A fresh start

Chapter 21: visit to Doug's

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Lee woke up the next morning when he heard the sound of hammering that woke him up, but he didn't care that much when he looked at the time to see it was 10:50 AM. He got up and looked out his bathroom window to see Ed was on his roof, hammering down some tiles.

He got dressed for the day and fixed himself up, then went outside to greet his neighbor. "Mornin', Ed!"

Ed almost lost his balance and fell down, but he quickly regained control. "Morning Lee."

"Problem on your roof?" Lee asked.

"Yeah, tiles came lose." Ed explained as he grabbed his hammer.

Clementine exited her house then, with nails that were presumably for her father. She waved at Lee, who waved back.

"Here dad." Clementine told her father as she climbed the ladder and handed him the nails before climbing back down.

Lee went back inside his house, still thinking about going bike riding with his friends. Kenny told him that they would be going at 2:00 PM.

After thinking hard whilst eating his breakfast, he decided that he would go along with them. Exercise was good for the body after all.

He finished his breakfast and ran the dishwasher, and decided to give Doug that call about the game. He dialed Doug's number and the technology man picked up. "Hey Lee."

"Hey, Doug. I was just calling to let you know something. You know that game you mentioned, Five Nights at Freddy's? It really isn't scary, from what I saw on the trailer." Lee admitted.

"Not scary?!" Doug replied in a somewhat loud tone. "Dude, you got to come over here right now!"

Lee raised his eyebrows. Doug wanted a challenge, all right. "Guess I'll be there shortly."

"Great, I'll go and get my gaming computer ready." Doug said as he dropped the phone without hanging up, and Lee could hear a lot of rattling noise in the background.

Lee grabbed his keys and made his way to Doug's house. He lived next door to Omid and Christa.

He knocked on the door and a few seconds later, Doug opened the door with wires around his shoulder. "Hey Lee, come on in."

Doug had a rather amused look on his face, as if ready to see Lee's reaction. He led the other man to his computer room, which, needless to say, was hooked up with lots of equipment.

"Take a seat Lee." Doug offered, holding his computer seat back for the older man to sit down in. "Now the game's simple, but instead, I'll let you figure it out on your own. Make sure you pay attention to phone guy. I'm going to go and sit over here."

Lee nodded, so very ready to prove Doug wrong. He set the game up and waited for it to load.

The game started and it opened up with the next "12:00 AM, Night 1". He moved the mouse around on the game whilst the phone in the game was talking and giving the player advice.

"Hmm..." Lee trailed off. He had to admit that these faces were kind of freaky, but not scary. Just for good measure, he decided to close the doors. But little did know is that he had a power limit, and before long, the power went out. The animatronic named Freddy appeared in the dark and began playing a song.

Without warning, the Freddy robot began to scream, giving Lee a mini heart attack and causing him to nearly fall out of his chair. Nearby, Doug was laughing his ass off.

"Not scary, huh, Lee?" Doug said in between laughs.

"Shut up, Doug," Lee responded, but he was trying to hide a smile.

"I can't wait for the sequel to be released." Doug replied as Lee exited the game.

"Oh?" Lee questioned. "When's that supposed to be released?"

"Somewhere next year." Doug answered as the two left his technical room and took a seat in the living room.

It wasn't often that Lee came to visit Doug, but it felt nice once in a while.

"So, any new projects?" Lee inquired.

"Yep, I've been working on a server project." Doug answered whilst he went on and on into the details. "I'm being flied out to Singapore soon to help upgrade their serves there."

"Really? Well, good luck," Lee commented. "I'm going biking with Ed and Kenny and their families later."

"That sounds like fun." Doug agreed with a nod. "Never thought you were the top to go bike riding. No offence or anything."

"Yeah, yeah," Lee rolled his eyes.

"So, how are your family?" Doug asked as he grabbed his soda on the table and took a sip.

"They're fine, I called them a couple of days ago," said Lee. "Business is good too."

"That's good." Doug nodded before taking another sip out of that energy drink. No wonder this guy was putting on a couple of pounds.

After a few awkward minutes, Lee decided to head out. "Catch you later, Doug."

"See ya later, Lee." Doug waved before heading back into his room where his computer was.

Lee headed home and decided to stay until it was time to go. But first he had to let Ed and Kenny know that he was coming along. He decided to go and down that now since Ed was still on the roof of his home.

Ed noticed him and climbed down the ladder.

"Hey, Ed. About that offer to go bike riding with you guys, it's not too late to take it up, is it?"

"Of course not." Ed assured as he picked up the ladder and carried it across his shoulder. "We still have an extra bike in our shed, that's if you don't have your own?"

"I have one in my garage, but I don't use it much," Lee answered. "I'll get it ready though. We still on for 2?"

"Yep." Ed nodded. "We're taking our car and Kenny and his family are taking theirs. You can ride with us if you want, it will save you from taking your car just to carry your bike."

"Thanks, man," Lee answered. "See you then." He turned around and walked into his home.

Lee walked into his back garden and opened up his shed and pulled out his bicycle that he had not ridden for quite some time. Hopefully he didn't get too big for it over the past year. And aside from that, he noticed a small spider sitting on the seat, but he didn't mind. He picked it up and let it go in the garden. His brother on the other hand was traumatized of them.

He couldn't help but snicker at all of the spider pranks he would pull on Blake when they were kids. But aside from that, he got out his bike and prepped it for leaving. He also found his helmet on top of the washing machine.

Since it was a little while until they were leaving, he decided to go back next door and see if Ed needed any help with anything.

Ed was carrying some new roof tiles, and Lee approached him. "Hey, Ed. You, uh, need any help?"

"If it's no trouble, then yeah, thanks Lee." Ed answered as he set the ladder against the roof in his back yard and climbed up.

Ed called for Lee to hand him some of the tiles, which the latter did without hesitation. It took about two minutes each. Clementine came outside a couple minutes later, asking if either man wanted a drink.

"I'm fine, Clem. Thanks, though," Lee gave her a smile.

"Just some orange juice for me please, Clem." Ed requested as he hammered down some tiles.

Clementine nodded and walked back into her home, a moment later, she returned with a glass of orange juice and left on the table.

"Thanks honey." Ed thanked.

Clementine walked back inside to help Diana with the indoor chores while Ed and Lee continued to fix the roof up. About thirty minutes later, they got done. Ed climbed down from the ladder.

"Thanks for the help, Lee, I appreciate it." Ed thanked as he looked at this watch to see it was 12:10 PM.

"No problem, Ed. See you at two?" Lee inquired.

"Yep, we'll see you then." Ed nodded as he went back inside his home to help out his family.

Five Night's at Freddy's, very scary game. I got the third game just the other day and completed it, but not without jumping out my seat once or twice. Stay tuned for the next chapter, folks.