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Chapter Seventeen: Let Us In?

Bella's POV

A couple of hours after I cried myself to sleep, I awoke to find it was the morning of the net day. Soon we would be going to the airport and soon I would meet Emma.

I got out of bed, and although I still felt a little bit tired, I felt so much happier and more optimistic.

I walked over to the small kitchen and turned the kettle on, hoping it wouldn't wake up Cleo. I quietly searched the cupboards for a coffee sachet or two. In the cupboard above the sink I discovered 4 cups, 4 mugs and a few sachets of coffee!

Great! It's 'International Roast' coffee. That's as awful-tasting as hospital coffee… almost! I really need to have a talk with dad about what coffee his hotels use.

Nevertheless, I opened two coffee sachets and poured them into 2 mugs, along with a sachet of sugar. I poured ¾ of the boiling hot water into the mugs, stirring them and adding milk. I sculled my coffee, leaving Cleo's on the bench for when she woke up.

I walked over to the bag near my bed and grabbed a fresh change of clothes, which was amongst all the other stuff that mum brought last night.

I walked into the bathroom, and tried to find a place where my clothes definitely wouldn't get wet. I had another awkward shower, before having to wait for what seemed like forever, but was probably only about half an hour, before I was fully dried and tail-less. I probably got a few bruises from flopping around on the hard, cold, tiled floor!

I got changed into my yellow, summer dress, put a bit of makeup on, brushed and straightened my hair and gently formed a few curls, before putting my hair into a ponytail.

I left the bathroom and walked out to the kitchen/dining room part of the hotel, where Cleo was sitting at the table in her pyjamas, drinking the coffee that I had made for her.

"Good Morning" I said, smiling at my brunette friend.

"Morning Bella! Have a good sleep?" Cleo responded, smiling back at me.

"Like a baby" I said, as I scavenged through the cupboards and draws again, not saying anything about before I went to sleep.

"Bingo!" I said as I was again searching through the same container that had the coffee, sugar and gross storable milk sachets.

"Explain" Cleo said puzzled, but not looking up from the brochure she was reading, which was about the hotel. .

I walked over to the table, carrying three small packaged 'Arnotts' biscuits… or were they crackers?

When I sat down at the table with Cleo, she looked up.

"Oooh! Share?" she asked after she saw what I was holding.

I nodded passing her one of the small packaged biscuit/cracker things, and breaking the other in half, giving her one of the halves and keeping the other for myself.

5 minutes later, Cleo had finished her coffee, and we had both finished our biscuits.

"I'm going to have a shower" Cleo announced, getting her bag that Sam dropped off for her last night.

"Have fun" I teased, flicking through the brochure that Cleo had been reading earlier.

"Oh I will! 'Cause us mermaids absolutely LOVE showers" Cleo said as she entered the bathroom, closing the door behind her.

Apart from the sound of running water from Cleo's shower, the room was silent. I was happy enjoying the relative silence for a few minutes, before it was interrupted by a knock at the door.

I walked over to the door and opened it, revealing 3 very familiar boys.

It was actually a funny sight that made me smile, seeing the 3 boys standing there next to each other, with innocent looks, but each holding a bag (in Zane & Will's case, holding almost suitcases) looking quite lost and vulnerable.

"What do you want?" I asked the boys as I leant against the door frame with my arms crossed, pretending to be annoyed.

"It's time to go" Zane said sharply.

"What? It's 8:00 in the morning, and check out's at 10!" I said a bit annoyed, but watched as my boyfriend turned to face Zane.

"See! I told you that the girls wouldn't want to, or be ready to go yet!" Will said to Zane, before turning and facing me again, putting his hands up to signify his helplessness in the matter.

I smiled and Will leant over and whispered into my ear "He made Lewis & I get up at 5:30 this morning."

I gave Will a sympathetic look, and was about to say something when Lewis interrupted me.

"No chance you'll let us in this year?" Lewis asked, and I laughed as I stepped away from the door, letting the boys and their bags in.

I hope you liked that chapter :) If you want chapter 18, then I'll need a total of at least 50 reviews (4 more). :)

Next chapter, Em will be picked up from the airport AND Rikki's condition will change! ... but will she get better or worse? Oooh! :) haha

For the first time, I'm doing a small chapter competition. I'll ask a question and the first person to write correct the answer in their review, will get a prize! :) I will PM the winner with more info, but the prize will likely be a song-fic or one-shot of their choice, which I'll make and dedicate for them. :D If you don't like, you can negotiate the prize with me :)

So, the question is:

What was the song called that Bella sung in Series 3 Episode 10; Revealed? It was used multiple times throughout the episode.

The condition is that you have to review what you thought of the chapter too or else your guess won't count.

Even if others have reviewed, write your guess too, in case theirs is wrong or they haven't reviewed, or I find another fault or something.