After getting off the phone with Maggie, I changed into some black clothes, then waited for my parents to go to sleep.

Finally, after a couple hours of waiting, they went to bed.

So I got out of bed and grabbed my phone and backpack, quietly heading downstairs and shoving a bunch of actual  snacks in there, along with a blanket and a flashlight.

After that I head to the front door and put my shoes on, then head back upstairs and sneak out the window.

I hop onto my bike and arrive a couple minutes later.

The place was just an old abandoned house that we found in the woods a couple years ago playing tag, but thats a story for another time.

"Hey Zach"
Maggie said, waving over to me."

She was sitting on the roof, a pack of some kind of soda next to her and a cigarette in hand.

"Why'd you start smoking without me?"
I said, throwing my backpack onto the roof whilst climbing up.

"You take too long. Y'know, you're sixteen, you should really get a car."

I shrug and take the cigarette from her and begin smoking myself.

"Money for something like that doesn't just grow on trees, Mags."
I say, elbowing her.

She rolls her eyes and takes out a different cigarette from her own backpack, lighting it she lays down on the roof.

"So, you wanted to talk about what happened with your mom."