To Live Without You

A/N: Hi again everyone! Just to let you know, this isn't going to be the updating speed that I would usually go at since I have about 3 chapters already written and just needing to be checked out by singer in the wind (Thank You!!). So here is another chapter and I hope you like it like the others!

So read on and enjoy!


Chapter 2: Gawking is Impolite


Selena woke up to find herself on the warm wooden floor of her apartment. It took a while to register where she was and what she was doing, but it all came back to her when she saw her picture of the sunset.

Smiling softly, she scribbled her signature at the bottom corner along with yesterday's date before she got ready for school. She tied her medium sized curls into a high ponytail with her bangs brushing the corner of her face before she slipped on her uniform. The sea foam green and white looked pretty together but she wasn't a fan of the pink bow that sat right on top of her chest.

She began to pack up her bag when a small knock came from the door. Strange… She thought as she ran to the door and looked through the peephole. A little girl with familiar pale lavender eyes looked up at the peephole as well with a warm childish grin on her face.

Selena hurriedly unlocked the door. "Ohayo." She said in greeting to the girl.

"Ohayo gozaimasu! Kaa-san told Minako to come and bring a bento for Onee-chan! Saa, here you go!" she said brightly as she lifted up a container wrapped in a light blue cloth.

Selena wanted to squeal at how cute this girl was. She was dressed in a white and navy blue uniform with a hat on her head that just tilted a little to the left. Glossy black hair stopped right at her chin and she was complete with a tiny dimple on each cheek. Selena didn't even want to start on how she sounded when she used the third person.

"Arigato, Minako-chan." Selena said as she took the container from the little girl.

"Your welcome, Onee-chan! Bye-bye!" She said before she practically hopped back to her door and opened it with her small hands.

"Bye."

Selena watched Minako carefully close the door to her house before remembering about school. "Oops," She gasped as she put her bento inside her bag and popped a piece of toast in her mouth. Slinging her bag over her shoulder and taking her sketchbook in her arms she turned around and closed her door for her first day of Japanese school.

Even after almost falling down the apartment stairs and narrowly escaping a crash between her and Yumi-san, it was simple to get there after the first time. It helped that other students were starting to trickle in as well. She entered the school grounds and followed a path to a pair of double doors and then followed the signs to the office.

When she got there, only a few adults who she guessed where teachers walked around with steaming cups of coffee in their hand and stacks of papers in the other. Suddenly she felt nervous.

"Nelson Selena-san?" A male voice asked from behind.

She turned around to look at a tall man with thick black-rimmed glasses. "Hikawa-san. A pleasure to meet you." She said quickly bowing.

The older man bowed as well. "I just wanted to make sure that you are comfortable with your accommodations." He said as he led her toward his office.

"Oh, I am!"

He nodded and extended his hand towards a chair in front of his desk. Selena sat down as she clutched her sketch book to her chest. "Did you find a job yet?" He asked taking his seat as well.

"I did visit a small café yesterday. I'm going to find out today if I got the job or not." Selena said feeling just a little bit excited just by thinking about the café.

Hikawa nodded once again, but this time with a smile on his face. "I'm glad that you're enjoying your time here, Nelson-san."

Selena fought the urge to pout at the sound of her last name. It just sounded so dumb! She forced herself to smile. "Arigatou."

Hikawa stood up and Selena followed suit. "I don't want you to be late on your first day of class so you'd better hurry along."

"Hai!" Selena said before bowing once and walking quickly out the door.

Selena took out her schedule as she walked down the semi-busy hallway. It said that she was in Class 7 and that was where she would find her escort as well.

"Year 2, Class 7." She repeated again as she looked at the many signs above the classroom doors. "I hope that it's a girl at least…" She thought to herself as she slid open the door to her new classroom.

Some students were already seated at their desks and her sensei was writing on the board as he sipped at the steaming cup in his hand. He turned to look at her and she blushed. He looked so young and didn't seem to be lacking in the looks department.

"You must be the exchange student, right?" He asked placing the chalk back in its place.

"H-Hai. Nelson Selena, nice to meet you." She said a little too quickly to sound calm.

The teacher chuckled. "The pleasure is all mine, Nelson-chan. I'm your homeroom teacher, Umino Kaito."

"Do NOT start to get a crush on your homeroom teacher Selena!!" Her mind ordered as she felt herself blush brighter.

Umino-sensei pointed to a desk in the middle of the class. "Your escort will be Momoshiro-kun so you can sit beside him for your classes. I must admit that he doesn't have the best work ethic so don't take up his bad habits, ne?" He said with a smile.

Selena nodded dumbly as a bell went off in her head when she took her seat. "Momoshiro?" She glanced around the classroom to see that most people were already in and the bell was just about to ring.

The name sounded familiar but no one caught her attention.

Until a familiar voice echoed from the hallways and someone opened the door with a loud snap. "Yosh! I made it!" The spiky haired junior shouted as he pumped his fist in the air.

"Momo…" She muttered to herself before it clicked that he was with the group of tennis players yesterday. Geez, her memory really sucked.

Umino-sensei chuckled as he closed the door behind Momo when the bell rang. "I'm very happy for you Momoshiro-kun. Also you will be the lucky student to escort Nelson-san around school…Could you please take your seat?"

Momo didn't seem to fully understand what Umino-sensei had said about her or he just didn't remember her as 'Nelson-san'. A faint blush spread across Momo's cheeks as a soft laughter filled the classroom. "Hai." He said as he walked away and took his seat right beside Selena.

He looked at her once as he opened up his bag and took out his textbook, then again as Umino-sensei began to read in English. Selena caught his eye the third time and smiled when his jaw dropped.

Good.

He remembered her too.


A/N: So did you like it? I hear a lot that the story is 'very interesting'. I love it! Interesting is perfect because it's the opposite of boring! I'm sorry I'm so weird...but anywho! Don't forget to review now that you've read it okay? I just wanted to say that I've seen all of those 'Story Alert' s and 'Favorite Story' s and all of those people didn't leave a review for me! I know who you are so please leave me a review if it's worthy enough to be favorited!

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