Creative Writing: The Trek Journey

Well, during the Trek trip, Sarah was talking about how she's going to be in Europe next July and she wanted to visit people. Helena chipped in and said she should visit her town in Sweden. I also told her she should come visit Folkestone. Anyway, a few months later she started asking me about the cities she really wanted to visit - London, Bath and Liverpool. I told her I'd never been to Liverpool, but that it was on my list because of all of its Beatles connections and musical sites. She said that me and you should go with her when she visits for a mini trek reunion. I said that sounded like a good idea, but tried not to be overly committal about it.

Anyway, a few days ago, she sends me her plan for three weeks in the UK. It included four days in Folkestone. I tried to deflect things by suggesting Folkestone was just a little sleepy town, and that since I'd been back, the shine had worn off of it a little. I told her that Brighton and Canterbury are both far …show more content…
I honestly don't feel anything but platonic friendship towards her, but thinking back to the Trek trip, I just don't know if the same can be said of her towards me. I get the feeling that she just naturally wants to be friends with everyone, but I don't want to go to these places with her if it would make you feel uneasy, and I would completely understand if it did. In fairness to her, she does seem keen on seeing you too while she's in the country, and if I do see her for a few days, I'd completely want you to be there with me, because I want to spend every day with you and I love our exploring of different places.

The one thing that I really didn't want to do was to make assurances to her without telling you first. It would seem like I'm scheming and deliberately withholding things from you, which is the last thing I'd want to do. I also know that we'll hopefully have our own travel plans for next summer and I don't want to make promises that I can't