Chapter Forty Six

"What annual trip?" I couldn't believe what I was hearing. There was an annual trip? Excitement rose like the tide and I waited impatiently for him to reply.

"There's an annual end of year trip for the year group about to bog down into their studies and really have to get their act together for the last two years leading up to graduation. It's always been a tradition here." Martin explained to me.

"That means my year group, right?" I asked, just to clarify it.

"Yes. You will be attending the annual trip for the sophomores." Martin clarified.

I squealed and jumped up in delight. "Yes! There's a trip! I always love trips, they're always so much fun and so much to do and oh wow breathe…" I gushed.

"Okay, now you're starting to resemble a teenage girl." Ali commented with a chuckle. "Glad to see that that stage in life wasn't lost on you."

"Of course I'm a teenage girl, Ali, what the heck do I look like to you?"

"Honestly? A hot chick that's way too mature for her age," he replied without