MURDER IN THE DARK

three

The next day, Danny and Heather were the first awake.

"Cameron still asleep?" Danny asked as he buttered his toast.
Heather nodded with a yawn. "Hey, could I have some?"

Danny raised an eyebrow. "You could make toast yourself, you know?" He said with a chuckle.
Heather playfully rolled her eyes. "I know, I know..."

Danny grinned. "Here." He gave her a slice of his toast and kept the other for himself.
"Thanks." Heather smiled.

Heather took a bite of Danny's toast and examined the living room. She hasn't payed much attention to it until now.
"No MTV this weekend, huh?" She asked.
Danny shook his head. "I'm afraid this place is pretty old fashioned."

Heather shrugged. "It's cool. I like this place."

The carpet was the same as the one in the room she was sharing with Cameron, and the couches were beige with the odd dirt mark on the seats and cushions.

"Morning." Luke said as he entered the kitchen, rubbing his eyes.
"Morning, dude." Danny replied.
"Ooo, toast!" Luke grinned, reaching for Danny's breakfast.

Danny quickly slapped Luke's hand, making Heather laugh. "I already gave Heather one of my slices! Make your own!"

Luke rolled his eyes. "Fine. But I'll make some extras for Nathan, Cameron, Lisa and Kelly because I'm a nice person."

"You're a very nice person." Heather said, mockingly, with some toast in her mouth.

"Don't talk with your mouth full!" Cameron teased as he stumbled into the room.
"Shut up!" Heather grinned as her boyfriend kissed her on the forehead.

"So, what're we doing today?" Cameron asked as he sat down next to Heather.

Danny shrugged. "I'm not sure. I'm trying to think of ways to kill time before we play murder in the dark."

"I'm still up for swimming." Heather said.
"How about skinny dipping?" Luke exclaimed with a grin.
"Shut up, man." Cameron said, hitting Luke's arm.

Luke winced and threw his arms up as Heather glared at him. "I'm kidding, I'm kidding!"
"You better be." Heather grumbled, finishing her breakfast.

"Hey guys!" Kelly smiled as she entered the room with Lisa in tow.
"Hey, you guys sleep well?" Danny asked.

Lisa groaned. "If Luke wasn't snoring so loud I probably would've slept better."
Everyone laughed as Nathan entered the kitchen. "I may be down the other hall, but I could've sworn I heard him too."

"Hey, hey, hey! I can't help it!" Luke laughed, as the final slice of toast popped out of the toaster. "I can make up for it with toast, thought."

Lisa licked her lips and snatched a slice. "Thanks, Luke."
Nathan and Kelly sighed. "I guess you're forgiven." Nathan said as he took two and gave one to Cameron.
"Thanks, man."

"Heather was talking about going swimming today." Danny spoke up.
"I'm up for that." Nathan said.
"But, no more made up scary stories, okay?" Kelly raised an eyebrow.

Danny snickered. "No more made up scary stories."