Scene 9 — Cal

“Sorry buddy, I don’t think they have those here,” Cal replied to Lindsey’s question with a smile. “However they do have week-long free vacations for winners.”

“Ugh, twist the knife much?” Cara said with exasperation that was mostly faked, but Cal could tell there was a kernel of annoyance in it.

“Oops sorry, didn’t mean to rub things in, I apologize,” Cal said sheepishly. “Maybe you guys can come visit for part of the week or something?”

“Hmmm interesting idea,” Bailey replied, “we might take you up on that.”

“How long is the drive for you all? I assume it’s a drive not flight, right?” Lindsey asked.

“Yeah, drive, it’s like 4 hours and change,” Bailey explained.

“Alright, we’ll talk it over and circle back with you guys,” Cal said, mulling various possibilities. It seemed great right now, but would they all really want to hang out together months from now? He wasn’t sure, but it wasn’t something they needed to belabor.

“Nice, thanks for being cool about it,” Bailey said. “Sooooo ... I do have to ask, how did you all end up in this state of undress? I saw you made a rope, and I actually used it, but don’t understand why you did that.”

Lindsey sighed, “I missed where I guess we were supposed to grab a rope at the second-to-last obstacle, so Cal was totally stumped when we got to the last one,” she explained. “So he came up with the idea to create a makeshift rope, but there was no way we could get them down after. Sorry for having so little on.”