I nodded politely and smiled. Jake's Aunt Angela was about as bad as he had described. She lived with her husband named Brick, who was a psychoanalyst, and his children. Misty was probably the weirdest of the five.

I had met three of them briefly as they went out somewhere, but they seemed like regular people. I looked as Misty put in the earphones from her iPod.

"Angela and Misty came to our house last year to hide from Brick, because he and Angela had had some sort of argument. Towards the end of her stay with us, she ended up getting back together with him." Jake had said. "And Misty was... really strange. She has an iPod. When I asked her what music she liked, she replied that she didn't like and that she used her iPod to 'shut out the world.' Those few days were absolutely mental."

I kindly accepted my cup of tea from Angela, and turned to look at Misty again. Instead of staring at the table, she was now staring at something underneath it. She looked kind of... scared. I turned away from her when I was asked a question. "So Ray, how long have you been dating Jake?" Angela asked me. I sat still, not knowing what to do. I turned to Jake for help.

"About 3 months." He said. I nodded.

"We were best friends at first." I added. I felt out of place here, like the piece of a jigsaw that looked like it was the right piece, but no matter with way you put it in, it didn't fit. I took a sip of tea, and saw a young girl walk into the room.

"This is Taylor-Jean." Angela said, pointing to her. She had a grumpy expression on her face. I could tell she wasn't pleased by the fact we were here. I took another sip of tea to hide my panicked expression. I then put down my cup, and leaned on Jake sleepily. I was so jet lagged. I started to drift to sleep...

But I was quickly drawn away from sleep by another question. "How did you meet Jake?" Angela asked me. I was going to answer this question.

"We went to school together for about... 3, 4 years I think. I got to know him properly when he offered to give me some guitar lessons. I was failing music." I said. I then sank into Jake again, and fell into a peaceful sleep.

I was woken up an hour later, because we were leaving. "Thank you for having me." I muttered as I stumbled out the door, tripping over sticks as I walked out. I was half awake. What made it worse was I actually fell onto my face as I reached the final step. "Owww." I murmured, trying to stand up. Jake raced over to help me. "Thanks." I said, feeling embarrassed. "I'm so embarrassing." I muttered.

"Not really. Not as much as Ben was when he was younger." Jake replied, hugging me. I smiled.

"I love you Jake." I whispered.

"I love you too." He whispered back.

Hours later, we were all back at the hotel. I planned on going to the basement. I had just found out they had a pool table. Unfortunately the only way you could get there was my elevator.

The doors opened, and I ran in, pressing the button to shut them again. I pressed the button for the basement, and the lift started to move.

But only all too suddenly, it stopped moving. I assumed I must be there already, and waited impatiently for the lift doors to open. But they didn't. "Am I...?" I started to ask, but I didn't want to finish my sentence.

When the lift didn't move for a while, I pressed the bell button on the lift panel. "Yes?" I heard the voice of the perky receptionist.

"Ummm, I'm sorry to be a bother, but the elevator is stuck in between floors, and I'm stuck inside." I said. Then it hit me. "Oh my god, I'm stuck in the lift. I'm stuck in the lift. I'M STUCK IN THE LIFT." My voice raised with the hysteria of the whole thing.

"Ma'm, don't panic Ma'm. Which room are you staying in?" she asked me.

"Room 12. Could you please get me out of here?" I pleaded.

"I'm trying Ma'm. Are you Miss Karen Brockman or Miss Ray Jones?" she asked me.

"Ray Jones. GET ME OUT OF HERE!" I yelled. I had been calm for long enough. I couldn't hold the panic in anymore.

"Just calm down Ma'm! I'm going to get help now." She said, sounding a bit panicked herself. The sound of a dial tone blared out of the speakers. I sat down on the floor. She'd left to get help. But how long would that take?

I was terrified of being trapped in small spaces, ever since I got stuck under a car while playing hide and seek at age 8. "I wish Jake was here." I muttered. I put my head in my knees. It was so stressful, being stuck in an elevator. The one thing you can only think of, is when will I get out.

'Stuck in an elevator. Something to add to the list of places I got stuck in.' I thought. I mentally added it to the list.

"Ma'm? Are you still there? Or did the elevator move?" the voice of the perky receptionist came out of the speakers.

"No! I'm still stuck! I want to get out!" I yelled. I wasn't coping very well. They all say it's about how you cope with the situation. I was doing horribly.

"Well just sit tight. You should be out soon. Help is on the way." She replied. Then it went dial tone again. I sighed.

"I'm gonna be stuck here for a long time." I muttered, and put my head back in my knees.

It had been what felt like hours. I hadn't heard anything from the receptionist, so I was starting to give up hope. I was going to be stuck in here forever. "My own personal nightmare." I muttered unhappily.

Then my luck changed.

The lift started to move again. I quickly jumped up and pressed the button for the first floor. The lift came to an abrupt stop. "Oh god not again." I muttered. I was about to sit down again, when the doors opened.

I saw several people standing outside. They all cheered as I walked out. I could feel myself blush. I spotted Jake in the crowd and ran over to him. "That was the most terrifying experience of my entire life." I said.

"Well it's over now." He replied, pulling me in for a hug, which I gladly accepted.

Today had been an awful day. Tripping over steps and getting trapped in an elevator.

What a day.

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