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Hayden

Prescott Lodge Grounds

21:24

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"Couldn't they have built the lodge right where the cable car ends?"

Victoria

Warren's Ex

Intelligent, Resourceful, and Persuasive

"Maybe they wanted people to stretch their legsnevery once and a while."

Hayden

Victoria's New Boyfriend

Motivated, Ambitious, and Active

"And where's the bellboy when you need one?"

"This isn't a fancy five star hotel. It's a winter lodge."

"Yeah, a winter lodge owned by the Prescotts. Why don't they turn it into an estate?"

"Maybe they don't wanna go on a spending spree." I responded to Tori's complaints. God, she's so spoiled.

"Brrr, gettin' chills."

"We're almost there…"

"No, I mean… gettin' kinda creeped out. It's gonna be weird seeing everybody up here again."

"It's not gonna be a regular party. I mean, what do you thi-"

"AAAHHHH!" The shout came from a figure that jumped off the bridge's roof. It turned out to be Warren. "Hahaha, got you…"

Warren

Victoria's Ex

Intelligent, Driven, and Persuasive

"Warren!"

"You really should've seen your faces right there!" I got offended, but I tried to stay calm. I know if I made a huge deal of the situation, so would Tori.

"Dude, I almost clocked you just now."

"Warren, you're a jerk."

"What? Come on, guys! We're in the middle of the woods, it's spooky. Good to get the heart racing every now and then. Get the blood flowin'."

"What's wrong with you?"

"Why do you always get like this?"

"What?"

"You always get like this, you always get bitchy." God, I hate watching exes fight. I feel like a third wheel that broke off. Again, stay calm.

"Look, I'm just gonna put it like this, otherwise this weekend's gonna suck ass for everyone: this is super awkward and we all know it, so let's just acknowledge it and move on." God, that should be my quote in the yearbook, when people have a quote bellow their picture.

"Aight, I get it. I don't wanna make this weird."

"So we're cool?"

"All good."

"You guys gonna make out now?" Tori's comedic voice rang in my ears. Warren tried to do his best high school girl impression.

"Oh my God, totally! We are soooo gonna make out! No, but seriously, Imma go to the cable car station down the trail."

"Aight, see ya, man."

"See ya." Warren walked in the direction we came from, and I let out a sigh of relief.

"That coulda turned south very quickly." I whispered to Tori.

"Aw, shit."

"What?" I became confused and slightly worried.

"Hey, could you… take these the rest of the way?"

"The bags?"

"Yeah, just… all of them." You gotta be shitting me. I stayed calm, but inside, I was flipping the fuck out. I just stayed calm, and gently asked.

"Uhh… why?"

"I need to go find Rachel."

"Okay?"

"Sorry, I just really need to go find her… I totally forgot I needed to talk to her before we get all the way up there."

"You seriously can't wait? We're very close, I could practically smell the wooden logs used for the walls."

"It's important, Hayden. Please?"

"Alright, fine. If it's so important… I guess I can pack horse the rest of the way… but you owe me one."

"Excuse me?"

"Well then the more even at least, instead of you being in my debt. Just be careful."

"See you up there, sweetie!" She jogged down the trail, blowing me a kiss. I hauled the bags up the trail towards the lodge, and I could see an observation point, with a telescope. And someone was looking through it.

"Warren taught me a valuable lesson: scare people when they least expect it." I said to myself as I set down the luggage and climbed up to the observation point.

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Max

Observation Point

21:32

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"Oh hello there."

Max

Has Crush on Chloe

Academic, Inquisitive, and Forthright

I stained through the telescope, hoping to see some wildlife, when I saw two figures. My interest and snoopy attitude got the best of me. I zoomed in to find Warren and Victoria embracing each other.

"Someone's getting a little friendly. And not in a 'friend-zone' kind of way." I said to myself. "Might wanna check the expiration date on their breakup." I zoomed out and decided to look around a bit more. Then I heard a loud scream, and a face popped up on the telescope. "AAHHH!" I screamed and jumped back in terror, with Hayden walking up to me, laughing.

"Hey, woah there. Sorry about that, Max, I didn't mean to scare you. Well, I did mean to scare you, but not as much as I did." It didn't matter, my hands were still shaking.

"Jeez Louis, Hay."

"Hey, I'm really sorry about that, Max. Damn!" I playfully punched his arm, putting my hands to my hips. "So what were you looking at? See something juicy with that thing?" Shit, I really want to let him look. But I don't wanna be a snitch. I'm already more snoopy than Snoop Dogg.

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