THE DEATH WISH GAME
CHARACTERS:
Olivia- Faceclaim: Millie Bobby Brown. Main character. Basically portrayed by you so like a y/n story except not your name. Age: 17 (in this story).
Harper- Faceclaim: Charli D’amelio. Main character. Best friend. Age: 16.
Sienna- Faceclaim: Maddie Zieglar. Main character. Best friend. Age: 16 (in this story).
Louis (pronounced Lou-e)- Faceclaim: Louis Partridge ;). Main character. Best friend. Age: 17.
STORY
“The Brooke family claims that their daughter, Allie Brooke, has reportedly gone missing 5 months after downloading the current trending game called, “The Death Wish”. This is the 15th reported family who has claimed that a family member or a friend has gone missing a few months after downloading this game. In most cases, 5 months after.
Only the Asden family’s son, Mike Asden, went missing only 3 months after downloading this horrendous game. Please be warned about the safety precautions of this app. The police are still trying to locate who made the game and why people are, supposedly, going missing. More about this game la-”
I closed the TV. The news keeps talking about this supposed game that makes you go missing called “The Death Wish”.
“Who even makes a game like that?” Asked one out of my 3 friends that I was watching the news with. Her name’s Harper, Harper Anderson. She’s been my best friend for 8 years now. She has brown hair, long lashes, perfect eyebrows and the most outgoing out of the 4 of us.
“Oh I don’t know. Maybe a sick person who wishes to make teens and even little kids missing?” I replied with sarcasm.
“What Olivia here is trying to say is that, erm, the person who made the game had gone completely insane and would like nothing but to make kids missing..?” Louis Partridge stated well, more like asked. Louis is a mature boy, he’s probably the funniest and he has the best cheekbones and jawline like it’s literally *chefs kiss*. He also has fluffy brown hair that’s a bit like a middle part. He’s British like the rest of us. Speaking of 'British', we live in London.
“How d’you reckon the game makes kids go missing?” Sienna, a long blonde haired girl that went through a chav phase, (a really bad one as well), who was the least outgoing asked.
“Don’t know but I wonder how they go missing exactly?” Wondered Louis.
“There’s many different ways. Kidnapping, luring, catfishing even maybe?” Suggested Harper.
“I wonder how they are getting away with it though? Don’t you reckon they would’ve at least caught onto how this mysterious person that makes kids go missing through the games’ location? I’m sure there is some sort of high tech platform that can do so..” I trailed off.
“Smart thinking Olivia but this creator must’ve thought all of this out pretty well.” Shrugged Sienna.
“Ooo, I have an idea! We could download the game and see for ourselves.” Exclaimed Harper who mischievously grinned.
“Your basically asking to die or go missing and we are not willing to rescue you miss girl. You aren’t the main character that is so stupid enough to suggest that.” I said with my arms crossed to Harper with an eyebrow raised.
“Yeah, Olivia’s right. We’re just some 16 and 17 year old’s that work at a diner. There is no way i’m trying that out.” Louis added.
“Honestly, we did want to sort of be detectives, this could really help with experience if we ever get a job offer to be a detective?” Suggested Sienna.
“Yeah, it’s all fun and games until we download it, weird things happen- paranormal maybe even, threats from the game, one of us goes missing, then the next and so on and then we all die and there will be no job offer then, huh?” I sarcastically stated to Sienna.
“Too late.” Exclaimed Harper as she pressed something on her phone.
“YOU DID NOT-” I yelled as I jumped up from my comfy position on the couch to Harper’s area.
“Too bad, I downloaded it, see?” Harper said calmly showing me the app on her screen.
“Delete it then!” Yelled Louis with me as he stood up.
“Okay, okay!” Sighed Harper in defeat. Louis and I were both relived as we sat back down on the couch. The relief turned into confusion when Sienna, Louis and I noticed the shocked and nervous expression on Harper’s face.
“G-guys.. I can’t delete the app! It won’t delete!” Exclaimed Harper as she suddenly looked like she was scared.
“This is another one of your pranks.. Waiting for the, “I got ya losers”, in 3..2..1-” Sienna said.
“I’m not joking! SEE FOR YOURSELVES!” Yelled Harper as she shoved her phone into my hands.
I pressed onto the app and attempted to delete it but the “delete app” button didn’t even appear! I tried to make sure that the delete button was there for the other apps and it was but just not for the Death Wish app!
“No, no, no, no, no, no, no!” I yelled as I paced around the room, phone still in my hands and attempting to delete the blood-curdling game.
Louis and Sienna both came on either side of me and their jaws dropped when they saw that I actually couldn’t delete the app. I was still struggling while Harper looked so nervous and fearful- we all were! I mean who wouldn’t be? Maybe the creator(s) of the game but for us, we were on the edge of having a mental breakdown!
“Look, how about we try and ignore the app and maybe nothing will happen?!” I said to the 3 other’s.
“Mhm, yeah alright..” Said Harper nervously while frantically nodding her head.
“Gosh Harper, why is it always you that get us into these types of situations?” Asked Louis.
It was true though. She was definitely not one for the rules and doesn’t think things through. Her common sense is lacking in her brain. Sienna, Louis and I thought that we would somehow at least influence her into not getting into these situations frequently but that was obviously not the case. In fact, that sort of encouraged her into doing these things.
“I’m sorry alright! Look, I definitely know this wasn’t my best idea but-” Harper began but I cut her off.
“Harper, I love you and all but please, please, please, learn how to avoid these things!”
“Don’t say we didn’t warn you by the way!” Louis said.
“Alright, alright. Yes, I am really dumb most of the time but this is something I definitly need you guys to help me throughout the way with!” Pleaded Harper.
“Of course we will help you!” Sienna said.
“Right guys?” Sienna said to me and Louis while looking at us.
“Well no! She-” We both began.
“Right guys?” Sienna stated again while nudging us both, this time through gritted teeth.
“Ugh fine.” I sighed.
“It’s 9:35PM, i’m off to bed guys. Night! We have work tomorrow by the way.” I said as I got up, grabbed my phone and headed to the bedroom Louis and I shared. We had different sides of course though since it was the biggest room. My sides on the right.
As soon as my head hit the pillow, I couldn’t help but think: ‘I hope nothing happens to Harper and the rest of us.’
THE NEXT MORNING
“Wake up dummy!” I yelled to Louis while hitting him with a pillow.
