An empty cabin.

Zack opened the door and found no one in the living area. He took a quick look inside each of the bedrooms, and outside on the porch and found no one else. Heading to the kitchen, Zack found a paper plate covered by another paper plate with a piece of paper underneath. Zack recognized Chloe's handwriting, and the thought of her brought back memories of both last night and of his fantasy. Shaking those out of his head, Zack read the note:

Zack,

We're heading out to go hiking. Figured you'd need the sleep, so we just let you sleep in. Victoria made some breakfast. Eat up and join us.

Chloe

Zack set aside the note, and pulled the top plate off and saw some scrambled eggs with chopped up bacon, sausage, bell peppers, and cheese mixed together. Mouth watering from hunger, Zack placed the cold plate of food into the microwave, and allowed it to heat up and went to gather up some supplies in his room for hiking.

He grabbed his hiking backpack out of the wardrobe, which had a few things he figured he might need, a towel, some snacks, an instant fire log, and a few other things. Zack went back to the kitchen and grabbed a few bottles of water out of the fridge, and put them into the pack. By the time he was done, the microwave let him know it was done with his food, and he pulled the hot food out of it.

Instead of sitting at the table, Zack quickly scarfed down the plate of food, enjoying it, but hurrying to make sure he can catch up. Getting a drink of orange juice out of the fridge, he finished up, grabbed his pack, and headed on out the door.

Heading toward the trails, Zack had heard a little bit abut the trails from Heather, The trail split off into three at one point, one path following along side the edge of the lake, one heading deeper into the forest with hills for climbing, and one which headed to a fairly tall rock formation they saw coming on their way here. He wondered if everyone stayed together, or if they split up.

Then his mind wondered to Chloe and Victoria. His mind was conflicted on what to do. Victoria was still beautiful in his eyes, but he couldn't help but think about Chloe. He compared the both of them trying to find the points he liked most of all about them, but they were equal in his mind, neither gaining advantage over the other.

Zack was so lost in his thoughts, he almost hit the sign pointing the directions of the 3 way fork in the path. The near miss jolted Zack out of his thoughts, and replaced it with new ones, “Which way did everyone go?” He looked down each path without a clue as to where to go. He wondered whether he should follow his instincts, or maybe just choose randomly and hope for the best, or maybe he should just use the phone he pocketed and call Gavin to figure it out.