Chapter 7
For the next few hours, the cabin was peaceful. Luke and Laura lay sleeping on the floor in front of the fireplace, while Scott and Stefan slept in the two upstairs bedrooms. Outside the torrential downpour continued.
About an hour before dawn, Luke and Laura heard a loud crash followed by a shout from Scott. They ran up the stairs and saw a sleepy and confused looking Stefan standing in the hallway.
"I didn't touch him," Stefan assured them.
Luke opened the door and saw that the bed was covered with plaster. There was a huge hole in the ceiling above the bed. A few feet away stood a very wet Scott.
"What happened?" Luke asked even though it was obvious that the roof had collapsed. He was trying not to laugh at how funny Scott looked standing there in wet clothes.
"The ceiling kept dripping on me, so I got up to go sleep in that chair," Scott said pointing at a chair across the room. "I got about five steps from the bed and the whole thing fell in."
Stefan and Luke looked at each other a burst out laughing.
"It's not funny!" Scott yelled at them which just made them laugh more.
"Well at least you weren't under it," Laura said trying to sound concerned even though she was having a hard time controlling her laughter as well.
"What am I supposed to do now? I can't sleep in these wet clothes and I don't have anything else with me." Scott said.
Laura looked at Luke and Stefan.
"No way!" Luke said. "I'm not giving Baldwin any of my clothes."
""Just your sweater," Laura said. "You have another shirt underneath it."
"No, he'll stretch it with that fat head of his."
"Now wait a minute…" Scott started to say.
Laura got between them holding out her hands to keep them apart. "Ok, knock it off, both of you," she said. She looked at Stefan. "Do you have anything he can wear?" she asked.
Stefan took off his jacket and threw it to him. "You can use this."
Scott put on the jacket and picked up an old blanket out of a nearby chair and wrapped it around himself.
Luke looked at the hole in the ceiling. "I guess we should all sleep downstairs. The rest of this may come down at anytime."
Laura nodded. "Let's get back to sleep, we still have a little while before the sun comes up."
They all went back downstairs and settled in front of the fireplace. Luke and Laura laid in each others arms while Scott and Stefan made sure there was a large distance between the two of them. Soon they were all asleep.