Jeff leaned closer to the mirror, detailing the fake-scar on the side of his cheek. His skin was a mixture of grey, green and blue and he had dark rings around his eyes. His lips were red and cracked and another fake-scar trailed from his bottom lip to the end of his chin.
He was wearing a white hoodie and it looked like blood had been sprayed all over it. Underneath it, he was wearing a yellow shirt, which was also sprayed in blood. He wore light-blue ripped jeans and white, muddy and bloody sneakers.
Nathan, a tall blond Warbler sat next to him. He was working on ruffling Jeff's hair and making it seem like it hadn't been combed for ages.
"On a scale from one to ten, how much do I look like that Exorcist girl?" Jeff asked. He seemed satisfied with his work and reached for the contact lenses that were resting on a desk nearby.
They were sitting in the Dalton library in a corner close to the section on mammals. The rest of the Warblers were still hanging around the school. They had gotten permission to stay after the school closed to practice and it was almost ten. Rehearsals finished up around nine but they decided to stay longer and just relax, hang out and give Kurt a better chance to get to know them.
"I'd say about 8.5." Nathan said, smirking. "Those guys won't know what hit them."
"Well, that's what they get for making one too many blond-jokes." Jeff replied. "Thank god some of these guys watched that movie recently." Jeff put in his contacts. His eyes were completely white except for two small, pitch black pupils.
Nathan stood up. "Jeff?" He said. Jeff looked up at Nathan and gave him a wicked grin. "I think it's time for pay-back."
They got to the end of the library and Nathan opened the door carefully. "I'll go and try to find the guys. You should follow me from a distance and once I find some of these guys, I'll tell them that I saw something creepy, and that's where you come in. Alright?"
"Sounds like a plan to me."
Nathan walked the halls of Dalton for about five minutes before finding anyone. That was because the library was on the east part of the school, while the choir room was on the west part. He saw Thad leave the restroom and ran up to catch him.
"Hey, Thad!" He called. Thad turned around and smiled at Nathan.
"Hey, Nate. We were just wondering where you were. Have you seen Jeff anywhere? I think Nick was looking for him."
"No, I haven't seen him. I was just in the library trying to find a book for a research for biology."
"We have a project in biology? I didn't know that." Thad said and squinted his eyes at Nathan.
"Er… extra credit. Anyway, I didn't find the book so I decided to go back to the choir room. But I've got a feeling ever since leaving the library that someone has been… watching me." Nathan said.
"You were probably just imagining something." Thad said like he was trying to convince himself that what he had just said was solid truth.
"Yeah, I suppose so. Except… I've got that feeling. Right now. Like someone's here, watching us."
Jeff chose that moment to scare Thad. He walked into the hallway, making weird, gurgling noises and his entire body was twitching oddly. Thad went pale white, not recognizing who that was.
He grabbed Nathan's shoulder and stuttered, "N-Nate? Holy shit, Nate, LOOK!" He yelled and pointed at Jeff, who was inching closer.
"RUN, THAD, RUN! WARN THE OTHERS!" Nathan screamed at Thad, who immediately ran towards the choir room, screaming "ZOMBIE!"
Nathan held in his laughter until Thad's screams started to fade out and then he and Jeff burst out laughing. Jeff then heard footsteps coming in their direction and told Nathan to be quiet. Jeff whispered a plan into Nathan's ear and then ran into the bathroom.
Flint came from the direction Thad had gone with a goofy smile on his face a split second after Jeff closed the restroom door. "Was it just me or was Thad screaming about zombies?" He asked Nathan.
"You know how he is, Thad's always been a bit paranoid." Nathan said. "But since you're here, could you check something out with me for a minute? There's something been bothering me a bit."
"Sure, buddy, what's wrong?" Flint said. Nathan grabbed his wrist and led him into the bathroom. He pointed at a light above one of the mirrors and asked "does this look like it's blinking to you?"
While Flint was absorbed in examining the light, Jeff quietly got out of one of the stalls and positioned himself behind them so he was seen in the mirror.
"No, not really." Flint said and looked away from the light and into the mirror. His breath got caught in his throat. He turned around fast and screamed when he saw Jeff. He didn't move, but as soon as Jeff took one, tiny step towards him, he screamed again and sprinted towards the door and ran as fast as he could out of the room.
"You're amazing, Jeff." Nathan said. Jeff moved towards the mirrors to check if everything was as it was supposed to be when the door opened again.
"… you don't have to be gay to be another guy's life partner, I'm telling you." David said to Wes as they both entered the bathroom. They both saw Jeff and screamed in horror, backing out the door as fast as they could and slamming it shut. They heard Wes shout "Bloody Mary, you guys, BLOODY MARY!"
Nathan and Jeff left the bathroom and chased Wes and David to the choir room. They only got about half-way when they heard Thad, Flint, Wes and David all yelling at the rest of the boys. Nathan and Jeff hid themselves and listened.
"I'm telling you, that zombie killed Nate!"
"-And it was just right there, I right there in the mirror!"
"I swear there's a male version of the exorcist roaming around this school right this moment."
"I've always thought the stories about Bloody Mary were fake but I guess not! She was right there!"
"Guys, guys! Calm down!" Blaine said. "There are no such things like zombies, ghosts, male-versions of the girl in the exorcist or Bloody Mary."
Thad squinted his eyes, gasped in shock and took two steps backwards. "I bet you're one of them!"
"Yes, because Blaine is a serial killer who's working with a zombie-ghost-male-exorcist-chick-Bloody-Mary-tranny." Nick said and rolled his eyes.
"I think we should just all calm down and try to find Nathan. All of you said he was there when you saw the 'monster', right? So he must be pulling a trick on you." Kurt said. The boys all exchanged looks.
"Hang on!" Terry yelled. "Where's Jeff?"
Nathan and Jeff exchanged looks. Jeff's hand went into the pocket of his hoodie and pulled out a small bottle with red liquid in it. He opened the bottle and started to smear the liquid onto Nathan's face and hair. He then ruffled his hair and pushed him from their hiding spot. All of the Warblers looked at Nathan, who stood still for a second. He then took a deep breath and yelled. "We've got to get out of here!"
Jeff emerged from their spot slowly and the Warblers screamed in shock. Some of them tried to run away, only to realize that to get out of the school was to go past Jeff so some just ran around in circles while others just stood still and screamed.
"THE ZOMBIE GOT JEFF!" Thad screamed. It was at that point when both Nathan and Jeff burst out laughing. The screaming died down and a few Warblers joined in the laughter, but Thad, Wes and a few other Warblers looked like they were going to murder both of them at the spot.
"That was not funny, you guys!" Frank, a tall African-American guy with curly hair yelled. "I literally just accepted the fact that I was going to die. I don't know if you have noticed, but I happen to be black!"
"What does that matter?" Robert said.
"The black guy always dies first in horror movies." Frank replied.
"You do realize there's three of us." Robert said.
"It doesn't matter, we'd all just die."
"Seriously, what the hell, guys." Chris, a short brunette with glasses, which he only used occasionally, said. "Are you trying to scare the new guy or what?"
"Nah, we're just showing you what happens when you tell one too many blond jokes." Jeff said.
"I warned you!" Nathan said and pointed at Chris, who raised his hands defensively.
Kurt smiled to himself while Wes argued with Nathan. The Warblers weren't so uptight after all.