Chapter 4 - new friends

Chapter 4

New friends





“Yes can I help you?” asked Rebecca opening the door

Max seizing the chance quickly said “hi I'm Max Tate and these are Kenny and Tyson” he turned back gesturing to them



“Hey where's Tyson” he asked Kenny



“Probably on the 3rd or 4th floor, you know its Tyson hates running up stairs, in fact he hates running at all”



“Ok anyway we heard that you were coming so we thought we would come and say hello and kinda be the welcome party” turning away he shouted down the corridor “Tyson hurry up will you”



She smiled “sure come on in I'm not quite finished un-packing my stuff yet”



“Its ok, it took me a while when I was new” said max.

Kenny followed him into the room and he went straight over and started examining her laptop where the webcam was just finishing uploading the new software that she had installed. Rebecca sat down on the chair and plugged in the microphone, the screen flickered before a image appeared what could be seen was a stone wall on which there was a green tapestry hanging this showed the history of the tiger clan.



“Hello guys, anyone there, Nadine, Louise, Ben, Becky here” suddenly a gaggle of faces appeared covering the screen

“Whoa guys back off, back off ok” after doing this she could clearly see that Louise and Ben were there but that someone was missing.

“Hey where's Nadine?” she asked



“Don't ask us we don't know where she vanished to” answered Amy a young girl of about 8



“Oh it's just that I wanted to talk to her”



“What about” asked one of the boys



“None of your business Mathew” he cringed



“So shut up, anyway are you all alright?”



“Great but we miss you” came a voice from someone who was partially blocked from view



“John is that you?” she asked



“Yea why?” he asked moving to the front



“Why were you hiding from me?”



“I'm not hiding”



“Hey stop arguing, john get the hell out of my way” interrupted Louise shoving him to one side



“We want to talk to Rebecca”



“That was cruel and you know it was Louise, don't treat him like that”



“Only cause you fancy him”



“I do not”



“You do”



“Just shut up”



“Why should I” retorted Louise



“Louise” said Becky with a tone of warning in her voice



“Yea, yea I get the hint, so who are your friends?” she asked



“Well this is max with the freckles”



“Hey” remarked max



“Sorry max”



“Its ok, hi guys” said max waving at the screen



“And this is Kenny, the computer genius” she continued as she nodded her head at him



“Hi” he said



“Hey who's he” asked Nadine as she appeared on the screen



“Hey nad where you been, you all right?”



“I'm ok and its none of your business where I was, so who's he” she repeated



“I guess this must be Tyson” she said turning round

to look at him, he nodded



“Hey”



“So guys, I want you to meet the tigers, this is Nadine, Louise, Ben, Katie, Sara, Amy, Laura, Kelly, Lewis, Sam, Harry and john” she said as each person made some motion at their name



“Cool it's nice to meet you all” said Max



“Guys I'll see you later after I've explored this place, I miss you all so bye”



“Bye then” the voices chorused, Becky switched off the webcam and shut down the computer



“nice” this was from Tyson but nothing followed it, Becky then got up and pulled a sapphire blue and ice white cheongsam out of the suitcase and hung it up on the outside of the wardrobe.



“Look at this; they know I don't wear things like this anymore”



“Well maybe you should, I think it would suit you” suggested max



“Are you kidding max?”



He shook his head “no I'm not kidding, I think it would suit you”



“Max…..” she hesitated “I stopped wearing things like this years ago when….. When my parents died” she said sitting on the bed and picking up the photograph that sat on the side

“It reminds me of them and how they died”

Max stood at the foot of the bed “sorry I didn't know” he ran a hand through his hair, she passed him the photo



“Is that them” he asked



She nodded “it's the only photo, I've got of them”



He put the photo down as she stood up and picked up her boots and put them on, then she picked up her trainers and put them in the wardrobe, she wiped her forehead she pushed her suitcase under the bed



“That's me done then” she said



“Wanna get some food, I'm hungry” interrupted Tyson



“Tyson you're always hungry” complained Kenny



“And your point is I'm a growing boy, I need nourishment” he said putting his baseball cap on again



“Sure Tyson, you can get some food just give me a minute” she said watching him and Kenny with a amused expression on her face



“What for?” asked Tyson



“To brush my hair, it's a mess” she said grabbing a brush and starting to tame her wild locks



“Ok, I'm ready let's go” she said grabbing her necklace off the desk. She locked the door behind her; she preceded the boys down to the entrance hall.

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