Q: 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: Joe was bored. Middle 1: Joe refused to go to the mall. Middle 2: Joe went to the mall. Ending: Joe decided to stay there indefinitely.
A:
2