At least, that was what Zhen told Monroe. That was part of the reason Zhen wanted to stay a little longer, but the truth was that he wanted to see if he could find the girl in the gym again. He couldn't stop thinking of her. She was definitely gorgeous. Zhen couldn't even sleep last night.
"Okay, that's it, I'm going to find her," he promised himself.
The day of the festival finally came. The day before, the guys went to a store and bought fine clothing to wear. Monroe got himself a green, silk dress shirt with a black tux and dress shoes. Obviously, he liked green a lot and it was definitely his best color.
Zhen wasn't quite sure what he wanted. Because he lived in the wilderness all his life, he has never seen clothes like the ones he saw in the store. So Monroe had to help him out a bit. Finally, Zhen chose for himself a simple tan dress vest that would show off his muscles, tan slacks and brown sandals. Now they were ready to party.
The festival was quite exciting. It was pretty much like a Mardi Gras for New Orleans. The were many beautiful floats riding along. There was alot of dancing and celebration everywhere. There was food for everyone and Zhen was like a child as he watched the fireworks show.
"Wow! This is so cool!" Zhen told Monroe.
"Get used to it, Zhenny, because this won't be the last one we attend!"
They walked around a little bit more. It seemed like the party was going on everywhere. The two friends were getting thirsty, so they got drink stand line. As they waited, Zhen looked around and in the crowd he saw the beautiful blond. She was just staring out to him, as if she wanted to be seen by Zhen.
"Monroe, there she is!" he said, pointing to where she was.
"Who?!" Monroe asked.
"The girl in the gym. She's over-" he stopped. She wasn't there anymore.
"Where she go? She was just there." Zhen said.
"Right," Monroe said sarcastically. "Zhenny, you're so obsessed with that girl, you actually think you see her everywhere. You need to snap out of it."
"I'm not crazy, Monroe. She was there." He looked again. "You know what, I'll catch you later. I'm going to see if I can find her."
"Whatever. Later, then."
Zhen ran to the spot she was. He looked around. He walked around for a while. He looked for about an hour, but finally gave up. He went to the beach and sat on the sand. Who is that girl? he thought to himself. Suddenly, he heard screaming in the distance.
"Help!" a female voice cried. "Somebody help me!"
Zhen ran toward where the screams were coming from. Three drunk men were trying take advantage of a girl.
"Enough!" Zhen yelled.
The three men turned. The girl fell to her knees. She was crying.
"Who the F@$% are you?" one of them said.
"Don't worry about that. Worry about your health." Zhen looked at the girl. "Are you all right, maam?"
The girl looked up at him. Zhen recognized her. It was she!
"Yes," she replied in a soft, cracking voice.
"Hey, man, just get out of here!" the second said. "This isn't your business!"
"Oh, I'm making my business. Now you're going to pay."
Zhen got into his fighting stance. The three men rushed forward Zhen flipped the first one over his head. Right after he hit the second with a right cross straight in the face and continued with a spinning kick to the last one. The first one came forward and swung a punch, but Zhen ducked under it a hit him in the stomach. He finished off with a back flip kick.
The other two charged again. Zhen ran to them also, jumped up and did a split kick. Both of his feet caught them straight in the head and they fell back.
"Now get out of here before I finish you off!"
They got up and ran as fast as they could. Zhen walked toward the young girl. "Are you okay?"
She looked up and nodded. "Yes, thank you. You saved my life. I don't know what they would have done if you hadn't come along."
"Well, it's a good thing that I did. Please, let me help you up."
He helped the young girl up. "My name is Zhen. What's yours?"
"My name is Rhea."
