Germany

The morning was rough; everybody had just woken up at about 5am for a toilet stop and, now we were in Germany, couldn't get back to sleep. Every 5 minutes, some year 7 along the coach would point something cool out and the whole band would practically dive to the window to get a look at it. Typical tourists, amused by the fact we had to drive on the other side of the road and the fact there was a small train line in the centre of the motorway. Personally, I didn't think that Germany was much different from England. Sure, there were a lot more economic sights such as the fact there was a huge wind turbine every 5 miles and solar panels on top of a lot of the main buildings that we could see. Apparently, Germany was 10 years ahead of us in the way they recycled and preserved energy.

We pulled in at some service station along the motorway; our first stop in Germany. Cautiously, we got off the coach expecting everything to be completely different. It wasn't too different; a few guys in the service station spoke English and showed us where the toilets were. When we found them, we were in for a shock. It cost 70 cents to get into the toilet and none of us had any change on us at all. Beside me, a children's entrance taunted us with its small gap that not many of us would be able to fit through. As the band grew frustrated, I grew aggravated. Whose stupid idea was it to make us pay for the toilet! The people who ran the service stations were laughing; we could hear them from where we stood.

"Sack this!" I yelled. You could tell I was annoyed; I was using typical Mancunian slang. Swiftly, I dived under the children's entrance and ran into the nearest woman's cubical. Behind me, I could hear a few of the others diving under the children's entrance too and congratulating me for being the first to actually do it. Not caring, I just let them all get on with whatever they wanted. At literally the same time, we all flushed the toilet and stared in amazement at what happened. A machine came out and attached itself onto the toilet seat, and it span! The toilet seat was actually spinning before my eyes. Amusement grew and before long, everybody was at the sinks laughing about it.

Slowly, we dragged our feet through the darkened car park and attempted to climb into the coach without waking anybody who had stayed on. When we were all settled, the lights were dimmed once more and the majority of the band returned to their slumber. Although I had retreated to my secret sleeping space, I found it impossible to let the gentle breeze lure me into my own dreams. No matter how hard I tried, nothing worked. Eventually, I have up and took to staring out of the window at the streets of Berlin. Stretching out for miles, the motorway seemed to last forever. Lined along the streets, lights provided the only way I could see. I was guessing that it was freezing outside; the few people we saw were wrapped up in their jackets so tightly that it looked impossible for them to breathe.

Eventually, watching the desolate streets grew quite boring. At about 4am, I realised I wasn't the only one awake. Will had taken out one of his packets of Pringles and began consuming them. Trying to be quiet, he woke up the whole coach with one bite.

"What the hell!" I few people cried out. Laughing, I pretended to be asleep until everybody had calmed down. When I looked back, I nearly squealed with shock. From where I lay, it looked as if Caleb was trying to see what idiot had crawled into the back space and was waving down the isle. I don't know why it made me blush; it was only a small wave. Stupidly, I tried to wave back, making myself look like an idiot in the process.

Brilliant. As if I didn't look stupid enough already.

A/N: Well this is the first authors note I've done :P I should have done one on the first chapter but I didn't so there you go. I know this isn't really a fanfiction in the sense that it has no other characters apart from my own but I wanted to upload it somewhere good so here it is. Also, I use this account for everything I write too. Please review, I'd be very happy if you did :D Enjoy!
-Kirsty