Chapter 11- The Lake House

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When I picture a lake house, I imagine something super glamorous. Set at the side of a beautiful land scape, tucked away in the trees.

It turns out Mona's mom's 'Lake house' and I use that term loosely is more of a wooden cabin set at the side of a small grungy looking lake.

Mona glances at my expression, then to Ali, Em, Spencer and Aria who are gathered behind me.

"Hey I never claimed this place was luxurious, it's a back to basics experience that just so happens to have enough rooms for everyone" Mona smiles innocently

"This place has electricity right?" I giggle nervously

"It has a super cute log burner and a gas stove but no electricity" Mona mumbles

"We don't have Wi-Fi?" Spencer gasps

"Hey, it might be kind of nice to have time without technology. You know tell ghost stories around the fire, roast marshmallows" Aria giggles

"Yeah ghost stories and darkness would be cool if we didn't have a borderline psychopath coming to join us" Emily points out

We all burst out into fits of hysterical laughter and move forward onto the wooden veranda that spans around the cabin and over on to the lake. Mona takes the large rusty key from her purse and unlocks the beat wooden door.

Were led into a large open plan space, It's kind of like a tardis not much to look at from the outside but pretty special inside. Wooden floors and walls, beams everywhere, a kitsch spiral stair case.

The kitchen is all oak and the huge stove is central to it all, there's a huge log burner surrounded by check couches and above that there's some kind of freaky stags head mounted on the wall.

"This place is kind of sweet" Ali coos

"Sweet no, dusty yes" Spencer coughs

"Quit complaining already. If you girls go upstairs you'll find double rooms - pick a partner to bunk with"

Straight away Ali and Emily exchange glances to dibs each other and it's pretty obvious that SPALEB and EZRIA would be sharing.

"Guess me and you should bunk Mona?" I grin

"Sounds like a plan to me" she nods

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Me and Mona are unpacking upstairs, the upstairs is much like the downstairs. Wooden walls and floors, two single beds covered in fur throws and a dresser that's filled with wellies and coats, which I assume belong to Mona's mom and dad.

The boys and Coby have just arrived downstairs, I can hear everyone greeting each other but me and Mona have decided to stay in our room and talk strategies.

"She's here... why do I feel crazy nervous?" I whisper

"Because this girl is a crazy bitch?" Mona giggles

"Well that's true" I nod

"So how are we going to play this?" Mona asks

"Well I brought along my push up bra" I giggle

"Joking"

"I'm thinking we go downstairs with the others to eat. Make sure you sit next to Caleb, kick things off with a little bit of footsie under the table and laugh at every one of his jokes and then me and the girls will work our magic reminiscing about the good old days" Mona whispers

"Footsie?"

"It's works every time Han, now are you ready"?"

"As ready as I'm ever gunna be I guess" I shrug

I follow Mona down the spiral stair case to find everyone lounged round the log burner, which is now burning brightly making the whole room feel super cozy. Candles are lit everywhere making the lake house look surprisingly beautiful

I see Coby and Caleb's eyes fixate on me straight away as I reach the bottom of the stairs. I want to run away. This was a mistake. I'm in out of my depth.

"Mona, Hanna I wonder where you girls got to. I've popped some sausages on the stove, shouldn't be long till there ready" Ezra grins pulling himself up from the sofa to greet us with a hug

"Someone gives this guy a scout's badge" Mona giggles

I tactically place myself on the sofa beside Caleb, Coby's on his other side. The girls all have stupid grins on their faces because they know our plans about to take off.

"Hey this place kind of reminds me of Spencer's family Cabin, remember when Han and Caleb spent the weekend there without telling you?" Emily giggles

Oh shit

"Yeah my mom and dad were totally pissed because Han spilled red wine on their super expensive beige carpet" Spencer giggles

"Yeah that was a great weekend" Caleb nods, giving me eye contact

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