It was night time, and the entire neighborhood seemed to be asleep. It was perfect, as Lincoln was getting ready to sneak out. He had packed up what he would need, such a food, water and a few handheld games in case he gets bored. Now, he had already found a way to get out of the house without anyone noticing, he was gonna jump through the window. Now, that may seem a little bit crazy, but he had it all planned out before he actually decided to go with his plan. Putting on a jacket and his backpack, Lincoln began to open his window and squeeze his head through, holding onto the edge as he looked down at the bottom as saw the mattress conveniently left down there by his father.
"Welp, here's go nothing.", Lincoln said to himself. Taking a deep breathe, Lincoln had let go of the ledge and began to fall. Despite the mattress breaking his fall, it wasn't a very soft landing. Getting up, he said, "Yep, totally worth it." As he dust himself and began to walk away, he took one last look at his house before turning his back to it.
"Don't think you're smart enough to keep things in check here." he said. "Because I'm not doing it for you anymore."
And with that said, Lincoln walked away from his house, putting it behind him. A few minutes later, Lincoln found himself on a bench, wide awake after 9 o'clock. He struggled to stay awake, as it wasn't a good idea for a boy his age to stay awake this late. But as he nearly fell asleep, some familiar voices got his open again, saying to him, "Lincoln? Is that you?" Jolting up, the boy saw three recognizable silhouettes in front of him, the one in front of the others having a ponytail and looking a little wide around the waist. As for the others, one of them having long pointed at the hair and the other having a shorter ponytail. Lincoln recognized them as Carlota, Carol and Dana, friends of his sisters.
"What are you girls doing here this late?", said Lincoln.
"We should be asking you that." Carol replied. "Why are you out here, Lincoln?"
"I...kinda ran away from home.", said Lincoln awkwardly.
"What?!" Dana yelled out. "Why would you do that?"
"I just...I had to get out of there.", Lincoln said. "I just didn't want to deal with my sisters at the moment."
"Well, I guess that's understandable.", said Carol.
Carlota and Dana then looked at Carol with an eyebrow raised. Carol said to them, "What? I speak from experience."
"Even so, it's not safe for you to be out here on your own, Lincoln.", said Carlota.
"I'm not going back.", Lincoln argued. "Not now."
"Hmm...alright." Carlota said "Why don't you just stay with us for a while?"
"Yeah, we were even heading here anyway.", Dana added on.
Lincoln caved in, saying"...Fine." As they sat by the tired boy, they do their best to fit in as the bench doesn't seem to have much space for all of them...
"Move over, Carlota!", Dana complained.
Carlota argued, "There's not too much room!
"Just try to squeeze in!", Carol yelled.
"Uhh...", said Lincoln, feeling awkard. Lincoln can help but notice something was different about Carlota. He then asks her, "Um, Carlota? It might just be me, but, are you looking a little..."
"'Fat'?", Carol added.
"'Thick'?", Dana piled on.
"I was gonna say 'plump'.", said Lincoln.
Carol and Dana due their best to hold in their laughter while Carlota growls at them.
"It's just because I notice your hips look wider than usual.", Lincoln said.
"How could you even-?", Carlota started with, but then said, "Yes, I have gained a few pounds, but only because I may or not have been visiting a few all-you-can-eat buffets in Great Lake City."
"Which she had yet to tell us about.", said Dana.
"Which is kinda the reason we're out here.", added in Carol. We planned on going to one of those restaurants."
Lincoln then says, "I didn't think you would be into that."
"Well, they just had the most amazing kind of food you could ever taste." Carlota says, naming some food. "There was cake, ribs, pasta, lasagna, pasta and turkey salads. They even had some pizza!"
"Mmm...sounds delicious.", Lincoln's mouth waters.
"Well, it's veggie pizza mostly.", Carlota said. "Or just plain cheese. Speaking of which, they usually just have cheesecakes for dessert. I like the cherry flavored one."
"So, were you guys planning to go to this place?", Lincoln asked.
"It's in the city, Lincoln.", said Carol. "Nah, we were planning on going clubbing tonight. Since you're sticking with us, you might as well come along."
Lincoln asked, "They let minors get into cubs?"
"Well, the one we're going to in particular, yeah, kinda.", Dana answered.
"I don't know. I'm not even sure how I'm gonna stay awa...", Lincoln struggles to say before he begins to dose off. As Lincoln slowly went to sleep, Carlota gently tapped his head and he jolt up wide awake. The she says to him, "Yeah, we'll get you some coffee, while we're at it."
"That would be nice.", yawned Lincoln. And with that settled, they got up on their feet and made their to the club. Unfortunately, they were practically having to drag Lincoln, due to to the boy being half asleep at this point. Dana couldn't help but joke, saying, "Hey Carlota, maybe this walk will help you to shed a few pounds."
"Notice that I'm ignoring you.", Carlota said, annoyed by Dana's remark.
Lincoln then asked, "So, where is this club anyway?"
"Funny thing, it's actually somewhere on the edge of town, connecting the woods.", Carol answered.
"Why would a club be there?", continued to ask Lincoln.
"It's new." says Dana. "This is gonna be the first time we'll be checking it out." This left Lincoln unsure about the place they were talking about, as they route they walked was leading them out of town. Several minutes later, they were on the edge of town and Lincoln could see a building seeming to stick out from trees that lead into the woods.
"That's the place?", Lincoln questioned.
"Yep." Carlota answered, "It's all anyone's been talking about."
"Not what you were expecting, Lincoln?", Dana asked him.
Lincoln then answered, "Not even a little."
"Get used to it soon." said Carol "We'll be here until dawn."
"...Alright." Lincoln said tiredly. "If you say so." And with that, they all headed towards the front door...