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Italics=Thoughts/POV
In a two-story suburban house. In one of those neighborhoods that's really strict about keeping the environment clean and spotless. Where they want the grass a certain length, you're garbage is on the left side of your house, and if you dump wood or any sort of stuff on the side of your house. The neighborhood committee would write you a letter explaining the procedures needed to fix that problem, that they don't want you doing those things and want the neighborhood to be beautiful for the new home owners that are looking for a great place to stay with their families or soon to be families.
This is where I live. It's a great place to stay I have to admit. It's nice and beautiful. But the downside of it all, it's quite ordinary and normal. There is hardly any excitement here, except occasionally , well more like rarely, a couple would fight and the woman would kick her husband out of the house because he was caught cheating with the babysitter. It made headline news, well not news that would be on the television, but news that everyone in the neighborhood seemed to know all about it. The story held on for three months, until it faded way as everyone went back to their normal routine, you know going to work or school at eight and coming back at three or seven. This place is as normal as it gets, I think. It's so normal that it sucks the life out of you. I think the people who live here hate it here as well as I do. They just don't want to say it because I think they're afraid that they will be labeled like that woman and husband that was caught cheating. I think they moved away, can't handle the pressure and everyone's disappointed gazes.
So anyways it's my junior year in high school and summer vacation is two days away. I'm excited, well kind-off because I like the idea of no homework, test and waking up early to catch the bus for school. School, gosh it's so boring, like my neighborhood nothing ever happens. I have no friends here. I'm considered the ice princess in the school. Occasionally someone would want to be my friend, they just want to have a reputation or establish one because there's nonexistent. But all it takes is a glare from me and they go gallivanting off. So I'm hoping I would go backpacking or traveling somewhere other than here at least, to spend my summer vacation. Everywhere else is better that this place. I'm hoping to discuss this with my Uncle tonight at diner. I have lived with him for ten years now ever since I was six. Both of my parents died in a car crash, so I was left with the only family member I have left; to my father's younger brother. His cool, though a person I would not consider as parental material. He likes going out at night all the time, I don't know where he goes but he usually comes home in the morning or afternoon. I never see him in the morning when I'm off to school, but I see him when I come back; so I am just assuming he comes home between those times. He likes fixing up old motorcycles and cars, his really good at it, and they all turn out beautifully. Since his a grease junky he owns his own garage. We live off of that, his garage and his cool looking motorcycles and cars. On the weekends, I usually have nothing else to do; I go to his garage and work for him. It's really cool in there. At the back of the shop there are all these auto parts and finished motorcycles and cars that he made. They are just not regular cars and motorcycles; these are top of the line automobiles. Super expensive. He taught me how to build and fix them, when I came to live with him. Now I have a sick obsession in it. My whole wall is covered with it. Mostly motorcycles though.
"Natsuki…I brought some sandwiches from Subway for diner, with extra mayo in the Spicy Italian for you," my Uncle, Yamada Kuga said from the kitchen down stairs. We never use the kitchen for cooking at all, since all our foods are always from take-out or fast food restaurants.
"Okay, I'll be there in a minute," Natsuki said as she stopped writing in her diary and went downstairs to eat.
They both grabbed their sandwiches and sat down at their dining table to eat dinner. Natsuki wandering how she's going to start a conversation about being by herself for the summer to go traveling. Okay I should come out and say it.
"Uncle, I know what I am going to do this summer," Natsuki started
"Oh…okay what are going to do?" Yamada said, as he took a sip of his soda.
"I am thinking of traveling, you know go see what Windbloom, Zipang, Aries, Aswad and more, are like. It's really boring here Uncle. I don't want to be here the whole summer," the blunette finished and stared at her uncle, waiting for his answer. Please say yes. Come on Uncle I wanna go. She thought crossing her fingers under the table.
"Are you traveling by yourself or going with your friends?" Yamada asked looking at his niece.
"Just myself, I have plenty of money saved up from the work that you have me do in the garage and I don't have any friends," Natsuki stated hoping that it would make him agree to go by herself. Come on Uncle, I can take care of myself. I came take care of myself better you can say for yourself. It was true Natsuki was the only one in the house that does everything from vacuuming the house to doing laundry.
