This is an outing with friends

"Okay, I'm going"

"Good bye daughter"

"Take care Ariel"

After saying goodbye to my parents I went out and took the taxi that I had ordered before.

I was wearing the set of dress, boots, leggings, leather vest and black gloves that I first tried on yesterday.

I combined it with a small necklace, simple earrings and a small bag.

By the way, the earrings work with pressure, I have not pierced my ears.

After a while and several turns I arrived at the mall.

I got out of the taxi and went to the playground.

Looks like no one has arrived yet.

Well it's understandable, I arrived half an hour early.

I looked for a nearby bench and sat down.

Oh… how embarrassing to wear these clothes…

Not calm! Now you are a girl and you should worry about how you look.

Yes… I must do that.

But it is necessary? If it were up to me, I would have come with comfortable clothes…

While delirious I felt a hand on my leg so I quickly raised my head.

"Hello beautiful, are you alone?"

A man my dad's age sat next to me and stroked my leg.

"H-Hello, I'm waiting for someone…"

I discreetly got up and stepped back.

"That someone shouldn't be so important, what if you come with me"

The man took my hand and pulled me.

Deja vu!

It hasn't even been a week! Why does the same thing happen again?

I tried to resist but the man started to take me by the hand.

Aid…!

Before I could yell the man put his arm around my shoulder, around my neck and covering my mouth.

At that moment I felt a sharp object in my stomach.

"Follow me or you will get hurt"

T-He has a knife.

What do I do…

My brain worked at full speed to find a way out of this, but no matter how hard I thought, I didn't know what to do.

With my eyes I looked for someone but there was no one, the few who saw me passed by.

Hopefully look for a security guard, but to my bad luck there just wasn't one around.

The man dragged me to the underground parking lot and directed me towards a car.

Will I… Will I be kidnapped?!

Tears started to well up in my eyes as I thought about my grim fate.

"Ariel!?"

At that moment I heard a scream and saw how a fist hit the man in the face.

Unable to bear my weight I fell to my knees.

"Haha…"

"Are you OK!?"

When I raised my head I found myself face to face with Noah.

Without thinking, I hugged her and began to cry.

"Wow…"

"Okay, everything will be fine"

Noah affectionately caressed my back and head.

While crying I heard punches and a voice.

"Motherfucker"

"I'm sorry"

I moved my head towards the scene and saw a blond boy beating the man who tried to kidnap me.

I remember that hair...

While I was thinking about that, the blond boy gave the man one last kick and walked towards us.

"Are you OK?"

The boy knelt down and patted my back.

"T-Thank you"

Between tears I thanked him.

It took a while for me to finally calm down, when I let go of Noah and stood up.

"Again thanks"

"Don't worry, it was by coincidence that we passed by here, I don't even want to think what would have happened if we hadn't shown up"

At Noah's words I shuddered.

"That man won't go free for a while."

Nodding, I saw a couple of policemen arrive and take the man away, it seems they called the police as soon as they saw me.

"Miss, do you wish to come with us to press charges?

A third policeman approached me and asked.

"N-No, my father works in justice, I'll give you his number so you can solve it"

After dictating the number to the policeman, he turned to the blond boy.

"As involved in this case I need you to come with me"

"Alright"

The blond boy began to walk behind the policeman.

As he watched him go I couldn't help but scream.

"Don't worry, I'll tell my father to help you"

"Thank you"

And he and the policeman disappeared around a corner.

"Come on, the others are waiting for us"

"Good…"

Following Noah I started walking.

"Hey, and who is he?"

Ask while we were going.

"It's Leo, my brother"

"Ha…"

On the way, I called my father and told him what happened, obviously he got upset and he said that he would do everything in his power so that the man would spend tens of years in jail.

I also told them about Leo so they would go easy on him.

When we arrived the other girls were already there.

"Hello Ariel and… president…"

"Hello Ariel, President"

"Hello!"

Upon arrival the three girls greeted us.

"Let me introduce you girls, this is Noah, Noah, this is Oliva, Sara and Mia"

Olivia was the class president, she was wearing flared pants and a white shirt, she was tall and her hair was short and brown, just like her eyes.

Sara was the happiest of the group, she wore a green dress which combined with the light brown color of her hair, her eyes were brown.

Mia was serene and calm, she was wearing a white ruffled dress, her hair and eyes were black.

By the way, Noah is wearing a light blue dress along with a pair of white sandals.

"Good morning president"

Olivia was on her guard against Noah.

"A pleasure"

"Where we go?"

Breaking the atmosphere Sara spoke.

"Since we are close why not here"

Mia said as she pointed to the play area.

