Beautiful2
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From all the pain
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She decided not to go to practice any longer or to study. No one would care if she did or she did not. No one ever cared before so why would anyone care now?
Besides today was the day XiaoLang and his bride would arrive. She did not resent his new bride, she liked her. His bride was nice and kind. She knew she could never be as good as her. As hard as she tired his bride was still better than she was.
It wasn't as if she did not know what was happening when she was still in Japan. He had a crush on her the moment he saw her. And when she came back home she knew what would happen. He even wrote letter to her telling her about his new bride. She was the first to know that he was going to ask her to be his bride.
As she walked out the door her mother gave her a letter, "He's still writing you letters, you still have a chance."
She opened the letter when she was safely away from her house. It read:
Dear Meilin,
I hope this gets to you. When I'm back home I want you to come meet me in your garden. We have to talk, okay? I'll see you. Come around midnight. We have to talk.
Signed,
XiaoLang
It was only ten in the morning. She looked at the letter again. Maybe she would go; she didn't have anything else to do.
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Everyone waited for their arrival in the main house, everyone but Meilin. She waited for his arrival in the garden. It was a nice night. There was a full moon and so many stars you couldn't even begin to count. The fireflies were out and the clouds weren't. The flowers were sleeping and so were the birds.
She was waiting since their arrival before the sun even went down. She didn't mind, she'd always liked sitting out in the garden looking at the stars, moon, and planets.
"I didn't think you'd show," said a familiar voice. She didn't answer but did turn around. "How long have you been out here?"
"For a while."
"I saw you here since I got here at three."
"I didn't notice I was here for such a long time."
"You missed dinner."
"I don't eat in the main house."
"Since when?"
"For a while now."
"Everything looks exactly as I left it, except you." She looked down at her feet. "You look so different, I wouldn't have even recognized you if you didn't have that red hair pendant."
She looked up at his face. "You look exactly the same, brown eyes, black hair."
He chuckled, "Yeah. So how have you been?"
"How do I look like I've been."
"Okay," he said not being sure of himself.
"I guess."
"Why didn't you ever write to me about yourself? You would always ask about how I was doing but you would never tell me about life back home."
"What's there to tell. You've lived here before."
"Yeah, but… never mind. Meilin I was wondering if you'd be part of the wedding."
She looked at him, "Why?"
"Why? You're my best friend."
"I'm sorry but I can't, besides you've got tons of other people willing to be part of the ceremony," she said as she got up and left. She left him there as she walked out of the estate.
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It was midnight and a dangerous time to be in the streets of Hong Kong. She's been out before but not this late. She didn't know where she was going but she just kept walking. She walked all night. The sun came up in front of her. She knew where she was. She's been here before and knew how to get back but didn't want to go back.
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[End of CH 2.]
December 25, 2002
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From all the pain
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She decided not to go to practice any longer or to study. No one would care if she did or she did not. No one ever cared before so why would anyone care now?
Besides today was the day XiaoLang and his bride would arrive. She did not resent his new bride, she liked her. His bride was nice and kind. She knew she could never be as good as her. As hard as she tired his bride was still better than she was.
It wasn't as if she did not know what was happening when she was still in Japan. He had a crush on her the moment he saw her. And when she came back home she knew what would happen. He even wrote letter to her telling her about his new bride. She was the first to know that he was going to ask her to be his bride.
As she walked out the door her mother gave her a letter, "He's still writing you letters, you still have a chance."
She opened the letter when she was safely away from her house. It read:
Dear Meilin,
I hope this gets to you. When I'm back home I want you to come meet me in your garden. We have to talk, okay? I'll see you. Come around midnight. We have to talk.
Signed,
XiaoLang
It was only ten in the morning. She looked at the letter again. Maybe she would go; she didn't have anything else to do.
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Everyone waited for their arrival in the main house, everyone but Meilin. She waited for his arrival in the garden. It was a nice night. There was a full moon and so many stars you couldn't even begin to count. The fireflies were out and the clouds weren't. The flowers were sleeping and so were the birds.
She was waiting since their arrival before the sun even went down. She didn't mind, she'd always liked sitting out in the garden looking at the stars, moon, and planets.
"I didn't think you'd show," said a familiar voice. She didn't answer but did turn around. "How long have you been out here?"
"For a while."
"I saw you here since I got here at three."
"I didn't notice I was here for such a long time."
"You missed dinner."
"I don't eat in the main house."
"Since when?"
"For a while now."
"Everything looks exactly as I left it, except you." She looked down at her feet. "You look so different, I wouldn't have even recognized you if you didn't have that red hair pendant."
She looked up at his face. "You look exactly the same, brown eyes, black hair."
He chuckled, "Yeah. So how have you been?"
"How do I look like I've been."
"Okay," he said not being sure of himself.
"I guess."
"Why didn't you ever write to me about yourself? You would always ask about how I was doing but you would never tell me about life back home."
"What's there to tell. You've lived here before."
"Yeah, but… never mind. Meilin I was wondering if you'd be part of the wedding."
She looked at him, "Why?"
"Why? You're my best friend."
"I'm sorry but I can't, besides you've got tons of other people willing to be part of the ceremony," she said as she got up and left. She left him there as she walked out of the estate.
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It was midnight and a dangerous time to be in the streets of Hong Kong. She's been out before but not this late. She didn't know where she was going but she just kept walking. She walked all night. The sun came up in front of her. She knew where she was. She's been here before and knew how to get back but didn't want to go back.
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[End of CH 2.]
December 25, 2002
