THE DOMINO EFFECT.

[ three: "It's happy hour!" ]

FOUR DAYS HAD PAST, and Alex and Dylan had communicated a lot. Alex had insisted Dylan should come live in a house his friend said he could use for the summer. He said it was big enough for them, and whoever else who wanted to come and help them get the players to Korea.

Now, Dylan was standing in front of a mansion. The paint on the outside wasn't perfect, it was peeling and scuffed, but Dylan could see its potential; she had a feeling the inside was going to be even better.

With her bags in hand, Dylan walked up to the huge double doors, and jiggled the knob. Alex had told her he would be out back, so he'd leave the door open for her.

As the young girl stepped through the doors, she immediately got a whiff of coconuts, which made her nose scrunch up. She scanned the room and saw the candle burning in the kitchen.

Setting her bags up against the couch that was a few feet from the door, Dylan scanned the area. To her right was a mini living room. A couch was set up to face a small flat screen T.V. A desk with a computer was set up off to the side of the couch, a window right above the dark stained desk. To her right was also a hallway, that went off as far as Dylan could see. The same thing was on her left, almost like it was a hotel.

Twenty feet in front of Dylan was a gigantic kitchen. As she walked towards it, the kitchen expanded, into what could easily be the size of an Olympic sized pool.

The dark haired girl could tell it was recently renovated. The cabinets and counter tops were all done and looked modern. The colour scheme seemed to be white and grey, making the cooking space look like a Malibu beach house. The coconut scented candle from Bath and Body Works, certainly didn't make it feel any different.

The kitchen was the perfect place to get a good view of the backyard. Glass windows lined the whole room, letting natural sunlight shine in. Looking at the 'back yard' made Dylan's jaw drop. It was easily a good five or six acres. The pool was the focal point of it all, as it was renovated beautifully. A six or seven foot rock was off to the side of the pool, water pooling over it and plunging into the pool below. Dylan walked through the sliding glass doors that lead to the backyard. Behind the mini waterfall, there's a good five feet of free space, it was like a little cave.

Looking further back from the pool, there was a mini golf course with eight holes. Off to her right, Dylan stared at a wooden shed, declaring it as a sauna. The grass was lush green and healthy, mowed within the past week. Palm trees were strategically placed along the property, making the whole thing look like paradise.

Dylan was so caught up in the moment, she never noticed the two men off to her right, lounging around under the shade of a palm tree, their shirts off, sunglasses on and a beer in hand.

"Oh my god- Holy fuc-"

"Dylan! Hey! You're just in time for happy hour!" Andre exclaimed, both boys sitting up and moving their sunglasses to the top of their heads.

A smile broke out on the girls face as she jogged over to the two boys. A moment later she was standing in front of the two, her hands on her hips, a grin on her face. "Oh yay, my favourite time of day!" She laughed, earning snorts from the two men.

Alex eyed the girl in front of him cautiously, "you're not allowed to get drunk this whole time. This is business trip. So, I was talking to a few peop-"

Andre sighed, shaking his head and giving Alex a little shove, "oh c'mon Ovi, let the girl settle in. It's only July, we have all summer." Andre pointed his beer at the girl, a small smirk on his face.

Alex furrowed his eyes at the young Swede, shaking his head and repeating Andre's words in a mocking tone. "We've got all summer my ass, you just want to get into her pants," he added, barely audible.

" I heard that," Andre confirmed, placing the beer bottle to his plump lips.

Alex replied with a sigh, giving in and taking a sip of his half full beer. Andre took that as a victory and reached into the small cooler that was in between him and Alex and grabbed a beer. Putting his own drink down on the small table in the middle of the two men, Andre cracked open the new beer and handed it to Dylan. She grinned, clinking her drink to the Swede's before they both took a swig.

Plopping down in a lawn chair beside Alex, Dylan let the sun tan her skin, as she relaxed. The three planned on sitting down later and talking about the Olympics and what their plan was going to be. Instead, after a good amount of beer later, they ended up in the pool, diving for pennies.

This was going to be a good summer.

[authors note]
i hope you enjoyed
this!! im actually
so excited for this
book!