The three girls shared a small dorm room; most dorms had six beds, but the Scotts had been allowed to share with only themselves.
Not having many clothes, it only took them about three minutes to pack it all, make the beds and put their shoes on. They then sat on the bed and proceeded to talk.
"I feel a bit dumb about what I did," admitted Jeni.
"Yeah, but we heard Ms Lloyd tell them that we would act different once we were out of here," Jasi pointed out.
"I'm excited, they don't look like they could hurt us," Alicia piped up. She could be quite innocent and naïve sometimes.
"Yeah Lic, but neither did most of the others," pointed out Jeni. They continued their lovely discussion while the boys were in the office.
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"I am sorry about that," Ms Lloyd was repeating. "They will act better once they know you, I promise. Initial here."
"It's fine, love," Louis repeated. "We understand – they can't trust us yet."
"Well I don't know if they will ever trust you, Louis – one taste of your cooking and they will be convinced we want to poison them," teased Harry.
"I can cook some things," Louis protested.
"Toast," Niall coughed. Shrugging, Louis admitted defeat. "I guess I'm more of a cleaner than a cooker."
"Signature there," Ms Lloyd asked. The boys had all signed except for Harry, as she had been going in age order. "Just – don't expect them to warm up straight away. They should be done by now can someone go get them? Just go up the stairs, turn left and fourth door on the right."
Niall and Liam volunteered themselves, and set off.
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"I hope we don't have to share a room," Jeni said. Lic was just about to speak when they were interrupted.
"Knock knock," Buzz Cut said, tapping on the door. He and Blondie walked in. "Well girlies, are we ready to go?" All three girls fixed him with a death glare. "What did I do?"
"Don't," Jasi emphasized, "Call us girlies."
"Sorry. What should I call you?"
"Not girlies," Jeni replied sassily. "And yes, we are ready." She hopped off the bed, and went to grab her bags, but a pair of hands beat her to it.
"I've got it," Blondie said. He offered her a smile, but she just shrugged. She didn't want to be mean, she was just guarded.
"Do any of you remember the way back?"
"Sure follow me," Lic said. She led the way, skipping.
She slipped her hand into Buzz's, glancing shyly up at him; he smiled back and exchanged thrilled looks with Blondie.
"Here we go," Alicia said, as the office came into sight. She flashed a small smile at Buzz Cut and Blondie before dropping their hands and walking back to join her sisters. They were told to wait where they were, so they assumed their position: meant to look intimidating and powerful, Jasi, the tallest, stood in the middle with her arms folded, facing slightly toward her left and glaring. To her right was Jeni. She was leaning her left leg, her left elbow resting on her sister's shoulder, her right leg bent and the toe just resting on the floor. She had her right hand on her hip and was looking bored. And Lic, the shortest by a little bit, was on the left, mirroring Jeni except for her facial expression; Lic was pouting. The boys exited the office, laughing and joking, but stopped when they saw the fierce girls. Raising an eyebrow, Quiff said, "Let's go home?"
In a well-practised movement, the girls on the edge dropped their elbows from Jas, putting their hand by their side; Jasi kept her arms folded and the other two had one hand on their hips. In one line, side by side, they followed the boys outside.
"Get in the van," Curly joked. Immediately, the girls all turned to him.
"Say something like that again and you will regret it." Jeni snapped.
"If you're going to rape and then return us, say so now so that we don't have to bother going home with you," Jasi added.
"We don't have time for that shit," Lic finished. The boys looked shocked.
"Wow, sorry," Curly muttered. "I was just joking."
"Well just don't."
"We'd never do that, promise," Blondie said. The others were quick in agreeing, and the girls simply rolled their eyes.
"Sit anywhere you want," Buzz Cut said, opening the door and stepping aside. Immediately Jeni led the way to the back of the (silver) van, taking a window seat. Jas followed her, sitting on the other window, leaving room for the little one.
Harry noticed that they were protective of each other; he remembered how the other boys would do that for him and Niall when they were younger. Lic took her seat, and the other boys piled in.
Soon enough though, when the car was moving, the younger girl left her seat and kneeled up against a window. Unfortunately when they turned a corner she kept skidding around and falling over; so, without her noticing, Blondie puts his hands on her waist to steady her.
"Wow look at that! Ugh she's ugly," Lic exclaimed about someone on the street.
"Like your face, fugly bugly," Jasi said. She had her eyes closed and was bobbing slightly to the music.
"Fuck off," laughed Lic, looking to her eldest sister for support.
"Stop being a fucktard, Jas," Jen scolded lazily.
"Bitch started it," Jas shrugged. Lic flipped her off; without opening her eyes, she returned the gesture.
"She's not the bitch here," Jeni pointed out. Jas aimed her middle finger toward her older sister, who returned it.
The boys silently watched this exchange, shocked.
"Uh, excuse me?" Buzz Cut asked.
"What?" Jasi said.
"What was that?"
"It's called the finger, try it sometime," Jeni explained.
"It's the rude finger, you guys were just swearing and flipping each other off," Messy Hair said.
"That's nice," Lic joined in.
"No shit," muttered the older two together.
"You shouldn't know that language at your age! Do you do that a lot?"
"Sure."
Curly was struggling to contain his giggles, earning himself a slap over the head from Messy. As soon is his hand made contact and the sound was heard, all three girls froze, tensed up and looked at Messy anxiously. He was about to say something when Quiff, who was driving, interrupted. "We're home."