Foreign Exchange
"You're going to LOVE this place Raimundo, my Mum makes the best chocolate like...ever!" They walked into the store, laughing at Omi's excitement.
"Why hello Omi! I didn't know you'd be coming today...thought that'd be tomorrow."
"They umm...actually..." Omi studdered, not quite sure how to put it, because...when his mother expected things, he didn't really have excuses as to why they went the way they did, even if she wasn't mad.
"Raimundo and I have a swim meet tomorrow Mrs. Greensburg."
"Ohh I see...well, Raimundo; Kieko dear, have fun with that!" she smiled. "What can I get for you all today?"
"The usual Mum for us, and for Raimundo..." Omi wondered what he should get.
"Got one of your great suggestions Mrs. Greensburg?" Kimiko asked.
"I bet he hasn't had chocolate as good as yours." Clay added.
"Well...he could get the milk chocolate, whipped cream, dark chocolate shavings mixed and dark chocolate sauce on top?"
"Ohh...your specialty!" Kieko and Kimiko sigh, thinking of the delicous treat.
"Sure." Raimundo said, smiling.
"And how about your chocolate pieces?" She asked.
"Once again...the usual." Omi said.
"Raimundo?" Omi's mother asked.
"I'll have the white chocolate truffle, pure chocolate mix."
"Great choice!" Kimiko giggled.
"That's the kind Kim always gets...she loves it." Clay whispered to Raimundo. He nodded, looking at the drinks being made.
When the drinks and chocolate were finally handed out, Omi's mother said, "By the way kids, it's on the house...enjoy!" just as they were sitting down to eat/drink.
They all smiled happily as they enjoyed their chocolate retreat and chatted away.
As the night went on, Kimiko and Kieko occationally stepped into a store and came back with a bag, but other than that, they just explored the mall, letting Raimundo see all to see in the best mall in Tokyo.
In the last second of the mall they had to go into, Kieko and Kimiko scrambled in, this time, taking Omi with them to ask an opinion on the way it looked on them. Of course, Raimundo and Clay would have gone in, but Clay wasn't a very 'tasteful' person when it came to girl shopping, and Raimundo decided to wait with Clay.
"Hey Clay."
"Yeah?"
"You think you could get Kieko to write down Ashley's address?"
"Sure...but why?"
"You'll see tomorrow."
"Okay..."
"Thanks."
"No problem."
Sure enough, when Kieko came out, Clay pulled her to one side as the others walked on, and gave her a piece of paper and a pen, and she wrote down Ashley's address. (don't ask how she knows.)
The mall was finally over and Omi's mother drove them home, but...once Raimundo got to Clay's house, he told Clay he was going to do something really quick and that he'd be back in no time at all. Clay just shrugged and let him go without much hastle.
Raimundo walked into the flower shop and got a boquet of white daisies. She won't be to expensive! He thought to himself. As he walked down the street, it got later and later, darker and darker. Finally he got to the address, took out his pen and paper and began to write. Then, he put the note in the boquet, put it on the doormat, rang the doorbell and ran. As he slid around the corner he heard running footsteps, the door open then a giggle. There was a scream.
"ASHLEY, SOMEONE LEFT SOMETHING FOR YOU ON THE FRONT MAT!!!"
"DON'T READ IT AMY!!" He heard Ashley scream.
The girl named Amy giggled and skipped away as Ashley stepped to the door.
She took the boquet, sigh and squealed at the thought of who it was, then...she opened the note and read.
The next day Kimiko and Kieko dressed in skirts...Kieko was in a soft and smooth skirt (white), and Kimiko's was a jean skirt. Kieko put on a blue tank top, Kimiko a pink, and Kieko wore a white cover-up, and Kimiko a jean jacket. Kieko dyed her hair a brownish red, and curled it wavy, and then put clips in on the sides, to keep the hair out of her face, and Kimiko dyed her hair chocolate brown and put it up in pig tails with ribbon tying it up. The ribbon fell long enough so it was braided in with the hair.
