Alex went down the hallway trying to keep his head lowered when he passed the employees. There were very few in fact. The few that he did pass didn't pay him any notice as they ran towards the lobby. He passed the bathroom that he lied about going too and followed the employees to the lobby. He passed by the child care center where the younger kids were being taken care of. He saw Zack playing with a few other kids and Morgan looking looking bored on the other side of the room. He felt bad for his siblings but annoyance was the better word.
He went past the child care center and cracked the door of the lobby. He easily spied his mom taking a person to a larger room. He saw his chance and sprinted up to the volunteer. While his mom was getting the volunteers information he spied her clipboard and removed another information sheet below it. He filled out the information with a nearby pin. He couldn't hand it into his mom so he went up to the secretary and handed her the sheet saying that someone had dropped it. Alex hid behind a corner waiting for the volunteer to be directed somewhere else. He saw his mother direct the guy through a big set of double doors back in the lobby. He waited a minute and went through the doors.
The doors opened up to a large room probably the size of a ballroom or a larger high school gym. There had to be a close to over five hundred people in the room. The majority of the volunteers were guys and the vast majority of people there were high school aged. Although he did spy some college aged kids and even some people that looked to be around Peter's age. After wandering around for five minutes he was afraid Jack and Kyle's names had gotten called, as they called a new name every thirty seconds.
" Alex?" he turned around already knowing who it was.
He was met with the equivalent of a song you can't get out of your head no matter how annoying the lyrics are in human form, on someone's face. Yes this was the face and nagging voice of his ex girlfriend, Anna. Why Anna had gotten his attention he had know idea, and he didn't really care to find out either. So that is simply what he did as he made eye contact with her and immediately walked away.
He was met with another " Alex" but this time it was from his best friend Jack.
The both greeted each other.
" How long have you been waiting?" Not long I've been hear not even 15 minutes and I think I'm going to be called soon, Kyle's name was just called and he was in front of me.
Sure enough just as he said it, over the speaker the name " Jack Forter" was called and Jack went to the front of the room. Alex saw him sign some paper at the front desk and was directed through a door to his right.
It wasn't long, maybe a five minutes before his own name was called.Alex nervously went up to the front desk where a lady greeted him.
"Hi Alex I just need to make sure the following information is correct":
Name: Alex Nidle
Gender:Male
Age:16
Height: 6 foot 4 inches
Weight: 190 pounds
Allergies: None
Sexually Active: Yes
Medical history: Concussion at age 12
Surgeries: None
He signed his name a few places where there was a bunch of waiver information and the address box for where to send the money in two business days. But he wasn't worried, it was a drug company that stopped simple stuff like acne and shit. He was directed to the same door that Jack went into. He was greeted by a cute nurse.
" Hello Mr. Nidle please follow me to your room. The nurse and him walked down to an elevator and went down a few floors or something. He was directed down an even longer hallway with dozens of doors on his left and right. The nurse opened the door for him and it looked a lot larger than the outside.
It was completely white with a full mirror on one wall. He guessed it was where an observation could be made if the company wished. Other than the micro there was a desk on the far side of the room and a large metal table in the middle.
" Im sorry we couldn't move you to a more hospitable room but with so many volunteers we had to make adjustments." said the nurse.
Someone will be with you shortly.