Vacation by Petter Prené (best novels for beginners txt) 📕

“Come on, guys!” - Fredrik said as he pulled two cards from the Uno card pit. Alina gave him the eyes she always gives him, we all knew she had a crush on him. Alina was that kind of girl that nobody saw as a “girl” and more like a “friend”. “I wanna go to Comic con” - Said Marcus. Marcus was the fat, a little nerdy guy that would stay at home and play video games instead of go out and do stuff. He always had a simple t-shirt on together with his glasses. “We need to go to a real place, I’m thinking beaches, shots, strippers!” - Said Fredrik. Fredrik was the leader out of us, he always decided if we were going anywhere or which kind of pizza we wanted. But there was something about him.... He never spoke about his parents or what they work with, just like he didn’t know. And then there’s me, Jordan, Living a normal life with friends and family.
-Florida! - Exclaimed Fredrik

-Sounds good to me! - Said Alina

-I don’t know.. - Said Marcus

“Why not? You need to take a break from shooting eleven year olds in Cod PLUS you need to see more girls than your mum” - Said Fredrik

-Fuck you, Fredrik..

-He’s kinda right, Marcus - I said. I mean we need to have some fun sometimes and after all, we’re nineteen now, we can do pretty much everything!

Fredrik took his laptop and started to search for hotels in Florida

-I’ve heard they have this cool Halloween attraction - Fredrik said

-Why would we visit a Halloween attraction in April? - I said

-Well, that’s not all. We still have sun, food and girls! So what do you guys think?

-Fuck it, I’m in! - I said

-Me too - Said Alina

We all put our eyes on Marcus as he was the last one to decide if we should go. “Come on Marcus, you need to get your fat ass outside” - I thought for myself. “Okay then” He finally said.

-Fuck yeah! Let’s book a hotel for four! - Fredrik said

-I can be with Fredrik - Alina said quickly

Of course she wanted, but why? Fredrik was the biggest douche ever. I don’t even know why we kept hanging out with him. We just couldn’t get rid of him. Wherever we went, he followed.

“Then I and Marcus can go in the same room” - I said

-There’s a plane available tomorrow - Fredrik said

-Tomorrow already? Well.. Why not? - I said

 I came home around seven. Toby (My dog) greeted me with his normal welcome, waved his tail and jumped in excitement. He probably wanted some food after a long afternoon alone.

-I’m gonna be away for a few days, Toby

-(Aw, c'mon man, I don’t wanna be alone)

-No worries, I’ll soon be back. My parents will take care of you.

-(Okay, daddy. Now I shall sleep)

Am I insane?

I reached for my laptop and logged onto the Internet. I was curios about the stuff to do in Florida, so I searched on Google: “Tourist attractions in Florida”. I clicked the link saying “Visit Florida”. I was sent to a site looking pretty normal, I saw ads for nightclubs, Hotels and sunny beaches. I also saw that Halloween attraction. I still couldn’t understand why’d they would have that in the middle of April. Suddenly I heard a knock on my door. I went to open. It was Marcus.

-Marcus? Whats up? - I asked

-Fine, but we won’t be - He said

-What are you talking about?

He took a deep breath.

-I just saw on Twitter that three girls who went on vacation to Florida just disappeared

-So? It’s an entire state, Marcus. People get lost everyday

-Yeah, I know. But these girls went to the exact same hotel with the exact same plane as we are!

-Don’t worry, Marcus. They’re probably just hiding to get attention or something

-Yeah, you’re right. I’m just being paranoid

-Yeah.. Don’t forget to pack, we’ll meet at Fredrik’s tomorrow

-Laters - He said and left

Later that night I had a dream. In the dream I was walking closer and closer to this “Halloween attraction”. I approached the main door. There was a sign saying “Your soul here” and pointed towards the door. I slowly touched the door knob and twisted it. As I was just about to ask “hello?” I flew in the building with top speed! “NOOOOOOOO” I screamed as I flew further in. I could see how everything got burning red and in the end of the tunnel I could see a big fire. As I heard the screams of souls being tortured I got closer to the fire. Finally I heard an inhuman dark voice saying: “Thank you for your soul!”

