LOST & FOUND
Ch.2 – Drawing Conclusions
Pia opened the door to her two-bedroom apartment.
"See you tomorrow!" said Kyle. Kate waved goodbye across the hall.
"Yeah, don't forget t-uh! Forget? I forgot Pixie's drawing at the Galleria! I have to go run and get it!" gasped Pia. She hit her forehead and instantly grabbed her black purse and headed down the stairs.
Pia ran down the stairs quickly. Kyle immediately ran after her. Pia was about to run out to the narrow street and find a taxi ASAP, but Kyle managed to stop her.
"You won't find a taxi now! Go tomorrow morning. I'll even come with you if you want me to. I want to go to the galleria anyway," Kyle persuaded Pia.
"Argh! I'm so stupid! I lost the damn picture the first day I get it!" Pia hit her head against her apartment door and went inside her sky blue painted apartment. Pia slammed her white apartment door so hard that it felt like the walls of the apartment moved. The halls of the two-unit apartment building became empty. Then, screaming from Pia's apartment became louder and louder.
Pia's loud alarm clock rang. It was 7:45 in the morning. Pia opened her windows and let the cold air in. The skies were still shaded and the sun hadn't fully risen yet. Pia rubbed her eyes and tried to open them completely. Pia didn't get much sleep because she kept on wondering about where the drawing could be. She jumped out of her blue themed bed, fixed her light comforter and fluffy pillows, and ran to the bathroom. She put her jeans and navy blue top on, and grabbed a light jacket on the way out. She was ready to go hunt for her drawing at the galleria. She banged on Kyle's apartment door, hoping that Kyle would be awake, or that she will be awaken by her loud knock. Pia stood outside Kyle's apartment, impatiently looking at her clock every two minutes.
Kyle opened the door in her baby blue pajamas,
"Ew…morning breath!" said Pia with comical look.
"Whoops sorry!" Kyle covered her mouth with her hands.
"Can you take in charge of the shop today? I think it'll be better if you stay here, and I look for the drawing…"
"Sure. When will you be back?"
"Uh…I don't think I'll be back until the evening. So can you take in charge of the shop? Please. Thanks!" Pia ran down the stairs, went out from her street to the main road and looked for a taxi. The morning rush hour was starting and she didn't want to be caught in it.
"Do you know where the new galleria's located?"
The taxi driver nodded, and then Pia got inside. The taxi was warm and uncomfortable. The color of the seat was colored so dark; it made Pia feel scared and uneasy.
As soon as Pia saw the galleria she couldn't help moving. She couldn't keep herself still, she just wanted to jump out and go on her search.
"Thanks!" Pia jammed out of the yellow colored taxi and ran to the galleria entrance. It was 8:30 in the morning. Pia was panting when she arrived at the galleria access. The galleria wasn't going to open until it 9:00 in the morning. Pia, who hadn't eaten her breakfast, walked to the house of her good friend, Pixie. Pixie didn't live so far from the galleria so Pia decided to take a walk to her place.
Pia took a deep breath and rang Pixie's doorbell. Pixie answered with her hair all up and messy.
"Hey… why aren't you at your store? You're supposed to open it like in ten minutes." Pixie looked at her wall clock as she greeted her friend.
"Can I come in? I am sooooo sorry!" Pia said while she wheezed out air.
"Why?"
"I lost your masterpiece!"
"What?"
"I forgot it at the galleria and I went to go look for it right now, but unfortunately I was too early so I decided to come over, and well, tell you about it. I'm really super sorry!"
"You lost it? What?" Pixie gave a chuckle, "Nah…it's okay. It wasn't finished anyway, so it's ok. I'll just draw you a new one, but not now…I'm working on a new advertisement project. So I'm pretty busy."
"Really? You're just so considerate! I'm really really sorry! That picture meant a whole lot to me too, but unfortunately…I lost it somewhere in the galleria! Stupid huh?"
Pixie just laughed, smiled at her and offered her some bagels and cream cheese for breakfast. After breakfast, Pia asked Pixie to tag along with her drawing hunt. She still felt bad losing her friend's gift to her, but she couldn't do anything but try to find it. She tried to keep her hopes up, but just the actual thought of losing the drawing made her feel even more stressed.
They got to the galleria at 9:30 AM. The mall wasn't as crowded as the night before. It was probably because it was a weekday morning and everyone was still at work. Pia and Pixie ran to the stores that they visited the night before. The last store they went into was the Official MTV store. As they came in they both paused and gasped as if a mad man was chasing them.
"Excuse me, can I ask you a question?" Pia asked the person behind the desk.
