Chapter 2:  Success and Failure
"Magnuson!" Kick smiled and waved at the older blonde male. "Where ya been man?" he high-fived him. Gunther looked around Kick to find Kendal, smiling and giggling at the counter. "what's her problem?" he whispered, motioning to her. Kick looked back" I think she had one too many  heavy drinks."  he looped his fingers around in the air near his ear. "ah." Gunther nodded and followed Kick up the grand staircase.
"So Gunther..." he looked back at Kick expectantly. He was unpacking, they were to share rooms. "married? Kids?" "Neither." Kick dropped his case. "really?! I thought あなた would have settled down によって now."  Gunther laughed half-heartedly. "well.." he continued "I hears Kendal's got  three kids, is married to a police officer, and is a newspaper editor." The large blonde cackled "that's crazy! Who would put up with her?!" "apparently    Nobody, because from the looks of things, she's a heavy drinker."  Gunther tossed his empty case under the paisley-sheeted bed. 
 
"Who missed me?!" a  feminine voice called at the base of the mahogany staircase. "Scarlett! こんにちは girl!" Kendal hung over her shoulder, alcohol rolling off her breath. She was dressed in a pair of dark blue cargo pants and a white tank, with a button up black シャツ over it. Her red hair had become darker and much longer. Gunther, accompanied によって Kick, came down the stairs. Gunther straightened his flannel shirt, and moss green shorts. "hey! Didn't think あなた would show." she shrugged and lifted her roll-on case up the first stair. "I had nothing else to occupy myself with."  he smiled and lept over to her side. "let me help ya." "thanks." she happily acquiesced. The front door clicked open, and in waltzed a new girl. Gunther's jaw practically hit the floor.