Perfectly British In An American Dream

Chapter 9

I fell asleep after talking to Thomas and when I woke up he had gone. I pulled on some black jeans and a plain t-shirt and slipped into my converse to head downstairs for what I thought should be breakfast but I was so tired I couldn't tell, plus the jet lag didn't help. I walked out of the lift to see Thomas sitting at a table in the breakfast hall. I went and sat next to him, I noticed everyone shot me a glance when I walked in. "Hey you're up?" Thomas turned and pulled my chair out for me. "Yeah my stomach couldn't take smelling delicious food and not eating it." I smiled at him, someone tapped me on the shoulder. I turned round to see Dylan sitting down, "Quite an entrance there Faye," I blushed, "I'm so sorry I...""Don't worry I completely understand. I'm just glad you didn't puke on Thomas I mean he's had to put up with you the whole journey and then to get puked on, that would be harsh." I stare at him until he starts laughing into his drink. "I'm only joking no need to give me a death stare!" I smile gently, "sorry, I'm still a bit lost with all this." I gesture around me as Thomas hands me a menu. I pretend to study it intently while actually I'm looking at Dylan. He gets on so well with everybody and he's so much more famous than me yet he treats me like a complete equal. The waiter cleared his throat behind me making me jump in surprise. "What would you like to order?" He sounded frustrated and very bored. "Uhh an orange juice and a full English please." "We don't do a full English, but we have bacon, sausages, eggs, mushrooms, toast, beans, tomato and hash browns?" "Umm yeah I'll have that." He turns to Dylan and I sit there for a moment before saying to Thomas, "Isn't that exactly the same as a full English?" "Yeah I think they do a full English I just don't think the waiter knew what one was." He grinned at me and it made me laugh. "What's in a full English that he didn't say?" Dylan says making me laugh even more, "nothing" I said between giggles, "it's exactly the same!"

We finished breakfast and I sat down in the lobby waiting for Thomas to come down and take me on a tour. A tall Asian guy sat down next to me, "Are you the girl who puked on Dylan?" Great I'm now puke girl to everyone. "Yes, my names Faye." "Ki hong, welcome to the family. You're from England?" "Yeah I flew over with Thomas." I turn round to see him getting out of the lift with Dylan. "Ah I see you've met Ki we worked together on another film." They give each other a hug before turning back to me. "Nice to meet you Faye look forward to working with you." Ki Hong steps into the lift Thomas and Dylan just came out of. Dylan looks over Thomas' shoulder "Right are you ready for that tour?""Dylan's coming with us?" I stare at Thomas. "Yeah couldn't stop him." He gives me a smile that is really starting to get on my nerves.

They showed me the breakfast room and then the dining hall, most people had finished eating so it was mainly empty. We then moved on to the cinema room and the swimming pool. I'd never been to a swimming pool so big it was amazing, "wow this is awesome!" I turned to Thomas, "when do we start filming?" "Tomorrow morning, why?" He looked at me suspiciously. "Perfect, time for a swim!" I race off back to the lift with Thomas and Dylan running after me. I wave at them from the lift as the doors close.

Thomas's pov:
She just ran, it took me a second to process what she said then I sprinted after her, I watched her get into the lift and the little minx waved at us as the doors closed. "Want to take the stairs?"
I turned to see Dylan already racing towards the stairs. "I've got a plan!" I followed him up and we paused on the first floor to call the lift then repeat on the next floor and the next until the fifth floor. By the time we got to our rooms we were both completely gasping for breath after running up the stairs as fast as we can. We stood there pretending like we've been there for ages when Faye came out of her room already in her swim suit. "What are you doing?" She stared at us, "Chop chop the pools waiting!" She gestured for us to get changed then went back to her room.

Back to Faye's pov:
The idiots thought I would fall for the lift trick? When the lift got to the first floor I got out and ran up the stairs until the fifth floor I then leapt into my room and speedily got changed, the boys were only just behind me. I grabbed my stuff and came out to see them standing there, their faces were priceless. I waited in my room until they were ready then we all took the lift to the pool.

Being the girl I am I did the little dip your toe in then squeal that it's too cold thing except I'd only done it once when I heard Dylan scream "Cannonball!!!" I turned round in time to see him grab me and pull me into the pool alongside him. The water was really cold, but then I got used to it quite quickly. Thomas was laughing so hard at my face when I came up that I thought he would fall in himself, but he caught his balance and neatly dived in. We were lucky and had the place to ourselves for a while. We spent a while playing around and then decided to have races. I thought I should tell them at this point that I used to be on the swim team at school, but I thought I would just surprise them. First to race were me and Dylan. We started at the wall and listened to Thomas count down. 3 2 1 go! I dove forward putting my arms out in front and kicking my back legs. Coming up I immediately got into the rhythm. I reached the end a fraction of a second before Dylan. "Yes!" I pumped the air with my fist. He was absolutely shocked that I had beaten him. "Again, you must have gone before go right?" He looked at Thomas for reassurance that he didn't just get beaten by a 15 year old girl, but Thomas just smiled. "You were beaten fair and square !" He grinned at me before jumping in right next to me and covering me in the now pretty cold water. We spent a bit longer in the pool and Thomas and Dylan had a race against each other and they both ended up trying to pull each other away from the finish in a desperate attempt to win. Eventually Thomas won and then noticed my teeth chattering, "Right, go and get warm." He pushed me out of the pool and I went and grabbed my towel before heading to the showers.

Dylan's pov:
Faye left and I looked at Thomas, "so how come you're looking out for her so much? Surely her parents should be here right?" He nodded to himself and took so long replying I thought he hadn't heard. Finally he slowly whispered, "her parents died in a car crash the day after she was told she got the part in the film." My heart dropped, I found out I got the part just a couple of months ago. "So who's looking after her?" "Her aunt, but she doesn't really want Faye she just finds her a nuisance." I thought carefully about what had just been said. "So you're looking out for her while she's filming?" "Yeah, something like that." We didn't talk as we got out and headed to the showers.

Hope you enjoyed this and that the different point of views are good. I want sure whether to include them or not so feedback would be great. New chapter coming soon, I can write more at the weekend, but I try to update during the week as well so we'll see! Keep reading and find out how meeting cast mates goes!