I AM SO SORRY I ONLY UPDATED TODAY! IT'S BEEN SERIOSULY HECTIC FOR ME AND I WAS HAVING SOME WRITERS BLOCK BUT IM ALL GOOD NOW! SCHOOL WILL BE IN NEXT CHAPTER I SWEAR!
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Meagamer18: I hate Ellie and Rachel too but they're so fun to write about! There's some Colleen in this chapter too! The name Able sort of just came into my head – it fit really nicely with the name Sadie. I'd die to have a friend like Able! Keep reading and reviewing!
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Chapter 21: James Is Eaten By Mozzies
After we'd revived Zara, all of us hung around and ate the best ice cream from the truck. Yeah, it was just your regular old Mr Whippy but here, on the boardwalk and sitting in the sand, it tasted like heaven.
Max and Conner left to the arcade with Jeremy and Ollie, leaving me, Sadie, Able, Zara, James, Al, Adrian, Lily and Lucy to wonder the boardwalk and sharing stories.
I told the stories of me pranking James, Al told Ollie about Scorp, Sadie told everyone about the time one of the teachers at AIM caught Able and Max making out in some cupboard (wish I'd been there for that). Zara became less annoying when Conner wasn't around so she was telling stories about her and Rosie playing jokes on some of the teachers and James was bragging about whatever came to mind to anyone who would listen.
It was all very relaxing and fun until Able's expression became worried.
"What?" I asked her, walking beside her. Able couldn't hide her emotions for shit.
"Well…" Able started, her eyes darting around.
Sadie sighed. "You're going to tell her?" she asked and I turned around.
"Tell me what?" I asked, confused and a little scared of what they'd say.
"Someone really wants to meet you… and she's kind of our new friend. She's at the pier," Sadie stated, her voice clear.
My tummy dropped. 'New friend'? 'She'? This could only be one person.
"Colleen," I said, the name sour in my mouth. The 'perfect' chick who's friends with all my friends and is super pretty and dated Roy and seems to me, from what I've heard, a massive, mega-bitch.
Sadie sighed. "She isn't that bad!"
Zara snorted. "Sure she isn't," she muttered, causing Sadie to glare at her.
"Look, she just doesn't seem very nice," I explained as Able giggled.
"You got that right," Able said, smiling.
Sadie rolled her eyes. "Look, she's… interesting. But I like her and I think she'd like you, Mads. Just come and see her. She's waiting at the pier," Sadie pleaded and I brightened.
"The pier? Hell yeah I'm coming!" I screamed.
Able laughed. "Whoo!" she yelled, racing off, her hair flying.
Sadie smiled and ran after her, towards the pier.
The pier is the best place in the whole world. I don't think you understand. It's the only place that's like a café, seating area, meeting place and a waterpark all in one. We usually eat our fish and chips on the pier, meet up with friends who live nearby and jumping off the pier is the best fun.
I explained all of this to Al, Lily and James who seemed to think a pier wasn't anything special.
Sadie and Able slowed down and we caught up to them. We all walked to the end of the boardwalk which led to the pier.
I looked at Sadie and Able, a knowing glint in all of our eyes.
"Race ya!" we all screamed at the same time as the three of us bolted, racing to the end of the pier. The wood felt smooth and worn under my feet and I could feel a tiny splinter on the ball of my foot. Oh well.
I laughed and threw my head back, still sprinting as hard as I could. As usual, I won with Sadie second and then Able.
I was laughing and grinning wildly, Sadie was shaking a smiling head muttering curses as to why she couldn't beat me and Able was winded, leaning down and catching her breath.
Sadie and I laughed at that.
The racing on the pier has always been a tradition and we always race whenever we come here.
Max was never allowed to race with us because he'd always push us in the water on the way up.
I breathed in the salty air and sighed. This was what home felt like. My hair was already beach-hair and hanging in stiff clumps at my back.
