Sorry there was no author note on the last chapter, because I'm uploading two today :D Thankyou for the reviews, and adding to favourites. It makes me smile! Have a read, hope you like! I'm afraid I was listening to my music and had to put in some songs... Enjoy :D

Sapphire fiddled with her overflowing wash bag, searching for something. "Whatcha looking for?" asked Ramona, peering over. "Make-up..." She yanked out a small tube and threw it onto the floor. "Aha!"

"We're going to the beach, you won't need to wear make-up."

"Of course I do! What if someone saw me?"

"Well that's never gonna happen," said Ramona sarcastically. "Shut it. You need to borrow a costume, eh?"

"Yeah.. You got something?"

"Fraid it's not all that stylish." Sapphire threw a dark blue two piece at her. "Go try it on, check it fits."

"Will dooooooo," she sang, and pulled open the door.

She skipped into the corridor, and almost bumped into Johnny. "Watch it!"

"Sorry. I'm just haaappppyyy!" Johnny raised his eyebrows. "More like high," he muttered, and earned a shove from Ramona. She changed in the bathroom quickly, and decided it fitted. Checking her watch, Ramona was caught out on how late it was. "Eleven!" She put her clothes ontop of the bikini, and rushed back to Sapphire's room.

"We need to go in five minutes!"

"Oh crap. I'm almost ready, we'll be fine." Ramona grabbed her rather small bag and Sapphire continued packing. Someone knocked on the door. Lily's voice came through the door. "Tracy says hurry up, Mike wants to leave..."

"Come on Saph!"

"Alright, I'm coming, keep your hair on."

The two girls climbed down the staircase, where most of the other kids were waiting. "We've been waiting on you, slow coach!"

"I wanna go! I wanna go!"

"In the van, go, go, go!" Mike yelled.

"Right, is everyone sitting down?"

Gina said. "We're all good!" cried Tracy. The coach started, and Johnny muttered something to Tee. "I'm fine, Johnny," she answered. Liam was holding two cardboard signs, and passed one behind him to Frank. "What's that for?" asked Ramona. He tapped his nose, and winked. Just as the coach started moving, Johnny yelled. Tee had thrown up all over the back seat. "Eurgh!" Sapphire moved further into the side, and Toby started yelling. Gina turned round, and sighed.

"Everyone off!"

Half an hour later, they set off again. Once they reached the motorway, Liam and Frank started laughing again. "What is it?" Tracy asked. Ramona sniggered. "Just a sign to say where we're going..." said Liam innocently. "Give me that!" snapped Tracy. The two signs read "Beach" and "Bum". Tracy couldn't help but laugh, and passed them back to the boys.

Gus was checking off his list for things in his bag. Liam suddenly remembered something, and began raiding his own bag. "What have you brought?" said Ramona as he emptied the last remaining things onto their laps. "MIKE!"

"What is it Liam?" he said, exasperated. "I've forgotten my trunks!" Everyone let out a large laugh. "It's not funny, what am I meant to do?" Mike smiled.

"You can go into the sea in your pants."

"No! I'm not!" Ramona and Frank were laughing so hard they couldn't breathe. "Really Liam? No trunks?" asked Ramona inbetween laughs. "Nope." They passed a sign reading "Service Station - 500 yards." Liam's eyes brightened. "Hey Mike... I need the toilet..."

"Right, there's a service station coming up, toilet break!"

"Ahh." Liam lay back, arms behind his head. "First thing I'm doing when I'm getting to the beach, is burying both you guys in the sand. Then you'll never get out!" He laughed, and Tee suddenly spoke up. "I feel sick." She vomited into the bucket, and Mike sighed again. "Stopping..." Johnny grabbed his juice bottle, and emptied its contents on Liam's head and hit Ramona's shoulder. "What the hell was that for? Git!" Ramona yelled, and Liam turned round too. "Johnny, you idiot!"

"Alright, calm down. Johnny, apologise." Tracy gave him a glare.

"Fine. Sorry." Liam turned back round, muttering under his breath.

As soon as the doors of the minivan opened, the kids separated out into groups, rushing off to the stores. Liam and Frank ran to the toilets, Sapphire, Ramona and the other girls headed to the sweets and the younger boys stayed with Mike and Gina bewildered.

Ramona was about to go back to the mini van, when she was grabbed by the arm. "What the-" She span round and saw Liam and Frank clutching a mop and bucket. Ramona raised her eyebrows, and was about to speak when Liam grabbed her hand and the three ran out the shop.

Panting, she turned round to Frank. "What's going on!"

"Liam needs money so we're doing a car wash."

"Huh?"

"Just watch and learn." Liam smirked, and picked up the bucket. A car passed by, with a man with the windows rolled down inside. Liam threw the bucket of cold, soapy water all over the car, and the man yelled.

"Shit."

