Hey everyone this is my first story! I hope you like it. This took quite a bit of time to write, though some chapters may be short and some may be long, please bear with it. Someday I hope to get this published.

The school bell rings for the end of the day.

"Hey Mei, wanna go to that new bakery in town?!" asked abbi. " Sure lets go!" yelled mei, packing up her supplies into her bag.

As they got to the bakery, they ran into Ken and Akihiko. " Hey Mei!" called Ken. " Hey Abbi!" Akihiko called after. " Come on over and sit with us!" yelled Ken calling them over.

The waitress comes on over amd gets Mei's and Abbi's orders.

" So what are you girls order?" asked Akihiko out of the blue. " I got a vanilla cupcake!" " Man your boring Mei, that's so original..." ken said not amused. " I-I got an couple of cookies, one snickerdoodle, and one sugar..." explained abbi looking away from the others blushing.

After everyone was done, they all headed out.

" Where are you guys going now?" asked Ken. " We are going home to my place for a sleepover.. since we have the field trip and all..." explained Mei. " What about you Ken..Akihiko?"

" He and I are gonna go over to my house and play this new video game I got on sale yesterday!.. wait did you say field trip?" asked Ken shocked. " Yeah the one where Mrs. Lily said we are gonna go to an amusement park to learn about physics the fun way..." Mei said getting annoyed.

" Oh right I didn't forget..." ken said laughing. " Well sorry Aki..." bowed ken. " No its okay we can do whatever we want after school.. cause tomorrow is summer break!" Akihiko said smiling.

Everybody went there ways.

All of a sudden, Abbi's phone rings. " Hello.. oh big brother...okay I'll be home in five minutes..." " I'm sorry Mei, but my older brother needs help at home... so I'll see you tomorrow at school!"
Mei nodded as well as Abbi, and walked off in opposite directions.

The next morning, as Mei woke up and walked down the steps to the kitchen, she was shocked to see her dad putting away things in boxes.

"Morning Dad!" smiled mei, yet still confused on what was going on.

" Mei sweetie, go on upstairs and start packing..." " Why?"

Her father sighed. " I'm afraid that we are moving again.. my boss just called me and said the company was getting bigger, and they promoted me to Vice President, though they said that I we needed to move."

" Where are we moving to?" Mei asked.

" Overseas to America!" " Dad we don't know any english, and we just moved her not that long ago, and today is the last day of school of my Sophmore yet, and we are going on a field trip... and what about my friends?!"

" You will make new friends.. and I've been learning English with a buddy of mine who has been teaching me..."

" We can't just can't pack up and leave, and forget about our lives here..." " I'm sorry honey, but I'm afraid thats the case. We leave in a hour so-"

Mei ran towards the front door, got on her shoes and ran out the door crying.

She took out her phone out of her pocket and voice called her friends.

`They all picked up. " Hey Mei!" they all smiled. " Mei.. what's wrong?" asked ken concerned. " Guys can we meet somewhere now..." mei asked trying not to cry.

They all nodded, and headed to the park.

"So why did you call us out here?" asked Akihiko.

Mei burst out into tears, streaming down her face. " I'm moving!" Everyone was shocked.

" What are you talking about?" asked Abbi. " Your just pulling our legs..." Ken sighed. " I'm afraid not you guys... when Mei first moved here she explained to me that she moves around from place to place, not staying anywhere for to long..." " Oh my gosh I'm so sorry Mei I didn't mean-"

Mei shook her head. " It's okay Abbi..."

" So when do you have to leave?" asked Akihiko. " I'm afraid to say, but in an hour... I still have to pack things up in my room, then we are heading overseas..." " Isn't there anything you can do?" ken asked trying not to cry. " I've tried everything.. my dad says he can't avoid this.. its for work..." - - - The taxi pulled up in front of their now old house. Mei's friends all stood there waiting for her to say goodbye.

Mei's dad puts the lugage in the trunk and sits in the passenger side of the car. " Honey its time to go, say goodbye to your friends, and hop in the car."

Mei nodded.

She turned to her friends. First was Akihiko. " I may have not known you the longest, but thanks for being my friend..." Mei then quietly whispers in his ear, " be kind to Abbi..." and then Akihiko blushed.

Next was Abbi. " Abbi thanks for being a good friend to me, I;ll never forget you as long as I live, and I promise I'll write to you!" Abbi nodded her head.

Finally came Ken.

Abbi and Aki hugged Mei, and headed off.

There was akward silence between them. " So i guess this is it..." ken said trying not to cry. " It was a good couple of years knowing you, and I felt like I knew you my whole life!" mei explained trying not to cry also.

" Mei it's time to go..." yelled her dad out the car window. " Coming dad!"

Ken kissed her on the cheek, and as Mei got her in the car, ken came up, and she gave him a kiss on the cheek. " Bye ken! I promise I'll never forget you!"

As we drove past our old house, I looked back at Ken crying, and I felt bad for doing this to him, but I had to go.

" Mei sweetie don't worry you;ll have a good time overseas... you'll make some new friends, have a wonderful time!" Of course I sighed and new it was a lie, but I didn't want to say anything.

I told myself as we drove away, one day... one day I'd come back here, and make everything right.

Thanks everyone for reading this story! Please tune in for the next chapter~