"Ice cream! Ice cream! Ice cream!" Charlie uttered childishly as he waited for the waiter to bring their orders over to them.
"Hey cut it out now!" Sebastian said not liking the attention the boy was bringing to himself. He was starting to relax a lot more and found that he actually did rather be around people than secluding himself like he had been.
"Sorry mother dearest" Charlie chuckled as he fiddled with the spoon in his hand. "So how's everyone feeling now! Hangovers gone?" he asked looking at the large group of people.
"Mine is awful! And I didn't even go to the party" Hurley said dejectedly and Libby just patted him on the back affectionately.
"Ahh Hugo nevermind it was only like the best party I've ever been too" he added with a wink and the boy scowled more.
"Stop it Charlie!" Libby scolded and the boy finally stopped his digs. But he couldn't help but find the whole situation hilarious.
"Okay sheesh stop picking on me today, it's been bad enough as it is" the English boy groaned. Deciding to move the conversation off himself he spoke again. "So anyone else have a shitty morning?".
"Well Hurley here flattened my lego tower which I've been working on for a while" Brett said with a slight glare at the boy who raised is shoulders and mouthed a sorry.
"Okay lego boy chill, at least it'll challenge you to build it all over again" Claire said enthusiastically glad to see that the boy would still speak even if it was a little when he was sober and not drunk.
"T-that's not the p-point though?" he said becoming nervous as the blonde looked at him with a smile. He just wanted to curl into a ball and become invisible. He hated the way he acted around girls. Literally. He had made a fool of himself far too many times. Mortified if he ever told them about Olivia the most popular girl in his high school who had innocently asked could he tutor her for a bit and what did he do. Threw up all over her. Let's just say talking to a girl was never ever the same again…
Megan smiled as her order was placed down in front of her. She was surprised how rarely they came her. She took a mouthful and then noticed that the only one who wasn't eating was Geneva. A wry smile came to her face. "Gen" she said prodding her in the side and the girls head whipped up quickly but the sudden movement hurt her head. Badly. "You okay there?" she asked holding the chuckle out of her throat.
She shook her head slightly and the group couldn't not laugh at her appearance. Her hair was tousled where she had been resting her head, her glasses were slightly lobsided and she had a sickly pale colour to her face. "I think we know who has won the worst hangover of the year award" Megan chuckled as did the others.
Geneva on the other hand didn't find it as funny as them. "I feel really ill" she groaned resting her bony chin on her hand. "It's not funny you guys, I'm here to study not drink, do you know how much studying time I've lost because of you lot delinquents dragging me to that place?" she said bitterly blaming them for feeling the way she was.
They just looked at her mouth's open at her cutting response. "Calm down and live a little Gen, you seriously need to get laid" Maddison said sniggering the last bit under her breath but the hungover girl surprisingly heard her.
"You can't say much from what I've heard you haven't had any in a long time, going through a very long dry spell Mads" she quipped back without so much of beat. They were knocked into silence once again Maddison trying to take in the words that had been said.
In a split second everyone burst out into hysterics Sayid and Charlie high fiving each other at the girls response. "Oh my god Gen I think I actually love you" Charlie chuckled loudly not believing that the quiet bookworm had such a cutting tongue on her.
Chrissie on the other hand could sense that this could go to far so decided to intervene. "Okay laughing turns to crying guys, how about we talk about something else like… how are your studies going?" she said and they just looked at her with raised eyebrows.
"Real mood killer Chris" Cassie said looking at her friend with a quizzical look. "I mean seriously you don't ask that stuff on the weekend" Cassie added with a chuckle and Chrissie punched her lightly in the shoulder at her words.
"My mistake" she said back putting her hands up in mock surrender. "Hey I was going to ask you last night did you see those weird looking guys lurking about outside?" she asked deciding to talk about something that could be interesting.
Charlie stiffened immediately as the contents of his pocket began to burn a hole. He gulped and steadied himself before listening in on the conversation. "Yeah there was this really big burly guy with a tall scrawny looking guy, outside and in a car across the road! Freaked me out a little" Sebastian said finding his voice and wanting to get involved with them. If he was to survive college then he knew he had to try as much as it scared him.
