Chapter 4 - Jamie somehow makes it to Ireland-1
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Chapter 4 - Jamie somehow makes it to Ireland
Jamie hadn’t quite understood the significance of what was happening in Ireland until he, Mike the P.A., Kate from crafty, and Siobhan from accounting arrived at the ferry terminal at Holyhead. There were crowds and chaos like he’d never seen before. They were putting on extra boats, and everyone was talking to strangers.
Mike elbowed Jamie in the side. “You’ll never get to do anything this anonymous again. Better enjoy it.”
Jamie scoffed. “Better see who I can get it on with in the loo then, yeah?” He laughed, even though he’d never been the sort to do that. No, Jamie fell in love. Which he probably wasn’t going to get the opportunity to do tonight.
The boat, as they boarded it, was crowded and the experience communal. Someone handed him a rainbow flag and someone else chucked a handful of plastic beads at his head. Balloons were everywhere. When Kate told them all to check Twitter, Jamie had to sit down on the messy deck of the increasingly exuberant ferry in surprise at what he saw.
They weren’t only putting on extra boats; they were putting on extra planes. People were turning up at the airports, and the airlines — at least those in London and Boston and Berlin — were responding.
“I don’t understand,” Jamie said when Mike crouched down to see what was the matter with him.
“What don’t you understand?”
Jamie scrolled through the #HomeToVote tag for another few seconds and then held his mobile up for Mike to see. “Why does everyone care about us?”
It was Ireland. No one cared about Ireland anymore. Not even the Irish.
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