Date Revamped: April 14th-15th, 2018; August 2nd-10th, 2018 (Yes, I Left This Untouched For A Long Time, I'm Sorry!); October 25th-31st, 2018 (Yes, I Left It Untouched For A While, Again, and I'm Sorry, Again! I'm Sorry! Don't Eat Me, Please!); Finally Posted on Nov 1st, 2018

Additions To This Version: Point of View Has Changed, Some Moments Were Removed or Shortened Because Of Them Being Completely Unnecessary, Some Scenes Were Moved To The Next Chapter Because This Is Taking Too Damn Long For Me To Fucking Post!

Warnings: Profanity, Errors of Any Sort, Sexual Talk, Out of Character Moments Are A Major Possibility, Writing Still May Be Cringey

Joshua "Josh" Washington
Brother of Beth and Hannah, Long Term Boyfriend of Hazel, and Best Friend of Chris
Complex, Thoughtful, Loving

Josh was standing at the foot of a path, one which lead up to the lodge. He stood there impatiently as he waited for Chris and Sam to reach him, seeing them from a distance. He wore a knit wool beanie, a pair of jeans, a pair of shoes, and a sleeveless puffer jacket, underneath it a dark brown shirt with a flat-collared blue-and-white plaid styled unbuttoned shirt over it. Additionally, he accessorized with a watch on his right wrist. He shifted on his feet, looking down at the snow for a moment before he looked back up, Chris and Sam almost to him. He wanted to get a move on, he needed to see his girl.

When Chris and Sam walked through the gate, Sam was the first to give Josh a slightly awkward hug. Shortly afterwards, Chris and Josh had a less awkward bro hug with one another. After a very short conversation about the mountain and Chris' cellphone, the three of them headed up towards the lodge where Ashley, Hazel, and Matt were waiting. To the right of the staircase that lead up to the door of the lodge, Matt was standing there with his arms crossed and he was avoiding eye contact with everyone as the three approached them, Emily's belongings laying at rest by his feet; he was still pissed off about what he had seen earlier. Ashley and Hazel were sitting on the second lowest step of the staircase; Ashley had her arms wrapped around her legs whilst she sat in a curled up position and Hazel was sitting normally, both of her legs shaking like a motherfucker. Sam muttered a comment about Hazel looking anxious, to which Josh worriedly agreed with her before the three of them were standing right in front of the two sisters and the angry jock.

"Hey, guys," Josh greeted in a rather friendly manner as he waved at them. "Get up here okay?" he asked seconds later, his eyes focusing mostly on his darling girlfriend. He was still worried about her since she continued to look anxious.

Ashley smiled slightly at the question, but she felt uneased by the tension that was floating in the air because of what happened recently, the year beforehand included. "Yeah. Well, more or less. But, uh, it's so good to see you again," she told him in a soft tone, being friendly. She hadn't seen him too often since the previous year's occurrence, but she meant her words. It really was nice seeing him again, especially since he appeared to be in a much better mood than the last few times she had seen him. She glanced away from Josh and her smile became more directed towards Chris, her unintentionally not acknowledging that Sam was also there.

Josh nodded slightly in response to Ashley's words. He continued to keep his eyes on Hazel and Hazel, in return, stared back at him with a smile on her face. She gave him a thumbs up and when Josh noticed that she wasn't shaking her legs as much as she had been, he looked away from her after smiling back. He nodded shortly towards Matt, who didn't speak a word to any of them. "'Sup with him?" he asked, kind of curious about the jock's negative mood. Was he not happy to be back there with everyone?

Hazel opened her mouth to speak, hesitating for a moment before she actually spoke up. She still felt a little bit guilty over what happened beforehand, but still, it was just a tad bit of guilt that she'd get over soon enough. Hell, guilt or no guilt, she was gonna stick to the plans of the prank. "He's just... He's in a rather bad mood at the moment," she stated honestly, her eyes still on Josh. When he looked back towards her, she half smiled at him before she glanced over at Ashley, seeing the guilty look on her older sister's face. Quickly deciding to change the subject, she looked back at her boyfriend once more and she made a pouting face. "It's about time the lot of you got here. We've been freezing our asses off." Though, truth be told, she was literally freezing her ass off because she was sitting in some snow that she hadn't wiped from the step she was sitting upon.

