Jo's reaction to The Hair was sensational. She Gah'ed and she ulgfbwsfdilwvulefsb'ed for almost an entire song from the selection of pop-punk classics booming out over the loudspeakers. Her eyes widened and she looked like she would soon vomit out all her feels.
"Hedgehog! Blue!" she gasped, the concept that she, Eliza and Guntas had pointed out to an oblivious Martin when he revealed his style choice - it being that he was now Sonic The Hedgehog.
Her reaction, Shannen thought, was nearly as spectacular as Guntas's first reaction upon meeting Martin. Shannen and Eliza had been playing 'Glow' on Shannen's phone, Ben leaning over their shoulder with a ridiculously deep frown drawing his features into a 'V'. Joanne was sat on a couch with Alex Vlahos, when Martin finally re-entered the room from the bathroom. Evidently, even the men's line had been humongous. Guntas still wasn't here, but she'd explained that she'd be late so that was to be expected. Shannen felt like this day was owed to them. Fate had taken away the last time one of them had come into contact with these people and replaced it with horror and death. It was only proper that they got that back.
Martin had just reached the sandwich table when Guntas entered, a smile already blocking any of them from her troubles. It became truly ecstatic, however, the moment she set eyes on Martin. With some sort of egg, pickle and smoked salmon mixture filling of sandwich, he looked comical enough to break even the coolest of Sherlockian-Haters. Guntas bent over double and then let out a torrent of verbal gruel. The letters seemed to flow into one another, but it was as if she were rambling in the language of the Judoon. He cheeks lifted with her smile and her eyes glinted like Alexander Armstrong's. The actors and writers dotted around the room stopped to watch as she approached him and ... poked him? She reached her finger out and jabbed him in the upper arm.
"Yes because Gandalf insubstantialised me so he could teleport me to Mordor. Poking me is therefore an excellent idea!" he exclaimed, a smile on his face betraying the pretense of irritation.
"SASS!" Guntas cried.
Martin, like one of those relatives that tips you upside-down until your laughter is uncontrollable, swept Guntas into a quick bear-hug, then released her and took a bite of his sandwich.
"To be fair, I'm not in the habit of associating myself with hedgehogs," Martin argued, "Why would blue automatically signal Sonic?"
"Because you da Sassy Hedgehog!" Shannen repeated, for the third time.
"Great. Maybe Sonic can just diss Dr. Eggman until surrender," he sighed, "When are this band due to start."
Then there was movement. Alex, Jack, Rian and Zack emerged tentatively from the shadows of backstage and took their places on the stage. Then they danced. Not just the teenagers. Ben and Martin even got involved in the mosh pit, Martin drawing much laughter through his hair. During the slow song, the two took turns lifting the teenagers up on a rota. Each were assigned two kids, swapping who was perched on their shoulders after each verse, which in the end became a very athletic endeavour.
The show wound to a close with 'Lost in Stereo' at which point they all squeezed as close to the front row of the crowd as was physically possible, the best result being roughly Row 4. That night was enough to satisfy any fangirl's longing to secure a friendship with their idol.
But Jo's trip to England didn't end there.
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