The class of intellectual idiots

Leather Jackets and Fedoras- Viola

Matty showed them through the hotel. Viola turned her head this way and that. She saw a light blue slab of marble reception with black tiles. She saw a gift shop with a giant sign showing a dolphin. She saw paintings all around the gigantic sky blue room. Vibrant fish, rough waves and detailed trees. Viola could see the brush strokes as she looked up.

Matty led them up a series of wooden stairs close to the reception. A sign read; Bedrooms and cocktail floor. Drake winked as he saw the cocktail party sign. Viola spun round many times to catch everything in.

Matty led them down another themed-blue corridor. Photographs off the beach lined each space between doors. Matty led them to an elevator and pressed the button to level 8.

They all stepped off the elevator. Viola hated the sudden dropping of elevators but at the same time she craved it. Matty led them down yet another corridor.

"Gosh, much walking here" Clara piped in. "Yeah, what is this?" Kate chimed in. Viola glanced back at them and grinned. Austin had joined her at her side. Matty called back "soon"

The group came to an abrupt stop in front of three wooden doors with rusted gold numbers.

312, 313 and 315

"Where 314?" Lissa asked.

Matty's smile dropped. "A guest had a party there once and lets just say it was trashed so we completely shut down the room and replaced it."

The group shared mixed looks. Many thoughts came to Viola's mind. Maybe a alien space probe had rendered it unavailable. Or a circus act's animal had ripped it to shreds.

Austin whispered to Viola; "It where i left the former race of Atlantis" Viola laughed and Matty handed out the keys to Lissa, Erica and Austin. Matty walked back to the reception.

Viola grabbed the keys from Erica and opened 315. "Alright we got replaced room!" Lucy, Erica and Trix ran into the room. Lissa opened 313. Kate, Clara, Amanda ran in after her. Colin, Drake and Austin filed into 312.

Viola set her bags down on a bed near an old-fashioned window. It was small and Viola lifted it up and poked her head out. She was around 2 storeys high and she could feel the sea spray on her face. From the window she could see the harbor and ferry's flying past.

Lucy was jumping on her bed, attempting to do somersaults. Erica was sitting on her bed and Trix had sprawled at on the carpeted floor in exhaustion. Viola closed the window and suddenly a yell came from the boys room. The voice was irritated and deep.

"Tucker, you idiot! What are you doing here?" It was Colin.

Viola and the other girls rushed into the room. Colin was pointing his tanned hand at a tall, dirty-blond boy wearing a smug smile between his freckles.

"Mate, were best friends for what? ever and that's how you greet me. Honestly not impressed man. Not impressed." The boy crossed his arm and put on a pretend-disappointing expression.

Lucy ran to Colin side. "Who is this guy, Colin?"

"You haven't introduced me to your friends Colin. Your on a roll today." The boy shook his head. Viola crossed her arms and glanced at Colin. Colin's eyebrows were raised and as Erica would say; would wreck you if anyone annoyed him.

The boy cleared his throat."Mi names Rick Tucker, ladies and gentlemen. Colin and I are great mates." Rick walked around the room. He stopped at Lissa and kissed her hand giving her wink as he walked to a bed at the back of the boy's room. "Hope you don't mind, already been here a few days so I've put my bed together."

Lissa smiled at Rick then put her head down and scratched her arm. Viola wasn't sure what that was but she could tell she would find out.

"Look, I get that we are surf instructing together but first i need to have a word with you, mate." Colin said the last word with quite a lot of sarcasm. Everyone was silent like an elephant was in the room.

Colin and Rick walked out of the room in silence. Everyone was quiet for a minute.

"Well he was a little bit hot" Lissa said. Kate and Clara laughed.

"Whoever he is, Colin knows him and has a problem with him." Viola said and they all sat on the boys dormitory waiting. Drake and Austin unpacked their bags and Viola took a few pictures.

Colin walked back in with Rick. Colin was clearly unhappy.

"Man whats with the leather jacket?" Rick picked at Colin jacket. Colin swiped it of him and replied.

"Style man, I missed you but ...." Colin stopped and suddenly continued.

"Rick this is my girlfriend Lucy."

"Nice man, how long?" Rick asked taking Lissa's fedora from her head. "who are the rest of you lot?

"well its a day so far and this is Vi, Erica, Trix, Drake, Austin, Amanda, Kate and Clara. And that is Lissa's hat."

Rick smiled scanning everyone. He gave Lissa back her hat. Viola thought Colin and Rick came from some sort of Hipster school.Hipster schools have secrets.

"I like you." Rick said as he gave Lissa her hat back. Matty poked her head in.

"Lights out, you've got work tomorrow" She said and quietly left back down the stairs. Viola glanced at her watch it was 6 already.

"I'm telling you, you wish you had my leather jacket mate." Colin said.