My journey

Episode Three (The unexpected message)

The Unexpected Message

After that first camp ended, life continued normally.

Then another camp came around.

Sherifah went with her friend Vicky and some of her other friends. Musa was there too.

But this time, something was different.

Rahma wasn't there.

Musa noticed.

At some point, he asked Sherifah,

“Where is Rahma?”

Sherifah didn't really know what to make of the question.

She wasn't particularly interested in having a conversation with him at that time, so she simply answered the question and left it at that.

The camp continued.

Days passed.

Eventually, that camp ended too, and everyone went back home.

Sherifah didn't think much about Musa after that.

Until some time later.

It wasn't immediately. It might have been months—or perhaps even longer. Sherifah couldn't remember exactly how much time had passed.

Then one day, she received a f*******: friend request.

She looked at the account.

It was Musa.

But he hadn't really made it obvious who he was.

Sherifah accepted the request.

Not long after, a message appeared.

“Did you come to camp? I can't see you.”

Sherifah stared at the message.

Who is this?

She replied, asking who was behind the account.

Then one of her friends told her.

It was Musa.

Sherifah was confused.

Wait… Musa?

She wondered why he was asking whether she had come to camp.

They had barely spoken casually before.

Why was he suddenly looking for her?

Then she found out something even more unexpected.

Musa wasn't actually at camp.

He had only been joking with her.

He had wanted to pull her leg.

Sherifah couldn't help but wonder why he had chosen her for the joke.

But somehow, that strange little conversation became the beginning of something new.

After that, they started talking.

Nothing serious.

Nothing dramatic.

Just normal conversations between two people who had known each other from camp but had never really talked before.

And without either of them realizing it, those simple conversations were about to become a much bigger part of Sherifah's life.