
Da-daaaa! Jess pushed Nathan,
who had a bow and ribbons on his head, forward.
WOW! Hannah gasped.
Oh, balls. Muttered Chris.
What did you get her? Asked Elijah.
3 bottles of perfume and a sports car.
Suck-er! Laughed Dom.
Hi. Hannah
grinned at Nathan.
I'm terribly confused. He replied.
Well, Hannah? Said Billy.
Looks like I'll be going with Jess, sorry Chris.
Hannah gave Chris a consolatory peck on the cheek. She skipped
over to Nathan who was strangely wearing his cricket outfit with
his collar half up. Can I hold your hand?
Uhh
Nathan had already let a random woman tie
bows in his hair. YIS!
You won this time, Jess but I'll be back
and
you'll be really
really
sorry! Chris cried
as they walked off leaving him in the middle of the boarding gate
with three perfume bottles and a sports car.
As they all walked away Jess stuck two fingers up behind
her back.
5 packets of KP peanuts
later, the plane was about to take off.
Where are we going, out of interest? Asked Nathan,
looking out of the window.
England.
Oh. Nathan looked deflated.
Why, where are you going? Hannah asked.
Um, England now I guess. Nathan replied, scratching
his head in contemplation. I was making my way back
home from the cricket world cup in South Africa.
Via Rio De Janeiro?! Hannah laughed.
It's easier to fly west. Nathan explained.
Oh. Hannah scrunched up another empty peanut packet
and threw it on the floor. An air steward walked past and
grumpily picked it up.
The seatbelt sign clicked off with a ping and Hannah hurriedly
undid hers.
Do you want to play cricket? Hannah asked.
Well, might as well give it a go. Nathan grinned. He
magically pulled a ball out of his pocket
a CRICKET
ball you sick people. And Hannah pulled a long broadsheet
newspaper out of a man's hands sitting across the aisle from her
and rolled it up into a tube.
My bat
She walked down the aisle and stood
sideways on, tapping her 'bat' on the floor.
Nathan disappeared through the curtains separating business class
from economy class. (Dom had begun to get fed up with dishing out
loads of money to pay for his daughter's friends, so to save
money he bought them all economy tickets).
Suddenly Nathan appeared again and did his cute little bowling
manoeuvre, flicking his right arm over his head.
The ball flew at Hannah who shrieked and ducked but it hit the
floor and spun off in the opposite direction.
Hey, good pitch
Nathan said, his spin technique
finally taking real effect.
Again! Again! Hannah clapped her hands and jumped up
and down.
Nathan picked up the ball and prepared to bowl again. His expert
throw hit Hannah's 'bat', bounced off the wall, disappeared into
an open overhead storage locker, rolled along its length then
fell out at the other end, hitting Jess neatly on the head.
Ow. She declared, falling sideways onto Dom's lap,
unconscious.
Hannah? Could you be more careful, please? I think one more
concussion might well finish her off.
That was caught out. Nathan observed, picking up the
ball as it rolled to his feet.
It was so in! Hannah exclaimed.
OUT!
IN!
OUT!
IN!
Will you two shut up? You're like a bloody indecisive
homosexual. Muttered a grumpy man trying to type on a
laptop.
Sorry. Said Hannah. But it was in.
Fine, it was in. Nathan said wearily, to escape an
argument.
Good boy. Hannah patted him on the head.
Nathan ran back behind
the curtain to perform his very short run-up to bowling.
He reappeared through the curtain and tripped on the bottom. With
a STREWTH! he rolled down the aisle, bowled Hannah
over (for the 4th time today) and continued down to the bottom of
the plane, straight into a toilet with the door smacking shut
behind him.
Aaaww. Hannah gave the broadsheet back to the random
man and sat back in her seat.
Suddenly her mobile rang. An air hostess ran over at break-neck
speed.
Excuse me! You're not able to talk on a mobile on this
plane!!
Excuse me! Hannah said. I'm trying to
talk! She pushed the air hostess down the aisle towards
Nathan who squeaked as he was bowled back into the toilets.
Hello? Hannah continued. Daniel?! Hannah
put down the phone and hyperventilated for a while. Can I
help you? She asked pleasantly, picking
the phone back up and holding it to her ear.
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