Pennys PoV
I didnt sleep at all that night. I was worried sick. I couldnt let Bam win, I just couldnt. At about 6am, I wandered down to the kitchen. It was
really early, but I needed to eat. I decided on a full English breakfast, since it would take a while to make, and I needed something to take my
mind off of the forthcoming events. I made enough for everybody. I was sure Bam was determined to start at 7, like he said the night before.
At about 6.30, when I had finished making all the breakfasts, I heard the front door open and then several male voices, one of which I recognised
as Bams. There were two voices I didnt recognise, though. I sat at the table and began to eat my breakfast. Bam came in, with the two men, and
smiled as he saw me.
"Ready to lose?" he asked.
"I was just about to ask you the same thing." I replied, with a smirk.
"Someones confident." He turned to the two men on his right. "These are my accompalices, Brandon Novak and Tim O'Conner"
They both waved. I smiled at them. "I've done everyone breakfast." I said to Bam. Then I turned to Brandon and Tim. "I did Vito breakfast, but
he's not here. You two can split that, it's practically two meals on one plate."
They laughed. "Thanks." Tim said, walking over to the plates.
"Alright, well Novak and I will wake everyone up." said Bam. Just as he and Novak were about to walk through the door, I asked, "Do these two
know?...you know"
Bam turned to face me, looked confused for a moment, then smiled. "Nah, no one does. Dont worry, I havent told anyone." He turned to walk out.
"Honestly, I dont know why people dont just trust me." he said to Novak, who just laughed. Tim sat down next to me with Vitos plates.
"So, you're English?" he asked, waving a fork full of food. I smiled politely and nodded. This is going to be a long day.
"She doesnt even know yet?" I raised my eyebrows. Bam shook his head and ran upstairs. He came back down, followed by a very tired looking
April.
"Its only 7am, why did you wake me!" she moaned.
"So you can learn to skateboard." Bam reasoned.
"What! I'm not learning to skateboard." she half laughed.
"Oh, but you are"
April shook her head. "I could never do that." Bam managed to convince her though, so everyone got ready and we went outside, Glomb carrying
safety gear (he had just arrived) He had also brought this thing, i had no idea what it was, it was some skating boarding thing so i was clueless.
Apparently it was for April to practice on. Although I thought it completely unnecessary. April put on her helmet, elbow pads and knee pads, looked
at the skateboard and laughed.
"I wont be able to do this at all." she smiled.
"You'll be fine."
By lunchtime she still couldnt just go along on the skateboard. We decided to take a break and April went inside to make some lunch.
"We should take her somewhere, to get her away and waste time." I whispered to Toni. She nodded and grinned. We got up and walked inside,
to where April was, in the kitchen.
"Hi girls." she smiled.
"Hey. You dont really wanna learn to skateboard, do ya?" Toni asked.
"Not really." April screwed up her nose.
"Well, why dont you come out to lunch with us?" I asked.
"What about the guys"
"They'll survive, come on lets just go." Toni said.
April shrugged, "Okay, sure." She smiled and we went. We had to sneak out the back way though, seeing as everyone else was at the front.
We took April to a posh-ish restaurant in the main town centre. We were trying to keep her away from the guys for as long as possible.
"You know, its nice to do this." said April, "I never get to have a nice quiet meal without a food fight and all that"
"Yeah, its a nice change." agreed Toni.
We'd been at the restuarant for about an hour and a half, when Bam walked into the restaurant. I was facing the door and April was infront of me,
so I saw him enter. I nudged Toni under the table and nodded my head in the direction of Bam. What the hell are we gonna do? Toni and I tried to
keep our heads down so Bam didnt see us, but he did. He signalled for the others to enter and then made his way other to us, while April chatted,
blissfully unaware of the situation. Bam was upon us, when a trolley full of food passed by us. I jumped up, grabbed some random plates of food and
threw them at Bam, he ducked, but still got splattered with gravy.
While I distracted Bam, Toni grabbed April and made for the back exit. Unfortunately, Ryan and Novak saw this and went after them, leaving the
rest of the guys to have a food fight with me.
I wasnt really sure what was going on, food was flying everywhere and the other people in the restaurant were screaming. Then the next thing I
knew Toni came running back screaming, "They got April! They got April!" Toni fell down next to me, panting.
"How could you let them get April"
Toni glared at me, "She's old! She couldnt keep up"
I jumped up just in time to see Bam and the others running out of the main entrance. I chased after them, but just as I got out of the door, they all
climbed into Bams Hummer, April was in the back looking slightly amused. The car began to move, but that wasnt going to stop me! I chased after it,
a camera man following me.
So, there I was, runnning down the middle of the road chasing after a Hummer. When it was too far away, I collapsed to my knees.
"Damn you Bam!" I screamed to the sky, "Damn you to hell!" Of course I was half joking.
