'Oh god, what am I, mad? Just how far am I willing to go to prove that I'm a rebel?' These thoughts and many more continuously crossed through my head. Agreeing to go to that show with Darren was one thing, but actually going through with it? I must not have been too right in the head. That all plus the fact that I was now climbing from my bedroom window to the ground. No, not by the bricks. I wasn't that nuts, and besides it probably wasn't even possible. I was actually using the tree that was right beside it. Well, technically not right beside the window, but thanks to my ability I was able to move one of the branches close enough for me to grab. One would think that I would hate the very thing that caused me to be labeled as an; outcast... But really, how could I when it was just so handy!
With a deep breath, I gathered whatever courage I could and desperately closed my eyes. The fingers that I had clinging onto the branch soon relaxed and eventually just let go all together. Causing me to of course fall at a rather quick speed. Luckily though, I wasn't that far off the ground to begin with, so with a small thud I had landed on it,standing. No damage done to my posture.
A smirk was beginning to spread across my lips, though stopped mid form due to clapping somewhere off in the shadows. With a turn of my head I watched in silence as none other then Darren himself walked into the light. "Please, please save the applauding for the freak show" I cooed, taking a bow anyway, despite my words as a smile took the place of the forming smirk. Laughter cut into the clapping as he finally reached me, his once applauding hand raising itself to tap my shoulder, "With such an act, you should be part of the freak show" Now, normally such words would offend me... But the tone of his voice was foolishness so I decided to play along and take it as a compliment rather then anything else.
"I hope you didn't forget the tickets?" I implied, my left eyebrow raising as I hinted to see some sort of reaction. Too bad, nothing changed. When it came to this kid I had yet to see anything but a 'Innocent' expression. With a shake of his head, he pointed to his coat pocket before speaking, "Of course not! Now if there going to get there on time we'll need to leave now." I merely held up my thumb in a sort of, 'Okay, gotcha,' manner before turning on my hells and making my way to Clyde road. Blackthorn Avenue was just down the street from there. And it was on Blackthorn Avenue that the old warehouse was. I could hear Darren's footsteps quicken behind me as he tried to keep up, so I slowed my pace and walked a bit off to the right so we were side by side. Yeah, I know that I barely knew the guy… And that I had agreed to sneak out after hours to go to some old, abandoned warehouse to watch a freak show that could or could not be real… And yeah, I know that I wasn't exactly being 'smart' about all of these decisions, but there was jut something about the whole situation that made me feel like, no matter the facts, I was safe. Darren didn't seem to be like some kind of rapist or whatever, so I just kinda figured it wouldn't be that much trouble… And hell, if worst comes to worst I could just use him as a human shield. With that thought in mind I couldn't help but giggle quietly to myself. This seemed to be enough to get his attention, as it soon dawned on me. "What's so funny?" He imposed, reaching into his coat pocket to grab the tickets.
Our walking ceased as we had just reached where the show would be taking place. The doors were right in front of us, but blocking them was a rather tall man. And no, by tall I don't mean 5'9 I mean, TALL. I couldn't even see his face too well thanks to the piece of the building that kinda hung down from the entrances roof. I don't know if it was created from rust or if the place was designed that way… It had become abandoned back before I was born, due to some kind of fire that spread throughout it. Killing a total of ten workers. And, while the damage was visible to see in the day time, the shadows that now hung over it made things a lot harder to verify. Not to mention the, what looked to be, curtains that hung over the holes that had used to be in the roof. All of these precautions made it a lot easier for me to believe that there was an actual freak show going on inside. As sure as I was now about that fact though, I was still more then hesitant to approach the abnormally tall man. Strangely enough, Darren was the one who decided to take the few first steps. No hint of worry visible. I followed rather close to him, I actually had to refrain my hands from moving up and gripping his arm in fear. I was usually pretty good at 'understanding' people… (Hence the word: Physic) But for some reason, I just couldn't get into the minds of the man, nor Darren. Thus making me a tad more afraid.
"Good evening" The man spoke, a friendly smile shaping itself on his lips, "My name is Mr. Tall," (What a shockingly accurate title) "Tickets please?" My daze like expression disappeared as Darren's hand shot up to give him the tickets. As '' reached down to take them, I couldn't help but notice a twinkle of familiarity in his eyes. It was, strange, to say the least, but it lasted such a short period of time that I could barely make anything of it. His gaze then averted itself, rather quickly, to the two slits of paper which now rested in his hand. A brief pause occurred, following with him staring the two of us down. lips opened to speak once again, as I readied myself for what I knew he was going to ask. "Are you… Twenty one?" My heart began to race at the chance to answer. I had wound myself up so much that my words were dripping with the proof of a lie. "Yes!" I figured my little night-time adventure came to a sudden stop. I mean, it was clear to tell that I wasn't twenty one. In fact, I barely looked to be sixteen! Which I was!
With an apologetic look, I met with Darren's gaze, heart still pumping from the initial rush. So, when Mr. Tall stepped away from the entrance, and pointed us in its direction, it was safe to say that I was entirely caught off guard. "Enjoy the show"
Darren quickly grabbed my arm and just about dragged me into the darkly lit warehouse.