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Chapter 2: The Letter

Rei went home and saw the mailman walking down his driveway. As the man passed him he said, " Hey you have a letter from some Motorcycle thing."

"Really?" Rei asked his eyes wide with surprise.

"Yah," he replied.

Rei raced towards his mailbox and opened it up.

A letter came sliding out, it was addressed to him, he ripped it open and read it, it said:

Dear Mr. Rei Kashino,
I would like to congratulate you on all of your wins on the racetrack.

I am proud to say that you have been accepted to compete in this year's biggest race on June 21st.
Please R.S.V.P. A.S.A.P.

With all do respect,
Mr. M. Hanasaki

"Oh crap that's the same day that we're having the talent show," Rei remembered.

"I better tell the others and see what they say," Rei said to himself.

The next day he went to school and met up with the gang.

"Hey guys," he said running to catch up with them.

They stopped to wait for him.

"What's up," Hiromi asked.

"Oh nothing, just that got accepted to compete in this years biggest race!" he replied giving them the great news.

"Really," Kira said her eyes wide with surprise.

"Yeah but it's on the day of the talent show," he muttered.

"Oh," Kira said.

Rei saw everyone's face fall the moment he said that, especially Kira's.

There was a long pause of dead silence before anyone said anything else.

"That's great," Kira said forcing herself to smile.

"Yeah," Hiromi and Tatsuya agreed in unison.

"Sssooo, are you gonna stay here or go to the race?" Hiromi asked after the other two had left.

"I dunno, Kira just seems so unhappy about it but I want what's best for her," Rei replied.

"Yeah I guess," Hiromi said.

"Anyways we better get going or we're gonna be late for class," Hiromi said changing the subject.

Rei looked down at his watch, "Wow, you're right we have two minutes left."

"We better run."

Rei and Hiromi were late for class by about twenty seconds. They both had to walk down to the office and get a late slip.

"What's your name?" asked the secretary.

"Hiromi," replied Hiromi.

The secretary didn't need to ask Rei his name because he had been late so many times before she had memorized it.
"Here you go," she said handing Hiromi her late slip.

At the end of the day, Rei discussed what hi was gonna do with Kira.

"So Kira am I going or staying?"

"Oh, you're definitely going," she said.

"Are you sure?"

"Of course, I thought it over and came to the conclusion that it's not every day you get a chance to race in the biggest race in a year," she said taking a deep breath before continuing.

" But you can always go and perform with us on the street or somewhere else," she said with a smile.

"Yeah I guess you're right, okay I've got to get home and start packing," said Rei, then he took off.

"Hey guys do you want to go over to the mall for a little while?" asked Tatsuya.

"Oh I would if I could but I can't," Hiromi said. (Say it really fast, it sounds cool, it's my line I always use it!J)

""What about you Kira?"

"Um… I wish I could but my stepfather wants me to help him with something," she replied.

"Oh okay, I guess I'll go home too," he said then took off.

Kira walked a little bit then ran the rest of the way home not wanting to get her father mad.

When she got back home her stepfather had left a note on the fridge. It read:

Kira,
On the bak of this paper ther our a list of chors to do beefore I get hom.

Kira knew her stepfather couldn't spell very well. She flipped the paper over and saw a list of things (with a bunch of spelling mistakes in it) that she had to do.

Kira sighed.

The next morning Kira woke up with her mother standing on top of her.

"Kira honey, it's time for you to wake up!" she said joyfully.

"Rei left a message on the answering machine saying that he had to leave earlier than he had expected and couldn't swing by before his flight to say goodbye," she said

"Oh," the word had come out of Kira's mouth before she could stop herself and she couldn't stop the disappointment that she felt from showing.

"Well honey, you better get out of bed before you're late for school," her mom said changing the subject.
"K, in a sec," she replied.

Kira quickly got up and made her bed. She went over to her dresser and looked into the mirror.

"Oh my god I look like a total mess," she thought.

Kira picked up her brush and brushed out her hair.

She hurried into the bathroom and washed up.

Kira rushed downstairs and toasted a piece of bread, buttered it then quickly munched it down.

She ran to the front door grabbed her knapsack, slid on her shoes, put on her jacket and ran out.

Kira ran all the way to school and got there 6 minutes before the bell rang.

She snuck up behind Tatsuya and Hiromi and said… "Boo!"

"Holy macro, you scared the crap out of me," said Tatsuya.

The two girls started giggling. Then immediately stopped when they heard the bell rang.

"Oh my god! We're gonna be late for class!" exclaimed Hiromi.

"You guys suck! You're so gonna be busted!" said Kira

"So are you so I wouldn't be talking!" Hiromi said while running.
"No I'm not," Kira argued.

"The art club is having a meeting this morning during first period," she finished.

"Oh man! I am so gonna kill you," shouted Hiromi.

Running as fast as they could, they both made it just in time for class.

Kira slowly and calmly made her way to the art room.

There was an empty seat beside someone she didn't recognize. So she took it and sat down.

Today they were talking about pastels and how the smudging can make the pastels into a beautiful piece of art.

Kira's mind wasn't focusing on the art meeting, it was slipping away and thinking about Rei.

When the meeting was over it was almost lunchtime. Kira headed over to the cafeteria wondering what she should eat this time.

She walked up to the kind and familiar face of the food lady.

"I think I'll have a bowl of salad, a bottle of spring water and roasted potatoes," she decided.

"Why certainly my dear," the lady said with a smile.

Kira paid for the food and took her platter over to the corner table where Hiromi and Tatsuya were waiting for her.
"So how did the meeting go?" Tatsuya asked.

"Not bad, pretty boring though," she admitted.

"Were you guys late for class?" she asked.

"Sadly, yes," Hiromi said.

"Awww, well that's too bad," she replied.

Kira continued to crunch on her salad like a little guinea pig. Soon after they were done their lunch.

"K, well I'll see you next period," Kira said.

"Yup!" they replied in unison.

Kira strolled over to room 210. She walked in and found her science teacher sitting there.

"Good afternoon Mrs. Kahuna," Kira greeted her kindly.

"Well hello Kira, I didn't see you come in," Mrs. Kahuna said.

"You're certainly here early," she said.

"Yes, actually I was wondering if I could ask you a question?" said Kira.

"Why of course!" she said.

"I've noticed that my grades are slipping a bit, do you mind telling me why?" she asked.
"Well you see, I've noticed that you're not as focused as you used to be. Is anything the matter Kira?"

"It's about Rei, Rei Kashino."

"We're sort of an item, but he went away for a motorcycle race and I'm really worried about him.

"I don't want him to get hurt."

"I understand how you feel, the same thing happened to my husband and me except he did inline skating instead of motorcycling," she said sympathetically.

"Thanks Mrs. Kahuna, it was really nice of you to be so concerned," she said.

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