Last time on Meilin's Story:
"You have a cr..Oh my god Li!" Madison shouted at him, shaking his shoulders again.
"Mind your own business Madison," Li said, breaking her arms off his shoulders and stepping to the side of her and walking away. Madison stood there for a few minutes. Thinking over this information she enquired from Li. She couldn't tell Sakura. She knew Sakura could never like someone like Li. Or could she? What about Meilin? Madison wanted to shout that out to Li. Meilin had become her friend over the time she had been here. She was a part of the team as Sakura put it. Madison quickly turned and ran back down the way she came. Sakura was waiting for her in the park.
Meilin's Story Part Two
Two weeks had flown by for Meilin. She had trained hard, and the martial arts tournament was the next mourning. She lay on her bed, looking out the window, wondering what Li was doing. Meilin had called his house eight times in the past thirteen days, and only got to talk to him once. He was always in the shower, outside, staying after school, or at someone else's house. She began to wonder if that was were he really was, or he was glad to see her go. The telephone on the nightstand next to her bed rang, causing her to jump. She quickly leaped for the phone, grabbing the receiver.
"Hello?!? This is Meilin," she beamed quickly into the phone.
"Hey Meilin its Rex." Said the voice on the other side.
"Oh, hey Rex. " Meilin replied in a rather disappointed tone of voice.
"Wishing I was someone else?" Rex said with a heavy sigh.
"Yea kinda, but I'm glad to talk to someone." Meilin said, trying to cheer him up.
"Wishing he would call?"
"Who Li? Oh no, I was waiting for a call from." Meilin got cut off.
"You aint a very good liar Meilin, I just called to make sure you weren't nervous about the martial arts tournament tomorrow." Rex said cutting her off in a flat tone.
"Oh. no I'm fine, I'll you see you in the mourning." And with that, she hung up the phone. She sighed and they resumed her positing on her bed, winding down form the day and preparing in her mind for the tournament tomorrow.
"I have to call him, " she said out loud as she grabbed the receiver and dialed his phone number. It rang twice before someone picked up.
"Hello?" Said the voice of a young boy. It was Li for sure. Meilin's eyes lit up. Finally she could get a chance to talk to him.
"Li! Finally got a hold of you! I've got so much to tell you about." Meilin squealed into the phone. Just then there was a giggle of a familiar girls voice. Then that same girl's voice asked who was on the telephone. Li froze as he heard Meilin's voice speak back to him.
"Huh.Hi mom." He said, trying to cover for himself.
"Mom? Li its Meilin not your mom, who was that?" Meilin said, a very confused tone in her voice.
"Oh, everything is going good, Wei is doing fine, nope, at the market." Li said, his voice rather shaky and broken.
"Li what wrong with you? I'm not your mother! Was that Sakura's voice? Is she over there?" Meilin asked frantically in scared and frustrated voice.
"Oh ok mom, I love you too, bye." Li said and hung up the receiver. Meilin held phone up to her ear and listened to the beep beep beep until the realization sunk in. Li had hung up on her and called her his mother. Was he trying to tell her something? Meilin was almost certain it was Sakura's voice she heard. She was right; Sakura was over at Li's house. A lot can change over two weeks while she was away. Meilin could only imagine the worst, and it was true.
She just shook her head and changed into her pajamas. She needed a good night sleep for the tournament. The thought of Li and Sakura drifted slowly out of her head as Meilin feel deeply asleep. Sweet dreams of her and Li filled her mind. Li stood by the phone and stared at t for about 30 seconds. Sakura stood behind him, with a confused look on her face. Why is he staring at the phone? Thoughts like that grazed her mind.
"Li? Was that your mom?" She asked, raising an eyebrow. Li shook his head and turned around to face her and a small smile spread across his lip. "Yea, she was just checking up on me." He said and walked over to the couch and sat down. Sakura followed him, enjoying his smile, it was almost the first time he did since he came to Reedington.
Meilin awoke at seven o'clock that morning. It was a beautiful Saturday. She reached over and turned the radio on her alarm clock on and jumped out of bed. Brushing her hair that was down and messy out of her face as she made her bed. She sang along with the latest toon on the radio, when she was done with her bed, hurried down the hallway to the bathroom to fix her hair. She brushed her long black hair and parted it into two sections. Pulling her hair up into a high ponytail, she wrapped it once around into a small bun above her ear then tied it with a blue ribbon, leaving a long section hang down. Meilin did the same for the other side of her hair. She hurried out of the bathroom and walked down the stairs into then living room where her mother sat reading the paper.
