"Of all the cruddy boys on this planet, why do we have to be friends with the morons who manage to get arrested ten minutes into a vacation?" Fanny shrieked in response to Kuki's announcement of their friends' detainment.
Ace shrugged and said coolly, "Oh please... They're fine... There's no way they had time to do anything worth an overnight stay... Let's just wait this out and relax on the beach or something." He gave an awkward chuckle, hoping at least one of the girls would agree with him.
But this was not appealing to Kuki, who suddenly scowled at him and shouted, "Are you kidding? They're at some sketchy police station, doing who knows what, and all you can think about is the beach?"
The only male in the room nodded, "Yes... We are in Aruba, if you recall..."
Kuki gave a groan of disgust and frustration and started pacing back and forth, Abby immediately went to console her, "Don't worry girl... 'The Man' *chuckle* has a point..."
"I-I do?" Ace asked, almost having given up on expecting any support, and really hoped she was agreeing on his idea to go to the beach...
The dark skinned girl nodded, "Yup, there's no way they did anything worth keeping them there... Abby knows they'll clear this situation up in no time!" She fixed her signature red hat and took a seat at the kitchen table.
Rachel gave a halfhearted smile, "I wonder why they're there anyway?" She asked in a confused manner.
"Ah who knows?" Ace grunted, taking a seat in defeat, it was quite clear he would not be seeing the sand and ocean before the other boys returned safely. "They better get back soon though, I didn't come all this way just to sit around..." He sighed and blew his longer strands of hair out of his face and continued, "So what do you propose we do while we wait?"
Fanny shook her head in anger, "I say we forget the stupid boys!"
"No!" Kuki shrieked, "We need to wait for them! What if they call again?"
Grabbing her friend by the shoulder, Abby assured, "Alright... We'll wait for a little longer incase they try to get in touch again..." She looked to everyone else and gave a warning glare to make sure they didn't deny Kuki. "Right everyone?"
"Rightttttttt..." Fanny, Ace, and Rachel groaned in unison.
Sitting in the dark room, the four boys formed a small circle around their table and discussed among themselves.
"So..." Wally grunted, "How the HELL do we end up in situations such as this one? Like seriously? You morons HAD to pick the drug lord's cab?"
Nigel gave a defensive sigh, "Can it, would you? Don't forget... if you guys had just waited for Hoagie and I, this could have been avoided completely! And besides! It doesn't matter why we're here, just so long as we get out!"
"And just how do you propose we go about leaving?" Patton shouted, causing the other three to go quiet. And in the awkward silence, a cop walked back into their waiting room.
"Well boys... It seems we have reached a settlement for you all."
Nigel sighed in relief, "Oh thank heaven! Thank you for understanding, officer!"
"Now, now... Don't thank me just yet." The man chuckled, fixing his worn out badge, "Now you boys will be let out back into freedom..." But before they could sigh in relief, the cop continued, "But... You need to take these..." He held out four sheets of paper and dropped them on the table they all sat at.
Hoagie looked at it and then back at the officer, "Wait... These are-"
"Yes..." The elder man said, "Timecards... You must each perform fifteen hours of community service before we let you leave this island."
Not one to accept a vacation being weighed down by having to do work, Wally flipped out, "What? No way! There's not a chance I'm doing work! This is our VACATION!"
Shaking his head, the cop sighed, "Alright... Twenty for blondy over here..."
"What the hell?" The australian shrieked in frustration, "That's not fair!"
"Do you want your friends to have twenty hours too?"
"No! That's not fair either!"
"Alright... All you boys got twenty hours to make up before we let you leave... Unless the grumbler from down under over here has any other snide remarks?..."
Wally growled and looked away in defeat, but his three friends all gave him a nasty glare, unhappy about the extra time they'd be putting in thanks to his smart mouthing.
Nigel didn't want to make things wrong at this point so he shook his head in agreement, "Alright, officer, we accept this requirement... Now is everything cleared up?"
The man grinned slyly and laughed, "I suppose I have no use for you guys any longer... Now make sure you bring those back before you leave... Or you won't get these..." He reached into his pocket and showed the guys their passports.
