The city of Tokyo came alive at night; it was a city that never really stopped. I looked out the window of my father's apartment. I sighed I did truly love Tokyo, but I had never planned to live here. True I came to visit my father every holiday, but I always returned home to my friends and family. You see, my father a rich business man went to visit a partnership in Australia were he met my mother. The got together for a one night stand and eventually I came into the picture, but the relationship didn't last. So since then I've grew up between my home in Australia and my father's home in Tokyo. But this time it's permanent I left my big family in Australia to live with my father, the reason I left I don't like to talk about but let's just say 'Personal issues' that's what my mother labelled it as when she told my father I was coming.

"Well you better get to bed you have school in the morning" my father said behind me.

"Ok." I nodded I went into my bedroom.

I feel asleep quickly.

BEEP BEEP BEEEEEEEEEEEEP.

Ugh I turned around and grabbed the stupid alarm clock trying to figure out where the off button was. Finally when I managed to find the switch I spotted what I guessed was my school uniform which consisted of a blouse a tie and a really short skirt.

I got and got changed, I was so nervous I never exactly had been social therefore making friends was kinda hard for me. I brushed my teeth and looked in the mirror I had long black hair that nearly reached my butt, I had a slight tan and almond shape light brown eyes. I was short around 5' foot. I brushed my hair into a high ponytail and I grabbed an apple and my bag went out the door.

Tokyo was confusing I was standing at the train station thoroughly confused. Even being able to read Japanese didn't really help, to me it was still gibberish. Then I saw a girl ahead of me in the same uniform. I chased after her.

"Sumimasen," I continued in Japanese "I'm new and lost could you please help me out."

The girl who I could now see clearly, Was not Japanese, maybe half?

"Oh yes sure" She answered back in Japanese.

"I'm Neela," she greeted.

"I'm Rio."

"Nice to meet you"

"Nice to meet you too." I said.

Soon were packed solid in a train.

"So where did you move from?" she asked.

"Oosutoraria. (Australia) " I answered back in Japanese

"My mother was from there," she said "So I guess you speak English?" she asked in English.

"Yeah a lot better than Japanese." I laughed happy that she spoke English.

"So how come you moved here?" she asked as we stepped out of the train.

"My dad lives here." I answered.

Soon we were at the front gate of the school it was grey and dull and I was very nervous. And it turns out she was a year older than me. So once again I was alone.

When I got my timetable I walked to my first class, I quckly changed my shoes with the uwabaki, kinda like indoor slippers. The class was boring and long. I could understand maybe 70% of what the teacher was saying.

Finally it was lunch time, I looked through the busy cafeteria for an empty seat. I sat down on a empty seat and pulled out my phone. I checked my emails

1 New Message

Hey Rio,

Missing you heaps. Hope you have a good first day.

Lots of love

B.

B short Bethany. Yeah but if you ever called her anything other than B, you probably have a death wish. She's my sister after I was born mum quickly found another boyfriend so there only a year between us so we are very close.

Hey B,

Yeah first days good, everybodys so nice!

Gotta go eating lunch with my new friends.

Xxx Riri.

I closed my eyes in an effort to hold in the tears. I missed my life back home, yet I couldn't stay. I just wished none of it happened and that I could go back to sleep in my own bed.

"Rio" I heard someone call. I looked to see Neela waving me over.

I pick up my lunch and walked over to her. She was surrounded by a few other people some foreign some not.

"Guy's this is Rio."

"This is Sean my boyfriend" she said pointing to white guy sitting next to her.

"This is earl and Reiko" she said pointing to the couple who were rapidly arguing away in Japanese.

"And this is Twinkie" pointing to another American I'm guessing.

"Yo," he smiled.

"Come on sit down" she invited. Everyone was pretty nice, I stayed pretty quiet I answered the few questions they asked me but other than that I just listened to them talk.

"So you going to the races tonight?"Twinkie asked Sean.

Races?