“Is there a toilet?” Dana asked suddenly.

An awkward silence fell as everyone realized at once that there was no room in the cabin for the toilet that obviously wasn’t there.

“Oh, hell no,” Bette said. “No. No, no, no.”

“I brought toilet paper,” Dana said helpfully. “Just had a feeling we might need some.”

“Good thinking,” Tina said with an eye-roll. “Here I was trusting that this place was going to have every comfort of home. After all, that’s what Alice sold us on.”

“Now wait a minute-” Alice began.

“Oh please,” Shane interrupted. “Didn’t we all see this coming in the back of our minds? I was surprised when we rolled up to see it had four walls. I had planned on sleeping in the car.”

“It’s a long way back to LA. We might as well stay here for the night. We can take turns on spider watch,” Dana said.

“I’ve got a little green to get us through the night,” Shane offered.

“We can build a fire in the fireplace. It’ll be fun,” Alice said.

“Do any of you know how to build a fire?” Bette asked.

“Well, no, but Shane most definitely has a lighter. How hard can it be?” Alice reasoned. “Anyway, I feel really bad that this place wasn’t what we thought it was going to be. I mean, I had no idea it was going to be so…”

“Gross?” Tina suggested.

“Buggy?” Dana volunteered, slapping a phantom insect from her arm and stamping at something on the floor.

“Unsuitable?” Bette looked skeptically around the room.

“Rad?” Shane winked at Alice.

“Let’s just try to make the best of it. If we leave now, we’ll have spent all day and all night driving.”

Tina sighed. “Let’s bring in the bags, then.”

                                                                                                         *****

After the girls had settled in as much as they could, a strange thing happened. Somehow, dealing with all the less than ideal conditions of the cabin bonded them together and they ended up enjoying themselves. Alice was the most surprised of all to see it working out so well. She felt really guilty for bringing her friends here under false pretenses, as unintentional as it may have been. This place was a far cry from their usual lives, but they still managed to make the most of it over the weekend.