(The next day)
I get up and stare at my cell. I nod. I walk into the Choir room and type in my home number. It will be 3am there. I listen to the rings. It goes to answer machine and I nod. "Hey guys. Well I just wanted to tell you that I got here safe. that it is going good, that I get on with everyone, i'm safe. I am having fun and I have already been on TV. youtube Good Morning America TGP and you will find it. It's 3am there. It's 9am here. So basically ring me between 3am and 4pm your time, that will be 9am and 12am my time. Well I got to go, I think I hear someone, love you. talk soon." I say and hang up. I smile at my cell and walk into the corridor to be greeted by Samuel and Bryce. "Listening in?" I say to them and fold my arms.
"Not on purpose." I nod. "But you didn't walk away?" I say shaking my head. Samuel looks down and Bryce nods. "Sorry." I nod. "Please don't listen in." I say and walk back to my room, to see them all waking up and getting clothes ready for the day ahead. I brush my teeth and fix my hair into a ponytail. I put on a pink t-shirt and black skirt with my sandals. I sit on my bed and stare at my cell. I get a small bag and put my ipod in it, along with my cell and purse. "You guys coming?" They shrug. "I'll go." Marissa says. "Yeah." Emily says. I nod. "Any of you guys want to go?" They shake their heads. "Were good. Alex will probably want to practice." I smile. "Good luck." And walk out with Marissa and Emily. "Hey!" Emily says bursting into the kitchen, with us following her. We see Bryce and Cameron with Damien. "Are you guys coming shopping?" Damian and Cameron nod, while Bryce shakes his, "I need to practice." I nod. "Fair enough." I say, my cell starts ringing. "Two seconds guys." I say and walk to the choir room. Samuel is sitting in the back row practicing. I answer the phone to a very excited mum.
"HEY SWEETIE!" I laugh at her and Samuel looks up. "Hey mum." I say with a smile. Samuel gets up. "I'll go." I shake my head. "It's fine." I say grabbing his arm and he looks down at my hand holding his arm. I flinch and realise I am still on the phone. "It's good. Yeah everyone is nice. Good Morning America? It Was An Experience." Samuel laughs. "Yeah we signed some autographs after it. You seen pictures?" I say and smile. "Who Is The Guy You Are With?" I laugh. "That's Samuel. He is sitting beside me actually." I say with a smile. "Plans for today? We are going out with some of the guys and girls shopping and get breakfast. Just soak it all up and then practice this evening. Ok. I Love You To. Tell Everyone I Was Thinking About Them. Bye Mum." I say and he smiles. "She has seen the pictures already?" I nod. "Most of my family got twitter and only follow us and TGP producers in case we have pictures taken. they are nerdy like that." I say and he smiles. "You guys ready?" Cameron says to us and we look up.
"Yeah, coming." I say with a smile. We get up and they continue walking ahead of us. "About the mixed messages." I say to him. "You don't have to explain." I nod. "I do." He nods. "Ok?" I smile and take a deep breath. "My mum was a single parent to just me. She was 17 and my dad left before I was born. I don't trust people easily. Even though it seems like I do. I don't." He nods and half smiles. "I get you. Bryce was the one who wanted to listen in, after I said to walk on." I nod. "Ok." I say and he pokes me. "Don't start." I squeal and they all turn around to see him tickling me. "Get a room." Emily shouts and I laugh at her. We walk up and I jump Damian. "I'm not a hay bale." I laugh at him and we walk through the kitchen. "See you later guys." I say and they nod. "Bye." They say and we walk out together.
We get into a big taxi. "Where do you want to eat?" I shrug. "The only thing I know you guys have here is McDonalds. and that is because they come from here." They laugh. "Ok, how about we try Roo?" Samuel says and we all half nod. he gives the driver directions and we go into Roo. We order a typical breakfast and when the waiter comes over Samuel looks at us. He points at each of us. "47. 64. 39. 18. 55. 5. 1." He says pointing at me. The waiter nods and we give him a funny look. "You'll see." We laugh and a little girl walks over to us with her mom. "Are you fwom the Gwee Pwoject?" We nod and smile. "Can woo sign fis for mwe?" We nod and she hands us a poster. we pass it around the table with the pen the mother gives us. "Can she get a picture with you two?" The mother says to me and Samuel and we nod. "Sure." I say and get up. I lean down beside her and Samuel turns around in his seat. "1, 2, 3." We smile and the mother thanks us. The little girl kisses my cheek and skips away. "Aww." I say and Damian looks in a huff. "She didn't want to kiss my cheek." He says and Lindsay and Marissa kiss his cheeks and I take a picture of them. Our breakfast arrives along with some smoothies. "Thank you." We say and all taste them. "That is really good." Lindsay says and I nod. "Yeah." He smiles. "I have a knack for this kind of stuff." He says and we smile.
We eat our breakfast and all chip in for the bill. We walk out and all go our seperate ways into shops. I buy a pair of pink shorts and Samuel walks in while they pass me the bag. "What did you buy?" I shrug. "you'll see." He laughs and we walk into a surf shop. I look at the surf boards. "We don't have the weather for this at home." I say and he nods. We keep shopping and bang into Marissa, Damian and Cameron. "Where is Emily?" They point at a shop that has very little clothing on the models. I walk in. "Yeah, lets go." I say to her. "Come on." She nods and we walk out.
I see a rock N roll shop and plaster a massive cheesy smile on my face. "Go on." Cameron says and I walk in. I go straight to the jewellery. I look at all the pieces and lift out a necklace, it has a small clear bottle and inside is red glitter with a small tag that says 'poison' on the side. I set it back down and walk out. "Did you not get anything?" Marissa asks. "I'll go in another day." I say and we walk down a street, to be ambushed by about 100 young, screaming girls. They quickly give us paper and posters to sign. We smile for pictures and they all walk away, continuously waving back, one runs back up to us. "Are you guys dating?" Some girl asks me. "Sorry?" I say to her. "You and Samuel? Are you dating?" We shake our heads. "No. We are just good friends." He says and we smile. "That's it." I say and we all walk back down the street.
We see a taxi and get in. Cameron gives him directions and we go back to the house. "What did you buy?" Emily asks me and I open the bag to show her. She smiles. "Nice." She laughs and we get in. "Hey." We say and see them all in practice clothes. Samuel nods. "I'm going to go get changed." Samuel says. "Me too." I say. I walk into the girls dorm and get changed into my new pink shorts and a brown t-shirt. I walk back out and Lindsay has my ipod, filming. Samuel walks out of his dorm and sees me. He starts laughing. "Nice shorts." I smile. "Oh, these?" He nods. "Your funny, Miss T." He says and starts tickling me. I start laughing and he ends up, on top of me on the floor. "Ok! Stop! Stop! hahahahaha STOP!" He stops and looks at me. I smile and he has his hands on my arms. I grab his arms and flip over, so that I am on top of him. I start tickling him and he laughs. "Ok. Ok. hahaha Ok. You proved your hahaha point. aha." I nod. "Good." I get up and pull him up. Lindsay is still standing recording. "Live stream to twitter guys." I go towards her and grab my ipod. "Yeah, thanks." She laughs and we walk into the choir room
