Team ‘Southend Or Bust’
Back on the road at last after hours of work, Southend or Bust were on the home straight. Just 50 more miles and they’d be finished.
“So then” inquired Seb, “you and Lyra?” he asked, directed towards James.
“Oh you know, pretty good” James said, blushing a little. “She does stuff on YouTube, gaming stuff you know”
“Damn James you’re just such an inquisitive person aren’t you” said Martin sarcastically, still trying to get ride of the grime on his fingers.
“Since when have we ever talked about the kinda stuff we talk about with girls, huh?” James fired back, a defensive tone in his voice.
“Alright alright, we don’t have to dig any further” said Martin - he turned towards Seb, who was in the drivers seat - “And anyhow, James has probably been using all of his cheesy pickup lines as always”. Seb chuckled.
“Hey” said James, even more defensively, “She likes my hair” he said proudly.
“Not as much as you do, of course” said Seb, referring to the rather extensive lengths James went to style his hair.
James sighed and gave up while the other two joked about it. It was to be expected; this always happened when any one of them started flirting. “Well hey” James said after a while, cutting into their conversation, “We’re gonna meet up at the finish line”
“Nice one mate” said Seb. “Just make sure it’s not a repeat of Biomedicine Katie”.
“Oh piss off” said James, and Seb and Martin returned to their joking.
With the Barlow Road cleared and Mount Hood towering above them, it seemed that nothing could stop them and Nancy from reaching the finishing line.