Josh stepped forward, moving closer to where Ashley and Hazel sat, and he leaned over, taking Hazel's hand into his own before he pulled her up to her feet. He smirked at her as he pulled her close. "Remind me to warm you up in my room when we're inside," he flirted suggestively in a low tone. Hazel giggled, smiling once again, and the two lovebirds shared a short, but loving, kiss in front of their friends. Well, in front of their friends that happened to be watching them closely.

Chris faked a gag, which caused Josh and Hazel to look towards him in amusement. Sam, whom was standing by Chris, snickered a little at Chris' actions. Ashley was smiling from where she sat, her eyes still on her crush. Matt, on the other hand, continued to pay everyone no mind. "That's really gross, dude, and for your information, none of us needed to know about your little plans of getting laid," Chris commented, shaking his head at his best friend. Obviously, he had overheard Josh, despite the words having been hushed.

Hazel laughed a bit as she continued staring at Chris. Josh rolled his eyes playfully at his best friend as he wrapped his arms somewhat tightly around his girlfriend's waist, standing to her left. "Oh, hush it, Chris. You're just jealous," Hazel teased, a smirk on her face. She eyed Chris carefully, waiting for some reaction, and she got exactly what she had been expecting; Chris denied being envious, but it showed on his face that he wasn't being entirely truthful about his words. Hazel figured that Chris wanted a relationship with Ashley that was remotely similar to the one she herself had with Josh. While she was eager to get the prank on the road, she was beginning to feel a bit guilty about involving Chris into it when he had nothing to do with what happened the previous year. However, that guilt immediately vanished when her mind started telling her that Chris wouldn't mind it since this prank would get him with Ashley, hopefully. So, she responded to Chris' denial. "Surrrre you aren't and I'm the tooth fairy," she said sarcastically. She, then, spoke seriously. "Can we get working on getting inside before we freeze to death, please?"

"Right away, M'lady," Josh commented. He pulled her up the staircase with him as she giggled a bit from his remark. Chris followed behind them while Ashley remained where she was and while Matt, and Sam, both maneuvered to be a little ways from the staircase. Why the two of them had moved away, no one was really certain about that; assumingly, Matt moved to be away from everyone but it was unknown why Sam had moved to be at the gate again, the gate she had walked through with Chris mere minutes ago.

Before Josh could even attempt to start getting everyone inside the lodge, Chris started up a very short conversation with him about if he was ready to move along and get the door open, to which Josh had answered yes. Shortly afterwards, Hazel made a comment about the little conversation. "Once you give Josh a chance to get us inside, yeah. He'll be ready to get a move on, then." Josh chuckled at Hazel's words, standing to her left with his back towards the door (he had removed his arms from around her when they got up the steps). Chris was standing to Hazel's right, his body facing Josh but his head turned towards Hazel and he rolled his eyes at her. "But, no," Hazel continued. "You wanna just talk right here, out in the cold instead of inside where we could be getting warm by the fireplace because this is definitely so much better than being super warm and cozy," she sarcastically remarked. "Definitely much better out here, yep." Josh chuckled again and Chris rolled his eyes at her, again.

"There's nothing wrong with having a little conversation with my bro and his lover," Chris stated, a grin appearing on his face.

"There certainly is something wrong with that, especially when the conversation is taking place in the freezing cold of outdoor life," Hazel replied, pouting. "If I get sick, I'm fucking blaming you, Chris, and I'll be sneezing in your general area until you get sick, too. I fucking mean it, damn it."

