"This party's gonna rock!" said Lyndsey turning to Martin and
Rachel, after putting up the last poster on the library wall. "Have you
sorted the food out yet Martin?"
"Erm. no not yet."
"WHAT!! You've got three days left to do it!" yelled Lyndsey.
"Calm down! I know where I'm getting it. It'll be sorted out by tomorrow. Just trust me."
"And you!" said Lyndsey turning to Rachel. "Have you done your job yet?"
"Sure have. It's all packed up and ready to go. I'm taking it over there the day before."
"Good!" Then a large group of girls came into the library. Lyndsey recognised one of them. "Isn't that Emily?" she asked Rachel.
"Who?"
"Emily, that small ginger girl." Lyndsey pointed over.
"Yeah it is." Suddenly Emily's group surrounded them as they passed by.
"Are you going to that party on Friday Em?" asked one girl with pink hair. "I am. And Ray's going."
"I don't know Mariah. It's not really my scene."
"Max is going."
"We'll see."
Lyndsey, Martin and Rachel watched as the girls passed.
"It's gonna be good eh?" asked Rachel. "It's gonna be full of science freaks."
"No! Weren't you listening?" snapped Lyndsey. "Ray's going!"
"WHO?"
"Ray! You know Bladebreaker Ray."
"Oh right. Kai's Ray?"
"Yes Ray man, Ray!" Rachel looked totally uninterested in what Lyndsey was talking about. "You know what that means?" Rachel looked at her blankly. "It probably means Kai will be coming too."
"Really?!"
"Yeah, really."
"Who the fuck are Kai and Ray? Do I know these people?" asked Martin who was at this moment flicking through a book on Ancient Egypt. Rachel and Lyndsey simply looked at him and walked away. He put down the book and quickly followed them.
Thursday came round too quickly for everybody's liking. Rachel and Lyndsey were sitting in the back of their history lesson discussing the plans.
"I'll be taking the stock down at about 7. So don't come down much later. I hate being in that place on my own," Rachel told Lyndsey.
"Right, well Martin's bringing the food down at 8 so I'll come round for about half seven."
"OK. I can't wait to get everything set up. It'll be so cool." A guy on the table across from Lyndsey and Rachel overheard them talking about Friday's party. He leaned across,
"So," he said, "it's your party?" Lyndsey's face went bright red.
"Yeah," she muttered putting her head down.
"Me and Johnny have just been trying to figure it out. Haven't we J?"
"Yeah."
"Are you coming then Ray?" asked Rachel as Lyndsey had lost the ability to speak.
"Would I ever miss a party? There's loads of us coming. Johnny's invited Robert and Enrique, Oliver can't make it though. Tyson's coming too," Tyson spun round,
"Did I just hear my name Raymondo?" he yelled in a chirpy voice.
"We're talking about you not to you Tyson. Bugger off." Tyson turned back around and returned to flicking candy at the teacher. "Bloody idiot. Yeah, anyway, Max is coming too and Kenny."
"Is Kai coming?" Rachel asked. Ray looked at her suspiciously.
"Yeah.why?" he asked.
"No reason," said Rachel turning almost as red as Lyndsey.
"Mr. Granger stop that this instant! And you lot at the back, stop chatting and get on with your work." Ray returned to his work.
"What's the time?" Lyndsey asked.
"4 o'clock. Nearly finished."
"Good!" They packed up their things and left the classroom.
"Only one more day to go until the party," said Lyndsey who seemed to have regained her confidence.
"I know it's gonna be." Suddenly Rachel stopped speaking and stared down the hall.
"What?! Rachel!!!" Lyndsey frantically waved her hands around in front of Rachel's face. Just then Ray walked out of the classroom.
"Hey Kai! Over here!" he yelled down the hall. Kai looked over as Ray started to walk down the hall to meet him.
"So that's what you were looking at," said Lyndsey with a sly smile. "Come on lets go." Lyndsey grabbed Rachel's arm and pulled her along the corridor past Ray and Kai.
"We'll see you tomorrow night," Ray yelled after them as they shot through the door.
"Right, I'm off home to get sorted, I'll see you at half seven. Maybe we should test out the stock to see if it's all right," suggested Rachel.
"Yeah I think that would be a good idea," Lyndsey agreed. "I'll see you later."
Rachel arrived at the house at seven o'clock. As she walked in the scent of lavender surrounded her.
