Five minutes later, after a fist, a face and one big black eye, I sit I in my chair, not looking the chairman in the eye, who has a bored and yet annoyed look on his face. James is also squirming in his seat, with a black eye and a bloody nose that I am quite proud of. Bruce is still keeping up with the ' I am innocent' look, but you can see he looks uncomfortable.
"Yet again, the same people sit in these seats, yet again I wonder if you two are plain stupid or just arrogant, and yet again you take me for a fool by lying to me." He is mainly talking to Bruce and James, both of which have slouched further into the chair, looking guilty.
"I didn't do anything, Mac, I swear" Bruce says, looking confused. I dont even know the guys proper name, or were I am, so when he starts shouting I jump.
"YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING? SO THE YOUTUBE VIDEO YOU POSTED WASNT YOUR FAULT, THE FACT THAT YOU DIDN'T CHECK THE HISTORY OF A POTENTIAL CHERUB WASNT YOUR FAULT AND THE FACT YOU LET JAMES AND YOURSELF TALK TO AN ORANGE SHIRT, WAS NOT YOUR FAULT, CORRECT?"
Bruce is wincing, then tries to lighten the mood by saying
"that video is pretty funny though, isn't it Mac?" He says, grinning.
"YOU FIND THE FACT THAT A VIDEO WHICH HAS NOW PROBABLY SPREAD AROUND HALF THE WORLD, THAT HAS CHERUB T-SHIRTS AND AGENTS THAT COULD BE IN POTENTIAL DANGER, FUNNY, DO YOU NORRIS?"
Bruce keeps silent after that, leaving James has a smirk on his face.
"Don't you smirk Adams, you talked to an orange shirt who now knows she was under investigation and a lot of things about CHERUB that she shouldn't." Mac says, he sits and takes a deep breath.
"Both of you will receive severe punishments, and you'd better hope this girl joins CHERUB, or she could tell potential terrorists about us. Now , go." He says, his hand running through his hair. James and Bruce leave, both glaring at each other. 'Mac' turns to me and smiles.
"Now, welcome to CHERUB, if you punch another colleague again, you will receive a severe punishment, if you become a proper agent.
After some sick, scary and excruciating tests, Mac smiles and nods.
" You passed most of the tests, only just failing the intelligence test, but, I will offer you a place in CHERUB, if you wish."
I grin with a nod, CHERUBs facilities are great and I know it's the right place for me.
He smiles, then shakes my hand.
When I walk out of the door, I hear him add "please avoid those two boys at all costs, their trouble."
I walk out of the room, feeling happy for the first time in ages. James is waiting in the corridor, his hands are in his tracksuit bottoms pockets and he is leaning against the wall.
" you accepted the offer then?" He asks.
I nod, not looking him in the eye. He holds out his hand, offering me to shake it.
"No hard feelings?" He says, looking pleadingly.
"No hard feelings." I say, smiling. He grins and begins to tell me his friends in CHERUB. We walk to my new room, which is close to his and then head for the 'hang out' room. After hearing more about Bruce, Gabrielle , Lauren and the twins. He looks as though he has just remembered something , winces and says
"please don't tell Kerry about our past or today, she will literally kill me and I've had enough girl Drama today."
"What history and what happened to your eye ?" A voice asks, a girl comes out of the hang out room, looking with suspicion in her eyes, standing with hands on her hips. By the look on James's face, this must be Kerry.