CASEY'S POV
I was officially lost. Where the hell was my hotel? The idiot cab driver, who I had payed over $20, had dropped me off at least a mile away from where I was supposed to be. It would be so bad, except for the fact that my phone was dead, and that was the last of the cash I had - I was planning to go the bank and get more out of my account later.
Now, I could do a few things. I could borrow a strangers phone, - omg, no! mortifying much? - find a bank and get some cash, or get directions and walk to the hotel. I sighed and looked down at my shoes. Why had I chosen to wear combat boots with such high heels? Couldn't I have just worn converse? Not to mention that my skinny jeans weren't the easiest to walk in.
The only cash I had in my purse was change, which turned out for the better. Yay! I could finally figure out where I was and ask Goldie - Elle - to pick me up. Oh wait, I didn't mention why, did I? I found a phone booth. I completely forgot that London had a ton of these things. But when I tried to use some of my change, I nearly facepalmed. I was using American change, not British change. Crap. Was I going to miss Minecon because I'd forgotten to charge my phone? I was dragging around my luggage, and it was freaking heavy. I wanted to get to my hotel.
Wait. My luggage! I had my laptop, so I could use my laptop. Wow, sometimes I'm just so smart, forgetting about my laptop like that. Hopefully I could find internet,specifically without a password, so I could get on Skype and call Goldie - /Elle/. Her flight was before mine, right? She must already be here. Or was mine before hers..?
I shrug and just go for it, walking for another minute until I come to a nice cafe, and sit down at one of the tables. Booting up my laptop, I grinned when I discovered the cafe had free internet. That was one of the reasons I'd chosen to sit down here, not just the tables. I swear. Stop looking at me like that, I'm not that lazy! I swear!
Goldie wasn't online. When I tried to send her a message, it just came up as 'pending'. Ugh, that meant she actually wasn't online, not just invisible. Frick! I guess my flight really was before hers. Now what was I gonna do? I could always camp out in the cafe until she came online, but I don't think that would work. I mean, the employee was already shooting dirty looks at me, probably because I hadn't bought anything. I mean, I did have my credit card, but the prices seemed hella high.
The employee was starting to walk over me. She was tall, thin, intimidating - you know, highschool cheerleader type. Her blonde hair, blue eyes, and most likely spray-tanned skin only added to that image. When she spoke it wasn't the average British accent - no, she just had to have a perfectly posh little accent, that was probably at least a little fake.
"Excuse me, I don't mean to be rude," She said, and you just knew she was trying to be rude, "but you can't be here unless you buy something." I looked up at her, and she had her eyes narrowed and her hands on her hips. I didn't want to buy anything, but I needed the internet, and I didn't doubt she would try to kick me out if she had the chance. I sigh. "Fine. I'll take, uh.. I quickly looked over at the menu near the counter, "A plain coffee with milk. No sugar."
I don't actually like coffee, you know. The smug little, 'I win' smile made me regret ordering, but like I said, I needed to use this internet. It was either order some coffee I didn't even want, or wander the streets and probably never found my hotel. Coffee it was, but the smirk on her face as she made my coffee made the latter option seem more appealing. I wasn't surprised when I saw her dumping several packets of sugar into the coffee. How had she not been fired by now? Oh right - she was actually really pretty, and probably attracted loads of male customers.
After another 30 minutes, Goldie still wasn't online. I needed to call the hotel or something, but I mean, what hotel has a skype? My laptop was also at low battery, and needed to be plugged in. I had the charger, so I could plug it in, but I would have to move /all/ my stuff to a table closer to the wall to plug it in. I'll just put it on sleep mode and read a book or something. If I had a book.
I've once again realized how stupid I am. Because I like being able to move around when my phone's plugged in, I got an extra long phone wire for my charger. It could probably reach from here.
It could. So, now my phone was charging. It was a fairly recent phone, so it wasn't like it took hours to charge, but it would take a good 45 minutes to get it to 100%. Luckily enough, it only needed to be 20% or so to be able to call somebody. In about 10 minutes or so, I could call the hotel or something, and not be stuck at this cafe with that snobby employee.
Another 10 minutes later, with the employee /still/ glaring at me, my phone was at enough percent to call the hotel. Finally. I had saved their number in my phone before the trip, just in case something like this happened. When they picked up, I basically told them I had no idea where I was, and asked for them to send a cab to get me and put it on my hotel bill.
I've heard that some hotels can send cabs for their customers, and was hoping this one did too. Thankfully, it did. Yesss! I wouldn't be near that girl any longer! Once I told them the name of the cafe, the girl frowned at me, her brows furrowed. Obviously she'd be eavesdropping on my conversation. I could bring myself to care.
After what seemed like an eternity, but was really just 15 minutes, the cab arrived, and brought me, my luggage, my laptop, and my phone safely to the hotel. I checked into the room me and Goldie - /Elle/, now that we were seeing each other in real life I would have to call her Elle - were going to be sharing. She wasn't there yet, so I just took a quick shower, brushed my teeth, tied my hair up into a messy bun, and just went to sleep in one of the two twin beds. Sleeeeeep.
[ A / N : Sorry I haven't updated for a few days! I've been trying to improve on writing, you know, add more emotion to what I'm saying so it doesn't seem flat and boring. Don't mind the spelling mistakes, I wrote this on my iPad! ]