Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you will be shown a short story with a beginning, two potential middles, and an ending. Your job is to choose the middle statement that makes the story coherent / plausible by writing "1" or "2" in the output. If both sentences are plausible, pick the one that makes most sense.

Beginning: I was planning to go to my aunt's house with my friends. Middle 1: My brother wanted to come, but was taking too long. Middle 2: My brother was at work. Ending: We ended up leaving without him.

1