Ok, second chapter of Trip to My Death right here! I'd like to thank RebelInNeedOfACause and BBBKA for reviewing! J
Logan couldn't see much since it was dark. They had been driving all day. What he could see though was shadows of roller coasters and a few other rides that were tall. Logan shivered, full of fear. He quickly tried to cover it though by saying he was cold. He didn't want the others to know he was scared.
"Look! I can't wait till tomorrow! I want to go on all those rides right now!" Kendall said, leaning forward in his seat.
"I know! Why can't it be open at 11 o'clock at night!" Carlos whined.
"Uh, maybe because it's 11 o'clock at night!" Logan stated. The other guys noticed that Logan seemed to be more sarcastic than usual, something he did when he was nervous or scared.
"Are you ok?" Kendall asked.
"Yeah, why would you ask such a question?" Logan asked, realizing they were on to him.
"Are you . . . Scared?" James asked, remembering the conversation he and Logan had had earlier.
"No! Why would I be scared! Only a wimp would be scared!" Logan said, a little to quickly. He couldn't take his eyes of the towering shadows. His palms were sweating just thinking about tomorrow. He didn't want to be scared. He really had no reason to be.
"Positive? It doesn't matter if you are. It's ok to be scared, Logan," Carlos said.
"Yeah, I know. But I'm not scared." The boys decided to leave Logan alone, only because they had arrived at there hotel they were going to stay in that night. The boys ran into the hotel and bounced around the lobby, fascinated by how big it was. It was had a warm honey color to it. Even the lighting seemed to be that color. The floor was marble. The walls were also marble. The furniture complimented the honey color to the giant high ceilinged lobby.
"Just sit here boys while I check us in," Mama Knight said. Kendall, James, Carlos, and Logan reluctantly sat down on a couch. They would rather go and explore the magnificent room they were in. They struggled to sit and look at everything around them. Carlos stood and looked up to the ceiling which was three floors up. He almost fell trying to look directly above them.
"This is awesome!" Kendall said with the very sophisticated vocabulary of an eleven year old.
"I know, this is almost as cool as St. Louis!" Carlos said bouncing back down on the couch and then continuing to bounce up and down on the couch with his butt.
"Look at the crown molding up on the ceiling! It really highlights the picture it surrounds. I mean look at that picture! I bet that's an original!" Logan said. The other boys stared at him as if he had just spoke fluent Egyptian.
"What?" All three of the other boys said at the same time.
"The picture. I bet it's an original. You know not a copy. And crown molding. The white things with the designs on them, around the painting," Logan tried to explain.
"What's a copied painting? Do you mean someone stole the painting and then said they painted it instead?" Carlos asked.
"No! You know the original painting. You know how there are multiple copies of the same painting?" Logan asked Carlos. He nodded. "You do know the artist didn't paint all of those, right?"
"They don't?" James asked, surprised by this news.
"No, that's way to much work for them. So instead, they copy it. Almost like a photo copier, kind'a," Logan explained.
"Ooh!" James and Carlos said at the same time.
Just then Mama Knight came up. "Ok guys, we have our room. Are you ready?" She asked the giddy boys.
"Yeah!" All four said at the same time. Logan liked that he had a distraction from the theme park. He could easily move his thoughts to the hotel. He couldn't wait to see what amazing things the hotel room would have. Then again, the rooms were never as exciting as the lobby. He could stay in there all day and be as entertained as Kendall, James, and Carlos would be at St. Louis.
When they entered the hotel room, though, the worst thing that could possibly happen, happened. There was a big window on the far wall of the hotel room that had a direct view of St. Louis. The other three boys immediately ran to the window and oohed and aahed. Logan stayed back with Mrs. Knight.
The rest of the hotel room was just like any other hotel room. It had two queen beds and a little area that had a couch and a TV. The room had the same honey color to it as the lobby. That seemed to be a theme for this hotel. There was a bathroom just to the left of the door to enter the room.
"Were is everyone sleeping?" Logan asked, noticing that only four people could sleep in this room.
"The couch pulls out to a bed," Mama Knight said.
"So . . . does that mean your stuck with the couch?" Logan asked, feeling bad that the adults always seemed to give up everything for the child.
"I guess so," Mrs. Knight said with a smile at the younger boys concern.
"I'll sleep with you," Logan said.
"I want to sleep on the pull out couch!" Carlos said, joining the conversation.
"No I do!" James said.
"How 'bout you both do and then Kendall and Logan will share a bed and then I can have my own. Unless someone wants to sleep with me," Mrs. Knight added.
"Eww, no way!" All the boys said. They were at the age that they wanted to be men like their fathers and didn't want to sleep with there moms anymore. Mrs. Knight smiled at the boys.
"Alright it's time for bed so get yourselves ready." The boys went to there luggage. They took turns changing and brushing their teeth in the bathroom and got into bed. The boys wanted to see St. Louis while they fell asleep, so they left the curtains open.
James and Carlos where closest to the window, James being right next to it. Logan and Kendall got the bed that was right next to the couch. Logan was closest to the bed, meaning he was closer to the window than he wanted to be. Mrs. Knight was the farthest from the window. Logan would love to be there. He had a direct view of the theme park from were he lay. He turned opposite the window, but it didn't help much.
Logan tried to close his eyes, but couldn't go to sleep as he kept seeing what would happen to him tomorrow. When he did drift off to sleep, he was woken up by nightmares of screaming. Logan didn't know why he said yes to going to St. Louis. He didn't want to seem like a baby, but he really didn't want to go tomorrow. He was trembling just thinking about it. His breath came out shaky. He was sweating like crazy. He was worried that if he was like this to night that he might break into a panic attack tomorrow. He hated those. He didn't think anyone liked them.
Eventually, Logan had freaked himself out so much, he wished his mom was there. He wanted to talk to someone about his fear. He didn't want to sound like a wimp, however. He didn't know what to do. He tossed and turned in bed out of fear for tomorrow. Logan sat up in bed to see if anyone was up. A voice startled him.
"Can't sleep?" Carlos asked.
"No, can you?" Logan was surprised. Why was Carlos awake? Was he scared to?
"I'm to excited," Carlos barley whispered. Logan's heart dropped. It was still only him.
"Oh. M-me too," Logan said. Carlos was silent for a moment.
"Are you sure you aren't scared?" He asked, noticing how Logan had been acting weird all day.
"I'm not scared! Why do you guys keep thinking that! I know I may seem wimpy and stuff, but I'm not scared of roller coasters . . . or the rides that go upside down and rides like that," Logan stuttered. He couldn't bring himself to tell anyone he was scared. He was to embarrassed.
Carlos was surprised at Logan's sudden defensiveness. "Sorry, I was just wondering. You've been acting weird all day. Why?" Carlos asked, determined to get it out of Logan. He noticed the pause Logan took after roller coasters and how he didn't seem so sure of what he was saying afterward.
"I don't know, I didn't know I was acting weird. Just go to sleep," Logan said, laying back down and pretended as if he were going to fall asleep any minute. But of course, he was to scared to do that.
Ok BIG hint on why Logan is scared. You guys probably know what is now. Oh well! J This ended up being kind of like a filler chapter. I was just to lazy to get to the theme park today. Next chapter promise! Review!
