Bab 124: Chapter 117: The amusement park (2)
Inside the amusement park, the atmosphere there was very vibrant and dynamic, full of life and many other noises. There was loud music roaring out from the outdoor PA systems, filling the area with catchy melodies. But the voices from the people chattering away, laughing as they enjoyed the entertainment, the chugging machinery of the rides available and the pinging sounds of the games did not lose to the music.
Outside, people were still queueing to get into the park, showing how popular the amusement park was. But there was another unexpected popular thing that was happening there.
Just before the looming ferris wheel, there was a small crowd and in the middle of the crowd, there was a young man, standing with his wolf. There were many young children who had rushed to them, wanting to pet and take pictures with the wolf. There was nothing the young man could do but to surrender to their wishes. No one knew how much he was suffering at that moment with tears of blood down his cheeks that cannot be seen.
A few metres away, there were three teenagers who were watching the whole scene with amusement. Though, at some point, the young man among the teenagers had enough of waiting, hence, he broke away from the two young ladies and headed straight towards the small crowd.
Pushing his way through the small throng, he stood before Erick, who looked at him with a confused look on his face. Knowing the latter's nature of finding it hard to say 'no', Hamish grabbed Erick's arm and narrowed his eyes at Luka, who was watching Hamish. "Let's go," he said coldly.
Sweeping a glare across the many people, they unconsciously gave way to these two young men and the wolf to walk past them.
Amber blinked her eyes furiously in surprise as she watched the whole scene whereas Dana was trying to hold onto her laughter by covering her mouth and turning her face away. It seems like someone has gotten impatient of waiting when they could have spent the first few minutes walking around the amusement park and riding the rides.
Soon after, the four of them plus one wolf were leisurely enjoying the sights. Though, there were a few times that Dana regret joining the group because they stopped by at too many snack stalls. It made the young lady think that they were visiting a food fair, instead of an amusement park.
Though, watching them looking so happy with their cotton candies, popcorns and more made Dana feel it was a crime to stop them from enjoying the food. Even the wolf looked happy as it munched on popcorns.
Even if the three of them keep saying that the wolf was tamed and wouldn't hurt anyone, Dana was feeling a bit skeptical. She has a little bit of phobia when it comes to dogs, much more a wolf. This was because she used to be attacked by mad dogs when she was young. She still has some stitches from back then. Since then, she has been terrified of them.
Looking down at the happy Luka, she sighed inwardly. Hopefully she can get over her fears soon.
There were a couple of minutes left before they met up with their other friends for lunch at the amusement park food court. But since they felt that they had enough of the rides, they decided to go there early.
However, when they arrived at the food court, they saw a couple of their friends already there, having their early lunch. They, too, noticed Erick and the others and waved them over.
Together, they walked towards their friends who were occupying two long tables. On the tables, there were many foods and drinks that were spread across the table. One of them was munching on a fry when they came over. "You guys gave up?" he asked, an amused glint in his eyes.
Erick and the others went to sit down at the other table and said, "Yeah, we got hungry."
One of the girls from the other table sighed as she fanned herself with a paper that was left behind. "It's really freaking hot. We couldn't stand walking around in this heat so we went here."
Amber chuckled. "Yeah, we're the same," she agreed. Dana, who was sitting beside her, inwardly rolled her eyes. She knew better than anyone that these three gluttons only went early because they were hungry, not because of the heat. How could any heat disturb them when they have been resting underneath a shade every time they buy some food?
After telling the others that they were going to order some food, the four of them went their separate ways; Amber and Dana, Erick and Hamish. Erick told Luka to stay put, much to the other's wariness.
Shortly after, they returned with trays each. Though, on Erick and Hamish's trays, there were a couple of paging devices, which was used to alert the customers that their food was done. And by looking at the amount of devices on the trays, it seems like there will be more food coming.
While they were enjoying their food and chatting among each other, more of their friends joined in, adding more laughter and hype to the lively atmosphere.
And it seems like there were some who were still surprised to see the amount of food at Erick's table. It was something they do not see everyday.
Luka was still lying down, beside Erick's feet. There were times it was nudging Erick's leg, as if to ask for food. Erick quietly dropped some food in front of it. Seeing how tamed and docile Luka was, many of them started to adore the big wolf, especially the girls.
A couple of hours later with each of them having a happy tummy, these group of friends went their separate ways again and went on to play the rides or just walk around. This time, they decided to say their goodbyes without meeting up again. Because there were some who wanted to stay until the evening and some who wanted to go home earlier.
Erick and the others fall into the latter as they rather go home or go somewhere else, rather than spending the whole day at the amusement park.
After a few minutes of walking around, Erick, Hamish and Amber separated from Dana, who said that she would be waiting for her parents to pick her up since they were planning to go shopping after this.
As the three teenagers and the wolf walked out of the amusement park, they noticed a little park just ahead of them, probably a couple of kilometres away from where they were.
Seeing the knowing look from Erick, Hamish inwardly rolled his eyes. Putting on a fake surprised look, he turned to them and said, "I forgot something. Why don't you two go ahead at that park and wait for me there? I'll pick you up later."
Amber cocked an eyebrow. "We could just wait in the car…" she suggested slowly.
Hamish shook his head and gestured at Luka, who was sitting beside Erick quietly. "Luka might become restless. At least, you can walk around there," he said, pointing at the little park. With that, he went off towards the amusement park.
Amber then turned to Erick, who was inwardly pleased with Hamish's little scheme. "Shall we go then?" she asked, smiling.
Erick grinned as he wrapped an arm around Amber's waist. "We shall."
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