5. The Lone Wolf
Eric went back to his home. It was actually an apartment in a guesthouse. He greeted the owner of the guesthouse, who was an old lady, then he entered the apartment.
His apartment was pretty standard, a living room, a toilet, a kitchen, and a bed room. There was nobody in the apartment except himself. His family was in Xian and he came here by himself because he liked to study at JIS which truly appreciated art and music, instead of only academic results.
He put down his books and guitar, and sat on the couch. What a day! He had jammed with the best musician he had ever been with in a band. And the best of all - he met Lime.
He was thinking about it. "How could Lime be a bad girl? She is so nice and kind. She is no ordinary girls I saw everyday. She is special. Look at how she be with Squirrelly. She is like someone in a fairy tale."
"Hao! I'm Lime!" Eric remembered the scene, her smile. The way she put Squirrelly on her cheek and kissed him goodbye.
"See you!" Eric remembered the moment she ran to her home. The wave of her hair.
"Lime... she makes me feel so..." Eric didn't know how to describe his feeling.
He was staring at the floor, he looked up and he saw the picture of his brother on the top of the TV.
It was his brother taugh him how to play guitar. His brother was also a great guitarist. He introduced Eric to the world of blues.
And Eric remembered the tragic of his brother.
"Am I in love with Lime?" Eric wondered. He never had such feeling before. He felt that Lime was special and it's safe to be with her.
"She is definately not a bad girl, bro."
Eric got up, took the microwave food from the fridge, put it into the oven and went to the bathroom to take a shower.
Eric was watching TV and having his microwave dinner. It was "The Late Show with Dave" on TV.
"Ha... it's so funny!"
Eric finished his dinner, switched off the TV, did his homework, then went to sleep.
--
Eric was on his bed. Before he closed his eyes he was thinking a lot of things, mainly Lime.
"What am I going to do now?"
Eric was stranded. He knew he wanted her. But he didn't know exactly what to do.
Suddenly, he started to feel that he was so lonely. In the room it was dead silence. He was always a lone wolf, doing everything all by himself, except jamming with his bandmates. No one ever by his side sharing his feelings. What had he got himself into? Lime was a happy girl, but indeed he was sad, he was lonely.
He didn't realize that's why he could play blues so well since his playing got that feel, of course also because of his talent.
Slowly, he felt tired and he fell asleep.
--
"Dad, dad?"
Someone touched Eric. Eric woke up, the sun was shining and the light came into the room. He could see a kid touching him.
"What is that?" Eric was wondering.
"Dad, mum told me to wake you up. It about time and the breakfast is ready."
"Dad? What's that? Where am I?" Eric got up, he was not in his apartment anymore. It was a strange place, but he felt comfortable since this house gave him a warm feeling.
He walked out of the room. The house was larger than his own apartment. He was walking down the stairs.
He sat by the table in the living room. Someone came out of the kitchen.
"Hey darling, you woke up."
It was Lime!
"Mum what are we going to have for breakfast today?" The kid asked the lady.
Eric was thinking, "My kid call her mum? What the..."
--
"BEEP BEEP BEEP... BEEP BEEP BEEP!!"
Eric opened his eyes. It's a dream. He pressed the button of his alarm clock.
He felt so strange. "How could I have such dream?"
Eric was brushing his teeth. And Eric was thinking about the dream.
"Am I supposed to love Lime?"
He took out the sandwich in the fridge, put it into the microwave. He took it out and it's warm.
He poured himself a glass of milk, and he sat down and had his sandwich.
When he was chewing, he was still thinking about the dream.
He looked around, he knew there was nobody in this house.
"I'm so lonely."
"Wouldn't it be great if someone makes breakfast for me?"
"Will it be Lime?"
Eric bit the sandwich again. Chewing it.
"Oh... it will be sooo sweet if Lime will make breakfast for me... everyday."
--
Lime brushed her teeth, came out of her room after dressed her uniform.
"Good morning Lime." said Cherry.
