After dinner, we were in my room to continue talking.
"I have a best friend who just got leukemia not long ago," I said.
"Really?" Meredith asked as I nodded.
"Yes. I got upset about it. See, it all started when we visit New York City where the Willis family moved from. We visit there every other weekend. We were at a fair while we were there playing a few games when Kayla collapsed. Thank god she lived. It was just her appendix. Then the doctors said that there's something else that is wrong and I got very upset," I explained.
"Gosh, that's terrible," said Meredith.
"I know. I stopped going to fairs ever since to get rid of that memory," I said.
"That's a shame," said Meredith.
"Then a week or two later, we had to rush Kayla to the hospital in NYC while her sister stayed here with me. That was when her family found out that she had leukemia. It was the second time that she had leukemia," I continued.
"I'm sorry to hear that," said Meredith.
"Thanks. Sometimes I don't always talk about it because it upsets me often," I told her.
"That's okay. You're brave when you talked about it like I was when I told you about my dad's death," said Meredith.
"That's true," I said as we laughed.
The next day, at school, I had permission to bring Meredith to the office so she can be signed up. She's in my every class including my homeroom. In Gym, I brought her to Kristy.
"Kristy, this is Meredith Sousa. She arrived here from London, England yesterday when I got home," I said.
"Hi, Meredith, nice to meet you," said Kristy.
"Same here," said Meredith. "I'm with her family."
"Kristy is one of my best friends while Dawn is the other," I said. "You can meet the rest of my friends at lunch."
"Alright," replied Meredith.
"Meredith is in our social studies class," I told Kristy.
At lunch, Meredith, Kristy, and I joined the others.
"Claudia and Stacey, this is Meredith from London, England. She's staying with my family," I said.
"Hi," Meredith greeted the girls.
"Hi," Claudia and Stacey greeted back.
"Hi," Kaylee Willis said as she sat next to us.
"Hi, Kaylee," We said.
Kayla showed up, too, to join us.
"Kayla, Kaylee, we have a new student. That's Meredith," said Stacey.
"Hi. I'm from London, England," replied Meredith.
"Kayla and Kaylee are twins," I told her.
"Hi, it's nice to meet you," said Meredith.
"Same here. Kayla and I have six other siblings," Kaylee told Meredith.
"Wow!" exclaimed Meredith in her low voice.
"I know. We have another set of twins, Daniel James, who's nickame is D.J., and Mario, one set of triplets; Robert, Roberta, and Berta, and the youngest member is Mary Jane, who's nickname is M.J. We came here from New York City," said Kayla.
"Cool!" exclaimed Meredith.