Who's Laughing Now?

3

After the rain stopped, it looked like it hadn't rained at all. The grounds looked dry, but the trees around the buildings were completely soaked. Ainsley had packed their bag already and was looking through the window watching the cars drive up and down the roads. The clouds began clearing a little, and it actually looked like it was day time for once.

They then walked over to their bed and picked up the phone to dial their friend.

"Hey Tori, you guys ready?" They asked.

"Almost, Ari's not finished with her bag yet. And Seth is finished packing. All he needs is the address we're gonna stay at."

"If there even is one...." Ainsley replied. The two friends got frightened by Ari's yell.

"WHAT?!?! Tori give me that phone." You could hear the two over the other side struggling terribly. Ainsley could clearly hear the ruffling of the phone going back and forth in two different pairs of hands.

"Ari stop it!!"

"No! What do they mean if?! We're staying at a place, like a house or hotel right?! How am I supposed to charge my phone when it dies?!"

"Is that all you're worrying about right now?" Tori asked.

"To be honest, I didn't think of that," Ainsley said, tapping their fingernails on their bedsheet. "But the next question would be, where would we get this hotel money from? There's six of us, we don't know how long we'll stay, and Tori's the only one with a a good paying job, let alone a job itself. And mind you, we live in freaking Camden Ari, the hotel prices are high around here. If you want a hotel so badly, then why don't you pay for it."

"Fine."

"You're really gonna spend all that money on-"

"Shut up Tori, it's my money!!! And I'm bringing Layla along with me so I don't have to be scared alone!!" Ari hollered.

"I thought we were walking together...?" Tori whispered.

"You can stick with Ainsley or Lewis or something!" You could hear Ari walking off from a distance.

"Speaking of Lewis, where is he?"

"He said he'll be right down in thirty minutes. I think he's still packing because he lives close to me too."

"That sounds cool. But since we don't have an actual place yet, why don't you all meet at my house except Ari and Layla I guess. I'll leave the door open." Ainsley explained.

"Okay! I'll tell Seth your address since he's already ready." After the conversation ended, Ainsley hung up their phone and picked up their backpack to place it on their back. They walked downstairs to unlock the door for Seth and then walked into their kitchen looking for any extra snack she left in the cabins.

"Hungry?" said a deep grating voice from behind them. Ainsley turned around and before they could take a look at the person, they got hit in the face with a pan, knocking them unconscious.

* * *

Ainsley woke up hearing the sound of loud crashing waves. They slowly opened their eyes and saw the pretty blue sky. All the clouds had cleared and it looked like a perfectly normal day until Ainsley realized they couldn't move their body when they tried to get up. They looked down at themselves the best they could and noticed they were tied to a log floating in water...but in place. The water was still moving and up ahead was going down like a waterfall. Ainsley tried looking around to see if anyone was around. They saw their backpack on the grass and then noticed a person floating around from behind, causing them to gasp.