"Eww, we'll have to get that sorted," she thought. She began to unload the crates of alcohol from the car. By 7:15 the hallway of the house was full of boxes. Rachel locked up her car for the night and went to relax on the sofa to wait for Lyndsey. She looked about the room, the rich blue walls made the room look cosy and relaxing. "You cost me £200. You better be worth it," she thought as she lay back on the sofa. She closed her eyes for a second but was woken up by a loud bang on the door. She got to her feet and went to answer it. Lyndsey was stood on the other side of the door wearing a huge coat and thick black gloves.
"Cold by any chance?" Rachel asked sarcastically.
"Hahaha. Let me in." Lyndsey pushed past, took off her coat and dumped in on the kitchen table. "So where is it?" she asked. Rachel took her through into the back hall.
"There ya go!" Lyndsey smirked. "What?" Rachel asked her.
"The fun we're going to have with this."
"Do you want some?" asked Rachel reaching into one of the boxes and pulling out a bottle of beer.
"Yeah go on then." Rachel passed Lyndsey a Smirnoff Ice. "I'm going to see what's on TV. You coming?" Rachel and Lyndsey sat down on the soft, bouncy sofa and switched on the television.
"Wow Will and Grace. Leave this on."
"Karen and Jack make this show you know," said Lyndsey putting her feet up on the table.
"Definitely."
Lyndsey and Rachel watched the TV until Martin arrived with the food.
"Where should I put this?" he asked.
"Shove some of the stuff on the table but put the sandwiches in the fridge." Martin did as he was told while Lyndsey and Rachel unpacked all of the alcohol and set it all out on the kitchen tables and workbenches.
"Is it ready then?" asked Martin looking around the room.
"Nearly," said Rachel. "It just needs one more thing."
"Oh yeah? What's that?" Rachel walked over to the huge hi-fi, switched it on and turned it up.
"LOUD MUSIC!" she yelled. Martin and Lyndsey had their hands over their ears.
"WHAT?!! I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!" yelled Martin. Rachel switched the hi-fi off.
"I said, loud music."
"Right. So are we done now?" asked Lyndsey. "I want to go to bed."
"Yeah we're done. And if we've forgotten anything then we'll have time to sort it out tomorrow."
"Tomorrow?" said Martin.
"Yeah, we can't go to college otherwise we won't get here in time for the party. It starts at 4."
"Oh, alright. I can have a lie in then. See yas in the morning." Martin, Lyndsey and Rachel all trudged up the stairs to bed before the party the next day.
"Erm. no not yet."
"WHAT!! You've got three days left to do it!" yelled Lyndsey.
"Calm down! I know where I'm getting it. It'll be sorted out by tomorrow. Just trust me."
"And you!" said Lyndsey turning to Rachel. "Have you done your job yet?"
"Sure have. It's all packed up and ready to go. I'm taking it over there the day before."
"Good!" Then a large group of girls came into the library. Lyndsey recognised one of them. "Isn't that Emily?" she asked Rachel.
"Who?"
"Emily, that small ginger girl." Lyndsey pointed over.
"Yeah it is." Suddenly Emily's group surrounded them as they passed by.
"Are you going to that party on Friday Em?" asked one girl with pink hair. "I am. And Ray's going."
"I don't know Mariah. It's not really my scene."
"Max is going."
"We'll see."
Lyndsey, Martin and Rachel watched as the girls passed.
"It's gonna be good eh?" asked Rachel. "It's gonna be full of science freaks."
"No! Weren't you listening?" snapped Lyndsey. "Ray's going!"
"WHO?"
"Ray! You know Bladebreaker Ray."
"Oh right. Kai's Ray?"
"Yes Ray man, Ray!" Rachel looked totally uninterested in what Lyndsey was talking about. "You know what that means?" Rachel looked at her blankly. "It probably means Kai will be coming too."
"Really?!"
"Yeah, really."
"Who the fuck are Kai and Ray? Do I know these people?" asked Martin who was at this moment flicking through a book on Ancient Egypt. Rachel and Lyndsey simply looked at him and walked away. He put down the book and quickly followed them.
Thursday came round too quickly for everybody's liking. Rachel and Lyndsey were sitting in the back of their history lesson discussing the plans.
"I'll be taking the stock down at about 7. So don't come down much later. I hate being in that place on my own," Rachel told Lyndsey.
"Right, well Martin's bringing the food down at 8 so I'll come round for about half seven."
"OK. I can't wait to get everything set up. It'll be so cool." A guy on the table across from Lyndsey and Rachel overheard them talking about Friday's party. He leaned across,
"So," he said, "it's your party?" Lyndsey's face went bright red.
"Yeah," she muttered putting her head down.
