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Holly's POV
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The guys and I walk down the dune towards the dinner area which takes place by a large white tent with lights strewn through poles above tables. It looks beautiful, and I feel my mood lift at how unreal this trip feels. The lights are super powerful and illuminate all our faces, and it looks so cool that Tobi whips out the vlog camera and fills how yellow our faces are.
We walk towards the tables, and now, all the guys are vlogging. Josh keeps going on about how pretty he looks and I roll my eyes.
"Yes, Josh. You're the prettiest princess"
He laughs at me. "Alright, don't get jealous"
"As if!" I snort.
In the distnace, we spot Aaliyah, the bird from earlier. She's flying around a group of people and the guys smile and point, obviously happy to see the falcon again. The falcon flies onto someone's arm quickly and Tobi's mouth might as well hang open as he jumps up and down excitedly.
"Can we do it? Can we do it? Can we do it?"
Just then, a lady with a few menus in her hand finds us and asks us to follow her to a table.
"I'm sure we can do it after," Simon says. "But I'm hungry, Tobi. Bird later, food now"
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Once we're sat (I sit next to Simon), we look through the menus. I get distracted by Tobi's scream of excitement and look up to see where he's watching. The man with the falcon is walking towards us, a smile on his face. He probably remembers us from earlier.
"I'll do it! I'll do it! I'll do it!" Tobi says, getting up from his seat.
Tobi's so excited about this bird and it's adorable. Josh and the others go see the bird while I stay in my seat.
"You sure?" Simon asks, setting his camera on the table.
I nod. "I'm sure. I'm chillin'"
"Okay, well we'll be back soon," Simon replies, placing a hand on my shoulder for reassurance.
I nod again as they walk off. I watch the boys from a distance, sipping my lemonade as they each take a turn with the falcon. It flies from a perch onto their arms, and I laugh when I see Tobi's face. He's like a little kid in a candy shop, that's for sure.
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After the guys and I have had our first course, the entertainments start emerging from the tent. Simon's vlogging from the table as a man with camels walks past in the background. I watch in awe. Camels are so cool.
"Bro, this is like the Lion King," Simon smiles, looking at Josh's camera. "It's literally real life Lion King"
They keep filming the camels on the dune.
"Camels are bare weird if yout hink about it," Simon speaks again.
"They're horses with humps," Josh contributes, facing his camera.
A woman walks out dressed in red feathers, carrying a giant feather...fan? She gets up on the stage set up in front of us and starts dancing, flapping the fan around. She looks amazing doing it, and I watch, enjoying the night here more than earlier. Music starts playing and a light gets shone on her. She sways her hips and flips the feathers up and down, up and down as the crowd takes photos and videos. She then puts a crown of fire on her head and starts bellydancing as if it were the easiest thing to do in the world. I can't believe his woman.
"This is nuts," I whisper, sipping my drink again.
"Yeah, this is when they surprise us and say it's Freya," Simon chuckles, nudging me gently.
