CHAPTER 19: BEACH OUTING (1)

They were set to go to school first. The transportation they were using is provided by their school. Air conditioning bus they will be using for the trip that it can provide for the whole class. They saw Ms. Xi and the assistant teacher were standing beside the bus.

They are gathering around for further instructions with their section adviser.

"Good morning everyone, today is the day that our school principal arranged our beach outing, not only that our school director even give us the best location and accommodations too."

The students were screaming for the wonderful news.

"The location is not just a beach but we can also do some mountain climbing. It is a win-win situation for those who voted mountain climbing, right?"

Some of them nodded. She continues, "So we will do some activities together and we will going to have fun. Now, get on the bus and we will make some roll calling okay."

The students of Section Gold hops in one by one with their own bags they were carrying. The group of Ocean was the last one to get inside the bus. They were set to sit at the back.

Since the bus they were using, compose of two persons in every row. Henley immediately grabbed Sophie's hand to sit them together.

Henna and Jenson both of them looked at each other by shocked with Henley's attitude. They both think the same in their minds. 'What's up Henley today?'

As Henley and Sophie planned were working. Ocean and Rhianna were seated at the last one. There were still lots of vacant seats since they were just 30 of them in their sections.

Ocean was busy putting their bags in the upper compartment. Rhianna seated by the window; Ocean let her to sit there.

She looked outside; it was her favorite spot because she can watch where they were going. She brought with her, her favorite travel pillow Felix the cat. She placed her backpack to her side since the seat was a little bit spacious.

Their bus started to drive off from the school. Their assistant teacher started calling names for attendance. One by one raised their hand to be sure that everybody is present.

Ocean just finished putting away their bags. He sat down with Rhianna by his side. He saw Rhianna was busy looking outside. She really admires the view as they passed by. He was contented knowing that they seated each other closely. He really prays that they will be sitting together. Thanks to Henley when he quickly pulled Sophie. Henley and Sophie were sitting in front of them while Jenson and Henna was across them. That is why they were seated the last and no one else.

Ms. Xi was using the microphone so that each one could hear her talking. "Okay, listen up people, this beach outing will take 3 to 4 hours of driving so you can do whatever you want during travel period of time. You will either sleeping, eating, playing with your seatmate or talking. It is up to you as long as you will not disturb each other businesses okay. We will make this year one of your most memorable memories to look back someday."

After Ms. Xi spoke, Henna thoughts were miles away. She could not imagine that time was fast and she might not accept it. But she is soon to be a college student. Thinking that, what happen to their friends? Are still be together in the same school? What about Jenson, does he will still be around?

Thinking about it, she suddenly feels sad. She leaned back then closes her eyes since the travelling time is quite long. Meanwhile, Jenson looked at Henna while she was sleeping. She was bothering something, is she in a bad mood?

He wants to touch her head when Jenson realized that Henley was just across the seat. He closes his fist for not tempting to do something that will make it out of obvious.

Since no one wants to talk to him, he follows Henna; he closed his eyes as well.

An hour later, Jenson feels something heavy on his right shoulder. He slowly opens his eyes then looked to his right side. It was Henna's head sleeping over his shoulder. He smirked happily. He looked to his left side. Henley is sleeping too, Jenson sure that even Sophie.

He looked at the back seat of Henley, were Ocean and Rhianna's seat. They were sleeping and Rhianna's head was on Ocean's shoulder too. He grinned, 'It was not only me that someone's head put on the shoulder.

He smelled Henna's hair and it so refreshingly to his nose. He got some weird idea in mind. He quickly kissed Henna's forehead without anyone to notice.

Then he went back to sleep with a happy face.