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: John didn't feel like going into work. Middle 1: John got a fever while he was at work. Middle 2: John got a raise while he was at work. Ending: He pretended to be sick not realizing he actually was.
1