| Chapter 1 Amanda:�Are you sure this is the right address?!� Saralie:�Yeah... Wait a sec I�m gonna go and knock� Amanda:�Hurry, it�s getting cold and I�m all wet, my bags too.� Saralie:�Yeah yeah� Amanda was looking sadly at the car passing by her: were they going to turn back so soon, only because of an address problem? It was past midnight and the moon was the only thing that still shined in the dark of the night. Amanda struggled to keep her tears form flowing as she heard her friend coming back with a pitiful look on her face. Amanda:�So, is this the right house?� Saralie:�No... But it�s not completely over, y�know, the lady was really nice even if I woke her up in the middle of the night... Anyway, she told me that there was another street with almost the same name, maybe it�s there, huh? Look, this is the street �Eagle� and there�s another one called �Eagle Street�... You know what I�m saying?� Amanda:�Yeah let�s go!� She took a map out of her bag and looked at it carefully. They found �Eagle Street� quickly on the map but soon realised that it was really far from their current emplace-ment. They started walking. Amanda:�Maybe we should stay at a hotel and try to find the street tomorrow, it�s kinda late...� Saralie:�Look, I would gladly say yes but unfortunately I don�t want to spend all my sav-ings on one single night!� Amanda:�Ok ok, we�ll walk...� They kept on walking and tried to tell jokes to forget the situation. An hour after, they had done a big way but the street was still very far. They were about to call a cab when they heard voices behind them. Voice:�Ladies, need a lift?� They both side jumped but Amanda was quicker to answer. Amanda:�No, we�re fine� Guy1:�Trust me you don�t look so fine! C�mon, we�re not gonna eat you!� The girls looked at the cute guy who was speaking to them. Of course he didn�t look like a psycho at all but they can never know... He had dark shaved hair, big black eyes, a cute baby face and a little latino look. As they were looking at him, another guy�s face appeared behind him. He smiled and the girls noticed how he was different form the first one. He had spiky blond hair, big baby blue eyes and a playful grin. He was really good looking too. When he saw that the girls didn�t respond, the first guy insisted. Guy1:�Look, my name�s Erik and this is my mate Ashley. Hop in and tell us where we can get you.� Ashley:�Yeah, it�s getting cold and I don�t like seeing pretty girls outside under the cold rain...� That grin again... Amanda instantly fell for the blue eyes that were looking at her curi-ously. Without any word of her friend, she smiled and mumbled a �Ok� before going in. Erik helped them put their bags in the back and started driving. They gave him the ad-dress and talked in the way. Ashley:�So... Where are you from?� Saralie:�Dublin, we just arrived� Erik:�Why did you moved?� Amanda:�Well we... hum... were coming to see our family but we can�t find the house!� Amanda saw the disagreement in her friend�s eyes but kept going: it was safer that way because they didn�t know the guys. Even if they were really cute and sweet, the girls had to be prudent and not too naive. Amanda:�And you guys, do you live around here?� Erik:�Yeah, actually we live here when we�re not on t � � Ashley:�At our mum�s house! Yeah we live here when we�re not at our mum�s house!� The guys exchanged a weird look but the girls didn�t take any notice of it. Saralie:�You live together?� Erik:�Yup! Seven days a week!� The four of them remained silent until the car stopped in front of Sara�s Uncle�s house. Amanda stayed in the car with the guys while Sara ran to the door. Ashley:�So, hum, how long are you staying around?� AmandA:�Two weeks, maybe more, maybe forever...� Ashley:�We should keep all in touch right? We could see each other sometimes...� Amanda:�Huh yeah! It would be great!� They both stopped talking when they saw the look on Erik�s face. Saralie came back in a hurry. Saralie:�Mandy! We�re in deep shit!� Amanda:�What? What?!� Saralie:�They moved!� Amanda:�What?!� Saralie:�They moved! A long time ago!� Amanda:�But didn�t you said that you knew this uncle?!� Saralie:�Well, I saw him on old pictures...� Amanda:�Great! This is just great! And I guess the new owners don�t have the address right?� Saralie:�No but � � Amanda:�Then we�re totally screwed! We�re really fucking screwed Saralie!� Saralie:�I�m sorry, I � � Amanda:�Oh sure you didn�t think Saralie Bastian! You never do! Are you nuts? It�s all because of you � � Erik:�Hey hey hey, calm down...� He put his hands on her shoulders to calm her down. She looked at Sara sobbing beside her and felt the tears coming to her eyes again. Amanda:�Sara, I�m sorry I yelled... It�s just that I�m exhausted and also a little freaked out... What are we gonna do Sara?� Saralie:�I don�t know...� Ashley:�Listen girls, it�s very late and you�re both very tired... I don�t think you�ll be able to find your uncle tonight Sara. What do you say you come and spend the nigh at our house?