Carl. He can really frighten someone. What can I say about him?... Hm. Let's just say hes shy and when I say shy, I mean REALLY SHY, like being shy to friends. I've known him for 2 years now and yet, hes still shy towards me. He can barely maintain eye contact with me when he talks. Another thing about Carl is that he has a really scary sense of humor. What do I mean? Well... just carry on reading and you'll know...
Just yesterday, Damian, Kenrick and I brought him to the McDonald's outlet at Serangoon Central. When we finally got our seats, we began discussing on what to order...
Me: What are we waiting here for? Order!
Damian: Kenrick, you order!
Kenrick: The shortest order. Everyone stand! We see who shortest. DAMIAN YOU SHORTEST GO ORDER!
...After a moment of debate...
Kenrick & Damian in harmony (...incredibly): Carl, what you want?
Carl, with a worried expression on his face: UH! Um...burger!
Damian: What burger?!
Carl: Burger...
Even when we were in queue, Carl didn't look like he knew what he wanted to order at all. It was as though he had never ever stepped into McDonald's. Yet somehow, as though there was some kind of miraculous help from above, he managed to order a Fish Fillet Burger when the cashier asked for his order.
While eating...
Damian: Eh, Carl. You know how to go back home right?
Carl: Uh... no.
...A moment of gasps later...
Me: You know where your house is right?!
Carl: Uh... no.
Damian: Oh my god.
Carl: ...I'm just joking, guys...
Can you see what I mean by scary sense of humor now?... I was so worried that he would get lost while going home that I sat him down at the bus stop and gave him a step-by-step list of instructions: Look straight at approaching vehicles for bus number 22, flag down the bus, board the bus...
Only after giving him those instructions that I felt safe to leave him at the bus stop. Yet on the bus on the way home, I suddenly remembered that he did not bring his hand phone. Butterflies started to form in my stomach. I had a bad feeling about Carl.
I had told him to call me when he reach home yet by 8 at night, there was no news from him. I began to text Damian and Kenrick and discuss what we should do. While Damian became more and more panicky, Kenrick was relaxed and didn't seem to care at all. To add oil to fire, Kenrick even texted me and told me to make Damian even more panicky. I was curious what Damian would think of the text message and so I forwarded it to him. Thus, came Damian's conclusion (...or should I say incredible imagination...) that Kenrick kidnapped Carl.
The weird thing was I began to believe Damian, especially when both Carl and Kenrick didn't appear in school today. I kinda believe its just Carl forgetting to text me that he was safely back home... hes probably playing Conquer Club at home now. But I still have a nagging suspicion that there is something up with Kenrick. I would prefer to think its my writer's imagination though... :)
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