It was a further 45 minutes before James put his hoodie back on as we were
nearing ground level. Luckily for him, the person who had spotted him was in the
compartment behind us, which meant that they couldn�t get off until their
compartment reached the floor, which would be after ours did.
�Well, at least they�re gunna have a hard time following us when we get off
about 5 minutes before they do!� he joked.
Our compartment reached ground level and the door opened. We stepped out of
the door, James still holding my hand, and he led me this time to the right.
After our day out, we walked back to the burger King near Covent gardens and
found the others waiting for us.
�So, what took you two so long?!� asked Mattie wearing his lop-sided grin.
�What do you mean? It�s not even 7pm yet!� replied James.
Mattie looked at his watch. �Ok, so you made it with 10 seconds left to spare!
But where have you guyz been?? I heard someone shouting that they saw you
somewhere!�
�Oh, that person, they were takin photos of me and Maz in the London eye for
some reason, luckily, she woz the only person to realize who I was!� replied
James.
�Oh, I think them two are definitely hittin it off! They�re holding hands and
someone was taking photos of the two of them when they were alone!� Remarked
Charlie as he wrapped his arm around Lorna.
�So, ur doin the same!� laughed James.
�Yeah, so, it�s not really like you to hit it of at first sight! Aint it MJ?�
�Yep, are you sure you�re feelin alright? Or have you been taken over by an
alien life form, like, Michael Jackson!� joked Mattie. James seemed to get a
little annoyed at what Mattie had said and he looked back at me and smiled.
�See! He�s doin it agen!� shouted Mattie.
�Leave him alone! It�s his choice, not yours, so don�t get involved if you�ve
got nothing 2 do with it!� Warned Charlie, still holdin Lorna tightly in his
arms.
�Oh, erm, Matt, is it alright if I go down Brighton with them tomorrow?� asked
James.
�Well, only if we can go!� replied Mattie, with his arm around Falon.
�Yeah, sure, why not! The more, the merrier!� joked Emma, not really sounding
like herself.
�Maz, wake up, Mattie just called to say that they�re on their way now!�
shouted a hysterical Lorna. �I can�t believe it, Goin to Brighton with Chase!�
she then giggled, staring dreamily out the window. �Hey, u getting up or what?!�
�Ok, I�m up, stop shoutin already!!�
�Oh, sorry, I�m just so excited!�
�Yeah, me too, I�ll be down in 5 minutes!� I exclaimed as Lorna exited the
room and shut the door. �Let�s just hope that this isn�t getting too out of
hand!� I mumbled to myself as I got changed.
I walked down the stairs with my bag over my shoulder and found the others
sitting at the table grabbin a bite to eat before our journey.
�Mornin Maz!� said Emma as she packed some food into a bag.
�Morn!� I replied, still half asleep. I sat at the spare place at the table
and supported my head with my left hand.
�Aren�t you gunna get any breakfast?� asked Falon as I just sat there.
�No thanx, I never really eat breakfast!�
Less than 20 minutes passed before the doorbell rang, so I stood up and went
to answer the door.
�Hey, are you gurlz ready yet?� asked Mattie as he looked back at the car in
which James and Charlie were watching from.
�Yeah, hang on a mo, we�ll be out pronto!� I said as I turned and told the
others �Our ride has turned up!�
Everyone grabbed their bags and headed out of the door towards the car. James
got out and opened the boot up whilst Mattie got in the driver�s seat.
�You look tired!� James pointed out to me as I placed my bag in the back of
the car. �You ok?�
�Yeah, I�m fine, just a little sleepy, coz I�ve just woken up!� I replied.
James shut the boot and waited till the others had gotton in before letting me
in then jumping in himself.
We set off, Charlie had found some sort of game in the back and woz trying to
read the instructions, Lorna and the others laughing at his pathetic attempts.
James put his arm around me and I lay my head on his shoulder.
�You know wot? I woke up l8 too!� whispered James, �U still tired?�
�Yeah, kinda!� I replied.
�Same here, I didn�t get to sleep till this morning, I just couldn�t stop
thinking of you!� he said softly.
Before long, both James and I had fallen asleep and Charlie had noticed.
�Shh, luk at them two!� Charlie whispered to the others.
�Aw, they both look so cute together when they�re asleep!� giggled Hayley.
�Eeh! Maybe this�ll teach them not to go to sleep as late as wot they did last
nite!� whispered Emma as she picked up her bag and pulled out some facepaints.
Falon turned round and started giggling as Emma started a game of naughts and
crosses on my face.
�Tch, there�s no room left on her face!� whispered Charlie as they had
finished their 5th or so game on my face, �Guess we�ll just have to start on
James!� He drew a grid on James� face and the others joined in. Before long,
they had completely covered both mine and James� faces with games of noughts and
crosses!
�Hey, why don�t we turn them into the living dead?� asked Loz as she picked up
the green face paints.
�Great idea!� chuckled Mattie as he peered into the rear-view mirror.
I awoke about 20 minutes later and realized that my face felt weird. I
looked at James and saw what the others had done to him and wondered what had
happened to him, so I gave him a nudge and he woke with a start.
�Huh? What??........ Who???� he muttered as he looked around.
�What happened to you?� I asked.
�Well, what happened to you?�
We looked at the others and they all burst out with laughter.
(sarcastically) �Ha, hah! Very funny!� muttered James as he pulled out a
small box of wipes and handed me one. �They�ll pay! We can easily get them back
later!� He whispered as he began to wipe the mess off my face. It took over 5
minutes and half a dozen wipes to remove the layers of face paints from our
faces, James then threw the dirty wipes at Charlie when he least expected.
�Geez! Watch it mateage!� shouted Charlie as he leaped out of his seat. At
this, the others giggled and we started throwing the wipes around in the back.