"Waterside. The town that has a bench, that is like any beach in the world, but some say that this beach is uncommon because it has the feel of a small town; yet, it really is a large town with the population of 56,456. During summer and the holidays, numbers usually reach around 79,000-100,000 during a summer afternoon and most of the people stay due to hotels and apartments near the beach, and the nice people of Waterside. The fact that the 4th of July is here and the population has broken the old record, there are 120,000 people in Waterside this 4th of July, and it means that this weekend is going to the busiest weekend at Waterside. Some people say, that more people are coming over to Waterside because, of the fact that popular beaches have been full of years and overcrowded.

The mayor of Waterside, Mr. Sailer, announced that the town is going to hold a big firework show at the bench and allow people to ride the Big Dip, the famous wooden roller coaster that is on the boardwalk, for free during the weekend. Also the downtown area, is hosting their biggest block party this 4th of July, it would have the following things: An area for children, families, and adults, rooftop parties, sales at stores, free burgers and drinks during the 4th of July, and an all night party for everyone. The Morley Theater is holding free screenings to watch classic American movies during the 4th of July. While at David Rankins Community College, students are going to party during the weekend, which means beers, hookers, and a lot of sex is going to be happening behind their dorms. But, the police are high alert as DUIs and assaults are most likely to happen during the holiday weekend. The Chief of the Waterside Police says that everyone should have a happy and safe weekend while on the roads."

Thomas Smith grabbed the remote to his TV and turned it off as the lady was going to say the 'back to you' line. He was dressed in his normal outfit, which was a T-shirt with the logo of the Steelers on it, blue jeans with black vans shoes and black socks to match the color of the shoes. He grabbed his black iPhone 5 and then when to the calls and tapped the caller ID, which was called Friend, and tried to call him. It went straight to voicemail and he signed as Thomas knew that he was either at his house and forgot to unmute his phone or doing something and forgot to unmute his phone. Then he said to his friend, "Hey, it's Tom. Do you want to get drinks at the bench while watching the fireworks then we'll figure out a plan there? If so, I'll meet you at the local bar, you know what bar I'm talking about. Okay? Goodbye for now.".

He tapped the end button on his phone and put it inside his pocket and grabbed his keys to the house and walked out as he shut the door and locked it to make such that no kids break into his house like last year. He put his hands near his pocket and walked towards the bar, it was located a block away, and it was his favorite bar; due to the fact, that he had his first drink there and the fact that one of the bartenders would give him free drinks on the house. He turned his head towards the bench and saw people on the bench either sitting on their chairs and towels or out at the water, swimming or surfing. He heard music coming from the bar and as he got closer and the music got clearer and it was the sounds of Elvis and his greatest hits.

The song playing was "Jailhouse Rock" as he got to the door and saw the sign: The Lost Paradise, it was a Hawaiian themed bar and people almost took all of the bar seats but there were only two stools left by the counter and near a bartender. He signed as he walked towards the seat and realize that the bartender wasn't here today, he must have taken the day off or something. He sat on the stool and whistled at a bartender and he said, "What do you want sir?" and Thomas said, "Give me two Bud Light in the glasses, one for me and one of my friends.". The bartender grabbed the two Bud Light's bottles and put it in front of Thomas and he was shocked that he gave them the bottles not put the liquor in one of the bar glasses. Thomas then asked the bartender a similar question, "Why did you serve me with the bottles not in the glasses?".

The bartender said, "The reason that I did that was because, we ran out of the glasses to give to everyone and the owner told us to just give them the bottle. He went out to get more, but until he comes back you're stuck with the bottles.". He walked away from Thomas to give another customer another bottle of beer and Thomas took some peanuts for the bowl, which was left on top on the counter for people to eat on. He started to eat them, waiting for his friend to come, he already ate four peanuts in five seconds and he was going to eat all of the peanuts in the bowl until he was full..