Ramona was sitting on the edge of the pool table. Frank and Liam had moaned that she was covering the pockets, but she was sitting there just to irritate them. Eventually Ramona got bored of their continual whining and moved onto the couch. She flicked through the channels, looking for something to watch, but her mind was elsewhere. "Oi, Liam." He looked up, and grinned. "Yeah, what you moping about for?"

"I miss people." Frank and Liam exchanged a look, and dropped the cues onto the pool table. Frank sat beside her, and said quietly "It gets easier, with time." Liam stood in front of Frank, scuffing his feet against the table leg. "But I wanna see them."

"You can't just go and find them," said Liam, confused.

"I'm going anyway." Ramona stood up and started to make for the doorway, but Frank pulled her back. "You can't!"

"I'm going Frank, I miss Cole!"

"Who the hells that?" asked Liam, smirking.

"My boyfriend." Liam's eyes widened.

"Kept that quiet!"

"I've been here two days, O'Donovan."

"Fair point McKenzie." He fiddled with the ties on his hoodie. "I've got an idea which means you could speak to him... But not see him." Ramona's eyes lit up. "Really? How!" She stood up and grabbed Liam by the shoulders. "Tell me!"

"Alright, chill!" Ramona let go of him, and bit her lip. "Sorry."

"Sokay. Now come on, hurry!"

Ramona sat on Frank's bed, chewing her thumb nail. Liam was busy tapping in numbers to his phone. Frank was flipping through a yellow pages, reading out names in a monotone voice. "Chase... Choke... Chuck... Close!" He sat up abruptly, his finger on a number. "We got one!"

"Alrighty, give me a second..." Liam tapped in the number, and put the mobile to his ear. "It's ringing." Ramona looked at Liam, waiting for him to speak.

"Hello, is that Cole Close?" A voice was heard. "Liam O'Donovan, I'm with your girlfriend Ramona." Suddenly the voice got louder, angrier. "No, no! Shit, no! That's not what I meant!" Liam ran a hand through his hair, frantically trying to speak. "Close, Close! Listen! She wants to speak to you!" The voice was yelling now. "Here!" Liam chucked the phone at Ramona, who put it to her ear.

"WHEN I FIND WHO-"

"Cole, it's me!"

"Ramona?" She smiled.

"Yeah, me! And you just took a fit at my mate who made it possible to phone you." Liam put his thumbs up.

"Who the hell is O'Donovan?"

"My friend, I'm in a care home."

"What? Why?"

"Long story, I met Liam and we both got brought back to the care home."

"First name terms, eh?"

"Well yeah, he's nice."

"How many other boys you got there?" His voice wasn't jokey, like usual. This was cold. "It's not like that." Ramona answered back, equally cold. "Oh, I'm sure." Cole's tone was sarcastic, and Ramona felt like kicking him. "Cheers. I make the effort to call you and you take me up on how many boys I'm "dating" behind your back."

"Look, its-"

"I have to go. Bye." Ramona hung up the phone. Liam winced as she threw the phone onto the ground, and turned away from Frank and Liam. Frank moved onto the bed she was sitting on, and made a face at Liam. "I'm sorry." Ramona turned round to see Liam, hands in his pockets. "It's not your fault. He's always been like that." She sighed, and put her head down. Frank gingerly placed an arm around her back. She wriggled into him, and sniffed. Liam reached for a box of tissues just behind him, and handed one tissue to Ramona. She waved it away stating "I'm not crying. I don't cry for boys."

"What about girls?" asked Liam cheekily. Ramona chucked a magazine that was lying beside her at him, and he stuck his tongue out. "Get too O'Donovan." He sat on the other side of her, and put a pillow on her head. "Magical pillow fairy says that he's an idiot."

"Magical pillow fairy?"

"First thing that came to mind." She grinned, and put her other arm around Liam's neck. "Right, magical pillow fairy and his football maniac friend get to carry me." They lifted her up in a throne lift, laughing. "Jeezo, you're heavy Ramona," said Frank.

"Thanks Frank." All three laughed, and put her down. "What's the time?" Liam rescued the phone from the ground and looked at the screen. "Three forty seven."

"I'm booored."

"We could see if anyone's up for a game of something. Footie?" Frank said, looking hopeful.

"Nah. What about... Hide and seek?"

"The little kids would ruin it," said Liam.

"Why don't we just, relax?" Liam and Frank looked incredulous.

"She's gone mad."

"The Dumping Ground ain't a relaxing place, love."

"I've noticed, /love/," she said, copying his Geordie accent. Liam shoved Ramona and immediately said "Och, weesht ya wee sleekit beastie," Frank let out a loud laugh. "Liam, you sound like the closest to you've been to Scotland is Robert Burns," he added. Ramona high-fived Frank and the Liam pretended to be highly offended. "You two are bullies."

"Oh aye." Ramona heard a loud crash and grabbed him by the arm. "What was that?" Frank shrugged, and frowned. "Maybe Johnny..."

They ran downstairs to see what the commotion was. Frank pushed open the door to the kitchen to reveal Johnny being held back by Mike, and Gina with Gus, who was screaming. "What happened?" asked Liam. Tracy waved them over. "We told Gus about the seaside trip-"

"We're going to the sea?" Liam and Ramona yelled.

"Yes, calm down, we're going tomorrow but-"

"Calm down? We have to go and get ready!" said Frank, and Ramona nodded fervently. "Hear me out. Gus started complaining that it would ruin his plans for tomorrow. Then Johnny came in and heard the plans, and for some reason, he freaked out entirely. Screaming all this stuff, and tried to hit Gus."

"Woah. Sounds bad," said Liam, peering back into the noisy kitchen.

"Yep. He just needs to calm down though."

"But what kid wouldn't want to go to the sea?" asked Ramona curiously.

"No idea." Tracy shrugged. "Never mind, go get packed! Actually, teas in five minutes so just go to the dining room. And remember, the day after tomorrow is the first day of school!" Frank groaned.

"School!" Ramona was horrified.

"Yup. Have fun at Secondary!"

"I think I'm gonna die now." Liam elbowed her. "Oi, you've got me McKenzie."

"Oh hooray, stuck with Robbie Burns boy." She winked and elbowed him back, before running into the dining room, closely followed by the two boys.