A/N:
SOUL PATROL!Yeah! Taylor won it all last night! WOOT WOOT!
Okay,
back to reality. Sorry about the short chapter. Anyways, this
chapter, Curtis learns more about the Underlook hotel(creative name,
I know!) Then he gets tricked into spending the winter there.
Curtis's POV
Come play with us Curtis. For ever and ever and ever. The creepy voice invaded Curtis's mind so quickly he jumped out of his chair. "Mr. Torrance. I assume you have the answer." Mrs. Almena asked him. He looked around him, trying to remember where he was at. 'School. French, to be exact.' He remembered. "Uhm…What was the question?" he asked. She glared at him. "I didn't think you were paying attention. The question was, what is the translation for 'Il prend un petit somme sur l'eau. Petits sommes de Yay!'" He looked around. "I…I'm not sure." She smirked. "You didn't do your homework, I assume." She asked. He nodded. "See me after class, then." She told him. He moaned. Today was going to be a long day…
By Ms. Karen's class, I had gotten a combined total of three days detention. I prayed Ms. Karen was in a good mood. "Ah, Mr. Torrance!" she cried when I walked in, "It's good that you're here! We didn't get to hear the rest of your report yesterday. Please continue now." I told her I would. I didn't have any of my report with me, so Mandie stood up there with me, helping me remember what I couldn't.
When I got done, the bell was screaming, telling us it was time for lunch. "Curtis, please stay behind." Ms. Karen told me as I started to walk out the door. I stalled in the doorway. "Yes, Ms. Karen?" I asked. "Please come here." She said. Without thinking, I sat in a nearby rolie chair. "Curtis, what are you doing this winter?" she asked me when we got situated. "Uhm, I dunno. Probably go skiing and hang out with my friends." I told her. She smiled. " Typical fifteen year old boy things. Well, would you and your friends be interested in doing something for me?" I was curious, so I asked her what she needed. "Well, there's this hotel you may or may not have heard of called the Underlook. My Great-grandfather built it in eighteen fifty nine, and these people bought it out and want to tear it down. They're giving me the winter to say goodbye to it. Really, I have ownership of it until the spring since my father gave it to me in his will when I was ten. But I don't like being there alone. Or with only one person. That's why I'm inviting you and any friends you want to bring to come with me to the Underlook for the Winter." She explained to me. I sat there for a few minuets before giving her my answer. "Well, thank you for the offer Ms. Karen, but I'm not sure if my parents would want to get rid of me for three whole months." I told her. She did her smirk before standing up. "Don't worry about your parents. I'll talk to them. You go on to lunch and decide ten friends to bring along, okay?" she asked. I told her that I would before I left for lunch. But I still wasn't sure if I wanted to go or not.
"Hey Curt!" Mandie called from across the lunchroom. I pointed at her to let her know I saw her. I also saw Emilee, Kailee, and Ashlee, the Lee twins. Then there was Jasmine, Brandon's girlfriend. Brandon was sitting next to her. Across from him was Trey and Jeremy, the 'aspiring actors.' Then at the end of the table next to Mandie was Andy, my second best friend. Next to Mandie, of course. Andy waved at me, too. I knew who was coming on the trip with me. My ten closest friends. "Hey Curt." Andy said when I sat down. He was the most timid person I knew., but this chapter's not about him. Mandie looked at me. :'Why did Karen keep you after class?" she asked. "Well, that's what I need to ask you all about." I said. Everyone at the table looked at me. "Ms. Karen told me that she needed ten people to come up to the Underlook with her this winter. She asked me to invite ten of my friends, so I'm inviting you guys." I told them. Trey spoke up first. "Dude. You gotta be smurfin me." He said. "Smurf no! Why would I smurf with you about something like that?" I responded. Everyone agreed to go. Except for Andy. I decided not to worry about him at the time. But thinking back now, I wish I had.
