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rooms.
“Goodnight,” they said simultaneously, before turning away and
disappearing from each others sight.

Chapter 4
    Beep!
Beep! Beep!

    Jenny's
alarm blazed into life at 4.15 am after only 4 hours of sleep. She
rubbed her eyes, sat up in bed, and had an almighty stretch. Sarah
strolled out of the shower, towel around her body. “Have fun last
night did you?” She had a cheeky smile on her face.

    Jenny
couldn't resist a smile of her own. “Yeah, it was nice,” she
said, trying to keep casual. “Nothing happened really, just
talking, you know.”

    “ Sure....talking.
I'll bet!”

    “ Well
what about you,” Jenny exclaimed, trying to divert the attention
back to her. “You and Mark seemed to be getting along very
well...taking a romantic walk down to the lake, what's that about?”

    “ Oh
nothing really, just kissed, nothing much.”

    “ You
kissed!” Jenny didn't know why she was no surprised, Sarah was very
popular with the men.

    “ Easy
there Jen....yep we kissed, it's not exactly headline news! He's cool
though, I LOVE his English accent, makes me swoon!”

    They
continued like this for a few minutes, back and forth. Sarah seemed
convinced that something had happened, and wasn't gonna let Jenny
give her nothing.

    “ Why
are you so convinced something happened? Yesterday was like the first
time we actually talked, why would I go kissing him straight away?”

    “ Oh
I dunno, maybe because he likes you and you like him? That's usually
a good enough reason Jen!”

    Jenny
couldn't help but pick up on Sarah's comment: “Did you say
he...likes me? What makes you say that?”

    “ Just
something Mark said.”

    “ What
did he say?” The speed of her reply shocked even Jenny herself.

    “ Ummmm...just
that he...likes you. Haha Jen, is that so hard to believe? What do
you think guys talk about? They're probably talking about us right
now just like we're talking about them....it's a two way street you
know.”

    Jenny
was finding it hard to contain her smile, which was clearly noted by
Sarah: “Look at you, you're beaming! Christ Jen he's not that
great! Or is he...haha! What the hell happened last night?!”

    With
that Jenny got up, grabbed her towel, and walked towards the shower.
“Nothing!” she exclaimed as she walked through the door. “Not
yet, anyway,” she mumbled to herself with a hopeful smile.

    Outside,
the rest of the group were already waiting. Over at the bar, Mark was
stocking up on what seemed to be super-strength Red Bull capsules.
According to Andy, they were illegal in many first world countries,
something Mark took as an immediate green flag. “If they're illegal
in England, they sound about right to me!” With that, he necked his
first shot, before gulping down another. “That should give me some
strength for the rest of the day,” he said, shooting a suggestive
eyebrow up in Sarah's direction.

    Henry
was sitting at a table nearby, nursing a coffee. He looked up at
Jenny and smiled, before turning his attention to his book and
jotting down a few more notes. Jenny was still curious as to what
exactly he was doing, but she refrained from interrupting him for
now.

    “ OK
gang! It's time to get going. It should take us a couple of hours to
get up to the platform for sunrise, so let's get started. Are you all
wrapped up warm? Great, jump in the van and we'll head off to the
starting point.”

    Jenny
was glad that Andy had reminded them to dress warm. It seemed so much
colder than it had just a few hours ago, although a few glasses of
wine will often inhibit your ability to tell, she thought. They
packed their bags into the van and then piled in. There seemed to be
a surprising amount of energy in the group for so early in the
morning, unless Mark had been secretly feeding them all his 'drug'
without her knowledge.

    After
a short drive in the dark, they stopped and got out. “Alrighty guys
and gals, you can leave your main bags in the car here. What you'll
need is