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Chapter 2
Howie, being the first up quietly walked downstairs to the living room, where they had been last night. Sun was pouring through the windows; it looked beautiful outside! You could hardly tell that such a bad storm had been there the night before. The other four wouldn't be up for another few hours, so Howie crept to the back door. He would take a walk on the beach and be back before they were awake.
Unfortunately, thinking of something else, he unlocked the door and pulled on it; forgetting about the security system that was still on. He opened the door, only to be welcomed by a siren. Beep…beep…beep…beep…beeeeeeeeep…
Realizing what he had done, Howie slammed the door shut again, hoping for the sound to stop; it didn't. It was too late; the noises coming from upstairs could already be heard.
Brian and A.J. fumbled down the stairs at the same time. Brian held his hands over his ears and shouted towards Howie.
" D, what did you do?!?" He screeched.
A.J., still half-asleep and half-dressed, raced towards the control panel next to the door. Pushing Howie aside, he punched in the code and the alarms stopped.
"What the hell is going on?!" Kevin joined the other three by the doorway.
" I didn't mean to," Howie said, giving a nervous smile, " I forgot…I'm sorry!"
A.J. now sat in a slump against the door. " We put the security thing on before we went to bed, don't you remember?!…Geeez…" A.J.'s voice sounded annoyed yet joking at the same time. " If you wanted us up you could've just knocked on our doors ya know." He cracked a smile as Howie glared down at him.
" You know I didn't want to wake you guys up. I was going to take a walk; I forgot the code, ok? I'm sorry!"
"Don't stress out, D, it's alright." Brian rubbed his eyes and walked towards the kitchen.
"…Hey…" a voice emerged from upstairs. "…What's going on?" Nick slowly plodded down the stairway, reviling his tousled blond hair and half-closed blue eyes.
"You sure would be good in an emergency." Chuckled A.J. as he got up and walked to the bottom of the stairs. Nick yawned at his comment. It was just too early for him to think of a comeback.
"Dude! It's gorgeous outside! I'm going for a morning swim." A.J. glanced outside and then raced upstairs.
"Wow!" Howie smiled. " I'm proud of you guys. You're all up and it's not even 8 o'clock yet!" He smiled.
Brian could be heard laughing from the kitchen. He sat at the counter leaning on his elbows over his cereal, watching Nick; who was still yawning.
"Oh shut-up Frick." Nick smacked Brian's head playfully as he passed him into the kitchen. "I like to sleep, anyway we're on vacation; I'm allowed." He created his own bowl of cereal and took the seat next to Brian.
"Well, now that we're all up I think swimming is a good idea." Kevin cleared his throat. He glanced at Brian and Nick, both very intent on eating their breakfast; then over to Howie.
" Yeah, I agree…you guys commin'?"
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