Chapter 11: A Hike In Schenley Park
Another work week passed by, and it was Friday, already. James said he had another surprise for us after work was done. Why was James always planning out our evenings and weekends? I thought living on your own meant deciding for yourself what you wanted to do. "Hey James, what's the surprise?" I asked that afternoon. "Well, we are going to go to Schenley Park and take a walk in the woods," he told us. "What do you think of that?" "I think that's good," I agreed. "But, we all need to change clothes first." So then, we changed into comfortable summer clothes and drove off to Schenley Park. "I think it's a little bit too hot for a hike, James," Sarah told him. Sarah was not a fan of extremely hot or cold weather. "I'm just afraid I'll get my good tennis shoes muddy," I told James. Of course, the tennis shoes I wore were black with pink and white stripes across the sides. Most of the scenery looked pretty scary to me. There was a set of stairs that was really steep, and they were very hard to go down. Just when I thought our hike was going good, we run into a huge mud puddle. "Do we have to walk in that?" I asked in a scared tone of voice. Without knowing it, I accidentally stepped into the mud puddle and got my tennis shoes dirty. "Oh no!" I exclaimed. "What's wrong, Angel?" Sarah asked. "My shoes! They're all dirty!" I whined. "I want to wash these shoes up and go home." "But, we didn't even finish our walk yet, Angel," James told me. "I'm sorry, it's just that we're all hot and tired," Sarah then told him. At least, Sarah was able to agree with and stand up for me. We then drove back to the apartment.