“OKAY, OKAY, I’M UP, I’M UP!” Yelled Louis.
I tried waking him up nicely at first but he wouldn’t wake up so I had no other option but to get a pillow and hit him.
“We have to get ready for work, Aunt Mandie texted me saying we have a bit of a longer shift since a few workers called in sick and some had to do other things.” I explained to Louis as I put the pillow on his bed and started getting ready.
“How long do we work?” Asked Louis while making his bed.
“From 10AM to 9PM.” I said to Louis as I put some Vaseline on. I was already ready for the day.
“Oh okay. What duty am I on today?” Asked Louis while making his way to the bathroom.
“You’re in the kitchen with Sienna.” I told him as I stood up from my vanity and got up to leave our bedroom.
“I’ll be outside in the living room, Louis! Make it quick!” I yelled back to Louis as I left the room. I heard a faint, “OKAY!” response from inside the bedroom.
As I went to the living room, I saw Harper and Sienna already there, sitting on the couches. I went over and joined them.
“Mooorrnniinngg” I said to the duo while dragging out the word and winking at the end.
“Your Harry Potter obsession is taking over you now.” Laughed Sienna.
“Is not! Okay maybe.. but you can’t say that that scene isn’t iconic!” I shrugged to Sienna. Sienna just playfully rolled her eyes. Harper however, stayed silent. I knew what was on her mind. By the way that she was snapping out of reality with a frown on her face, I could tell.
“Look Harper, I know you feel guilty, nervous and scared about what happened last night but we have to forget about it otherwise we won’t be happy!” I said while trying my best to both comfort and encourage Harper.
“Yeah your right. I’m sorry I did that again by the way.” Said Harper with guilt while looking at me and Sienna.
“It’s alright.” Sienna and I said in unison as we gave her small smiles.
“I’m ready!” Exclaimed Louis as he came out of the bedroom.
“Okay let’s go! Breakfast at Starbucks?” I suggested to them as I grabbed my bag and phone and stood up.
“Yes ma’am!” They all said at the same time while grabbing their things. We laughed as we went out of our dormitory. Yes, we were still in high school however we were sort of on a break for now.
We arrived at Starbucks and ordered ourselves our breakfast and we were now in the diner we worked in called Aunt Mandies. Aunt Mandie is the sweetest and purest woman I know. She offered us jobs when we needed it and she’s helped us the whole time.
We slipped on our uniform. Louis and Harper went into the kitchen, Sienna went over to the cash register and I went to grab my notepad and pen to assist some customers who wished to order.
“Good morning and welcome to Aunt Mandies! Would you like to order right now?” I asked the man. He looked angry or maybe it was his resting face.
“Just one latte.” The man sternly said.
“Um yeah.. alright I will have your order ready in maybe 10-15 minutes!” I said to the man.
“Alright.” The man said.
I ran back as I went back behind the counter to give Louis and Harper the order.
“This is an order the guy over there made. I need you guys to make it now please.” I said to them as I handed them the order.
Louis took the order and examined it before saying,
“Thanks. We’ll start the order now!”
TIME SKIP TO 8:50 PM
Work today was fun. We had no angry customers, Karens or complaints! We were starting to clean up the diner when suddenly Harper’s phone started blowing up with messages.
“Harper, would you mind silencing your phone?” I asked her from the table I was cleaning from.
“Mhm yeah sorry.” Harper said as she stopped mopping the floors and began walking towards her phone that was on the counter.
“Who’s even texting you at this time? Tell ‘em your busy right now.” Sienna suggested. Harper's phone kept blowing up with notifications.
“Who’s spamming you?” Asked Louis as he intriguingly watched Harper’s phone continuously keep making a buzz for each notification.
“Whoever it is, they’re doing a really good job of it.” I replied as I rolled my eyes and went back to cleaning the table.
Harper grabbed her phone and I watched as her face seemed to have gone a complete mixture of fear, nervousness and shock.
“Oh god, please no!” She frowned as she stopped looking at her screen.
“Is everything oka-” Sienna asked but then she realised.
“It’s the game, isn’t it?” Sienna continued.
“Not the game..” Harper gulped before saying,
“It’s an unknown number that keeps saying, “I know where you are”, “You can’t hide from me”, “I see you” and stuff.” She was on the verge of tears at this point. From the tone of her voice there was definitely a lump in her throat.
“Hey, hey, hey it’s okay calm down. It’s probably not real!” Said Louis as he carefully placed his mop to lean on the wall. He walked towards Harper in an attempt to try and comfort Harper. I joined him and so did Sienna.
“Here, give me the phone and don’t look at it.” I said softly as I grabbed the phone from Harpers hands.
The buzzing then stopped.
“See? It stopped, you’re alright!” Exclaimed Sienna, trying to sound cheerful to make Harper smile.
Then one single buzz came. I checked the phone and saw the worst thing imaginable.. An image of us. In the gosh dang diner right now.
“OH HELL NO!” I yelled as I chucked the phone across the room. It landed on a soft couch.
“WHO THE BLEEPING HELL IS BLEEPING HERE?!” I yelled as I walked around the diner.
“What? What happened?” Exclaimed Louis, genuinely confused.
“Check the phone.” I simply said as I walked over to him and handed the phone.
“OH HECK NO!” He yelled when he saw what I saw before, he chucked the phone into Sienna’s hand. When Sienna saw it she screamed and chucked it into Harper's hand. Harper than screamed and chucked the phone away.
“WHO THE HELL IS HERE!” Yelled Louis.
“Wait there are cameras for security. Multiple ones. We should make sure nobody hacked into them to play a prank on us because I don’t like this right now..” I said as I gulped.
-
We were all gathered upon my laptop that was connected to the security cameras.
“It doesn’t look like anybody did anything to the cameras.. No recent activities.. No alerts from email.. Nothing at all!” I exclaimed while checking through different tabs and camera screens.
“It’s almost as if they were in here..” Sienna said slowly.
“No don’t say it.. It’ll only make things worse.” I exclaimed as I gulped.
“Come on, we’re done for tonight, let’s go back now.” Louis said. I could tell that he wanted to get out of here, so did we.
“Mhm.” Harper agreed as she grabbed her bags. I closed my laptop and did the same.
The drive back was silent until I spoke up and said,
“I wonder how they got an image of us without being inside..”
“That’s what i’m wondering too.” Said Louis.
