Chapter 1

"Are we still up for this weekend?" Kian asked. A big group of them were going to the Lake District for four days as a long weekend. Shane, Kian, Nicky, Bryan and Mark were in a band and this was the only time off they were having in two months and decided to spend it with their friends.
"Too right we are!" said Donna.
"I haven't spent any time with my man in weeks," Anna said staring into Nicky's deep, sparkling blue eyes. His blonde hair highlighted it all. Hollie put her arm around Shane. Across the room, Donna felt a pang of jealousy. She had always fancied Shane. He started going out with Hollie three years ago. Since then Donna had always hated her.
"Only tomorrow to go. I can't wait until we go on Friday morning," said Cherie. "Who's driving anyway?" asked Emily.
"Instead of having three cars we are going to have four. It will be a squash otherwise," said Jamie. "I'm driving the first with Daniel, Narna and Mira. Nicky is driving the second with Anna, Emily and Bryan. Shane, Hollie and Donna are in the third. Everyone else is in the fourth," he read from a piece of paper.
"I'm shattered!" Anna yawned. "I'm going to bed."
"I'm going to go as well. I have to get up early tomorrow," said Nicky.
"Yeah right!" Jamie called.
"I do! I need to pick up my suitcase from Anto."
"Is that why you're going to bed at 9:30?"
"I have to talk to Anna."
"I bet," Jamie said with a wink.
"Shut up!" Nicky said throwing a cushion at Jamie.
"I think we'd better go," Daniel said looking at his watch. Nicky, Anna, Claire, Mark, Jamie and Emily all live in a seven-bedroom house in London. Around the corner Shane, Hollie, Narna, Bryan and Mira live together in a five-bedroom house. Cherie, Kian, Donna and Daniel shared a six-bedroom house two streets away.

It didn't take long for Friday to come round. Anna woke up first. She sat up to look at her clock. 7am. Nicky stirred beside her and settled down again. She got up and went downstairs. Everybody was staying at their's and she had to fight through all the suitcases in the living room to get to the kitchen. She made herself a cup of tea then Emily came down. "Couldn't sleep either huh?" she asked.
"I never can when something is going on," replied Anna.
"Me neither. I remember last Christmas. We were both up at 5:30."
"And to me getting up before seven is illegal!" laughed Anna. "Do you want a drink?" "Yes please. Who's in the conservatory?"
"Bryan, Narna, Mira, Daniel and Donna."
"I wonder if she will try anything on with Shane this weekend," said Emily.
"Who? Donna?"
"Yeah."
"Probably will. She always tries. Never works though."
"Shane loves Hollie too much. He can't see anyone else." They both went and sat down in the living room to wait for everybody else to get up. After a while everybody was up and had breakfast. Jamie and Shane loaded everything into the cars.
"For only four days there seems to be so much luggage," complained Jamie. "Well there is what? Fifteen of us going on this trip. There's bound to be a lot. Just imagine if we all had a suitcase to ourselves and weren't sharing. Then we would be in trouble," said Kian.
"That's the last one," Shane said walking into the living room where everyone was waiting. "Are we all ready?" Everyone bundled into the cars and they set off.