The Trip

The Gathering

A similar occurrence that happened with Frank earlier played out. Everyone gave out their special forms of greetings. Bethel's voice also rang out from the kitchen, spewing her words of greetings.

Samuel walked past Frank and Reuben, his hands swiftly tapping their shoulders as he passed by. " How far "he said to them. Frank replied with a cool smile, " Am good " whilst Reuben uttered only one word, " Fine".

Without any further ado, he directly found himself a space beside Reuben and sat. As soon as he sat down, the environment reverted to how it was before he came in, conversations being carried out as whisperings occasionally rang out.

" Cynthia " Bethel's voice was suddenly heard. " What is it? " Cynthia replied while standing up. She already had an idea on while she was being called.

In a very short while, both Bethel and Cynthia walked out of the kitchen, with both their hands occupied by trays. On these trays were plates filled with toasted bread which they had contributed some days back, in preparation for today.

Both the girls walked to the parlor while Frank stood up and walked towards a large table at a corner of the house. He drew the table to the middle of the chairs where the group was seated.

Bethel threw him a smile before placing the two trays in her hands on the table. Cynthia followed suit. " I am coming " Bethel said and dragged Cynthia towards the kitchen again, and in no time, they were out.

This time only two trays were carried by Cynthia, while Bethel carried a transparent glass bowl. Frank and the rest of the crew leaked their lips as soon as they saw the bowl. The content of this bowl was a reddish liquid substance with quite a lot of small sized solid substances of different types, shapes and colors mixed within. Anyone who saw this would immediately recognize that it was sauce, and from its appearance, it was bound to be a delicious one.

" Hmmmmm, Anamuroi, nnuku nwanyi " Frank spoke in their dialect, the dialect of the Igbo tribe of Nigeria. The crew members immediately burst out laughing as soon as they heard him. " Mtcheeeeew " Bethel let out a hiss after her laughter.

Both Bethel and Cynthia placed the contents in their hands on the large table. They arranged the plates in a way that everyone would have access to the delicacies without many difficulties.

As soon as they were done, Bethel suddenly threw a glance at the boys as if hinting at something. Blessing happened to have noticed it and immediately asked " What's wrong Bethel ". To her question, Bethel let out a " Tsk " sound while the boys all burst into laughter.

" See them, while are you laughing " Bethel taunted after hearing the boy's laughter. " What happened "Blessing asked again in a confused tone, while Cynthia's ears perked up, obviously waiting for the gist.

All their questions seemed to have fallen on deaf ears. Instead, Bethel walked to the fridge at a corner of the house and plunged it open. She dipped her two hands into it and grabbed onto something. As soon as she brought her hands out of the fridge, the two curious girls could already tell what was going on.

" Mtcheeeeeeew " Cynthia was fast to give an annoyed hiss as soon as she saw it, her facial expression turned into one of disdain. This was one demerit on Cynthia's side. She could be quite rude. Blessing, on the other hand, immediately had a radiant smile on her face as soon as her eyes fell on the items in Bethel's hands. She stood up and rushed to her side.

In Bethel's hands were four bottles of big chilled big-sized bottles of soft drinks. They all had different flavors, one being Coca-Cola, another being orange, the third being strawberry and the last being an apple flavor. Blessing quickly grabbed two bottles and ran back to the table, placing both the bottles on it. Then, without asking Bethel for permission, she ran into the kitchen.

" Hey, what are you doing in my kitchen? " Bethel said as she immediately ran after her. While passing the table, she carelessly dropped the two bottles in her hands and ran after Blessing. Unknown to her, one of the bottles she dropped slipped.

Though unnoticed by her, it didn't go unnoticed by the rest of the crew in the sitting room. Every single one of them, including Cynthia, was quick to jump up. " Bethel "Cynthia shouted as she jumped.

Everyone there with the exception of bethel seemed to have their hearts about to escape their chest. Just when the bottles were close to the ground, two pairs of hands grabbed unto it.

One pair belonging to Cynthia and the other Reuben. Bethel on hearing Cynthia's call, turned towards them and only managed to catch only a glimpse of when Cynthia and Reuben had caught the bottle. " Ohhhhhhhh, Sorryyyyyyy " She shouted with a shoulder shrug and continued her run to the kitchen.