"Sure, go ahead. Are you here to find merchandise or something?" replied the shop employee. She wore a white polo shirt that had logo advertising "MTV ASIA."
"Uh, not really. I'm looking for a brown package about this big?" Pia indicated the package's size to the employee.
"Oh, I'm sorry miss. I believe I haven't seen it."
"Oh, it's okay. Thanks anyway." Pia left the store looking extremely cheerless.
"It's okay Pia. Don't worry too much! - Don't worry, be happy! - C'mon, cheer up! I can make you a new drawing right away if you feel that bad about it." Pixie hoped the her proposal would cheer Pia up.
"No. It's okay. I just feel bad for being irresponsible. Losing it the day you gave it to me, and now you're offering to make me a new one when I had just lost the one that you gave me. This is just sad."
"Forget about it!" Pixie had tried cheering her depressed friend once again, "Well, since we're at the mall already we can go shop around. We did miss a lot of stores last night! I mean it was jam-packed and the lines were super long!"
"But I'm tired, and don't you have work to do?"
"Hey, don't you worry about me. I've got my own schedule…you just relax!" Pixie pinched Pia's cheeks and tried to make her smile, but still, nothing came out.
"Yeah, sorry I'm out of my mind right now."
"I guess so…" Pixie suddenly grabbed Pia by the arm and persuaded her to browse around. Pia felt so guilty about losing her friend's present, so she just agreed to her friend's wishes. While walking around she drew her conclusions about the drawing, and finally let it go.
Pia sadly thought, 'If it's meant to be lost, then it's meant to be lost.'
They spent the day walking around. It became dinnertime and Pia invited Pixie to go have dinner at her place. On their way out, they found some information about vacant shop spaces. Pia was interested and decided to inquire about these vacant spaces. She decided that this was an opportunity to branch out her coffee/bubble teashop.
Late afternoon…
Utt and a friend of his dropped by the MTV shop. The employee gasped and was surprised to see Utt come in to the store. Utt took off his cap stroked his hair back and put his cap back on. He gave the employee his warmest smile.
"Hey, is your manager here?" Utt kindly asked.
"Sorry, but she didn't come in today. Do you need anything?" replied the excited employee.
"Uh, can you check if there's a brown package in the back?"
"Sure. I'll go check it right now, it'll be quick." The employee hurried to the storage room and quickly looked for the brown package Utt had asked for.
While the employee searched for the item in the back, Utt's friend, Jay, asked where the package came from and what it contained.
"What's in the package? Did someone give you a present or something?" Jay eagerly asked.
"Uh, no it's just a little something that someone left. I told the store manager to keep it for me if no one came back for it. If no one asked for it today, I'm gonna keep it."
"Oh. I see, I see." Jay was curious about this certain package; he was very excited to see its contents for some reason.
The employee came back from the storage room with a huge brown package.
"This is it, right?" The employee smiled fully and gave the package to Utt, "Here you go."
"Did anyone happen to ask for this package today?" Utt asked.
The employee shook her head, "Uhm, no not really."
"Okay, well I guess I'll take it. Tell your manager, thanks."
Utt agreed and took the package with him. Jay couldn't wait to see what was inside the huge brown envelope.
They left the galleria and decided to head to Utt's house and hang out for the rest of the night.
Utt got his keys to his condominium and opened the door. As soon as they got in the living room, Jay grabbed the package like a kid and started opening it.
"Whoa. Man, you seem so desperate to take a look at it. I'm telling you it's nothing big!" Utt said with an unexpected expression.
"What is it? Have you seen it before?" Jay asked enthusiastically.
"Yeah, trust me I don't think it's anything YOU should be so excited about."
"What does that mean?"
"Nothing…just open the package and take a look at it if you want to see it!"
Jay took the poster board out and turned it around so it would face him. He was amazed by the actual drawing, but was also bothered to see it unfinished.
"It's real nice, but it's sad to see it incomplete. Whoever the girl is, whoa! She must be real hot! I mean just by looking at her eyes and hair…even if the picture's incomplete she's still pretty. And man if she drew this…I would totally date her, talented and pretty? Picture Perfect!" Jay just admired the drawing and scrutinized it for a while.
"Dude do you think she can draw me Titanic-Rose style?"
Utt hit his friend's head with a pillow from his white colored couch.
"You're some dreamer. I don't even know the girl."
"But I do agree, she is something, picture perfect." Utt replied as he looked at the drawing and noticed something about the girl's eyes. They were some sweet and loving eyes. Somehow he felt like he's seen her before.
