Have a good day everybody! Here comes the next chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't own Holyhead, I just looked for a harbour in Google Earth and saw that little ship coming from Holyhead so I picked this city for my story XD.
Read and enjoy ; )
- The next day:
"Mello. Wake up. It's already ten o'clock. You have to get up." I sighed. "Just five more minutes." I mumbled into the pillow. Wait a sec...was that Matt's voice? I turned my head and opened my eyes immediately. I saw Matt. He looked at me with a wide smile. Maybe because I looked so sleepy. I threw my arms around him and pulled him onto my bed. "Ow, Mello. It hurts," said Matt. I let go of him and apologised."I'm sorry, Matt. It's great you're back again." I rejoiced. "How are you?"
"I'm fine. I only have a few injuries, which hurt." Matt laid on his bed and turned on his Game Boy. I was glad he was fine and back in Wammy's.
- September 3rd, 2001:
"I'm excited, Mello." Said Matt.
The summer holidays went by very quickly and next was the class trip to Dublin. Matt and me were in our room and packed. As we were ready we went to the main gate, where already were a few children, waiting. It didn't take long until everybody was there and we could start driving. The coach was already there as Matt and me arrived at the main gate. The drive to the first station -Holyhead- was very long and boring. Every now and then Matt and I played 'I spy with my little eye' but that couldn't drive much of the time.
A some point I wanted to drive the time with sleeping, but everytime I almost fell asleep something woke me up again. Soon I gave it up and looked for something else to do, although there wasn't much I could have done.
After altogether four hours we finally arrived and could strech our legs. "Haaa...finally." Matt said reliefed as he streched his body. "Is that Dublin? Somehow I imagined it a bit different." Said a girl. "No. This is Holyhead, just a stop. We have to take a ferry to get to Dublin. At first I want you to line up." Said the teacher. We formed two rows and went the short way to the harbour. The city was not as big as Winchester, but it also wasn't small.
As we arrived in the harbour, we all were happy to be by the sea. "Where is Dublin? I can't see it." Asked Matt curious. "Yeah, Matt. That's because the earth is round. Didn't you know this?" The teacher asked surprised. Matt shook his head. "Okay, now you know it. Come on kids. Let's look when the next ferry departs." We lined up again and followed our teacher. After a short time we came to a plan. The teacher looked at it and said, "Wonderful! The next ferry arrives in one hour." She waited a moment and then continued. "Until then we could explore the city a bit." The class agreed and together we started going through the city. While we did this, the teacher told us several things about the city. 15 minutes before the ferry arrived we went back to the harbour and waited the rest.
The passage with the ferry took two hours, which also felt like two hours. Fortunately you could sit down inside and drink hot chocolate. Even priceless! The sea was very quiet, so that the ship didn't bounce, which I was very glad about. I never was on a ship before, but I could imagine, that it was terrible.
I looked around and found a deck of cards. I went to Matt and showed it to him. And so we played with cards for the rest of the time.
Suddenly we saw many people gathering at the exit. "Are we there already?" I asked. Matt and me looked out the window and saw that we already were at the harbour in Dublin. We put the cards away and stood up. Our teacher was already looking for us. "Where were you?" She asked. "We sat there for the whole time." I answered. "oh..." said the teacher and went back to the rest of the class.
Then the ferry finally stood and we were allowed to get out. Outside we formed two rows again and the teacher counted us. Then she looked at a map (it seemed to be a city map) and we began to walk. Our destination was a hostel, which was not really near the harbour so that we had to walk a lot. I was glad we finally arrived, because my feet hurt. ( I think Matt's feet hurt as well)