"It's obvious they were drug dealers, hell I even saw a few kids buying the crap off the guy but hey it's their life as long as they don't screw things up for everyone else that's fine by me" Megan said as she stretched her arms above her head.
"You seriously don't care do you?" Juliet said with a raised eyebrow and Megan just shrugged.
"They gotta learn from their own mistakes, we can't freaking baby them" she said back coolly as she ran a hand through her hair.
"I could have sworn I saw Sawyer and all that with them as well?" Calla chipped in her memory slightly vague but she was sure she had seen him shove it in his pocket in the limo home.
"Wouldn't surprise me" Chrissie shrugged. "But I swear seriously trouble is going to go down if all this stuff is being brought on campus" she said and they nodded.
"Yeah I mean you way it up some stupid child tries to rip him off they're gonna come straight to the campus and who knows what could happen. The possibilities are endless" Geneva said as she finished off her ice cream.
"I so wanna be around when all that kicks off" Megan said with a sly grin. It was their own fault.
"What if it's one of your friends?" Sebastian questioned interested. He couldn't help but feel that someone here had some contact with those people.
"Have any of you hear bought any gear off them?" she asked and they all shook their heads. "Well there we are, as long as it's not any of you guys I don't give rats ass about any other sucker including Sawyer and his little friends" she said back simply and silence fell across them one again.
But it was broken by Cassie's loud squeal. "Brain freeze".
"Kill me now!" Scarlett chimed as she had finally gotten out of her cheer outfit, showered and was now dresses casually.
"Tell me about it! Jesus she's freaking crazy" Ana said flopping down on her bed with a loud sigh. Kate and Lexi had come out of the bathroom fresh from applying their make up and were looking a little better than they had been.
"We talking about Shannon" Kate said and the other two nodded. "I know she went way too far today, I mean she was so cruel especially to the poor rookie's" Kate said softly and the others nodded knowing that what she was saying was right.
"Too right Austin" Ana said back as she rolled onto her front and looked at her friends who were listening intently everyone except Lexi who was sat on her bed head in her phone with a shocked expression on it. "Lexi" she called but the girl didn't listen.
"Lexi?" Scarlett said as she walked over to her friend and touched her shoulder. Finally her eyes snapped up and they were filled with fear.
She jumped to her feet and headed towards the door. "I'll be back soon yeah just stay here" she said without a backwards glance. The other's looked at where she last had been in shock.
"Okay what just happened?" Kate said completely confused.
"I have no idea but I'm sure as hell gonna find out" Scarlett said heading towards the door.
"Wait she told us to stay here, she doesn't want us to go after her" Kate said trying to stop Scarlett but it didn't work.
"Look my best friend tells me everything. Something is going on because that certainly wasn't the girl I'm used to, and I'll be damned to let her walk straight into something shifty which must be happening to make her react like that, I'll be back soon okay" Scarlett said leaving the room and beginning her search for the girl.
"I think she's worrying about this too much, it could be nothing maybe PMS" Ana shrugged as she looked at the other remaining girl in the room. Kate just shrugged her shoulders and sat down. Their attention turned to the door when they heard it click it open and in walked Shannon. "Look the Gustapo have arrived" Ana chuckled as she watched the leggy blonde stroll in.
"Funny Ana you're such a comedian" she replied back sarcastically as she threw her stuff down on the bed. "Look…" she said taking a breath. "I'm sorry I overreacted okay" she said as she sucked up all of her pride.
A broad smile came across the Latino's face. "Oh my did Shannon Rutherford just apologize, man I wish I had recorded it" Ana chuckled loudly.
"So do I because you are never gonna hear it again" Shannon bit back expecting this reaction off her but she decided to let it slide.
"Ahh it's fine, sure you were pretty mean but hey we all get our good days and bad days right" Kate said kindly and the blonde nodded.