"Morning Mother." She said with a smile on her face as she went into the kitchen.
"Good morning Meilin. " Her mother said, turning the page of her newspaper. Meilin pushed the swing door to the kitchen open and saw her father already in there, fixing a plate of soft Chinese white noodles, with chopped up pieces of Chinese mushrooms in it.
"Dad you made my favorite!" Meilin exclaimed as she sat up on a stool on the kitchen island. Her father smiled and set the plate in front to her, along with a glass of orange juice and milk.
"Pasta is just what you need for your tournament today." He said, going back over to the stove. Meilin stabbed a couple mushrooms with her fork and popped them into her mouth.
"Are you and mom coming to watch?" Meilin asked and then began chewing the mushrooms.
"Of course Princess, " her father said, "We've never missed one." Meilin smiled and started on the noodles. When she was finished with her breakfast, she did the dishes and the rest of her morning chores. When she was finished, she hurried up stairs to get dressed. She put on her robe and tied it with her green belt. She left before she had the chance to go for her black belt. That didn't bother her one bit; she was confidant that her and Rex could pull out a win this year. Then she'd have two first place wins under her belt.
She grabbed her gym bag and hurried down stairs and put on her light weigh, new shoes her parents had bought her. Her father and mother were already standing by the door. All three of them went out the door and into the family car; they were on their way to pick up Rex, and then to the tournament. Li and Sakura had plans to do something together that mourning. Sakura stood in the park and waited for him, standing by the store that sold the amulets. A flashback of the maze card hit her as she thought about it. She spotted him when he entered the park; she was early for in her life.
"Hi Li," She said, leaning off the side of the store.
"Sakura, we need to talk." Li said in his usual monotone voice. A worried look hit Sakura's face as he finished that sentence. She knew it had to be about Meilin.
"Oh, what about?" She said, starting to walk with him around the park. Li was silent for about thirty seconds as they walked together.
"Meilin.I still haven't told her and I don't think its fair that I do this to her." he said, tilting his head down, as if in shame.
".Ok.what do you wanna do about it?" Sakura asked, her voice getting shaky like she was about to cry.
"You're the first girl I've ever shared my feelings with, all I've done is push Meilin away." Li swallowed. The same growing in his voice with every word he spoke to her.
"I'm stilling waiting for a solution." Sakura assumed he had one.
"I'm going to call her and tell her everything tonight, I'll never be able to do it face to face." Li said, the same overwhelmed tone in his voice.
"That's kinda cowardly you know." Sakura said, scratching her head. Li didn't reply to that. He just hung his head. He had feelings for Sakura and Meilin. He was afraid of hurting Meilin because they grew up together. Sakura reached down and took Li's hand in hers and smiled.
"I'm sorry I take that back, you call her and tell her tonight, she wont be to mad, she probably having a good time in Hong Kong." Sakura said with a smile. Li smiled back and held her hand. The two continued to walk around the park, speechless. Meilin was having the time of her life at the tournament. She had beaten every opponent for 3 straight matches. Rex had won all his. Her parents cheered as Meilin had made it into the final round, taking out her third opponent. Rex did the same, they would fight each other in the final round.
There was a short intermission before round six. The round that would decide the top four students that were the champions of martial arts. Meilin was a returning champion. She had a different partner this year. So it would make the judging more difficult, since they grade on the past performance improvement as well. The bell rang and the only other couple to make it started their routine. Meilin went over the routine in her head, making sure she wouldn't make a mistake. As a defending champion, she got to go second. The first couple finished their routine and bowed to the judges.
Meilin and Rex took their positions on the mat. They bowed in unison in front of the judges and the led judge gave a nod, telling them to begin. Meilin had the first move. Rex blocked and countered. They continued flawlessly. Both very light on their feet and not one mistake from either of them. They finished their routine and bowed. The other couple joined them on met and the judges all huttled together. It took them a little less than five minutes to decide on a victor, and who would go home with nothing. They all resumed their chairs and looked at each participant.
"The judges have come to a decision, here before us we saw to very different routines. Two couples from two different martial arts schools. Genesis Jerkin, from Half Pine School of Martial Arts, her partner David Hogan from Half Pine School of Martial Arts. And then we have Meilin Rae, last year's Martial Arts Champion, with her new partner Rex Mizoki. With no further a due.this year Martial Arts Champions are."