When they arrived at school, Ashley approached them almost immediatly. Her face was almost pure red, making the two giggle.
"Hey Ashi, what's up?" Kimiko asked, her eyes flickering with amusement.
"KIMIKO...YOU DID THIS DIDN'T YOU?!?!?"
"Did what?" Asked Kieko, obviously curious about what she had to say.
"GAVE RAIMUNDO THIS NOTE!!!"
"Well...if you plan on letting me see it, then I'd be happy to read it and see if I did, but otherwhise-"
"OH MY GOD, YOU DID, KIMIKO! I AM SO GUNNA GET YOU BACK FOR THIS! SO GOING TO!!!!!!"
She stomped off as Kimiko and Kieko laughed their heads off, approaching the boys and the rest of the group.
"What was that all about?" Kieko finally asked Raimundo.
"Oh you mean the note?" Clay asked, chuckling to himself.
"Yeah." Kimiko stated quickly.
"Yeah, man...you should have heard her this morning. She blew up in Raimundo's face, and when Omi tried to speak, she blew up in his face...then...When Raimundo stood up for Omi and said he didn't do anything wrong, she thought someone else gave it to her, then...you showed up and she spazzed on you." Yuri giggled softly.
"What'd it say?" The two said together.
Ashley read the note once more.
Ashley,
You have a really bad attitude, and supposivly you smell like dead fish...
Which I sorta agree to the one who said that.
Umm well, I guess I should get to it.
I'm breaking up with you Ashley, sorry...but...
You aren't my type...although, you probably ain't right for anyone in this school,
Ashley...
Get some help,
You got anger issues.
-Raimundo :)
She screamed and ripped up the note, sending a death glare at anyone who stopped and looked at her...even if it was barely an odd look.
School went by like a breeze, and everything was pretty good except for the occational mutter of Ashley in some peoples classes.
Soon it was the end of the day, and Kieko pulled Raimundo aside, as everyone walked on.
"Swimming practice Rai!" She smiled, obviously excited.
"Cool!" He replied as they walked to the locker rooms downstairs.
Kieko came out with a red two piece with a thick strip in the middle, to make a one piece in the front, and a two piece in the back. As she came out, she saw all of her last years fellow team mates sitting by the edge of the pool, screaming and cheering at her.
"Hey girls!" she squealed going over and hugging each of them.
"Man, it's GREAT to have everyone back!" Jenna, a girl from America, implied.
"I agree." Yuri laughed.
They heard a noise, and all looked in the same direction.
"The guys are coming out!" Kieko whispered loudly.
"The biggest entrance of the year!" Kailie sigh.
Sure enough, one by one, all the guys came out and did a flip into the pool, impressing some of the girls wildly.
And last, but not least...Raimundo came out, and gave a perfect flip, making all of the girls cheer.
"You chickies scared to get wet?" one guy called, splashing Kailie who was lounging close to the edge of the pool, with one leg in the water.
"Matt!" She squealed as he tugged at her hand, pulling her in.
"Ohh! You pull one in you die!" Yuri laughed, jumping in from her spot on the steps with about two inches of water, and her feet resting on the next step down that had six inches.
"Hey!" Matt called, signalling one of his teammates in on Yuri. Unfortunatly for the boys, Jenna jumped in and tackled that one down, calling another boy in.
Soon they were all in the water splashing at each other. The only two not joined in on it were Raimundo and Kieko.
"Come on Kieko!" Jenna laughed.
She took a smiling glance at Raimundo before jumping into the water after her teammates, helping the guys. Raimundo chuckling and followed.
After about five minutes, they stopped and all spread out into their once again lounging position, with the guys squeezing in wherever they could. Soon they were talking about the season, until two whistles blew simutaniously.
"Girls!"
"Guys!"
The two coaches stood grinning next to each other, obviously amused with how good their teams were looking this year.
"This is going to be a great year!" The girls' coach, Salina exclaimed. Just as she stated it, all the girls got up and ran to the other side of the pool.