Harper and Sienna seemed deep in thought, especially Harper.
-
After showering and changing into more comfier clothes, (oversized top and sweats), I was sitting on the couch with Harper, Sienna and Louis. Sooner or later the topic about The Death Wish game would come.
“Did the game ask you to allow your location, Harper?” Asked Sienna.
“No, it didn’t. I don’t know how it got my location..” Answered Harper.
“You know what? I’m off to bed now, I don’t want to keep talking about this game anymore.” I said as I got up and went into my bedroom.
“I wonder if they followed us home..” I thought to myself.
“I really hope not..”
-
‘Wake up! You, yes you! Open the blinds and sit up! Nope, no, no, right up! Don’t dare even attempt to put that alarm back on snooze one more time! I don’t care whether you’re a nine-to-five medic or studying media. You have- you have to take your responsibility as a student seriously.
‘I don’t care how tempting that new series of Stranger Things is that we talked about. I don’t care how many jaeger bombs you had in oceania last night, you will make all of your lectures. Today is the first day of the rest of your life! You are going to excel in your future and your future starts now!’
Yes, I do have a Daniel Radcliffe alarm because why not? Anyways, I smiled to my self as I closed my phone and got up. I looked to Louis’ side of the room, he was still fast asleep. After cleaning my bed and getting dressed, I went over to Louis’ side of the bed to wake him up.
“Louis, wake up!” I said in a sing-song voice.
“Mmm okay fine.” I’m guessing that was Louis’ voice from underneath the blanket.
I rolled my eyes and left our bedroom to Harper and Sienna’s room. On my way down the hall, I saw that Sienna was in the kitchen making breakfast.
“Oo Sienna, could you make me some toast please?” I asked her while stopping next to her.
“Of course.” Smiled Sienna.
“Thank-you!” I called out to her as I continued walking down the hallway to Harper and her room.
“Harper!” I called out to her as I entered the bedroom.
As usual, Sienna’s side was nice and clean with small aesthetic twinkle lights and pictures while Harpers was messy; Clothes everywhere, drawers open and it looked like Harper was still sleeping.
“Harper?” I said again as I made my way towards her side of the room.
I approached her bed and then jumped on her.. Or well what I thought was her..
“Harper? Harper?” I called out, my voice slightly raised as I realised I wasn’t on Harper, Harper wasn’t even here.
I was on a soft pillow underneath her covers. So where’s Harper?
“Harper! This isn’t funny! Come out!” I yelled as I slowly got off of her bed and went towards their bathroom.
“Harper? You in here?” I asked as I looked in the bathroom.
I got creeped out as I made my way out of her bedroom out to the kitchen once more. This time, Sienna and Louis were in there.
“Guys, where’s Harper?” I asked them with a worried tone.
“I thought you were just with her?” Asked Sienna.
“I was or I thought I was..” I said.
“Thought you were…?” Louis said trying to get me to finish my sentence.
“I thought I was with her but she’s not in there! I thought she’d be here with you guys.” I said to them.
“She’s not. Maybe she left early somewhere? To get breakfast perhaps?” Sienna asked.
“Let’s check her room.” Suggested Louis.
“Yeah..” I replied.
We walked back into the bedroom and checked Harper’s side. Sienna seemed to have saw something I didn’t see before, a note. She quickly ran towards it and opened it, me following straight behind her with Louis.
… . ._.. ._ _. _ _ .
Is all the note said.
“What the hell is this crap?! It has nothing but dots and underscores!” Scoffed Sienna.
Me and Louis looked at each other and give each other a knowing look and a nod before saying in unison,
“It’s morse code.”
“Morse code is a code, like a secret language except lot’s of people in the world know it. Morse code is all underscores and dots. It can be used for mysteries etc.” I explained to Sienna.
“See here, I can search up ‘morse code’ and we can read it.” Said Louis as he pulled out his phone and search up, ‘morse code’
“Sienna, tell us the letters.” I told her as I looked over Louis’ shoulder at the morse code.
“4 dots..” Sienna began.
“H.” Louis and I said at the same time.
“1 dot..” Sienna said.
“E.” Louis and I said again.
“Dot, line, dot, dot.” Sienna said.
“L.”
“Dot, line, line, dot.” Sienna said.
“P”. We said.
“And then 2 lines, 1 dot..” Sienna concluded.
“Me..” Louis and I said.
“H-e-l-p me… HELP ME! IT SAYS ‘HELP ME’!” Sienna shouted.
“Yeah no crap sherlock, it says ‘help me’ now let’s go help her!” I yelled.
“What about work?” Sienna asked.
“I’ll text Aunt Mandie that we can’t work today, i’ll try to explain to her.” Louis suggested.
“Yeah, you do that. I’m gonna try call Harper, i’m sure she has her phone on her and Sienna-” I said.
“Yeah?” Sienna said still shocked and worried.
“How did you not know that Harper went missing! Somebody must’ve broken in or something, Harper can’t apparate to places like people in Harry Potter can!” I asked her.
“She wanted to stay in the living room last night! I didn’t know! She must’ve came late at night!” Sienna yelled.
“How do you NOT know or realise somebody coming into your room to put the letter there?!” I yelled back.
“I told you, I don’t know!” Sienna yelled once more.
“Whatever.” I scoffed. Louis seemed to have witnessed the whole argument between me and Sienna so he went ahead and said,
“Aunt Mandie said there’s no work today for anybody and good luck on finding Harper..”
“Also.. I think I agree with Olivia, sorry Sienna but how do you not realise somebody coming into your dang bedroom?”
Sienna just stayed silent but if looks could kill, Louis and I would’ve been dead and 6ft underground.
“Well, pack your bags, we have to go find Harper.” I said, still pissed at Sienna.
Louis nodded, Sienna still looked furious but she went on to pack.
I opened up my phone and pressed Harper’s contact on my phone.
I smiled, remembering the times where we didn’t have to worry about all of this. I sighed realising that Harper was missing and so I quickly texted her,
She probably won’t answer. I checked the screen again only to see,Harper just read my message! She’s alive! She’s typing right now, I wonder what she’ll say!
Aunt Mandies? She must be at Aunt Mandies! But there’s no work today?
“Louis! Look, Harper texted me saying ‘Aunt Mandies’, she must be there!” I yelled across the room.
“Oh my gosh okay, let’s quickly pack!” Louis yelled back as he was now rapidly shoving things in his backpack.
