Chapter 2: chapter one
the restaurant door swang opened. two girls entered. one held her laptop under her arm while the other swayed her bag and her hair. they approached towards me and took the seat next to me.
"Hi, Jules, what's up?". the girl with Laptop waved and dismounted her laptop on the table and started to type. she crossed her fingers from one key to another as fast as lightning. Her name is Alexia Caruso. She is a computer expert and brilliant at mechanics. she has a pair of deep hazel eyes and wavy brown hair.
"what are you typing?". I asked her.
" Julia, I have a piece of good news". the other girl said. she looked excited. her name is Carmen Anderson. she is super duper cute with sea-blue eyes and has perfect features. Adding to that she is blonde and has a flattery voice. unlike her, Alex is kind of not on to fashion. she would rather choose a plain T-shirt and a pair of jeans. they are like yin and yang. me, on the other hand, is a mixture of both. neither too fashionable nor too simple.
"what is it?" I asked her.
"Listen, my uncle decided to spend a vacation in Indonesia. And he tagged me along. Yay! I am so excited!" she almost screamed.
"Wow! That's great!" I showed interest now. "So when are you leaving?"
" wait..." she ignored my question and carried on "so here comes the real surprise...I get to tag you and Alex along". she nearly got the cafeteria's attention.
"O-M-G". I gasped.
"Yes, indeed it is. my uncle, Simon Rodriguez, suggested this place. he wants to meet his old friend Muhammad Ashram. and besides, Alex did a lot of research about that place and it is AM-AZ-ING". she screamed with excitement. "Alex, spill it all". Now she was serious.
she cleared her throat and faced the laptop towards me. she showed the map location of Indonesia. "Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It is the world's largest island country, with more than seventeen thousand islands, and at 1,904,569 square kilometres, the 14th largest by land area and 7th in the combined sea and land areas".
"Alex, stop geography. start from the fun fact". carmen interrupted her lecture.
"it's all right Carmen". actually, I was interested.
"This is a small island located in Indonesia. it's called Java, some part of it lies in the southern hemisphere. it is considered as a part of the Asian continent. it is the fourth most populated country in the whole world". Now She changed to another slide, "see this". it was of a fruit. I wondered what kind of fruit it was.
"it is called Durian fruit," she said.
"sounds delish," I said excitedly.
"yes, it does. but it has a smell of turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock for which it is banned in most countries like Singapore". Alex read out till the end of her documentary.
"sounds gross". I made a disgusting face.
"but for once I guess we get to taste it". Carmen grinned.
Alex shut her laptop and joined in the conversation outside the virtual world. "Besides, there are lots we can see there. We get to see the Vesak festival on Monday which is five days ahead. It is amazing". She winked.
"I bet Carmen will shed a tear of joy when she sees it". I laughed.
they both laughed. Carmen was a fan of Rapunzel when she was 12. she liked the part when all the flying candles lit up and flew. she wanted to see it so bad in real life then she was convinced with one of them being lit up in her backyard. When I remember it, i feel it hilarious. But I still guess that, she is still in that fandom.
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The waiter came towards us with a writing pad and a pen for taking up an order. We ordered three cocktails for three of us. since the cafeteria was filled, we decided to have our conversation at Carmen's place since it is closer than any of our house. Alex and carmen are neighbours. They live a few blocks away from each other. Except for me, I live a few kilometres away from them. After we were done with eating, we paid the bill and left through the cafeteria door.
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We made ourselves comfortable in the living room's couch. And started to discuss our vacation there. Uncle Simon Rodriguez came and sat beside carmen. He is Carmen's maternal uncle and he is an advocate. he is tall, handsome and well-built.
"Good morning young ladies. So, who is willing to go for a vacation to Indonesia?" He asked in fairly British accent. She had been living his past years in Uk, which eventually effected his accent.
"We would love to but... I am worried about the budget." Alex said as she isn't much financially sound. she is an immigrant from Scotland. her father is an office employee and her mother is a private school teacher. they aren't at the scarcity level but they avoid luxuries.
"You don't need to worry about that. I will handle the budget." Carmen smiled. She is indeed a white, rich millionaire. her place is like a mansion. it is two-floored with 8 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, two large lounge rooms and a swimming pool. she is kind while keeping her high sense of fashion. Alex jumped with excitement and immediately gave Carmen a bone crashing hug.
"Carmen is surely one of a kind don't you agree Julia?" Simon lamented on Carmen.
"She sure is..." I nodded. When the hugging session was over Simon continued.
"We will leave by Friday morning girls and stay there for 5 days. our tour guide will be Muhammad Ashram, he is a friend of mine. We first met in UK where we had our law degrees. It is just he studied two years which resulted in him to an Inspector." Simon said. "and yes girls, It is quite hot there. You must remember to pack light clothes because the average temperature rises up to 30•C."
Carmen gasped by rubbing her forehead, "ahhh...I have to buy a bunch of clothes." She cried.
"You can still do that. It's Wednesday. We have two days." Alex giggled followed by the others.
"Adventure awaits." I murmured.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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