Chapter1:

Bianca walked into the reception of the bed and breakfast in Southend. Looking around as she did so, she was about to ask the young receptionist if she could see what room her brother, Billie, was in when she heard shouting, laughing and music coming from a room down the corridor. Bingo.

She walked down the hall padding down the worn, once red carpet, and stopped outside the room with a gold, rusting number 6 on the door. She braced herself to shout at her little brother, who's birthday it was today, for not coming home from the army for his birthday, she was doing it more for her mum than anything else. Billie is his mums life.

She knocked on the door with her pale knuckles. Hearing the words "shhhh" and "get up man" from inside as she did so. The door eventually opened. There was Billie standing with a black vest and track suit bottoms on and holding a beer.

"Bianca?" he was shocked, the last person he thought would turn up was his big sister.

"Happy Birthday Bill" she replied in her cockney accent, with that she pushed him.

"Wha-"

"You inconsiderate selfish brat. What do you think you're playing at?" she screamed as she pushed past him into the hotel room. There was beer cans and vodka bottles dotted around the room and loads of young lads sprawled on the sofa and joking about. The room went silent as the ballsy redhead charged in, screaming at her brother.

"Bi, I tried to call mum but, wait how did you find me?" billie asked

"Matesgate! It's not a good idea to put where you're gonna be if you don't wanna come 'ome"

"But, I mean, I-I..."

"Your gonna get dressed, get your stuff and you're coming home"

Billie stood in silence.

"Well hurry up then, I ain't got all day! GO!"