"You have a cr..Oh my god Li!" Madison shouted at him, shaking his shoulders again.
"Mind your own business Madison," Li said, breaking her arms off his shoulders and stepping to the side of her and walking away. Madison stood there for a few minutes. Thinking over this information she enquired from Li. She couldn't tell Sakura. She knew Sakura could never like someone like Li. Or could she? What about Meilin? Madison wanted to shout that out to Li. Meilin had become her friend over the time she had been here. She was a part of the team as Sakura put it. Madison quickly turned and ran back down the way she came. Sakura was waiting for her in the park.
Meilin's Story Part Two
Two weeks had flown by for Meilin. She had trained hard, and the martial arts tournament was the next mourning. She lay on her bed, looking out the window, wondering what Li was doing. Meilin had called his house eight times in the past thirteen days, and only got to talk to him once. He was always in the shower, outside, staying after school, or at someone else's house. She began to wonder if that was were he really was, or he was glad to see her go. The telephone on the nightstand next to her bed rang, causing her to jump. She quickly leaped for the phone, grabbing the receiver.
"Hello?!? This is Meilin," she beamed quickly into the phone.
"Hey Meilin its Rex." Said the voice on the other side.
"Oh, hey Rex. " Meilin replied in a rather disappointed tone of voice.
"Wishing I was someone else?" Rex said with a heavy sigh.
"Yea kinda, but I'm glad to talk to someone." Meilin said, trying to cheer him up.
"Wishing he would call?"
"Who Li? Oh no, I was waiting for a call from." Meilin got cut off.
"You aint a very good liar Meilin, I just called to make sure you weren't nervous about the martial arts tournament tomorrow." Rex said cutting her off in a flat tone.
"Oh. no I'm fine, I'll you see you in the mourning." And with that, she hung up the phone. She sighed and they resumed her positing on her bed, winding down form the day and preparing in her mind for the tournament tomorrow.
"I have to call him, " she said out loud as she grabbed the receiver and dialed his phone number. It rang twice before someone picked up.
"Hello?" Said the voice of a young boy. It was Li for sure. Meilin's eyes lit up. Finally she could get a chance to talk to him.
"Li! Finally got a hold of you! I've got so much to tell you about." Meilin squealed into the phone. Just then there was a giggle of a familiar girls voice. Then that same girl's voice asked who was on the telephone. Li froze as he heard Meilin's voice speak back to him.
"Huh.Hi mom." He said, trying to cover for himself.
"Mom? Li its Meilin not your mom, who was that?" Meilin said, a very confused tone in her voice.
"Oh, everything is going good, Wei is doing fine, nope, at the market." Li said, his voice rather shaky and broken.
"Li what wrong with you? I'm not your mother! Was that Sakura's voice? Is she over there?" Meilin asked frantically in scared and frustrated voice.
"Oh ok mom, I love you too, bye." Li said and hung up the receiver. Meilin held phone up to her ear and listened to the beep beep beep until the realization sunk in. Li had hung up on her and called her his mother. Was he trying to tell her something? Meilin was almost certain it was Sakura's voice she heard. She was right; Sakura was over at Li's house. A lot can change over two weeks while she was away. Meilin could only imagine the worst, and it was true.
She just shook her head and changed into her pajamas. She needed a good night sleep for the tournament. The thought of Li and Sakura drifted slowly out of her head as Meilin feel deeply asleep. Sweet dreams of her and Li filled her mind. Li stood by the phone and stared at t for about 30 seconds. Sakura stood behind him, with a confused look on her face. Why is he staring at the phone? Thoughts like that grazed her mind.
"Li? Was that your mom?" She asked, raising an eyebrow. Li shook his head and turned around to face her and a small smile spread across his lip. "Yea, she was just checking up on me." He said and walked over to the couch and sat down. Sakura followed him, enjoying his smile, it was almost the first time he did since he came to Reedington.
Meilin awoke at seven o'clock that morning. It was a beautiful Saturday. She reached over and turned the radio on her alarm clock on and jumped out of bed. Brushing her hair that was down and messy out of her face as she made her bed. She sang along with the latest toon on the radio, when she was done with her bed, hurried down the hallway to the bathroom to fix her hair. She brushed her long black hair and parted it into two sections. Pulling her hair up into a high ponytail, she wrapped it once around into a small bun above her ear then tied it with a blue ribbon, leaving a long section hang down. Meilin did the same for the other side of her hair. She hurried out of the bathroom and walked down the stairs into then living room where her mother sat reading the paper.
