[i]FATALITY![/i] yelled the TV as Johnny Cage met his grisly, gory end at the hands of Reptile. Ben groaned as his friend Sam Leung had a good laugh. "You know, you are not getting better at this game." joked Sam. Ben playfully elbowed him in the rib cage. 

"Maybe I should stick with writing." said Ben, but mentally kicked himself. He was trying hard not to think about his book, or writing, or the English language in general. "Still having trouble with the book?" Sam asked as they went back to the character select screen and ready another match. Ben picked Cage again. "Yeah, and now that school is over, my parents are telling me I need to start looking for a job." Sam shook his head and spoke in mock woe. "Oh no, joining society. Working 9 to 5 and making a paycheck, How awful." 

The match started and the two friends beat the hell out of each other, but Ben interjected. "It's not that. I just know that if I can't find a way to make some money on this book, I'll never find time to write again." Ben sounded defeated, but Sam tried to be optimistic. "At least you still have time to come over to my house and play video games." Ben almost spoke again but his phone [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv5qzMtLE60]rang[/url]. Ben checked it and read over it quickly. "Hey Sam, remember Harper? From drama class?"

Sam paused the game and tried to remember. "Harper... Knock out babe? Sweet disposition? Major acting career ahead of her?" Ben nodded. "Yeah that sounds about right. She just sent me a mass text. She's inviting a bunch of people over to her summer house for the month." Sam thematically dropped the controller. "Dude! You have to go!" "I can't!" Ben said. "My parents would never let me go, and what about that concert you wanted to go to next month?" 

Sam shook his head. "I'll go without you. Trust me, you need to do this." Ben sighed, but relented. "I'll talk to my folks about it." he said as he picked up the controller.

After having a talk (more like a debate) with his parents, Ben managed to get their consent to go on this trip, under the condition that he find a job as soon as the trip was over. He texted Harper and told her that he was definitely in.