When we got back to the Castle, April was on the skateboard again, this time she was being coached by O'Conner. Bam and the others were sitting
around having a few drinks. Toni and I went to join them.
"I still cant belive you chased the Hummer." said Glomb, as he handed me a drink.
"Yeah, that was so funny!" added DiCo.
Toni plopped down next to me, "You should have seen her curse Bam, that was hilarious"
The guys just laughed. I wasnt really listening to their converstaion, I was mainly watching April. I really hope she fails! Please let her fail!
"Come on April! Come on April!" urged Bam. "You've only got 2 minutes left.!" Bam was fussing with April as the rest of us watched. I was bouncing
on the balls of my feet, a nervous grin on my face. Oh my god, oh my god, she's going to fail! Please let her fail!
"It's OVER!" I heard DiCo call in his announcers voice.
"YES!" I screamed. Toni and I began jumping up and down, then I rushed to hug April. She looked so confused and slightly grateful for the hug.
Tonis PoV
I didnt know whether I was glad or not that Penny won, I mean, her and DiCo should so be together. And now he cant find out. I just went along with
Penny anyway. April looked so confused when she hugged her, it was amusing. Bam looked pissed off.
"Lets go to the pirate bar." Ryan said, and everyone followed. I went to go too, but someone pulled me back. I turned around and bumped into Raab.
"Can we go out somewhere? I just wanna spend some time alone with you."
I smiled. That was sweet.
"Sure, where do you wanna go?" I asked.
"It's up to you"
Ooh, I know. "The Corpse Bride is out in the cinema, wanna go"
"Yeah ok. That looks good." Raab said, putting his arm around me.
"Wow, I love Tim Burton."
The film had just finished and now we were walking along, going wherever.
"Yeah it was pretty cool." he agreed.
I liked going to the cinema with him. He didnt try to make out with me, not that I didnt like it, just there's a time and a place. And you miss the movie,
so there's not really any point in paying to make out, when you can just do it at home, for free.
He took my hand and we just talked about a load of random stuff. We were going through a park, so we sat down. I shivered and Raab put his arms
around me. I leant against him and played with his fingers.
"How are you and Penny getting along?" I asked.
He sighed. "I dont know"
"You dont know?"
"Well, we do talk to each other and hang out sometimes, but I hardly know her and she doesnt seem to want to share things with me, like, she can talk to
Glomb easier than me, and it makes me feel umcomfortable sometimes. " he explained.
Aaw bless him.
"Hmm. I think she feels you dont have time for her, I dont know though. We'll work something out." I didnt really know what to say, to be honest.
"You know that skateboard thing today? What was that all about?"
"Me and Penny were talking last night, and she admitted she likes DiCo, but Bam was eavesdropping so we decided to teach April to skateboard, and if he
failed DiCo mustn't find out." I emphasised the last part.
"Ah, thats why she was so happy when April failed. And dont worry, I wont tell anyone"
I smiled. He's so lovely. We talked for a bit longer, it was just nice to feel so comfortable with someone. We sat in silence for a bit. Raab held me tighter and
sighed.
"Are you ok?" I asked.
"Yeah, that was a happy sigh."
Raabs PoV
I havent even been dating her a week and I feel so happy already. I'm not in love with her yet, just...I dont know, it was weird. She is just so easy to get
along with, always smiling and just...she's so lovely. Even though we're not saying anything, like now, it's still fun being around her. If you get what I mean.
She was still playing with my fingers. "I'm kinda hungry, can I go get a burger or something?" Toni asked.
"Yeah ok, I'm hungry too"
We walked back into town and got something to eat, and then went to a bar for a drink. Or two. Or three...
Pennys PoV
Me and the guys were sat in the pirate bar having a few drinks. Toni and Raab had disappeared, I guess they'd gone off somewhere...they're great together.
"It's too hot!" whined Novak, who was laying on the floor, fanning himself with a piece of paper.
"Lets...lets sit on the balcony." slurred Bam.
"Yeah!" agreed Ryan, over enthusiastically. He was very drunk and couldnt stand still, so he leant on Bam then looked at the stool. "You bring the beer!"
They 'walked' on. I wasnt drunk, so I just laughed at them before following. Everyone was standing on the balcony, talking, well laughing for no reason at all.
I turned to Glomb who was leaning on a rail, he gave me a very vacant smile. No use trying to talk to him, so I walked over to DiCo. But only because he
wasnt as drunk as everyone else, infact he hadnt really drunk anything. That's the only reason. I swear.
He smiled as I stood next to him. "You alright?" I asked.
"Yeah, I'm just thinking. I dont really drink when I think." he answered.
"What'cha thinking about"
"What that challenge was about. Did you have a bet with Bam or something?" he asked. How do I answer this?
"Ahhh!"
I spun around to look for whoever screamed. Someone was missing...Glomb! Ryan was leaning over the rail, laughing. I ran to where he was and looked over.
Glomb was laying on the ground. Very still.