Battle of the Sexes

Whoa! Thanks for the reviews, guys- and for one, brilliant idea. Credit for the incident that I am calling 'Zoe and the Coke Cans' goes toSuperCasualtyAndTheScriptFan- who suggested that Zoe added bicarbonate and vinegar to a can of coke, then gave it to Fletch. I have changed it slightly, but it wouldn't happen if it wasn't for the idea! So thank you VERY MUCH! Also, thank you for all the messages of support, reviews, follows and favourites. I absolutely love you guys!

Now, I know this has been a slow update. But I have a whole day to update this today- because yesterday I fainted/passed out at my army cadets. Now, all I remember is 'I feel weird' then rainbows and a voice which I understood and replied to but don't remember (it was the staff who's in charge of our troop, apparently…) and then waking up on the floor, having bitten my lip and hit my head. My friends told me later that I had been swaying, then fell, and there was a loud BANG! And they all looked round and I was on the floor and twitching like something out the exorcist… meh. Then they all got sent out the room. So, yeah, I got a day off today.

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Tamsin ran towards the girls and they wrapped her in their arms, dragging her into the limo. Jeff rolled his eyes and followed, unwillingly. Dixie jumped straight back out the pink vehicle.

"C'mon, Jeffrey!" she smiled, dragging him back.

When they were all inside the limo, and they were on their way back to the town hall, Tamsin began to cry, quietly.

"Hey!" Linda, who was sat next to her, gave her a hug. "What's up?"

"I've never had anything like this before…" she sobbed, "It's so lovely…"

Zoe elbowed her- "Well, you better stop crying, because we haven't just hired a limo to drive you HOME, now, have me?"

Tamsin smiled, took the glass of champagne Dixie was offering her, and enjoyed the rest of the ride.

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When they arrived at the town hall, Linda and Zoe went in first, to see how things were getting on. Aoife held her hands over Tamsin's eyes and Dixie, Sam, Jeff and Tess walked in with them. Zoe and Linda remerged from the building, smiling.

"It's even better than when we left!" Linda whispered, excitedly.

The group took Tamsin inside and Tamsin opened her eyes.

"wow…" she whispered, looking round. "Just… wow…"

The draping dark blue material was still there, and so were the fairy lights and the disco ball moon. Big Mac and Noel had added glow in the dark stars and turned the lights off. Someone had set up glowing blue lights around the food table and the bar so everyone could see what they were doing. It was like some sort of fancy nightclub.

"You can thank Noel and Mac for the decorations," Zoe smiled, "Everyone brought in the food and drink, and Jamie's our DJ."

Jamie waved from over by the DJ booth they had set up and turned on the fancy strobe lights. He fiddled with some switches on the table and began to play Tamsin's favourite song- Don't you worry child- and everyone poured onto the dance floor (even Sam, who was dragged on by an overexcited Tom.) They must have danced for a good half hour, to loads of different music choices. Then, when everyone was tired and had sat down, Linda took the microphone from Jamie and said:

"Right, everyone- the bar and food table are now OPEN!"

The group all headed over, grabbing plates of food and plastic glasses of whatever they felt like.

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Sam and Tom had just had a can of coke each. When they left to go and 'get some fresh air' (share a drunken kiss, more like) Zoe had an idea. She grabbed the unopened cans and shook them up, putting them back where they were. When Tom and Sam returned (with smudgy lipstick on BOTH of their lips…hmm…) the first thing they both did was pick up the cans and open them.

"Gah!" Sam yelped as the whole thing exploded all over her and Tom.

"Consider this a warning," Zoe smirked, "Never, EVER, start a war in my ED again…"

Everyone burst out laughing.

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When they'd all finished, Zoe announced that they were going to do the presents. Tamsin was once again told to shut her eyes, and the lights were turned on. The group brought through the presents they'd got her… all but one of them.

The first people to hand over their present were Jeff and Dixie. Tamsin opened it, excitedly.

"Aww!" she squealed.

They'd got her another ferret, but this time they had enforced it with some armour they had brought from a build-a-bear workshop. He was passed round the group as they all admired him.

The next was from Noel. It was an inflatable toy ferret, the size of a small child.

Big Mac had brought her a pink 'I 3 Ferrets' T-shirt.

Tess had brought her a little toy ferret that could be hung from a car's mirror.

"For the ambulance," Tess smiled.

Charlie had found an I 3 ferret mug.

The three students had clubbed together for one, bigger present.

"We know they're not exactly ferrets but…"

They handed over an envelope. They had brought her a 'keeper for the day' ticket for the meerkats at the local zoo.

Linda handed over a pillow with a ferret on it, and a hand-embroidered 'Tamsin' in bright pink.

"Aww, wow, thank you all so much…" Tamsin smiled.

Zoe stopped her, "Ah-ah, that's not all!"

She made Tamsin close her eyes again as Big Mac and Noel carried through a big, wrapped up box, and three smaller bags.

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"Open the bags first," Zoe smiled.

Tamsin did. There was a bag of straw, a bag of small animal feed and a food tray and water bottle set.

Tamsin looked at Zoe, eyed the big box warily and began to open it. It was a cage- like a rabbit hutch, but bigger. She peered inside. Looking back at her, were a pair of glossy black eyes set into a little, pointy face.

"Oh, my, god." Tamsin grinned, jumping up and giving Zoe a hug.

For, in the cage, was a ferret.

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