-
“You finished?” I impatiently asked Sienna.
“Yeah.” Sienna muttered while avoiding eye contact.
-
“We’re here.” I said as I parked the car and grabbed my backpack.
From the rear view mirror, I could see Sienna and Louis doing the same and exiting the car. I exited the car, locked the door then grabbed the key for Auntie Mandies and opened the door.
‘Flick, flick’
I opened the lights and set my bag and keys down on one of the tables.
“Hello? Harper?” I called out in the diner.
“Harper?” Louis and Sienna called out with me.
“Ah shoot, another note.” I said as I spotted another note, the same paper and the same pen colour.
“Well read it then.” Sienna said in an annoyed tone.
“Calm down before I dropkick your existence out of this diner.” I said sternly.
“People buy me to eat but never eat me, what am I?” I read aloud.
“Harper bruv, when did you ever look at riddles?” Louis said.
“People buy me to eat but never eat me, what am I?” Sienna said to herself.
“Sienna are you dumb? Have you never seen riddles. This is like the most basic riddle ever. It’s a plate.” I said to Sienna with a raised eyebrow.
“Oh whatever.” Scoffed Sienna while rolling her eyes.
“Yeah go ahead, roll those eyes. If you’re lucky, you might find a brain back there!” I said to Sienna before intentionally bumping into her shoulder to go into the kitchen.
Louis was behind Sienna watching the whole thing before his eyes, he didn’t dare say a word otherwise, he would be facing angry me.
“Come on, there are a lot of plates in the kitchen, storage room and staff room.” I said to Louis, well basically both of them but I grabbed Louis’ hand and pulled him behind me.
“I’ll check the kitchen, Sienna check the staff room and Liv in the storage room alright?” Louis said.
“Yeah alright Lou.” I said back to him as I walked to the storage room.
I’ve been in there before, once or twice to get something but now I was here to get someone. I walked into the small yet slightly wide storage room and looked for the plates area. I walked past the many different labels,
‘Knifes’, ‘Spoons’, ‘Forks’, ‘Bowls’, ‘Spatula’s’, ‘Plates’- wait, plates!
I quickly rushed towards the plates and grabbed some out, hoping that there would be another note or something. I searched through the many, many different plates of different colours, textures, sizes and widths.. No luck.
‘Pa!’
There was a loud cracking noise, (a plate breaking), that echoed throughout the tiny space. I jumped over to the pans and grabbed one and let my inner Rapunzel shine,
“Who’s there?!” I yelled.
No response.
Of course not, it’s not like if there even was a spirit that they would reply like, “Me, i’m here!”.
I shook my head, hoping I was just imagining it. I decided to stop looking in the storage room and left.
“Woah!” I yelled. Louis was right behind the door and I almost bumped into him.
“What are you doing here?” I asked Louis as I made my way out of the room and closed the door behind.
“That door was locked and I heard a plate or something break! Are you alright?!” Louis frantically asked while placing his two hands over my shoulders. I looked at him bewildered.
“The door was locked? I could’ve sworn it wasn’t-” I worriedly said.
“Weird but are you alright?” Louis asked once more.
“I’m fine it was just a plate that broke. Anyways, are you alright? Did you find anything?” I asked Louis.
“No, nothing but Sienna’s still in the staff room; Let’s check on her.” Louis said as he grabbed my hand, (softly), and we made our way towards the staff room.
We opened the door to be met with Sienna with a note in her hands and a puzzled look on her face.
“Is that the note?” Louis asked Sienna.
“Oh, erm, yeah..” Sienna answered while slowly moving the note behind her back.
“Well.. show us it, will you?” I asked her.
“Oh, um yeah I-” Sienna began.
“Why didn’t you bother telling us you had found the note? By the looks of it, you have probably had it for maybe a minute or 2 by now.” Louis stated.
I didn’t think of that but Louis was definitely right. Sienna opened her mouth and looked like she wanted to say something but didn’t. Sienna instead passed the note to Louis silently.
‘Car.’
The note read.
“Car? Just the word ‘car’? That’s not very tricky is it, why’d you look so puzzled?” I asked Sienna as I fixed my gaze off of the note to Sienna.
“I-I just wasn’t sure what it meant.” Sienna stuttered.
“So you decide to not come to us for help? We’re literally in the same building!” Louis said slightly raising his voice.
“It says the word ‘car’ Sienna. What else would it mean? Do you think ‘car’ means ‘if Tessa’s daughter is my daughter’s mother than what am I to Tessa?’ because no, no it doesn’t. What’s so confusing about ‘car’?” I bossily stated to Sienna with sarcasm.
“Let’s just go to the car and find Harper now!” Sienna exclaimed.
“Yeah so you do know what it means.” I scoffed as I left the staff room, note in my hand and holding Louis’ wrist on the other.
“C’mon grab your bag and let’s go.” I said as I grabbed my things and went out the door.
Louis and Sienna followed behind after me and we went inside the car.
“Where do we go? Is there something in or on the car?” Louis questioned.
“Smart thinking Louis, let’s check.” I said as I gave Louis a smile.
“I know, i’m just so amazing and smart!” Said Louis sarcastically while bowing.
“Whatever.” I said as I smiled and playfully rolled my eyes.
Sienna just silently looked around the car. I missed being able to talk to Sienna without getting into an argument but she’s acting really different. Not like the different type of person different but like, her personality.. She’s no longer the girl who was once afraid to approach me, the girl who was such a girly girl and the girl who went through the worst chav and ‘it girl’ phase
I shook the thought off knowing well that me and her were not on speaking terms. I went on to go and check the drivers seat and the little cabinets and areas where you can store items.
“Nothing here.” I said softly after thoroughly checking.
“Aha! I found a note!” Louis exclaimed before Sienna could say anything.
‘Cha Cha Coffee.’
Louis read aloud.
“I know that place, it’s an abandoned coffee shop. It was abandoned around 5ish years ago.” Sienna softly said.
“Great! That’s great, do you know where it is?” Louis asked.
“Yeah, it should show up in Google Maps if you search ‘Cha Cha Coffee’ up.” Sienna said with the same tone.
She seemed like she didn’t want to talk, maybe to me but at the same time it felt so awkward between me, Louis and Sienna. Louis and I were great, we get along very well but Sienna has some tension between me and Louis.