Ch.2 – Drawing Conclusions
Pia opened the door to her two-bedroom apartment.
"See you tomorrow!" said Kyle. Kate waved goodbye across the hall.
"Yeah, don't forget t-uh! Forget? I forgot Pixie's drawing at the Galleria! I have to go run and get it!" gasped Pia. She hit her forehead and instantly grabbed her black purse and headed down the stairs.
Pia ran down the stairs quickly. Kyle immediately ran after her. Pia was about to run out to the narrow street and find a taxi ASAP, but Kyle managed to stop her.
"You won't find a taxi now! Go tomorrow morning. I'll even come with you if you want me to. I want to go to the galleria anyway," Kyle persuaded Pia.
"Argh! I'm so stupid! I lost the damn picture the first day I get it!" Pia hit her head against her apartment door and went inside her sky blue painted apartment. Pia slammed her white apartment door so hard that it felt like the walls of the apartment moved. The halls of the two-unit apartment building became empty. Then, screaming from Pia's apartment became louder and louder.
Pia's loud alarm clock rang. It was 7:45 in the morning. Pia opened her windows and let the cold air in. The skies were still shaded and the sun hadn't fully risen yet. Pia rubbed her eyes and tried to open them completely. Pia didn't get much sleep because she kept on wondering about where the drawing could be. She jumped out of her blue themed bed, fixed her light comforter and fluffy pillows, and ran to the bathroom. She put her jeans and navy blue top on, and grabbed a light jacket on the way out. She was ready to go hunt for her drawing at the galleria. She banged on Kyle's apartment door, hoping that Kyle would be awake, or that she will be awaken by her loud knock. Pia stood outside Kyle's apartment, impatiently looking at her clock every two minutes.
Kyle opened the door in her baby blue pajamas,
"Ew…morning breath!" said Pia with comical look.
"Whoops sorry!" Kyle covered her mouth with her hands.
"Can you take in charge of the shop today? I think it'll be better if you stay here, and I look for the drawing…"
"Sure. When will you be back?"
"Uh…I don't think I'll be back until the evening. So can you take in charge of the shop? Please. Thanks!" Pia ran down the stairs, went out from her street to the main road and looked for a taxi. The morning rush hour was starting and she didn't want to be caught in it.
"Do you know where the new galleria's located?"
The taxi driver nodded, and then Pia got inside. The taxi was warm and uncomfortable. The color of the seat was colored so dark; it made Pia feel scared and uneasy.
As soon as Pia saw the galleria she couldn't help moving. She couldn't keep herself still, she just wanted to jump out and go on her search.
"Thanks!" Pia jammed out of the yellow colored taxi and ran to the galleria entrance. It was 8:30 in the morning. Pia was panting when she arrived at the galleria access. The galleria wasn't going to open until it 9:00 in the morning. Pia, who hadn't eaten her breakfast, walked to the house of her good friend, Pixie. Pixie didn't live so far from the galleria so Pia decided to take a walk to her place.
Pia took a deep breath and rang Pixie's doorbell. Pixie answered with her hair all up and messy.
"Hey… why aren't you at your store? You're supposed to open it like in ten minutes." Pixie looked at her wall clock as she greeted her friend.
"Can I come in? I am sooooo sorry!" Pia said while she wheezed out air.
"Why?"
"I lost your masterpiece!"
"What?"
"I forgot it at the galleria and I went to go look for it right now, but unfortunately I was too early so I decided to come over, and well, tell you about it. I'm really super sorry!"
"You lost it? What?" Pixie gave a chuckle, "Nah…it's okay. It wasn't finished anyway, so it's ok. I'll just draw you a new one, but not now…I'm working on a new advertisement project. So I'm pretty busy."
"Really? You're just so considerate! I'm really really sorry! That picture meant a whole lot to me too, but unfortunately…I lost it somewhere in the galleria! Stupid huh?"
Pixie just laughed, smiled at her and offered her some bagels and cream cheese for breakfast. After breakfast, Pia asked Pixie to tag along with her drawing hunt. She still felt bad losing her friend's gift to her, but she couldn't do anything but try to find it. She tried to keep her hopes up, but just the actual thought of losing the drawing made her feel even more stressed.
They got to the galleria at 9:30 AM. The mall wasn't as crowded as the night before. It was probably because it was a weekday morning and everyone was still at work. Pia and Pixie ran to the stores that they visited the night before. The last store they went into was the Official MTV store. As they came in they both paused and gasped as if a mad man was chasing them.
"Excuse me, can I ask you a question?" Pia asked the person behind the desk.