After everyone agreed we entered.

We wander for a while until we reach the claw machine area.

"How nice"

Olivia said as she looked at a stuffed dog.

"Why don't you try to get it out?"

I asked for.

"I'm not good at this kind of machines..."

Hmm.

"I'll try!"

Sara said as she stepped forward and inserted a coin.

"You can Sarah"

I gently encouraged her.

The claw trembled and began to move, slowly passing over several stuffed animals until it reached the top of the stuffed dog, then lowered and closed.

Oh no, the claw missed.

"Again!"

During the next 5 minutes Sara tried several times to get the stuffed animal out, it was until the 10th time that she was able to get it out.

"Here!"

"You spent a lot on it, I can't accept it"

Shaking her head Olivia refused.

"I did it for you, so take it"

"If you insist…"

With a discreet smile Olivia took the stuffed dog and hugged it.

For the next 2 hours we played various games, thereby deepening our relationship.

I think the 5 of us are a little more friends after this.

"Oh! A photo booth, shall we take one?"

As we were about to leave, Mia led us to a photo booth.

"Of course, why not"

We agreed and entered.

When we settled in, I noticed that Noah was a bit far from us.

After hesitating for a moment I approached her and took her hand, pulling her closer to us.

She looked at me in surprise when I did it, but then she smiled and moved closer.

"Say cheese"

"Cheese!"

xxx

"It's lunch time, where do we eat?"

"How about… there!"

As we were walking through the mall we found a small pizza restaurant.

"Come on"

Upon entering we each put a part of the money and ordered a 12-piece pizza and then waited at a table.

"Ha... I love that it's the weekend, I hope it's always like that!"

"Don't be silly Sara, you only say it because you're bad in class"

"Don't say it like that!"

While the girls were joking I received a call.

"Excuse me"

I left the premises and answered, it was mom.

"Hello"

"Ariel! How did they try to kidnap you?

"Well…"

I told my mother how everything happened.

"My God, it's already 2 times, is it because of your father's work?"

"It is unlikely, they seem just coincidences"

"I hope so, in the mall there are stores that sell things for self-defense, buy some"

"Alright"

"I'm hanging"

After hanging up the call I went back in.

When we finished eating we wandered around until we reached an accessories store.

"Let's go in, I want to see what's there"

The girls came in excited and began to observe and try on a few accessories.

For some strange reason Noah just looked at them, how strange, I thought girls liked this.

"Why do not you go?"

Asked.

"I don't have enough money to afford something"

he said she.

"Don't worry, as a thank you for what happened this morning I'll buy you whatever you want"

"There's no need"

"I do not insist"

Noah thought for a moment and then accepted my offer.

"Alright"

He went into the store and began to see various things.

For my part, I kept making comments about what she looked good on and what didn't.

In the end I suggested a beautiful necklace with a pearl in the center of it.

"This would suit you"

"But the price…"

"Don't worry about it, I'll pay anyway"

"But…"

"You like it no, then take it"

Noah struggled for a while until he finally gave up.

I win.

We went to the till to pay.

"Would it be this necklace please"

"Good afternoon, this necklace and these earrings are in a combo, if you buy the necklace, the earrings are half price"

She said as she showed us some beautiful earrings with one pearl each.

"Then we will take the 2"

"Ariel but…"

"I won't accept no, thanks to you I was able to save myself so this is the least I can do"

It may seem very heavy but you have to understand me, I was almost kidnapped and who knows what they would have done to me, so obviously I am not going to spare any money to compensate your help.

"Okay, thanks for your purchase"

"Have"

I handed the bag to Noah.

"Thank you…"

With a discreet smile he received them and looked at them for a moment.

"Will you help me put them on?"

"Clear"

I took the earrings one by one and put them on, then I told her to pick up his hair and put the necklace on.

"How I look?"

"Beautiful…"

Shit, I said it out loud.

I did my best not to blush but in the end it ended up happening.

"Excellent"

He said to her with a big smile.

Uff… it seems that he didn't take it badly.

Now that I think about it... it's true that I'm a girl, this is normal between them... I think.

Then we went to see the rest of the things in the store just out of curiosity.

In the blink of an eye 2 hours passed, now it was 3 in the afternoon.

"Well, we have to go"

"Have a good time"

"Bye bye"

The three girls said goodbye and left, it was just me and Noah.

"Your brother should have left the police station a while ago, you know where he is"

"I'll send you a message"

Noah pulled the phone from him and made a call.

"Leo, where are you... well, stay there"

Ending the call Noah turned to me.

"Is in the second floor"

"Okay, let's go to him"