CHAPTER II

3We keep silent all the way, and finally, we arrived. He jumps down the truck. I jump too but I bump into him. I push him lightly. he glares at me, "Sorry I didn't mean to push you." He walks away without saying a single word. His annoying.

"Alright, team we have to walk to the center of this forest. walk with your team."

My team is at the back, we are the last team. some tour guide is carrying or bags. I'm enjoying the view, I look around the forest to see something interesting. I didn't know they stopped. I bump into the person in front of me.

"This is the second time you bumped into me. seriously? "

"I didn't mean it."

"Psh," he said and started to walk.

Why is this guy is so hot-tempered? Bipolar. While walking I see a beautiful flower, I look at the tour guide " Can I pick 1?" I ask.

"Yes, ma'am,"

I get a small knife in my pocket and cut one. this is a rare flower, I smelled it, and play it in my hand while walking. In every place that we're going, I collect flowers, every kind, and pretty flowers.

These flowers are just like me, they are waiting for the person to pick them up who will take and keep them.

I keep walking I choose to be at the back so I can explore my eyes with this beautiful place.

There is a spider on Bipo's shirt. I don't know his name so I will give him one.

"Hey," I tried to call his attention. He didn't bother to look at me. As if he doesn't hear. I touch his shoulder.

"What!" he said annoyingly.

"Oh nothing," I'm pissed, I'm trying to help him, that spider is poisonous," I will just tell you that there is a poisonous spider on your back. that's all if you want to die just let it crawl to your body and wait for it to bite you." I said sarcastically, and walk. My team stop to see the spider and helped him remove it from his shirt. As a researcher, I love reading about different species.

Now I'm at the front of my team walking. Still wondering about this place. I pick all the flowers that I see.

"Let's take a rest here," said the tour guide.

"It's tiring but worth it," Amina said. She comes and sits beside me. "These flowers are pretty."

"you're right, in addition to my collection," I took my book out of my bag and put the flowers page by page.

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ERICK'S POV

As we are resting, I sit under a big tree, I ask my friend if he can help me get away from all the stress, I want to unwind and chill. My life is full of responsibility. I'm tired, now I'm facing a huge problem. Rumors are all over our place. Rumors to destroy me. I will be back one day and face all of that problem. For now, I want to relax and rest.

I look at the girl, the leader of my team. I forget her name. I can call her Tiny, she's small, just under my shoulder. She's cute when she make face. I enjoy passing her off.

I watch her as she put those flowers in her book. She is talking with the other girl. she started laughing. I got starstruck. She's beautiful.

"Hey, dude are you listening?"Tony ask

"What are you staring at?"Mike

" Are staring at Emmy?"Marvin

Emmy is her name. Tiny is cuter. I smiled with that thought.

"No! I'm looking at the..." I don't know what to excuse, but suddenly a monkey appeared at the tree brunch."That monkey." and pointed the monkey, slowly climbing down. and now it's in front of the two girls.

The other girl gets startled, and shout but Tiny stays calm.

"Don't shout, it might get triggered," Tiny said. She slowly took something to her bag. and it is a biscuit and give it to the monkey. And the monkey runs.

"See, it won't hurt you until they get triggered."

"As you were saying?" I ask Tony.

"Are you okay?"

"Of course, I'm enjoying so far."

"It seems like you don't like it here bro."

"I just have to adjust myself, it's my first time away from the city."

"If you don't like here just tell me and we're out of here."

"Okay,"

I disguise myself so no one can recognize me. I want to get away for a while. I have to get along with this.

"Hey, that's mine," Tiny shouted. I watch them running like a child

"Come and get it"

"Zack!" the guy runs away." if you want it, come and get it," he said teasingly. Tiny wants to get her book back.

"If those flowers will fall your dead," she said seriously.

They are close, maybe they work together for a long time. Tiny pick up a stick.

"Give that back or I will hit you with this."

"Alright alright, here," he gave back the book with a flower.

"This is so pretty." she is amazed by the beauty of that flower. She loves flowers.

Posh! it's just a flower. I whispered

"Saying something?" Marvin ask.

"Nothing."

"She's pretty tough."

"Who?"

"Emmy,"

"Do you like her?"

"I don't know. Maybe you like her'

" She's cute."

"It's ok to fall in love again."

"I don't think so."

"It's good that we join this project," Sam said.

" You're right, it's so peaceful in here."

"No loud music." Tony

"No crazy girls." Mike.

"No toxic smell."

"But I need alcohol," Marvin said.

"Me too," Sam added.

"It's just for the meantime."

"how many months is this show."

"I guess three to four months."

"Or more," I said.

"That long?"

"Yup."

After 30 minutes of resting, they decided to continue our journey.

"Alright guys, we have to reach the camping site before it gets dark," Milo said, the leader of the tour guide.

Our journey continues, Tiny is at the back again wondering around. I waited for her to get near me.

"Hey, Tiny," she didn't respond."Tiny." She looks at me and pointed herself.

"Me?" She asks

"Yup, Tiny,"

"Oh you can talk, and Tiny is not my name. It's Emmy."

"I like it that way, Tiny is better."

"Bipo," she whispered.

"What?" I ask

"Nothing Bipo."

"The name is Erick."

"I prefer Bipo," she said smiling, funny girl.

She picks a flower.

"ah, how cute is this." I look is what she's holding. A flower with a cutter pillar on it.

"Are you not afraid with that?"

"Nope, It is cute."

"It's gross,"

"It's not."

She put the worn in another plant and she keeps the flower.

"So, how long have you been working here, "

"for almost 7 years"

"That's so long,"

"That's how I love my job. I can travel with this job,"

"Lucky for you,"

"I love adventure, I can explore nature, it makes me relax."

"You live your life the way you wanted it to be. You are lucky."

"Why did you join our team?"

"To unwind, life in the city is so toxic."

"Your right. You are in the right place to unwind." She takes a deep breath, "fresh air, no loud sounds from the car, very peaceful place."

"Yeah, very peaceful."

While we are walking a snake suddenly falls into her bag pack.

"What's that?" she asks nervously. I know that she knows what it is, I can see fear in her eyes.

"Don't move," I said calmly

Our team stops and sees what is happening. Arlo one of our guides came and grab the snake on his head. She turns around and her eyes widen.

"a...a...a sssnake," she said nervously. "Oh my gosh." she's so scared of what she saw. Arlo throws the snake away.

"Take a deep breath," I said," stay calm," I added, she froze, I hold her arm and guide her to walk.

"Let's go," and we continue walking.

"You're afraid of snakes."

"I have a very terrifying experience."

"Okay," I just said

And you continue our journey to our campsite.