"Oh!" Zoe blurted out as she yawned and stretched her sore arms. "Gosh, it really hurts!" She remembered how she fought through the stormy waves the other night and tried to be Aquawoman only to be treated harshly by that ungrateful lady.
"I hope I will never see her again!" She expressed out loud as she threw out her white blankets.
The thought of the woman whom she saved through CPR entered her mind. "I wonder how she is though," Zoe contemplated as she peeked through the window of the hotel.
She screwed up her eyes as sun rays blinded her. "Oh well, I will just enjoy this second day!" she exclaimed in a sing-song voice.
Zoe jumped on her bed and dashed to the bathroom to fix herself. She could be hostile and surly, but Zoe is fatuous in her comfort zone.
"That"s more I like it." Zoe declared as she danced to the melody played on her iPod while brus.h.i.+ng her teeth. She then washed at the bathtub at a leisurely pace and hummed to the tune of the music.
Wearing a yellow sundress, a wide-brimmed hat, and her bronze shades, she went out and had brunch at the nearby cafe.
Zoe was amid her breakfast when her phone rang. It was Erin, her closest friend since college. They went to the same school during their high school days. But they grew closer when both of them decided to study at a university in Australia.
After studying medicine, Zoe stayed for three more years to finish her MHA. While Erin has already gone back to Singapore, their homeland.
"How"s my girl"s first day at Lord Howe Island?" Erin kicked off, with an enormous smile on her face. It was her who encouraged her to have a break and let herself loose even just for a week.
While Zoe was busy studying hard to earn the highest academic record grades and credits, Erin was island hopping during the week out. Her most favorite part is Lord Howe Island.
"So - so," Zoe replied as she guzzled her bacon and egg with her favorite matcha tea as if someone was after her. "Can I order this Angus beef burger, please?" She spoke to the waiter as she wiped her lips with finesse.
"Haha! You"re still a glutton queen!" Erin laughed at the other end of the line. She knew Zoe"s appet.i.te as she knew her calendar. She would munch on everything she lay her hands on, especially after she had a tough time, their major exams for instance.
"Why did you call, anyway?" Zoe said to s.h.i.+ft the subject.
"I have good news for you! We will host our high school alumni soon. I figured why not accommodate it at Lord Howe Island? So I decided to call up the head of our alumni a.s.sociation and suggested it."
"What did they say?" Zoe bolted up.
"They said they"ll think about it. But I already talked with some of our batchmates and described how stunning the place is and all that." Erin rattled on.
"And?" Zoe raised her eyebrow with her lip curving upward.
"Of course, they love the idea! This is Erin, duh?" Erin t.i.ttered at the other end of the line, obviously proud of herself for being a great influencer.
"Now, we"re talking," Zoe tapped the table and rested her back on the table chair. She narrowed her eyes as she thought of ideas on how to get back at her tormentors
"But wait, will you come? Are you ready to finally face them after fifteen years?" Erin inquired.
Their school regularly holds an annual reunion since they graduated. Zoe has been refusing each time. No matter what Erin proposed to convince her, she always responded that she"s busy, or she"s unavailable.
"It is true," Zoe muttered in defense. She was rigorous with her academic programs and dedicated herself to partic.i.p.ating in extrcurricular activities.
However, the major reason she"s been skipping their reunions was that she craved to reach the highest position she could accomplish first before meeting with them. She wished to show them what this orphan has achieved. Especially Savanah and her supporters.
She may not have reached the highest yet, but she is way beyond who she was before. This is the first time she got excited about having a reunion. It may be too early but she will not back down from an opportunity such as this.
"Let"s get it on!" Zoe yelped before she chomped on her burger.
"Way to go! That"s the Zoe I know!" Erin cheered her on. She may not have been close with her during their highschool days, but she knew that Zoe had a hard time then.
"So, you already met a hunk?" she added as Zoe was savoring her dish.
Zoe choked and coughed hard at the mention of the word "hunk". She was reminded of the lifeguard and how attractive his physique is, with his boy band face and a Baywatch body.
"Was that a yes?" Erin poked around. "I knew it! The high and mighty Zoe finally had a man! Tell me what happened. No way you were together until past midnight!"
Zoe coughed harder, grabbing a gla.s.s of water near her. She recalled how they got physically intimate last night. Intimate in the sense that she hasn"t been that close with any guy for a long time.
"I-It"s not what you expect it is." Zoe finally spoke up after some time of coughing.
"Don"t get too worked up. Promise, I won"t get surprised when I catch you making out with your hunk boyfriend there." Erin teased her, knowing Zoe would seethe in anger.
"Erin!" Zoe shouted out at her colleague. The people beside her who were eating also at the cafe froze at her sudden reaction.
Zoe smiled at them while putting her hair back at her ear and raising her shoulders.
"Don"t let me see you later or you won"t get out of this isle alive!" Zoe hissed in a whisper, contrary to her demure actions in front of the public.
Erin laughed at her own joke. She was right. She still couldn"t believe her friend has never had a man in her life for decades. Lord Howe Island indeed is a lovely place.
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