Snippet #2607126

The clown Sera bought to their attention was all kinds of nerving and discomforting. It would have been the final straw of the whole creepy carnival presence if only someone had decided to pull back and give Tessa a good excuse to leave too. Knowing the group though, they’d be too prideful and need a real scare before they exited the grounds. Tessa jigged a little restlessly. “Come on,” she muttered under her breath hoping to leave the stare of the clown that she tried hard to ignore and get the haunted house over and done with or not running at all. She held Jasper’s hand tightly but still insisted on giving him a smile like she were having a good time and looking forward to it.

Tessa went to her tippy toes, peaking over her boyfriend's shoulder checking on her other best friend who entered her mind and was seen with the shakes. Nicole wasn’t coulrophobic that she knew of and it was awful to see her friend like that. “Nikki?” she went to voice her concerns but after a brief glance at the others, thought better of it for the both of them. “Don’t be a stranger, stop trailing behind,” she said instead which was completely applicable to a haunted house exploration and she added a smile.

As she looked back to Ben, she couldn't prevent the shiver from rippling down her spine and the urge to interfere with Ben's mechanics of getting the horror house operating. It was a selfish thought but a large part of her truly urged to divert their attention from the horror house and Ben was the one reviving it...maybe jump on his back and claim it's tag? Fake an injury? She blew out her lips mentally scolding herself for being such a grinch and braced herself.