. "Uhhhh, I dunno I'd say in maybe an hour. " He suggested, shrugging. "Matthew don't be such a pussy, now would be the perfect time, the sun just set and it's dark outside. " Nick said. Crickets were heard chirping outside, Matthew's window was open as they could feel the cool air from a crisp summer's nice blow into the room.
The two boys were spending the night at Matthew's house tonight. "Guys, maybe um... Summoning a demon isn't like the best idea, I mean just think about it for a second. " Tommy said, laughing nervously as he felt goosebumps forming on his arms. A smirk appeared on the brunette boy's face. "Is Satan gonna... -" As Matthew was speaking, it was like he was talking in a violent whisper as he leaned in slightly. Nick was carefully walking behind Tommy, about to strike. "-GETCHA! " He added, Nick grabbing his shoulders as he screeched. Tommy let out an ear piercing scream as he jolted up out of the chair.
"F-fuck you guys! Come on why'd you do that!? " He exclaimed, rubbing his arm shakily. Nick was laughing like crazy, as was Matthew. "Okay, fine I'll let you guys get killed yourselves I'm leaving! " Tommy huffed, grabbing his jacket as he stormed out, slamming the door behind him. 'You can't let them see you cry, men don't cry. ' he kept repeating in his head as he walked down the hallway, his vision blurring as he could only make out shapes now. He sniffled, trying to hold in his tears but he couldn't as the salty liquid dripped down his cheeks.
He felt so stupid, he'd been given the title 'crybaby' before, which was a normal thing. He shakily inhaled, feeling his breath hitch as he wiped his eyes, sighing deeply as he walked out the front door and into the cool summer night. It was calming, not a cloud in the sky and the sun had just set so the stars and moon were already visible. It was the type of night that children would be out playing until around eight o' clock or so when mom and dad would tell them to come back inside because it was getting late, and they'd beg to have a friend spend the night too.