ZAP! I woke up from a thunder probably hitting the ground 50 feet from my house. I was sweating from fear. The phone rang. “Who would call 4 in the morning?” I thought. It was Fredrick.

-What’s up asshole?! - He said

-What do you want?

-I’m just calling to say that I have now booked the hotel rooms!

-Why would you say that in the middle of the night?

-Because I booked on your e-mail address!

“Why” I was about to ask. But I knew the answer. The answer was “Fredrik”, this is something he would do.

-Okay then

-Sleep well, bitch

-Yeah, Fuck you too..

I hung up and went to sleep again.

The next morning, I woke up to the Tv that Toby had turned on for me. He was a smart dog, I knew he could turn on the Tv just to wake me up. I checked my phone and saw that I had an unread email, it was from “Mark’s travel” - The booking company. “Thanks for booking your Vacation with us”. I started my computer to view the email on a bigger screen. “BUZZ” My phone vibrated, it was another email but not from Mark’s travel. It was from the email address “[email protected]”. What is this? - I thought. “Visit Florida’s best Halloween attraction” - The title said. I thought that they really wanted people’s attention.

I met up with Fredrik, Alina and Marcus at Fredrik’s house “Are you guys ready to go?” - Fredrik said. In the car on the way to the airport I told them about the dream I had.

- Seriously, bro, that is fucked up! I told you guys this was a bad idea! - Whined Marcus

- Same old Fatty Mc Nerd Marcus! It was a dream! Nothing more, nothing less. Let Jordan dream, he needs a break from his wet dreams anyways. Besides, this “dream” is just another reason to go visit that Halloween spookzy place. - Said Fredrik

- The only one here who has wet dreams are you, Fredrik - I said

- Yeah! Dreaming about all these girls that I’m gonna bang in the nightclubs of Florida!

- Not as long as I’m here - Said Alina

- Yeah, right..

Why does Alina keep trying? It’s obvious that Fredrik isn’t interested at all. If I just happen to be in a certain death situation with Alina, I would totally tell her.

The plane trip was just plain boring...hehe… Everyone fell asleep before me, as usual. I had nothing to do so I thought I’d do some research on the area around the hotel. I googled the hotel and a few links popped up. The first few links were just advertisements for the hotel and the stuff around it (the Halloween attraction as well). But then I saw a link leading to the local news site, “The three young girls is still to be found”. This must be the girls that Marcus was talking about.  I clicked the link. It was a mainstream news site with ads on the right and a story on the left. I read the story: “On Monday Februarie 2nd, Three girls from the New York area went on a trip to Florida with Mark’s travel. They went at 8:15 AM and the last anyone ever heard of them since was 11:23 PM the same day when One of the girls called his brother.

Police are searching

Police are desperately searching the area but not a single clue has been found about the three girls. We send our prayers to them and thair familly. If you know or have seen anything related to this, please contact us or their family.”

“So they are legit gone?” - I thought for my self.

We arrived at the Hotel and checked in. Fredrik and Alina got the room 69. Marcus and I got the room 314. The hotel were massive for a 4-star one. It had paintings on the wall and free breakfast for everyone. I pushed my card against the door to unlock it. *click* The door was opened. In the room there were two beds a Tv and a Bathroom, nothing special. Marcus sat down in his bed.

-I’m taking this one! - He said

- Whatever you say, Marcus.

- Hey, Jordan. Ehh.. I just wanted to say that you’re a true friend. Not like Fredrik or Alina. You’re actually good.

- Thanks man! - I said. But why are you telling me this?

- Because.. you know.. the girls..

- Come on, man! You’re still thinking of that?

- I’m sorry. I just can’t help it.. What if we are next?

- Don’t be ridiculous! Of course we aren’t! Let’s just have a great time here in Florida!

- I know, man. I.. I’m sorry.

Marcus and I had been friends since pre school. We used to play videogames together on Friday nights. His mum always baked sweet cookies that we ate with a cold glass of milk. But then in Middle school came Fredrik. He