A/N Hi glad you like the story so far, this chapter is dedicated to kd-walker684 who has studied the books to find out more of what the Pants say, thank you! And thanks to the other reviewers!

"Oh Guys!" Erin squeaked, feeling tears welling up, "I don't wanna leave you, I don't want to go,"

"Oh Erin," Belle said, as all 3 girls enveloped Erin in a hug, "Why not?"

"They hate me and my Mom, they didn't even come to Dad's funeral, they had their own... it's going to be horrible!"

"I'm sure that was just plane fares or something, they don't hate you, or they wouldn't have invited you right?" Hazel said, producing a tissue from somewhere and wiping Erin's face,

"I don't want to go either, I'll be so bored without you guys, but that's what the Pants are for right? They'll make sure we have an ok time, it seems as if these guys did... Seeing all of Kostos? And look at all the places they went..." Belle said, studying the Pants.

"And I'll be here on my own, no-one to talk to! So I'll be sending you guys loads of letters and e-mails!" Hazel added.

"Hey we should sort out who gets the Pants in what order, shall we draw for it?" Erin said, slightly cheered up by the thought of perhaps getting the Pants first,

"No, you should have them honey! We can draw for the other turns!" Marianna smiled, grabbing a notebook from the coffee table that had been pushed to the side of the room.

It turned out that Erin would have them first, then Belle, then Hazel and Marianna last.

"Good I'll get them for my final performance!" Mari laughed, "You can all come right? My parents said they can bring everyone."

"Yeah I'll be back," Isabella said,

"Me too,"

"So we'll each have two weeks then pass them on, so we should get them twice," Hazel said

"Good, now a movie!" Marianna jumped up to grab the ice-cream she'd brought.

The next day she was off to Drama Camp, in New York, at an NYU campus (A/N This might be wrong, but I don't live in America so I'm making it up,) When she arrived, their were lots of other girls and guys around her age, all with brimming suitcases and crying parents.

She scanned the crowd, picking out likely prospects for friends. She had never had any trouble making friends, and wasn't at all shy,

"Your in Dorm 12 sweetie," Her Mom said, returning to where her and her Dad were waiting.

"Great, I'll go up there now, bye Mom, bye Dad, I'll miss you lots and lots," She said, smiling sweetly, really she couldn't wait to have the whole summer to herself, doing her favourite thing, acting, with people who shared the same tastes as her.

"I love you lots baby!" Her Mom said, hugging her tightly,

"Bye Mari, have fun, and make us proud, I know you will!"

When they had left she headed up to her room, she knew she would be sharing, but she would also be on the same corridor of lots of other girls. She got to number 12 and lugged her suitcase in, dumping it on one of the beds, then she turned to her room-mate.

"Hi, I'm Sarah," the girl, with pale blonde hair in a long plait said quietly,

"Hi, I'm Marianna!"

"We have to go to a workshop soon, can I sit with you, I don't really make friends that easily, but you look like you do."

"Sure do," Mari laughed, "And of course you can, can't wait to get a proper look at everyone,"

Erin and Belle were in the towns biggest bookshop, which actually wasn't that big at all. Belle read constantly, Erin needed a few books to take on the plane.

"That one's good," Belle said,

"Right, I think I have enough though,"

"You only have 3, I have way more than that, and I've read most of them... oh I need more!"

"Yikes Belle, are you going to have any room for clothes?"

"I don't think they're important on a farm, all I'll be doing is reading... have to escape from the boredom somehow!" She laughed,

"Yeah," Erin said, quietly,

Belle looked at her friend, "You're not still worried are you? Don't, you'll be fine, and you can phone me any time, or write, I won't have a computer... so no e-mail!"

"I'll be fine, I have the Pants after all!"

A couple of days later they were at the airport along with Hazel and Erin's Mom.

"Ok, my flight," Erin said, wrestling out of her Mom's tight hug, "You're embarrassing me Mom, I'm almost 16!"

"I know but, remember I'm only a phone call away, just phone ok?"

"I will,"

"Ok, ok, you'll be fine, you'll have a great time!"

"I know, I know, ok... bye guys," She said, "I have the Pants," She smiled, smoothing her hands over them, she had decided to wear them to get there, good luck from the beginning.

Marianna had soon found a few friends, the group she and Sarah had been put into, along with the girls from room 11 and 13, and the boys from 11, 12 and 13 of the boys dormitory.

There was Kelly and Rhona in 11, Sammy and Gladice in 13. The boys were Travis, Bobby, Gavin, Jake, Lee and Hayden. Hayden was who Marianna had an eye on, he was almost 18 and was tall, dark, handsome and moody. But Jake and Travis were quite nice too, out of the girls she got on most with Rhona and Sammy, who were quite like her. Sarah was nice, quiet like Erin, Sammy reminded her of Hazel, a little crazy, as was Travis, him and Sammy had already started goofing around.

Kelly, she didn't really like, but could put up with her, as they would now always be in a group, for nearly all the group exercises.

