Truly Madly Deeply
Chapter 2; Best Friends
*Mei-Ling is a little older in this chapter, and will continue to get older as the story goes on. So what do you think so far? Send me some feed back people!!*
I'll love you more with every breath
Truly, madly, deeply do
I will be strong
I will be faithful
'cause I'm counting on
A new beginning
A reason for living
A deeper meaning
Yeah
"I don't like school anymore." Mei-Ling sighed as she tossed her bookbag down on the ground. She sat down under her favorite oak tree and began to dig a hole in the dirt with a stick.
"I think I'll just stay home from now on and not go to school." she said "Do you think anyone would care?"
"You can't stay home from school everyday." came a reply from above her "Little girls are supposed to go to school."
Mei-Ling tilted her head back and glanced up in the tree. Shin was sitting on a branch a few feet above her head.
"Oh what do you know?" Mei-Ling huffed "You're not a little girl, and you don't go to school."
"I may not be a little girl," Shin said as he floated down beside her "But do you think I always knew how to be the Supreme Kai? I had to learn just like you. Besides, school can't be all that bad."
"Yes it is." Mei-Ling replied "My teacher makes us do vocabulary. And Richie is still picking on me."
"It'll get better." Shin told her "Give it a few years and you'll like school."
"No I won't." Mei-Ling stuck her tounge out "School sucks."
"Mei-Ling!" Shin gasped "Where did you hear such a word?!"
"Richie Vanderhuse."
"It figures. I don't want you using that word again."
"Fine."
Shin sat down in the grass beside the girl and smiled. "Now" he said "What kind of homework do you have today?"
"Spelling and math." Mei-Ling replied with a sigh "Homework su......its boring."
Shin smiled. It had been 2 years since he first met Mei-Ling and she was just as spunky as she was then. She was in the first grade now, and Shin had been coming to see her almost everyday for the past 2 years.
"Richie called me a worn today." Mei-Ling said as she opened her spelling book "An ugly toad worm. Shin, am I an ugly toad worm?"
"Heavens no. You're not an ugly toad worm, you're a very pretty toad worm."
"Shin!! I'm not a toad worm!!"
"I know you're not." Shin laughed "You're a pretty little girl. And Richie Vanderhause is a blind as a bat if he can't see that."
"Do you really think I'm pretty?" Mei-Ling asked "I don't think I am."
"You are beautiful." Shin replied "I bet you're the prettiest girl in school."
"Chrissy Miller is prettier than me." Mei-Ling sighed "Shes in the 8th grade and she has a boyfriend."
"You're far too young to be thinking about boyfriends." Shin told her "Besides, I've seen Chrissy Miller and you're much prettier than she is."
"Well when I get older I'm gonna have a boyfriend too." Mei-Ling said "And I'm gonna get married and have a family of my own. And then we'll live in a big castle....like Ciderella."
"That sounds wonderful." Shin smiled "How will you know when you meet your prince Charming?"
"I'll just know." Mei-Ling replied with a dreamy sigh "He'll be handsome, and kind, and he'll love me very much."
"Well I certainly hope you meet him someday. Now lets get started on that spelling work, ok?"
"Ok."
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"Mei-Ling!!" Sarah Mioko called from her doorway "Its time to eat!!"
The lovely woman wiped her hands on her apron and disappeared back in the house.
A few minutes later Mei-Ling came running through the house. "Hi mommy!" she called as she ran up the stairs 2 at a time.
"Don't run!" her mother called after her "And use soap when you wash your hands this time!"
A slight laugh from behind her caused Sarah to smile. She didn't have to turn around, she knew who it was. "Will you be staying for dinner again Shin?" she asked.
"It would appear so." Shin replied as he started up the stairs after Mei-Ling "I promise I'll use soap too."
Sarah laughed then turned around to place another plate on the table.
Shin found Mei-Ling standing at the bathroom sink, pokeing holes in a bar of soap with the end of a toothbrush. "What on earth are you doing?" he asked her.
Mei-Ling looked up and smiled. "Mommy said to use soap, she didn't say what to use it for."
"I don't believe this is what she meant." Shin told her "And I think that poor bar of soap is dead now, you can stop stabbing it."
Mei-Ling giggled. "You're funny." she said "Lets go eat." She started to run past him but he stopped her.
"Let me see your hands." he said.
Mei-Ling sighed and showed him her hands. "See." she said "They're clean."
"Alright." Shin nodded "I'll be down in a minute."
Mei-Ling skipped down the stairs and into the kitchen. "Can I go play after I eat?" she asked her mother as she sat down at the table.
"Is all your homework done?" he mother asked.
"Yep."
"Then yes, you can play after you eat."
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Mei-Ling rushed through dinner and had to be yelled at several times, by both Shin and her mother, for eating too fast.
"You're going to get sick if you keep eating so fast." Shin told her.
"Mu um." Mei-Ling replied through a mouthfull of noodles "I wilb mot."
"Mei-Ling, don't talk with your mouthfull." her mother scolded "Its not polite."