Beach hair is the most annoying thing. It's like… well, your hair turns stiff and straw-dry from being in the salty water and drying in the sun. It feels gross and like felt on your fingertips, but that day, my beach-hair felt wonderful.
I could feel my whole body burning from the harsh sun. I mean, I was only in my bikini, trying to soak up as much of a tan as I'll be getting for a while.
Soon, the others caught up to us.
James was shaking his head. "Why didn't you let anyone else race? Scared a boy would beat you?" he asked mockingly, his accent sounding so very hot.
Why do English accents make people swoon?
Not that I was swooning. I mean, I was still trying to get over… whatever had happened between us.
I tilted my head. "Race you on the way back," I challenged.
James grinned.
Al and Adrian were telling us about some random story (Al and Adrian got along pretty well) when I heard a very shrill and a very English accent.
"James Potter? Is that you?" the accent was very disgusted and disgruntled, to say the least. The voice came from behind me and I felt my insides turn cold.
It was her. I just knew it. I turned around to see a very pretty teenager of Asian heritage. Her face was in a snarl/ smirk and was absolutely disgusted. Her long, raven hair was shining in the sun and her skin glowed healthily from the sun. Plump lips, rosy cheeks, defined cheek bones – the lot. Eyes like amber, no blue, no green, no… eyes of every colour imaginable stared at James in utter shock. She was tall, willowy and looked very graceful. She was also-
NO. FRICKIN. WAY.
She was wearing the same triangle bikini as me.
And she rocked it way better than me. Stupid bitch.
Her mouth parted into a little 'o' when she saw me but her expression soon turned to a full-on smirk when she realised she looked way hotter than I did in the bikini.
Oh, by the way, I'm talking about Colleen.
Her rainbow eyes darted from me to James to Lily and then to Al. And her expression lit up.
"Albus Potter? Are you here too? What are the odds!" Colleen exclaimed, her voice surprisingly husky yet sweet. It was weird. She held her arms out and hugged a startled looking Al. She stepped back and looked at James and Lily, her lip curling. "James Potter. How… wonderful. Did you care to continue our prank war on my new home turf?" she asked, holding her arms out in a challenge.
Sadie giggled. Colleen turned to her and smiled. Sadie rushed over and gave her a hug as Able rolled her eyes.
Sadie stepped back and pointed to me. "And this is the girl who exchanged with you! She's awesome! The girl we all talk about. And she's-"
"I know who it is. I'm not a dumbass," she snapped at Sadie who laughed it off. How very un-Sadie-like. She then turned an icy gaze to me. "So you're the famous Maddie Taylor. You're prettier than I imagined."
"Touche," I retorted, my face blank. I bit my tongue and cursed myself mentally. I had to be nice, I kept telling myself. So I laughed and held my hand out. "Seriously, you rock that bikini way better than I do!" I smiled warmly at her.
Colleen smiled a very pretty smile and shook my hand (her nails were perfectly manicured, of course). "Nice to meet you, too," Colleen said, as if still evaluating me.
It was super awkward. I snatched my hand back and there were a few awkward seconds of silence.
Able clapped. "Great! Everyone's met! Now we can go swimming! Whoo!" Able rambled quickly as she raced to the very edge of the pier and bombed into the aquamarine water.
Lucy laughed and flung herself off too, screaming wildly as she went down. Sadie did a big Toyota jump and landed with a huge splash. Adrian did a front flip off, Zara elegantly dived off and I ran forward to jump as well.
I stopped suddenly. My head flew back and my eyes widened. A searing pain shot through my head and I caught a glimpse of the dream I had of AIM being broken into and Colleen's perfect face marred with blood. I saw flashes of weird things – velvet heels, golden necklaces, evil-looking kittens and a pile of broken bodies burning. That image seemed to zoom in and I saw that the bodies weren't human but beautiful, glittering mermaids, their once colourful tails grey and vibrant hair in rags. My back straightened and just like that, it was over.
All of that happened in a matter of milliseconds. I bent over and shoved my head in between my hands, trying to forget those awful images.