"I agree with Salina!" Dashi, the guys coach smirked, and with a jerk of his head, the guys stood up at their end of the pool. Raimundo got up more slowly, and the coach obviously noticed.
"New guy." Matt stated, saving Dashi the trouble of asking.
"I see. Name?"
"Raimundo Pedrosa."
"You don't look like your from around here, and I haven't seen you before...new this year?"
"Exchange student. For...Clay Bailey."
"Ah...yes...his sister is...quite the character."
"You know her?"
"I teach her!"
"Ah, umm...cool?"
"No!" he laughed.
They all began, swimming laps.
About an hour and twenty eight minutes went by, and Salina called out.
"Okay, guys and girls...we need a pair to race! Last two minutes...four laps...who wants to do it!?" All hands went up except for Raimundo and Kieko's, but unfortunatly for them...they were both picked.
Standing on the diving board, they glanced at each other and nodded, telling one another to do there best...and the other didn't care who won.
"On your mark..." Dashi Started.
"Get set..." Salina renewed.
"Go!" they both screamed, and Kieko and Raimundo were off, both neck and neck. After the first lap was over, Raimundo was ahead by about a quarter of a lap, and he wasn't wearing down, but...when the third lap started, Kieko sped herself ahead of him, and on the fourth lap, he caught up to her...and they were neck and neck. Soon probably about a foot from the wall, and they both practically ran into it, touching at exactly the same time.
Both teams stood dumbstruck for a moment, but then they all started cheering as Kieko and Raimundo got out of the water, laughing as they did.
"Good job teams!" Dashi praised.
"Now, you're dismissed!" Salina told the girls.
"So are you!" Dashi nodded to the boys.
Kieko came out, looking the same as she did when she went in, and Raimundo had his T-shirt over him, and his swim trunks on, with a bag of the rest of his stuff slung over his shoulders.
When Kieko finally got to the place Raimundo and her were going to meet, she saw Omi there aswell. As Kieko approached, they just stared at each other and said nothing. Raimundo, looking back and forth to one another, decided to break the ice.
"Right...I'll just leave you two alone..." He said, as he slid to a turn and began walking back to Clay's.
"Kieko...I was curious...if...well...maybe you wanted...to do something?"
"Sure Omi!" she smiled as they began to walk.
They were in a coffee shop laughing about something Omi had just said.
"But seriously, I think she has anger issues!" Omi said, after he had settled down a little.
"ADD perhaps?"
"I think there's something more to it than that. She'd be kinda cute if she wasn't so snotty, bossy, clingy, bitter-sweet, and stupid..."
"That's a lot of things to change about the girl Omi..." Kieko laughed. "You mise well just find a girl with blonde hair who wears skirts, and has eyes sort of like a cats, and name her Ashley..." They both laughed at this. Soon, the waiter came with a sundae with two scoops.
"That's one to split?"
"Uhh...yeah..." Omi said blushing.
Kieko smiled sweetly and thanked the waiter. "Wow Omi...thank you!" she said, as they picked up their spoons and to eat their sundae.
They were standing outside the coffee shop, about ready to go their seperate ways when Omi grabbed Kieko's arm and turned her around.
"Kieko...I was wondering...If maybe you-well what I mean is...if we...if you...maybe I..." Kieko laughed and Omi stopped. He took a deep breath and continued. "Would you like to go on a date with me sometime?" Omi asked quickly.
Kieko smiled softly and kissed Omi before turning. Omi thought that meant a no, but just as Kieko was falling into a steady step she called back. "I'd love to Omi!"
He smiled at her and then turned his back to hers, then walked down and turned the corner. When he turned, he stopped and cheer loudly, doing a small dance, that made people stop and look.
Everything was going great for him...and...things were just going to get greater, until...Raimundo asked for a favor from him. Although...maybe even then...it would help him get along with his feelings for Kieko...he wouldn't know, until he was actually asked.
Sorry that was short, but I thought I needed to update for you guys. Hope you liked the chapter, and please review. Thanks for reading, and thanks for reviewing. Keep reading, the next update will hopefully come soon! Tell me what you think:D