Again, I have been pretty terrible with updating, exams are putting the pressure on me, but this time next week they will be over and I will be able to review whenever I like! Yay!
Danny had just finished unpacking when the bell for dinner rang. He put his top hat on his head and then continued out the door. He bumped into Lola and BB on the way. They all burst out laughing at the sight of each other.
"You guys look absolutely ridiculous!" laughed Danny happily.
"I think we all look pretty ridiculous!" agreed BB.
"I look ugly," moaned Lola.
"You don't loom that bad," reassured Danny, then Claudine and Jez swam into view. "Not like Little Bo Peep over there!" Claudine folded her arms grumpily and started to pick at her outfit. Jez swatted her hand away.
"Stop it, you look fine, I was only joking about earlier," he whispered into her ear.
"So… I wonder what Tristan and Lauren look like, do you reckon they'll look as funny as us?" asked BB, playing with his costume.
"Lauren looks gorgeous no matter what she wears," Danny said, imagining her in her chefs outfit.
"Man, you have it bad,"Jez said, shaking his head.
"Right before we get into that we've gotta go to dinner, but what about we meet in our room after dinner, so we can have a group discussion, excluding Tristan and Lauren of course," Claudine suggested.
"Yeah," Danny sighed, before leading the gang down the staircase and into the waiting room, where they met Tristan and Lauren.
"You look…wow…" Danny said. Claudine smacked him on the shoulder.
"You don't look so bad yourself," she said, a small smile playing on her lips.
Lola broke the moment by bursting into a fit of giggles after her gaze fell upon Tristan. "You look like my grandpa," she laughed.
"Oh shut up and take a look in the mirror grandma," Tristan snapped. Lauren rubbed him gently on the arm, trying to soothe him.
"Calm down babe, you look quite sexy," she said unconvincingly, she was imagining he was Danny. Claudine swung her arm around Danny's waist to show a sign if support. Lauren caught this in the corner of her eye and all of her greatest fears came true. He was back with her. She had really hoped that she was getting together with Jez.
'He used to be my man,' she told her self, trying not to look at all jealous.
"The green eyed monster look doesn't suit you Lauren, just go and tell Danny how you feel," whispered Lola in her ear.
"The green eyed monster look doesn't work for anyone Lola," she whispered back, choosing to ignore her last comment.
"Oh… I don't know Claudine pulls it off quite well," Jez whispered dreamily.
Before either had time to speak again Mrs Dobson came forward to bring them into the dining room. It was a long rectangular room with paintings along either side. The long mahogany table that was in the middle could easily fit twenty, over it was draped a crimson tablecloth. There were no light, the room was lit by a set of candles, that added to the atmosphere. At either end of the table, there were two people***. A man in a suave black suit. He had dark hair and dark eyes. Claudine looked at him and nearly forgot who she was on the arm of. After looking at Jez again, though, she realised that Jez was better looking and smiled to herself. The woman had quite dark hair, although it was hard to tell, as it was twisted up into an elegant bun. Her eyes were kind and she looked stunning in a dress made of red velvet. BB looked at her, before remembering his age and starting to blush slightly.
"We are the nightingales. I am Robert, and this is my dear wife Belle," he announced to the gang. "Please sit down and the game will begin." Lauren's stomach was full of butterflies, she was excited and nervous. Her character was the biggest beauty around, how could she live up to that? She sat down in front of her name card. On her left there was Danny, he was talking to Claudine who was opposite him. The strange thing was that Claudine and Jez were holding hands. Maybe Claudine was going out with both Jez and Danny. To add to tension Tristan was on her left. He kept trying to catch her attention, but Lauren had bigger things to worry about.
Mr Hawcett gave a slight cough to gather everyone's attention.
"From this time on you are no longer you, but your characters, you must all call each other by those names. Please act as your characters," he ordered them. He hurried away after ordering those words.
"Well I hope you have had a nice time here so far," greeted Belle.
"Yes, we've all had a very nice time so far, the carriage house is lovely," said Claudine poshly. She was starting to get into the role.
"Well, let's introduce ourselves, I think that's important," smiled Robert.
"let's start with you two," he said pointing to Tristan and Lauren.
"I am Harry Kenson and this is my girlfriend Scarlet Reed. I am the owner of law firm," Tristan said happily.
"Yes. I am Scarlet, Harry's girlfriend," Lauren said.
"I am Jonas. Jonas Pendragon. I love to make people laugh," he said happily, glancing at Lauren. She went into shock. Danny was playing the person her character was in love with. Ironic.
"I am Edward Swan and this is my beautiful wife of four years Isabella," announced Jez happily.
"Yes hello," greeted Claudine.
"I am Anna Cavhill. Henry Cavhill is my father, as you know he is the top business man in town," she announced proudly.
"And I'm Johnson James. I am a school teacher, I adore kids in general," he said quietly, getting into the role of his shy character. Claudine gave a little cough at the mention of kids, trying to add depth, as her character has just discovered she is pregnant.
Everyone began to chat politely, to pass the time. It had been a long time since they had seen either Mrs Dobson or Mr Hawcett. Lauren was extremely confused. Should she stay with Tristan or go with Danny. Her heart or her head? Then lightning flashed and the door swung open.
"HELP! Mrs Dobson's been murdered!" yelled Mr Hawcett…
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