Bourne A Diamond (First Draft)

Chapter Four

PoV: Kaylee

"I wish they would hurry up," Megan complained.

"I know," I sighed, "I can't wait to wander the flowers."

It was a Saturday in mid-October and we were at Manito Park sitting by the cafe, waiting for my friends Melissa and Cathy arrive. I had been waiting to show Megan Manito park because I knew that coming with my friends would make the trip much more fun. Partly because my friends are awesome, and partly because Cathy has a lot of knowledge about flowers.

As I watched the road, I thought back to how the school had turned out. Megan had experienced a little difficulty fitting in, so she ended up fitting out, and flaunting it. She had become quite a popular girl after she vanquished the school bully, and climbed to the top of the student hierarchy. It was kind of surprising how much the school had changed because of her.

As I was thinking, I mindlessly saw a blue Prius, a red Forester, and, finally, a grey Corolla that belonged to Cathy's family came down the road and pulled into a parking spot in front of us. The engine turned off, and Cathy and Melissa got out.

"About time!" I exclaimed, standing up, "What took you so long?"

"I was finishing up an essay," Melissa said, "My mom wouldn't let me leave till I had finished it."

"And she made me wait! It was horrible!" Cathy moaned dramatically.

"I'm just glad you guys made it," Megan stood up and grabbed her backpack.

"I'm glad too!" Melissa exclaimed, "Cathy driving was terrifying!"

"Hey!" Cathy glared at Melissa.

Mellisa sent a cocky smirk at Cathy.

"Oh, you little imp!" Cathy said, rolling her eyes.

Megan cleared her throat, and said in an excellent British accent, "Ladies, shall we begin to observe these beautiful flowers?" She asked.

They turned, surprised by the accent.

"Um yes," Melissa said, then fell into her own attempt at a British accent, which was pretty pathetic, "Yes, we shall."

"Um...but before we get started, do happen to have any of that fantastic gum on you?" Cathy asked sheepishly.

Megan smiled reassuringly, "Yes, I do. And I'm sure I can spare some."

Megan dolled out the gum, and then we stood there for a couple minutes, enjoying the unique herbal flavour.

"You know, the first time you offered this stuff to me, I thought you were trying to poison me," Cathy noted.

Megan smiled, "Well, there might be some iocane powder in there, but I think you are all immune to it by now."

Melissa laughed, "You know, when we first met you, you had no clue what iocane powder was."

"Yes, I have learned much during the past few months. Such as the wonders of the MCU," Megan said.

The conversation continued in this fashion for a couple minutes, but after a while, I got impatient, "Okay, come on guys, which garden first? I'm getting tired of just standing here chewing."

"Oh, sorry!" Cathy apologized, "Um... Let's go to the formal garden first. The fountain is beautiful!"

"Well let's go then," Megan said, waving us on and starting to walk towards the garden.

We walked up the hill through the perennial garden, stopping here and there to look at some of the flowers we were passing, while Cathy told us facts about the various flowers.  Megan appeared to be having fun, yet she seemed very nervous.