Kahli eyed their nightly stop with very little enthusiasm. It was a long,
grey, rectangular, boring building. Did she have to mention that mud grey
was her least favourite colour? At least there was a little unit of some
sort that wasn't mud grey. In face, it was cream and light green, like the
units at the Big 4 caravan park. She supposed some of the teachers or
parent reps would be staying there.
"Alright. Four to a room." One particularly annoying teacher shouted through the buss microphone. "Room 1 - you can exit the bus when I call your name - Lisa, Alyce, Jenna, and Michelle."
Kahli's two best friends, and Jenna - a girl she could get along with some of the time - and Michelle - a younger girl who didn't stop annoying her - exited the bus. Kahli sighed, for the fourth night in a row she would have to sleep in the same room as some certain annoying people.
"Room two: Nikki, Kahli, Sasha and Kate. Off you go girls."
Kahli groaned, and lugged her backpack off of the luggage rack. Not Kate! And Sasha wasn't that much better. At least they usually left her alone, preferring to annoy her younger sister, Nikki. Poor Nikki.
Nikki kicked at the hard grey mud of the car park. "This isn't fair. How come we get to stay with the leaders of the bitch patrol, instead of our friends?"
"Life's not fair." Kahli reminded her younger sister, "But you have to take it face-first."
"Sure you do." Nikki tossed a sleeping bag up into the air, catching it and tossing it again, to Kahli. Then she grabbed her bag from underneath the bus, and began walking off to the accommodation dorm.
Kahli grabbed her small bag, and at once wished she had packed more. She could have brought her new black pants and the butterfly top she'd been admiring forever in the shops, but she had thought jeans and tee-shirts more appropriate.
Damn it girl, even Nikki packed some nicer clothes! She scolded herself, trying to figure out what she could do to fit in. Stuff fitting in! At least I'll be comfortable.
She juggled the backpack full of books, sketch-books, note-books, and pens into a more comfortable position, took up her bag, and trudged into the dorm block to find room number two. * * * Kahli wandered in from the showers looking refreshed and fluffy. Her hair, recently cut back to ear-lobe length, stuck up in a deep brown halo, still damp to touch. She was wearing the nicest clothes she'd packed, dark blue jeans and a grey chenille jumper.
Again hit with remorse at her drab clothes, Kahli noticed what everyone else was wearing. Lisa had on her black and red outfit, Jenna was blue sparkles. there was so much colour, everyone so dressed up.
"Argh! Attack of the scruffy!" Nikki threw her a hairbrush as she came in the room. "Your hair is going feral."
"Thanks." At least Nikki was dressed sensibly, in blue jeans and an aqua v- neck jumper. Kahli straightened her hair until it fell sensibly smooth and shiny. Kate was at the other mirror, applying traces of mascara to her already dark eyelashes.
"You look nice Kate." Kahli told her. Well I have to spend the entire trip rooming with her, she told herself, I might as well be nice.
"Thanks." Kate said, straightening her skirt.
"I think people are taking this "nicely dressed for dinner" a little too far, don't you?" Nikki whispered.
"Just a bit." Kahli answered, trying to get the double knots out of her sneaker laces. "Done!" she popped her sneakers on and immediately tied them up with a double knot. "Bugger!" she muttered, "Why do I always do that?"
**Briiiinng..Bringg..Brriiiiiiiinnnggg.**
"Oh bugger! What happened to the good old PA system?" Nikki moaned, "Come on, tea must be ready."
They hooked up with Lisa and Alyce and Tom for tea, and Kahli was thankful they didn't have to sit in their dorm groups.
"What's up?" Lisa asked, trying to ignore Tom. Kahli spotted what he had done to his mop of hair, and laughed. He had gelled it back in an imitation of Tom Felton in the Harry Potter movies.
"Nice hair, Tom." She told him, and sat down next to Lisa, "Nothing much. I hate the Dorm Arrangements!"
"Same!" Lisa said sympathetically, "Imagine sharing a room with Jenna for the whole way!"
"Hey!" Jenna shouted, even though she was so far away, "I heard that." She laughed, waving her fork in the air, "I'm an evil minded being, aren't I?"
"Got that right!" Kahli muttered evilly. Lisa muttered something about sticking Jenna's fork somewhere painful.
Eventually they got their food. Barbequed sausages and chops, chips and salad.
You are on a diet! Kahli reminded herself sternly, picking out an unappetizing salad. On a diet.on a diet. The words reverberated around her head, reminding her not to get desert.
"Your seat number for tomorrow is under your plate." A teacher announced.
"Bugger!" Lisa muttered, "Hope I get to sit next to someone I can stand."