But… evil kittens?
I'll admit – I giggled at the thought. I felt cold hands on my back suddenly and I jerked upright.
I turned around and saw James's concerned face looming in on mine. "You ok? Looked like you tripped or something. You went a little… spastic," James said, the corners of his mouth quirking up.
"I had a spaz attack?" I blurted out, my eyes bulging.
James let out a loud bark of laughter. "A 'spaz attack'?"
Can I just say, that if you say spaz attack with an English accent, it sounds super cute? Well, it does.
I realised his hands were still on my back and were sending small tingles up my spine. He wrenched them away quickly. I smiled but sobered when I remembered I needed to tell him something. But I realised, I couldn't remember.
Only a voice in my head saying 'evil kittens' reminded me that something had happened.
I frowned. "What just happened to me back there?" I asked, confused.
James cleared his throat. "You ran and then stopped and then held your head in your hands as if you were in pain. What happened?"
I frowned and shook my head. "Can't remember. Evil kittens or something. Anyways, let's jump off the pier!" I said smiling.
Al and Lily walked over and I saw Colleen lie down on a towel she'd been sun baking on before we'd arrived. Trust.
"What's going on?" Al asked, concerned.
I shook my head. "Nothing. Well, let's jump!" I said and Al's face dropped.
Lily fidgeted with her hair and James coughed awkwardly.
I put my hands on my hips. "You three are jumping whether you like it or not! It's only like, three meters!" I reasoned.
James steeled himself. "Ok. I can jump. But… buzznotfirst!" he screamed.
"Buzznot!" Lily screamed right after and Al sighed.
"I never win buzz not. Well… here goes," and with that, he ran and leaped off the pier.
Lily pouted. "Way to make it look easy," and she walked tentatively over to the edge.
"Ok, on three… one… two… no, on the count of five… one… two…three… four… no, I'll jump on ten… one- Gaaah!" Lily screamed as James pushed her over the edge. Her arms flailed around she landed with a huge splash. I heard Al laughing in the water.
James steadied himself. "Ok, I'll run and jump. On three. One, two… THREE!" James raced to the edge of the pier but grabbed my forearm on the way. Not expecting that, I tumbled and stumbled right over the edge with him, James's hand still on my arm.
The water closed around me like a blanket and its coolness spread all over my body.
I drifted for a second, floating in the perfect ocean that was a dark green/ blue/ yellow. The water felt cool and refreshing on my skin and I felt my hair wave around my face. Getting an idea, I grabbed James's hand and dove head-first to the bottom of the ocean floor. I could feel James flailing around but I was a much stronger swimmer than he was. I pulled him further and further (it wasn't too deep guys, don't worry) and looked around, my eyes searching for what I was looking for.
Finally, I saw it. A lump of green. Like a giant slug. Smiling, I reached down and grabbed the slimy, green blob and kicked off the sea floor. My head broke the surface and I took a deep breath. James came up, gasping for air and glaring at me sullenly.
"Was your aim to drown me?" he asked, his wet hair sticking to his sunburned face. I smiled.
"Nope. This was," and I shoved the green blob on his head. He shrieked and wailed, swatting at the blob on his head.
"Don't smack it too hard – its guts'll spill out!" I said as James gave me a look of horror.
"What is on my very precious hair?" he asked calmly.
"Sea cucumber," I explained.
James frowned at me. "There's such thing as a sea cucumber?"
I laughed. "Yes, and it's currently sitting on your head," I giggled, pointing to the sea cucumber.
James looked startled. "Oh, right," and he gingerly took it off his head and threw it back in the water.
He turned his face towards me right as I had my hands ready to splash a major splash. I pushed a whole wave of water at his face and he blinked and spluttered. "Wha- what?" he managed to get out, spitting sea water everywhere and rubbing his eyes.
I laughed at his expression and quickly dove into the water and swam away as fast as I could.
