"Mommy. Why did we have to move again?" I asked from my mom as me, my mom and my dad were driving to our new home from the airport.
"Sauli, Honey, I've told this to you thousands of times. Your dad got a better job from here. And besides, the company he worked for in Finland already had a lot of financial problems."
"Oh. And who is financial and what problems does he have?" I then asked with a confused look on my face.
"Financial is not a person, Honey. But you don't have to know what it is yet. You're still so young." Mom said as we had to stop at the traffic lights. And I was satisfied with that answer, so I just turned to look out from the window. And what I saw from the window was very boring. There were a lot of houses right next to each other. And even though there were small alleys here and there, almost all of the houses were still really close to each other.
And on the way to our new home, I saw only one playground. And it looked very old and boring. There were only a few swings and then a slide. Nothing else. And the fact that the only playground in here was really boring made me hate this place even more.
After some time, my mom pulled over in front of a three-storey house and then we all got out from the car.
"Sauli. How about you go to see your room while me and dad will start to unpack the things? It's in the second floor. Your toy boxes are already there and so is your bed and all the other furniture." Mom then said as she opened the door.
"Okay.." I just said and hugged my lion plushie close as I stepped into the house. And even though all our furniture was there, it didn't feel like home. It felt like I was visiting someone who had similar furniture as we did. Then, I walked to the stairs and started to climb up to the second floor while still hugging my lion plushie tightly. And as I got there, I looked around for a while, trying to figure out which one of the doors lead into my room. Though I didn't have to stand there for long, because as I saw that the door in the end of the hallway had the blue S on it, I immediately knew that it was my room. Though we do have all the letters for my name, the others probably are still in some box and I'll get them to my door later.
I then walked to the door and opened it. And yes, as mom said, all my furniture was there, but it still didn't feel like my room. I then walked over to the window in the room and looked out from it. And all I saw was a brick wall. Which wasn't nice, because I had liked to look out from the window in our old home. It was nice to watch the birds fly in the blue sky and see the squirrels run around on the backyard and in the trees. But here, I had nothing but a red brick wall. Then I decided to open the window, because it smelled a bit dusty and I didn't like it. And then, as I had opened the window and looked out from it, I saw that there was a small part of the roof was right outside my window. And as I looked at it for a while, I got a brilliant idea.
So, I climbed to the table that was in front of the window and then opened the window all the way before I slipped out from it and then landed on the roof with a quiet thud. And as I did, I saw that there was a young boy sitting on the neighbor's roof, which was right next to my roof. And as I was shy around new kids, I turned around and started to climb back into my room. But then, a soft voice stopped me.
"Hey, don't go. What's your name?" The boy asked from me and I turned to look at him. He had reddish hair and blue eyes and he was smiling a bit. He didn't look like he was going to be mean to me, so I moved a bit closer to him and then sat down to my roof.
"My name's Sauli.." I said a bit shyly and hugged my lion plushie tightly.
"Okay. Hi, Sauli. I'm Adam." The boy said and smiled widely. He surprisingly said my name right on the first try. That has never happened before anywhere except in Finland.
"Hi, Adam." I said quietly and smiled a bit.
"Your lion's cute. I have a tiger, but it has only one ear, because my cousin's dog ate the other one." Adam then explained before he got up and reached into his room and then turned back around as he got what he wanted. "Look. It had a big hole in here-" Adam said and pointed at the tiger's head from where the ear would have been. "-but my mom stitched it and now Stripes is okay again." He then smiled.
"Stripes? Is that his name?" I asked and looked at Adam.
"Yep. Don't ask why I named him that, 'cause I was four when I got him." Adam admitted and looked at me with his blue eyes.
"Oh. And I like it. It's a nice name." I smiled. "And by the way, how old are you? I'm six."
"I'm seven." Adam said and smiled. "And by the way, I like your eyes. They're prett-" Adam was saying, but then a voice that came from inside his house cut him off.
"Mom! Adam's on the roof again!" Someone yelled and Adam sighed.
"That's my brother, Neil. I need to go before my mom sees that I'm out here." He then said and already started to climb back into his room.
"Okay..." I said a bit sadly and hugged my lion plushie close. I felt like crying, because I had just got to know Adam and now he had to go already. Then, as Adam got into his room, he turned to look at me.
"Hey, don't cry, please. How about we meet outside soon?" He then asked with a smile.
"Okay!" I said with a happy smile as I looked at him. He then waved at me before he closed his window and then went to sit down to his bed. I then looked at Adam or a while before I too turned around and climbed back into my room. Maybe this place wasn't so bad after all.