"Duly noted," Chris commented, making a disgusted face at the thought. He eyed them both for a moment before he spoke up again. "So, uh, you two doin' alright? I mean, I know it must be really tough without-" He was unable to finish his sentence because both Josh and Hazel had instructed, or rather demanded, for him to stop right there with the topic. Josh was staring blankly at Chris because of the topic of the matter and Hazel was frowning, avoiding eye contact with Chris. Chris immediately felt guilty for bringing it up but he wanted to let them know that he was there for them and he wanted to make sure they really were okay. "I just meant that-" he tried to say, but his words were dismissed by the lovebirds, both of them agreeing that they'd rather not speak about it and that they'd rather try to have a good time whilst they were all there. "Okay, sorry," Chris apologized.

"Mhm," Hazel hummed. "It's... It's fine," she mumbled out a few seconds later. "Just... If you do that again, I'll push you down the stairs and I'll make it look like a bloody accident." Whilst she stated that in a joking tone, she was completely serious about doing it. She really didn't like having her missing best friends be mentioned by anyone, other than herself and Josh. No one else had the right to talk about them, in her opinion.

"What if I get injured when you do that?" Chris questioned her. "Our weekend would be over before it even started."

"No, your weekend would be over. You'd be shipped back home and I'm almost certain that Ashley would go with you. I highly doubt she'd hate playing nurse for ya," Hazel stated, a smirk on her face as her mood went back towards being something remotely positive. "That could be one way of you two finally getting together."

Chris blushed slightly and he averted his eyes from Hazel, kinda embarrassed. He immediately turned the topic away from himself (and Ashley). "Speaking of people getting together, Matt and Emily are a thing now, right?" Hazel and Josh nodded together, eyeing their mutual friend that neither of them really hated. "I mean, what's Mike think of that?" he continued in question. Surely, there was gonna be some drama going on between the new couple and Mike, plus Mike's new lover, Jess.

"I have a feeling Mike's already got his hands full, you know what I mean?" Josh half-smiled as he made a gesture of sorts. Chris hummed, nodding his head shortly.

Hazel rolled her eyes and she shook her head at the two of them. "You boys and your somewhat feminine ways. Here, I thought that only females gossiped about relationships but no, boys do it as well, apparently." She placed her hands on her hips, shaking her head again. "Well, since you mentioned the three of them, I suppose I should tell ya about what had happened earlier. It's the thing that made Matt such a grumpy little kitten." She referred to him as a kitten because she didn't find him all that intimidating.

"Well, go on. Give us all the juicy details," Chris demanded lightly, staring at her with his arms spread open for emphasis (sorta). "I'm ready to hear it." Josh looked at Hazel, too.

Hazel started explaining. "Okay, here's what happened. Ashley spotted something interesting through a telescope, Matt came by and wanted to take a look, she allowed him to, and he saw the beautiful sight of his lover, Emily, speaking with Mike privately and from what I'm aware of, I guess they were doing more than friendly things with each other. So, prepare for some drama once we all unite as one inside. Oh and it doesn't really surprise me, though, because I figured Emily was a slut since she never seemed to be able to keep her hands to herself. She also just happens to look like one. Same thing goes with Jess, though. Don't tell either of them I said that or I'll cut out your tongue, Chris."

Chris raised his hands up, mocking surrender. "Okay, okay. I won't say a single word about it." He dropped his arms. "I'm just surprised you openly admitted your opinion about those two. You usually just keep those sort of thoughts to yourself." He didn't think too much of it, though; she was probably just frustrated with being out in the cold. He sighed seconds later. "I'm not looking forward to that drama."

Just like that, the conversation had died. Josh turned away from Chris and Hazel, his attention on the front door. He bent over, examining the handle for a split second before he started messing with it; he was attempting to open the lock of the door but he wasn't doing a splendid job with succeeding. "Dammit... This freaking thing..."

"It's iced?" Chris questioned. Hazel glanced over at him with a duh expression on her face. He didn't notice it, though, since his attention was on Josh. "Maybe there's another way in," he suggested.

