A little bit later, after the three paranormal investigators left - and after some mutual gleeful freaking out with David, I heard my phone go off. I went to look at it and saw a new number pop up with a message saying 'Hey! It's Zak, we just made it to the hotel' and then another message popped up 'How's the spooky level there now that we're gone? :p'.I smiled and replied 'Oh, it's super spooky, can't stop shaking :0' when David came up to me.

"Oooooooooo! Why are you smiling Dwight? Talking to your boyfriend?" he teased.

"Oh I can't smile in my own house?" I laughed, "And noooooo I'm not messaging my boyfriend, you know very well I haven't got one of those"

"Well if you continue being so rude you'll never get a boyfriend" he said holding up his hands to defend himself as I playfully smacked his arm. 'This boy, I swear' I thought. We ended up relaxing in the living room for a hour or so - actually watching an episode of Ghost Adventures. But my attention was divided since I was texting Zak during a good chunk of that time. Eventually David decided to go to my guest room to go to bed, and I decided now would be a good time to go to bed too. It was only almost one in the morning anyway. But that wouldn't stop me from taking a much needed shower beforehand. After my shower I said goodnight to David and texted Zak that I was going to bed. 'Alright, sweet dreams! And try not to get spooked while you sleep :p' was his response. 'I'll do my best haha! Sweet dreams :)' was what I sent him before passing out on my bed.

I woke up early the next day so I could say goodbye to David before he left and make him a quick breakfast for the both of us. Nothing like eggs, toast, bacon, sausage, and orange juice to start your day. When David came down the stairs dressed in his security uniform I could tell he wasn't happy to be on day shift. Especially since he's always been on night shift and more of a night owl. But when he came into the kitchen his tired all to hell facial expression turned into a tired all to hell mixed with a 'Ooooo, food!' facial expression.

"Oooo, food for meeeee?" he yawned.

"Well you're not going to work tired and hungry. That's just eeeeeevil!"

"Awwww thanks mom" he smiled sitting at my island on one of the stools.

"No problem son" I laughed as I divided the breakfast between the two plates I had set out. I grabbed two glasses out of the cupboard and the

orange juice, setting it on the island. We both ate our breakfast and I picked up the plates as David started to leave. He thanked me for the breakfast and left to go to work. I looked at the clock and saw that the clock said '5:30' and I let out a groan. 'I need to learn how to actually sleep' I thought as I cleaned the kitchen. Once I was done cleaning the kitchen I went upstairs and got dressed. It took me a while to figure out what I wanted to wear. I normally don't take long to pick out my outfit, but since they're interviewing me I can only imagine that they were going to film the interview. 'I'm not going to wear shorts on national television...even though it's gonna be hot out' I thought. I decided to wear jeans, a gray tank top, and my red converse. I was not going to wear a long sleeved shirt if I was wearing pants in this weather. I get hot too quickly. The middle June weather is a little warm some years, and this year was no exception.

Around seven in the morning I decided to go over any questions I might be asked and how I would answer them. So that way I have a smaller chance of tripping over my words on national television. As I was doing that received a notification on my phone. Looking at it I found that it was Zak, 'Did the spookiness let you get any sleep last night?' and made me smile. 'Nope, so I guess I'll have to drink ten 5 Hour Energies and three Monsters :/' was what I sent back before I put my phone back in my back pocket.

I decided to go get some Starbucks coffee even though I just ate. 'I need something sweet, maybe taking a drive to get a frappuccino will help me calm down for this interview' I thought. So I grabbed my wallet, keys, aviators and threw on my tan baseball cap that had the american flag on the front. I locked up and headed to my garage. I opened the door and moved the cherry picker out of the way. I was able to finish up my work in time yesterday, it was almost like magic with how everything ended up being timed the way it did. With the cherry picker out of the way I closed my hood that was still open and started it up. I'll never get tired of how it sounds each time I start it. As I was driving to the mall I felt my phone buzz in my back pocket, but ignored it since I was driving. When I was parked at the mall I looked at it and saw a text from my uncle saying that Gunner and Ammo were having fun with him. 'I miss my pooches' I thought as I responded to his message before putting my phone back into my pocket.

I walked into the mall and to the Starbucks shop. I got in the non-existent line and ordered my cold and sweet coffee. As I was waiting for them to make my drink I heard a familiar voice call my name "Ruth?!" and looking behind me I saw Aaron.

"Oh, hey Aaron! What're you up to?" I smiled.

"Oh I'm picking up coffee for me and the guys to start the day caffeinated" Aaron explained, "Getting your daily dose of 'wake me up' juice?"