� Erik:�Yeah, you could have a good night sleep and then we could find a way to get you out of this tomorrow morning. What do you think?� The girls exchanged a suspicious look for a couple of seconds but finally accepted: any-way, it couldn�t be any worse! They all jumped back in the car and Saralie insisted to go in the front seat with Erik. Amanda and Ashley exchanged a shy smile as he sat beside her and Erik started driving. He put the radio on. Amanda:�It�s not too far I hope, we don�t want to cause you any trouble...� Ashley:�Oh not at all... Walking would have been a real disaster but with the car it won�t be long, a couple of minutes, ten max... I just hope we won�t wake up the others...� Amanda:�The others?� Ashley:�We live with three other guys� Amanda:�Five guys in the same house?! What a mess it must be!� Ashley:�Yeah, actually we don�t really have time to clean up so please don�t yell when you�ll see the mess!� Amanda:�I won�t I won�t. Anyway, I�m sure my bedroom was worse and you guys all go to college huh so you don�t really have time, huh?� Ashley:�No actually we, huh...� He stopped himself from talking and they heard on the radio: �Is it all or are we just friends, is this how it ends with a simple telephone call, you leave me here with nothing at all...�. Erik subtly put the volume down as Saralie quickly turned it up. Erik:�You know that song?� Saralie:�Yeah of course! It�s always playing on the radio!� Amanda:�Really, I love it!� Ashley:�You know who sings that song?� Amanda:�Nope... You do?� Ashley:�Yeah... It�s a band called O-Town, you don�t know them?� Amanda:�Nah� Erik:�(Bingo!)� After that, Ashley and Amanda started talking and Erik and Sara did the same. After a little while, Amanda stopped talking to listen to their conversation a little bit. Saralie:�So, Erik ?, Do you have a girlfriend??? ???� Erik:�Huh...� Ashley and Amanda tried hard to stop themselves form laughing and felt relieved when the car lowly stopped in front of the guys� house... Saralie:�WOW! Mama Mia, you�ve got the jackpot dude!� Amanda:�I can�t believe this! I�m born in a family of seven and our house was half that big!� The guys laughed and helped the girls get their things in the house. Ashley:�Don�t make much noise girls, the others are all asleep...� Amanda:�Okay we won�t!� Saralie:�So, we�ll meet them tomorrow?� Erik nodded then said good night to the girls before going up in his room. Ashley moaned when he realised he had to do the �beds� (on the couch) alone. Saralie headed for the bathroom. Amanda:�Don�t worry Ashley, I�ll help you� Ashley:�Thanks! I know it won�t be really comfortable but it�s the best we can offer since all our room are filled!� Amanda:�Naah... We�re gonna be just fine, don�t worry, thanks to you. It�s really sweet you know, without you we would probably still be walking under the rain...� Ashley:�Ah it�s nothing, we couldn�t just leave you out there! Anyway, the bed is ready so I�m gonna go to bed now, I�m very tired... We�ll see each other tomorrow morning?� Amanda:�Yup! Don�t worry about us Ashley, thanks for everything! Goodnight...� Ashley:�Say goodnight to Sara too... Goodnight Amanda...� Amanda:�Oh please, you can call me Mandy ?� Ashley:�Goodnight Mandy ?� Amanda:�Goodnight Ashley ?� They kissed each other on both cheeks before he disappeared in his room. She sighed, smiling, and changed into her pyjamas. She wrapped herself in the sheets on the couch and put her head on the pillow, waiting for her friends to come down. She closed her eyes and smiled: maybe they weren�t so unlucky after all... Saralie:�Yououououoouu Ams!� Amanda:�Huh?� Saralie:�I thought you were already asleep...� Amanda:�Nope, just thinkin� � Saralie:�About what to do next?� Amanda:�Nah, I was thinking that we�re goddam lucky to have landed in a house with two hotties and hopefully three other cuties... Sara you know this encounter could change our lives forever!� Saralie:�I know, everything is going to change now that we are all alone you and me...� Amanda:�But whatever happens, I want you to know that I�m always there okay? Now more then ever we�re gonna need each other�s support so I want you to know that I�m never gonna let you down...� Saralie:�Me neither, I will always be on your side... Best friends forever?� Amanda:�Best friends forever!� They gave each other a big hug before putting her heads back on the soft white pillows. They said goodnight and tried to drift away to sleep... Ten minutes later... Saralie:�Amanda?� Amanda:�Mmh?� Saralie:�Are you listening to me?� Amanda:�Mmmmmh...� Saralie:�Don�t you think that Erik and I would be soooooooooooooooooooooooo cute together? He is so damn tota �� Amanda:�ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ� Saralie:�I hate you....grmble...... ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ� Chapter 2 When Jacob woke up this morning, Ashley and Erik still haven�t told him about the two girls sleeping in the living room. So here he was, walking down the stairs to go to the kitchen when he saw a girl, walking in his direction. He saw so sleepy that he didn�t no-tice that he was only wearing his boxer shorts and he didn�t even wondered what she was doing there: he thought that probably he was still asleep but still took a notice of her mid-length red hair and her big sleepy green eyes. He really thought he was dreaming until they bumped in each other. She had been too sleepy to notice him too so she looked up at Jacob and screamed. Surprised, he screamed back... Amanda:�KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!� Jacob:�AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!� Trevor (from his room):�SHUT THE F*CK UP JACOB!� They both stopped screaming at the same time and he noticed she was looking at him with very round eyes. Amanda:�W-What�s that on your head?!?� Jacob:�Huh what? Oh... That�s my hair� Amanda:�Oh... Is it supposed to look like that?� Jacob (irritated):�Yes it is but it�s always a little mushy-mushy when I wake up in the morning... Who the hell are you by the way?!� Amanda:�I�m Amanda� Jacob:�Great... And what are you doing here?� Amanda:�Ashley and Erik let us in, they�ll explain it all to you when they�ll get up... You, what�s your name?� Jacob (surprised):�You don�t know my name?!� Amanda:�No, sorry honey, wait until your famous and then maybe we�ll hear about you in Dublin!� Jacob:�...� Amanda:�........?........ I�m still waiting huh!� Jacob:�Jacob, my name�s Jacob� Amanda:�Ok, you�ll be Jake to me� Jacob stayed there as the girl walked away to go to the kitchen without saying anything else. He couldn�t believe his eyes: Who was she to talk to him that way in his OWN HOUSE?! Jacob:�And what the hell are you doing now?!� Amanda:�Taking some orange juice, any objections?� Jacob:�Where�s Ashley? I think I�ll have a few words with him� Amanda:�Watching TV downstairs, he�s the one who told me about the orange juice� Jacob (sarcastically):�Great� He walked furiously down the stairs as Mandy shook her head in disbelief, disappearing in the kitchen. Jacob:�Ashley, what�s the meaning of this?!?� Ashley:�What?... Oh, Amanda? Cute huh?� Jacob:�She insulted me! You know what she told me after a brilliant comment about my hair?!?� Ashley:�No, what?� Jacob:�That when I�ll be famous, they�ll maybe hear about me in Dublin! But WE�RE FAMOUS!� Ashley laughed and got up, making Jacob even more furious. Jacob:�What�s so funny?!� Ashley:�Jacob they doesn�t know. They are not fans! They are not fans that we let in for fun: they don�t know who we are! They came from a small town near Dublin and they only heard the song a few time!� Jacob:�She don�t?� Ashley:�Nope, so don�t take too personally what she said about your �popularity�... C�mon, let�s have breakfast!� Jacob followed Ashley in the kitchen where Amanda was sitting at the table, sipping her orange juice. Ashley sat beside her with a grin as Jacob stayed there, looking at the scene curiously. Amanda:�Hey Ash! Hey Jake!� Jacob (cold):�Don�t call me Jake� Ashley (ignoring Jacob�s comment):�So... What did you ate Mandy?� Amanda:�Only orange juice� Ashley:�But weren�t you hungry? Why didn�t you eat more then that? We have gee and bacon and � � Amanda:�I was waiting for you...� They exchanged a smile and stayed like this a couple of seconds. Jacob sighed and mumbled something that looked like �God, this is sick� before storming out of the kitchen. Meanwhile... Dan:�Erik... What are you doing?� Erik:�As you can see, I�m standing next to the bathroom�s door, waiting for Saralie to come out...� Dan:�Sara � who?!� Erik:�Huhnh... Forget it... Go ask Ashley� Dan:�Ok� He looked weirdly a last time at Erik and headed for the kitchen where Ashley and Amanda were obviously having a good time, laughing and talking while eating breakfast. Erik heard the bathroom�s door slowly opening and saw a pair of pretty black eyes look-ing at him. He smiled at Saralie and opened his mouth to talk, but she was faster. Saralie:�Erik!!! I didn�t know you were waiting! You should have told me!� Erik:�Nah, don�t worry I�m just fine... You�re already dressed up and everything?!� Saralie:�Yup! I don�t think that the day starts at two PM so I always get up early!� Erik:�I totally agree with you! Did you had breakfast?� Saralie:�No, did you?� Erik:�No. Wait a sec, I�m gonna go to the bathroom and we�ll go downstairs to eat with the others afterwards...� Saralie:�Sounds great! I�ll be waiting for you, Erik...� (all sweet sweet voice) 1 minutes 23 seconds after that... Erik:�Finished!� Saralie:�Did you wash your hands?� Erik:�Oops! Forgot!� 47 seconds after that... Erik:�Ok, now I�m finished!� He heard �Last Resort� by Papa Roach blasting from Jacob�s room. Erik:�Hey Jake! We�re going to have breakfast with the others! You comin� with us?� Jacob:�Gjvbfsinvuydksvydfvdnvd...� Erik:�I think that means no... Let�s go!� (more to come) |