"Hurry up, hurry up students! Find your coach, no Mikhail your on Coach D!" bellowed Mr Hancock, the old biology teacher.

The old teacher's voice could hardly be heard over the chaos and disorder in the school parking lot as the students bustled onto their coaches. The hot July summer which was rare in England blazed down on the hot asphalt of the car park. The students for the last Coach D, waited to be called, some in small groups and others sitting or standing alone.

Sitting on a bench on the far side of the car park sat Ciara Sugrue (female contestant 15) and Courtney Wallis (female contestant 18).

"I can't believe we have to go on this stupid trip, I hate Biology! Why do they make it compulsory?" Courtney cried, shaking her mane of blonde hair. "It's just so pointless"

"So that you actually might learn something, Court', seriously it's a day out of this hellhole" giggled Ciara, staring at her friend who at that point in time was looking for split ends in her perfect hair. Staring through the masses, Ciara searched for her boyfriend who was currently untraceable in the crowd of people. "Seriously where is he? I thought he would come to find us.

"Come to find you more like, I'm gonna feel like such a third wheel with the two of you and you know my history with Nathan" Courtney pleaded, turning her head to face Ciara. "Seriously if you leave me with him, I'll kill you!"

Ciara stared at her friend who had turned her attention back to her split ends, she thought to herself how funny it was that two people so different could be such good friends. Courtney with her long blonde hair and fake tan had dated many of the 'hot' guys in the school. Whereas Ciara could not be more different, her auburn hair cut to shoulder-length and her pale cream skin contrasted sharply to Courtney and she had a steady boyfriend in Taylor who she had been with for over two years. Yet she and Courtney had been friends since they were six and nothing could split them apart.

To the left of the two girls stood a gang of five people smoking at the bike sheds. Ciara glanced over and recognised school bad boy Connor Adams (Male Contestant 1) kissing a girl she recognised as Caragh O'Reilly (Female Contestant 9), the two of them had been together for as long as her and Taylor, yet that was where the similarities ended between the two. Connor was known as the bad boy of the school, bunking lessons and bullying the outsiders of the year were his forte and his cousin Brittney Adams was the most popular girl in the school and Queen Bee. It was hard to imagine the two being related. But Connor was nothing compared to his girlfriend, her jet black hair hung limp at her shoulder yet she was still seen as beautiful to many of the boys in the year. Caragh and Ciara had always had a strong dislike for each other not helped by the rumour that Caragh had started that Ciara and Courtney was lesbians.

At that moment Connor and Caragh pulled apart and Connor grabbed a cigarette off of one of the two other boys in the group. The blonde boy with a pierced left ear was called Jasper O'Brien (Male Contestant 12) sat in front of Ciara in her English class and was very much the joker of the class. She used to be surprised that he was friends with the others but seeing as they were the only other smokers in the year, she guessed he just fell in with the wrong group. The third guy in the group was Sketch Moore (Male Contestant 11), who's long shaggy dark hair hung past his shoulders. Ciara always thought he had a dazed look on his face but seeing as he was always bunking to go off taking drugs wasn't surprised. The final member of the gang was little Collette Rice (Female Contestant 11), who Ciara thought was the split image of a young Avril Lavigne. She looked about 12 even though they were all 17 maybe that was the reason why she got off with all the crimes, seeing as she was a known pyromaniac. Even now as she sat on the floor, she set light to an empty sweet wrapper watching the glowing flames consume it.

"Oi, look it's your lover boy" Courtney said nudging Ciara in the ribs. "Come on lets go, that greasy bitch Caragh keeps staring at us" Grabbing Ciara's hand she pulled her off the bench and dragged her towards the two boys standing across the car park talking to Mr Hancock but not before sticking her finger up at Caragh who was pointing and laughing to Connor about the two of them.

Swinging her bag onto her left shoulder, she followed Courtney passed the remaining students left in the car park. She thought to herself that it must be time for them to board their coach soon. As the two girls walked across the car park, they recognised many familiar faces from their year. Georgia Cadden (Female Contestant 4), star player of the school netball team and one half of the Cadden twins, was chatting away about the next netball game to her best friend Laila Ferrera (Female Contestant 7), who was currently training for the next Olympics in swimming.

To the right of them a group of jocks were kicking about a football against the complaints of Mr Hancock who was pleading with them to stop and get ready to leave. Jake Prescott (Male Contestant 13) ran past Ciara with the ball and pushed over Owen Jennings (Male Contestant 8) who dropped his book 'Biology Matters' and his glasses on the floor. A group of girls sitting on the grass on the edge of the car park, giggled at Owen's misfortune. These girls were the 'popular' cliché of the year and dead in the middle sat the Queen Bee herself Brittney Adams (Female Contestant 1) with her golden hair resting on her shoulder and her perfect boyfriend Jake, she was the most envied and worshipped girl at St Margaret's. Surrounding her sat her group of loyal followers Grace Cadden, Rachel O'Neill and Jade Stowe, each as beautiful as the other but yet still outshone by their hero Brittney.

