Hours passed by and everyone was growing tired. Their legs were cramping and aching. Small talk was exchanged throughout the trek, but it stopped quickly. It was getting colder by the hour, not helping anyone's joints.
How were they supposed to keep doing this for another 10 hours?
"We need to take a break," Paige insisted. The sky was pitch black and spotted with stars. It was under 30 degrees. "If we stop, we'll lose momentum," Walter stated. But he sounded out of breath. "Paige's right," mumbled Cabe. "If we take a break, we can save some more energy for tomorrow." The team leader sighed. "Fine." It took them all awhile to find a comfortable, and warm, place to rest. They found a lean in on an abandoned farm. Huddling close together to radiate body heat, they all slowly fell asleep.
A tiny bit of sunlight streaming in the window woke Toby up. Not wanting to disturb the calmly sleeping Happy, he carefully got up from the bed. He went out to the living room to check Ralph. The young genius was fast asleep. Toby ruffled his hair, "Ralph." The boy blinked his eyes open and looked up at him. "Are they here?" he asked. Toby shook his head. "Not yet." Ralph frowned. "Hey, it's okay buddy. How about we make breakfast for us and Happy?" Nodding excitedly, Ralph jumped off the couch and ran into the kitchen.
When Paige booked the cabin, she kindly asked the owner to stock the kitchen with food, because they wouldn't be able to bring it from California.
Toby and Ralph took out the eggs, milk, bacon, and frozen orange juice concentrate. Ralph fixed the orange juice and cracked the eggs in a bowl while Toby cooked the bacon on the stove. When the bacon finished, Toby made up the scrambled eggs. The two of them were telling each other stories and jokes when they heard the floor creak. Toby turned around to find Happy walking in, with her hair frizzed at the top, almost like a halo.
"Look who's finally up," Toby said as he went over to her. He leaned in to kiss her on the cheek, but she slapped him away. "I'm not looking," Ralph said, staring out the window. Toby laughed and kissed Happy on the forehead instead. "We made breakfast."