"Yeah" I laughed, "I figured I had time to kill before the interview so I came to get coffee and go for a little drive now that I finished my work on my car yesterday"

"Oh you drove your Chevelle!? That car is like a dream on wheels! It's super badass, I remember as a kid I always wanted to have an old classic when I grew up" Aaron beamed.

"Well you're always welcome to go for a ride in it" I said, making Aaron look like a kid on Christmas day. "Like - for real?!" he asked to make sure I wasn't pulling his leg, which I assured him that he was. The lady said my drink was done and handed it me, which I thanked her and turned back to Aaron.

"Oh! I better order" Aaron said remembering his main mission, so he ordered real quick and we went back to conversing. "Did they drop you off here?" I asked.

"Oh, no - they're waiting in the SUV in the parking lot. Why?"

"Because I was gonna say if they dropped you off and went yonder over...yonder" I said with a laugh, "then I'd give you a lift in the ol' Chevelle". The lady called out saying that all of Aaron's drinks were ready. There were four of them and a wise man knows that two hands and four cups don't exactly work. He asked if they had anything to carry them in, to which the lady responded that they ran out of all their cup carriers the other day.

"I can help you carry them" I offered.

"Oh if you could that would be amazing, thank you!" Aaron said. I put my frappuccino in the crook of my arm and held onto the two blazing hot coffees with my hands. I'd rather risk dropping my drink, the fact that I didn't have to worry about it melting me if I spilled it was a plus. I followed Aaron out to the parking lot, still talking. I realized they parked a couple spots down from where I parked. They weren't hard to spot. There were only a handful of cars at the mall this early in the morning. Billy was in the driver's seat, Zak was in the passenger, and what was probably a cameraman was in the backseat.

*Zak's POV*

"Damn, what's taking him so long? Did he get lost or something?" Billy said rubbing his face, still very tired.

"I dunno man, maybe" I laughed, "Maybe there's a line?"

"Really? A line? There's like five cars in the parking lot, must be bustling" Billy sarcastically replied. "Maybe he ran into Ruth, that Chevelle looks exactly like hers, so maybe she saw him - he saw her?"

"Yeah I guess that could be true, but just because we see a black Chevelle in a city this size doesn't mean it's automatically hers" I responded while scrolling through some history about the Asylum on my phone. A couple of minutes go by and Billy spoke up, "I was right - there they are". I looked up from my phone and saw Aaron carrying two coffees and Ruth was carrying two coffees and what looked like a third was being held in her arm. 'She looks really cute' I thought looking out the window. When they reached the SUV they walked up to the drivers window and Aaron handed Billy the two drinks in his hand before taking the two out of Ruth's hands.

"It's about time, did you get lost?" Billy asked.

"Okay - so I ran into our interviewee at Starbucks! We had a lovely conversation Billy, thank you very much"

"I think it was a plot to keep us from getting caffeinated - that's what I think" Billy said matter of factually in a joking way.

"Damn, you got me! Better run before the cops catch me!" Ruth laughed, with a beautiful smile. The kind of smile that you know is full of genuine love and laughter, and it suited her more than just well. Then I remembered that we were going to ask Ruth if she was alright if we changed the interview location to the Asylum. "Oh! Ruth!" I said getting her attention, "Would you be alright if we switched the interview to be at the Old Asylum? We just thought about the switch this morning".

"Of course! That's fine with me. I'll point you to some hotspots and where everything happened" she replied. "Is it still for ten?"

"Yeah, unless you wanna go now and do it a bit earlier since it's... 9:05 right now" I said looking at my phone for the time.

"Alright, I'm down! Do you have any spot in particular you want to meet?"

"We don't know what it's exactly called or how to give exact directions but we know what area we want to- it's an abandoned part, so I'd say safest bet is to just follow us to wherever parking is best" I explained.

"Alright, cool beans. Aaron do you wanna ride shotgun?"

"Aw hell yeah I do!" Aaron said excitedly. Me and Billy both said "Hey where's our ride!?" and "Where's my ride?!"at the same time. Ruth laughed "Well Billy you're more than welcome to but you're driving. So Zak can come but someone needs to man the fort"

"Yeah yeah yeah, I know" Billy said before taking a drink of coffee.

I let out a loud "Wooooo!" before jumping out of the SUV with a camera and walking over to Aaron while Ruth started to get into the Chevelle, "Well, Billy you're the one that said you wanted to drive! So catch you later alligator!"

Ruth unlocked the passenger door from inside and I climbed into the backseat while Aaron sat up front. When she started the Chevelle I'm sure both me and Aaron were filled with a giddy boy feeling, because I know for damn sure that I was. Then we were on our merry way to the Old State Hospital.

AN: Hello! If you have made it this far I would love to hear what you're opinion on this is so far. Is it yay? Is it nay? Please let me know! :)