Yamada stared at his niece intently, weighing the pros and cons of what might happen, but the pros weighed out the cons and agreed that she could go. Natsuki did a mental happy dance in her head, and then smiled at her uncle, thanking him for letting her go.
"But before the day you leave. I want to show you something."He said.
The two days of school could not have flown by any quicker because the blunette was so excited on making plans on where to go and what to do. She wanted to visit all the museums and tourist attractions that people on vacation would do. And time was not agreeing with her to go any faster.
Soon enough school ended and Natsuki rushed home to get packing. She packed very little; two pairs of skinny jeans, three pairs of shirts, a hoddie and six pairs of undergarments. That she spent most of her sending money on and had only five-hundred dollars left in her bag. She finished packing and went out her front door exiting her home, with her backpack on her back and walked headed to her Uncle's garage. He wanted to say his farewell from there, since he was working on a cool new navy blue Ducati.
"Uncle, I'm here," Natsuki said, as she found her Uncle cleaning up a beautiful navy blue Ducati that she had ever seen.
"Wow, is that the new 1198R Corse SE," She said amazed at the engine and the detailed work on it. It had a wolf symbol on it that was crafted so beautifully and it was seen as badass if anyone saw it.
"Yeah, you like it?" Yamada said smiling at her niece because he saw the smile that was plastered on her face.
"Like it, I love it. This is really cool Uncle." The blunette spoke speechless that the machine in front of her, as she gazed her fingers on the silver wolf symbol on the superbike.
"Good, because I want you to have it." He spoke looking at his niece shocked look.
"What! Uncle I can't this is yours." The blunette said shaking her head.
"Come on Natsuki, do you seriously think that I need it. Beside I think you need it more than I do to the places you are going." He said wanting no objection from his brother's daughter. Natsuki smiled happily at her uncle and nodded at him accepting his gift.
"Anyways I went to the travel agency today and made all the arrangements for you on your journey," he said and walked to a cabinet, opened it and pulled out a brown leather suitcase.
"In here has your new passport and identification," Yamada said as he opened the suitcase and continued, "There are some brochures you might like to visit and a notebook. You know for you to write your experiences in and a digital camera," he finishes as he took out the things he mentioned and gave them to Natsuki.
"Thanks Uncle," the blunette answer, and opened her passport. Then gave a confuse look at her Uncle.
"Uncle, this is not my name. Why does it say Saeko Kruger on it, and the age is all wrong. I'm sixteen not twenty-three." Natsuki said to her Uncle.
"I know…you are consisted a minor so you can't travel alone. So the new name and the age are need if you want to get pass security." He said seriously.
"Ohh…Okay thanks Uncle."
"Yeah…no problem so where are you going?" he asked.
"I'm going to Aswad, they have a really awesome garden there. People say that it's really cool with desert plants and everything."
"Good…Good," the blunette's Uncle said nodding. "I want you to go to the bank first over there. It's under your real name and get some money from there. Money there is different. Here is you credit card pay everything that you need from this. I only want you to use the cash that you have for emergences only. Okay." He finished giving Natsuki a serious look.
"Yeah…okay thanks Uncle." Natsuki said smiling and thanking him again and took her credit card and placed it in her backpack with the rest of her items. Wow thanks a lot Uncle; I was just about to ask you for some money. Now I don't really have too.
"Okay, have fun on your vacation" he said and grabbed Natsuki for a big hug. "Contact me if something goes wrong." He finishes and released her from his death grip.
"See you in three months," Natsuki said as she got on her awesome and captivating motorcycles and roared her engine. It was exhilarating close to orgasmic. Yamada gave his niece her helmet and said, "Take care of yourself Natsuki and promise me do not give anyone your real name…Alright, don't give anyone your true name. Do you promise?" The way he said it intently, that Natsuki didn't have a choice but to nod agreeing and promising that she would not give anybody her name.
With that said and some last farewells to each other. Natsuki Kuga, now known as Saeko Kruger sped off to Florince Port. I knew this day would come soon, I just didn't know it would come this fast. Really take care of yourself Natsuki because your parent's accident was not any ordinary car crash. Yamada Kuga thought and closed his garage locked it and flipped the sign from open to closed.
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