The ride was silent, apart from the voice from Google Maps telling us the directions. It was around a 15 minute drive.
‘Turn left and you will arrive at your destination.’
The Google Maps voice spoke. Sienna was right, this place looked abandoned well over 5 years ago. The place looked completely destroyed, posters hanging down low, paint chipping off and the big ‘Cha Cha Coffee’ sign on the top of the building ever so slightly flickering in the first ‘h’, ‘a’ and the two f’s. The coffee shop looked like it was a vintage cottage core aesthetic theme.
I pictured it as what it would’ve looked like as a brand new coffee shop, warm and welcoming, aesthetically pleasing with records on the walls, it would’ve been an ideal coffee shop to the 4 or well, 3 of us friends.
“Let’s try get inside.” Louis said as he went over to the door.
The door seemed to be unlocked, (conveniently). Louis opened the door to reveal the even more torn and destroyed looking coffee shop. Dust overcame the 3 of us as we coughed and tried to clear the dust from our faces.
“Well, *cough*, let’s check for something.” Sienna said as she walked towards the counter.
I went behind the counter with Louis. What; I wasn’t going alone! Not in this type of coffee store. Surprisingly, the staff room and kitchen area were clean like, normal type of clean.
“Woah, this looks so clean and nice!” I exclaimed, taking a closer look at the counters.
“I wonder how this area is so clean?” Louis said while cautiously looking around yet with an amused face.
“I know right?!” I exclaimed while getting my index finger, wiping it across the counter and examining my finger; not even a bit of dust there!
“Well, let’s look for anything.” Louis said while making his way towards the back of the room.
I followed shortly after him, still looking around; does somebody clean this area? Someone must be, after all, how could it look this stunning?
“Harper? HARPER!” Louis yelled as we approached the staff room.
I quickly shot my head towards the area Louis was looking at when I saw the sight he was seeing, Harper was there. Unconscious and everything. Fortunately, nobody else was there or unfortunately, I don’t know which one. Fortunately because it means I don’t have to dropkick anybody’s butt out of this milky way but at the same time maybe unfortunately because then we would’ve known who created the game or who associated with Harpers current state.
“She’s unconscious..” Louis said.
“Yeah she’s unconscious, good spotting sherlock.” I sarcastically stated.
“No time for chit-chat, c’mon.” I said to Louis as I grabbed some water from in the kitchen and I splashed it on her face.
“*Cough*, *cough*. What was that for? Where am I? What happened? Are you okay? Am I okay? Where’s Sienna?” Harper immediately questioned.
I shushed her and helped her stand up with Louis and guided her to where Sienna was.
“We found her.” I stated to Sienna still avoiding eye contact with her.
“You did?! No! I mean- OH MY GOSH HI HARPER!” Sienna yelled as she saw Harper.
She immediately crushed her into a hug. I just awkwardly stared, so did Louis. Harper must’ve noticed this tension between Sienna and me so she asked,
“Everything alright between you and Sienna?”
“Let’s just go, it’s getting late and i’m tired.” I said trying to avoid the subject.
-
Harper explained everything that happened to her while driving. She was the only one left in the living room, (we must’ve been fast asleep as it was 11:20AM ish). She went to the balcony when she saw something weird.. A dark figure was standing right underneath the balcony but just in range to be able to see him. He stared right back up and Harper and it stayed that way for 3 minutes until Harper decided to go down to see the man to ask if he was alright.
Once Harper got down, the man was no longer in the place he was at before. Harper shrugged it off and turned around and the man was right behind her and he basically kidnapped her!
“Wonder why he left clues? It’s almost as if he wants us to find her.. Normal kidnappers wouldn’t do that, would they?” I asked/stated.
“I don’t even know either but fill me in on what happened when I was kidnapped in the living room!” Harper said as I parked the car.
We hopped out of the car and grabbed our bags and entered our living room. I plopped down on the couch next to Harper and Louis. Sienna decided to sit on the couch from beside us.
“Sienna why did you say something like, ‘You did?! No!’ when we found Harper?” I said suddenly, breaking the silence.
“No I didn’t.” Sienna said swiftly.
“Yes you did.” I replied slightly raising my voice.
“Liar.” Sienna muttered.
I’m pretty sure she didn’t want me to hear that but what does she think I am, deaf; Because I sure am not. I’ll just play along with her little game.
“Oh there you go again, acting all innocent.” I muttered angrily.
“What did you say?!” Sienna said, raising her voice and standing up from her position on the couch.
“‘What did you say;’” I mocked her in a high pitched voice.
“I said that you act all innocent when you clearly aren’t! Grow up, Sienna and tell. Us. the. Truth.” I said angrily while gritting my teeth.
“You’re the only liar over here!” Sienna shot back.
“And you’re calling me a liar?! Honestly, get a mirror and look into it, then you’ll see a real liar.” I exclaimed.
From the corner of my eye, I could see Louis and Harper, wide-eyed and jaws dropped at the argument me and Sienna were having.
“I’m not a liar!” Sienna yelled.
“Then why did you say ‘no’ when we found Harper? Huh? Huh? Tell me. Now.” I shot back, trying to calm myself down.
Sienna scoffed before saying,
“You really wanna know? Alright then. You, Louis and Harper were getting so close together and I felt neglected alright? That was all way before Harper downloaded The Death Wish game. I decided to work with the creator of The Death Wish game so when Harper downloaded it, I was more than ecstatic to make her go missing and for you and Louis to feel nothing but grief.”
Louis, Harper and I were all too shocked to get anything out from our mouths. I really wanted to yell in this girl’s face to call her a backstabbing little betrayer but I knew I would get the chance to do that later so I kept my mouth shut but not without sending Sienna a glare.
“Who was the one who put clues for you guys to find? I did. I played along with you guys to trick you into my little trap. I was the one who hired somebody to kidnap Harper. Did you really think I wouldn’t have noticed Harper missing in my own bedroom? I didn’t think you and Louis would have enough brains for the riddles but surprisingly, and unfortunately, you do.” Sienna concluded.
“YOU LITTLE BACKSTABBING LIAR!” I yelled.
I couldn’t believe this. The girl I had known since we were toddlers, betrayed me. The girl who used to play dress up and princesses with me. The girl who helped me through school and bullies in elementary. The girl who would fight over the last cookie over with me. The girl I wanted to spend the rest of my life with, living a happy ever after with Louis and Harper.. She betrayed me.