"There are a million ways in," Josh informed him without looking towards him. "They're just all locked." Or rather, he was just saying that they were all locked so it wouldn't potentially put a damper to the plans he and Hazel had made (aka, the prank). He didn't particularly want to cause failure with it already when it hadn't even begun.

"Great, we're fucked," Hazel remarked. "We're gonna freeze to death."

"You give up too easily," Chris commented as he looked around. Hazel glared at him, which he missed cause he wasn't paying attention to her. "There's gotta be, like, a window round the corner we can get, like, get open or something," he suggested. He was being a little problem solver, a hero to all that were freezing their buns off.

"Wait a second," Josh said as he straightened back up. He glanced towards Chris, but didn't exactly look at him. "Are you saying we should break in?" he questioned.

Hazel crossed her arms and smirked at Chris. "Oooooh, I'm liking this plan a whole lot. Maybe next week, we can rob a bank." She was being sarcastic towards the end, but she did mean it when she said that she liked the plan. She always wanted to break into someone's place; she just never had the guts to do it and also, they were breaking into Josh's place so it was fine.

Chris gave Hazel an unamused look before he looked at Josh. "I don't think it's technically breaking in if you own the place, right?" He got locked out of his own home multiple times and had to technically break into the house. Sure, he got in trouble with his parents for doing that shit, but hey, he got inside the house, at least.

"Hey, not if I don't report you," Josh remarked as he looked at Chris finally. His best friend in question hesitated to speak, not really knowing what to say in response to that. Hazel laughed a little at Chris and her smirk turned into a smile. Josh smiled at Chris and he gestured for him to move along. "Lead the way, Cochise," Josh instructed, speaking those words at the same time as his girlfriend. Chris didn't make a move to walk back down the steps, his eyes staring at the couple. "What?" Josh asked with Hazel, the two of them speaking together again.

"Nothing. You two are just definitely meant for each other," Chris commented. The lovely, but secretly vengeful, couple smiled more as they looked at one another. With that having been said, he turned away from them and he walked down the stairs as the lovebirds kissed each other. As he stepped off the stairs and stood in front of Ashley again, Hazel and Josh headed down the steps while holding hands. Chris decided to start up a small conversation with Ashley. "Hey, Ash."

Ashley immediately smiled up at him and she waved slightly. "Hi, Chris."

Chris smiled a bit awkwardly at her in return as the lovebirds, Hazel and Josh, walked past him. "So..." he began, sounding as awkward as he felt. "How're you doing?" he asked, nothing else coming to mind. He didn't know how to start off their conversation, but he figured that it wouldn't be a long chat either way since he really needed to focus on getting everyone inside the lodge. Regardless of the fact that he needed to keep his mind on getting inside, he had wanted to speak with her a bit and so, he did.

"Mmm," Ashley hummed as she shrugged a little. "Good, but a little cold. I think I could use some time curled up by the fire." Better yet, she could use a lot of time curled up beside Chris but she didn't want to make the first move and she didn't want to make things awkward.

"Yeah, that does sound pretty nice," Chris replied, smiling less awkwardly at her. He was already imagining himself sitting beside her at the fireplace, his arms ready to be wrapped around her abdomen. That was a dream he wished would come true, but it wasn't likely to happen.

Hazel and Josh stood nearby, watching as Chris spoke with Ashley for a very short period of time. Quickly growing bored of just staring at the idiots in love, Hazel glanced towards her lover and she smiled to herself as she secretly admired him. She loved him so much and he was looking very sexy in that outfit of his. Hell, he looked great in absolutely anything he wore; he could wear a damn dress and she'd still think he looked sexy as hell. "Do you think he's finally gonna admit his feelings for her without our help?" she asked Josh, after snapping out of her little dazing moment.

"Not at all," Josh immediately stated. "You know how Chris is. He starts to say something, but then, he immediately backs out and changes the subject quickly." He moved from standing beside his girlfriend and he stood behind her instead, hugging her (from behind, in case you didn't realize). "You know, I'm very tempted to pull you further into the woods so I can melt some snow with you."

