chapter fifteen

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Rashir, Nico, and Mateo were currently blasting music as they drove to Field of Screams, which was a 30-minute drive from their house. It was Halloween night, and there seemed to be a lot of traffic which was annoying Rashir. "Why was everyone just staying still? Just go." He thought to himself.

He had offered to drive, but Nico and Mateo declined. They didn't want to be stuck in his Camaro for the long drive since it only had 2 full seats and the back was a tiny space that none of the 6 foot basketball players wanted to squeeze into so Mateo was driving his G Wagon.

"How long till we there?" He asked Mateo for the 5th time in the past 10 minutes. They were sitting on a highway, in the same spot that they were the last time he had asked. It was 8 pm on a Sunday, but apparently, everyone had somewhere to be on Halloween.

"Like 20 minutes bro, stop asking me that," Mateo fussed from the driver's seat. Rashir rolled his eyes and pouted in his seat like a child, just wanting to be there already. He and Lourdes made a group chat a couple of days before with everyone's numbers in it so they could plan the times and didn't have to text anybody separately. Right now, Nala was cussing the boys out for running late and Nico was trying to apologize while everyone else in the group chat was enjoying their banter.

"Man, someone tell Nala to relax, she been cussing my ass out for like 15 minutes," Nico whined from the back seat. Rashir and Mateo laughed at their friend's expense, finding it hilarious that a girl that was 5'6 and a year younger than Nico was able to boss him around the way that she did. "It's not funny bruh, Rashir say something," He hit Rashir on the shoulder.

"What I'm pose' to say?"

"Tell her that you're the reason we late,"

"Nigga it's your fault, fuck you mean? You was in the shower for like an hour and a half," Rashir scoffed. Nico liked to take very long showers, which annoyed Mateo and Rashir to no end. The boys all had their own ensuite bathrooms at their house, but whenever Nico got in a shower he used up all of the hot water, so no one else could shower for at least 20 minutes after he did.

"She ain't need to know that," Nico grumbled.

They continued driving for a couple more minutes, listening to the music that was playing and Rashir went on his phone to kill time. They were supposed to be at Field of Screams at 7:45 but it was nearing 8:00 and they were still at least 10 minutes away.

Field of Screams was a huge field that had haunted houses, haunted trails, and haunted hayrides with food stands that only came around once a year during Halloween. There were 2 trails, a 'slaughterhouse' and a hayride. It was one of the most popular places to go during the Halloween season in the DMV area and Rashir had only been once in his teenage years. Everyone in the group had bought tickets to go to all the attractions and they were all excited. He had teased Lourdes for the days leading up to Halloween, claiming she was going to be the first one to dart out of the emergency exits. They had made a bet, if she made it through all of the attractions without leaving early, he would pay for her food at the restaurant they would go to after they left.

"Aye, Rashir, can you do me a favor?" Mateo asked him as he kept his eyes on the road.

"What?"

"Can you get my phone from the cup holder, text Aaliyah and tell her we'll be there soon." He pointed his chin at his phone that was sitting in the cupholder between them.

"Aaliyahhh?" Nico dragged her name out like the Soulja Boy meme, "See, what I tell you?" He smirked at Rashir, "Told yo' ass they was a thing. You owe me 5 bucks," He held his hands out, indicating he wanted his money. Rashir grumbled under his breath and dug into his wallet, pulling out a 5 dollar bill and slapped it into his hands.

"Hold up, you bet on us?" Mateo asked them incredulously.

"Duh, I'm 5 bucks richer," Nico smelled the money, rubbing it in, and stuffed it into his pocket.

"When you ask her out?" Rashir asked Mateo who took his right hand off of the steering wheel to scratch the back of his neck.

"I didn't, we just chilling right now,"

"Tsk, Tsk," Nico shook his head at him in mock disappointment, "Females don't like it when you say shit like that, you better cuff her,"

"Aaliyah said doesn't care about that stuff," Mateo waved him off.

"Yeah well she lying-" Nico was cut off by his phone ringing, "Shit," he swore as he answered, "Nala we coming...I'm not always late what you mean?...Baby come on...I know you been waiting for a long time...Don't hang up-" He sighed when she hung up on him.

Mateo and Rashir laughed from the front seats as Nico grumbled at them to shut up.

"Where the fuck are they? We've been waiting for like 30 minutes," Nala complained.

The girls were sitting in Nala's jeep in the Field of Screams parking lot, waiting on the boys to show up. They were supposed to meet at 7:45 but it was now 8:03 and they still hadn't arrived. Nala had already cussed them out in the group chat and called Nico to see what the problem was.

