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Hey what are those three guys doing to that girl? Kevin thought as he drove past the scene. He slowed down and he saw the girl somehow break free and run off in the rain. He followed the girl around the corner of the street, she was still running, even though she was completely soaked. Her long black hair clung to the coat she was wearing. Wait, long black hair… isn't that Xiao? He thought suddenly. He stopped the car and wound down the window, "Hey Xiao Su!" he called out to her, Xiao turned to see who it was,

"Hello?" she called, walking slowly towards Kevin's car, "What do you want?" she asked, Kevin stuck his head out the window into the rain,

"It's Joan's brother, Kevin," he said, Xiao was only a few feet away, still walking slowly, cautiously,

"Hi, um, what are you doing here?" she said, brushing her wet hair away from her face,

"Looks like you might want a ride, jump in," Kevin offered, Xiao opened the car door and got into the passenger seat,

"Thanks Kevin," Xiao mumbled, her hair and her coat were utterly soaked,

"No problem," Kevin said, Xiao smiled politely, and looked down, her hair dripping as though she had just been swimming. God, she is beautiful, even now. Kevin thought, looking at her,

"Um, sorry, I'm dripping in your car," Xiao said, breaking his thoughts,

"Oh don't worry about it," Kevin said smiling. Anything is worth seeing you. He thought. "So, where should I take you?" he asked.

"Um… it's near your place, number 17, Taniall Street." Xiao said,

"Just around the corner of my place," Kevin said, Xiao nodded and opened her bag, to check if everything was in it, it was. Xiao sighed in relief, Kevin turned to her and asked,

"So why were you running in the rain in the middle of town? It's dangerous at this time," Kevin said, Xiao put her wet bag at her feet,

"I was tutoring piano to a girl in South Arcadia," Xiao told him quietly,

"So who were those guys you were with before?" Kevin asked her, Xiao sighed,

"They started to hassle me, they took my bag," Xiao said, Kevin frowned,

"Not a nice way to treat a girl," he said,

"So I gave him a jab on his nose, hoping they'd give it back to me, but instead they held my wrists behind my back," she sighed, Kevin's eyes widened,

"So how'd you get away? They weren't small guys,"

"They were kinda drunk, I kicked one in the neck, and tripped the other two up, then grabbed my bag and ran," she retold to Kevin,

"You kicked him in the neck…"

"I was being nice! If I had hit him a little to the left, I could've rendered him unconscious for an hour or more." Xiao informed him, Kevin nodded, as if it was totally normal,

"So… where'd you learn how to do that?" he asked, Xiao sighed,

"I've been training Kung Fu ever since I was four,"

"That's interesting," Kevin replied, "We're almost there,"

"Oh," Xiao said, a little disappointed. Kevin noted this and asked,

"Or, we could take the long way… and go for a coffee at the diner?" Kevin asked, Xiao smiled and thought about it,

"That would be nice…" she said.

"Diner it is then." Kevin said.

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