"Great job!" said an older woman as she walked from the lobby.
"Well done!" said a woman shaking Zack's hand.
"Beautiful performance," said another woman. The compliments just kept on coming. By the time everyone had filed out, each member of a Christmas Carol had an armful of flowers. Carey came out of the hotel restaurant, smiling at the group.
"You guys were great!" she gushed giving each of them a hug. "You stole the show!"
"Thanks mom," said Cody.
"Yeah, Carey, you were amazing!" said Maddie.
"Yeah? My pitch was a bit off, but it could've been worse. Zack, Cody, I'm going to be in the room. Be up there by eleven," said Carey.
"Twelve," said Zack.
"Ten," said Carey.
"Eleven sounds good," said Zack. Carey waved and walked off. Tanner, the boy who had been singing, walked out of the restaurant. Kyra and Maddie glanced at each other before running over to him.
"You were great," said Maddie quickly.
"Yeah, astonishingly awesome," added Kyra. He smiled.
"Really? Thanks, you girls were great in the play. I watched it all from backstage," he said. Maddie's grin widened. "So, are you guys here the whole winter vacation?" he asked. They nodded. "Me too, we should hang out sometime," he winked.
"Totally," said Kyra and Maddie together.
"Cool," he said. "Catch ya later," They watched him walk away before releasing a long, shrill squeal.
"He is so hot!" said Kyra. Zack frowned.
"What's he got that I don't have?" Kyra didn't reply.
"Let's go to our room and celebrate!" suggested Meagan. The group nodded enthusiastically and they set off towards the elevator. They managed to all fit in, it was quite capacious. The elevator began to take them up. They talked excitedly about how great the play was. After a minute, Cody looked around at the group.
"Uh, guys," he said. "Shouldn't we be off by now?" They looked to where it would show which floor they were on. It still read '2'.
"Oh my-" Kyra whispered.
"We're stuck!" cried London.
"We can't be, no, that's-" stuttered Maddie. Just then a voice came over the speaker.
"Please, remain calm, we are experiencing some minor technical difficulties but we'll have you out in no time," the speaker shut off, leaving the group screaming.
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Yes, this chapter was very short. But I thought that was a good place to leave it. I promise I will update very soon! And JediMasterBob, I love Christmas too, and Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol is such a classic. I find Christmas really brings out the best in people. It's so nice. That's why I picked this theme. All right, I'll stop now, I'm starting to sound corny! Please review!
xoxo Dreamer