"Sure, go ahead. Are you here to find merchandise or something?" replied the shop employee. She wore a white polo shirt that had logo advertising "MTV ASIA."
"Uh, not really. I'm looking for a brown package about this big?" Pia indicated the package's size to the employee.
"Oh, I'm sorry miss. I believe I haven't seen it."
"Oh, it's okay. Thanks anyway." Pia left the store looking extremely cheerless.
"It's okay Pia. Don't worry too much! - Don't worry, be happy! - C'mon, cheer up! I can make you a new drawing right away if you feel that bad about it." Pixie hoped the her proposal would cheer Pia up.
"No. It's okay. I just feel bad for being irresponsible. Losing it the day you gave it to me, and now you're offering to make me a new one when I had just lost the one that you gave me. This is just sad."
"Forget about it!" Pixie had tried cheering her depressed friend once again, "Well, since we're at the mall already we can go shop around. We did miss a lot of stores last night! I mean it was jam-packed and the lines were super long!"
"But I'm tired, and don't you have work to do?"
"Hey, don't you worry about me. I've got my own schedule…you just relax!" Pixie pinched Pia's cheeks and tried to make her smile, but still, nothing came out.
"Yeah, sorry I'm out of my mind right now."
"I guess so…" Pixie suddenly grabbed Pia by the arm and persuaded her to browse around. Pia felt so guilty about losing her friend's present, so she just agreed to her friend's wishes. While walking around she drew her conclusions about the drawing, and finally let it go.
Pia sadly thought, 'If it's meant to be lost, then it's meant to be lost.'
They spent the day walking around. It became dinnertime and Pia invited Pixie to go have dinner at her place. On their way out, they found some information about vacant shop spaces. Pia was interested and decided to inquire about these vacant spaces. She decided that this was an opportunity to branch out her coffee/bubble teashop.
Late afternoon…
Utt and a friend of his dropped by the MTV shop. The employee gasped and was surprised to see Utt come in to the store. Utt took off his cap stroked his hair back and put his cap back on. He gave the employee his warmest smile.
"Hey, is your manager here?" Utt kindly asked.
"Sorry, but she didn't come in today. Do you need anything?" replied the excited employee.
"Uh, can you check if there's a brown package in the back?"
"Sure. I'll go check it right now, it'll be quick." The employee hurried to the storage room and quickly looked for the brown package Utt had asked for.
While the employee searched for the item in the back, Utt's friend, Jay, asked where the package came from and what it contained.
"What's in the package? Did someone give you a present or something?" Jay eagerly asked.
"Uh, no it's just a little something that someone left. I told the store manager to keep it for me if no one came back for it. If no one asked for it today, I'm gonna keep it."
"Oh. I see, I see." Jay was curious about this certain package; he was very excited to see its contents for some reason.
The employee came back from the storage room with a huge brown package.
"This is it, right?" The employee smiled fully and gave the package to Utt, "Here you go."
"Did anyone happen to ask for this package today?" Utt asked.
The employee shook her head, "Uhm, no not really."
"Okay, well I guess I'll take it. Tell your manager, thanks."
Utt agreed and took the package with him. Jay couldn't wait to see what was inside the huge brown envelope.
They left the galleria and decided to head to Utt's house and hang out for the rest of the night.
Utt got his keys to his condominium and opened the door. As soon as they got in the living room, Jay grabbed the package like a kid and started opening it.
"Whoa. Man, you seem so desperate to take a look at it. I'm telling you it's nothing big!" Utt said with an unexpected expression.
"What is it? Have you seen it before?" Jay asked enthusiastically.
"Yeah, trust me I don't think it's anything YOU should be so excited about."
"What does that mean?"
"Nothing…just open the package and take a look at it if you want to see it!"
Jay took the poster board out and turned it around so it would face him. He was amazed by the actual drawing, but was also bothered to see it unfinished.
"It's real nice, but it's sad to see it incomplete. Whoever the girl is, whoa! She must be real hot! I mean just by looking at her eyes and hair…even if the picture's incomplete she's still pretty. And man if she drew this…I would totally date her, talented and pretty? Picture Perfect!" Jay just admired the drawing and scrutinized it for a while.
"Dude do you think she can draw me Titanic-Rose style?"
Utt hit his friend's head with a pillow from his white colored couch.
"You're some dreamer. I don't even know the girl."
"But I do agree, she is something, picture perfect." Utt replied as he looked at the drawing and noticed something about the girl's eyes. They were some sweet and loving eyes. Somehow he felt like he's seen her before.