I couldn’t process this all right now. How could she? When did we even ever neglect her? If anything we included her in everything we did! I could see Harper crying and a tear forming in Louis’ shocked and sad eyes.
“Get out!” I yelled at Sienna.
I’m not letting her stay with us anymore. I don’t even want to see her anymore. Sienna didn’t even hesitate, she went inside her room and exited out with a packed suitcase. She must’ve been ready for this moment, just in case.
She went out the door, Louis, Harper and I followed.
“Thanks for more than 13 years of nothing.” I coldly said as I took off my friendship necklace Sienna gave me, Louis and Harper when we were 7.
Louis and Harper did the same thing and I shoved all of our necklaces in her hand. Sienna looked slightly hurt through her hazel brown eyes but did I care right now? No I didn’t, if anything, Louis, Harper and I are the ones supposed to be hurt.
I slammed the door in Sienna’s face and slid my back down the black wooden door.
“14 years of nothing.” I whispered as I began to hold back tears.
“I never would’ve expected that.. We did nothing at all.. At least not that we remember.” Louis said.
“This is too much to process, i’m going to bed guys.. Good night.” Harper whispered as she got up from beside me and made her way to her bedroom she no longer shared with Sienna.
“C’mon, let’s get to bed. Tonight’s been a horrible night.” Louis said as he comfortingly put a hand around my lower back.
I just nodded. I tried to speak, but it’s like I was muted. Nothing could come out. You could say I was at lost for words but I prefer saying that it felt like I just watched my happiness walk away from me, it felt like being abandoned.. Forever.
-
I woke up from bed with puffy eyes, I wondered why until I remembered last night and the event’s that occurred. I splashed my face with cold water until I got a text from Aunt Mandie.
Of course Sienna quit her job. She must’ve told Aunt Mandie about what happened to Harper and probably didn’t even mentioned her being a betrayer bit but I couldn’t care less anymore. ‘Sienna isn’t my friend.’ I thought to myself. It hurts me deep down if I think about it but it’s not my fault that she’s so selfish.
I closed my phone and went over to Louis.
“Louis wake up!” I said to Louis.
Normally I would say that in a sing-song voice but i’m not in the mood. At all.
“Okay.” Louis simply replied.
I guess he wasn’t sleeping. Maybe he was thinking about Sienna and what she did.
“Alright, i’m going into the living room. We have work today. We have a longer shift since Sienna quit.” I said muttering the last few words.
“Oh.. okay.” Louis replied.
It seemed like he wanted to say something about Sienna but decided not to.
I left the bedroom, phone in my hands and backpack full with my laptop, chargers and waterbottle.
“Hey Harper.” I cheerfully said when I saw her sitting on the couch.
“Hey. We have work today right?” She asked.
“Yup. Sienna quit so we have a longer shift today until Aunt Mandie finds a new employee.” I explained to her.
“Of course she quit. I’m not surprised though otherwise you would’ve thrown hands on that girl if you saw her still working there.” Harper joked.
I chuckled. I haven’t laughed recently before. It felt nice being happy and having no problems but clearly that isn’t the case. Thankfully Louis and Harper are still with me. I can't imagine life without them.
-
We arrived at work and we are now entering the diner. It was empty since we came earlier. I looked around until I spotted Aunt Mandie in her office with somebody else.
*Knock, knock*
I knocked on her office door and her face immediately lit up with excitement when she saw me, Harper and Louis.
“Olivia! Louis! Harper! Come in, come in!” Aunt Mandie said cheerfully, gesturing towards her office.
I haven’t been in her office since the day Sienna, Louis and Harper and I had the job interview.
“Aunt Mandie! Hi!” Louis said cheerfully, sitting down on the couch in her office.
“Hi!” Harper greeted as well as she made her way down to the couch as well.
“How are you?” I asked as I sat down next to Aunt Mandie.
“I’m great thank you dear! And you 3? How are you?” Aunt Mandie softly asked.
“Good thanks.” We said in unison.
“I’m just interviewing a potential employee right now. Say hello to Amanda.” Aunt Mandie said looking at the girl in front of her.
She had beautiful dark brown wavy hair, a pearly white smile and the most beautiful facial features. To summarise her beauty all up, she was a Heather.
“Hi nice to meet you. I’m Amanda and you guys are?” The girl asked.
My gosh, even her voice was pretty. It was soothing and bright.
“Olivia.” I smiled and said to her.
“Louis.” Louis said with a small smile.
“And Harper.” Said Harper with a big smile.
“Nice to meet you all.” Amanda said while nodding.
“Well, I better get back to interviewing Miss Amanda over here. I’ll see you three angels later!” Aunt Mandie exclaimed.
We nodded with bright smiles as we exited her office.
“Something about Amanda seems.. Off..” Louis said as we were a fair distance away from the office.
“Off? What’s off about her?” Harper asked not believing what Louis just said.
“Nevermind. Let’s start working.” Louis said as he shaked his head a bit
We soon forgot about the topic and waited for customers to enter the diner.
*Ding ding*
I looked towards the door. That means somebody entered. Multiple teen guys. One with ash blonde messy hair that was quite tall, one with black hair neatly combed and he was probably 5 ft something and one last guy, he had dark brown hair that was a middle part and he was a bit shorter than 6 ft. They were whispering and showing each other something on their phone. They looked towards the counter and once they saw us their jaws dropped.
“Everything.. Alright?” I asked them.
“Are you Olivia, Louis and Harper?” The blonde messy haired boy asked.
“Um how do you know our names? But yeah… that us.” Harper said slowly.
“Oh, here.” The boy with neatly combed black hair said as he passed me his phone.
There was an article on his screen.
Teen claims her friends are working with The Death Wish game…
A 16 year old teen named Sienna claims that her 3 friends, a boy named Louis, (17), a girl named Olivia, (17) and another girl named Harper (16) work with The Death Wish game. These claims are not yet proven to be true or false however, we haven’t heard anything from Harper, Louis and Olivia.
“Sienna!” I muttered once I read the article.
“Is it true? What this supposed “Sienna” is saying? You guys work with The Death Wish game?” Asked the boy with blonde hair.
“No it’s not..” Louis said.
I was debating whether we should tell the boys that it’s Sienna who’s actually working with the app but these boys are total strangers.
“Alright that’s good. Can we have 3 chocolate milkshakes?” Asked the boy with a middle part.
