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Today we had a school field trip to Yas Island Marina Circuit. Yas island is one of the newest and most modern islands in the UAE. It has all sorts of activities for all ages. There's a F1 theme park, with the fastest roller coaster in the world. Famous restaurants that sell the most delicious fast food, overlooking the racing circuit. Drifting, karting, racing, and lots of other exciting activities too. Our school planned all our grade to go to the theme park then we will be having dinner somewhere. We all met up in the school campus wearing sporty outfits. Shamsa in a Abaya, glittery Toms, and a Louis Vuitton bag. Layla in grey sweat pants, a Polo t-shirt, and simple blue Toms. Hamda in jeans, a loose pink shirt, and blue crochet Toms. We were all ready to have fun, but one question was going through our minds: were goum Khalaf coming?

Most of the students took the school bus to Yas, we went with Shamsa's driver. We turned on the music on the highest volume and sang the whole way. When we reached we all went with the students and teachers to the F1 theme park called Ferrari World. After getting the tickets, registering our names, and taking pictures we made our way to the rides. It seemed like goum Khalaf weren't coming after all. The first ride we rushed to was the Formula Rossa, which was the fastest ride in the world. Speeding at an immediate 240 km/h it was pretty fast. The queue was very long, but we managed to get special passes that allowed us into the vip section. Minutes later we were strapped in and ready to roll. Screaming throughout the ride, my hair flying everywhere, Shamsa's sheila flying off and our mouths wide open. It was such a  thrill, loops throughout the whole ride, it was surely a good kick of adrenaline. At the heart of the theme park, inside the enormous crystal funnel, was the tower of speed. We al rode on it and enjoyed the rush. We spent the day riding all the rides more than once. Today was just perfect.

After some time we went to eat at Johnny Rockets, which was a burger based reasturant overlooking the circuit. The three of us sat on a separate table and ordered three #21's with fries and coke. After all those rides we were starving. While the food was in the making, we talked about all the rides and how people reacted. We were sitting outside on the balcony of the restaurant, which was the busiest area. Loud noises of cars and drifting sounds, it was such an exciting place filled with energy. We walked towards the edge of the balcony to see what was going on in the circuit. "Omg, let's go karting after we eat!" i suggested with joy. "Hell yea" agreed Hamda. So we decided to go karting after eating our dinner. Minutes later the food came, juicy burgers with melted cheese pouring from the sides of the burger. Fries so salty and crispy, and of course the sizzling coke. It was our favourite place to eat in, since it had the best burgers in town.

We walked to the karting area and registered ourselves and paid. We took our tickets and went to the class where they would tell people the rules about karting and the precautions. It took around 5 minutes then we headed to the changing room to wear the karting suit. It was a big grey overall with the Yas logo on it. As we walked out of the changing room we hear loud familiar laughs. Our eyes fell into theirs, it was goum Khalaf. "Hala walla" greeted us Khalaf. "Hello" we answered. "You girls are karting?" Nayef asked. "Yea, what about you guys?" Hamda questioned. "Yea, we'll all go together as a group okay?" Khalaf asked. "Sure" Shamsa replied. "We wanted to spend the day with you girls and not with the whole grade, that's why we decided to go to Yas, we went karting thinking that we might bump into you" "And you did" interrupted Shamsa with a smile. "I guess we're lucky" Khalaf replied. Hamdan came out of the changing room with the overall on, and the helmet on. Wow i thought, he even looked good in an old ugly overall. "Hey hey" he said with a big smile. "Hey" we all replied. "I was just thinking about you Layla" he said while removing the helmet slowly to let out his thick black hair. A shiver ran down my spine when he looked me in the eye. They called out Khalaf's name and we all went to sit on the karts. The men secured our helmets, gave us a few precautions, and started our kart's engines. We all flew off super fast racing with each other. We decided that the winner would get a special prize. We were having so much fun zooming fast past each other. Laughs on the side and plans on our mind. I was racing with Shamsa, Hamda was racing with Nayef, and Hamdan was racing with Khalaf. Moments later i was racing with myself. No one was in sight. I stopped my kart slowly on the side to avoid conflicts for other racers. I saw blood prints on the path. I followed them out of curiosity, the closer i got to the  source the more the blood and the fresher. I heard the sound of someone crying, blood all over the place and then i heard Khalaf screaming. "Hamdaaaaaaaaann!!!"