The three sprinted out the parking lot and saw Mike and Gina. Liam grabbed ahold of Mike's arms, and pulled him towards the van, talking up a storm. Frank cottoned on, and started shouting to Gina, and Ramona raced ahead to open the van. She was met with Johnny sitting inside, and he looked confused when the five arrived. Once they reached the van, they climbed inside just as the rest of the kids arrived. "In you get!" said Mike, as the children piled in. Just as Toby, Harry and Lily were getting in, the angry car owner and the shop manager appeared. The two men started yelling at Gina, telling her that "three vandals" had attacked him and his car, a shop shelf, and stolen goods. "Mike's doing alright," said Liam, grinning. Mike was telling the two men that none of those things were the children, and blaming him for accusing falsely. As they set off again, Mike cried through to the back "Liam, Frank, Ramona?"

"Yes?" said Ramona sweetly.

"You three wouldn't happen to know anything about the "teenage vandals, hm?" Liam looked shocked.

"Mike, you are accusing us of attacking this man, when all we did was give him a car wash!"

"More like a shower," giggled Ramona.

"Sorry about that Mike," yelled Frank.

"Who wants the radio on?" asked Gina. "Me!" shouted Carmen and Tee. He fiddled through the channels, until a song came on. Ramona and Liam started singing along. Well, in Ramona's view, it was more of a shout along. She put on a ridiculously low voice, while Liam started going higher and higher. "Sex, on the beaach. We don't mind sand in our stilettos." Liam clicked his imaginary high heels. "We freak in my jeep, Snoop Doggy Dogg on the stereo..." They both started screaming the chorus.

"California girls, we're undeniable." Ramona started fanning herself, batting her eyes.

"Fine, fresh, fierce, we got it one lock..." Liam copied her, looking extremely camp.

"West-coast represent,

Now put your hands up!" Everyone apart from Gus, Mike and Johnny started yelling "Oh, oh, oh!" and waving their hands.

Liam and Ramona looked at each other, and counted themselves in. "One, two, three four!"

Ramona copied Snoop Dogg's voice.

"Toned, tanned, fit, and ready

Turn it up 'cause it's gettin' heavy

Wild, wild west-coast

These are the girls I love the most..

I mean the ones, I mean like she's the one." She pointed at Liam, who blew kisses at Frank.

"Kiss her, touch her, squeeze her buns." He then pretended to faint, earning a laugh from Lily.

"The girl's a freak, she drive a Jeep

And live on the Beach."

They switched parts, Liam rapping and Ramona having a chance to mess about.

"Homeboys bangin' out.

All that ass hangin' out.." Ramona wolf whistled, and Gina turned round to glare at them all.

"Katy, my lady?" Liam turned to Ramona.

"Yeaah?"

"Looky here, baby."

"Uh-huh."

"I'm all up on ya,

'Cause your representin' California." They both high fived Frank, and the rest of the kids sang the last choruses, while Gus told them to be quiet.

"Hey.."

"What?" Liam looked out the window. "I recognise this road." Ramona looked out too. "Yeah... Wait, that's the road I came up in the police car!"

Mike looked confused too. "This is Elmtree!" Everyone started talking, grumpily exclaiming their misfortune. "How did we get back?"

"It's that /stupid/ SatNav," shouted Gina, who ripped it from the dash board. "I can't believe it brought us back." Mike sighed. Liam suddenly looked more cheerful. "Now I can get my trunks!"

"I need the loo," whispered Harry.

"Everyone out!"

Liam paraded down the stairs, wearing his trunks on his head like a party hat. "Attractive, really hot," said Sapphire, as Frank fell about laughing. "I know, ladies everywhere will fall to their knees, begging for me."

"Fat chance," said Ramona. He threw his trunks at her, and she screamed, throwing them at Carmen. Carmen threw them back to Liam, and they eventually managed to get back into the mini van.

"I remembered something else.." said Liam, grinning. He brought out a scruffy iPod with double earphones slots. "How did you get that?" Ramona asked. "Guilt presents from foster families."

"Guilt presents?"

"Yeah, they give you something as they kick you out the door." He frowned, but it disappeared quickly and began searching through the songs and handed Frank the knot of earphones to untangle. "Right, let's have a look..." He smirked and put on a song, handing some ear phones to Ramona. She looked at him suspiciously, but put them in her ears. Pitbull blasted in her ears, and she couldn't hear anything. "LIAM!" Ramona roared. "Turn it down!" He obliged, fiddling with the volume. Once it was a little bit more manageable she could hear the song. "Forget about your boyfriend, and meet me at the hotel, you can bring your girlfriends, and meet me at the hotel..."

"And this isn't a subtle message about Cole at all." Ramona rolled her eyes and Liam stuck out his tongue out. "Of course not, where'd you get that idea?" She laughed, and flicked through the other songs. "Chav music, chav music-"

"Oi, that's top class stuff!"

"No, Coldplay's top class. And Snow Patrol." She grabbed the iPod. "You've got Justin Bieber! LOSER." He snatched the iPod back, going redder and redder. "Shut up."

"Never letting this go." Frank took the iPod, and changed the song.

"What about this?" he asked.

"What the hell is this?" said Liam, looking at the screen. "Professor Green!" shrieked Ramona. "Frank, I love you," she said, turning the volume up. "That's a girl, that is," said Liam, confused. "Yes eejit, that's Lily Allen."

"Ohhh."

