okay sorry it's been so long since i last updated, but every time i sit down to write, i keep going to my percy jackson story

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4.00pm

Back at the flat

Jools and I piled through the door to our cluttered flat with our hands full of shopping bags

"Jem, you home?"

No reply

"I think she's teaching classes this arvie"

"Oh yeah, she won't be back 'til 8, I forgot"

We dumped our bags on the sofa and I put the kettle on

one minute later

I love our flat; the kitchen and living room is one big space, broken up by a high counter with a few stools on either side.

It's ridiculously cluttered and full of colour. When we first moved in we painted the kitchen a pale yellow colour and Jools had covered the walls and cupboards with flowers, some on their own and some on stems, winding all over the place. It was full of retro toasters and kettles and old crockery.

We'd painted the living area as well, although you can barely see the walls as it's covered with framed paintings, posters and pictures. There's a thick, fluffy, purple rug on the floor to cover up the horrible green carpet (it's a good thing its dark purple, otherwise the GALLONS of alcohol which had been spilt on it would be visible). There's a small coffee table surrounded by an old TV set and a sofa and two armchairs which we had covered with different coloured fabrics that Jools and I had stolen from work.

Neither Jools nor I can really cook anything other than pasta without setting the kitchen on fire so Gem did the majority of our cooking. She was an earth girl and so everything we ate was organic and 'good for the body and mind'

Whatever that meant

one minute later

I'll tell you what it means, it mean I haven't eaten meat in 4 years

one minute later

Well other than the occasional take away Jools and I manage to sneak past Gemma

twenty minutes later

In my room, looking through my photos on my laptop, they are, if I say so myself, bloody marvy and fabulosa

I am le genius of le first water

one minute later

Just picking out which ones to show to Fiona

She asked me to pick out twenty-five and we'd narrow down the ten best to go in the magazine

one minute later

Hmm most of them are from Jools' collection

one minute later

And I have one from 'Miss inspirational's' collection, because in my opinion they were complete WUBBISH

one minute later

But I have to be fair and all that jazz, so I'd better include maybe more than one to show to Fi

one minute later

Okay three, I'll include three of hers

And that's bloody pushing it if you ask me

five minutes later

Phone rang

"Jools! Phone"

"You get it, I'm mid-design; you can't break my focus woman"

I huffed and turned the music down as I went into the living room to pick up the phone

"Hello?"

"Georgia is that you?"

"Yes it is she, the legend herself"

"Gee stop being silly, it's your mother"

"Oh hello Mutti…what's wrong? Has the clown car been miraculously blown to smithereens?" I asked hopefully

"No Georgia. I just have the morning off work and I thought I'd give you a call, see how you're doing"

"Oh I'm good; I had a pretty big shoot today"

"Oh that's nice, did it go well"

"Yeah really well actually although I won't know 'til Thursday really, in my meeting with Fi"

"Oh well I'm sure you were brilliant"

"Thanks Mutti how's Libbs?"

"She's good, doing well at school…" she trailed off, I got the idea that Libby had done something again

"Oh yeah? Not getting in any more trouble then?"

She sighed "Well there's always something with her isn't there? I dread to think what she'll be like once she gets to high school"

I smiled to myself, Libby was mad toddler, now she's an even madder child; she's always causing chaos at school. She'll make me look like a saint when she becomes a teenager.

"Are you sending her to Stalag 14? They'll LOVE her there"

"Oh goodness Georgia please, let's not think about that until we have to"

I laughed

"But anyway dear, how are things with you? Are you…seeing anyone?"

I rolled my eyes and sighed; she was obsessed with me getting a boyfriend, as if she was worried I would end up living alone with five hundred cats. Well I worried about that enough myself; I didn't need her doing it too.

"Not at the moment"

"What happened with Aaron?"

"We broke up a month and a half ago Mutti!"

"Oh but he sounded so nice"

"He was, but…I don't know, it just wasn't right"

I often wondered myself why I had broken up with Aaron. We'd been going out for four months and he was perfect; he had a good job, he was intelligent, considerate and gorgeous. But something didn't feel right, he was almost…too perfect, he was a little boring. I know that sounds stupid, but he never really found anything that funny and we barely ever went out. I just had to get out before I became boring too.

"Gee, are you still there?"

"Yeah I'm here, oh you'll never guess who I bumped into today"

"Who?"

"Dave"

"Who's Dave?"

"Mutti! Dave Dave! You know we went out for, like, three years before I went to London"

"Oh, of course! Oh I do miss him; he was such a sweet boy"

I rolled my eyes; she was only saying that because Dave used to flirt with her all the time

"Well that's a bit coincidental isn't it? It must have been nice to see him again though"

"Yeah" I agreed "Hopefully we're going to meet up and catch up properly though"

"Well that will be nice; anyway, I have to go now. It was lovely to talk to you, I'll let your father and Libby know how you're doing"

"Thanks Mutti, oh, how are Angus and Gordy?"

