The Journey To An Unknown Destination - Chapter 63

After Willow heard him, she smirked as well. “Heheh… This game will make the environment even livelier!” She chuckled. Saying this she took out a water bottle from the cooler next to her and gestured everyone to sit in a circle. When everyone had settled down and ready to play Willow excitedly spinned the bottle on the uneven ground.

The neck of the bottle pointed towards Willow while the bottom of the bottle pointed towards Cyril, who was sitting right in from of her. “Ah! It landed on me.” Willow squealed through her smiling face. Cyril smirked, his lips curving upwards into an evil smile as he asked, “Truth or dare?”

Looking at Cyril’s wicked grin, she knew he was up to no good and that she was trapped. “Uhmm…” Willow thought for a while.

“Tick tock, tick tock, we haven’t got all night!” Cyril said, still grinning.

“I chose truth!” Willow said without thinking further beacause she thought either way she would be embarassed, so she just decided to face whatever comes her way.

“Hehehe…” Cyril tittered. “I have a very interesting question for you…” He said, trying to create a suspenseful atmosphere. “Ahhh… Just say it already!” Penny nudged, unable to wait any longer. “Hmmm… What was I saying right now?” Cyril asked on purpose. “Ayyy! Hurry up before we’re told to go back to sleep!” Emily laughed.

“Oh, yess! I remember now.” He said, looking around at all the nervously agitated faces looking at him for him to reveal his question, which he was hyping up so much. “I was about to ask you… How on earth did you cook such an amazing meal.” He finally spat, smiling innocently.

Willow heaved a sigh of relief, hearing that it was nothing personal, while everyone else groaned and laughed at the same time. Aiden said, hitting his arm, “Oh come on!” Cyril shrugged and was smiling sweetly as if he did not do anything wrong.

“Seriously?!”

“I thought we were about to get some tea!”

“You wasted so much time!” Emily laughed, shaking her head.

Cyril: _()_/

Just as Willow was about to spin the bottle once again, they heard Ellen clap her hands, “Alright everyone! That should be enough fun for tonight. Let’s all head to bed now so that we can wake up early in the morning.”

“Aw… We were having so much fun.” Penny pouted in protest. They all shrugged and started to get up, clean the area and head back to their tents, not far away. “Thanks once again for the amazing dinner. We don’t know what we would do without do guys!” Aiden thanked them sincerely. “Ahah! No problem, it was out pleasure. And tonight was really fun too! Thank you too for giving us company. Let’s get together again soon.” Willow and her friends bowed in respect and they all headed back.

Emily sighed as she finally laid down in her small tent, which was adjacent to Aiden’s and Cyril’s tents. She unzipped the roof of the tent to reveal a starry moonlit night. She subconsiously smiled at the pretty view. Gazing at the stars for a while she hears some whispers.

“Emily..?! Are you awake?”

“Uhm… Yeah.. Aiden?” She asked.

“Of course, who else would it be! Can’t you even distinguish between my voice and Cyril’s?” Aiden whispered even louder, clearly upset.

Emily softly chuckled, “Oh, sorry. My bad! By the way, aren’t you asleep yet?” She asked. “Mhm. Not yet. I can’t sleep for some reason.” Aiden replied. “Oh… No worries, just look at the sky and you’ll feel sleepy too! I was doing that just now.” Emily suggested. Then she heard the unzipping of Aiden’s tent.

“Ooh! The night is really pretty.” Aiden stated in surprise. “Haha! I know right?” Emily laughed.

Then there was silence as the two of them gazed at the starry night. Emily wondered if Cyril was awake too, so she whispered near his tent, “Psst! Cyril? You there, awake?” There came no response, he must be asleep. She heard Aiden say, “He’s a heavy sleeper, if you did not know.” Emily smiled.

They know each other so well… What caused them to end their friendship?

“Goodnight, Aiden.” She whispered again, shifting into a more comfortable position.

“Goodnight, Emily.” Aiden replied, zipping the tent back.

~The Next Morning~

The teacher, that is, Ellen, wakes them all up six in the morning. They grunt in protest and make excuses to sleep just a little more but the sound of Ellen banging the cooking utensils and marching around the camping area was piercing through their ears and they had to wake up in the end.

Crawling out of their tents, they were greeted by the gentle, cool breeze. The sun was still rising and half of the sky was illuminated by the sunlight while the other half of the sky in the west was still dark to some extent. The birds were chirping even nosily in the trees above them. The half moon was still visible in the sky along with some other brightly shining stars.

Ellen tells everyone to make their own breakfast too. So, with the help of Willow and her friends, Emily, Aiden and Cyril have a wonderful breakfast, just as amazing as they had the night before.

Wilson gives all the students present, who were sleepily eating their unususal breakfast, long instructions before letting them explore the area and do whatever they want the rest of the whole day.