"Honestly, your music taste is pants." "Hey, so's yours!"

"No. I'm classy. You're not."

"Just agree to disagree..." Frank said quietly. "Never!" They both said at once. Toby spoke out "I'm hungry Mike."

"There's a service station!" Mike pulled in, and stepped out. "Oh lord." Gina turned to face him. "What is it?"

"This is the same service station we arrived at two hours ago."

After a disastorous trip which involved an escaping hamster, being kicked out of the service station, and finally stopping at the roadside because Mike had filled the tank with diesel instead of petrol, Ramona felt awful. Everyone looked wrecked, especially Johnny. Tracy stood up, and smiled. "I've got something that might cheer you up!" She brought out a video camera she had been taping with. "Look, you can watch the journey! It's always the best bit!" Harry climbed off Sapphire's knee, and sat down beside Tracy. One by one, more of the children sat down to watch the video. They laughed together, and Ramona felt a bit better. Mike came over, and watched a little. "Hang on Tracy... When we were at the service station, you left the camera running inside the mini van. We can see what happened to the SatNav!" He gave a sharp glare to Liam, who had screamed in the service station "First person to find a hamster gets a SatNav!" A large, burly man had found the hamster and received the SatNav. "Yeah, good idea!" said Carmen.

They watched the footage, and Johnny appeared, reprogramming the SatNav. He started sprinting into the woods and Liam ran after him, yelling. Ramona and Tracy chased them, and found the two attempting to kill each other. "LIAM!" Ramona screamed. She grabbed him off of Johnny, and Tracy picked Johnny off the ground. Ramona swung Liam round to face her. "Liam, please... Stop!" His eyes met hers, and his shoulders and arms relaxed. "Come on," she said, taking his arm and leading him back to the others, while Tracy took Johnny.

"Why'd you do it Johnny?" asked Sapphire, clearly mad. "We don't have to ask, Sapphire, it might be personal!" reprimanded Gina. "No..." Tee spoke up. "I know. Can I say Johnny?" He nodded. "Well, when I was little, we went to the beach with Mum and her boyfriend. Johnny buried me in the sand, I was only little." Johnny took over the story.

"I didn't think the tide would come in so fast... I couldn't get her out, and the tide was covering her. Mum and her boyfriend never saw us..."

Liam looked ashamed of himself. "So you never wanted to go back again," finished Mike. "Uh-huh."

"Well, you've got all of us! We're not going to let anyone drown. Promise," said Tracy, smiling. "I'm sorry," said Johnny. "S'alright," said Frank, and the rest nodded.

A truck pulled up at the side of the road. "Needing a lift?"

"Yes!" Mike stood up. "Take us to..." He looked around at the sad faces of the kids. "Take us to the beach!" Everyone cheered, and climbed in.

"I'm gonna beat you all to the sea!" yelled Lily. "No way!" Tee rushed after her, and they started splashing each other, while Carmen stood, paddling and shouting to them.

"What about you 'Mona?" said Liam, grinning. "What about me what?" she said, raising an eyebrow. "The sea!" Frank laughed, and took her hand, pulling her up from lying beside Sapphire. "Oh do I /have/ to..."

"Yep. Now hurry up!" Liam pulled took her other hand, and tried to make her walk towards it. "You're both five at heart."

"Of course we are!" She laughed, and said "Well I'm gonna beat you there."

Ramona sprinted to the sea, and Liam yelled after her. She ran straight in, and was immediately soaked by Lily, Carmen and Tee. "Oi, thanks for waiting!" Liam and Frank stood, water up to their waists, with their arms crossed. "Lighten up!" She splashed Frank, and Liam rugby tackled her, landing them both underwater. Ramona resurfaced and spat out the salty, brackish water. "Lovely," said Liam and made water come out his mouth like a fountain. "Frank!" He grabbed his best mate and attempted to push him under the water. However, Frank was stronger, and simply span round so Liam lost his grip and fell back into the water. Ramona couldn't stop laughing, and got a mouthful of water from a wave as her punishment. The three stood in the water, soaking each other until they stood shivering. "You know what?" said Liam.

"What?" asked Frank. Liam smiled an evil grin, and lifted up a bucket full of water. "Sapphire's not been soaked yet."

Sapphire probably would have murdered all three if she hadn't been in such a good mood. Instead, she just chased them into the sea and tried to drown them.

Liam had got bored, and started irritating the others on the beach. A man who looked about 19 was in a tiny speedo, showing off for his girlfriend had given the three a very dirty look when they were messing about.

As revenge Liam had started parading down the beach pretending to do a sexy run. He made a point of running past the man and his girlfriend and winking or waving at her every single time. Ramona and Frank joined in, pretending to faint when they saw him, and singing choruses from Sexy and I know it. The man finally snapped when Ramona and Frank started yelling "When I'm at the beach, I'm in a speedo trying to tan my cheeks," and Liam turned a cartwheel infront of the couple. "Right, you kids!" the man yelled, and began to chase them. "I think my sexiness might have bothered him a tad," said Liam, and the three ran for it, laughing.

That was a long chapter! Next chapter will be short because it's just a bit of dialog, but still, keep reading!