"What's up Nicky" Alexis said as she approached the boys who were on the beach. She looked between them all and noticed that their clothes were slightly dishevelled and that Nicky had a split lip. "Okay what the hell happened?" she scolded her fear replaced with anger as she took her brother's face in her hands and inspected the cut.
"Please don't flip" Nick begged not sure why he had rung her. He had acted on impulse and now he was seriously regretting calling the girl. "You know those guys that were around the party last night?" he asked and she crossed her arms across her chest and nodded. He gulped and tried to avoid her icy blue eyes. "A few of the boys did some deals with them but turns out that someone had ripped them off and we were heading down to the beach to have a throw about when we were jumped by a group of guys, they roughed us up a bit and said if we don't pay them five grand and find out who the hell it was that ripped them off in the next week then they're gonna come back and really do a number on us" he finished and Alexis's eyes were wide and filled with shock.
"You stupid idots!" she practically screamed at them. Sawyer, Shane, Josh, Boone, Keith and Dean were all stood there next to him not knowing what to say. "You stupid stupid boys what the hell were you even thinking?" she said angrily.
"We weren't Lex" Dean said as he stepped towards her. She rounded on him instantly. "We were all completely drunk for god sakes" he said not knowing why she didn't understand them.
"You should have known better" she said and she poked her finger hard into his toned chest. "You of all people Deano, I thought you had common sense but obviously not" she said poking him again and he flinched at the contact but in some sick male fantasy sort of way he was actually enjoying it.
"Back off Lex" Sawyer growled as he took a step towards the shorter girl. "We're gonna get this sorted and that's why we phoned you" he said trying to calm himself down. He could understand why she was angry.
"And what the hell do you expect me to do about it huh, you want me to save your sorry ass again" she said turning back to Nick with a fierce expression.
"I just need to loan the five grand off you, I can give it back to you in two weeks" he practically begged with his smaller yet older sister. Her eyes literally bulged out of their socket.
"You what!" she said ferociously. "You want me to clean up your mess! Surely you've got your money Nick so why do you need mine?" she said completely confused by his request.
"My funds are down to one and half grand! The next instalment of fifteen grand goes in in two weeks as does yours, so I can give it back to you!" he said placing his large hands on her shoulders and looking down at her his eyes filled with pleading.
"You've spent twenty grand in two weeks" she said in amazement.
"I needed a whole new set for that party of ours so don't go all nazi on me alright" he said back trying to keep his temper in check. "So you gonna help me or what?" she said finally issuing her with the ultimatum.
She looked away from him and they landed on Josh. She noticed that he had a small cut above his eye and had a slight bruise coming on his cheek. He sent her a small smile and it was at that point she knew what she had to do. She raised her hand again to look at her brother and looked at his lip. "You could have been killed?" she said her voice breaking slightly as she looked at him. "You could still be killed and there is no way in hell I'm gonna let that happen again, not to you when you are all I have left" she said back her voice now slightly softer.
He pulled her into a tight hug relieved that she had agreed to help out. He kissed the top of her head and hugged her a little tighter before the two finally pulled apart. "Thank you so much sis" he said happily. He knew when it came down to it she was the only one he could rely on. She'd always been there when their parents hadn't. It had always been him and her against the world.
"You owe me big for this you hear me" she said pointing at him. "You all do" she said looking at the others and they smiled at her grateful for the help. "Now come on let's go sit on the beach and sort this mess out and you can give me the full story" she said as they headed down onto the sandy shore trying to work a way out of this mess.
"I just want to go to sleep!" Geneva grumbled as the sun began to set. They were all sat in the student common rooms watching as the sun went down on the horizon.
"There's nothing stopping you, your room is only a floor above" Calla laughed as she nudged her playfully.
"This is too pretty to miss" she replied back simply as a content silence fell across them once again. Charlie fiddled with the sachet in his pocket. He still hadn't touched the stuff. After Megan's words earlier he really felt guilty for even buying it. He tried to take his mind off it but that was near impossible and now Charlie was very spooked that there could be repercussions for his actions. The last thing he could remember was taking the bag off the man handing him some money and scurrying off. Don't think too much of it he said inwardly as he turned his attention to the ginger beside him.
