Bone Lake

- - Oh, my God.

-Oh, my God! -Fuck this!

They leaned against each other in the cold night air.

In that moment, they might as well have been

the last two people on earth.

And they trusted each other

even more than they trusted themselves.

What do you think so far?

I think it's really interesting.

I love that you're writing about people in relatable situations.

I think that that's really good.

Just tell me, what's wrong with it?

It's just feeling a little bit, like...

I don't know, like, gratuitous.

I don't know. What I'm hearing is

I should stick with teaching community college

and forget about being a novelist

because every community college teacher

-wants to be a novelist. -I never said that.

So, I'm just another embarrassing cliché.

I would never say that. I support you unconditionally.

Yeah. I know.

[The Exploited's "Sex & Violence" playing on car stereo]

Oh, my God, I didn't realize

how big this place would be.

Moving across country is so stressful.

I really just wanna relax this weekend.

Do you remember what you said to me

the first night that we slept together?

I said, "I'm so sorry, that's never happened to me before.

It's just because you are so beautiful."

No, I mean before that.

Do you remember what we were talking about?

Uh...

Refresh my memory.

Um, we were talking about cancel culture,

and you said that our generation

is gonna destroy artistic expression

'cause we're too busy being outraged

by anything that doesn't fit within our worldview.

-That was a pretty hot take. -I know.

No wonder you fell for me.

So, why aren't you taking any chances?

- -Huh?

You don't have to play it safe. You can piss people off.

You can hurt their feelings.

Just fuck them if they hate it.

-Okay. -Okay?

-Fuck them. Fuck them. -Fuck them. Fuck them.

- Do you have the code? - Yep. Here it is.

Ta-da.

Oh, my God!

This house is insane.

How are we even affording this?

I know you said we had to cut back,

but we couldn't spend every night of our trip

in shitty hotels. You deserve this.

Okay, but this has to be our last hurrah,

because we're a one-income household. Ooh.

This weekend is our last chance to spend time and reconnect

before I'm off to the races and you start your new job.

Do you ever think a place like this has hidden cameras?

When I was booking it, I specifically checked the box

for "no pervert host."

You're cute.

Oh, my God, I'm gonna go check outside.

Oh, wow, there's a boat.

Oh.

Hello.

I'm declaring this weekend "clothing optional."

I can see that.

-You're naked. -Yep.

-Mm-hm. -Mm-hm.

Right now?

Yeah. We don't have to.

Oh, hey, hey, hey, hey. No.

I have been meaning to schedule a meeting with him as well.

Okay.

Just to discuss...

um...

business.

Okay.

-Yeah. -Yeah.

So, I'm gonna just...

Yeah.

Hello, sir.

It's been so long. I missed you.

Would you like a kiss?

-Okay. -

I have a surprise for you.

What kind of surprise?

I'm gonna come. Are you?

-Yeah. Yeah. -Yeah? Okay.

- -

-Oh, sorry. Sorry. -

Ooh.

Ow.

-Fuck me. -Wow.

-This place is huge. -This is insane.

Hello.

Um...

Oh, fuck.

Are you guys still cleaning?

Shit.

Um... Hi.

Hi.

Are we in the wrong place?

Well, I mean, the QR code worked on the door.

-Check-in was noon. -I'm sorry.

I think there might be some sort of misunderstanding...

-Well, yeah. -...because we've--

We have the... this house for the weekend.

Yeah.

Oh.

Right. Well, uh, I mean, that's not good, is it?

'Cause we also booked this house for the weekend.

Don't be ridiculous.

-Fuck. -Hosts shouldn't be allowed

to list on more than one app. That's how this shit happens.

Yeah. There's not another hotel for 50 miles.

- What do you wanna do? - I love this place.

I left a message for the host.

Hopefully, he'll call back soon.

Fuck.

Yeah. Uh...

I mean, rock, paper, scissors to decide who stays?

Yeah.

Oh.

Okay, yeah, let's do it.

Two out of three?

Sure, yeah.

Okay.

Okay.

Can we find a slightly more mature solution?

-Sure, yeah. -Look.

We both have codes to the front door.

-Mm-hm. -We both have reservations.

We'll obviously get a refund for this fuckup.

There are plenty of bedrooms here.

What, you're suggesting we share this place with total strangers?

I mean, we can drive to a hotel, but it won't be this beautiful.

And we'll still be around strangers.

Yeah, that's a reasonable point.

First step to not being strangers.

-This is Will. I'm Cin. -Hi.

-"Sin"? -With a C.

Not short for "Cindy."

Short for "Cinnamon."

Um, I'm... I'm Sage,

-and this is Diego. - Hi.

Look, I'm pretty good at reading people,

and I get the gist that you guys are not the most spontaneous.

Um...

Guys, this is so awkward, I get it,

but the alternatives are not great.

We have food. We have a shit-ton of alcohol.

-You're an amazing chef. -Yes, I am.

He'll cook you a lunch you won't forget. And we can just agree

that if, at any point, any of us feel uncomfortable or weird,

you guys can do your little rock, paper, scissors game.

Winner stays, loser goes.

When Will saw this house on the app,

he thought "Bone Lake" was a euphemism.

- Oh, great. - I thought it was called

Bone Lake because it's a secluded place where people--

- Don't say it. -Yeah, I thought that.

-Great minds. -Male minds.

But it turns out, in the 1950s

there was this wealthy family

that bought up all the land in the area.

When they discovered the lake,

they found dozens of human skeletons

all over the beach.

One theory is

there was a serial killer

who would dispose his bodies in the lake.

And after a storm, they all washed ashore.

So, what brings you here?

Oh, you know, just looking to spice things up.