I nodded and went to start on the milkshakes with Louis’ help.
“That little liar.” I muttered when we were in the kitchen.
“Can’t believe she’d say something like that and thousands of people have probably read the article by now since it’s a really popular game.” Louis responded while getting 1 cup and directing it under the chocolate milk shake machine.
“I wonder what else she might’ve said.” I wondered as I grabbed 1 cup and put it under the other chocolate milk shake machine.
*Drrrr*
Went the noise of the milk shake machine being pressed down to deliver the brown chocolate shake.
-
“Here are your 3 milkshakes.” I said as I gave the 3 milkshakes over to the boys.
“Thanks! Here’s your money.” The blonde haired boy said as he handed over $15, (1 milkshake= $5).
-
Harper, Louis and I were cleaning up the diner. Our shift was finished and we were cleaning up to go home. The Amanda girl seemed to have finished her interview at around 4:20PM and Aunt Mandie said she’ll update her on whether she got the job or not.
After cleaning up, I decided to go on my phone and look at Instagram. I looked at the Instagram app icon and there was 99+ notifications? I’m not that famous, not famous at all to be honest.
I opened Instagram only to see a bunch of new followers and comments on my posts!
Before:
Now:
I gained over 9,000 followers?!
“Louis, Harper! Check your Insta’s! Mine has 10K followers now and have so many comments on my posts.” I said to them.
“WHAT?!” They both said at the same time.
“10K? Oh wait… it’s probably something to do with the article.” Louis said.
“Oh my! I have 8K now and I had around 1,000 before!” Harper said while looking at her Instagram page.
“Same with me! I have 9K and I had around 2,000 before..” Louis said with an, “I can’t believe this is real right now” face.
I checked the notifications and clicked on some of the comments I got.
“Argh Sienna I wish I could just punch you in the face right now!” I yelled once I spotted her comment.
“Maybe we should stalk her page and see what she’s up to?” Harper suggested while doing what looked like scrolling through her page.
“I’m in!” Louis said.
“It’s my idea so i’m obviously going to do it.” Harper said.
“Okay i’m in too but we need to make new account’s. Sienna might block us.” I said to them.
“Oohh yeah okay, I have a backup account but Sienna knows about so i’ll just change the username and stuff. I never use that account anyway.” Harper said as she begin to press something(s) on her phone.
“I’ll make a new one right now.” Louis said.
“So will I.” I said.
‘What to make the username? What to make the username?’
I thought to myself.
“AHA!” I said out loud when an idea appeared into my head.
Louis and Harper raised their eyebrows at me but didn’t bother questioning me.
“Finished! What about you guys?” I asked them as I saved the username and closed my phone.
“My new username is @thekrabbypattyrecipe!” Harper exclaimed.
“I’m proud of you. That’s a very good username you chose. I thought you would make it something girly and aEsThEtIc like ‘bahamas’ but the first ‘a’ is ‘q’.” I joked.
“I was actually going to do that before!” Harper exclaimed.
“What can I say? I’m a mind reader.” I sarcastically said while bowing.
“Mine’s @partridgeinapeartree.” Said Louis while grinning like an idiot.
“Really?! Well, mines @rodrigoinapeartree.” I said while copying Louis’ smirk.
-
“Ah, home sweet home!” I said while spreading my arms out wide in the living room before slouching down on the comfy couch I missed throughout the day.
“Still can’t believe Sienna did that. Speaking of Sienna, let’s check her Insta right now!” Louis stated while quickly pulling out his phone from his back pocket.
“Oh. Looks like Sienna made a few tweets about us..” Harper said as she frowned at the screen.
“I’m guessing they’re not good ones.” I said while giving Harper a sympathetic look.
Harper shook her head left and right before scrolling some more. I decided to check her Twitter too and Harper was right.
This girl- I really can’t with how she’s blaming us when she was the one who really did it.
“Sienna really pulled a Wormtail/Peter Pettigrew.” I said which made Louis and Harper laugh.
“You’re not lying though.” Louis stated when he stopped laughing.
“I CALL DIBS ON YOUNG SIRIUS BLACK/PADFOOT/BEN BARNES!” I yelled.
What? I’m not letting them steal my mans young Sirius Black like dang he’s a very attractive man, *does debby ryan*. Also like have you seen him in The Chronicles of Narnia as Prince Caspian?!
“Well then I want young Moony/Remus Lupin a.k.a Andrew Garfield!” Harper shouted.
“I’m taking Lily!” Louis shouted.
“But she’s married already?” Harper stated sassily.
“Well look who’s talking, Remus is married too and to Tonks so shame.” I said while grinning.
“Says the person who’s fictional crush is dead! All of them are dead except Harry but.. still!” Harper stated while copying my grin.
“You did not just disrespect Cedric Diggory, Fred Weasley, young Sirius Black and young James Potter- plus Remus is dead too.” I stated.
I’m standing up for my fictional crushes and i’m not letting Harper disrespect them. They are all kings, period.
“She got you there.” Louis said while grinning broadly.
Harper sighed in defeat,
“Oh whatever.”
“I’m the master of Harry Potter bruv you can’t out do, the doer. You can’t outshine the shiner.” I sassily exclaimed while, (a little bit over dramatically), flipping my hair.
“Well- what the heck?” Louis exclaimed.
“What?” I asked.
“Why are there people with cameras and microphones outside our window?!” Louis shouted as he got up from the couch.
“Ah shoot, probably Sienna’s doing.” Harper exclaimed while walking towards the door.
“Hi?” I said/asked.
“Is it true that you are working with The Death Wish game?”
“Is Sienna lying?”
“What are your thoughts on this situation?”
“The fans wanna know!” (Hollywood Fix, this you?)
I opened the door to be overcome with all of those questions.
“SHUT UP! SHUT UP!” I yelled at them.
*Crickets chirping*
Well that made them be quiet.
“I pulled a Harry Potter from Prisoner of Azkaban… Anyways, no we are not working with this Death Wish game, 2, Sienna is probably lying although I don’t know everything she told you guys and 3, my thoughts on this situation is that Sienna is a backstabber and we would do nothing of the sort.” I explained, attempting to answer the questions I was able to hear.
One by one, they asked questions. Most of them asking what happened exactly. We answered as much as we could but we didn’t tell them the whole story since that would be a lot of personal information and event’s put out into the whole world.
