But little did I know...

We started going to Derek's studio every weekend. Sometimes we spent the whole day recording, sometimes we just wandered around, just like that Saturday.

"So what do we do now?" I asked. We were just randomly walking through God-knows-which neighborhood. I just remember there was a little bookstore, a fast food restaurant and a Gothic store.
"You wanna know my favorite place ever?" Derek asked. We all looked at him and said "yes" at the same time. "Okay. Follow me. I love it especially now, because nobody ever shows up there. It's a great place to think about life or just walk around and explore."

About an hour and something later, we stepped outta the third train we had taken.
"Please, tell me there's no need for another transfer", Ray complained. "This is worse than the gym."

We laughed.

"Well, he's right", Gee said, chuckling. "Especially here, with no escalators."
"Oh, sure, escalators. You used them like normal stairs. All you had to do was fucking step on them and wait until they took them to the next level, but no... you still walked and complained because we didn't", Bob said, sarcastically.
"Exit! So no more transfers! Yay!" Mikey said, running to the exit.
We ran to the exit.

The streets were empty. There was an amusement park but it was empty as well. There was an Applebee's, one of the few places that was open there.

We walked for about 5 minutes and there it was. An empty beach.
"You might want to put your hoods on. Trust me", Derek said. He pointed at Ray and me. "Especially you two".

I immediately knew why. The cold wind started messing up my hair, it was all in my face, I couldn't see clearly because of it.

"So now you understand", Derek said, grinning. "Lemme help you."

We sat down on the sand.
"I think I know where I'd move if I had to leave New Jersey", Gee said. He stayed silent, looking at the horizon. "Arizona".
We looked at him, surprised.
"Just kidding, just kidding. I love this place. I'm happy it's so easy to come here every weekend. I think I'll keep on spending my weekends here, even after the EP is finished. I dunno, it's so peaceful. A good place to make important decisions."

He took my hand, and I used him as a pillow. We stayed there for what seems like forever, silent, just thinking and looking at nowhere.

Notes

I was supposedly gonna check some little things and I ended up tying this. I don't complain, I've been trying to write a new chapter for several days now. I hope you like it, and if you have any opinion, suggestion, complaint, whatever... feel free to comment <3