"Sorry." Mei-Ling smiled "Can I go play now?"
"Well....." Sarah examined her daughters plate "You didn't touch your rice."
"I don't like rice." Mei-Ling said as she wrinkled her nose "Its gross."
"Well eat part of it and then you can go play." her mother told her.
Mei-Ling made a face and glanced back down at the rice on her plate. "YUCK!"
The little girl forced herself to swallow a bite of rice, then glanced back up at her mother. "All done." she said "Now can I go play?"
"I suppose." her mother replied "Don't go to far."
"I won't." Mei-Ling giggled as she ran from the room. A moment later she returned "Aren't you coming with me Shin? We can play hide n go seek."
"I'll be there in a moment." Shin smiled "You go hide."
"Oh ok." Mei-Ling nodded and disappeared out the front door.
Shin turned around and smiled at Sarah. "She's a wonderful child." he said "A little on the energetic side, but wonderful nonetheless."
"Yes she is." Sarah replied "I'm very glad she has such a wonderful friend."
Shin blushed. "Mei-Ling means a lot to me." he said.
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Mei-Ling sat down in a clearing under a bush and waited for Shin to come find her. "He'll never find me here." she laughed to herself.
She sat there for what seemed like an eternity before she heard footsteps in the leaves.
"Mei-Ling?" it was Shin "Mei-Ling where are you?"
Mei-Ling ducked down farther in the bushes and tried not to laugh.
"A ha!" Shin pushed a bush aside and smiled down at the pink haired girl "I found you."
"Hey! No fair!" Mei-Ling cried as she stood up "How did you find me?"
"I can read your mind." Shin replied "So I knew exactly where to look."
"Oh....." Mei-Ling sat down again "Well don't read my mind anymore, ok? Its not fair."
"Very well."
"Uh, so what do we play now?"
"I'm afraid we'll have to postpone our little game." Shin said "Its time for me to go home now."
"Oh." Mei-Ling lowered her eyes "Will you come back again tomorrow?"
"I shall do my best." Shin smiled "And if not tomorrow, then as soon as I can."
"Alright." Mei-Ling smiled "Then I'll see you later." She jumped on Shin and hugged him.
"Good bye Mei-Ling." Shin hugged her back.
Mei-Ling waved as she watched her friend fly away. When he was almost out of ear shot she called to him.
"Shin!!"
Shin stopped and turned around. "Yes?" he called back.
"We're friends right?" Mei-Ling asked.
"Of course we are."
"Best friends?"
"The best. Good bye Mei-Ling."
"Good bye Shin!"
Chapter 2; Best Friends
*Mei-Ling is a little older in this chapter, and will continue to get older as the story goes on. So what do you think so far? Send me some feed back people!!*
I'll love you more with every breath
Truly, madly, deeply do
I will be strong
I will be faithful
'cause I'm counting on
A new beginning
A reason for living
A deeper meaning
Yeah
"I don't like school anymore." Mei-Ling sighed as she tossed her bookbag down on the ground. She sat down under her favorite oak tree and began to dig a hole in the dirt with a stick.
"I think I'll just stay home from now on and not go to school." she said "Do you think anyone would care?"
"You can't stay home from school everyday." came a reply from above her "Little girls are supposed to go to school."
Mei-Ling tilted her head back and glanced up in the tree. Shin was sitting on a branch a few feet above her head.
"Oh what do you know?" Mei-Ling huffed "You're not a little girl, and you don't go to school."
"I may not be a little girl," Shin said as he floated down beside her "But do you think I always knew how to be the Supreme Kai? I had to learn just like you. Besides, school can't be all that bad."
"Yes it is." Mei-Ling replied "My teacher makes us do vocabulary. And Richie is still picking on me."
"It'll get better." Shin told her "Give it a few years and you'll like school."
"No I won't." Mei-Ling stuck her tounge out "School sucks."
"Mei-Ling!" Shin gasped "Where did you hear such a word?!"
"Richie Vanderhuse."
"It figures. I don't want you using that word again."
"Fine."
Shin sat down in the grass beside the girl and smiled. "Now" he said "What kind of homework do you have today?"
"Spelling and math." Mei-Ling replied with a sigh "Homework su......its boring."
Shin smiled. It had been 2 years since he first met Mei-Ling and she was just as spunky as she was then. She was in the first grade now, and Shin had been coming to see her almost everyday for the past 2 years.
"Richie called me a worn today." Mei-Ling said as she opened her spelling book "An ugly toad worm. Shin, am I an ugly toad worm?"
"Heavens no. You're not an ugly toad worm, you're a very pretty toad worm."
"Shin!! I'm not a toad worm!!"
"I know you're not." Shin laughed "You're a pretty little girl. And Richie Vanderhause is a blind as a bat if he can't see that."
"Do you really think I'm pretty?" Mei-Ling asked "I don't think I am."
"You are beautiful." Shin replied "I bet you're the prettiest girl in school."
"Chrissy Miller is prettier than me." Mei-Ling sighed "Shes in the 8th grade and she has a boyfriend."
