When the six reached the cabin, the sun was setting on the coast, and the rays from the sun were flying over trees in hot hues of red, orange and pink in a beautiful assembly, nourishing the skies with it's color.
Erin stopped to look at it before she walked inside, blinking her eyes several times to become accustomed to the filtered light.
Overhead, the buzz of the lights filled the room, and a few gnats swarmed the light like a flock of birds. Erin sat down on the love seat, and Chris followed her.
The five sat there quickly, Mike having gone upstairs to go to the bathroom.
Feeling her pocket start to vibrate, Erin reached into it, pulling out her phone and flipping it open.
"Hello?"
"Erin! Why haven't you called?" said her mother on the other line.
"Hey to you too, Mom," Erin laughed.
"We just got back from dinner."
"We?"
Erin nodded. "Yeah. Actually, it's a funny story. The counselor people messed up my name and put the male spelling down instead of my spelling, and so...yeah. I'm rooming with guys." she said hesitantly.
"Ooh," said her mother, her voice full of surprise.
"Boys...well..uhmm.."
In the background, she heard her brother jump up from what she presumed a chair at the table from the screeching sound of metal on tile.
"What boys?" Andrew demanded loudly.
"Shush, Andrew. Well, Erin, you know you can always sleep in your car if things get bad or you feel uncomfortable. And I'm sure the staff would be more than willing to help you out if you needed it..and...Andrew can always come up there..."
"Mom, it's okay. They're super nice, and I know they wouldn't try anything." she interrupted her mother.
"Besides, they'd have to answer to Andrew, and I don't think anyone would like to do that." she added with a grin, glancing at the boys who were all looking at her curiously, blatantly listening to her conversation curiously. She grinned at them when they all simultaneously sat back at the mention of Andrew.

Her mom was still unconvinced. "I don't know, Erin, boys are...well...boys. They think with their...heads and not their...heads." she told her.

Erin snickered. "I know. Trust me mom, if there was a girls' dorm, I would've been in there, but they're ALL taken up."

Erin's mother finally gave in. "All right. But call anyone, including the police if you need to."

Erin looked at the boys. She didn't think she'd need to call the police. They were all super sweet, in some way or another. Chris smiled at her and touched her hand.

"So how is home?" she asked.
"Well, let Andrew tell you about it, I have to go finish dinner. I love you darling."
"Love you too, Mom."
"So, what's wrong with the boys?" Andrew said, right off the back.
Erin giggled, looking at the five boys who were staring at her. "Nothing bad." she said in a sweet voice.
"Ere, not funny." Andrew warned.
"Uhm," Erin pondered how to tell her brother without him blowing up. "I'm...rooming with them?"
"What?"
Erin quickly explained the situation, and step-by-step, she calmed her brother down.
"Well, you let me know, any hour of the day, if you need me."
"Yes Andy." She said, pulling the phone away to see her battery flashing at her.

"I gotta go Andrew. My battery is about to die." Erin told him, a little thankful.
Andrew sighed. "Sure. Love you, Ere."
"Love you too, Andrew," and she hung up, putting a mental note in her head to put her phone on the charger that night.

Erin hung up the phone.
"You guys got super quite," she announced, making them chuckle.

Ben shrugged. "We were interested in Andrew." he said simply.

Erin laughed. "Who thinks they can beat me at Blackjack?" she asked, getting up and heading for the stairs to the table upstairs.

"I think I can," Chris offered, following her.

Erin just laughed going up the steps, followed by five boys.