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I would live to thank sassyvampama for the edited changes...

Don't worry it's still the same!! But the changes made it so much better for those who couldn't understand it....

I also realised that some may not know who the Blues and Maroons were...they are the footy teams for NRL (National Rugby League). Blues represent New South Wales and Maroons represent Queensland. Fair Dinkum means "Far out"...I think...I keep hearing my grandfather say it so... and Cold Chisel is a band that was famous in the 80's and still is to some fans, like me!

Chapter Two

The drive from Townsville to Cairns was only 281ks (175 miles), and usually only took about four hours. However, Amelia and Sookie seemed to think that we needed to stop at every town we passed through on this trip. We stopped in Tully for a bit to look at the giant gumboot, then again at a small place called Harvey's, just outside of Innisfail. All in all, it took us nearly the whole day to finally arrive in Cairns in time for a late lunch. We still had about 58ks (about 36 miles) before we made it to Port Douglas, but I didn't mind, as it gave me some time to think about my newly discovered feelings towards Sookie.

We arrived in Cairns just after 4:00 pm, and all of us were tired of being in the car for so long. We decided to stop at a park and walk down the strand. We stopped at a Fish and Chip shop and ordered some Tucker. I was starving and wanted a change from all the lollies we had on the way to Cairns. After grabbing some lunch to go, we made our way to the beach and sat on a bench to eat our food. After we had finished eating, the girls announced that they were going to go and look at the markets. This allowed me to talk to Sam.

"Hey, I need your advice." I started.

"Yeah sure...what's up?" he asked.

"I'm falling for her." I told him. Sam's jaw dropped, the look on his face was pure shock.

"You're falling for my Mia?" he asked, getting angry. I quickly shook my head, trying to reassure him.

"No you arse, Sookie...I think I am finally realizing what I have always felt for her." I said.

"Wow...really? That's great, mate!!" he asked.

I just nodded my head yes.

"That's really good to hear...it's about time, mate..." he said.

I looked at him, puzzled.

"Well, I know that she loves you, so...go for it!" he encouraged.

"How should I go about it? And how do you know that?" I asked.

"Just...uh...tell her how you feel and see where it takes you and Mia told me..." he said.

I nodded again and stared at the water; thinking about how I could reveal my feelings to her.

"Hey guys, what are you up too?" came the voice of Mia. I turned around and notice that Sookie was not with her.

"Where's Sookie?" I asked, a little worried.

"Oh, she's coming... She just ran into someone she knows that is coming to the wedding. In fact it's someone you know too!" Mia told me. I waited for Sookie and within seconds she was coming towards us with a man I certainly did know. Lafayette is the gayest aboriginal I had ever met, and I happen to know that he has a crush on me, or at least he used to. I tried not to cringe as he approached our table, but I relaxed immediately when I saw that Lafayette had another man with him.

"Hey, which way?" Lafayette jokingly questioned me as he approached. It was a question he always asked me every time we saw each other, though I've never been to sure just how serious he was in asking. Did he actually think that I would suddenly wake up gay one day, I wondered.

"Still the same way!" I answered quickly as he came to the table. I stood up to shake their hands and sat back down again, motioning to Lafayette and his friend to do the same. Sookie came around and sat in the chair next to me, while Sam and Mia sat up against a tree, more than content in their own world.

"How you doing, mate? And who is this gentleman?" I asked him. He smiled at his friend before talking to me.

"This is Andy, my partner, so bloody jokes alright?" Lafayette said. He hated it when I made jokes about gay people, and I was always teasing him, even though I knew he liked me. When I found out about his feelings towards me, I pretty much did bugger-all on the jokes. I kept them up because I didn't want to show that I was nervous around him just because of the way he felt about me. Now that he had found someone, I could relax and keep the jokes to a bare minimum.

I shook Andy's hand and smiled at Lafayette, glad that he had found someone. Lafayette was tall, black, well-muscled and really handsome. All the girls, including Sookie, had a crush on him at one time or another, but he had been batting for the other side since he was in his teens. He was also rather wealthy; he was a fashion designer, and he loved to dress Sookie and I up in his latest fashions. Andy was a smallish kind of man who was thin and wore some seriously thick glasses. Really, he looked like a nerd, but I'd better not make any judgments yet. If Lafayette loved him, we would have to get use to him.

"Nice to meet you Andy. What do you do for a living?" Sookie asked, shaking Andy's hand after I had.

"I work with computers. I'm an IT teacher at T-Bay, otherwise known as Trinity Bay State High School, and I fix computers on the side in my spare time." Andy told us. I nodded, impressed by his knowledge about computers. I knew how to type and use the basic programs of course, but mechanics and aviations were my life. So I kinda understood how he would enjoy the 'fixing' thing.

"I'm in Uni. right now, learning about mechanics and aviation. It would seem that we both like to fix things." I told Andy. He nodded and smiled. He was a nice bloke, for a computer geek.

"I hate to say this, but I think that we should get going. I mean we're supposed to be in Port Douglas before 6." Sookie said.

"Okay sheila, we'll see you there." Lafayette said. Sookie and I nodded in agreement and I mentioned to Sam and Mia that we were leaving. I didn't get the chance to say anything to Sookie, but I think that the best place to do it will be in Port Douglas... since it's a much more romantic setting. I wanted to find the perfect place, and I needed a little more time to prepare a speech so I could tell her how I felt about her. I didn't know how I long I could wait, but I knew I had to tell her soon.