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“Oh for fucks sake Felix,you never want to do anything fun. Besides it only comes around every year.” Mia stated. “Yeah,it’s probably not scary anyway, I bet it’s going to be full of those cheap ass decorations you can get at ASDA for like 3 quid.” Bailey,Felix’s boyfriend added. You’re probably wondering what’s going on. Bailey and Mia are trying to convince Felix to go to a haunted house with them.
Felix is the youngest in their band, which was dubbed Deadweight. Felix rarely shows any emotion other than cold, calm and collected. It was weird for a 17 year old to be scarily calm. He thought about it for a minute: if he agreed and went with them, he would most likely be laughed and tormented because he screams like a girl when he gets frightened. He’d rather drink the weak shitty coffee Mia drinks, and go out with his dairy allergy than go to a haunted house. Bailey cut through Felix’s thoughts when he said, “I’ll buy you that ‘Great Expectations’ special edition or whatever it is if you come with.” Felix let out a sigh and ran his hands through his thick mop of mocha-coloured curls.
“Fine.”
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Three hours later,Felix starts to regret his decision. He’s sitting in the back of Mias car,with Bailey and they ranted and raved about how cool it’s gonna be. They’re driving from where the band all lived together in Southampton to Alton Towers. Which was about an hours drive (*real Apollo lives in London so I got no clue lmfao*) the words Deadweight’s drummer, Theo said were ringing in his ears.: “just know that if you scream and piss yourself, they’re NEVER gone let you live it down. Then I’ll make fun of you too.”
When they finally got to the park, Felix looked up at the house and took a shaky breath in. “Yo,Lixian, you better not fucking chicken out on us.” Bailey laughed. “Oh shut the fuck up,you twat.” Mia glanced at Felix and barked out sharp laughter. “Anyone would think you’re scared,babes!” Felix just glared in response. For some reason, he felt tears build up in his eyes, but was quick to swipe them away. He could feel his throat tighten slightly as he thought about going into this building.
‘What is if collapsed?and they all died?’ He thought
“LIXIAN!” Bailey’s thick Irish accent cut Felix out of his thoughts again. “WHAT?!” He snapped. “You’re just staring at the ground. Come on we’re at the front of the line.” Mia said. ‘Huh. That was quick. Did I space out for that long then?’ Felix thought. As the trio walked into the house Felix could feel his breath get shakier and shakier the more they walked in.
The floorboards of the old house were creaking, adding to the atmosphere. Suddenly, someone dressed as a mass murderer with a chainsaw jumped out at them, making Mia and Felix scream, Mia laughing afterwards. “Oh fuck holy shit I hate this,I hate this so much.” Felix started rambling. “Hey, it’s fine it’s-“ Bailey got cut off when another person jumped out in front of them making all three of them screech again. Bailey grabbed Felix’s hand and held it close. “I’m right here, nothing bad is going to happen it’s all fake, it can’t actually hurt you.” As they were nearing the exit one more person jumped out and started screaming, “NO ONE WILL ASCAPE ALIVE!!” And started running around the trio and the other group of people. That’s was sent Felix over the edge and he started shaking badly. ‘Why couldn’t he breathe? Why did he feel as if he were to faint? Stop over thinking everything,it hurts he can’t breathe he can’t-‘ “FELIX!! Hey hey, it’s me..it’s Bailey I need you to take deep breaths for me okay? Just match my breathing okay?” Bailey had wrapped his arms around his small boyfriend,one arm around his shoulders, and the other around his waist. Once Felix had managed to get his breathing back to normal, the tears started falling. “I-I don’t even know why that scared me. It wasn’t even that bad.” He sniffled. “I think it’s the fact that you thought about it all day and got yourself worked up. We shouldn’t have forced you to come with us.” Mia said, putting a comforting hand on Felix’s head, patting the 17-year-old.
“If it makes you feel better, some girl fainted.” She added. That made Felix laugh, there’s nothing he enjoys more than people falling over. They sat on the ground a few feet away from the house ,when did they do that?, for a few more minutes before Bailey spoke up
“Oh shit now I gotta buy that book.” Mia and Felix laughed, m you don’t actually have to buy it Lee.” Felix said. Bailey just glared at him, “nah mate a promise is a promise you wafer.” As the group walked around Alton Towers,Felix’s eyes lit up at the famous Smiler rollercoaster. Turning around, he says, “because you dragged me through that fuckin’ nightmare, I’ve dragging you on The Smiler.” Mia went pale. She HATED rollercoasters, but she did drag Felix to the house so it was only fair. “A-alright then..” she was terrified. As they were getting closer to the ride, Felix was bouncing with excitement,while Mia felt like she was going to throw up. “Hey, if you puke I’m gonna laugh at you.” Felix LOVED to torment people, by making them jump, scaring them, just anything When they sat on the ride Felix flashed Mia a smile,which was very bright, not only because of the sun, but the light was reflecting off of his braces. The ride stared and, holy shit, Mia was scared. She looked to Felix who looked like he had just won the lottery he was so happy. When they went down he first dip, Mia was screeching bloody murder, Felix was laughing his head off and Bailey was silent. Once it came to a stop, felix was still laughing. “Mia,I have never heard someone scream so loud in my life.” Felix was laughing so hard he was wheezing and coughing. That day had been one of trying new things and watching each other suffer. Good times.