"So guys, what are you planning to do for your tableau?" One of the course leaders, Jamie said, coming over to the group,

"Well it's a scene from the circus, so you know we were going to do clowns and stuff," Kelly said,

"I thought we could do a behind the scenes, you know like that picture, of the clown crying... you see the fun on one side, then people in the same positions but with different expressions on the other..." Marianna said,

"That sound interesting, well I'll let you get on with it,"

"I like Mari's idea," Rhona said,

"Fine," Kelly said, obviously sulking,

"It encorporates your idea too," Mari said, trying not to cause an argument in the first week.

"I said whatever,"

"Ok then... so Hayden if you could just..."

Erin arrived at Manchester International airport and followed the crowd to collect her luggage. She managed to load the three bags onto a trolley, and she pushed it into the arrivals lounge nervously.

Waiting there were a crowd of people, one woman ran out, "Erin, is that you? Wow you've grown chick!" She had blonde hair and greyish eyes, she hugged Erin tightly, "I'm so glad you decided to come, I'm your Aunty Jane, you probably don't remember me..." Erin smiled,

"Not really,"

"It has been ages, here, Justin, get the trolley," A boy, about 15 came sullenly from the crowd and began to push Erin's trolley. She remembered her Mom telling her she had a cousin around the same age as her.

"So Justin here has just turned 15, and you're almost 16 right?"

"Yeah,"

"Wow, you have an American accent!"

"Yup, I suppose," Erin said, smiling, not really sure what else to say, of course she had grown since she was 3, of course she had an American accent. Then Justin nudged her,

"Don't mind Mum," He whispered, "She's nervous,"

"So Erin, how's your Mum, or Mom I guess," Jane said, giggling,

"She's ok, yeah," Erin could tell this would be a long holiday.

Hazel sat at her computer, no letters or e-mails yet, true Belle had left that morning, Erin yesterday and Marianna was probably busy, but boy was she bored.

Her Mom and Dad had left that morning on their cruise for their wedding anniversary And already Hazel was completely bored. She decided to log onto a chat room, to talk to someone, anyone! There was one she had gone on before, where you had little people that could move around. She went in and began chatting to a few people.

Belle and Freddy were sitting in the nearest airport to the farm. Their Aunty and Uncle still hadn't arrived to pick them up. Then a red haired woman came running in,

"Hi you two, sorry I'm late," Pauline said, "You've grown Freddy, you too Isabella!"

"Nice to see you Aunty Pauline,"

"Come on the trucks outside, Joe's waiting in there."

They lugged their luggage out (Erin had been right, Belle's were mainly books) and put them in the back of the truck. Then they all squeezed into the front, where Uncle Joe was waiting with the engine running,

"Hi, Freddy and Izzy,"

"I usually get called Belle actually,"

"Oh, that means beauty doesn't it?" Joe said,

"Oui,"

"Wha'?" He said, looking a little confused,

"I just thought you might know... oh never mind," Belle said, seeing his slightly vacant expression.

Dear Haze,

Well I'm in sunny Manchester... that's a lie, it rains all the time here! I'm staying with my Aunty Jane and her two sons, Justin and Pete, Justin is a year younger than me, and is ok on his own, Pete is 18 and I've seen him once when he came in to get changed, then he headed out again. So far, it's weird, everyone keeps talking about my Dad, and asking about my Mom. Nothing happened while I was wearing the Pants, but I shall wear them once more, and hopefully something might,

Love Erin x x x

p.s did you get that e-mail from Marianna, sounds like she's having a good time at least! I'm a little worried about her though, we'll have to keep an eye on her! Metapohorically of course!

Hiya Hazel Baby!

I'm on the farm, and yeah nothing is happening here... boring boring boring... if only I was with you then we could be bored together! The relatives are nice enough... and Aunty Pauline introduced me to the boys that help on the farm, wow are they dumb, and that is putting it lightly!ok I'm being mean, that's bad... I'll just go and read some more, I shall be finished by tomorrow, and you saw the amount of books I took!

Love you loads, Belle,

To:Hazel456, Erinbaby

From:MerryMari

Hiya, I got a bit of time on the computer, camp is great as I knew it would be! The group I'm in is really talented, (except Kelly, who is so annoying I shan't even talk about her,) and there is the gorgeous Hayden, he is so yummy I can barely breath around him... he's one of the oldest and only came here because his Mom wanted him out of the house over summer, somewhere he wouldn't get into trouble, he is always in trouble with the cops apparently how cool! He is so bad, and gorgeously moody! I can't wait to have the Pants, I wonder if you can guess why?

Love Mari,

P.S Tell Belle everything, I would, but she doesn't have a computer out there does she?

A/N So, the summer has started, and you are getting to know the Sisterhood more, do you have any ideas of what might happen? Even I am not sure, although I have a slight idea for some of them! Please review, and then I can update as soon as I did for this chapter!