"Would you relax? You've been complaining nonstop for like 10 minutes now," Lourdes gave her an annoyed look from the passenger's seat, "They said they're stuck in traffic,"

"Mateo just texted me, he said they'll be here in 5 minutes," Aaliyah told them from the backseat. Lourdes and Nala both turned to look at her with surprise while Aaliyah avoided eye contact with them, suddenly finding the floor to be very interesting.

"Why is Mateo texting you privately?" Lourdes raised her eyebrows at her with suspicion. Lourdes and Nala were sure that Aaliyah and Mateo were dating, but they were just waiting on the couple to announce it themselves. They had caught her smiling at her phone many times throughout the day since the two were introduced at TopGolf a couple of weeks ago and Nala had told Lourdes that Aaliyah was on the phone with someone when she came into their room at night.

"No reason," Aaliyah squeaked.

"Cap, y'all are finally together huh? I owe Nico 5 bucks,"

"Nala! You bet on us?" Aaliyah exclaimed, her mouth wide open. Nico had made a bet with Rashir and Nala, claiming the couple would be together in a month. Rashir and Nala said it would take at least 2, but they were proven wrong.

"Moving on," Nala waved her off, "When did you make it official?" She asked.

"We didn't, we haven't talked about what we are," Aaliyah picked at her fingernails and Lourdes could tell something was bothering her. Aaliyah was not a confrontational person. If something bothered her, she didn't tell anyone about it because she didn't want to start any drama, which was bad since no one ever knew if she was upset about something.

"What's wrong?" She nudged Aaliyah who was staring down at her hands.

"Huh? Oh, nothing." She shook her head.

"Aaliyah." Lourdes and Nala gave her a blank look, knowing she was lying.

"Fine, it's just that, he said we're just 'chilling' and I want to make it official I guess?ย  We've been talking for a couple of weeks now and he still hasn't asked me to be anything. Whenever we go to places, girls approach him and act like I'm not even there but he doesn't notice but thats just his personality I think. No one even knows what we are and I want to tell him that I want to be his girlfriend, but I just don't know how." She finished her rant, biting her lip as the girls stayed silent.

"Do you want me to like beat his ass? Cause I could totally do that." Nala offered, being completely serious.

"Nala."

"What? I'm just kidding," She sucked her teeth, "You guys are no fun," She grumbled to herself.

"C'mon! Be serious! I need help," Aaliyah whined.

"Okay, okay! Just tell him what you told us, no one knows what you guys are and you don't like that." Nala suggested.

"Yeah, tell him you want to be official," Lourdes agreed.

"Isn't it crazy all of us are with a basketball player now?" Nala wondered out loud.

"I'm not with a-"

"Hey look the guys are here!" Nala cut off Lourdes's rebuttal and pointed towards Mateo's G Wagon that was pulling into a parking space, not that far away from them. The girls grabbed their purses and exited the car, making their way towards the boys who were getting out of Mateo's car.

"You need a bigger car bruh, that stupid G Wagon isn't built for tall niggas like me," Nico complained, stretching his legs as the girls approached them.

"Nico!" Nala yelled, startling him and caused him to jump in place, "Do you want to explain to me why you guys are almost 30 minutes late?" She crossed her arms across her chest, glaring at him while Nico and Rashir snickered. "What's fucking funny?" She whipped her head to snap at them and they immediately stopped laughing.

"Nothing,"

"Nothing's funny,"

"Baby, don't be mad," Nico tried coaxing her, opening his arms for a hug. She was hesitant at first, continuing to glare at him, but she eventually she stepped into his embrace, allowing him to rub his hands up and down her back.

Nala liked to act like she was tough and closed off, but deep inside she was just a big softie. Nico seemed to bring the soft side out of her without evening trying. She was never able to stay mad at him for long, which was unusual for her because she was incredibly stubborn.

"I'm not, just missed you," She mumbled and looked up at him, puckering her lips for a kiss. Rashir and Mateo looked at each other in disbelief and muttered to themselves about how 'Pussy Whipped' Nico was while Lourdes rolled her eyes at the couple.

"Okay! That's enough lovey-dovey shit for now," Lourdes interrupted their moment clapping her hands together to gather everyone's attention, "Let's go check-in, the lines are probably long as hell and we didn't pay for the fast passes."

They all nodded their heads in agreement and began walking to the entrance, preparing themselves to be scared for the remainder of the night.

"I'm scared," Lourdes whined as they waited in line for the haunted hayride. After getting their tickets, they decided to go on the hayride first, one of the trails, the haunted house, and then back to the last trail. After they finished all the attractions they planned to go to the Olive Garden that was a couple of minutes away and it would be the only thing open by the time they were finished with everything.