Hazel laughed. "Wow. That's a really funny, and weird, way of talking about having sex."

Josh chuckled, joining in with her laughter. "I know. That's why I said it."

"You're so fucking sex crazy," Hazel stated. In her opinion, it was almost always him asking for sexual intercourse. She didn't mind it, but it seemed like he was obsessed with fucking her. She didn't mind that either, though.

"Oh and you're not?" he questioned, a smile on his face.

"Hey, I never said that I wasn't," she pointed out. "I was only stating that you are such." She turned her head so that she could look him in the eye. "But, yes, I do believe that I'm addicted to having sex with you. You can't blame me for that, though, nor can I blame you for feeling the same way towards me."

Josh continued to smile. "Well, how could I not when I've been dating a beautiful lady."

Hazel scoffed but smiled back at him. "We've only been sexually active with one another for about six months, you nimrod, so don't be throwing out random compliments."

"Look, I'm a man with needs and having you underneath me every night has always been one of them," Josh told her. She laughed in response. He kissed her nose. "I love you, Hazel."

"And I love you, Josh." Hazel gave him a sweet, gentle kiss on the lips. He returned the kiss just as sweetly and gently. Despite that the two of them were almost always having sexual intercourse with each other, their relationship didn't focus on that alone. No, they still cared about one another deeply and they definitely would do anything for each other, even die for each other. They truly were in love (yes, I'm keeping that cringey crap in this story because why the fuck not?). After another moment for kissing, the lovebirds stopped and they glanced over at Chris, noticing that he was moving further away from them to chat with Matt and Sam; he was supposed to be helping them find a way inside, but nope, he wanted to chat with everyone first, even though he could easily do that once they were inside the lodge. Josh looked back towards Hazel and he watched as she shivered. "Damn, it's freezing out here. I should've worn a much better hoodie."

Josh already had his arms around her, so there really wasn't much more he could do. Sure, he could've removed his own outer wear to make her warmer, but then, he'd freeze and as much as he loved her, he wasn't gonna sacrifice his health to make her feel only slightly warmer. If it were a life and death situation, he'd gladly give up most layers of his clothing to keep her warm. "Does this help a little, at least?" he asked, referring to himself hugging her.

She gently wrapped her arms over his and she smiled a little to herself, pleased that he had never stopped hugging her from behind. "Yeah, it does. Thank you." Her smile faltered and she bit her lip for a second. "I'm sorry, Josh," she apologized a moment later. Josh expressed his confusion and Hazel immediately explained why she was apologizing. "I'm sorry about not taking my anxiety pills. It was really dumb of me, but I hadn't really cared about them and I didn't particularly think I'd actually need them." She frowned. "I should've known better than to assume I'd be okay without them." As of that moment, she was anxious to get inside so the prank could truly begin. If she had taken her pills, the feeling of anxiety wouldn't be so strong.

"Hey, it's alright," Josh assured her. "I'm not mad about it this time. Actually, I think it'll actually help us out. You could fake an anxiety attack when shit hits the fan and it'll seem real because you're off your meds tonight." He kissed her cheek. "That's only if you want to, though. It's just a thought I had."

Hazel continued to frown and she released a noise that sounded close to a whimper. "I might end up having an actual anxiety attack, though. I mean, it's possible that it could happen. I'm gonna be in the center of the prank with the others while you're gonna be the guy that's supposedly trying to kill everyone. I could legit cause myself to have an anxiety attack unintentionally." That probably wasn't really possible, but considering she was off her meds, she was really worried that she could have an anxiety attack.

Josh frowned, not liking the sound of that possibility. "Let's not think about that actually happening." He had witnessed her having one before; she had been hyperventilating, her chest was hurting, she was shaking pretty badly, and she just seemed absolutely freaked out about everything remotely possible. He really didn't like seeing her when she was having major anxiety issues; it worried him to no end.

"I'm sorry for making you worry about me so much," Hazel told him, half-smiling as she laid her head against him. "It must get annoying sometimes."

