Costal hill , located at the west of the country side was supposed to be our destination. It was a suttle hike that ran through the forest, to a sweet overlook at the end. It would have been a perfect hike.
But the plan changed as some of Aki's friend invited us to where they were headed to, the dark wood forest.
I was a bit disappointed when I learned about the change in our plan. The private time I had hoped to have with Aki seemed lost in the idea to go together with his friends.
But Aki seemed excited about it so I said nothing.
. On the set day of trip, 5 out of 6 of his friends showed up.
Jack, Rose, James, Emma, David
Jack, 25 yrs; he was dating Rose who was as old as Aki. Rose took few of the same lectures as Aki and had became good friends.
James 28 yrs; was married to Emma . They were on this trip to celebrate their up coming marriage anniversary.
David 23; we met him during high school and has been really close to Aki ever since. He had been on many hikes with Aki, and since I knew him, Aki invited his so I won't feel weird all around with strangers.
The one who didn't show up was Andrew. At that time I had no idea who he was.
August 10; we left for xxx reserve as there we had rented two jeeps to ride to Angle coast, that housed the dark wood forest.
My brother drove us there as he was the only one with a car yet. On our drive, he showed concern over me going for such a long hike. But we were determined to go so he obliged.
Without know what awaited us we went there to be greeted by the 5 of them already waiting us.