
She flung the receiver down
and turned to look at the heaving mass of random Spanish people.
She tried to think of ways to get money beg, busk, steal.
None of those sounded particularly appealing.
STICK IT UP!! Suddenly a man was in her face holding
a tea towel threateningly. Give us 'yer money!!
You lost too? Hannah sympathised.
MONEY! The man said a little less angrily.
Strange how lots of English people come to Rio De Janeiro,
lose their money and resort to this. The man burst into
tears.
I
He sobbed shakily. Come from
Windsor.
Hannah hugged him. There there. She patted him and
then took the towel from him. Now, let's rob some
people. She swung it into a rope and prepared the wrist
flicking action. She tested it out on the man.
OW!
Ok. She grinned manically. Let's go.
Your money or your arse! Hannah
grabbed a random Spaniard.
Que?
THWACK! The man (who had now formally introduced himself as Bill)
flicked the towel at the Spanish guy's arse.
OW! Aye aye aye! Hasta nachos! He handed over several
grubby looking notes.
Thanks. Now piss off. Hannah pushed him away.
Beating up foreigners God, I really AM
turning into Jess!
Who's Jess? Asked Bill, handing her half of their
spoils.
She's my friend the one I'm trying to call.
So whereabouts did you lose your husband?
Oh
over there somewhere. I'm not really bothered about
him. Hannah took her money. Who did you lose
again?
My 6 bodyguards. Hannah looked at Bill.
Hang on. Do you usually get called Will
or
Wills
or William?
Um
sometimes.
And do you usually wear a crown?
Um
only on weekends.
OH MY GOD!
Does it change
anything? Bill, now rapidly changing into Will, looked
hopeful.
No. Hannah said. If I married you, would I be
Queen?
Um, maybe not? Will said, confused as to why they
were talking about marriage in a middle of a market street in Rio
De Janeiro when this crazy lady was already married.
Aren't you married already? Will checked.
Apparently this ring means yes. But I can't complain
he's a rock star, I should've known better.
Hannah walked back to the payphone and tried to look for a place
to feed the notes into.
Damn old, non-technologically-advanced machine. She
turned to Will. Ok, Prince, we need money in the form of
coins.
Let's buy a chilli sandwich from that woman. Will
pointed.
You might be a Prince, but you've got street cred.
Hannah bought an extra hot chilli baguette and gave it to Will to
eat. Here's a present.
How thoughtful. Will looked at the sandwich
meaningfully then threw it in the bin.
Hannah fed the coins into the phone box.
Oh
crap. Hannah looked at the side of the
box.
What? Asked Will.
The number's gone. Hannah inspected the dirt on the
glass.
Are you sure it hasn't just been covered up by more
dirt? Will asked.
No
it's gone! Hannah sank to her knees in
the dust on the road. NOOOOOOO! Oh, crap, my jeans.
She stood up and dusted herself down.
It can't be gone. We only left it a few minutes ago.
Will said encouragingly.
What would you know?! Hannah exclaimed.
You're just
the
future King of
England
Hannah trailed off. As she turned around in
despair she saw another phone box a few metres away.
A-ha! She ran off. It was the wrong box!
She ran over to the box and saw the number still etched in the
dirt. YEY! She was about to get in when she saw a
Spanish guy on the phone.
Get out. She demanded.
Que?
Will? Will
snapped to attention (the towel that is).
Aye Carumba! The man ran off down the road cradling
his arse.
Hannah jumped into the phone box so excitedly that she fell out
the other side. Damned absence of glass. Well, suppose it's safer
for a rioting city. No political offence. Hannah grabbed the
phone answer phone again.
Jess? Jess? It's me! Jess? JESS! PICK UP THE GODDAMN PHONE!
Oh, Jess, it's me Hannah! Pick up the phone! Something's
happened! Ring me back! I'm on a payphone in Rio De Janeiro!!
Quick! I'm running out of money! It's going
it's
going
it's gone! The answer phone clicked off.
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