<div style="text-align: justify;">Mandy's Apartment<br/><br/>A few days before everyone gets to travel home for their holiday break - around 7:30 p.m.<br/><br/>As it had become tradition since that small group of friends had gotten together, Amanda Parker, more commonly called Mandy by her friends and family, was hosting everyone for dinner. Mandy had come from a comfortable home, and her parents had wanted to make sure she had a good life while away from home, so they had helped her find and rent an apartment to live in while she was going through college, so she would have her own space.<br/><br/>Amanda knew she had it good, and was extremely grateful for everything she had. She had great parents, a brother she adored, great friends and a boyfriend she planned on marrying some day. She was also going to college for a career she really wanted, and doing some side jobs for experience. Life really couldn't get much better right now.<br/><br/>That was why Mandy always felt the need to gather her friends at her place. Sometimes it was to celebrate a birthday or something, and sometimes, like today, it was simply for them all to have dinner, watch a movie and chill before parting ways to go home for the holidays. She also knew Joel was facing a rough time with his grandfather being sick, and wanted to help him spend time around friends and just relax, or talk to someone if he felt like it.<br/><br/>As of now, Mandy was still alone in her apartment. The girl was in the kitchen, preparing everything for a lasagna, as she had been wanting to make one for everyone for a while, after testing the recipe a few times. Wine was cooling in the fridge, and Mandy hoped they would have a pleasant evening to help everyone relax.<br/><br/>As soon as the lasagna was in the oven, Amanda set her kitchen timer and went into the living room, picking up her phone and setting it to text everyone she had invited over for dinner.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">'Hey, bitches. Dinner will be ready soon. Hope you're all hungry'.</span> <br/><br/>After reading over her text, Amanda sent it and went to the kitchen for a glass of wine. She filled one up and went back to the living room, drinking and checking Facebook on her phone to pass the time up until someone showed up.</div>