"Good morning." said Bloodberry.
"Everybody, Ha~O!" Lime did that Ha~O! sign again.
"Lime, come and have some breakfast." said Ieyasu.
The breakfast was scrambled eggs, sausages and a toast with a cup of milk tea, cooked by Cherry.
"Oh it's wonderful!" said Lime.
Lime and Bloodberry was having their breakfast, Ieyasu had already finished and reading the newspaper. Cherry came out of the kitchen and sit down. Before she had her breakfast, she saw her sisters were enjoying the breakfast. She was very pleased. This was a great family.
--
Eric entered JIS through the gate, then he walked straight to the trees.
As usual, Lime was there with Squirrelly.
"Eric, Hao!"
"Hi Lime! Good morning. Do you mind I come up there?"
"No. Please come."
Eric put down his guitar case next to the tree, and began to climb up the tree.
Eric was a bit clumsy when climbing the tree.
"Eric, be careful."
"It's ok I'm fine."
Finally he got up there.
"I think I almost never climbed a tree before in my life." said Eric. "But it's worth it, it's so comfortable up here."
"Exactly!" said Lime, smiling.
"Yeah Lime, I got something for you." Eric opened his backpack and took out a plastic box. He opened it.
"Lime, this is some Xian style dim sum I bought at the restaurant nearby my home. Do you wanna try?"
"Wah! Eric you are so nice!"
Eric took out the chopstick and they enjoyed the food. Squirrelly was having the hamster food and Eric and Lime were having the dim sum.
"Hmm... they are delicious. Thank you so much Eric."
"You are welcome, Lime. If you don't mind I can buy different kinds of food and share with you here every morning when we are at school."
"That's great! Does that bother you?"
"Don't worry Lime, no problem, we are good friends."
Eric felt that he had achieved one of the biggest goal in his life when he made Lime happy.
Since then every morning other than a blue haired girl and a squirrel on the tree branch, there was also Eric.
--
Go to Chapter 6, "The Cream Of Chicken".
Eric went back to his home. It was actually an apartment in a guesthouse. He greeted the owner of the guesthouse, who was an old lady, then he entered the apartment.
His apartment was pretty standard, a living room, a toilet, a kitchen, and a bed room. There was nobody in the apartment except himself. His family was in Xian and he came here by himself because he liked to study at JIS which truly appreciated art and music, instead of only academic results.
He put down his books and guitar, and sat on the couch. What a day! He had jammed with the best musician he had ever been with in a band. And the best of all - he met Lime.
He was thinking about it. "How could Lime be a bad girl? She is so nice and kind. She is no ordinary girls I saw everyday. She is special. Look at how she be with Squirrelly. She is like someone in a fairy tale."
"Hao! I'm Lime!" Eric remembered the scene, her smile. The way she put Squirrelly on her cheek and kissed him goodbye.
"See you!" Eric remembered the moment she ran to her home. The wave of her hair.
"Lime... she makes me feel so..." Eric didn't know how to describe his feeling.
He was staring at the floor, he looked up and he saw the picture of his brother on the top of the TV.
It was his brother taugh him how to play guitar. His brother was also a great guitarist. He introduced Eric to the world of blues.
And Eric remembered the tragic of his brother.
"Am I in love with Lime?" Eric wondered. He never had such feeling before. He felt that Lime was special and it's safe to be with her.
"She is definately not a bad girl, bro."
Eric got up, took the microwave food from the fridge, put it into the oven and went to the bathroom to take a shower.
Eric was watching TV and having his microwave dinner. It was "The Late Show with Dave" on TV.
"Ha... it's so funny!"
Eric finished his dinner, switched off the TV, did his homework, then went to sleep.
--
Eric was on his bed. Before he closed his eyes he was thinking a lot of things, mainly Lime.
"What am I going to do now?"
Eric was stranded. He knew he wanted her. But he didn't know exactly what to do.
