"Ben's coming to the bunker tonight." I informed Hi and Shelton on the boat back from school
"Wow. What did you do, I mean, say?" Shelton asked. He hi-fived Hi. Jerks.
"I told him that if he hadn't volunteered us the Gamemaster would have chosen someone else in Charleston and things would be much, much worse."
"Ok. So then what did you do?" Hi had a disturbing look in his eyes.
"I kissed him." Through gritted teeth. The boys hi-fived again, cackling like maniacs.
"I knew she couldn't just talk him round." Hi stated.
"Well try and be normal when he arrives." I frowned at them to show my disapproval.
"soooo, are you a couple then?" Shelton asked casually. Oh, god, here it comes.
"Yes." As quietly as I could.
" Louder, Victoria!" Hi was practically jumping up and down.
"Yes! Ben and I are dating!" I heard chuckles from behind me and turned to see Tom Blue smiling into the distance. Crap.
"Behave I warned Hi and Shelton as I heard ben's runabout docking. They were playig a game on Shelton's ipad and didn't even look up. Ben entered and I smiled at him. That's my boyfriend! I waved at him to come and join me at the computer. He grabbed a chair and set it behind me and rested his chin on my shoulder. I could get used to this.
" Right, this is what was found on Karsten's drive. It's mainly technical and of course Coop couldn't tell Karsten what he was feeling but we've learnt some stuff...
"Crap. It's 5.30! Can you take us back?" I turned to face Ben and practically kissed him. Hi couldn't resist the urge to woop. I felt my face burn and turn to shut down the computer.
"Sure." His voice had a questioning tone so I explained.
"The three of us are technically grounded and I'd rather our sentence wasn't extended."
We waded out to Sewee and climbed in. Ben started the engine and expertly reversed the boat out. "If you're all grounded then how were you allowed to the bunker?"
I knew my face was guilty. "You."
"Oh."