Josh smiled a little. "Nah, I actually kinda like worrying about you. Besides, it proves to everyone that I really do care about your well-being." Hazel just hummed and she grew quiet, her eyes watching Chris as he continued with his quest to talk to everyone that was already there. Josh laid his head upon hers, smiling to himself. He really would protect her with his life and even die for her because that was how much he loved her (yes, I kept that in, too; and if I'm contradicting anything, I'm fucking sorry but shit happens and I do my damn best; I miss Dean the Squirrel ;n;).

Chris was still continuing his quest to speak with everyone. He had already spoken with Matt and that conversation had been extremely dull because of Matt being in a horrid mood; it started off okay, ish, and then it turned to Matt saying something about how people turned out to be the opposite of how he thought them to be. So, there really was a high possibility of some drama going down once everyone united inside. After that, he finally had went over to Sam and that was an even shorter conversation; they talked about Ashley and Sam had tried to hint at something, but Chris wasn't sure what the hell she was doing. In the end, he finally made his way back over to Hazel and Josh. "Move your goddamn ass, Chris!" Hazel yelled at him. "For fuck sake, we've been waiting out here long enough!" Chris rolled his eyes at her, but knew that he should've just waited until they were inside to talk to everyone. He reached them and began to follow their lead as the three of them started heading along a path, one that lead to the side of the lodge. They were silent, for a short while.

"Ashley was looking pretty hot tonight, right?" Josh asked Chris, speaking completely out of the blue. It really surprised Chris, mostly because Josh was saying that shit right in front of Hazel. The three of them stopped and faced one another, creating a slightly awkward triangle. Chris and Hazel were both staring at Josh, but Hazel was amused while Chris seemed slightly horrified with the question; Hazel was amused because she knew why Josh had asked the question and Chris was slightly horrified because while he also knew the meaning of the question, he didn't particularly like that the question was asked whilst Hazel was standing there with them. "She's like a sleeper hit kinda gal, you know? I just wanna rip that parka right off her and make some snow angels, right?"

Chris couldn't believe that Josh was saying that shit in front of Hazel, still. He crossed his arms and acted confident. "Yeah, absolutely," he agreed. He lowered his arms immediately afterward, quickly losing the confident persona he had temporarily adapted. "But you shouldn't talk like that about Ashley, especially in front of your girlfriend who happens to be her little sister."

Hazel scoffed and imitated him. "'You shouldn't talk like that about Ashley, especially in front of your girlfriend'." Josh laughed, amused by his lover. Chris glared at Hazel but she smiled at him. "Dude, who fucking cares? He doesn't actually mean it. I know he's just saying that to see how you'd react, considering you're in love with Ashley."

"I'm not in love with her," Chris denied. In reality, he wasn't sure.

Hazel scoffed again. "Right and I'm not a huge fan of Michael Jackson." She shook her head at Chris, still smiling. "It's whatever, Cochise. You'll be admitting the truth one of these days." Chris rolled his eyes at her.

"When are you gonna take her to the bone zone?" Josh asked Chris with a smirk, after a moment had passed by. Chris immediately shared denial about that every occurring. "Come on, man. She practically spends her entire life with you as it is." He wasn't wrong. Hazel even agreed with him about that. Chris continued to deny the possibility, claiming that he and Ashley only saw each other as friends. Hazel face-palmed, mumbling wow under her breath. "Listen, dude. Look around you. Look at these beautiful mountains. Do you see any parents? I mean, can you imagine a more perfect, ripe scenario just dipping with erotic possibilities? You and Ashley, alone at last. You've laid all the groundwork, you've been a perfect gentleman. Now, you come in for the kill!"

"Maybe you're right," Chris reluctantly stated, nodding a little.

"Finally!" Hazel cheered. "You're finally taking some damn advice about what to do with your Ashley situation!" She threw her arms up in the air, fist pumping nothing. "Praise the Lord! Praise Jesus! Praise all of the Heavens! A miracle has just happened and I have witnessed it!"

