At six, Jess and Hannah
left their house to a mad-swearing house- elf and a demented
computer and walked past the really large cinema next-door to
them. It looked extra busy tonight. In fact, there were rows upon
rows of screaming people (admittedly mainly teenagers). At one
point when Jess and Hannah had almost reached the hotel, they
heard them start chanting what sounded like a song:
"HEY HO! TO THE BOTTLE I GO-"
"OW!" Jess, not looking where she was goin,
bumped into a man walking out of the revolving doors. "Sean?
Where are you going? It's dinner time!"
"Can't stay, gotta run! I'm late!" Sean ran off across
the road back towards where Hannah and Jess had just come from.
"Strange." Said Hannah smoothing down her knee-lenth
skirt, freshly changed with the advantage of having no holes in
it.
They walked into reception, expecting to see a heaving mass of
beautiful people (waiting for reception service of
course…what do you think I was suggesting?!) but hardly
anyone was around. In fact it was empty.
"Strange." Hannah murmured again.
She rushed into the
restaurant and was surprised to see all the tables were bare
– not even laid up.
"What's going on here?" Jess peered over the reception
desk and at the pigeon holes they kept guests' keys in when they
went out. Nearly every one had a key in it. "Where is
everyone?!" Jess picked up the phone and dialled the
extension for the boys' room.
Dom picked up, sounding flustered.
"Hello?"
"Dom? Where is everyone?"
"Well…sorry, hang on." Dom put the phone down,
then picked it up again. "Sorry, had to do up my bow
tie."
"WELL?!" Jess was frustrated.
"Oh, yeah. We're going to premiere."
"What premiere?!"
"'The Return of the King' premiere, Jess, Jesus, why do you
THINK we're all staying here?!"
Jess nearly dropped the phone. "WHAT? Who's still up there
with you?"
"Just Billy. Elijah and Sean went on ahead."
"What about Orli? Ask about Orli!" Hannah squeaked.
"When are you leaving?" Jess asked.
"As soon as Billy's worked out how to tie his
tie…" Dom said. "Come ON, you SPAZ!"
"What, 5 minutes?" Asked Jess.
"Probably. Get your glad rags on and we'll take you."
"I'll be right here." Jess dropped the phone and ran
into the nearest toilets, re-emerging in approximately 10 seconds
in a smart trouser suit and with perfect hair and makeup.
"Let's go to a premiere." She said determinedly.
"But…I'm waiting for Chris!" Hannah started.
"Premiere or Chris?!" Jess exclaimed.
"Um…" Poor Hannah. This was a hard one. The lift pinged open and Billy and
Dom ran out in suits. "Ooooooh." Hannah grabbed
a hold of Dom's arm and ran out of reception.
� Jess and Hannah 2002