"No way"
This was the general consensus.
"We're not going without you, you're our best mate. You're why we're here"
Slowly Chris nodded "and now I'm why you're going, because I want you to. I wanted to start this thing, and you guys said yes, so now I'm saying go"
"But we say no this time. We're not leaving you here to mope about and get drunk. You're coming with us, or we stay here with you."
"alright then" he said. "Do whatever you want"
