WHAT A JOURNEY: Chapter 1 – 20
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CHAPTER 17
Hey Marichuiy what if that python killed your mum?” Kira asked me.
“You are an idi©t” I fired at her.
“Hey don’t insult me” she whined.
“Why will you even say something like that?” Dave asked her.
“Dave chill, I was just kidding” she flickered her eyes at him and I felt like choking her.
“Well don’t make such jokes in thIs jungle” Dave warned her, she frowned and clinged into Michael, he chuckled at her puppy face, he pecked her hair and whispered to her “don’t mind him”. I kinda smiled at their chemistry, its cute, if only she wasn’t a bch.
“Kiwi” Dave called.
“Right behind you, whats up” she asked with her adorable voice.
“Well, I wanna keep my eyes on you, so come to my front” he said without looking back, but I looked back and saw kiwi and Bathny exchange glances. Kiwi shrugged and ran to our front, Ruby replaced her space, He and Bathny were now the only ones behind us.
“But I was fine at the back” Kiwi whined without looking at Dave. If only she knows. I really feel jealous, I know I’m not supposed to but I can’t help it.
“Were you fine 10 minutes ago when that python wanted to eat you, Kiwi I just wanna make sure you are fine” he insisted, kiwi turned to him and flashed an adorable smile which made me feel kind of intemedated.
“Thanks Dave” she thanked him and began to skip forward like a little girl on tour with her father walking behind her.
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Michael gave Dave that look that made me realize that he knows what Dave is thinking, but Dave doesn’t know that he knows.
I should just focus on finding my parents and breaking my curse, I was too stupid to think that something will ever happen between Dave and I, when all this is over, I’ll just thank them and go back to my simple life, I’m just grateful that they are helping me.
“Jungle berries” I heard Kiwi scream, I looked up and realized we had entered another dimension of the jungle, this part is filled with different kinds of trees with beautiful, mouth watering and delicious looking ripe berries.
Kiwi was running to a tree when henry stopped her.
“Stop, don’t touch it, jungle berries are poisonous” he screamed at her.
“Who told you that?” Bathny asked him.
“Must you know who told me” he fired at her, Bathny rolled her eyes at him. “Well if you must, all the jungle movies I’ve seen, there berries are always poisonous” he added.
“Dude you watch a lot of crazy movies, that makes you stupid” Salvador spat at him. He sat down under one of the trees and rested his head on the tree trunk, his men did the same.
“But I’ve also heard it in real life, that jungle berries are poisonous” Henry whined as he removed his backpack, I guess we will rest here for a while.
“Not this jungle, you can eat whatever you like” The camper driver stated as he picked a green berry that I’ve never seen before, he brought out his water can, washed the berry and took a bite, we all watched him curiously, he closed his eyes for a while and opened them. “Delicious”. He commented with a smile.
“You act like you’ve been here before” Kiwi asked him.
“Yes, boss didn’t tell you?” He asked.
“This one..” Ruby asked asked as he points at Salvador. “He didn’t tell us any Nada, as a matter of fact he kidnapped us, we haven’t even had a bath since last night” he added and the driver laughed.
Bathny and Kiwi began gathering different kinds of berries of different colors.
“I was one of the team that came here with his brother 17 years ago” the driver stated.
“So that’s how you know my mum” I asked him and he nodded. Dave took my backpack and dropped it on the floor, he gestured for me to sit beside him and I did.
“So what’s your name?” I asked him, I was really tired of calling him the camper driver or bus driver.
“I’m Ricky Jones” he replied.
“Well nice to meet you Ricky but don’t ever call my mum crazy again” I stated With a smile.
“My bad, I’m sorry” he apologized and I nodded at him.
“Berries everyone, dig in” Bathny said as she and Kiwi poured out all the berries they gathered, we all circled it, everyone else started eating and it looked like they were really enjoying it including Dave, I stared at the berries, they all looked delicious, but I was thirsty, I needed to drink water before eating anything, I opend My backpack and fished out one of my bottled water, I took a gulp and dropped it back.
I relaxed very well, ready to eat these delicious berries.
“Which one will I eat first” I asked.
“Try this one it’s more delicious” Dave gave me a green round berry.
“No, this one is more delicious” Bathny stated and threw a purple one at me. “Try it bes, thank me later” she smiled at me, I smiled back.
“I’m trying this one, sorry Dave” I said to him as I took a bite from the purple berry, Dave made a puppy face and we all laughed. Crazy guy.
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I finished the berry And licked my lips, it was indeed delicious, it tasted like strawberry mixed with butter and coconut yogurt.
“Next one” I asked.
“Mine” Kiwi and Dave said at the same time, they both giggled and the rest laughed while I just simply smiled.
I decided to eat Dave’s own first and then Kiwi’s own, I was about to collect one from Dave when my stomach grumbled, my eyes went up and I started feeling dizzy, everywhere was changing color and my head was going woozy.
“Aaaah” I screamed.
“Marichuiy, what’s wrong, are you OK” Dave asked as he held me.
“My…my..head.. Help..help me” was all I could breath out.
“Marichuiy what is it” Bathny cried as she held my hand.
“Oh my gosh she’s turning red” I heard Kiwi say and my heart skipped.
“Dude you said we could eat any berry we want” Ruby fired at Ricky.
“Yes, none of them is poisonous” he replied.
“Then what the he.ll is wrong with her, aren’t you seeing, she’s reacting to the berry” Michael screamed at him.
“If you had eaten the one from Dave, maybe this wouldn’t have happened, but you chose the one from your ‘bestie’, let’s just say, bestie killed bestie” I heard Kira say, ahhh, cant this girl be a normal human for once, I’m in severe pain here and this is all she could say.
Bathny couldn’t reply her, she was just crying over my face, her tears were dripping on my cheek, I wanted to touch her cheek and tell her that I’ll be fine but I couldn’t raise my hand or open my mouth, this is not funny at all.
“I don’t think it’s the berry that’s affecting her, cause we all ate the same berry and nothing happened to us” Henry stated.
“Hey what’s going on over there” I heard Salvador ask but it was as if his voice was coming from a mile away.
“The berry is affecting her” Kiwi informed him.
“What do you expect from a cursed girl, everything will be affecting her” he stated.
“That’s it, it’s the curse not the berry” Henry jumped up, they all looked at him as if he has gone crazy.
“What? It’s a good thing, that means it will wear off and also none of us will be affected” he said, He’s kinda right.
Aaah, i feel like my heart is burning.
“I don’t wanna hear any more noise, I’m trying to rest.” Salvador stated and went back to his tree.
“I said it, this man is a devil” Ruby whispered.
Dave caressed my cheek. “You will be fine OK” he said to me and that was the last thing I heard before my eyes closed completely and I blacked out.
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