I surfaced for air and got a whole dump of sea water in my mouth. I gagged and my eyes watered from the horrible salty taste.
I glared at his innocent face. I was mentally thinking another attack when I heard laughter and shouts
"James! Maddie! Come over here! We're playing a game!" Al called out from under the pier.
James and I looked at each other at exactly the same time. James smirked. "Race ya!" James screamed as he shoved me under the water and raced to the pier.
I smiled under the water and started kicking and paddling to catch up.
I won, of course.
Max, Conner, Ollie and Jeremy soon joined us in splashing around and playing Marco/Polo under the pier.
But, surprise surprise, Colleen didn't want to 'ruin her hair' and suntanned the whole time on the pier.
We had so much fun, splashing and playing around. After a while, we raced back to the shore (Jeremy won – he's an awesome swimmer). Zara lounged on the sand and Colleen joined her. The rest of us played a game of footy (after we taught James, Al and Lily the rules of AFL, a muggle sport that was super fun). After a while, Able and I lay down on the sand leaving the rest to play. We soaked up the sun and talked and talked and talked. She told me about the AIM drama and I told her about the Hogwarts drama.
We even had a long chat about the Pure's.
"Look, we're lucky. They haven't targeted us yet. I mean, we've had like, gangs of them vandalising the streets and stuff but that's it. No killings. At least, not yet," Able explained, her face worried.
"Complete opposite over in England. It's horrible. Messages in the paper about attacks and massacres – they've killed exactly 50 centaurs, 50 elves and 50 giants. It's so awful," I said as Able frowned. Her eyes narrowed and she had her thinking face on.
"Exactly fifty each time?" she asked, suspicion masking her voice.
I frowned at her and nodded slowly. "Yeah. Why?" Now that I thought about it, it did seem suspicious that it was exactly fifty each time.
"Well, if it's exactly fifty each time… well, I don't know. It just seems awfully specific," Able got a far away look on her face and her eyes looked dazed. I stared at her, confused as to what she was thinking. Suddenly, her eyes snapped to mine. "Sacrifice."
My stomach dropped to the floor. "What?" I said loudly, my voice echoing.
"Its… it's too neat to be any normal massacre. Maybe… maybe the Pure's are sacrificing the lives of magical creatures and half-breeds," Able explained, her voice low and eyes worried.
I stared at her numbly. "But why?"
Able shrugged. "Who knows?"
"But… would it be… like, dark magic? Are they trying to… to raise something or gain power or… or what?" I asked, trying to wrap my mind around the words 'sacrifice' and 'Pure's' and how they somehow could go together.
I was so stunned. If the Pure's were sacrificing half-breeds and magical creatures, then we needed to know. It changed the game.
Able looked around. "Look, I don't wanna talk about it now. I don't want to ruin having you here and meeting your friends. Later?" Able asked, her voice tinged with hope.
I sighed, nodded and lay back on the sand, soaking up the last drops of the setting sun. The sky was pink, purple, orange, blue, white and navy – typical beach sunset. But even a pretty sunset couldn't distract me from thinking non-stop about the Pure's and what they were actually doing.
LINE BREAK
"Ok, who wants a sausage?" dad yelled out from the smoking barbeque.
After the sun had set, Al, James, Lily, Adrian, Ollie, Jeremy, Lucy and I walked back to my house for dinner and promised to see everyone before we left.
Dad was cooking sausages, mum was making coleslaw and everyone was having a god time.
Even thoughts of the Pure's faded to the backs of mind. It was the best night. Everyone was swimming in the pool, lounging on the outside lounges and hanging out. It was pretty awesome.
Even James's inappropriate comments couldn't drag me down!
Of course, it was after midnight until we all finally went to bed. The next day I woke up to the sound of pouring rain on the roof. I frowned and groaned internally.
It was raining.
