Halfway There // Liam O'donovan

12

_A DAY AT THE BEACH_
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EVIE'S POV
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It was 9am and we were all clambering into Mike's minibus. It's been a stressful week or so and Mike decided that we all needed a break so he was taking us to the beach for the day. Sapphire and I had been up quite late taking out my braids so I was pretty tired but I was still a little excited. Johnny, unsurprisingly, was the only one complaining saying that Tee would get travel sick on the bus, he was still being forced to go though.

"Everybody aboard?" Mike called at us.

"Ay, ay, captain!" Liam called.

"Get ready for a day to remember! - And look what I've borrowed." he showed us the small cam corder in his hands. "We're gonna make a movie when we get to the beach!" He passed it to Tracy before getting in the drivers seat.

"Please can we stay behind?" Johnny begged some more.

"It's still a no." Tracy told him, "And anyway there won't be anyone to look after you." Johnny looked sad, "Tee's all right, aren't you?"

"Yeah!" Tee nodded, I smiled at her before facing the front again.

Mike turned around, "Hi ho and away we go!" he shouted, enthusiastically. The bus must've moved one inch before Tee threw up.

Liam had somehow gotten a hold of the cam corder and was recording Tracy clean up.

"Aw, there's sick everywhere!" I complained, coughing a little for the dramatics.

"Missed a bit." Liam told Tracy. Tracy rolled her eyes at him and he gave her a cheeky grin, "It stinks!" he said and covered his nose and mouth with his shirt.

"When it gets hot in here it's gonna-" I said trailing off and gagging a little.

"Yeah," Frank agreed, pinching his nose.

"Shut up." Tracy told a still laughing Liam and she chucked the cloth that she was using to clean up at him. Liam retched and dashed it at me.

"Nuh-uh. These jeans were £80." I said and dashed it at Frank.

Tracy's phone trilled and Liam turned the camera to face her.  "200 smackers!" Tracy exclaimed, shocked.

"Whats this?" Mike asked, turning around to look at her.

"An on-line bookstore just bought a load of my books!" Tracy grinned.

"Really?" Johnny asked.

"Don't act so surprised."

"Can they read?" Liam commented, Tracy clonked him on the head with her palm and Frank and I laughed. It didn't ruin Tracy's mood though.

"I'm rich!" Tracy said.

"Eh, Tracy don't forget you owe Cam the money." Gina said from the front.

"Well, I'm rich until I tell Cam." Tracy admitted.

Liam kicked Sapphire's chair, "Looking good, Saff!" he told her with a mouth full of food. She had her compact mirror open and was applying lipstick. "Who's it for? Mr Crab?"