Our Forever Sunset

Chapter 10: Purposely

Carla Robinson
I returned to the sitting area where Erina had placed the picnic mat. My mind is still mulling over Anthony's actions, and I'm still perplexed by the response he gave me. Why on earth did he order a spicy ramen when he can't even stand spice? Not only that, but why did he hand over his takoyaki when he only messed up the ramen order?

"Where is Violet?" Erina asked and I just stand there in a daze.

"earth to Carla" Erina waved her hand in front of my face.

"huh? what?" I asked still lost in thoughts.

"where is Violet?" Erina repeated herself.

"She's waiting for the nacho cheese and corn on the cob," I told Erina. After I finished telling her about Violet's location,  Violet yelled from a distance "Carlaaa  I was looking looking for you" she panted as she stand in front of me.

"Why should I wait when you just left me in that long line?" I scoffed.

"How come you got your food so quickly when the line was so long?" Amber wondered aloud

"Errrr, Anthony actually gave me his ramen because he messed up the order," I admitted honestly.

"I bet he stood in line to get you the ramen because he knew it was your favourite food," Violet speculated.

"Yeah, everyone in our group knows Anthony isn't very good with spices." Erina agreed.

I stand there silently, not saying anything, because I am also dumbfounded by his actions. As I looked at them, I noticed Amber staring at me, so I gave her a help me look, and she gave me a 'ok' sign.

"Whatever it is, at least we got the food. Let's just eat" Amber gesture all of us to sit down in a circle surrounding the food.

"They've even prepared a picnic mat. Should we join them?" Jake called up his friends. Jake is also a member of Anthony's group, which includes Kelson and Theo. The boys are a group of seven, but Kenneth already has a girlfriend, so they don't hang out together at school events.

"Go away Jake, this is only for us girls," Erina tells Jake.

Then I noticed Anthony and his five other friends walking towards us, each with food in their hands. Jake sat next to Erina without paying attention. What's more, Erina's expression is priceless; she appears to be about to punch the shit out of Jake for sitting without permission.

"Jake, bring your own mat!" Erina drew him back from her.

"Stop teasing my Rina, dude," Kelson said as he back hugged Erina and drew her closer to him.

Erina's face began to heat up and Jake rolled his eyes at Kelson's statement.

"Get your hands off me, Kelson," Erina said, pulling Kelson's hands off her shoulder, and I could tell she was trying to hide her expression.

Kelson and the others join us on our picnic mat. I'm grateful that Anthony chose not to sit next to me, but instead face to face in front of me.

The sitting plan is like this, Amber-Jake-Kelson-Erina-Claude-Me-Theo-Violet-Richt-Anthony and back to Amber.

"Why can't you find a place for your boys to sit instead of squeezing with us?" Violet turned to face Theo, who was sitting next to me.

"What's the point of just sitting with us boys?" Richt smirked at Violet. Theo sat there quietly eating his food, not saying anything.

I ate my food as well, and I can feel Anthony's stare and gaze on me. I reached for the food in front of Jake, but Anthony simply handed it to me. I thanked him and went back to eating.

"Did you know Anthony purposely ordered the wrong ramen?" Jake with his evilness

I choked on the food that was in my mouth and Claude passed me the water.

"Jake, you're dead after this," Anthony said furiously.

Erina added, "That's for never shutting up." Jake slammed his lips shut and gave Anthony puppy eyes.

The event concluded with us running in our costumes as a whole year level. Is there anything I've left out? Oh, the boys' outfit. They dressed up in various styles for trendy streetwear.