'Fuck Rob! I mean...Fuck!' Jackson kicked the old VW camper van for the fifth time.
'That really isn't going to help Jake.' Rob sighed.
'Maybe not. But it's making me feel a whole lot better!' And he kicked it again.
'I'll call the breakdown people.' Rob got his mobile out of his pocket.
'Again.' Jackson spat.
'I shouldn't bother. It's fucked.' Kellen wiped his oily hands on his jeans. 'There's oil everywhere.'
'Oh great!' Jackson kicked again at the van. 'Piece of junk.'
'I'm sorry guys. I thought it'd be ok. And it was cheep.' Rob ran his hands through his thick bronze hair.
'So now what?' Jackson folded his arms and leaned against the bonnet.
'Well I'll call for a taxi or something. We'll go into the nearest town.' Rob opened his phone. 'Or not.' He frowned.
'What now?' Jackson growled.
'No signal.'
'Oh for fuck's sake!' Jackson got his own phone out. 'Kell, try yours.'
The three young men stood there waiving their mobile phones around, getting nothing but frustrated.
'Why have we stopped?' David stuck his head out the van window and yawned.
'Oh it lives!' Jackson rolled his eyes at David.
'We've broken down again.' Rob informed him.
'And this time it's terminal.' Kellen added.
'Oh. Bummer.' David withdrew back into the van. 'I'll wake Paul and tell him.' He called over his shoulder.
'And try your phones. Ours won't pick up any signal.' Jackson shouted after him.
After half and hour, a lot a swearing and pacing about waving phones in the air, they gave up.
'Beer.' Bobby announced, and fetched a crate from the boot.
'So what's the plan?' Celeste slung her rucksack into the old London double Decker bus.
'Us three go pick up Claire. Then we make our way from Cornwall to London to pick up the others.' Lill fiddled with the sat nav. 'Should take a day or two. But for the love of God don't let Claire behind the wheel, she'll kill us all!' They laughed.
'Ok girls we have tequila and chocolate!' Simone lifted a crate of bottles and a box onto the bus. 'And condoms.' She winked.
'Sim!' Celeste and Lili groaned.
'What? You never know. Don't worry. I've got proper supplies as well. All in the boot.' Simone climbed onto the bus.
'What time's Claire expecting us?' She asked.
'Half an hour ago.' Lili checked her watch.
'Better get this show on the road then.' Simone smiled.
'Is getting rat arsed really going to help?' Paul asked opening his second bottle.
'Hell yeah!' Kellen grinned.
'It wouldn't be so bad if we were on a main road.' Rob was sitting cross legged on the bonnet. He took a long swig of his beer.
'Maybe a car load of hot chicks will come along and rescue us.' Kellen drained his third bottle.
'About bloody time!' Claire was standing in the lay by with her rucksack at her feet.
'Yeah sorry about that.' Celeste hopped down and helped Claire load her stuff.
'Have we got everything?' Lili called over her shoulder.
'Yes.' The other three called back.
'I'm not sure this is right.' Lili said after about an hour. 'The road's getting really narrow.'
'You're following the sat nav thought right?' Celeste came and peered at it.
'Right. I'm doing everything it's telling me. Bossy fucker it is to.' Lili glared at it.
'Claire.' Celeste called. 'You live round here. Where's this thing taking us?'
'Claire came and peered at the little screen. 'Fucked if I know.' She declared. 'It's finding roads I didn't even know existed.' She shook her head.
'If I were you Lil, I'd try and turn round and head back to the main road.' She said.
'Well it's telling me to turn right in a bit. I'll try and turn round then.' Lili decided.
'Do we have a paper map?' Claire asked.
'Somewhere.'
'I'll see if I can find out where we are.' Claire found the map and spread it out on the dashboard and leaned over it. Every now and then she glanced up to look for landmarks. Anything to give her a clue to their whereabouts.
'I can hear something.' Rob sat up and looked around.
'Like what? Are you hearing those little voices again?' Jackson grinned.
'Fuck off Jake. No i can hear a vehicle. Someones coming. We might be able to get a lift.' The others gathered to the front of the van and peered up the lane.
'Can't see anything.' Paul observed.
'But I can hear something to.' Bobby said. 'Defiantly.'
'Whatever it is it's going to have to be big to take all of us and the instruments.' Jackson frowned.
'Oh hello!' Claire said looking up thought the windscreen. 'Look there.' She pointed to where six rather drunk young men were standing by and old VW camper van.
'I think Christmas just came in July.' She grinned. 'Stop the bus Lil. And I bags the red head.'
Lili slowed the bus and started to pull over.
'Girls.' She called. 'Come see what Claire and I just found.'
Celeste and Simone came to the front of the bus.
'Ohhhh! Nice.' Simone rubbed her hands together.
Sunday, 27 December 2009
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I fucking love it!
ReplyDeletethis is gonna be brilliant!! im soo excited!
ReplyDeleteOMG!!! This is brilliant. The best part is that I totally get frustrated with GPS systems. It's like you know me *wink*
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