I jumped out of bed and ran down the stairs to find everyone up and lounging in the living room. I rubbed my eyes and plonked down on the couch, eating a bowl of pre-made cereal and watching TV. The TV was still a mystery to me. It was like a mirror that played pre-record images. Dad's a muggle so that was his only condition marrying a witch – that a TV would be allowed in the house. I was trying not to scratch the billions of mozzie bites on my legs and I could see, with a smile that others were trying not to itch too.
Crunching on my Weet-Bix, I looked at Al whose face was confused.
"What?" I asked Al, my mouth full of cereal and milk.
I saw James snort (he was sitting across from me). "That sounded gross."
I smiled at James, the cereal showing in my teeth. "Thanks, mate!"
James cringed, his sunburned face wrinkling.
Al sighed. "What are we gonna do today? I mean, it's raining for Merlin's sake! How is it raining? Yesterday there wasn't a cloud in the sky!" Al exclaimed.
Lucy pointed at him. "Ah, but that was yesterday. Today is a whole new day with a mind of its own. If it wants to rain, it'll rain. It does what it wants, even if it's inconvenient for everyone else."
"So… kind of like you then, huh Lucy?" Jeremy snipped at her.
Lucy smiled. "Exactly like me!"
Lily frowned. "Well, what will we do today? And I haven't even seen a kangaroo yet!"
This time, Adrian frowned. "What, did you expect that we had a kangaroo as a pet next to our… our pet crocodile? We aren't completely insane, you know," Adrian sighed.
James looked scared. "You have a pet crocodile running around?" he asked, incredulous.
Ollie slapped him on the shoulder. "No, idiot. We were joking! Having a kangaroo and a crocodile as pets would be suicide."
"Ok, that's enough! It seems as if the crappy day has put everyone a bit on edge. How about we… go to Willin!" mum suggested.
I instantly brightened. Ok, so Willin is like Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley mixed together. It's the best fun! Book stores, awesome clothes shops, Quidditch shops – there's everything. And, it's completely indoors. "Yes! I love Willin!"
"Correction, you like Will, the guy who works in that shop!" Lucy sang in a singsong voice.
I glared at her.
James frowned. "Will? Who's Will? Another friend?" James sneered. I felt a jolt go down my spine. Is he jealous of Will? A guy he doesn't know? The thought made me giddy. Which was bad seeing as how I was trying (and not very well) to get over James. So, I smashed the part of my brain that was happy at James's jealousy and convinced myself he was just annoyed I had so many friends.
"He isn't a friend! God, Lucy! He just works at the Quidditch shop," I explained, my face heating. Ok, so Will was gorgeous. And all my friends and I have named him Will From Willin. But we've never actually talked to him even though we've been in the shop about a billion times over four years. He's just so… perfect. He's Will From Willin. Nobody spoke to him, nobody dibs's him and nobody would ever flirt. He's sacred.
Does that make sense? So, we all gossip and fantasize about him with each other but we made a pact that no one would ever actually get Will From Willin because that would start too many fights. You know that book the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants? Will From Willin are the pants for us.
"Well, Willin sounds wonderful! Where is Willin and when will we leave?" Al asked, eager to get out of the house.
James looked at him. "That was like, eight w's in that one sentence," he drawled, his eyes humorous.
"Let's go now," I said, standing up and racing upstairs, everyone hot on my heels.
And so, we got dressed and left for Willin (a magic Day Bus takes you there – it's pretty cool).
The day was awesome. We spent it prowling around stores and looking at different shops. I even got the nerve to ask Will From Willin where the bathrooms were (he said he didn't know because he doesn't know where the girls' ones are seeing as how he's a guy). There was an awkward moment where I tripped into James and his arms snaked around my waist. Let's just say, it was weird between us for the rest of the day. I avoided eye contact and didn't speak to him unless I had to.
It was tiring seeing as how I had all these little comments I was bursting to tell him. Each time one popped in my head, I had to tell myself he was a jerk and an ass-hole and wasn't worth my time.
Hard to do when he kept smiling at me.
