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Author's Note:
Hey everyone, turns out the snow wasn't that extreme, so I got home on time. Thankfully. I have some bad news guys - - - I'm sick - - - I feel terrible, So I'm gonna take Chapter's 27 and 28 a bit slow. I need to rest. Also, the three pictures that i attempted to show everyone i uploaded into a facebook album on my page. I'll put the links for the 3 pics in the review section with a caption so you know who Song is. It's very important that you guys knows. I mean for anyone who has seen the new movie they'll recognize him right away. If for some reason the pics don't load again, just send me a message and I'll send them. Well let's recap. Boy's are trying to figure out what has got Liang upset. They have an idea but they need to first speak with Mei Ying. Master Li has been kidnapped. And Cheng and Dre's 16th birthday is coming up soon. I hope you all enjoy 21, much love.
Love, Zach
Cheng and Dre arrived at school with about 10 minutes to spare. Before they left they sent Mei Ying a text message asking her if she could come to school early. They arranged to talk to her alone so they knew what was up with Liang.
Cheng asked Mei Ying to meet them in the courtyard of the school, it was secluded and no one would be able to hear them, that and there was no chance of accidentally seeing Liang and Song when they arrived.
Cheng and Dre saw Mei Ying in the courtyard , they walked up to her, each giving her a hug. Afterward, the three of them sat down and talked.
"Okay so Dre and I wanted to talk to you about what you said to me yesterday," Cheng said.
"Oh I knew I shouldn't have said anything," said Mei Ying, "now you can't let it go," Dre laughed, she was right.
"Don't worry it's fine, and honestly in the long run it's for the best," said Dre. Cheng nodded in agreement.
"Look we think we know what it is that Liang wants to say, but before we go jumping to conclusions can you please tell us?" said Cheng. Mei Ying looked worried, she knew the boys mean well but she doesn't want Liang to be upset.
"Mei Ying look," said Dre, "Liang won't get mad, he'll understand if you tell us. Besides we're worried that whatever this is that Liang wants to say, he's going to keep it bottled up for a while and if that happens he's going to be depressed, and Cheng and I don't want that." Mei Ying understood. She cares about Liang very much and wants him to be happy too.
"Okay I'll tell you," said Mei Ying. "He has a crush on Song." Cheng and Dre smiled.
"When did he tell you this?" asked Cheng.
"A couple months ago," said Mei Ying, "He hasn't told anyone else. I think he was content with just never telling anyone but when he saw you two together he got upset. He wants to feel that same love with Song."
"Well we have to say something to him," said Dre, Mei Ying looked scared.
"No you can't!" said Mei Ying, she was getting worried. "What if Song finds out and he hates Liang that would be worse than anything.
"We know, believe me Dre and I have looked at every possibility," said Cheng. "We think it would be best if Saturday we each get them one on one and talked, Dre can talk to Liang and I'll talk to Song."
"We're having our birthday party Saturday," said Dre. "Just found out that our birthday is the same day and we're both going to be 16," Mei Ying smiled. "Since they're both coming over Saturday and you too as well, we'll have plenty of time through out the night to get them alone and talk."
"Well Liang will be easy cause you know for sure that he likes Song," said Mei Ying. "But how are you going to talk to Song, we don't even know if he feels the same." Cheng and Dre thought about that too.
Mei Ying had a good point. None of them know if Song is gay. He's obviously comfortable with it since he's fine with Cheng and Dre, he would probably be fine with Liang too. However, if Liang ever tried to make a move then it may just do more damage than good and ruin their friendship. That would be far worse than anything.
Cheng had to think very carefully on how he was going to approach Song. He couldn't just go out and ask 'hey are you gay?' Just imagine what Song would think. They had the whole week to think of the perfect way to get Liang to come out and to find out if Song was even attracted to guys. It was no doubt a tough mission but the boys were up to it. They loved Liang and they wanted him to be happy.
Cheng and Dre didn't get much time for the rest of the week to hang out after school. They each went home, did their homework, studied, and relaxed. When they weren't busy they would text each other and talk on the phone. They kept discussing how to do it. They came up with ideas, they looked at every possibility, they practiced holding conversations, they did everything.
On top of their mission to help Liang the boys also wanted to be together, as Cheng continued to remind Dre it was his turn next and Cheng was just counting down the days until they would be alone Saturday night. Liang and Song weren't staying the night like Dre was. They completely understood since Cheng told them him and Dre wanted some privacy after the party. So Liang and Song agreed to stay at Liang's house after the party.
Their long slow week of school was now over. Dre woke up at around 11am to a beautiful, warm, Saturday morning. Cheng arranged for an escort to pick him up at his apartment by 2pm. Cheng wanted Dre to arrive earlier than Liang, Song, and Mei Ying. He told the others to arrive at 3pm.
When Dre got out of bed he went to the kitchen to grab some breakfast. Afterward, he took a shower and packed up his clothes for the night. His mother was working that morning so she didn't get a chance to see Dre off before he left. She didn't mind. Her and Dre had a nice quiet dinner Friday night to celebrate his 16th birthday.
