The house that stood in front of us was huge, reaching up into the now darkening grey sky as the sun cast a dull outline on its red tiled roof. The three stories towered above us with huge double doors leading from a gravel drive.

"JJ..." I began with concern hinting through my voice as we sat on the low wall opposite the house.
"Yes Mikes..."
"I don't have to break into another house, do I? I don't think I can do it, I'll fail if I do."
"But you already broke into a house in task 1, remember? You'll be fine, just do what you did in the first task and you'll be fine." He replied in an attempt to reassure me.
"Oh yeah...I did, didn't I?" I lied.
"Yeah, now get yourself off." He replied, his voice almost sounded sad with little emotion or care running through it.
"Are you sure you're okay JJ?" I asked, getting to my feet and trying to find his eyes through his messy and curly black fringe.
"Yeah..." He muttered, "I'm fine, I'm just going to miss you once the tasks are done though."
"I will do too JJ, but maybe we could meet up every now and then."
"Um...yeah...um, that would be nice." He smiled weakly.
"Right then!" I said, trying to lift the dull from the atmosphere, "I'll be back soon."
"Here you go Mikey..." JJ sighed, handing me a small bag of coloured pills.
"What are these?" I asked, peering at them closely and trying to work out the patterns on them.
"Just methylenedioxymethamphetamine...don't worry about it..."
"Methyl-what what?!" I asked, the letters getting all jumbled as they fell from my tongue.
"It doesn't matter Mikes, just complete the task, okay?" He replied, sourly.
"Okay." I smile again to make up for JJ's lack of happiness.

I walked up to the front of the house, and picked up the key that was hidden beneath the doormat. After picking it up and placing the golden key in the lock I looked back to see JJ's figure shrouded and hunched over in the distance. He didn't look up to me, he didn't wish me luck, he didn't even seem to care.
I tucked the pack of pills in my pocket as I walked further into the house. It was strangely similar to the first house with chandeliers hanging from the crystal white ceilings. The stairs lead of the the left and I shuffled towards them, taking my shoes off and slowly creeping up them. Just as JJ had said, the bathroom lay waiting patiently at the top of the stairs and if he was right again then a person would be sleeping in the bedroom to the left.

The door creaked open as I entered the tiled bathroom with a huge cast iron bath and a daisy head shower that stood like a statue at the centre of the ginormous room. I headed over to the medicine cabinet, because no matter how posh you are; everybody has a medicine cabinet in their house, or the majority of people I know do. I opened the silver cupboard doors to find a box of tablets, split into seven sections; each for one day of the week. Each compartment was filled with a variety of of drugs and pretty full too. I did as JJ had said and grabbed about half the pills out of today's and tommorow's compartments and replaced them with the drugs that JJ had given to me.

With the task completed I silently left the bathroom and headed back down the stairs. From there I headed to the kitchen grabbing every key that I could find and shoving it into my pocket. Placing my shoes back on, I walked calmly out of the front door, not replacing the key back under the doorstep.

I headed back towards JJ who sat motionless on the wall with his head resting heavily in his hands. He didn't even notice me until I tapped him on the shoulder. He jumped slightly at my touch and looked at me with sad and greying eyes.
"Done." I smiled at him.
"Hm....good...." He replied, twiddling his thumbs and biting the end of his sleeves, wrapping the loose thread around his hand tightly.
"....suppose it's time for the last task...." He smiled weakly at me, "I'll miss you Mikes."
"But we can meet after JJ!" I laughed whilst patting him on the back, I stood up and helped him to his feet. "Let's get you home."

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We stood back in the old rotting room of the abandoned house with spiders webs dangling gently from the ceiling. The sun had set over the horizon and we watched as the sky became a blood red colour and mixed with links and blues. JJ stood nervously in front of me, his lips trembling slightly and his eyes hidden completely.

"Task seven, okay Mikes. This is the last task okay." JJ smiled at me weakly.I nodded vigorously, I desperately wanted to get these tasks over and done with.
"So..." JJ continued, his voice seemed strange, almost scared and unstable as he walked over to me with his hands hidden behind his back. "Mikey..."
"Um, yeah, what do I have to do?"
"There's just three simple rules to this task." JJ trembled, "don't think, don't hesitate, and don't waste time..."
"Okay, but what do I have to do?" I shuffled nervously as he walked closer to me so that I could feel his short, sharp but warm panicked breathes on my face.
"Close your eyes Mikey..."
"B-but..." I stuttered, it looked as if tears were filling up in his desperate eyes with his hair a curly mess that hung down and shielded some of his eyes.
"Please. Mikey. Just...."
I watched him pull his beanie over his ears once last time before I reluctantly closed my eyes and allowed the darkness to take over me.
"H-hold out your hands..." JJ whispered.
I did so, they shook slightly in the cool air.
"And remember don't think, don't hesitate and don't waste time..." JJ repeated.

He placed something in my hands. A long sharp silver blade that could pierce through any skin and a smooth black handle.
"JJ, what the fuck, why have you given me a knife?" I asked, still keeping my eyes tightly shut with my heart beating violently against my ribs.
"It's okay Mikes...." I felt him shuffle even closer towards me, "everything's going to be okay, I promise."
"Why do I have a knife?!" I yelled, panic coursing through my now weak voice.
"Just....don't hesitate Mikes okay...." I felt him shuffle in front of me and I jumped slightly as I felt his hand touch mine, moving the knife so that it faced him.
"JJ," I began with tears beginning to fall down my face, "what is task seven?"
"T-task seven Mikes," he paused and I heard him unsuccessfully trying to steady his breathing, "don't hesitate, don't thin-"
"Oh shut up JJ!" I yelled through tears, "just tell me what I need to do?"
"Mikey! You need to kill me..."

Notes

Ooh, cliffhanger...I'm sorry. I hope that this chapter was okay and thank you so much for reading. There should hopefully be another update pretty soon. :) hope you are doing well.
-Lou