She grabbed woke up on the couch in the tunnel she rubbed her eyes and checked her phone.
"11:43!" She yelled to herself. She sat up and checked her texts.
Hey! Im here! Where are you? -Josh
Come on! Im sorry I had bad ideas yesterday but come on!-Josh
Skye? Me and your dad are getting worried.-Josh
Are you ok?-Ben
Where are you?-Josh
We've looked everywhere! Where are you?-Sean
Please wherever you are be ok!-Dad
Skye put her phone in her pocket and ran through the tunnel and climbed the stairs to the lobby. Her dad was standing at the counter with his face in his hands. She ran up to him and hugged him.
"It's ok, im fine." Skye said.
"Where were you?" He asked.
"In mom's tunnel." Skye said. He looked at the ceiling.
"The two places I didn't look but I should've checked them first!" He yelled.
"You didn't check the tunnels and where?"
"The tree." He said. Skye sighed of relief.
"Im fine." She said. She got out her phone and texted everyone.
Im fine guys but meet me at the tree in five minutes!-Skye
Skye hugged her dad again and ran through the tunnels to the tree. She sat on the blue bench and waited. Everyone arrived at once. Ben was the first one to reach her. He picked her up and swung her around like he did when he won the bike race. He put her down and looked at her.
"Please never do that again." He whispered.
"Im fine." Skye said. She turned to everyone else.
"So, you have some explaining to do!" Josh yelled.
"I stayed up late last night working on this! So I slept in." She pointed at the lights above them and plugged them in. The tree lit up with little lanterns and tiny lights filling the branches.
"Cool." Noah said. Josh walked closer to her and whispered in her ear.
"Seems like Ben was a bit excited to see you! Does that deserve a point?" He whispered.
"Point?"
"Oh! I made up a point system, in the end whoever has more points wins." Josh said.
"Im not doing that." Skye said.
"Well I am, and Ben just got a point!"
"I got what?" Ben asked.
"Nothing!" Josh said, he hurried away. Skye laughed.
"Sorry about him, I gave him a idea for the lodge and he's right into it." Skye said.
"Whats the idea?" Ben asked. Sean looked over at them and almost walked over but Noah got in his way.
"The Lodge Games!" Skye said happily.
"How does that work?"
"Only guests can compete so the lodge will get loads of guests. It'll last around a week or more and we'll have bike races and rock climbing. Stuff like that!" Skye said.
"Sounds like fun. I want to show you something." He said. He started walking to the other side of the tree. She followed him. He pointed at the back of the tree. Something was carved into the back.
"Is that? My name?" Skye asked.
"I found it yesterday. I would've told you but everyone was busy."
"Do you know who put it there." Skye asked.
"I'd guess Sean." Ben mumbled. Skye looked at him, he was staring at the ground with his hands in his pockets.
"Are you OK?" Skye asked.
"Yeah, fine." Ben said he lifted his eyes but didn't look at her. Skye dared to step closer. She grabbed his face and turned her towards her.
"What's wrong?"
"I said I'm fine Skye." Ben mumbled. He tried to get you of her grasp. She only tightened it.
"Tell me." Skye insisted.
"I-I can't Skye." Ben said, she did the only thing she thought would help. She kissed his cheek.
"Please?"
"No." He pulled away and ran off somewhere. Skye sighed. She looked at her name on the tree.