44 Volunteering 1 (2/2)

”Why? How are you here?” I asked with a big smile.

”Alex's new library is inside one of his vacation villas.” Shelly responded.

What a coincidence! Was this whole volunteering thing a scam?

”Oh. Where are you going now?” I asked.

”Alex and I are going to the newly built mall inside the gated community. It's actually really close from here.” Shelly answered.

”Well we're going outside the gated community!”

Both Alex and Shelly looked surprised while Luke still looked dispirited from his new shirt being stretched.

”I've been here many times before but I've never been outside the community” Shelly's eyes widened from great curiosity.

”Come join us then!” I welcomed Shelly.

”Hey! Don't drag Michelle into another mess Rika.” Alex disapproved.

”You don't have to come then!” I yelled back.

I grabbed Shelly's hand as we both walked towards the large gate. Once we were outside the community, we found ourselves on the edge of the cliff overshadowing a tourist area that was inside a beautiful beach.

It was going to take forever to walk down, so I jumped as Shelly screamed from the surprise.

”Rika!” Shelly complained when we landed safely.

”Sorry, I'll try telling you beforehand when I jump down,” I replied back while I tried to look pitiful.

Shelly quickly forgave me as she looked around our surroundings in wonder. Luke and Alex were still on the edge of the cliff deliberating on whether to jump down or not to follow us.

Many cute shops surrounded us, the one right behind us sold grilled octopus and yakisoba. ”Let's get one of those!” I pointed to the shop.

Shelly and I ended up buying two sticks of twisted potato chips, five grilled octopus sticks and a cup of shaved ice.

We sat down on those typical beach chairs as we opened our mouths to eat those savoury goods. Just when I was about to bite down, Luke took my grilled octopus stick away from me and I ended up biting my own lip.

”Hey!” I yelled angrily.

”How do you know whether these are safe or not?” Luke shouted back.

”I will when I eat one of them.” I quickly grabbed a bite of the potato chip in my other hand.

Sooo good. I smiled with pleasure as Shelly also grinned from eating a piece of the grilled octopus.

Luke resigned after seeing the food was safe. While Alex and Luke was watching us smile from eating the delicious food, Shelly and I ended up finishing everything.