Disclaimer: If you recognize it, it's not mine.
The Planning
"Oh my gosh, Niri! Where have you been? We have so much to catch up on! Have you changed your hair color again? How's your dad? Are you still a genius? What-" I started to ask but was interrupted by Niri.
"Boys. Never understood them. Dad said I shouldn't try; it's one thing that would make a genius brains wouldn't understand. Can you slow down a bit?" she said, in about 2 seconds flat. I visualized the 7-year-old Niri giving me a lecture, her blue hair getting in her eyes, but oblivious to it in her frustration of me.
"Girls. They lecture you about talking too fast and then they do it themselves," I said. "Niri, do you remember Wilcott Street?" I asked.
"Yeah, that's about a 10-minute bike ride from where I moved to." I covered the mouthpiece and went, "yes!"
"Well, there's a new store call TK IS OK coffeehouse. Will you meet me there in 20 minutes? I just gotta finish this math homework," I lied.
Niri giggled, and I blushed; hearing her giggle reminded me of the many adventures we had when we were younger. "Dani Takashi, I never thought I'd live to see- I mean, hear- the day you did your math homework without someone threatening to kill you if you didn't. When you were seven, it took Guinamon threatening to tell your mom that you stole the cookie jar to get you to do your homework, even!" (A/N: Cookies are more valuable to Dani than his life).
I grinned. "Well, people change, you know? I'll see you then. Bye, Niri!"
"Bye!" We hung up.
I finished the last problem 30 seconds later. So, I had lied. I didn't have to do my homework.
But I did want to surprise Niri.
"Anybody need to use the phone?" I shouted down the hallway.
"Yeah, I do!" Bri shouted back.
God, how annoying little sisters are, I thought. Last time Niri was here, I lived on the opposite side of town. So this meeting was really three surprise in one.
I heard a yell from Dad, and walked to the stairs connecting the house to the shop. "What is it?" I said.
"Can you keep it down up there? I'm trying to run a business here!" I heard the shop phone ringing that meant another customer had called the store, and my father's voice saying, "TK IS A-OK coffee house, how may I help you?"
And then he heard Bri's voice saying, "Doki, I'll be off in a minute! Hold on!" I picked up the phone just in time to hear Bri say, "I love you" and a guy's voice say, "I love you too!" I shook my head. I would have to figure out this mystery guy later. Right now I had important things to do.
I dialed a number, my fingers knowing exactly where to go, since I always called her so much.
"Hey, my friend that I've known since forever but moved away moved back and is meeting me at the 'shop in 10 minutes. Can you meet me here?" I asked.
"Sure, Doki, although I might be a few minutes late," my girlfriend's voice said over the phone.
"Great. See you then."
The Planning
"Oh my gosh, Niri! Where have you been? We have so much to catch up on! Have you changed your hair color again? How's your dad? Are you still a genius? What-" I started to ask but was interrupted by Niri.
"Boys. Never understood them. Dad said I shouldn't try; it's one thing that would make a genius brains wouldn't understand. Can you slow down a bit?" she said, in about 2 seconds flat. I visualized the 7-year-old Niri giving me a lecture, her blue hair getting in her eyes, but oblivious to it in her frustration of me.
"Girls. They lecture you about talking too fast and then they do it themselves," I said. "Niri, do you remember Wilcott Street?" I asked.
"Yeah, that's about a 10-minute bike ride from where I moved to." I covered the mouthpiece and went, "yes!"
"Well, there's a new store call TK IS OK coffeehouse. Will you meet me there in 20 minutes? I just gotta finish this math homework," I lied.
Niri giggled, and I blushed; hearing her giggle reminded me of the many adventures we had when we were younger. "Dani Takashi, I never thought I'd live to see- I mean, hear- the day you did your math homework without someone threatening to kill you if you didn't. When you were seven, it took Guinamon threatening to tell your mom that you stole the cookie jar to get you to do your homework, even!" (A/N: Cookies are more valuable to Dani than his life).
I grinned. "Well, people change, you know? I'll see you then. Bye, Niri!"
"Bye!" We hung up.
I finished the last problem 30 seconds later. So, I had lied. I didn't have to do my homework.
But I did want to surprise Niri.
"Anybody need to use the phone?" I shouted down the hallway.
"Yeah, I do!" Bri shouted back.
God, how annoying little sisters are, I thought. Last time Niri was here, I lived on the opposite side of town. So this meeting was really three surprise in one.
I heard a yell from Dad, and walked to the stairs connecting the house to the shop. "What is it?" I said.
"Can you keep it down up there? I'm trying to run a business here!" I heard the shop phone ringing that meant another customer had called the store, and my father's voice saying, "TK IS A-OK coffee house, how may I help you?"
And then he heard Bri's voice saying, "Doki, I'll be off in a minute! Hold on!" I picked up the phone just in time to hear Bri say, "I love you" and a guy's voice say, "I love you too!" I shook my head. I would have to figure out this mystery guy later. Right now I had important things to do.
I dialed a number, my fingers knowing exactly where to go, since I always called her so much.
"Hey, my friend that I've known since forever but moved away moved back and is meeting me at the 'shop in 10 minutes. Can you meet me here?" I asked.
"Sure, Doki, although I might be a few minutes late," my girlfriend's voice said over the phone.
"Great. See you then."