Holiday

4. Alice

8:45am U.S

Everyone was seated at the long rounded table and taking advantage of the free coffee and cookies. Nelly could see that people were already creating their groups; she felt glad she talked to someone, going into uncharted waters alone isn't the best idea. Soon the lights were dimmed and the chatter mulled out. A projector screen dropped slowly from the ceiling, a man and a woman in their late 20's dressed in business casual outfits walked into the room and finally a familiar tune started to play.

Before Nelly could even say anything about the music Nick whispered,"Aw shit this my jam."

As he did his tiny dance in his seat the presentation began,"Good Morning everyone! I know it's too early but its for a good cause: Spring Break! I'm John, this is Kali and we like to..."

Nelly muted out the voice and whispered,"Dark Horse, really? This song sucks why do you know every syllable?"

He laughs and says,"This song is great plus Katy Perry is my wife."

"The Pearl Keys!" a voice boomed.

"Motherfucker." Nick gasped whilst grabbing his chest. "You can't be scaring people like that.

Nelly focused her attention to the screen: it was a lovely island with clear beach waters, villas by the shore and even one picture of a lounge chair that screamed her name.

"Are you sure this is free?" a tall dark skinned girl near Nelly asked.

"With a beach like that I'm wondering how we even got picked." Nick remarked and the three of them laughed silently.

"Name's Arianna by the way." she said with a small wave.

"I'm Nelly, thats Nick." Nelly greeted with a smile back.

"White Wolf Resort would love you all you join us in the first ever test run of our resort! You will fly to and leave the Pearl keys in 2 days on Saturday night, stay the whole week and leave Sunday morning. All expenses are paid and if you give us a five star rating, you get 50% off your next visit!" Kali explained and she began to go off about attractions of the island.

Nelly felt a pair of eyes stare at her, it was the dark hair girl she can feel it. For now she chose to ignore the feeling and confront her later. It confused Nelly that she was stared upon in the first place, she knew she wasn't the prettiest flower in fact her gnarly nose piecing and tattoos scared people away...

"Now! Let's go around the room and say each other's names, where you are from and a little thing about yourself! I'll start: my name's John Mac, I'm from New Jersey and I love dogs. Now you."

John pointed to a buff boy, at first she thought man, with black hair and a strong jawline,"Miles Leon from Virginia and I love the ladies in here."

"Right, like I've never heard that before." Arianna remarked, a few people laughed and the introduction continued.

Another taller boy with light brown hair, glasses and a few piercings spoke,"Jarrett Freki, I'm from the Bronx and.. I don't know, I like Linkin Park?"

Next a girl with short curly black hair, a bow with a dress was next,"Hi everyone! I'm Sheri Consuelo and I love strawberries with a passion! Oh yeah, I'm from Florida."

Now a skinny boy in a hoodie and fancy headphones,"Luke Marizo, South Dakota, I sleep everywhere."

A girl, dolled up with make up a cut up shirt and high tops on the table spoke,"Robyn Maria, I'm from Cali and," she winked in Miles and Jarrett's direction. "I love to party."

A tan boy who cleaned up well for today's meeting and a white smile said,"Mornin' everyone I'm from South Carolina and my name's Hank Jakob. I dabble a bit in the comedian business."