"Pussy," Nala let out from the side of her mouth, causing Nico to laugh with her.

"Shut up, I have the right to be scared," Lourdes snapped.

They were standing in line together, Lourdes and Rashir side by side in the front, Nala had wrapped up under Nico's jacket next to them and Aaliyah behind them, leaning her head on Mateo while he had his arm around her shoulder. They were at the front of the line, waiting for the next hayride.

"We're surrounded by couples," Lourdes whispered in disgust to Rashir who made a disgusted face with her.

"I know, they all simps," He murmured in her ear and she giggled.

"Alright, next 9 people in line, you can come with me," The worker who was dressed as a bloody scarecrow motioned for them to follow him.

"Aye bro, they allowed to touch us here? Cause I can't promise I won't deck someone in the face if they get too close to me," Nico asked the worker, causing the friend group to collectively roll their eyes at his antics.

"No sir, they cannot touch you," The man grunted and Nico gave him a thumbs up.

They all climbed on the hayride, Nala sitting in Nico's lap, Aaliyah sitting next to Mateo, attaching herself to arm, and Lourdes and Rashir sitting next to each other. They were all sitting in the corner of the hayride, which Lourdes was uneasy about but she swallowed her fears and scooted closer to Rashir.

"What? You scared? The ride hasn't even started yet" Rashir teased her, poking her side.

"Shush," She hit him on the arm and glared at him, though it was dark.

They waited for the rest of the people to get on the tractor and when it was full, the scarecrow actor from earlier hopped on to make an announcement.

"Okay, just a few things, the actors are not allowed to touch you, they will get close to you though, so please refrain from hitting them," The guy looked at Nico as he said that, making the group snicker. "This ride should last about 15 minutes and you are not allowed to jump off," He also looked at Nico when he said that, making the group laugh again, "Alright, enjoy the ride," He hopped off the tractor and walked off.

The tractor rumbled to life, beginning to move and Lourdes looked around, waiting for something to happen. After a couple of seconds of moving, they entered a tunnel and scary music began playing, startling Lourdes. Suddenly, a clown came out of the shadows and jumped onto the tractor, making Lourdes scream and cling to Rashir. She heard other people jump onto the tractor and she shut her eyes, too scared to look.

"Are they gone?" She asked after it became quiet again.

"Yeah, they gone," Rashir chuckled at her. She peaked her eyes open, still clinging to him as they left the tunnel and went into an open area. The ride stopped and she clung to him even tighter, scared something was going to pop out again. She didn't like scary things, she was a complete scaredy-cat, and hated things like scary movies and jump scares.

"Wait, wait, wait, why did we stop-" She was cut off by random actors coming out of the grass with chainsaws, revving them near her ears. She let out an ear-piercing scream as they kept revving the chainsaws and shut her eyes again, willing the tractor to start moving.

After another minute, the tractor drove on, passing what seemed to be an abandoned town, with creepy-looking people dressed as dolls beginning to walk closer to the tractor. She buried her face in Rashir's shoulder, wishing she was in her bed at the moment, regretting she had agreed to this. They continued the hayride, random actors jumping on the tractor, causing the girls to cling to the boys as they were scared by actors. At one point, two people who they thought were guests like them were dragged off of the ride, and they were terrified until they realized that they were just actors who had snuck onto the tractor.

They finished the ride and Lourdes pushed everyone out of the way to jump off of the tractor, almost wanting to kiss the ground. She waited at the exit for the rest of the group to get off, and tried to control her breathing since she was still scared.

"You aight?" Rashir asked from next to her and she held a finger up, indicating she needed a minute.

Nico and Nala were the last to climb off of the tractor, laughing about something as they made their way to the exit. When they reached the group, they didn't see an actor from the ride that was hiding in the shadows with a chainsaw. The actor stepped out and turned on the chainsaw behind Nico, who was scared shitless. He backed away from the actor but the actor began stepping closer to him.

"Aye bruh, get away from me for real," He pointed at the actor, but the guy ignored him, "I'm not playing bro," He threatened but the guy just laughed manically and began walking faster. Nico turned on his heel and ran in the opposite direction, screaming his head off as the actor chased him across the field.

Lourdes wasn't paying attention to this entire situation, still closing her eyes and trying to calm herself. When she opened her eyes and saw a random person with a chainsaw chasing Nico across the field, she was confused.

"Why is a guy with a chainsaw chasing Nico?" She laughed as Nico pulled up his pants, which were sagging and yelled at the guy to leave him alone.

"Who knows," Rashir chuckled.

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