
Hannah woke up feeling refreshed and rested
the next morning. She sat up in bed and stretched, quickly
retracting her feet from the end of the bed when she felt
something moving suspiciously down there.
Morning, boys! She said, cheerily, looking over at
the double bed. Will and Chris were curled up at opposite sides
of the bed, looking very awkward.
Move over, for God's sake!
Was that your leg?
Eeeew.
Cheer up, Chris, Hannah said, leaping out of bed.
You can sell your story to the papers 'I slept with
the future King of England!'
Don't you DARE. Will warned Chris, climbing
out of bed.
Let's go find breakfast. Hannah suggested, opening
the door to the corridor. She shrieked as she saw the horse
standing, blocking the door. Bad horse! Hep-fam!
Hep-fam! The horse moved slowly out of the way of the door.
Wow, you're actually gaining language skills from this
trip! Chris exclaimed, as they marched off in search of
food.
We're here.
Joaquin chirruped happily.
WHAT? Everyone jumped awake and stared around
wide-eyed.
Rio De Janeiro? Remember? Joaquin said, pulling into
a fairly (for Rio) empty car park and parking under a fern.
I just had this awful dream that I was travelling to Rio De
Janeiro to rescue Hannah because of some ridiculous escapade
she's got herself into. Jess said. Everyone turned to stare
at her for a while until she got the hint and looked out the
window. Oh crap.
Thanks for the ride, Joaquin. Everyone said, hopping
out of the cab and making a move to walk away.
Um, excuse me? Joaquin said rubbing his fingers and
thumb together on one hand.
Everyone looked back blankly.
You think I drove you for 12 hours, 27 minutes and 6
seconds out of kindness?!
Thanks, it was the best birthday present ever. Dom
slapped him on the back and they walked off in the direction of
some tall buildings that they hoped was the Central Business
District of Rio De Janeiro. Well, all of them except Elijah who
was following his nose thanks to some advice he once got given.
Where do you reckon they are? Asked Jess, gazing
around.
Dom gesticulated wildly at the huge, bustling city.
Do you want a grid reference?! He asked
sarcastically.
Well, we have to start looking SOMEWHERE. Said Jess,
crossly.
Hey, look! Billy indicated to a nearby phone box with
something written in the dirt ingrained on the glass.
That's my phone number!
Oh, is it. Asked Jess, feigning surprise whilst she
memorised it.
Yeah! That must mean that Hannah was here!
How'd you figure that out? Asked Elijah.
Because I don't know anyone else in Rio De Janeiro.
Oh.
They scurried over to the phone box.
Hmm, Said Dom, picking up the receiver. Still
warm.
It's about 40 degrees everywhere, Dom, Jess
informed him.
But it's a good sin, Said Billy, positively.
They must have been here recently.
So what now? Jess asked.
We'll have to try asking people if they've seen them
anywhere
Jess, do you have a picture of Hannah we
could show people? Elijah asked.
Oh, yeah, hang on. Jess extracted her purse and
pulled out a sheaf of photos. Patrick Marber
Steve
Coogan
dad
dad
dad
Ian Lavender
Dylan
Moran, dad
Billy
dad
aha! She pulled out a
picture triumphantly. Here it is!
Um, Jess, this is a picture of Sean.
Oh. Jess rifled through her pictures.
Sean, Sean, Sean, Sean
aha! Really
got it this time! She handed Billy a photo.
Great.
Billy held it up to a
passing Brazilian. The person didn't stop though.
Try saying something. Dom advised.
Hi, have you seen this person?
Que?
I don't think this is going to work. Billy sighed.
6 men dressed in black suits with posh sunglasses approached them
and held out a photo.
Have you seen this person.
Dom, Elijah, Billy and Jess crowded round to look at the photo.
Hey, isn't that Prince William?
Yeah!
The bodyguards looked at each other shiftily.
You saw nothing. One of them said and they all ran
off.
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