"Sorry, but I gotta go. Looks like there is a storm coming and I don't want to have my laptop plugged in if there is gonna any lightning."

While the part of the storm was true Nate didn't mention that his laptop was already fully charged and that he just wasn't in the mood to talk to his parents. To be honest he was curious about the note on his bed telling him to go to ballroom. He also wanted to check out the beach both the beach, both to swim and look at girls in swimsuits, not that that was really gonna be an option right now but maybe there was an indoor pool he could go to later.

It took him a bit to find his way but eventually Nate arrived at the ballroom and wasn't surprised to see that plenty of others had beaten him there. As he looked for a table with an empty seat he noticed two redheaded boys talking to each other and wondered if they were related. He didn't want to bother them so he kept looking.