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Xiao leaned against the window of the bus thinking about Joan's brother. Why couldn't I think of anything better to say to him? It was like my mind froze! She shook her head, Joan turned to her, "You like him!"
Xiao gasped, "Who are you talking about?" Joan laughed,
"It's so obvious! And… and… I think he likes you too," Joan continued, Xiao bit her lip,
"Oh? What makes you come to that conclusion?" Joan went on,
"Oh the way he looked at you, he asked me who you were," Xiao laughed,
"Really Joan, I couldn't care less about guys at this point in my life, I'm here to study, not go running after guys!" Joan nodded,
"Sure, sure, running away from them is more like it," Joan said, Xiao raised an eyebrow,
"A little birdie told me to come here to study, not to find my soul mate, besides, there are better things to do than fall in love." Joan raised her eye brow,
"Whoa, where'd you come from girl?", Xiao sighed,
"New Zealand," Joan laughed,
"Ah, that explains that fully,".
The bus stopped and everyone got out, Joan spotted a small crowd of people around a wall, "Hey look, an interesting wall, lets have a look," Xiao sighed,
"Sure," they reached the interesting wall to find a small A4 poster on it with, "TALENT QUEST- school auditorium, 13th of February, all welcome, to enter fill in form." A box and a pile of paper was on the ground, Joan laughed,
"Well, gotta go check that out, most people that enter don't have any talent." Xiao picked up one of the forms and began to fill it out,
"I haven't entered a talent quest since I was 12 years old, but hey, could never hurt!" Xiao said, Joan smiled,
"So what will you do for it?" Xiao folded up the piece of paper and dropped it into the slot,
"Play my guitar," She said,
"Cool, well, better get in before we get in trouble," Joan told her,
"Yeah" Xiao said.
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Xiao opened the door and walked into her uncle's house, "Koh Fu, I'm home," she called, her aunt was still at work and her uncle (Koh Fu) was probably in the study. Xiao went up the stairs to the guest room, her room, not really the guest room because it was to be occupied by her until she finished high school. She found her guitar in its case, as she took it out she dropped a sheet of paper with some lyrics on it, 'good song, that'll do.' She thought, she started to strum the chords quietly when she heard the phone ring. She heard Richard running down to get it so she ignored it until,
"Xiao," She heard him say, "for you," she put down her guitar and got the phone,
"Hello?",
"Hello Xiao," she heard the boy say,
"Um, who is this?" she asked,
"Me," He said, Xiao frowned,
"That's obvious, who are you?" she asked again,
"God," God said, Xiao laughed,
"I didn't know you had a phone,"
"So I'm God,"
"And what's up?"
"Have you met Joan's brother?"
"Doesn't she have two?"
"Yes, but the one that got the door this morning."
"Um, yeah." Xiao said,
"Would you say he was rather taken by you?" Xiao blushed,
"Um, I wouldn't know God, you tell me,"
"Xiao, he's not dating anyone," Xiao frowned,
"Ok, what's your point God? I'm not here to go out with guys, it was you who told me not to," she heard God sigh,
"Ok Xiao," and He hung up. Xiao alarmed, pressed the recall button, but she didn't hear a tone at all.
"Dammit." She said putting down the phone. Richard came in,
"Hey, who was that?" Xiao frowned,
"Just some guy, no one important," she told him, Richard laughed,
"Sure," and he left.
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