The plane ride lasted longer than I had expected. Okay, when I said that I wasn't tired, I think that was a lie. I found myself falling asleep after a while talking to my new friend Danny whilst we were listening to The Who. His shoulder was oddly comfortable.
That was how I spent the rest of the plane ride. Not what I call exciting, but the early wake up call was what made me so tired. That is what I blame it on. What finally woke me up was the shaking of the plane as it began to land. I opened my eyes but quickly shut them once again. The plane was very bright. I slowly opened them once again and looked around.
I forgot where I was for a few moments but then realized where I was when I saw people raising from their seats and take their luggage out of the overhead compartment. When I tried to move my head, I felt a weight on top of it. I looked upwards and saw that Danny was resting peacefully. He looked cute, so kissable.
I mentally slapped myself then reminded myself that I had just met him hours ago. Man that sounded so cliché. I would have loved to just stay there seeing as I was still tired, but I knew that my friends would drag me out even if the guy was still attached to me.
Sighing, I tried lightly shaking him awake, but it barely moved him. Now, when you first wake up, you usually don't use a lot of brain power, so I just did something at random, I poked his nose. Well that seemed to work seeing as he jumped out of his seat. I just giggled and started to pack my things up.
I stood up and just stared at the overhead compartment. I'm not that tall, so when I had boarded the plane I just threw my bag up there and left it, not really a smart idea now. I noticed that Danny was standing a little ways ahead of me, with his bags over his shoulder looking at me quite amused at my attempts to grab my bag.
"Hey, don't go laughing at me, it's not my fault that I'm vertically challenged," I pouted cutely. Danny just laughed a bit and grabbed my things. I smiled and hugged him in thanks before walking with him out of the plane.
"So what are you doing here in London, we never really got that covered?" Danny asked.
"Well, me and three of my girl friends are here to escape from our lives back home. Take a break from the school scene and our parents," Danny just nodded and we went to baggage claim.
"Leah girl! There you are, sheesh. We thought you got lost in the airport again," Rebecca said jokingly.
"Ha ha," I could see that Danny was amused at Rebecca's outburst and was trying to hide his laughter, but was failing.
"So who's the dude?" Sasha asked pointing to Danny.
"Danny, Danny Jones," He introduced and shook all their hands. He still had his smile which of course got me smiling.
"I'm Sasha Chamberlin,"
"Caryn Baker,"
"Rebecca Judd,"
"And you already know me, but seeing as everyone here has introduced themselves, I think it is just as polite if I introduced myself again. Hi! I'm Ashley Martinez," I smiled wide and shook his hand again.
"Ash, you dork, we better get going, Jordan wouldn't like it too much if we kept him waiting," Caryn informed me in a sing-song voice and began to walk off with her luggage.
"I guess this is good bye," I said sadly and turned to Danny.
"Let's make it a see you later. Think you trust me enough to give me your mobile number?" He was just too cute, couldn't help but agree. So I took his cell and entered my number in it and even a picture of me just because I felt like it. I smiled and gave him a kiss on the cheek before running off to catch up with my friends.
When I had reached the car all the girls turned to me giving me a knowing look.
"What was that all about?" Sasha asked.
"What was what about?" I was confused; I had an idea, but not really to clear.
"We boarded a plane for a new country and you've already found a grab, and a very hot one at that," Caryn clarified.
"Oh my gosh, it's not like I'll see him again. London is huge, there is like a slight possibility that he will even call me,"
"Wait, you gave him your cell number?" Rebecca said a little shocked. I just nodded and everyone in the car did the whole palm to forehead.
"He could be like some psycho or something and you just openly gave your number to someone," Sasha said shaking her head at me.
"Hey! I actually got the chance to get to know him, and he isn't a bad guy. He has a huge passion in music and is actually making a name for himself in the music industry… I just haven't heard of him or his stuff before,"
"Well whatever. I've got our whole day planned for tomorrow," Caryn pulled out her blackberry.
The rest of us just groaned.
"Care bear, can't we just have a day to get over this jetlag before you go and throw a schedule at us?" Sasha whined for all of us.