"Well I think the first week back has been a success don't you" Megan said with a smile as she patted him on the shoulder her hand lingering there longer than it should have.
"Y-yeah" he said back. "Not a bloody glitch but hey we don't wanna speak to soon right" he said with a chuckle trying to disguise the guilt that was burrowing deep into his stomach. She smiled back at him and turned to look back at the sun as did the rest of them. They were all completely wiped out from the antics the night before.
"This is a great end to the day" Sebastian said as he relaxed a bit. He still didn't like the silence that much, it annoyed him and he constantly thought he could hear people talking when he knew that there was nothing. But for now he fought his mind and willed for all of the voices to disappear which slowly they did until the silence fully encompassed him. Breathing out he focused his attentions on his friends and the sunset. This college lark wasn't as hard as he thought it would be. Yet.
"Okay so do you have an idea who it could be?" Lexi asked as they sat on the beach watching as the sun began to descend over the horizon leaving it's reflection glistening on the water.
"Nope so far we've narrowed it down to six newbies, me and Deano are out of the equation because we give the guy his damn money and didn't rip him off" Sawyer said as he looked at the redhead.
"Right so we'll have to do some digging then, if we get Claire and Megan and them involved then they could probably help in finding out who it was" she said back and the boys all agreed with her knowing that her logic was right. "Right so tomorrow is Sunday morning, we'll get them all to meet us in the student common room yeah and we'll figure this out, as soon as we find out who ripped them off we'll either get the gear off them if they haven't used it and we'll take it to the guy along with the money and if not then the little rat who did rip them off will come with us yeah?" she said hoping that the plan would work. At the moment their safety was her main priority.
"What would we do without you huh?" Keith chuckled lightly. They had no idea how to solve this thing and as much as he nor the other's wanted to admit they were scared of what was coming, if it didn't work.
"I think the world would stop turning" she said back with a shrug and they all chuckled glad that she had cooled down a lot from earlier.
"Lex I really appreciate everything you're doing for us but when it comes down to giving the money and all that I want you to stay out of it okay, we're putting you and everyone else in enough danger as it is!" Nicky said back his protective brother side suddenly coming over.
"I'll try" she said simply not making any promises to him. He was like a bull in a china shop and he knew the possible outcomes of any rash word or move with those kind of people. He just looked at her but she stared him down and eventually he looked away. "Come on let's get back yeah?" she said to them and they all got to their feet and headed towards the campus. Lexi fell back a bit and into step with Josh who sent her a wide smile.
"Are you okay?" she asked as she gently grabbed a hold of his forearm.
He nodded his head and pulled his arm out of her grasp and instead slipped it around her waist pulling her into his side and he let his hand rest on her hip as they walked. He could feel the daggers from Dean burning into the back of his skull but he couldn't care less to be honest. It was his loss.
"Where the hell have you been, I've been worried sick?" came Scarlett's loud voice as she pushed past the boys to her friend worry etched on her face.
"I just had to sort a few things out, Dean will explain everything to you okay, I'm sorry I worried you I just didn't know what the hell was going on at that point" she said apologetically as she used her other hand to squeeze her shoulder.
"Well don't worry me like that again okay!" she ordered and Lexi rolled her eyes at her.
"Okay mom" she laughed back as Scarlett walked over to Dean to get the low down on what was happening. As they headed back she could hear Scarlett's calls of anger and then of shock with choruses of 'oh my god' repeatedly.
They were now only about two blocks away from the campus and were chatting amongst each other when out of nowhere a big white van pulled up and out jumped the same six lackies from earlier on each with menacing grins on their faces.
"Forgot to tell you a few things" the big burly man at the front said as he stepped forward and looked at the group. This wasn't looking too good.
So another one down, I've dragged this story out a bit so we're now going to get some juicy action parts :D again if you enjoyed please review because I'm really starting to lose momentum and as long as I know you are all enjoying then I will continue to write. Again thanks guys peace out.