She huffed "Gordy destroyed the living room curtains yesterday, your father nearly drowned him in the sink but Libby managed to persuade him otherwise"

I laughed "Still causing chaos then?"

"Of course, okay well I'll speak to you soon dear, love you"

"You too, bye Mutti"

I hung up

7.45pm

Modelling one of Jools' new designs

It's a floor length one-shouldered dress made of heavy, dark red material, with a ruffled flower on the left shoulder

She's sticking pins in all over the place; every now and then she stabs me accidently

"Ow!"

"Sorry"

"I don't know why you bother using me anyway; you'll just have to re-size it for the models"

"Gee, I've told you before; you're the perfect shape. And anyway, I do bring it in a little bit when I actually sow it, but I need to know where to shape it to the body and I hate using Mannequins"

I sighed and let her carry on working, continuing to stab me every now and then

twenty minutes later

The door opened and Gem burst in with her arms full of paper grocery bags

"Hey girlies, give me a hand will you?"

I was still wearing Jools' dress full of pins so Jools went to help her

They put the food away and came back over to where I was standing

"Wow Gee you look incredible" Gem said

"Thanks" I turned slightly to look at myself in the mirror; I did look pretty good

"Don't! Stop moving!" Jools cried

I froze and Gemma Laughed

five minutes later

Jools finally let me out of the dress; I had scratches everywhere from the pins

I sighed; the things I do for my friends

one minute later

I wondered into the kitchen where Gemma was making dinner

"What are we having?"

"Salmon with white sauce, boiled potatoes and broccoli"

"Yum…anything I can do to help?"

She smiled, "No Gee, I'm fine, now get out before you burn something"

"Ha ha" I said dryly, but left as she asked

twenty minutes later

eating dinner

I'd just finished telling Gem about meeting Dave this morning

"Wait, so this is the Dave you went out with when you were in high school?"

I nodded

"The first boy you ever really loved and the first guy you had sex with…"

"…and when you're really drunk you still talk about how you regret breaking up with him when you were eighteen" Jools continued for her

I rolled my eyes "Yes…and I don't really do that do I?"

They both nodded

"Wonderful" I muttered

"Gee don't you get it?" Gemma continued

"Get what?"

She sighed exasperatedly "This is fate! It's destiny! I mean what else could have brought you two back together?"

"Coincidence?"

She rolled her eyes at me "Trust me Gee, this means something, I just know it"

"Whatever you say Gem, but he hasn't called me yet so he can't want to see me again that much" I muttered

"He'll call" Jools assured me "we only saw him this morning"

"Yeah, I suppose"

"Right I'm going to throw my sticks" Gemma announced

Jools and I looked at each other

two minutes later

You see, Gemma is into 'predicting the future' and all of that fandango, so when she 'throws her sticks', she means her voodoo sticks (at least that's what I call them) and apparently when they land they're supposed to show some animal or shape that tells you you're going to eat a bagel today or have a chance encounter with a shark.

one minute later

Let's just say that these predictions aren't very accurate.

According to her sticks, a mat was supposed to change Jools' life this week

We were on the lookout for doormats with life-changing abilities

Not.

one minute later

Wait

"Oh my god Jools, that guy you met today, what was his name?"

"Matt, he hasn't called yet, but I suppose it's a little ear…"

"Jools shut up. You remember that prediction Gem made last week about a mat coming into your life"

"Yeah and we've been on the thorough lookout for doormats, thanks for reminding me Gee"

"No you turnip. What if she meant Matt as in M.A.T.T.?"

Her eyes widened and her mouth fell open like a goldfish

She looked like a moron in my honest opinion

"OH MY GOD!"

one minute later

"Gem! You made a correct prediction" we cheered as we burst into her room

She was sitting cross legged on the floor with a bandana holding her hair back and surrounded by about forty thousand incense sticks.

"What?"

"You know that prediction you made about Jools falling in love with a doormat last week" I said

She huffed "I'm sure that not exactly what I said Gee"

"Whatever, the point is…"

"The point is, I met a guy on the way to work today and I ended up giving him my number and his name is Matt"

Gemma's mouth fell open and then she recovered her expression, "Well of course I was right; my predictions are very accurate I'll have you know"

Jools and I looked at each other again

"Come on Jools; let's leave her to her entirely accurate scientific predictions with sticks"

"GEE!"

1.05am

In bed

I can't sleep; I'm just lying here, wide awake

I keep thinking about Dave; how different he looks, I hope he hasn't changed too much, I hope he hasn't become a major Dave the un-laugh

one minute later

That would be crap

And also Merde

one minute later

I thought about when we were going out and even before that; he never failed to make me laugh or cheer me up whenever I was feeling full of crapnosity

It was like he had special powers

Special Dave the Laugh powers

one minute later

I am now picturing Dave as a superhero

He is wearing tights

And he has a cape

Weird

one minute later

And also sort of hot

one minute later

I'll have to mention this to him when I next see him

If he ever calls

Shut up, he will call

Won't he?

one minute later

Oh gods now I'll never get to sleep, zzzzzzz….


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