“Guys.” Orlando exclaimed while walking into the girls’ house, again without knocking, and he nearly missed the angry look the girls were shooting him.
“And girls too, of course. I have a wonderful idea!”
“And what kind of idea might that be then?” Dee asked kinda doubtful, knowing too much about the thoughts appearing in Orli’s mind every now and then.
“We will go to Scotland!”
“What!? What do we have to do in Scotland?” Dom asked and the taller Brit hit him on the head.
“Visiting Billy of course! It’s so quiet and so not funny without him. So we will just catch the next plane to Scotland and meet up with him again.”
Orlando looked pretty damn satisfied with himself but the other people in the room were not so sure about the idea.
“Do you think he’ll appreciate it? After all it’s been only three weeks since he’s left.” Elijah asked and Orli nodded while jumping around the room.
“Sure he will appreciate it. We’re his best mates in the world. Scratch that, we’re his ONLY mates so why wouldn’t he?”
“First of all, he’s busy with his job and stuff. Second, where would we sleep? I doubt his house is big enough to bed eight people.” Daphne told her boyfriend with a shake of her head but Orli wasn’t giving in to that.
“Oh come on, he’ll love the idea that we’re thinking of him. And it’s a chance to have some fun outside LA.”
That last fact brought a grin to all faces and Orlando nodded satisfied.
“It’s a yes then?”
“Alright then, let’s get into trouble again.” Tamara cut in and the Elf jumped for the phone to call the airport…
The Next Day…
Packed with far too many bags and suitcases the guys and girls left early in the morning with a large plane to Europe. The first hour or so everything went pretty smoothly, apart from Jenny spilling her drink all over her clothes and Atti’s and Orlando getting a warning by one of the stewardesses for jumping around the plane too much. The real trouble began when the addictions were setting in…
“I need a cigarette.” Elijah announced while nervously wrenching his hands together. Dee, who was sitting next to him, sighed deeply and questioned “Can’t you even survive a flight without a smoke?”
“No.” was the simple reply and the girl sighed again.
“Oh Dee, you just don’t understand addiction, do you?”
“No Lij, I don’t get it. Why is it anyway that you do need a cigarette and Orli doesn’t?” she stated while turning towards the Elf, just in time to see Daphne pulling a pack of smokes from his hands and hiding it in her handbag.
“Okay…wrong example.”
Dee thought for a moment before a bright idea settled itself into her mind and she smiled at Elijah before whispering “I know something to make you forget.”
Without any more warning she kissed him passionately on the lips. Lij grinned into the kiss before dedicating himself totally to his girlfriend, tongue sliding against tongue sensually. After a little while they pulled back at the same time and Elijah settled back into his chair, a deep sigh escaping his lips.
“Now I don’t only need a smoke but also a shag.”
“Gods, you are annoying.”
At that moment Tamara appeared beside Wendy’s chair and the older girl looked at her expectantly.
“Wanna switch chairs with me?” Tam asked and her friend looked thankful for the message.
“Great! You can entertain Elijah then. But don’t tell me later you had a bad flight.” Dee stated while standing up reluctantly and pushing Tamara down on her chair.
“But Dee…” Lij began but his girlfriend was gone already, having taken place next to Dominic, who was sulking.
“Dom, you okay? You don’t look so good.” the girl explained and the Brit shrugged slightly.
“It’s okay really.”
“No it’s not. I know that look.” Dee continued and Dom sighed.
“Daphne’s right. You are bloody able to read everyone’s mind. Alright, if you really wanna know, it’s Tam.”
“I thought you were getting along great?”
“We were…a little too great.”
Dee frowned at that and questioned sharply “What’s that supposed to mean?”
“We kissed.” the quite simple reply came and the girl put a hand in front of her mouth in shock.
“Oh Goddess! You actually found out yourselves!”
“Found what out ourselves?” Dom shot back while raising an eyebrow and Dee clapped her hands happily.
“You and Tam.” she continued “You are so fucking in love with eachother and don’t even see it!”
“She is not in love with me.” the actor mumbled but again Dee shook her head.
“She is Dom. She’s just not trying to show it too much in fear of your reaction. She thinks you are not mad about her, you told her so yourself. How’s she supposed to know you do care? She probably thinks you’re angry at her or anything for the kiss.”
“But I am not! It was…wonderful.”
Wendy grinned at the dreamy look appearing on the guy’s face and patted his knee gently.
“Talk to her Sblom. Tell her you care. You will go insane eventually if you don’t. Both of you will.”
Dominic just wanted to reply to that when Orlando wrenched himself between Dom and Dee and sat down on the other Brit’s lap.
“Dommie, help. Daph wants to kill me.” Orli explained while wrapping his arms around his mate’s shoulders and kissing him soundly on the cheek.
“Orlando! Get off me!” Dom yelled, getting the attention from quite a few other passengers.”Leave me alone!”
“But then I’ll die!”
“Then die! I’m not gonna be your hero or anything. For that you’d better go to Atti…or phone Viggo.”
“But Daph won’t give me my ciggies back!”
“Smoking is disgusting anyway. Besides, smoking is forbidden on flights. They will drop you out of the plane above the Atlantic if you light one.”
Orlando sulked at that and got back up from his place on Dom’s lap, walking back to his spot next to Daphne with a hanging head.
“I hope we’re in Scotland soon. At least we then don’t have to put up with all these addicts anymore.” Dee whispered over to Dom, who nodded in total reply.
“I hope so too, love. I hope so too.”
Unfortunately for the ‘normal’ passengers the flight took a while longer than what they’d hoped for and nobody could wait to get off the plane as soon as they’d landed on Glasgow’s airport.
When the hobbit and the Elf were finally satisfied with a burning cigarette in their hands the real journey to Billy’s apartment could start. Two cabs drove them there in a short parade and when they finally had made it to their destination eight deep, happy sighs could be heard.
“So who’s gonna ring the doorbell?” Orlando asked while looking at his mates.
“Dom will.” Lij piped up, the words earning a few horrible looks from his best friend.
“And what makes you think that?”
“Because you are closer to him than we are with all that scriptwriting you two do. Besides, he won’t be as surprised to find you here as he would be with any one of us.” the very cheeky but true reply came and Dominic just sighed and made his way to the front door. He was used to the abuse!
Like planned he rang the bell and soon the door flung open.
“Dom? What are you doing here?” Billy asked dressed in nothing more than a pair of boxers and a shirt of some sort.
“You see Bill…erm…this is a surprise.”
“A surprise? Why?”
“A surprise visit I’ve been pulled into by them.”
Dom took a step to the side and pointed behind his back, revealing seven awaiting faces.
“Oh no, you’re not!” Billy suddenly exclaimed and threw the door closed again without saying another word.
“Bill! Come on mate, don’t be so mean!” Dominic stated while pounding on the door and a muffled voice from the other side said “No Dominic! I won’t let ye lot in! I’m living in a decent flat with decent people who really don’t want to have anything to do with yer odd behaviour! What if you’ll get into trouble again!? I will loose my bloody job if ye do!”
“But Bill, we came all the way from America for you! Aren’t you even glad we missed you?”
The door opened again slightly and Billy’s head peaked from around the side.
“You missed me?”
Dom nodded at that.
“And you came especially for me?”
Another nod.
“Because you missed me?”
An impatient nod.
“That’s actually pretty sweet.”
“Can we come in now!?” Orlando yelled from the street and Billy smiled.
“Of course you can!”
And the small apartment was soon flooded by eight very weird people…