OMG. I am so sorry you guys! I haven't updated in so long! As a gift and apology, I will update two chapters today (maybe more depending how much writing I do today)! This one is short, sorry!
Thanks to Laveycee and Eternity Sword for pointing out the formatting errors, I don't know what happened.
As the cars pulled up to the house, the wind grew even fiercer. The friends barely managed to get their bags out of the cars and stagger up the pathway to the house. They pushed open the unlocked door and almost collapsed inside. Actually, Courfeyrac did collapse on a sofa in what appeared to be the den. The room was comfortably warm, a drastic change from the storm outside.
Cosette sighed in relief and hung up her wet jacket. "Well, this is cozy." She looked around.
"Hello?" she called. "Anyone here?"
No response. The room was empty, except for the group. Combeferre looked around. "What a strange hotel."
As a matter of fact, it looked more like a house than a hotel. They were in a den, a fancy dining room off to the side, and another door on the far wall that was closed. There was a staircase that seemed to go up to a second floor.
"Hello?" called Cosette again.
"Hey, there's a note," said Courfeyrac, who had lifted his head from the sofa. He sat up and picked a piece of paper off the coffee table. The note read:
Dear Guests,
Please feel free to stay until this storm is blown over. Bedrooms are upstairs if you wish to stay overnight. Breakfast is seven to eight a. m. tomorrow. Have a nice night.
Rache Aus DeFeo
Owner
"How strange," said Marius.
Everyone looked at Enjolras, the leader of the group. Enjolras frowned. "I don't like it," he said, "but with the weather like this, we don't seem to have any choice."
Thunder rumbled, as if to embellish his point. "We will have to stay the night."
Lightning flashed, making the lights flicker and bathing the room in an ominous glow.
We should have driven in the storm.
It would have been less dangerous and risky than staying that night.
Enjolras