Ms. Parker got him a couple new outfits and some CD's. He didn't ask her for anything for his birthday but she got him some presents nonetheless. He was very thankful. As the week went by Dre was wondering what presents he could give to Cheng for his birthday. It's hard to say. When you think of material items Cheng pretty much had everything. Dre resorted to buying Cheng a few DVD's he knew he would like.
It was around 1:30pm and Dre sent Cheng a text telling him he was ready to leave. Cheng told Dre that his escort would be there in 15 minutes to pick him up. Before Dre left he shut off all the lights in the apartment and locked the door on the way out. He waited outside for the limo to arrive. When his escort showed up Dre got into the limo and was taken to Cheng's house. After dropping Dre off the escort drove away. Dre spotted Cheng waiting for him outside the front door.
Cheng met Dre halfway up the driveway smiling and giving him a big hug.
"Happy Birthday Cheng," said Dre. Dre gave him a soft kiss cupping the side of his face. Cheng blushed.
"Happy Birthday Dre, hey give me your bag."
Dre handed Cheng his bag, Cheng quickly opened the front door and placed the bag inside. Afterward he closed the door. He walked hand in hand with Dre to the back yard. Both boys walked through the stone tunnel in between the house and garage.
The back yard sat on about 4 acres of land. Connected off the deck was a cement stone area that surrounded an in-ground pool. The pool had a high slide and a diving board. On the deck was beautiful outdoor furniture, a huge grill and an upper level to the deck. It connected as a balcony for Mr. Lao's master bedroom.
Dre walked over to the edge of the pool looking down. The water was crystal clear. Dre bent down and lightly splashed the service feeling the water. The temperature was 80 degrees. It was perfect for swimming. Dre looked over past the pool. On a raised level was an outdoor hot tub. It was huge, at least 4 times bigger than the one in Cheng's bathroom. It could easily occupy 12 guests.
"This is great Cheng. Now I know why you asked me to bring my swim trunks," Cheng laughed.
"Yeah we'll defiantly go swimming."
Dre absolutely loved the back yard, between the pool and the hot tub as well as Cheng's wreck room they were definitely going to have a lot of fun tonight. However, Dre didn't notice something until he stood on the raised platform by the hot tub. There was more to the back yard.
"Oh wow Cheng, I didn't see that before," Dre looked at the rest of the back yard. Cheng guided him to see everything up close. Dre was loving every moment of this.
There was a net put up for volley ball. There were garden chairs set up and an outdoor shack, the shack had a couple quads for off roading, snow mobiles for the winter, and hunting rifles. Dre looked through the trees to see trails where he assumed they would go ride the quads.
"When my father had this house built he wanted a lot of land and privacy," Said Cheng. "There isn't another house for about a mile. We're very secluded here, no one to bother us and plenty of land to do as we wish."
"Yeah good point."
"Me, Liang, and Song always take the quads out through the trails, you can ride with me, they take some getting use to at first but they're a lot of fun. We'll ride through the trails later."
"Great I can't wait."
Dre looked up to the back of the yard there was hill in the back that lead to a plateau. Dre got excited when he saw what sat on top of the plateau.
"Wait Cheng what's that up there?" Dre pointed to the hill. "On the plateau over there? Is that...is that another house?" Cheng laughed.
"Why yes it is Dre. That is our guest house, but we never really use it. We have someone who comes up once a week to maintenance and clean it. There is a living room, a small kitchen, a full bath and a bedroom."
"Can we go see it!" Cheng laughed harder, he loved how excited Dre got over simple things like this."
"Later Dre, we'll wait for Song, for some reason he loves that house too."
Dre and Cheng turned around walked back towards the house, it wasn't until they walked back that Dre spotted something else he didn't see.
"Hey a hammock! Come on Cheng."
Dre ran from his spot towards the hammock that was tied between two large trees. Cheng followed close behind. The trees gave off a lot of shade. The hammock was large and could easily sit 2 people comfortably. Dre and Cheng went to go lay down on the hammock. It was relaxing and very nice. They laid close as it swung left to right.
They felt the warm summer breeze in the air. It made them tired and they could have easily napped. It was about 2:30 and Liang, Song, and Mei Ying would probably arrive within the hour. Cheng and Dre relaxed there for a half hour discussing their top secret mission tonight.
"Okay so run through the whole plan again with me," said Dre, Cheng looked over smiling.
"Well first off we need to get them separated without it being obvious. Actually we just need to get Song by himself, I think Liang won't mind. As we discussed this week you and Mei Ying will talk to Liang."
"And you will talk with Song."
"Right. I know eventually sometime tonight Song will want to go up to the guest house. Honestly I think he wants to just live there, I remember so many times he came over, him and Liang would just go sleep up there."
"So when you two go up there, we'll talk to Liang. Now Liang won't want to follow you guys right?"
"I doubt it honestly. Liang loves to shoot pool so you get his attention by offering to play a couple games with him. I think that should work."
"It will be a miracle if this works out that smoothly. We know what to say to Liang, and you know what to say to Song?" Cheng gave Dre a cocky smile.
"I think I know."
At that moment they heard the familiar sound of Song's voice call from the front yard.
"Where are the birthday boys!"
Cheng and Dre smiled and they rushed to get off the hammock. They watched as Liang, Song, and Mei Ying walked through the stone tunnel into the back yard. The three of them spoke at the same time.
"Happy Birthday!"
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