Just another light hearted chapter, I just had to introduce scrumpy at some point. You've still got rugby to go though (probably this weekend if my team win the play-offs!) It will turn quite dark at some points but it's no where near there yet =] Enjoy (preferably with a glass of cider in hand)

Soon afterwards Carrie and Hannah helped lug Beca and Chloes suitcases to their rooms. As they were unpacking Hannah disappeared to her room. She returned a few minutes later with some spare pillows and a couple of single duvets. She smiled shyly as she handed them to Beca and Chloe.

'I'm afraid they're only singles but will they be ok until your stuff gets here?'

Beca smiled and gratefully took 2 pillows and a duvet. 'Thanks Hannah.'

Chloe pretty much crushed Hannah in a hug before she took the remaining pillows and duvet. She was so taken by surprise that she let out a little yelp.

'Chloe, don't crush her on our first day!' Beca intervened knowing how overbearing Chloe could be at times.

As she pulled out of the hug (somewhat reluctantly) Chloe asked 'Where did you get them from?'

'We had them from our first year in halls and when we moved into this house a few years ago we kept them for when our friends would sleep over on the sofa.' Carrie replied. 'We knew your stuff wouldn't be here yet and we doubted you'd have room for a duvet and pillow in your suitcases so we got them ready for you.'

Carrie walked into Becas room and flopped down onto the bed. 'I'm shattered!' she announced. Beca who was already sat on the bed leant back against the headboard. 'Me too,' she agreed. Chloe and Hannah joined them. They all lay in the fading light staring up at the ceiling. Although the pairs had only known each other for a few hours they were already getting comfortable in each others company.

The silence was interrupted by a loud rumbling. They all turned to look at Carrie who blushed.

'Sorry...' she said sheepishly. 'Can we order food now Hannah?'

'I said to wait until we had met you and asked what you like before we ordered.' She explained to Chloe and Beca. 'She would've ordered several hours before you arrived otherwise and there would've been none left for you.'

'So, what do you guys like? Indian, Chinese, Pizza...?' she trailed off at pizza when she saw their eyes light up. 'Come on then, I'll order it.' She left the room with Hannah in tow and headed downstairs to her room.

Alone in Becas room for the first time since they had entered the house, Chloe looked across at Beca. 'Do you think things will be ok now?'

Beca knew exactly what she meant. 'Yeah. I'm hundreds of miles away. Plus I think we may have made 2 friends already.' She smiled across at her redhead friend. 'Come on' she swung her legs off the bed.

As they reached Carries room, they could hear a frustrated Carrie having a heated debate with Hannah.

'It has to be Pizza Hut! They are closer!'

'But Dominos is so much nicer,' Hannah's quieter and calmer voice replied. 'And what does it matter if they're closer? It's being delivered!'

'I'm hungry! It will get here quicker.'

After a short debate (Hannah gave in) they ordered the pizzas and sat around in the living room eating them with the tv on in the background. Soon Carrie started to pour everyone drinks. Hannah stuck to the cider, she'd had one too many bad experiences with mixing drinks as an undergrad to try anything that Carrie made. Beca and Chloe stuck to the wine which Carrie was also drinking.

'Ooooh, turn it up! This is my favourite bit!' Carrie reached across Hannah to grab the remote. They all turned their attention to the tv which was showing Graham Norton. They'd just got to the red-chair section. 'Have you seen this before?' Carrie asked glancing sideways at the Americans.

The shook their heads and watched intently. It wasn't long before the lever was pulled and the poor person was thrown backwards. Everyone erupted into giggles apart from Carrie who was laughing so hysterically she was snorting.

Her laughing caused a wave which just made everyone laugh even harder. It got to the point when they were just laughing at laughing.

'Well that was exhausting' Beca said once everything had calmed down a bit.

Hannah reached for her huge container of cider which she had brought from her home county down to Plymouth with her. 'Could I try some?' Beca asked. She didn't know much about cider. she imagined it to be just slightly alcoholic apple juice, it certainly looked like apple juice, it was cloudy and she was sure she had seen something floating around in it.

'Of course.' Hannah picked up a new glass and poured a little into it. 'Careful, it's quite strong.' she said as she passed it over.

Carrie just shuddered as Beca took a sip. She couldn't cope with 'proper scrumpy' as Hannah called it and now could only just stomach the more mainstream ciders which were clearer and definitely did not have anything floating in them. Chloe caught Carries reaction and decided that scrumpy was something she'd try on another day.

The girls sat around laughing, giggle, drinking and singing until the early hours. Luckily for them they were surrounded by student houses so Carries and Hannahs 3am rendition of Buck Rodgers (a song Hannah loved and Carrie had grown to love after sharing for 2 years) was disturbing no-one. By the second verse Beca and Chloe were up dancing with them as they belted out the lyrics,

Get a house in Devon,
Drink cider from a lemon, lemon, lemon, lemon...

Eventually Hannah began to drift asleep as the music and singing began to die down. Carrie padded over to the sofa where she was beginning to lean against the arm, her eyes slipping shut. 'Hannah, time for bed.' She gently pulled the sleepy girl upright and walked with her to her room. Beca and Chloe decided to call it a night also and made their way up the stairs. They stood in the doorway of Hannahs room as they watched Carrie gently persuade Hannah to sleep on her bed not in the chair where she had slumped.

'Thanks for a brilliant night' Chloe said quietly but enthusiastically. Beca nodded in agreement.

'It's been great'

Carrie walked over to where Chloe and Beca stood and gave them both a big hug. 'I think we're going to be really great friends' she said. Suddenly the three were knocked backwards slightly by a slightly drunk Hannah who engulfed them in an even bigger hug.

'Me too!' she giggled.