SOMEHOW I’D MANAGED TO FALL ASLEEP, and by the time I woke up, the others were already rummaging about.
“Morning, sleepyhead,” Ava sang, when I propped myself up on my elbows. She smiled at me, obviously in a more cheerful mood than yesterday.
“Good morning,” Hannah greeted. She’d positioned herself in front of the mirror, her hair wrapped in a towel serving as a turban, while she applied some makeup.
I yawned and stretched. “Morning to you, too.”
“You look like you could still use some rest.” Mary-Ann winked at me before she dropped down onto the end of my bed. “Penny is still occupying the bathroom. She’d been in there for ages.
“Beauty takes time.” The joke sounded lame, but I tried to act as cheerful as the others.
“Yeah, yeah, I’m here,” Penny mumbled, as she pushed the door ope
