Chapter 7: Mark
The freshmen finish their essays before noon, but Seth and Mark don’t bother getting started until after lunch. Or rather, Seth wants to get started, but Mark spies the sign for the hotel pool on their way back from the dining room and jokes, “We should blow off the rest of the afternoon and go swimming.”
Peter glares at him as they wait for the elevator. “Don’t you think you’ve gotten us into enough trouble already?”
“You finished your essay,” Mark points out. “What are you worried about? You earned a little downtime.”
Jamie nods in agreement. “He’s right, you know. We did earn it. What else is there to do the rest of the day, anyway?”
“Sleep,” Peter mutters.
“Well, I’m going swimming,” Jamie announces. He looks at Thad. “What about you?”
Thad shrugs. “Sure.”
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