"Morning Mother." She said with a smile on her face as she went into the kitchen.
"Good morning Meilin. " Her mother said, turning the page of her newspaper. Meilin pushed the swing door to the kitchen open and saw her father already in there, fixing a plate of soft Chinese white noodles, with chopped up pieces of Chinese mushrooms in it.
"Dad you made my favorite!" Meilin exclaimed as she sat up on a stool on the kitchen island. Her father smiled and set the plate in front to her, along with a glass of orange juice and milk.
"Pasta is just what you need for your tournament today." He said, going back over to the stove. Meilin stabbed a couple mushrooms with her fork and popped them into her mouth.
"Are you and mom coming to watch?" Meilin asked and then began chewing the mushrooms.
"Of course Princess, " her father said, "We've never missed one." Meilin smiled and started on the noodles. When she was finished with her breakfast, she did the dishes and the rest of her morning chores. When she was finished, she hurried up stairs to get dressed. She put on her robe and tied it with her green belt. She left before she had the chance to go for her black belt. That didn't bother her one bit; she was confidant that her and Rex could pull out a win this year. Then she'd have two first place wins under her belt.
She grabbed her gym bag and hurried down stairs and put on her light weigh, new shoes her parents had bought her. Her father and mother were already standing by the door. All three of them went out the door and into the family car; they were on their way to pick up Rex, and then to the tournament. Li and Sakura had plans to do something together that mourning. Sakura stood in the park and waited for him, standing by the store that sold the amulets. A flashback of the maze card hit her as she thought about it. She spotted him when he entered the park; she was early for in her life.
"Hi Li," She said, leaning off the side of the store.
"Sakura, we need to talk." Li said in his usual monotone voice. A worried look hit Sakura's face as he finished that sentence. She knew it had to be about Meilin.
"Oh, what about?" She said, starting to walk with him around the park. Li was silent for about thirty seconds as they walked together.
"Meilin.I still haven't told her and I don't think its fair that I do this to her." he said, tilting his head down, as if in shame.
".Ok.what do you wanna do about it?" Sakura asked, her voice getting shaky like she was about to cry.
"You're the first girl I've ever shared my feelings with, all I've done is push Meilin away." Li swallowed. The same growing in his voice with every word he spoke to her.
"I'm stilling waiting for a solution." Sakura assumed he had one.
"I'm going to call her and tell her everything tonight, I'll never be able to do it face to face." Li said, the same overwhelmed tone in his voice.
"That's kinda cowardly you know." Sakura said, scratching her head. Li didn't reply to that. He just hung his head. He had feelings for Sakura and Meilin. He was afraid of hurting Meilin because they grew up together. Sakura reached down and took Li's hand in hers and smiled.
"I'm sorry I take that back, you call her and tell her tonight, she wont be to mad, she probably having a good time in Hong Kong." Sakura said with a smile. Li smiled back and held her hand. The two continued to walk around the park, speechless. Meilin was having the time of her life at the tournament. She had beaten every opponent for 3 straight matches. Rex had won all his. Her parents cheered as Meilin had made it into the final round, taking out her third opponent. Rex did the same, they would fight each other in the final round.
There was a short intermission before round six. The round that would decide the top four students that were the champions of martial arts. Meilin was a returning champion. She had a different partner this year. So it would make the judging more difficult, since they grade on the past performance improvement as well. The bell rang and the only other couple to make it started their routine. Meilin went over the routine in her head, making sure she wouldn't make a mistake. As a defending champion, she got to go second. The first couple finished their routine and bowed to the judges.
Meilin and Rex took their positions on the mat. They bowed in unison in front of the judges and the led judge gave a nod, telling them to begin. Meilin had the first move. Rex blocked and countered. They continued flawlessly. Both very light on their feet and not one mistake from either of them. They finished their routine and bowed. The other couple joined them on met and the judges all huttled together. It took them a little less than five minutes to decide on a victor, and who would go home with nothing. They all resumed their chairs and looked at each participant.
"The judges have come to a decision, here before us we saw to very different routines. Two couples from two different martial arts schools. Genesis Jerkin, from Half Pine School of Martial Arts, her partner David Hogan from Half Pine School of Martial Arts. And then we have Meilin Rae, last year's Martial Arts Champion, with her new partner Rex Mizoki. With no further a due.this year Martial Arts Champions are."