"Hey baby, were have you been" Taylor whispered grabbing hold of Ciara and planting a kiss on her lips whilst Courtney made gagging noises in the background. Taylor Smith (Male Contestant 15) was tall, with short blonde hair and glasses. He might not be Brittney Adams idea of a perfect man but to her he was Mr Right. Behind him stood his best friend Nathan Davies, a tall dark and handsome boy who was quite quiet. Courtney went out with him for about a month before she dumped him and moved onto Jasper O'Brien.

"I'm so happy we finally found you babes, you left me here with this borin blonde-"

"Bitch! You're lucky to have me here" Courtney shouted, flicking her hair behind her shoulders and folding her arms.

"Oh shut up, you alright Nathan" Ciara giggled, turning to the sullen boy at the back

"Yh I'm good, thanks"

It was quite sad really, Taylor had told Ciara all about Nathan's past. About his dad leaving and his mum dying when he was 10, she never really thought about what her life would be like without her family, even though how dysfunctional they are, she still loved them to pieces and the poor guy had no one but his older sister. Looking at him now, the cool handsome guy he looked seemed almost lost in the world of petty teenage problems and watching Courtney avoid Nathan's gaze and completely blank him made Ciara dislike the way Courtney acted.

"Were now boarding Coach D, which means the rest of you left all need to get on" Screeched Mr Hancock making hand gestures at the students to get on the Coach. "Yes, Ms O'Reilly that does mean you and bring along your posse with you and for god's sake put out that filthy cigarette, it'll kill you"

"There are a lot worse things that can kill you, Hancock" Caragh stated

"You have no idea missy, now everyone get on"

Taylor and Ciara waited for Connor and his group to pass before grabbing Ciara's hand and striding over to the Coach. Looking over her shoulder, she saw Courtney and Nathan walking next to each other not uttering a word. Sighing to herself, she snuggled upto Nathan and watched the footballers push their way onto the Coach, followed by Brittney and her girls. Ciara noticed the two girls in her History class were standing behind them, Sheila Fox (Female Contestant 6) and Sammana Ladha (Female Contestant 8), muttering about the stupidity of the opposite sex. Giggling to herself, she looked up at Taylor who was staring at Mr Hancock

Ciara frowned "What's wrong babe? You look funny"

Taylor Grinned "Nothing babes, its just Hancock's acting strange today and don't you think its weird how they've designated us seats for certain coach's I mean they've never done that before"

"Maybe they just want a bit of order, you know how chaotic our year is, give 'em half a chance and they'd kill each other" Ciara spoke, reassuring Taylor. He made a good point though, they had never done it before and Mr Hancock was usually the calmest teacher in the school

"Or maybe, their going to whisk us all off and kill us all" Courtney butted in, laughing out loud in the cruel way she did, sometimes Ciara wondered how she wasn't part of Brittney's group.

Ciara made a face at Courtney "Shut up Court" and then jumped up onto the Coach followed by Taylor. Leaving Nathan and Courtney to go in after them.

The bus was buzzing with the sounds of shouts and jeers from the back of the Coach and the calmer or outsiders of the school sat at the front. Climbing into an empty seat halfway down the bus she slid in next to the window and Taylor sat next to her. In front Courtney sat down in the seat in front of her but not before giving Ciara a dirty look that meant "bitch, you left me with Nathan". Smiling to herself Ciara watched as Nathan sat down next to Courtney and she edged slightly further away from him.

The last two people to get on the Coach was Alicia Partridge (Female Contestant 10), school slut, and Shona Varsani (Female Contestant 19). Alicia winked at Taylor and then sat down with Shona. Shrugging innocently at Ciara, Taylor leant forward and started chatting to Nathan about Spencer's party last Saturday.

Staring out the window, Ciara noticed Mr Hancock talking to a tall man in a dark suit. Shifting nervously Mr Hancock, looked in sheer fright of this man who towered over him. At that moment the doors of the Coach slammed shut and the majority of the back seats cheered. The driver in his sealed off box started the engine but didn't move the bus.

Taylor sat back and grabbed hold of Ciara's hand.

Ciara looked around "Somethings not right Taylor, it doesn't feel right"

"What do you mean, what's wrong" worried Taylor looking round too.

Ciara looked over Taylor's shoulder's and saw Sammana's head sway and then fall to the side, fast asleep. Here eye's starting to feel heavy; she finally smelt the horrible stench from the air conditioning system. Grabbing Courtney in front, both of them were already asleep.

"Connor, Connor wake up, what's wrong with you" Ciara head Caragh call from somewhere near the back.

The few remaining students still awake were screaming at the driver who sat laughing in his sealed off seat. Next to her, Taylor fell off his seat, unconscious. Dropping back onto her seat, Ciara reached out to Taylor but she was too tired to raise her arm. Sobbing her eyes closed and her head dropped onto the seat.

40 Students were about the face their worst nightmares……

Let the Games commende…