"You're far too young to be thinking about boyfriends." Shin told her "Besides, I've seen Chrissy Miller and you're much prettier than she is."
"Well when I get older I'm gonna have a boyfriend too." Mei-Ling said "And I'm gonna get married and have a family of my own. And then we'll live in a big castle....like Ciderella."
"That sounds wonderful." Shin smiled "How will you know when you meet your prince Charming?"
"I'll just know." Mei-Ling replied with a dreamy sigh "He'll be handsome, and kind, and he'll love me very much."
"Well I certainly hope you meet him someday. Now lets get started on that spelling work, ok?"
"Ok."
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"Mei-Ling!!" Sarah Mioko called from her doorway "Its time to eat!!"
The lovely woman wiped her hands on her apron and disappeared back in the house.
A few minutes later Mei-Ling came running through the house. "Hi mommy!" she called as she ran up the stairs 2 at a time.
"Don't run!" her mother called after her "And use soap when you wash your hands this time!"
A slight laugh from behind her caused Sarah to smile. She didn't have to turn around, she knew who it was. "Will you be staying for dinner again Shin?" she asked.
"It would appear so." Shin replied as he started up the stairs after Mei-Ling "I promise I'll use soap too."
Sarah laughed then turned around to place another plate on the table.
Shin found Mei-Ling standing at the bathroom sink, pokeing holes in a bar of soap with the end of a toothbrush. "What on earth are you doing?" he asked her.
Mei-Ling looked up and smiled. "Mommy said to use soap, she didn't say what to use it for."
"I don't believe this is what she meant." Shin told her "And I think that poor bar of soap is dead now, you can stop stabbing it."
Mei-Ling giggled. "You're funny." she said "Lets go eat." She started to run past him but he stopped her.
"Let me see your hands." he said.
Mei-Ling sighed and showed him her hands. "See." she said "They're clean."
"Alright." Shin nodded "I'll be down in a minute."
Mei-Ling skipped down the stairs and into the kitchen. "Can I go play after I eat?" she asked her mother as she sat down at the table.
"Is all your homework done?" he mother asked.
"Yep."
"Then yes, you can play after you eat."
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Mei-Ling rushed through dinner and had to be yelled at several times, by both Shin and her mother, for eating too fast.
"You're going to get sick if you keep eating so fast." Shin told her.
"Mu um." Mei-Ling replied through a mouthfull of noodles "I wilb mot."
"Mei-Ling, don't talk with your mouthfull." her mother scolded "Its not polite."
"Sorry." Mei-Ling smiled "Can I go play now?"
"Well....." Sarah examined her daughters plate "You didn't touch your rice."
"I don't like rice." Mei-Ling said as she wrinkled her nose "Its gross."
"Well eat part of it and then you can go play." her mother told her.
Mei-Ling made a face and glanced back down at the rice on her plate. "YUCK!"
The little girl forced herself to swallow a bite of rice, then glanced back up at her mother. "All done." she said "Now can I go play?"
"I suppose." her mother replied "Don't go to far."
"I won't." Mei-Ling giggled as she ran from the room. A moment later she returned "Aren't you coming with me Shin? We can play hide n go seek."
"I'll be there in a moment." Shin smiled "You go hide."
"Oh ok." Mei-Ling nodded and disappeared out the front door.
Shin turned around and smiled at Sarah. "She's a wonderful child." he said "A little on the energetic side, but wonderful nonetheless."
"Yes she is." Sarah replied "I'm very glad she has such a wonderful friend."
Shin blushed. "Mei-Ling means a lot to me." he said.
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Mei-Ling sat down in a clearing under a bush and waited for Shin to come find her. "He'll never find me here." she laughed to herself.
She sat there for what seemed like an eternity before she heard footsteps in the leaves.
"Mei-Ling?" it was Shin "Mei-Ling where are you?"
Mei-Ling ducked down farther in the bushes and tried not to laugh.
"A ha!" Shin pushed a bush aside and smiled down at the pink haired girl "I found you."
"Hey! No fair!" Mei-Ling cried as she stood up "How did you find me?"
"I can read your mind." Shin replied "So I knew exactly where to look."
"Oh....." Mei-Ling sat down again "Well don't read my mind anymore, ok? Its not fair."
"Very well."
"Uh, so what do we play now?"
"I'm afraid we'll have to postpone our little game." Shin said "Its time for me to go home now."
"Oh." Mei-Ling lowered her eyes "Will you come back again tomorrow?"
"I shall do my best." Shin smiled "And if not tomorrow, then as soon as I can."
"Alright." Mei-Ling smiled "Then I'll see you later." She jumped on Shin and hugged him.
"Good bye Mei-Ling." Shin hugged her back.
Mei-Ling waved as she watched her friend fly away. When he was almost out of ear shot she called to him.
"Shin!!"
Shin stopped and turned around. "Yes?" he called back.
"We're friends right?" Mei-Ling asked.
"Of course we are."
"Best friends?"
"The best. Good bye Mei-Ling."
"Good bye Shin!"
