The Short Trip

Watching A Movie

And when the bus that would take them to the place of the trip came, the trip supervisor entered it first and talked with the driver for a few minutes, then she said to us, « Come on, children, and stand in one line to make sure that the registrants who paid for the trip came. » She was carrying a list of names in her hands and calling out the names of people as they boarded the bus.

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When I heard the name « Peter » said by the supervisor, I felt frustrated, and it was not only me, but all the students felt frustrated that Peter and his three naughty friends participated in the trip. No one wished 'em to go with us, but they did.

The supervisor stands at the door of the bus and says the names, « Max, David, Martin. . . . . until she says, Olivia »

I got on the bus and sat on an empty sofa waiting for my friends ⟨ Sofia and Sarah ⟩ to sit together.

Minutes later, my friends came up and sat next to me, while Sarah said, « I don't know why I don't feel good about this trip. »

I turned to her and said quickly, « But why, Sarah? »

« I don't know, Olivia, but I have a really bad feeling about this trip. »

I wanted to tell her something, but as soon as the bus started moving, I got distracted and forgot what I wanted to say to Sarah.

All the students started to say goodbye to their parents from the window except for me, my mother was at home while my father was at work. Sarah and Sofia's parents weren't there either, but I didn't get to ask them why.

Minutes and seconds began to pass very slowly while we were inside the bus, because we were bored, while the tour supervisor said, « Children, you can turn on the pop-up screen in the seat in front of you and watch a movie from one of the movies available on these screens. » She added, « This will kill your boredom, 'till we get there »

I pressed on the screen in the seat in front of me, and when it lit up, I connected my headphones to it, and I found the main interface on this screen full of movies.

Olivia's eyes fell on two films next to each other, the first called « The Werewolf and the Prey » and the other titled « The Werewolf and the Trap » .

Olivia did not believe in the existence of such a thing as werewolves and how this might be possible, but she loved fantasy films.

Sophia and Sarah also connected their headphones to Olivia's screen, and they watched the first movie entitled « The Werewolf and the Prey » .

After time passes and passes and everyone is in harmony with his friends or watching movies.

After two hours had passed, and they were in the middle of the road, the bus driver looked at the gas indicator it was about to run out, so he opened his eyes in amazement and said in a very low voice while he was talking to himself « How did I not notice something like this ? ».

So the tour supervisor was able to hear him because she was sitting close to him, and she said to him in a low voice, « What? What happened ? ».

She is thirsty to know what is going on with him. « No, nothing happens here, » he replied, swallowing nervously.

The tour supervisor looked at him, but she did not care about him and took out her phone to talk to her friend and chat with her.

After half an hour had passed, and the tour supervisor finished what she was doing with her phone, she began to focus on the bus driver a little and said to him, « What are you doing? » He looked at her nervously and said while looking in front of him again, « What am I doing? I'm driving the bus, what do you want me to do? ».

The supervisor said as she approached him and lowered her voice, « I see that you have deviated from the flight path, where are you going?? » In a sharp tone of voice.

Bus Driver : « I, I, . . . . . I just take a shortcut so the students don't get bored and get there faster. »

tour supervisor : « What the hell are you saying?! A shortcut, so you take the children and walk 'em inside... (And she turned around while she was angry and looked to her right and left and said) Forest ? ».

The bus driver said while looking at the trip supervisor with looks full of fear and tension, « Just calm down, madam, and do not raise your voice. » And he said in a very low voice, « so that the students cannot hear you and feel afraid as well. »

Olivia couldn't hear what was going on in front and she didn't notice that they were walking in a forest now neither did the rest of the students because they were busy with phones and the movies they were watching but a student was sitting in the first seat by the window and she wasn't holding her phone in her hands She was not preoccupied with anything, so she was able to hear some of what they said, so she felt anxiety and fear, and because of her great tension, she decided not to remain silent.

This student turned to her friend and touched her arm, and when her friend removed the headphones that she used to listen to songs and watch movies with, she told her what she had heard.

And the matter did not stop there, but the student told another student and another, and so on.

'Till a scared female student knew and said in a loud voice inside the bus, « What does that mean? They changed the face of our trip, unbelievable! »