"We got our own seats on the way here, why should it change?" Kahli reminded her, "But if it changes, I hope I don't sit next to someone too annoying. If they get too bad, I can always employ the silent motive, and read."
Lisa giggled.
"Alright. Four to a room." One particularly annoying teacher shouted through the buss microphone. "Room 1 - you can exit the bus when I call your name - Lisa, Alyce, Jenna, and Michelle."
Kahli's two best friends, and Jenna - a girl she could get along with some of the time - and Michelle - a younger girl who didn't stop annoying her - exited the bus. Kahli sighed, for the fourth night in a row she would have to sleep in the same room as some certain annoying people.
"Room two: Nikki, Kahli, Sasha and Kate. Off you go girls."
Kahli groaned, and lugged her backpack off of the luggage rack. Not Kate! And Sasha wasn't that much better. At least they usually left her alone, preferring to annoy her younger sister, Nikki. Poor Nikki.
Nikki kicked at the hard grey mud of the car park. "This isn't fair. How come we get to stay with the leaders of the bitch patrol, instead of our friends?"
"Life's not fair." Kahli reminded her younger sister, "But you have to take it face-first."
"Sure you do." Nikki tossed a sleeping bag up into the air, catching it and tossing it again, to Kahli. Then she grabbed her bag from underneath the bus, and began walking off to the accommodation dorm.
Kahli grabbed her small bag, and at once wished she had packed more. She could have brought her new black pants and the butterfly top she'd been admiring forever in the shops, but she had thought jeans and tee-shirts more appropriate.
Damn it girl, even Nikki packed some nicer clothes! She scolded herself, trying to figure out what she could do to fit in. Stuff fitting in! At least I'll be comfortable.
She juggled the backpack full of books, sketch-books, note-books, and pens into a more comfortable position, took up her bag, and trudged into the dorm block to find room number two. * * * Kahli wandered in from the showers looking refreshed and fluffy. Her hair, recently cut back to ear-lobe length, stuck up in a deep brown halo, still damp to touch. She was wearing the nicest clothes she'd packed, dark blue jeans and a grey chenille jumper.
Again hit with remorse at her drab clothes, Kahli noticed what everyone else was wearing. Lisa had on her black and red outfit, Jenna was blue sparkles. there was so much colour, everyone so dressed up.
"Argh! Attack of the scruffy!" Nikki threw her a hairbrush as she came in the room. "Your hair is going feral."
"Thanks." At least Nikki was dressed sensibly, in blue jeans and an aqua v- neck jumper. Kahli straightened her hair until it fell sensibly smooth and shiny. Kate was at the other mirror, applying traces of mascara to her already dark eyelashes.
"You look nice Kate." Kahli told her. Well I have to spend the entire trip rooming with her, she told herself, I might as well be nice.
"Thanks." Kate said, straightening her skirt.
"I think people are taking this "nicely dressed for dinner" a little too far, don't you?" Nikki whispered.
"Just a bit." Kahli answered, trying to get the double knots out of her sneaker laces. "Done!" she popped her sneakers on and immediately tied them up with a double knot. "Bugger!" she muttered, "Why do I always do that?"
**Briiiinng..Bringg..Brriiiiiiiinnnggg.**
"Oh bugger! What happened to the good old PA system?" Nikki moaned, "Come on, tea must be ready."
They hooked up with Lisa and Alyce and Tom for tea, and Kahli was thankful they didn't have to sit in their dorm groups.
"What's up?" Lisa asked, trying to ignore Tom. Kahli spotted what he had done to his mop of hair, and laughed. He had gelled it back in an imitation of Tom Felton in the Harry Potter movies.
"Nice hair, Tom." She told him, and sat down next to Lisa, "Nothing much. I hate the Dorm Arrangements!"
"Same!" Lisa said sympathetically, "Imagine sharing a room with Jenna for the whole way!"
"Hey!" Jenna shouted, even though she was so far away, "I heard that." She laughed, waving her fork in the air, "I'm an evil minded being, aren't I?"
"Got that right!" Kahli muttered evilly. Lisa muttered something about sticking Jenna's fork somewhere painful.
Eventually they got their food. Barbequed sausages and chops, chips and salad.
You are on a diet! Kahli reminded herself sternly, picking out an unappetizing salad. On a diet.on a diet. The words reverberated around her head, reminding her not to get desert.
"Your seat number for tomorrow is under your plate." A teacher announced.
"Bugger!" Lisa muttered, "Hope I get to sit next to someone I can stand."
"We got our own seats on the way here, why should it change?" Kahli reminded her, "But if it changes, I hope I don't sit next to someone too annoying. If they get too bad, I can always employ the silent motive, and read."
Lisa giggled.