CHAPTER 0NE-the gang are back to the elevator
It was a sweltering 30 degrees at St. Hopes, mid-july and in the last week of year nine. Keri, Dan, Tom and Aneisha were sitting in English class with Mr Flatley. "Psst. Look in your pocket!" muttered Keri to Tom who was sitting next to her. "What is itKeri?!" muttered Tom who was strongly engrossed in his maths equation. "Well there is no need to be rude" said Keri who was hand signalling to Dan from across the classroom, "it's just that our pencils are flashing, but if you'd rather sit here and do maths then…" "NO" Tom yelped, "Wait for meeeee!" Keri swore she had never seen anybody move so quickly. Slipping out of class was no trouble as Mr Flatley was happily shuffling around the board drawing diagrams of Morris dancers, well I guess he'd never learn, and they met up with Dan and Aneisha who were already waiting outside by their lockers. Keri pulled on her locker door, releasing a flurry of sequins and school books, pinned to the side of her locker were pictures of the gang- Keri holding onto Aneisha as she attempted to try on red stilettos in a posh looking shoe shop( if you looked hard enough you could see Dan looking amused, sitting in the chairs with tom, as they held what looked like a dozen shopping bags filled with makeup, shoes and clothes) next to that there was a small four image picture-like the types you take in photo booths, Keri was shoved between Aneisha and tom as she pulled stupid faces, there were six selfies of Keri and tom in HQ and what looked like a photo of the gang sitting in the London eye ( Keri remembered that day, there was barely any space in the cramped little pod and she ended up sitting on top of Dan, with Aneisha on top of her and tom who had eventually dived on top.) Keri delved deep into the masses of sequins and pulled out her spypod. "Try to hurry up next time, yeah?" sighed Dan, but he was smiling which was always a good sign. Dan suddenly lurched forward as he caught tom, who had dived on top of his back in an attempt to receive a piggy back style lift to the elevator, Dan smiled and caught Keri's bag as she flung it at him, linking up with Aneisha's arm and looping an arm around Dan's head as they walked side by side to the elevator.