"So remind me why I'm doing this again?" asked Jez while Danny checked out his hair in the mirror.
"Well you know what Claudine's like" answered Danny somewhat vaguely. Jez looked at him quizzically.
"She's not that bad she just wants to get her photo in the paper"
"Yeah I know but as a couple...in the paper" stuttered Danny
Jez paused "Could you be a tiny bit clearer Dan?"
Rather uncomfortably he continued "Well me and Claudine we're not together"
"And, go on"
"Well if people see our photo they're gonna think we're still together aren't they?"
"When you say people you mean who exactly?"
"Well women, you know. I am available!"
Jez grinned "Ah I get it now; you need to reassure the women of Britannia High that Danny Miller is a single man. Am I right?"
Danny nodded "Exactly, are you making fun of me?"
Jez put his arm round Danny's shoulder "Now would I do a thing like that?"
He looked suspiciously at Jez unsure "I just need to stay out of the paper Jez, please my reputations at stake!"
"Don't worry Romeo you'll still have the girls queuing up for you tomorrow, let's get this night over with, come on" Jez pushed Danny towards the bathroom door, music blasted through the door as it opened the boys made their way over to their friends.
"There you are!" shouted Claudine over the music "You two take longer than the girls in there"
"Yeah man" yelled BB "Get the drinks in we're dying of thirst here"
"Something wrong with your legs mate?" joked Jez "Give me a hand then"
"Er I'll give you a hand Jez" Danny pushed Jez toward the bar
Claudine shouted after them "Danny don't be too long the photographer will be here soon"
The DJ started up a new tune, Lola's eyes lit up
"Oh my gosh this song is like totally my all time favourite tune, fabulosity lets dance" she grabbed BB's arm before he had a chance to respond dragging him onto the dance floor
Jez and Danny headed back towards the group drinks in hand; they put them down on the table Lauren and Claudine peered at them suspiciously
Lauren picked up a glass "It's blue! What exactly is in this?"
The boys shrugged, everyone glanced at each other throwing caution to the wind they each picked
up their glass "Cheers!" They all took a swig grimacing they sat down, Lauren moved up to Jez
"So, so far you've been a lousy date" she smirked
"Oh yeah how come?"
"Well first off you get me a gross drink then you spend far too long in the bathroom with another
man! I'm not above cheating on you either you know!" Lauren winked
Jez laughed "Ahh jealous are we?"
"Me! You can make it up to me though" said Lauren raising her eyebrows up and down
"Please not on our first date"
"I was talking about dancing"
"Oh" they both giggled
Just then Claudine stood up looking annoyed "Where's Danny gone? I don't believe this I told him to
stay put!" she pouted stamping her foot for emphasise
"There he is" Lauren pointed over across the floor. Danny was talking to a tall blonde girl
Claudine's jaw dropped "WHAT is that he's with" she started to move over towards him, Jez stepped
in front of her "I'll get him Claudine" he lowered her back into her seat "you just sit there" he smiled
patting her on the shoulder
Claudine opened her mouth to speak but Jez quickly moved away running across to Danny.
"What about our dance" shouted Lauren but Jez was already at the other side of the room he
grabbed Danny by the arm
"Danny can I have a word" he pulled him away from the girl
"Later babe" he winked at the blonde
"What are you doing Dan? Claudine's going berserk"
"Chillax man I'm just mingling" he grinned, his grin immediately turned to panic when he spotted
Claudine storming across the floor "Hide me" Danny leapt behind Jez as if he could somehow vanish
from view. Jez tried to put on his best to smile as Claudine approached
"DANNY come out from behind Jez the photographer's here!"