Ch. 9: Get Together

Sariel's point of view

"Behave yourselves; otherwise, you'll have to deal with me if you cause trouble for my best friend. Meli threatened them, saying, "I will really kick you out of the house." I laughed at her threat. My best friend really loves me.

"Easy, cousin. We didn't come here to cause trouble," said a man wearing a V-neck shirt, raising his hands. Another man wore a round-necked shirt. The two women wore crop tops.

"We're just here to invite you to go horseback riding at your rest house," said the man in the V-neck shirt again.

"Don't you know how hyper these two get? They're totally up for it," he said, pointing at the two girls and wiping imaginary sweat from his forehead.

The girl in the white crop top, who was munching on a lollipop, looked at me. She took the lollipops out of her mouth and smiled at me. I smiled back. Meli glanced at me and shook her head.

"Come on in, before I change my mind and kick you out right now," Meli snaps, annoyed with them.

"Gosh, yo