Life Changes » Marcus Armstrong

Nineteen.

He nodded."Yeah, same... Besides the studying part."

"Alrighty, shall we go?" Mick asked the whole group. "Before everyone does the same."

The group agreed on that and moved to the entrance. Even though the evening was a couple hours in, they were early for the evening event. Nobody minded it, they could walk around in peace instead of getting annoyed by other people. Luna handed out the printed tickets, and everybody scanned their ticket.

Luna quickly walked over to Jane when they were the first two who went through the entrance. "Jane," she whispered, and her eyes rounded. "Is this real?"

A massive smile grew on Jane's lips, and she nodded. "I know, right?"

"I actually met them. Like... I met them," Luna whisper-yelled and deeply inhaled. "And they are kind. I really need to act normal, but how can you not freak out?"

Jane looked over Luna's shoulder. "Act normal; they're here," she quickly said. "However, we can go to the beach next week. I only have project left," was her coverup line.

"Yeah, nah, if I pass this assignment, I can go too," Luna quickly switched off her fangirl moment. "Thanks for the invitation." It was a different way of thanking her for saving the moment.

Jane gave Luna a nod.

"Luna, how did you manage to get those tickets? They were sold out in five minutes," Cate curiously asked.

"I work at the bookstore over there," Luna said and pointed at a store on the square. "My boss is part of the organisation, and he got tickets for all of my colleagues, but they all already had tickets or couldn't go. And I was like: I can find people who want to go."

"You are an angel," Justine gratefully smiled. "We really wanted to go, but we were too late."

"Luna to the rescue," Robert said when joining the group. He waved with a map in his hands. "There are different routes. I don't know if there are any preferences or buildings we absolutely want to see?"

Cate gasped for air. "The flower garden!"

"Is there a flower garden?" Jane asked immediately. "I mean, yes!"

"I really would like to see the church," Luna mentioned.

Callum looked at the map together with Robert. "The red route is the one with the garden and the church."

"Rotta la Ferrari," Luna blurted. Everybody looked at her. A proud smile grew on her face. "Anyway, let's go!"

"Route the Ferrari it is," Mick smirked.

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The group left the festival. They had been walking around for a couple of hours, learning about the buildings, get to know each other more, but most importantly; having fun and enjoying the evening.

Everyone was discussing the tour. Marcus was talking to Jane and Callum, while Mick, Justine and Cate were discussing their favourite spots and Luna and Robert were talking about something else; music and their favourite music festivals.

When the group passed a house, Jane looked behind her and locked her eyes with Luna's. A smile grew on Luna's face, and she gave Jane a nod. There was music coming out of the house; the music they both liked at the moment. Luna started to dance around for a bit and whistled along with the song.

"All these things that...we took for granted. We've lost dancing."

Once the drop came, Jane and Luna separated from the group and started to dance around. It was seeable Luna felt way more comfortable now than at the beginning of the evening, and it showed; she was herself. Just like Jane, it wasn't the shy girl anymore.