Anyway, we got back home and had a nice roast dinner of lamb and veggies. I was loving being back in Australia, in my house with my family. Everyone was getting along really well.
The next day, it was burning hot again which meant… swimming at the pool! I was thrilled because I had a killer tan and my hair was turning blonder again. It was hilarious though when James came out without a shirt and he looked like a cooked lobster. Plus, the millions of bright red itchy bites that covered his chest were literally throbbing.
He was glaring and wincing from pain the whole day.
Don't you just love sunburn?
Anyway, we had a barbeque (this time we had steak and tomato salad) for dinner and celebrated a late Christmas. We had so much fun, opening presents and playing a game of Quidditch until twelve in the morning.
We had a blast.
The next day, however, we left.
My family and I were all crying when I left and Ollie even sang me a cute farewell song. Max, Sadie and Able came over and we had a teary goodbye. We used the Floo Network again and before I knew it, poof! I was back in dreary England, freezing my ass off.
Swearing, I stumbled out of the fireplace, ashes all over me. Puffing black soot from my mouth, I went and raced upstairs with Lily and Al. We played an intricate game of magic snap and were joking the whole time. Unexpectedly, there was a ring at the door.
"Who's that, Al?" Lily asked, her forehead scrunched up.
Al shrugged. "Beats me. I don't know everything," Al said, his dark hair still frizzy from the Australian weather.
A loud scream pieced my ears. Alarmed, I bolted up, grabbed my wand and raced downstairs, Al and Lily right behind me.
We ran into the living room where the front door was and my stomach flipped over.
Someone was fighting James. He was tall and blonde and was pushing James onto the floor, kicking and elbowing him as he went.
"Get off him!" I screamed, my wand ready.
Al looked baffled and leaned in closer. "Wait a second… Lester? That you?"
Lily turned beat-red. "As in Adam Lester?" she asked, playing with her hair and straightening her clothes.
My insides turned hard. There was one thing I hated more than Ellie Lovegood – Adam Lester. What an asshole.
I stalked over to the two boys and peered over them. From up close, I could hear muffles of laughter and could see small smirks and smiles. "Why are you two making out on the floor?" I asked coldly.
Adam fell beside James, lay on his back and smirked. "Why you watching?"
James cackled with laughter. "Oh god. That was hilarious! My god, Maddie. Who did you think Adam was? Ellie Lovegood? 'Get off him!'" James mimicked my voice horribly in the last part.
I bristled. He. Did. Not. Just. Mention. Ellie Lovegood.
I snarled. "Thought it was someone attacking you. And that was a horrible impersonation of me. And why would I care if it was Ellie Lovegood anyway?" I asked, bewildered.
James laughed. "You minded when she had her tongue down my throat." I'll admit, that stung. Throwing that whole situation-thing in my face like that. I mean, why was he even saying all of this? All that happened ages ago! And I looked back when we were in Australia and realised I'd basically forgiven him for treating me like shit on the night of the ball. It was like I couldn't be angry at him whilst I was in Australia or something. Which meant that all of my pent-up anger at him was starting to boil over.
I stiffened, my lips pinching together. I saw Adam high-fiving James and instantly knew James was saying all this to seem 'cool' in front of him. I guess it all made sense now.
"Ellie and you made out, huh? Want me to tell Alexia?" Adam said mockingly.
James attacked him and they started wrestling on the floor again.
"I wouldn't call it making out," James said whilst still wrestling Adam. "More like… just something to do to waste time."
My insides froze, defrosted and froze again when he said that. 'Waste time'? Did he not even realise how much Ellie liked him and how much of a jerk he was being? Now, I don't like Ellie that much but I don't like guys thinking they can screw over whoever they want even more.
I glanced at Al as if to say 'can you believe he's acting like this because of Adam?' but he only shrugged and mouthed 'I'm used to it'.
I sighed. Typical James.
"You're acting like a piece of shit, James," I said. I turned and walked away, disgusted. I heard scrambling noises.
