Lilly's POV

"I like that your parents must have figured out how much of a boozer you are by now, yet they still give you enough money to get you and everyone around you off their face." Belle lectured me.

"I think they have this whole 'let her figure everything out on her own so she learns' approach to raising me."

"And are they aware of how that is turning out?"

"Oh shut up."

"So what's this for?" Belle asked pointing to the bottle of vodka I was holding.

"Bonding of course!" I smiled.

"Oh no, not another one of your bonding nights." Ellie moaned as she came up behind us, holding a supermarket basket full of gluten and meat free food that she was able to eat.

"Do you really need that much food? We leave tomorrow." I asked.

"Yeah but we have four days between arriving back in Sydney and going back home. It'll be easier if I just get sorted now."

"So what do you have planned for tonight then?" Belle asked. We wandered slowly down the aisles of the supermarket, randomly throwing junk food into Ellie's basket while I carried my booze. I was getting a few stares but that was probably because people were wondering why I needed it on a Monday.

"I was thinking deprivation."

"Which one's that?" Ellie asked.

"You know that game on the boat that rocked? Where the cook's like 'I have never had sex with a man' and everyone who hadn't had to put their hands up? That one." Belle explained.

"But that's not a drinking game."

"It is when I play it." I said. "With my version, if you are unable to raise your hand, you take a drink."

"You are gonna get so drunk." Belle said.

"And Ellie isn't going to end up drinking anything." I laughed.

"I'm just far too straight edge for you guys." Ellie said proudly.

We finished off our shopping and climbed back into Shaun's car that he'd kindly let Belle borrow. We drove back to the apartment in silence. I was trying to think up things I could say tonight that would get Ellie to take a drink and judging by the look on Belle's face, she was doing the same. The problem was anything that Ellie had done, we couldn't really say because we had probably been with her when she'd done it. There were a few I could say like I've never been to Samoa that I could say but that was boring. I wanted drugs and sex related ones!

We walked in the door and looked around for the boys. We found them in the kitchen making themselves some lunch. Ellie picked up a pen and started to name her food and put it in the cupboard while I pulled out the bottle in my bag and placed it on the bench for everyone to see.

"Really?" Shaun asked. "It's midday on a Monday. Even Andy's not that bad."

"Oi." Andy said, whacking him in the arm.

"It's not for now! It's for tonight! I've decided that we should all get to know each other a little better." I explained.

"How does that come in to it?" Bradie asked, pointing at the vodka.

"We are gonna play drinking games! Yay!" Ellie said with mock enthusiasm.

"Sweet, something I'm good at." Andy said.

"Oh trust me, no one can out drink Lilly." Belle said, slapping me on the back. "And if you can, you need rehab."

"I reckon I could take the challenge." Andy said, leaning towards me.

"Like I said, then you need rehab." Belle muttered. Andy ignored her though, seemingly distracted by me. He didn't move away from me, but just stood there far too close to me. What did he think that his mere presence would make me want him right then and there?

"Hey Lilly, we need to remember to start planning house music at some point before we go back." Belle reminded me. House music was a school event that happened every second year. The school had five houses and during the event, each house had to perform two songs in the house choir category and a house lip-sync. The house lip-sync was pretty much just dancing and that's why Belle and I had been put in charge of organising it. House music wasn't until half-way through next term so there wasn't a rush, but knowing Belle she probably had quite a few ideas already.

"What's house music?" Shaun asked, looking far more interested than he should be. Belle happily explained what it was while I tried to figure out why the fuck he cared. Maybe he was interested in her? No, that wasn't it. I mean, I think Belle mentioned something about an overprotective girlfriend so it's not like he was available.

When finished explaining, Belle walked into the lounge and sat down on the couch, pulling her iPod and a note pad out of her bag. I sat down next to her and looked over her shoulder at the notes she already had. There were a few scribbles that had been crossed out, but what caught my eye was the block letters at the top of the page.

"Post-apocalyptic pop divas." I read.

"Yes! I came up with it about five minutes after I'd finished thinking up the Jack the Ripper video concept." Belle explained.

"Wow, you just go and go and go don't you?" Ellie said, sitting down next to Belle.

"Why are you here?" I asked. "You're in a different house."

"Yeah, but my house always loses. I can help with design." Ellie was an amazing artist. Whenever someone had a problem with anything artistic, she was always the one we turned to.

"Yes actually." Belle said, "You could help us greatly. Would you be able to help with backdrops?"

"Sure, but what about props?"

"I don't think there'll be any props this time round."

They continued to talk about backdrops for long enough for me to lose interest.

"Lilly!" Ellie said, waving in her hand in front of my face.

"Huh? Oh sorry, you guys just got really boring for a second."

"Rude." Belle said.

"So what music are we going to use?"

"Did you listen to that 'Till The World Ends' remix I sent you?" Belle asked me.

"Yeah."

"Okay good, cause I wanna base it around that. First, we'll start with 'Super Bass' by Nicki Minaj and then go into her verse at the beginning of the song. From that, Ke$ha's part kicks in, which leads well into the beginning of 'We R Who We R'. Then another chorus from Ke$ha and the second to last chorus of the original 'Till The World Ends'."

"Wow." I said, sitting back. "That sounds fucking insane. And the possibilities for stuff like costume are endless."

"That's what I was thinking."

"You girls never stop working, do you?" Shaun asked, coming to sit with us.

"Actually, you make a valid point." I said. "We should concentrate on this before moving on to another project." I told Belle.

"True. I'll keep working away on it though." She said, tucking her note pad back into her bag.

Andy and Bradie came and joined us too as Shaun flicked on the TV. We sat there watching for the rest of the day, not bothering to fill our day with anything but pointless reality shows. When it hit dinner time we ordered pizza and devoured that within minutes. After dinner, a thought struck me.

"Hey guys!" I yelled jumping off the couch. I run into the kitchen and picked up the bottle of vodka from where I'd left it. "Who wants to get to know each other?"