Chapter 2- Girl Got Problems

Kim comes out with a large white dog that's wearing nothing but a collar.

"That's a nice dog you got. What is it?"

"She's my albino German Sheppard. Her name's Prussia."

"That's cool… shall we go?"

"Wait for my family; they'll be here soon."

Just as Kim promised, two people came down the hill. One looks exactly like Kim, and the other was a man, who doesn't even look Asian, about Dad's age.

"Hi!" says the man. "I'm Kim's dad. Call me ."

"Hey." curtly says the girl. "I'm Kim's twin. Name's Ziem."

"Hey, that's a really cool name! I'm Greg! So… Where's your mom?"

I notice the difference between Kim and Ziem right away. Ziem has a star-shaped birthmark on her left cheek, Kim has one in the shape of a… tiger, I guess you can say, on her right shoulder. Kim is also taller and wears her hair down.

"Oh…" says Kim. "She's sleeping right now. Can we go now?"

"Sure, let's go! I'll race you there…"

"Okay!" says Kim. "One, two, three!"

Kim, Prussia, and I bolt to my house. Prussia is in the lead, but she has an advantage. We finally arrive to the house. Everyone turns and looks, even the adults.

"Where have you been?" demands Mom. "And who is your friend here?"

"Everyone, this is Kim. Her family has a lake house next to ours. And this is Kim's dog, Prussia."

Curly, the Lamonsoff's dog, cocks his head up. He looks at Prussia and starts banging his tail at the ground. Maybe he's in love with her? Ziem and emerge out of the path.

"Oh, right! This is , Kim's dad, and Ziem, Kim's twin."

"Hi, everyone!" says . "Nice to meet you all."

"Is this your family?" whispers Kim.

"Naw!" I whisper back. "This is what I like to call the crew: Some are my family members, and others are really close family friends."

"Oh, I see!" hisses Kim. Who nice is that! Our lake house is kinda small, so we can't fit anybody else in our lake house."

"Okay," I announce out loud. "Everyone should get a chance to meet Kim and Ziem! The kids will go farther down the lake, while the adults go do their adult stuff here, alright?"

"That's my boy!" exclaims Dad. "You kids just go on ahead."

Everyone runs for it, but before I can go, Kim pulls me back. Before I look at her, I notice that Curly and Prussia are sitting side by side, facing the lake. Yep, Curly's defiantly in love!

"Can I talk to you for a second?" asks Kim, looking at the ground.

"Sure…"

I didn't see where this was going, but I let Kim pull me towards a tree.

"You see… my Mom's not here…"

"Where is she?" I ask. I suddenly start to feel concerned.

"Well… she's in Canada."

"What! Why is she there?"

"My family doesn't like to talk about it, but… my parents got divorced a couple of years ago…"

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"I thought it would make me look like a loser! I'm sorry! I really am!"

"Gee… it's alright. Being a child of divorced parents doesn't make you a loser! I think you're incredible!"

"Thanks, Greg! That means a lot to me!"

Kim reaches out to hug me. I hug her back, blushing so much that it hurt. She lets go of me and looks at me. Seeing that only made me blush more.

"I'm sorry… we just met…"

"No, Kim! It's fine! Really! … wanna go catch up on the others?"

"Sure…"

We both run to the others.

"Wow!" exclaims Charlotte. "Kim and Ziem are so cool! I memorized everything about them! They've been to Canada, where apparently nobody owns polar bears and no one but the Inuits live in igloos. They're half Vietnamese and half Serbian too!"

"Guys, we need to talk." I announce.

"Sure," says Donna. "What is it about?"

Everyone huddles around me.

"It's about Kim and Ziem… you see, their parents are divorced…"

"What's divorced?" asks little Bean.

"If a Mommy and Daddy don't love each other enough, they get what's called a divorce," answers Keithie. "It's when a Mommy and Daddy decide that they get separated and don't live together anymore."

"I don't want Mommy and Daddy to get divorced!"

Bean starts to cry, and Rita comes in.

"Rita, can you get Bean some milk and cookies?" asks Donna.

"Sure! Come, Bean. I'll give you nice warm milk and chocolate chip cookies."

Bean follows Rita out of the Master Bedroom, and I continue.

"Kim's family doesn't like to talk about it, so can you guys try not to talk about it, for her?"

"Yeah, totally!" says Charlotte.

"It must be so hard for her…" adds in Donna.

"Should we tell our parents?" asks Andre.

"I was thinking of doing that tomorrow… so shall we tell them?"

"It's the best option we have," says Keithie. "Besides, we don't wanna hurt Kim's family even more!"

"Alright, tomorrow night then!"

Hi, everyone! Did you like my story so far? I personally think it's awesome! Sorry if I offend any smart people who are American, or anyone else! Please review, comment, and favourite! It's highly appreciated!

~ TheSouthViet