I spent my time on the journey across London reading the day's newspaper. Headlines trumpeted successes against the Ottoman and Macedonian forces but ...t seemed clear to me that the conflict would continue for some time.As I left my Stanley taxi-cab in Jermyn Street, a dark shadow fell across the street. I looked up to see that one of Brainstorm's dirigibles was sliding towards its docking station at St Pauls.At Fortnum's Fountain Restaurant, a tail-coated waiter greeted me and led me to a table. Shit. I didnt want to tell her that I thought she was one of the most gorgeous girls in our school, and not only our grade but I had to tell her the truth. I just stared down. What was I supposed to say!? She always was dating some sort of stud, usually in the grade above us. I didnt stand a chance. She looked at me for a second. Cmon, lets go talk about this in my room She picked up my bag and I followed her to her room. Once I was in, she closed the door and we sat on her bed. I really like. I didn't answer. When he couldn't get me talking, he began to look over his shoulder. For a while, I wondered why, and then gave in to my curiosity.It was then everything fell into place. I knew the car that followed us. It had been at the house where the party was held. For a moment panic set in, then I calmed. 'Keep your head girl, ' I said to myself.Two things were in my favour. One was we were almost at the main road. More traffic and more people. Secondly, once you reached the main road, a. I carried supplies enough for several days on my back and water enough for several more. My company in the coming days would be the birds. No one apart from them knew where I was. The trail was carved into the side of a mountain. There was a steep cliff to one side and a rock face to the other. I set up my camp in the widest spot I could find. The days past entirely too quickly. But on the morning of my final day, as I drank the last of the coffee, I heard a tremendous thundering crash. A.