to asnwater - yah basically she is and he's smiling so much because...he's trying to be nice I guess...iunno! =b hehehe!
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Chapter 3 – One Crazy Girl
After helping Sakura up, Syaroan walked Sakura to his car.
There were a lot of cars at the parking lot.
"I wonder which one is his" though Sakura, then her thoughts were interrupted
Beep Beep
"This is my car, the doors are unlocked, so help yourself in" Syaroan told Sakura
"Nice car!! (leaving it up to you to choose )" Sakura said in awe.
"Thanks" Syaroan said in reply
The car was supped up. It was wings that matched with the style of the car, the rims of the wheels were switched, lights have been replaced and added. The car was clean, the jet black color shone through the many layers of wax applied onto it.
"So where would you like to eat?" asked Syaroan
"Umm...doesn't matter...give me a surprise...?"
"Sure thing"
The car ride was pretty silent, Sakura felt safe in his car even though her father had warned her about riding in somebody's car. "People are driving too careless nowadays" she remembered her father's exact words. Sakura started giggling.
Syaroan give a weird look. "What's so funny?"
"Oh, it's nothing, I just thought of something my father told me" she replied
He nodded, still feeling funny from her sudden laugh.
"We're here. I hope you like my choice" Syaroan was scared that she would not have liked her choice.
Sakura looked at the restaurant, she had been here before, the meals were good and not to mention the drinks were absolute amazing.
"I've been here before! I like your choice!" With that, she gave him a big smile
It was the first time Syaroan had seen her smile so freely. "I wonder if I will still see her after this" he suddenly thought. They had reached the entrance of the restaurant before he knew it.
"How many?" asked the waitress
"Two" replied Syaroan
The waitress checked her sheets then reached for two menus. "Table for two right this way" and she led them to their table.
At their table, Syaroan already knew what he wanted to order. Sakura on the other hand kept flipping the menu going back and fourth and back, she didn't know what to choose. She finally decided on the resturant's famous 'chef's club sandwich' and Syaroan was thankful for that. He thought she would have never choose.
They ordered their meals and as they were waiting for their food, Sakura broke the silence by asking "So, time to tell your story eh?"
"I guess" replied Syaroan. "here goes"
He thought for a moment, hesitated, looked down, then began. "It's actually a long story...from when I was a kid, but I won't give all the details, don't want to bore you!"
He looked up and smirked at Sakura after saying that only to receive a giggle I return.
"Way back then, my cousin came over to live with my family. We were good friends I suppose...until she would continuously cling on to me like glue stuck on paper. Everywhere I would go, she would be there. She told my mother that she liked me, so because of my mother, we became a couple. Sure I didn't like her at first..in fact, I hated her. Why would my mother allow such an absurd thing? Me? And Mei Ling? It wasn't fair and I didn't ever think such a thin would happen. But because I was brought up being taught to respect elders and to listen to your parents, I did what I was told. After many years, I started to finally develop feelings for her. Little by little...but I've never reached that stage where I wanted to be with her all my life. She would still stick to me like glue, but things were a bit different. I was...never really into her. Her name is Mei Ling....Mei Ling - -"
Syaroan was interrupted by the waiter placing the food on the table.
"Thanks" Sakura said to the waiter. He nodded then left them.
"Go on" Sakura told Syaroan.
He looked at his, hungry. He decided to eat before he finished his story, and that's what they did. He knew the drinks came after you finished eating, so he told Sakura he would finish his story then.
The time came for Syaroan to finish his story. So he continued "Mei Ling was not your average girl. Growing up with her, I saw her change many times, not only her looks, her friends, her style, but even her personality. When I knew her, she was young and innocent, by elementary, she learned about style, she started to hate the traditional Chinese clothing (yaah...I know she not like that in the show...but it's my story! =b) and started to develop her own sense of style. By Junior high, she started to date...she dated many different guys, and her clothes changed too. She always bought magazines, and learned to get a stuck up attitude. Though she attracted many guy's with her clothes and all, it still wasn't enough for her. High school, there was a dress code, she hated it, she wouldn't wear all her revealing clothes, and that was also when she told my mother about her feelings."