"Where you going?" James called from behind me. I turned to find him in the process of standing up.
"Why do you care?" I asked, like, actually confused as to why he was standing up. He was acting so weird.
He glanced at Adam's face and back at me. "I'm looking to 'waste time' like the night of the ball. You in?" he jeered, smirking at me.
My face heated. What a slap in the face. "Excuse me? I seem to remember that you kissed me!" I screeched, so pissed at him for being so… so jerk-faced. I realised I hadn't felt this agitated with him since those first weeks at school where we hated each-others guts.
"Kissing? Oh no, I think you're game for a little more than that, Mads," James muttered loudly. Adam burst out laughing.
My eyes felt like they were going to start watering. I could literally feel the tears ready to spill over from what he'd just said. I was ready to cry angry tears.
Was he implying I was some sort of… slut or whore? That doesn't even make any sense! I narrowed my eyes, ready to hex him if he said one more thing wrong. "What are you implying?" I asked, my tone hard. I glared at him, so hard, he actually took a step back.
Adam looked back and forth between us. "Whoa, James. Looks like you've made her mad."
I turned on my heel and walked out of the room before I strangled the idiot. Both of them.
I heard muttering and feet running after me. I turned around and saw Al's smiling face.
"I hate Lester. He's a tosser. And so is James. Can we go back to our game?" Al rambled out, his face red.
"Why is Adam even here?" I asked loudly, ignoring Al for a second.
"Sometimes he just shows up. Mum, dad, James and Lily all worship him. They think he's all that. But he's just a rude and arrogant guy," Al said, shrugging.
"Well, he's just like James then!" I said defiantly, royally pissed at James.
Al laughed quietly. "James is… he's weird. Hot and cold, I guess," Al shrugged. "Don't worry, he only acts like that around Lester."
I shook my head. "Why are we still talking about them? I hate them both now," I said loudly, hoping they'd hear me.
Al threw his head back and laughed. "Always blunt," he said, shaking his head.
And with that, we went back to our game (Lily stayed with James to ogle at Adam). We played for hours and only came down for dinner, of which everyone was talking to Adam (apparently, he was staying for a couple of nights – kill me now) except for me and Al. We were playing a game of charades across the table. It was funny trying to stifle our laughter when we mimed something funny.
After a very long dinner, we all went up to bed.
And man, was I exhausted! I basically flopped into bed. I was out before I'd even hit the bed.
Of course, someone just had to knock on my door. Again.
Groaning, I rolled out of bed and rolled onto the floor.
Grumbling and muttering curses, I stood up and stumbled in the dark towards the door. I opened it, saw who it was and slammed it in his face.
Take a guess at who it was.
"Wait!" he whispered (loudly). He started banging on the door.
Groaning, I opened it again and glared at him.
"Ok, don't slam the door! I just wanna explain, ok?" James said, raising his hands in surrender.
I shook my head. "Why are you always knocking on my door in the dead of night? It's getting old," I said in a monotone voice.
James sighed. "Ok, I don't why I said and implied what I did. I don't know why and I'm sorry for bing such a jerk to you. Plus, I'm also really sorry about the ball and what happened and what I said," he rambled, looking at me nervously.
What a sorry excuse for an apology. That was literally the shittest apology I'd ever heard. He just shoved everything into one sentence!
So I reacted… a bit weirdly.
All I'm saying is that it was like 2am and I was way out of it.
"Whatever. I'm sleeping now," I mumbled, my eyes still half-closed.
James smiled. "Am I forgiven?" he asked hopefully, his black hair really sexy all ruffled up from sleep.
Sighing, I looked at him and smiled patronizingly. "Nope."
And I slammed the door in his surprised face.
sorry the chapter was a little rushed, i just needed to leave Australia! ok so next chapter will be much better... but it'll probs be like 3 weeks ish until i post again because i'm going on holidays and can't take my laptop ):
but i will update ASAP!
love you all,
Kat xx