Suddenly, he started to feel that he was so lonely. In the room it was dead silence. He was always a lone wolf, doing everything all by himself, except jamming with his bandmates. No one ever by his side sharing his feelings. What had he got himself into? Lime was a happy girl, but indeed he was sad, he was lonely.
He didn't realize that's why he could play blues so well since his playing got that feel, of course also because of his talent.
Slowly, he felt tired and he fell asleep.
--
"Dad, dad?"
Someone touched Eric. Eric woke up, the sun was shining and the light came into the room. He could see a kid touching him.
"What is that?" Eric was wondering.
"Dad, mum told me to wake you up. It about time and the breakfast is ready."
"Dad? What's that? Where am I?" Eric got up, he was not in his apartment anymore. It was a strange place, but he felt comfortable since this house gave him a warm feeling.
He walked out of the room. The house was larger than his own apartment. He was walking down the stairs.
He sat by the table in the living room. Someone came out of the kitchen.
"Hey darling, you woke up."
It was Lime!
"Mum what are we going to have for breakfast today?" The kid asked the lady.
Eric was thinking, "My kid call her mum? What the..."
--
"BEEP BEEP BEEP... BEEP BEEP BEEP!!"
Eric opened his eyes. It's a dream. He pressed the button of his alarm clock.
He felt so strange. "How could I have such dream?"
Eric was brushing his teeth. And Eric was thinking about the dream.
"Am I supposed to love Lime?"
He took out the sandwich in the fridge, put it into the microwave. He took it out and it's warm.
He poured himself a glass of milk, and he sat down and had his sandwich.
When he was chewing, he was still thinking about the dream.
He looked around, he knew there was nobody in this house.
"I'm so lonely."
"Wouldn't it be great if someone makes breakfast for me?"
"Will it be Lime?"
Eric bit the sandwich again. Chewing it.
"Oh... it will be sooo sweet if Lime will make breakfast for me... everyday."
--
Lime brushed her teeth, came out of her room after dressed her uniform.
"Good morning Lime." said Cherry.
"Good morning." said Bloodberry.
"Everybody, Ha~O!" Lime did that Ha~O! sign again.
"Lime, come and have some breakfast." said Ieyasu.
The breakfast was scrambled eggs, sausages and a toast with a cup of milk tea, cooked by Cherry.
"Oh it's wonderful!" said Lime.
Lime and Bloodberry was having their breakfast, Ieyasu had already finished and reading the newspaper. Cherry came out of the kitchen and sit down. Before she had her breakfast, she saw her sisters were enjoying the breakfast. She was very pleased. This was a great family.
--
Eric entered JIS through the gate, then he walked straight to the trees.
As usual, Lime was there with Squirrelly.
"Eric, Hao!"
"Hi Lime! Good morning. Do you mind I come up there?"
"No. Please come."
Eric put down his guitar case next to the tree, and began to climb up the tree.
Eric was a bit clumsy when climbing the tree.
"Eric, be careful."
"It's ok I'm fine."
Finally he got up there.
"I think I almost never climbed a tree before in my life." said Eric. "But it's worth it, it's so comfortable up here."
"Exactly!" said Lime, smiling.
"Yeah Lime, I got something for you." Eric opened his backpack and took out a plastic box. He opened it.
"Lime, this is some Xian style dim sum I bought at the restaurant nearby my home. Do you wanna try?"
"Wah! Eric you are so nice!"
Eric took out the chopstick and they enjoyed the food. Squirrelly was having the hamster food and Eric and Lime were having the dim sum.
"Hmm... they are delicious. Thank you so much Eric."
"You are welcome, Lime. If you don't mind I can buy different kinds of food and share with you here every morning when we are at school."
"That's great! Does that bother you?"
"Don't worry Lime, no problem, we are good friends."
Eric felt that he had achieved one of the biggest goal in his life when he made Lime happy.
Since then every morning other than a blue haired girl and a squirrel on the tree branch, there was also Eric.
--
Go to Chapter 6, "The Cream Of Chicken".