As Syaroan was saying this, Sakura kept thinking to herself "Wow, we led such different lives..she's so much more bold and outgoing then me, so much more experiences, I wonder what it would be if I was like her..."
"In high school, I guess you could say she met the wrong people. Unlike most other people, instead of going home after school to study, finish homework, do house chores, she spent every school night and weekend going to places other then her house. She went to Karaoke bars, arcades, malls, anywhere, you name it"
"Anywhere? She went anywhere? I only go home..then to school...then home...then to school...and she went anywhere? Who IS is girl?"
"As a boyfriend, I needed to look after her of course. And I would follow her wherever she went. She was so nosy and curious, always budding into other people's business causing trouble she that wasn't necessary. She got into many fights! Not common for a girl no? She even got introduced to the world of drugs"
"Fights? Drugs? Is she for real? I want to meet her, I want to hear about her life, I don't want to grow up living my life, useless and sheltered?"
"She is one crazy girl, I always needed to help her out of trouble. Going raving at nights, going home in the morning getting drunk. This girl, she was a crazy one. Would you believe there are others like her too? Her best friend Tomoyo was with her all the time, they were inseparable. She's done everything from bungee jumping, white water rafting, camping, racing takes deep breathe she really is different...isn't she?"
Sakura didn't know whether he was asking her of if it was one of those rhetorical questions. She decided to stay silent, but her thoughts never left her. "How could somebody be so, so, different from me? So exposed, so...living their life to their fullest? How is this possible?" Questions kept flooding her, what she was hearing, was what she always wanted to see, wanted to experience.
She sat there, mesmerized by his words, his story. Here she was, a girl he barely knew, and he was practically telling her this girl's life story. But..where was this girl? Would she see her anytime soon?
Syaroan continued, Sakura guessed it was meant to be a rhetorical question. "So you're probably wondering why I'm telling you all this, and what's it related to"
Sakura forgot that they were telling their reasons why they were upset today. It had slipped her mind. Now it got her thinking, what she dead? Did they break up? What happened?
"So here's the reasons why I was probably at the same place and the same time at the park with you today. Mei Ling, the girl, she left for the summer. Something about wanting a break from here and it was time to start new...."
He stopped. There was a brief pause then Sakura asked "There's more, isn't there?"
"Yah, there is. We umm, we broke up. Something about the relationship isn't going to work out sooner or later. She left this morning."
He didn't need to say more. She understood. Or she thought. They were both silent. Then she remember him saying "but I've never reached that stage where I wanted to be with her all my life" She didn't get it.
"The thing I can't get over, is why she's doing all this. It just doesn't make sense"
THAT, answered what Sakura was thinking. She didn't know what to say next, he didn't say anything either. A waiter walked passed "bill please". He nodded at Sakura, walked away and came back with the bill.
They paid for their meal and left.
"I'll take you home" Syaroan told Sakura, and she agreed.
After Sakura gave Syaroan the way to her house, the was pretty much silent after that. It was obvious they both had a lot on their mind. Syaroan couldn't come to a conclusion why Mei Ling would do such a thing, and Sakura was struck by how Mei Ling had lived her life.
Thoughts kept plaguing her mind.
She went to Karaoke bars, arcades, malls, anywhere, you name it
She must have known the town upside down...
She's done everything from bungee jumping, white water rafting, camping, racing
She must have tried everything there was to do...
She is one crazy girl
She sure knows how to live her life to the fullest...
Soon they were on sakura's street.
"Which house is it?" He kept driving
"That one over there" She pointed
"Alright"
He parked on her drive way
"Nice talking to you." He told her before she was about to leave
She opened the door and slowly started to get out of the passenger seat as she kept thinking
"Should I? Should I not? Should I? Should I not? What she I do?"
She suddenly sat back on the passenger seat which surprised Syaroan
She stared at Syaroan and asked "Would you do me a favor?"
"What is it?"
"Please say yes!"
"Tell me what it is first"
"You HAVE to agree!"
"What is it?" Syaroan was starting to get annoyed with her childish behaviour
She smiled at him and said "Promise me you'll take me out and show me around. Please?"