"Me and Johnny have just been trying to figure it out. Haven't we J?"
"Yeah."
"Are you coming then Ray?" asked Rachel as Lyndsey had lost the ability to speak.
"Would I ever miss a party? There's loads of us coming. Johnny's invited Robert and Enrique, Oliver can't make it though. Tyson's coming too," Tyson spun round,
"Did I just hear my name Raymondo?" he yelled in a chirpy voice.
"We're talking about you not to you Tyson. Bugger off." Tyson turned back around and returned to flicking candy at the teacher. "Bloody idiot. Yeah, anyway, Max is coming too and Kenny."
"Is Kai coming?" Rachel asked. Ray looked at her suspiciously.
"Yeah.why?" he asked.
"No reason," said Rachel turning almost as red as Lyndsey.
"Mr. Granger stop that this instant! And you lot at the back, stop chatting and get on with your work." Ray returned to his work.
"What's the time?" Lyndsey asked.
"4 o'clock. Nearly finished."
"Good!" They packed up their things and left the classroom.
"Only one more day to go until the party," said Lyndsey who seemed to have regained her confidence.
"I know it's gonna be." Suddenly Rachel stopped speaking and stared down the hall.
"What?! Rachel!!!" Lyndsey frantically waved her hands around in front of Rachel's face. Just then Ray walked out of the classroom.
"Hey Kai! Over here!" he yelled down the hall. Kai looked over as Ray started to walk down the hall to meet him.
"So that's what you were looking at," said Lyndsey with a sly smile. "Come on lets go." Lyndsey grabbed Rachel's arm and pulled her along the corridor past Ray and Kai.
"We'll see you tomorrow night," Ray yelled after them as they shot through the door.
"Right, I'm off home to get sorted, I'll see you at half seven. Maybe we should test out the stock to see if it's all right," suggested Rachel.
"Yeah I think that would be a good idea," Lyndsey agreed. "I'll see you later."
Rachel arrived at the house at seven o'clock. As she walked in the scent of lavender surrounded her.
"Eww, we'll have to get that sorted," she thought. She began to unload the crates of alcohol from the car. By 7:15 the hallway of the house was full of boxes. Rachel locked up her car for the night and went to relax on the sofa to wait for Lyndsey. She looked about the room, the rich blue walls made the room look cosy and relaxing. "You cost me £200. You better be worth it," she thought as she lay back on the sofa. She closed her eyes for a second but was woken up by a loud bang on the door. She got to her feet and went to answer it. Lyndsey was stood on the other side of the door wearing a huge coat and thick black gloves.
"Cold by any chance?" Rachel asked sarcastically.
"Hahaha. Let me in." Lyndsey pushed past, took off her coat and dumped in on the kitchen table. "So where is it?" she asked. Rachel took her through into the back hall.
"There ya go!" Lyndsey smirked. "What?" Rachel asked her.
"The fun we're going to have with this."
"Do you want some?" asked Rachel reaching into one of the boxes and pulling out a bottle of beer.
"Yeah go on then." Rachel passed Lyndsey a Smirnoff Ice. "I'm going to see what's on TV. You coming?" Rachel and Lyndsey sat down on the soft, bouncy sofa and switched on the television.
"Wow Will and Grace. Leave this on."
"Karen and Jack make this show you know," said Lyndsey putting her feet up on the table.
"Definitely."
Lyndsey and Rachel watched the TV until Martin arrived with the food.
"Where should I put this?" he asked.
"Shove some of the stuff on the table but put the sandwiches in the fridge." Martin did as he was told while Lyndsey and Rachel unpacked all of the alcohol and set it all out on the kitchen tables and workbenches.
"Is it ready then?" asked Martin looking around the room.
"Nearly," said Rachel. "It just needs one more thing."
"Oh yeah? What's that?" Rachel walked over to the huge hi-fi, switched it on and turned it up.
"LOUD MUSIC!" she yelled. Martin and Lyndsey had their hands over their ears.
"WHAT?!! I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!" yelled Martin. Rachel switched the hi-fi off.
"I said, loud music."
"Right. So are we done now?" asked Lyndsey. "I want to go to bed."
"Yeah we're done. And if we've forgotten anything then we'll have time to sort it out tomorrow."
"Tomorrow?" said Martin.
"Yeah, we can't go to college otherwise we won't get here in time for the party. It starts at 4."
"Oh, alright. I can have a lie in then. See yas in the morning." Martin, Lyndsey and Rachel all trudged up the stairs to bed before the party the next day.