“Now, could you all please leave? This is seriously invading our privacy.” Louis said while indicating with his hands for them to shoo.
They left without another word, I smiled and waved goodbye.
“Well that sure was something.”
-
“Guys a got a notification from the game..” Harper nervously stated while biting her nails.
It’s a bad habit of hers. She bite’s her nails when she’s nervous or scared.
“Really? What is it?!” Louis asked in a surprised, interested, nervous and shocked voice.
Harper said nothing but just showed us her screen.
“It’s not safe staying here for now. First the “paparazzi” found out where we are and now the game knows our location. We have to leave.” I said worriedly.
“I agree.” Louis stated.
-
We packed food, water and clothes etc. We’re not gonna stay out somewhere in the wild but maybe a small hotel nearby would be enough. We’ll still be working though since we need money to be able to buy things.
-
“Have a nice stay.” The receptionist called out to us after we booked a room.
“Thank you.” We all said at the same time while walking up the stairs with our key cards in our hands.
After looking through the many different hotel rooms, we found the one we were staying in. Room 16. We opened the door with my key card and entered the room that would basically be our home for a few days.
We placed our bags down and flopped onto our beds. Luckily there were 3 different beds in the room because I need my space while i’m sleeping. I don’t know what happened after that because I just knocked out into a deep sleep.
-
“This is all your fault!” I yelled at Sienna.
“Too bad. I have the whole world agreeing with me. Nobody believes you now.” Sienna harshly stated in an unbothered tone.
“You started all of this! Just leave me, Harper and Louis alone without your fake attitude.” I argued back.
“Or else what? You can’t do anything about me. You are just a nobody.” Sienna exclaimed in the same cold voice.
Then I woke up, sweat on my forehead and breathing heavily.
You are just a nobody.
The harsh words echoed through my mind. It replayed. And replayed. Eventually and luckily, I fell into a dreamless and calm sleep.
-
It’s the next morning now and I was in a very bad and cranky mood to say the least. I didn’t like being angry but I couldn’t stop myself from snapping at Harper and Louis. I must’ve offended them a little bit since they avoided talking to me.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to snap at you guys. I just cant control myself anymore. Like-” I started to rant before Louis and Harper cut me off by saying,
“It’s fine.” With a sympathetic yet meaningful smile.
The rest of the car ride was fun, we were jamming out to our favourite songs until we finally arrived at work.
I haven’t shown you the uniform have I? Well, here it is:
That with a white shirt underneath. Suddenly I remembered about Amanda! I wonder if Aunt Mandie employed her?
“Good morning loves! Amanda got employed last night and she’ll be on waitress duty today but before she starts and the diner opens, i’d like you to please show her around and teach her everything you know. I’m very busy right now dearies so I unfortunately can’t stay here any longer. Have a nice day, ta-ta!” Aunt Mandie exclaimed.
I looked over her shoulder and saw Amanda, standing behind the counter.
“Alright thank you Aunt Mandie!” Louis said.
“We’ll make sure to show and tell her everything there is to know.” Harper smiled.
“Bye!” We all said in unison as Aunt Mandie waved and left.
“Hi Amanda!” I cheerfully said to her.
“Hi.” She said with a bit of a bored tone.
I brushed it off and thought nothing of it. First days aren’t the best for her maybe?
“We’ll tell you everything there is to know about while you are working at the Aunt Mandie’s diner.” Harper said while excitedly clapping her hands.
“So, you probably know this but this here is the counter. Customers may order or sit here if they please. Just make sure they don’t jump on the counter or do anything bad.” Louis explained.
Harper simply nodded.
“Behind the counter, there’s the kitchen that’s mostly visible to the people inside so don’t do anything bad. Over here is the ice cream machine, all labeled clearly what flavour is where so I don’t expect you to accidentally mix up the flavours.” Harper said while moving around to the machines.
“In this corner there are extra food supplies like chocolate, strawberries etc in case we need more.” I explained while leading her towards the area.
“Back there is the staff room.” Louis said gesturing towards the purple door in the back.
“That’s all basically. You’ll know more once you get used to working here.” I said while smiling and walking over to Amanda.
I think Amanda mumbled something to herself but I couldn’t figure out what she said. Amanda’s acting really weird but I can’t say anything about her cranky attitude as I was cranky this morning.
-7:31PM-
“Hello lovelies!” Aunt Mandie exclaimed while walking inside the diner.
She has been away somewhere since this morning when she announced her being busy. Ever since then Amanda has still been quite bored but I tried to be patient with her, (even though I wanted to snap her neck in half at times). Anyways, the customers were still in the diner but it was a bit empty right now.
“Good afternoon Aunt Mandie!” We all said. Even Amanda but in a slightly more happier voice.
I looked over at her and gave her a confused look. Why was this girl being all cranky to us but suddenly happy when Aunt Mandie comes in?
“How’s your first day been so far, Amanda?” Aunt Mandie asked while walking towards her.
“It’s been great! Liv, Harp and Lou have been so nice to me!” Harper exclaimed in a voice that literally screams, ‘pick me’ or ‘i’m a two fac-’, okay i’m going a bit too far..
But seriously, ouch, that’s my nickname I gave Louis and Harper. She can’t just come here and use it- we barley even know each other! And who is she to call me ‘Liv’? Like girl- didn’t you basically ignore me today?
“That’s great to hear!” Aunt Mandie spoke with that same happiness and sincerity in her voice. Clearly she didn’t know what was going on.
I could see Louis roll his eyes at Amanda and Harper looked like she was taken aback for liking Amanda. I feel you guys, I feel you.
“Well, you’re shifts are all finished for today. I’ll see you guys tomorrow!” Aunt Mandie spoke.
“Alright, thank you Aunt Mandie!” Everybody called to her.
I grabbed my backpack and left the diner with Louis and Harper by my sides. As soon as we entered our car Louis immediately spoke,
“Told ya.”
“I didn’t know she was gonna be like this but I agree with you now..” Harper exclaimed.
“Well, we could always inform Aunt Mandie.” I shrugged while continuing to drive.
“I doubt Aunt Mandie could ever think that way of Amanda.” Louis stated while scrolling through Instagram on his phone.
“We could try. I mean like, we could record an audio or something.” Harper suggested.
“Maybe.” I said.
The hotel wasn’t too far away from the diner, we got there in no time but we weren’t the only ones..
TO BE CONTINUED.
