----- Chapter Sixteen -----

"Ugh…I am NOT in the mood for this…" I yawn the next morning. It's pretty early and Marie's just arrived. She's really hyped cos she gets to see Scott again and, well, I'm not hyped at all. I didn’t sleep well the previous night after the news that caused me to lose all hope of ever being happy. And I don’t particularly want to see Abs and Danielle being all kissy together.

Abs is gonna pick us up in about fifteen minutes, so I've got plenty of time to get ready. I really only agreed to going to this today for Marie. As if reading my thoughts she says, "Eeeek! This is really cool…I get to see Scott again! I wanna take him home!"

"Don’t forget - not a word about Scott's stitches. He gets really touchy about them and he's embarrassed about how he got them. I don’t even know if I was spose to tell you about it," I brief, finding my cigarettes and lighter. Ok - I'm weak. I admit it. I went straight out last night and bought them after I got off the phone to Abs.

"My lips are sealed!" Marie promises as she brushes on a second coat of purple nail polish.

"Ooh and d'ya know who else is gonna be there?"

"Nope - who?" Marie shakes her head.

"Rob…" I tease. Rob is 5ive's tour manager and Marie also thinks he's really hot.

Marie blushes and smiles cheekily, "I wanna collar Rob into giving me his phone no."

"I thought you liked Scott best!"

"I do! But just in case Scott doesn’t like me after all, like I think. Or if he gets back with Kerry…" she explains.

"Oh gosh - not a word about Kerry either, ok?"

"Ok."

J holds Rich in a headlock while Sean looks on, a faint expression of amusement playing on his mouth.

"Lovely…" comments the photographer, taking the photo. He loads in a new film, "Ok - boys? Stand normally but look really…SCARY…that's good…ok…in a bit please J…that's great…" the photographer shouts out alterations and the boys play around with poses. Abs isn't in a particularly good mood - prolly cos Danielle didn’t make it. What a shame. Anywayz, he's looking really menacing. Scott growls at the camera and the photo gets taken. This goes on for a little while.

Scott is actually in a good mood. I thought he'd still be pissed after yesterday but he isn't. Him and Marie have really hit it off and I know for a fact that they're gonna be seeing each other a lot this coming week.

Now it's time for an interview. The guys get sat down on some chairs, while an interviewer whips out a Dictaphone and notepad. Marie and myself lurk a little way behind and have a chat with Rob and Mick.

"…and what about these two girls? Who are they?" I hear the interviewer say, quite rudely.