25 Excursion

I became very busy with my studies. I hardly had free time to write my diary. It has been almost six months since I have written about the things which happened in my life. We have special classes till six in the evening. I get tried by the time I reach home. I have my dinner and then fall on the bed and wake up early in the morning and then leave to school.

I thought that Justin and Rachel might confess their love towards each other by the end of december but now it is almost end of January month which proves that I was wrong about them. Both of them are ready to confess and even though I know that they both like each other, I don't want to interfere in their love story because I feel that when the time comes they will confess their love, until then all I have to do is to keep calm and wait for that day.

During lunch hours whenever we had time, Rachel and I meet Cindy as she was in another section. Cindy is a kind of girl who never shares her thoughts to anyone. She keeps everything to herself unlike Rachel and me, she didn't even tell us about her crush's name. Since the time Rachel got to know that Cindy likes a guy she was always curious to know about that person. Recently she asked Cindy if she still likes her crush, instead of telling in words Cindy just nodded as a yes. After that none of us asked about her crush.

Austin stopped having lunch in the class during lunch hours. He and other cabinet leaders keeps an eye on the students. There wasn't any rule by the principal or any other teachers that the leaders should monitor the students during lunch hours. It was Austin who suggested the idea of monitoring the students to avoid unnecessary nuisance caused by undisciplined students.

One day, I went to the principal's room to get his signature in my diary as I was absent on the previous day. I entered into principal's room after I took his permission to enter in his room. I saw Austin stand on the left side of principal's desk. After looking at the school diary which I held in my hand, my principal understood that I came for his signature. He took a green ink pen and returned my book to me after signing on it. Before he got up from his seat I heard him speak something to Austin, "let me know about it as soon as possible."

"Why did he call you?" I asked Austin after we came out of his room. He said that they were discussing about excursion.

His answer made me jump in excitement in my mind.

"Wow!! when and where are we going then ?" I asked him with an excited look on my face.

"Where do you want to go?" he asked me.

"Mmmm .... a peaceful place where I can spend a night while listening to the sound of the waves and looking at the sky filled with stars and ...."

I was interrupted by his chortle.

"Continue," he said when I stopped speaking further.

"Oh no, did I say too much ?" I was embarrassed.

I literally started to imagine that place. My hands were in the air while I described the place in my mind.

He shook his head but continued to let his small laugh out and said, "you didn't."

"What are you both doing here ?" Our peon asked us in a commanding voice.

"We are leaving," Austin replied and then we went back to our class.

Two weeks later, our teacher announced that we would be going to Oasis for three days and two nights. As soon as she completed her sentence the entire class shouted in excitement. Oasis is a resort near a beach which would take us five hours to reach there.

I had a wide smile on my face and looked at Rachel who was banging the bench along with my other classmates. I bent a little and looked at Austin who was already looking at me at that moment.

He slowly moved the corner of his lips upwards when he saw me look at him.

I bowed my head a little to thank him and he gave a simple nod.

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Jessica's school management has never taken them to any resorts, it was the first time in their school history that their school management has allowed them to visit a place like Oasis. Jessica wondered what made her school management to take them to a resort because mostly when they were in school, they went to historical places for excursion every year.