Now it was Patton's turn to get angry: "Hey! You seriously took those off of us? Is that even leg-" He was stopped by the police man grab his taser threateningly, and the obsidian haired teen merely corrected his next few words, "Uh... You know what? I don't study law, who knows what's right and wrong?... Hehe..." And with that, he was swiftly shut up.
Hoagie collected his timecard and nodded formally to the officer, "Thank you, sir, we'll get these filled out as soon as possible! Sorry for the delay!"
"Yes, won't be happening again, I promise!" Nigel tried to say calmly, but in reality wanted nothing more than to just leave and never go back.
Twenty minutes later...
Kuki was pacing back and forth and then finally shrieked, "That's it! I need to go find Wally!"
But Abby was already on top of maintaining her friend, so she gave her a light slap on the face and said sternly, "Kooks... Calm down... Just give it a minute, I'm sure they'll just come waltzing in any minute-"
And just then the four friends made their appearance, all of them looking very troubled and frustrated.
"-... Now... Uh... Hey guys..." The dark skinned girl finished awkwardly, rising from the table to greet the recently missing teens.
"Wally! You're okay!" Kuki cried, throwing her arms around her boyfriend and, much to everyone's disgust, planted a large kiss straight on the lips, despite the australian's muffled objection.
Fanny put her hands on her hips and shrieked, "Well it's about time!" Her red hair matched her angered tone, "I was just about to give up on you losers and go enjoy the last hour of sun! What took you all so long?"
Nigel settled onto a couch with his bags and sighed, "We got into a sketchy car because YOU guys were off in your normal taxi!" He placed the luggage on the floor and said, "And then smooth talkers over here," He nodded to Patton and Wallabee, "Decided to smart mouth our cop and he ended up taking us into the station... Just forget it alright? I just want to settle in and get ready for the beach. Now which room are Wally and I staying in?"
Everyone went awkwardly quiet, the blond teen coughed awkwardly to get his friend's attention, "Well, the thing about that... Is... I kinda decided to room with Drilovsky..."
The bald teen's jaw dropped, "W-what? If you guys are rooming together then where am I supposed to stay?..."
"Well..." The obsidian haired teen laughed awkwardly, "You're kinda on your bed..."
It took Nigel a moment or two to realize they meant he'd be sleeping on the couch... "What? How could you guys? After all I've been through?"
However, Patton showed no mercy, "Wally and I are going to be getting up bright and early to work out... We need the beds, so unless you want to cuddle up with one of us, I suggest you get used to the idea of the couch."
The brit scowled, he didn't like it, but he was determined not to let anything get to him after his day so far. "Fine! I don't need a bed! I'm fine sleeping on the couch! In fact, it seems even more comfortable than..." But as he laid down on the couch, he immediately was stuck on the forehead by a tiny droplet of water... His face turned red as he looked to the ceiling and saw a stain from the leaking wall... "Are you kidding me? Are hotel rooms even allowed to have leaks in the ceilings? I'm calling the front desk right now!"
Rachel tried to minimize his anger, for everyone's sake, "Nigel let's calm down for a second... How about I call the front desk since I'm not as pissed off?..." She offered a friendly pat on the back, but the british teen pouted and pulled away from her gentle hand.
Never one to show mercy, Patton shrugged and said, "Well... When Uno is done being a bitch, I'd like to get changed and try to squeeze an hour or two of beach time in before dinner."
Without even answering, most of the remaining teens agreed to this plan, as they all filed out and went to their room to gather their belongings, of except of course, Nigel, who glared at his 'bed' and sighed. He decided to take his bag and go change in the bathroom, there was no use in letting things get to him just yet...
A/N: I honestly don't know what's happened to me? I just can't write anymore... I've been busier and busier lately, and I'm not liking my writing style anymore, I'm not liking my ideas, that's for sure... So I don't know... I'm gonna try to continue this, but it ain't coming fast, and expect me to release other fics first, which will be experimenting with different writing styles. Sorry again for the minimal effort I'm putting forth... This is my shortest chapter ever between the this and A Weekend to Remember... I'm trying guys, don't hate me :(
PS sorry it ended so abruptly, I just couldn't start the beach part of it without writing an unnecessary amount :p