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Here's chapter 2:
Enjoy.
The boys weekend had started off great. By the time they got back to the hotel after eating at the restaurant suggested by Claudia, all three of them were tired. They watched some TV, and soon they were all asleep.
In the morning they showered and dressed for the day.
"So, do you guys wanna eat breakfast here?" Kevin asked, pulling his shirt over his head.
Joe was sitting on the edge of his bed, lacing up his shoes. "Yeah. I don't feel like leaving yet."
Nick agreed and so they made their way down the hall, into the elevator and eventually into the lobby.
"Good morning boys," Claudia greeted them from behind the desk. "Are you enjoying your stay?"
Kevin smiled. "Yes, very much."
Joe looked around, "Hey, Claudia?"
"Yes?"
"Where's the breakfast?" he asked.
She smiled and pointed down the hall. "It's just down there and to the right."
"Thanks," Joe said as he turned and walked in the direction she was pointing.
Kevin and Nick followed him.
One hour and six trips through the buffet line later, they were finally done with breakfast. While they were about to leave the dinning room they noticed Mr. Murdoch in the corner reading the newspaper, a cigarette sticking out of his mouth.
"Some people don't listen, huh?" Joe observed, remembering when Claudia had told him not to smoke in the hotel.
Kevin nodded. "Yeah, I guess not. Come on let's go."
When they entered the lobby Claudia greeted them once again. "How was your breakfast boys?"
"It was great," Nick replied.
"Good to hear," she said. "So, any plans for today?"
"Yeah," Kevin said. "We saw a movie theater down the street while we were walking last night. We figured we go see that new movie 21. It looks good."
Claudia nodded. "I heard that's a good one. Well have fun."
"Thanks, we will." Kevin led his brothers out of the hotel.
They all put their sunglasses on and kept their faces down, trying to avoid being recognized.
"So, do you think we should have told her that that dude was smoking again?" Nick asked,
Kevin and Joe both shook their heads. "Nah. It's no big deal."
"Yeah," Joe continued. "What's the worst that can happen?"
They went to the movie and had a great time. After it was over they went to do some shopping. They hit a few shops, but no major stores. They didn't want to attract attention to themselves. So far they had only been noticed a few times, so they were pretty relaxed.
They got back to the hotel around five and headed up to their room. They watched some TV and hung out. Their parents called to check on them eventually. Kevin told them that everything was fine and that they were having a great time so far. Nick and Joe both said hi to them and thanked them for letting them stay at the hotel.
Once it was dark and their seemed to be nothing on TV anymore they all got bored.
Joe looked at the clock by one of the beds. It was past eight o'clock.
"So are we staying in tonight?" he asked.
"We could go bowling," Nick recommended.
Kevin shrugged, "Or we could go get ice cream or something?"
"Or we could pick up girls," Joe said jokingly.
They all looked at each other for a moment and smiled in agreement.
"Video games," they said simultaneously.
It was a night of the typical teenage boys. Video games, junk food, and stupid jokes. Truthfully, they hadn't had that much fun in a long time. It was nice for each of them to just relax and mess around with their brothers. They were glad that they had the pent house and that their was no one else on their floor because if their was, then they would have gotten a large amount of noise complaints.
It was late before they finally decided to go to bed.
They all slept peacefully.
Two floors down, Mr. Murdoch sat in his bed reading his book. His eyelids were beginning to feel heavy and so was the hand that was currently holding his cigarette.
He turned the page in his book, although he hadn't really even read the one previous to it. He was so tired that he didn't even realize he was still reading.
His eyes closed, his book went limp on his chest, and his cigarette dropped from in between his fingers. It fell into the trash can beside his bed that was filled with tissues and today's newspaper.
The curtains hung ominously close to the can as a spark igniate and the garbage blazed.
Hope this was better than the first chapter.
Please let me know what you think.