Chris and Josh chuckled at Hazel. Josh started speaking to Chris again. "You're a hunter, bro. No fear, no mercy. I mean, she won't even know what hit her." He walked past Chris as he said the last sentence, doing an odd hand movement. Chris chuckled again, making a small remark about understanding what Josh meant before he turned to make a move to follow Josh.

"Hey! How dare you walk off without warning, Sir!" Hazel falsely complained as she smiled, her eyes on Josh. She ran after him and immediately jumped onto his back.

"Whoa!" Josh exclaimed, chuckling shortly afterwards. "Calm down before we both wind up in the snow."

Chris smiled as he watched the two of them. Hazel wrapped her legs around Josh and he grabbed onto them, giving her a proper piggyback ride as he continued walking. Chris followed shortly behind them, shaking his head at their antics. "You're stronger than you look, man," he commented. Josh just hummed in response as they continued walking down the snowy path. Seconds later, Chris continued speaking. "So," he began as he decided to be a bit nosy. "Have the two of you gone to the bone zone?"

"Well, you are just a nosy son of a bitch, aren't ya?" Hazel asked, rhetorically. "I definitely wouldn't say that we've gone to the bone zone because that would mean that we went there and then left. It's more like we're permanently stuck inside the bone zone, my friend." She didn't mind speaking about it to him. She was proud to share the information.

"So, you two have actually... You know, you went all the way with each other?" Chris asked as they finally reached the side of the lodge.

"That's kinda what being in the bone zone means," Josh remarked with a chuckle. "We're in the zone and we don't plan on leaving it."

Chris shook his head in regret. "I have never regretted asking anything before in my life, until this very moment. I really didn't need to know all of that." He shouldn't have been nosy. He looked at the windows of the lodge as he and Josh came to a stop, Hazel getting off of Josh's back (yes, I removed the conversation where Chris and Josh talk about a plan and cold lady buns because why add that when I created an original conversation that easily replaced that one?). Immediately, Chris started thinking about pushing something so that one of them could climb through one of the windows. He looked around for a moment, seeing if there was another way in before giving up and deciding on the only plan he could think of. He looked at a cabinet that just happened to be conveniently placed and gestured towards it before he moved to be on one side of it.

"We got ourselves a thinker. Nice one," Josh praised as he moved to get on the opposite side of the cabinet. Together, the two of them began to move the object to be underneath the window. As they did such, Hazel cheered them on whilst doing absolutely nothing to help them out. She was just there for moral support, basically.

"Gee, thanks so much for the help, Hazel," Chris commented sarcastically as he pushed the cabinet with his back while Josh pulled it towards himself. Hazel just laughed in response to the sarcasm. Josh and Chris stopped moving it once it was finally underneath one of the windows. Chris climbed onto the cabinet immediately and he nearly lost his balance while doing such, Josh standing behind him with his arms raised just in case Chris did fall backwards (I'm sure he would've gotten squashed if Chris had actually fell. I should've wrote that in, actually. Would've been hilarious. I'm too lazy to add it now. I just want to finish this chapter revamp already, even though it's probably still complete shit). Chris opened the window and he flipped over as he climbed inside, landing very roughly onto the floor...

That's all for this chapter, everyone. It's no longer over 7,000 words long since I had decided to cut this chapter a little bit so that it wouldn't be too fucking long, though it is still quite fucking long either way. Look, I just wanted to finally post another revamped chapter, okay? I'm sorry if it seems slightly rushed halfway through. I did my best and at some parts, I didn't know what the fuck to add and just kept in some cringey shit whilst sometimes leaving an author's note beside such things. Goddamn. What originally was a part of this chapter, you'll see it in the next one. Whenever the next revamped version is placed on here. Might be a while so you'll have to go with a large section of missing scenes for a while if you continue reading from here without me having revamped the next chapter.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Leave a comment/review and ask meh any kind of questions. I shall answer them to the best of my...knowledge, I guess? :P Bye!

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