"Well, that is what today is for. We'll unpack then sleep the day. Tomorrow we'll wake up early, eat breakfast, walk through the shopping scene, go exploring till lunch, then we'll go meet up with a cousin of Becca's that I just so happen to find with the help of her folks and arranged a little get together with him and his friends, then we'll go eat supper, do whatever for the last few hours before we fall asleep," Caryn managed to get out before we all pummeled her with pillows that we had somehow managed to get a hold of.
"Yeah, not going to happen. Today's early wake up call is the only time in a long while that I am actually going to wake up that early in a long while. Now, tomorrow I am going to wake up at noon and go from there, but I will do what you say about the unpacking and sleeping all day thing today," I told her and yawned a tad.
"Fine, fine," She just waved her hand dismissively.
We had finally reached the loft and I immediately grabbed the keys out of Caryn's hand and ran inside. All I wanted was a nice bed to just plop and fall asleep on… well that and I really needed to use the bathroom.
"See! For once it isn't me who needs to use the bathroom!" Caryn exclaimed. I could practically see Becca and Sasha rolling their eyes at her.
"Let's all just unpack, maybe eat a little something, and then go to sleep. We can all agree that tomorrow is going to be a long day," We all just nodded and went off into separate directions.
"I call the blue room!" Caryn shouted.
"I call the pink!" Sasha called out after.
"Green!" Guessing that was Becca. I just grabbed my bags and walked to the room at the end of the hall.
Now when I opened the door I was quite surprised. I thought they would have left me with the most hideous room in the house, but boy was my room and eye opener. The room was red- my favorite color- and everything else matched. The furnishings were black while the curtains, duvet covers on the bed, and pillows were red. I wasn't really feeling up to putting everything where it belonged, so I just threw all my junk into random drawers and hung random things in my closet before changing into a pair of basketball shorts and a tight white wife beater before cocooning myself inside my blankets.
The next day I was extremely hungry… it might have something to do with the fact that I had slept all through breakfast and lunch and was just getting up now. I lazily got out of bed and slowly made my way towards the kitchen. I pulled my hair into a messy bun and searched through the cabinets for something decent to eat.
"Caryn… do we have any double chocolate pop tarts? Or anything else chocolate filled?" I whined then remember something. "Great, forgot she had her all important schedule. Great, now I'm talking to myself in an empty house. Ashley, the first sign of insanity is talking to yourself, this is very sad. I need some energy, stupid time difference is really taking its toll on me," I grabbed a pudding cup and a bowl of strawberries. With them both in my hands, I walked towards the living room but stopped once I had reached the entryway.
"Finally!" Caryn announced. The spoon in my mouth dropped a tad.
"Uhh…" was all that I managed to utter.
There in my living room were four male faces, and everyone looked dressed and ready for a walk in the town. I looked down at my PJ's, then back at them all, I gave them a sheepish smile but then shrugged. I sat on the sofa and dipped a strawberry in my pudding.
"Hi! Who are all of you?" I waved while the girls rolled their eyes.
"Well Ash, if you would have woken up earlier then you would have met them in a more formal matter. But seeing as you didn't we'll go through introductions again," Caryn sighed. I think that she is wondering why she puts up with me.
"I'm Harry, Rebecca's cousin," a dude who was semi bald, with chiseled features and sort of posh aura said first.
"Tom Fletcher," The blond haired, brown eyed, wide smiled, one dimpled guy said next.
"Cute dimple," I blurted then quickly covered my mouth. I could see him give a slight blush while everyone let out a sound of amusement.
"Dougie Poynter," the blond haired, blue eyed one said next. It looked like he was the youngest one out of the four.
"And you already know me, but seeing as everyone here has introduced themselves, I think it is just as polite if I introduced myself again seeing how everyone has introduced themselves, Danny, Danny Jones," My jaw dropped. Did he just mock me? He gave me a cheeky smile as if he knew what was going through my head.
"You little sneak, that is so not cool, copying what I've done already. Anyways, I'm Ashley Martinez," I gave Danny a playful slap on the arm then sat back on the couch eating my strawberries and chocolate pudding dip.
"Leah, shouldn't you go and change?" Rebecca said looking pointedly at my shorts and tank top.
"What for?"
"Well," Caryn started and pulled out her blackberry. I went wide eyed.
"Oh no! The dreaded schedule! Everyone hide!" I quickly set the foods I had in my hands on the coffee table and buried my face in Danny's shoulder.
