Chapter 7 Summer vacation

After that party, she became busy helping her mother and the church in preparation for the e-camp or evangelistic campaign, and she forgot entirely about the gift. She almost cracked her head trying to find a way to unlock it but she gave up and rest it in her bed. She plan to ask Joshua for help in some other time.

When his father asked them to put their unused stuffs in the donation box, Pete found her mystery-puzzle gift laying unattended below the tea table and put it in the donation box. She had no idea that their curious little doggy played with it.

Just a week later, they flew to Thailand and completely forgot about it. Veronica spent her summer as a volunteer in their church's evangelistic campaign.

How'd you spend your summer vacation prior to middle school?

She have toured three countries in Asia including Philippines and Singapore, the entire summer travelling from church to church.

She haven't done much though, her mother just tag her along to understand the hardship and beauty in helping people and sharing the gospel of Jesus. Her mother has been a philanthropist all her life, that's how the rich woman met her poor father.

Her social environment is wide. She's close to her relatives and she has a lot of friends. She's loved, appreciated, encouraged and highly supported by her family.

Her parents made sure she will grow up with a healthy social life although they were strict to hell when it comes to using social media technology and other stuffs. Even when it comes to choosing who she'll befriend, her parents always have a say about it.

"You are the average of the people you spend time with. It is either you influence them to be more like you or they change you to be more like them", this is her father's words advising her to be careful who she spend time with.

She is nonchalant about it though. She hasn't given it much thought, not realizing how it will affects her whole being.

They were at the barracks sharing about their respective summer vacation experience. She just arrived yesterday so when her gals knew she's back, they rushed to the barracks and everyone was forcing her to share about asian guys.

"So, how are the guys in there? Are they handsome and cute like how they look on instagram and facebook?", Zoey asked.

"I wonder if what's their dick like?", Hannah was so vulgar.

"Eww, you're so gross", said Lucy.

"Shut up, it's not like we haven't watched asian dick on pornhub", Steph was teasing naughtily.

When Vee was away, the four of them hang out all summer and they shared to Vee on how they sneaked alcohol in Hannah's room and they were drunk all night watching errotic movie and pornographic videos and how they venture to experiment masturbating.

"Dick is pretty much just the same I think", Steph added. "They only differ in color and size", she continued.

"And the smell and if they're shaved or not", Hannah added and the two slutty burst into laughter.

"How many dick have you sucked you bitch", Zoey asked.

"Just Brian..", Hannah giggled

The girls were looking at each other, they couldn't believe Hannah actually did it.

".. and his twin brother Bryce and Hans and Justin and Jack and David and.. ", she couldn't finished naming the hot boys in their school when everyone reacted.

"What?", everyone asked almost in chorus.

"Hans?", Vee almost stood up in shock by what she heard.

Hannah laughed so hard.

"Hahahaha....

Look at your faces girls, of course I was just kidding. What do you think of me, Maureen or Alicia or Jennifer?", Hannah said who was still laughing.

Veronica sighed in relief, she can't really imagine what she's going to feel if he's prince charming was having an errotic moment with other girls.

"Just Brian", Hannah continued casually.

So she really did it with Brian. They're completely astonished.

"Are you saying he's your boyfriend now?", ask Zoey.

"Are we required to be boyfriend and girlfriend after we did that", Hannah replied being apathetic about the idea of securing a label in their relationship.

Vee is used to hearing her friends talk about sex and all kinds of indecent topic especially when Josh is not around.

Sometimes she pretends on not listening to them but deep inside she's secretly feeding her curiosity.

"C'mon Vee, show us some photos. You haven't shared anything in your social media the entire summer. We were worried what happened to you", Lucy said trying to change their subject when she saw Joshua approaching and signalled the girls to shut their mouth. Joshua brought them snacks.

"You know that I'm with my parents right? Plus, we spend most of our time in some remote area that has no cellular connection", Veronica said.

"What? No cellular connection? Ain't that scary and dangerous like in those horror movies where you got abducted and then exiled in a remote place where there's no cellular network", Lucy said.

"You guys are being exaggerated. That's what you get in immersing yourself in netflix, Lucy. All I can say to you guys is that the place is a paradise and I felt like I was a princess the way the locals teated me", Veronica shared her amusement.

"And to satisfy your curiosity, yes the men there are good looking, they're tan, they're black, they're white also, they're completely diverse, exotic and unique beauty. But if you define beauty by their status of living or their race and whatnot, just don't say it because we will have a very different perspective about it then", she continued.

"Are you saying that everyone is good looking? That I'm handsome too?", Josh asked while smiling.

"That's one way to say it, and of course you are handsome", Vee replied.

"R... eally?", Joshua stuttered. Nobody noticed he was blushing.

"What kind of philosophy is that? That's just rubbish",Zoey said

"Anyway I will share the photos on my instagram later. I've edited some videos too", Vee said.

"What about you, Josh? What have you been doing all this summer? You rarely hangout with us", Lucy ask.

Joshua was dumbfounded. He don't know what to say to his friends especially to Veronica. Should he be honest to them?