Chapter 2 fights
While in America, almost every other day I was in ISS or in OSS. It was fun till the people started to call me aunt and uncle. They wouldn't leave it alone, so the more that pissed me off; the more I drank, partied, and got high!
"Sakura what have I told you about fighting with the other kids. Now we've had this problem ever since we sent you to America. I am starting to see that it was a very bad idea!" See I get this speech from my dad almost every week so by this point all I hear is...
"Blah Blah blah blah blah blah."
Yup! That's about it. Now watch, he'll send me to my room to do my homework, ha if only I stayed in school long enough to get homework!
"Now Sakura march yourself up those stairs and go straight to your room and do your homework."
"Ok dad." Yeah, you see I did go to my room and yeah I did my so- called "homework", but soon after I left my room to go run in the park. See if my dad used a more powerful voice while yelling at me, maybe I would have listened. But nope, no such luck, so I put on my running shoes and my jogging outfit and ran to the park and back. Before I knew it, it was time for school.
For the first time Li actually meet me at the door. As we walked to school the subject of the fight came up. One thing I didn't want to talk about. "Hey, missed yeah after school, so how was ISS?"
"Oh it was great, I hung out with the stoners all day and got to clean the graffiti off the school walls. Today I get to hang out with them some more,"
"You're kidding right?" Li questioned. He didn't look too happy.
"No, I'm not kidding, They're pretty cool if you ask me."
"Do you know what you're doing?"
"No I don't Li! What exactly am I doing?" by now my voice was rising and I just hope he doesn't' say what I think he is going to say.
"You could ruin your REPUTATION!" Yeah he emphasized reputation. Guess what? I snapped!
"WHAT? SINCE WHEN DID YOU GIVE A DAMN ABOUT REPUTATIONS?"
"LOOK I HAVE GREAT FRIENDS RIGHT NOW SO I DON'T NEED YOU RUINING MY REPUTATION! I LIKE MY LIFE THE WAY IT IS NOW! AND I DON'T NEED YOU TO RUIN IT!" he yell with his eyes burning red.
"wh... what? Is that......" I stood their not knowing what to say, but then I turned my back to him and said the first words that came to my mind, "then I guess we don't have to be friends anymore. Now if you will excuse me, my ISS friends are waiting for me." I turned fast and practically ran to the school. Tears were burning my eyes, tempting to fall out and hit the ground like a waterfall hitting the rocks. I walked into the ISS room and walked up to the stoners...my.....new...friends.
It had been days since the fight between Li and me. Every time I saw him I cringed and walked in the opposite way. Li was wrong about the reputation thing. My reputation is the same even though I hang out with the stoners. While in America I had so many personalities: punk, prep, Goth, nerd, tomboy, ghetto, and lastly me! Here in China, you don't see many kids like that. But every once and awhile you'll find one that finally came out of their shell.
"Sakura, hello, Earth to Sakura... you in there?"
"..." "Sakura!"
"Huh, what? What is it tom?" Tom one of the many guys that like me. He has blonde hair and blue eyes.
"You've been spacing since you walked up to us. What's up wid you?"
"Nothing much, Just got some things on my mind. So what time do we meet those guys?"
"Around 10 tonight, I'll pick you up at 9."
"Why 9?" my brain was stumped, but of course I've been brain dead this whole week. It's almost as if I'm becoming a ditz!
"Because, it's clear across town. Oh and make sure you wear that outfit, my sister bought you ok?"
"What! Why that outfit, it makes me look like a slut!" I whined stomping my foot on the ground and pouting.
"Wear it will you! I'll see you tonight. Now get to class!"
"Ok bye." Tom and me said our good byes and went on our separate ways. His was to detention and mine to class.
Stupid history class. I absolutely hate this class. That stupid bitch is in this class the one I punched out on my first day of school. But that's not the bad part. Ok, today our teacher is making us do a project with partners. This wouldn't be a bad thing if on only my partner weren't..... LI!
"How about we get together tonight?" Li asked obviously not liking the idea of us working together either.
"Can't," I said in a dull voice.
"Tomorrow after school?"
"Can't busy"
"Saturday?" "
Can't working"
"Morning or afternoon?"
"Afternoon"
"What about in the morning?"
"Can't training"
"Training what?"
"Horses"
'Ok...Sunday?"
"Can't out of town"
"Family trip?"
"Nope"
"By yourself?"
"Nope"
"then who?"
"The people who supposable ruined my reputation."
"The stoners?"
"DUH!"
"Fine. Monday?"
"Can't. Practice"
"Since when do you play sports"
"Since I learned to walk and you never asked"
"Whatever. Tuesday?"
"Can't party"
"What Party?"
"Dork, the business party our dads are having"
"Oh right, what bout Wednesday?"
"When?"
"After school?"
"Can't"
"What now more practice?"
"Yeah, how about around 5 o'clock after my practice?" 'How many more question could this kid ask?' Sakura thought.
"Works."
"Then I guess I'll see you then."
"How come you can't tonight?"
"Clubbing." 'Does this kid need to know my life story?' Sakura wondered as he proceeded with his questions.
"Oh, with who?"
"My new friends." I got up to leave, but his hand grabbed my wrist, slowly pulling me backwards.
"Now what do you want?" my anger was slowly rising.
"Um, my mom and sisters miss having you at the house and would like you to come to dinner one night," He said while looking down at his feet," I..."
"I'll have dinner with them. Now what else were you saying? I really need to go so hurry up." I snapped, turning my head to face the door, getting ready to walk out.
"I..."
"You what? Come on I don't have all day you know!"
"I ... m... mis...Oh never mind. I'll see you around Sakura." I watched Li walk past me out of the room, with his head hanging low. I sometimes wonder what would have happened if he didn't care about reputations.
Clubbing what a wonderful thing that was invented. I sure cant' get enough of this stuff. The drinking, the dancing, the weirdo's, life couldn't get any better than this. Life was good, I had on this short ass skirt that was black, along with a tube top that was black and red. I had big black leather boots with some red fishnets, I had a sliver crescent moon chain with a single diamond, and black bracelets. I was here with Tom, to do some so-called 'business'. I walked in and out of the crowed trying to find Tom. Where the hell is this kid. Soon I found him talking to some guys, so of course I walked up to him.
"Don't worry, I'll get your money." Tom said holding a bag in his hand.
"Good, I expect it here on Monday." Growled an older man around his yearly 30's.