"Oh stop being such a drama queen and get change into something more appropriate,"
"What and this isn't hot?" I stood up and posed. Now when I lifted my arms, the top decided to rise up a bit and had gone up high enough to show the end of a tattoo that not even the girls had known about yet.
"Sweet tattoo," Dougie complimented. I went wide-eyed and braced myself for the tackle from Sasha.
"Crazy rabid humping dog," the guys laughed at what I had blurted out.
"Ashy-Lyn! When did you get that?!" Sasha shouted and lifted my shirt up showing my tattoo of a guitar wrapped in barbed wire with music notes surrounding it.
"Uh… Christmas holidays. It was a gift from Uncle Robert," I said slowly as to not startle them.
"I thought his gift was your naval piercing and the others done on your ears," Rebecca thought out loud.
"What about the other tattoo that you told me about a few weeks ago?" Caryn asked, but I didn't quite hear her.
"Yeah, those were from him too, but he wanted to give me something else cause he knew that I would be complaining for it to be done in the future," I told them while helping Sasha up.
"So did it hurt?" she asked being the ditz she is.
"Oh no, it's like a stick on tattoo- of course it hurt! And getting it done on the ribs was what made the pain so much more painful, but it was so worth it,"
"Leah, can you go and change so that we can all go and eat?" Caryn said annoyed.
"Sheesh, fine, what crawled up your butt and bit you," I walked back to my room and quickly jumped into the shower. It was time for my famous five minute showers. I dried off and blow dried my hair. No time for styling, so I left it to dry with my natural wave, I just tousled it a bit with some mousse. I put on a pair of low rise dark wash jeans, blue and black pyramid stub belt, black halter, and a pair of neon blue chucks. Simple, but it's better than nothing.
For make up it was just simple black eyeliner, shades of blue eye shadow, pink lip gloss, and that was it. For my make up, my eyes are what I focus on. I grabbed my purse and my leather jacket before walking back into the room.
"Happy?" I asked Caryn and did a little twirl for her.
"That was quick, I thought girls took hours, that only took fifteen minutes," Tom said amazed.
"Nothing special, just learned to change quick from being late all the time," I informed.
"Okay, okay, you look perfect, now let's go! I'm starving over here," Sasha complained and dragged me outside.
"So whose car are we taking? There are eight of us, and I really don't think Tom's cooper can fit us all," Rebecca pointed out.
"That is what my car is for," Caryn said and opened the door to her car, a pink mustang.
"Tom, can I go in with you guys? I wouldn't be caught dead in that hot pink poodle," I whined and pulled on Tom's sleeve a bit. I know I was being a little childish, but I hate the color pink and it would be like suicide if you were caught exiting that thing.
"Fine, but your either going to have to squeeze in, or sit on someone's lap," was all that he said before getting in the drivers side.
Harry had sat in the passenger's side, while it was Dougie, Danny, and I in the back. They took up the whole back, but that was because they were making it so they were, horny buggers. I just climbed over Dougie and sat in the middle of the two. Since I was small, I fit in enough, but was still a little squished.
"Ashley, how many different colors do you have in your hair?" Danny asked lifting strands of my hair.
"Five, why do you ask?" I turned and looked at him an eye brow raised.
"No reason, just curious,"
"Riiight," with that I faced the front and poked Harry in the back of the head. I giggled as he turned around. I smiled and waved at him. He smiled back but then shook his head whilst he turned around to look forwards again.
Dougie was drumming against his knee and looked through the window. I was pretty bored with nothing else to do, so I decided to bug him a little. I poked him in the side which caused him to flinch a little. I giggled a tad. When he turned and faced me, I poked his stomach.
"What was that for?" He asked.
"No reason, just bored," with that said I poked him again.
"Oh it's on," He poked me in my ribs and I flinched and gave a laugh. My ribs are my tickle spot; well actually I'm ticklish in various places. "Are you ticklish?"
"No," I said in a slightly high pitched voice. He poked me again in the ribs and I jumped again. He kept doing that then I buried my head- once again- on Danny's shoulder.
"Danny, tell Dougie to quit it," Danny just laughed and hit Dougie on the back of the head lightly. I stuck my tongue out at Doug, but when I saw that he was about to poke me again, I hid my face against Dan's shoulder once again.
This is going to be one interesting night.