Chapter 3 : A Summer's Dream (Part 2)

Sunday, 6:30 AM

Lilia's mom is busy in the kitchen. Although it's a Sunday, and they should be still sleeping at this time, its Lilia's departure for their Idol Camp. The girls –Lilia, Luna, and Krystal- received an instructional in their online mails just last night. It told them that they should be at the train station before 7:30 AM. Luckily, Lilia and Krystal are neighbors, and that the specified train station is just near the convenience store where they always do their girl bonding sessions. Luna, however, might be awake at around 5 AM since her house is somewhat away from the station.

"Are you ready?" her mom asked, checking Lilia's getup. Lilia wore a simple and plain yellow dress and she brought a cute pink Hello Kitty tote bag, which she filled with her essential stuff.

"Yes… I do think so…" muttered Lilia, who was now nervous. Her mom could barely hear her heart pounding in nervousness.

"Relax, Lilia," said her mom, patting her back gently. "Its not like your going to a military camp like I used to when I was younger…" she added, giving Lilia a wink.

"What…?" asked Lilia, confused. She never knew that her mom went to a place something like that…

"Well, you should be going…" said her mom, smiling and opening their door. "You're still meeting up with Luna-chan and Krystal-chan, right?"

Lilia nodded in assent. Then her mother spoke, "Be careful there, okay?"

"Yes, mum!" replied Lilia, beaming her sweetest smile to her mom that she might not see for a couple of days. She walked out the porch and stepped out of the gates. Her mom signaled her to keep her chin up, as what her mom always says to her whenever she sings in front of many people. Lilia returned a thumbs-up sign. Then Lilia started heading to north, and into her bright summer.

-at the train station-

"Where's she?" asked Krystal, who was looking at her watch. It was already 7AM and still, Luna hasn't come.

"Maybe there's something wrong…" muttered Lilia, who's always making miss calls to their friend.

"It's not right if we'll just go to the camp without her… She helped us…" muttered Krystal.

"I'll go…" said Lilia, then she said to Krystal, "Take care of my things, Krystal…"

"But…" muttered Krystal.

"No buts," said Lilia, "If ever we don't make it, make it successful for the three of us, 'kay?" said Lilia, giving Krystal a wink. Then she started her sprint, which was halfway only to the train's lower platform.

"Good thing I brought my bicycle," thought Lilia, then she quickly unlocked her bicycle in the metal railings.

The wind's velocity is just simply exhilarating. Lilia needs to go to Luna's house. Quick. Before the train comes and picks them up. She doesn't want to leave Luna just like that. She owes Luna a thing –her life.

-flashback-

[Sunday, 4PM]

It was almost time for Lilia-chan to go home. Her house is almost near the playground, so it's not much of a problem. She started taking small steps, leaving the playground where she had enjoyed playing with Krystal-chan.

"Let's play tomorrow, Krystal-chan!" she said, smiling against the beaming light of the sun.

"Yes! See you tomorrow, Lilia-chan!" said Krystal, then she was taken away by her auntie.

When she was walking about the candy stores at the alley, a group of young boys blocked her way.

"Oh, what a C~U~T~E girl~!" said one of the boys who seemed to be their leader.

"Really? Thanks~!" said Lilia-chan, smiling.

"We're not after you, girl." said another, "We're after your cute bag...What's inside?" he asked.

"Nothing..." said Lilia-chan, a bit flustering, but she seems to get nervous.

"Give us the bag, and you'll not be hurt." said the 'leader'.

"No ! I won't give it to you!" said Lilia-chan, then she ran out her way from the boys. The boys followed her. Lilia-chan continued running, until she stopped because she was already exhausted. The boys managed to corner her, and they sneered. Lilia-chan started to shed tears of innocence.

"Are you going to give it to us, or not?" asked the leader.

"Leave her alone!" shouted a girl. The boys went aside and saw a blue haired girl dressed in pastel.

"Leave her alone!" she shouted again.

"Who are you?" asked a boy.

"You don't care!" shouted the blue-haired girl. "Leave her alone!"

"Or else what?" asked the boy, then all of them laughed hysterically. While the boys were laughing and letting their snickers, the blue-haired girl managed to pull Lilia-chan away from them, then the 2 girls started to run.

"Hey!" shouted the boys, following the running girls, "Get back here!"

The blue-haired girl didn't looked back and instead pulled Lilia-chan closer to her. Lilia-chan is overly confused. Has she come to really save her? Or she needs something from her, something like a reward, perhaps?

"Don't be scared," said the blue-haired girl while they're running.

"Can I… trust you?" asked Lilia-chan, her eyes growing curious for this blue-haired girl who had saved her.

"Sure you can," said the blue-haired girl, then she smiled sweetly. The two came to a stop in the front of a traditional Japanese house. The house seemed to be eerie-looking, but the 2 entered still.

"Wait!" shouted one of the boys, then all of them stopped.

"That's the house of Mr. XXX*!" shouted another, then they all skidded away from the house's vicinity.

When the two girls were inside the vicinity of the house, they both breathe heavily, and managed to pull out an exasperated smile that, at least, they're not been hurt by those rowdy boys.

"Thanks for saving me," said Lilia-chan, bowing to her.

"Don't mention it..." said the blue-haired girl, "By the way, I'm Luna."

"I'm Lilia!" replied Lilia, then they shook hands. That was when the daybreak of their friendship started.

And Lilia won't be contented of leaving Luna just like that. It's their dream.

-back to present-

Lilia is almost near the house of Luna, and its already 7: 13.

"Time is ticking away..." she thought, then she stopped at the entrance of their house.

After opening their large door, she saw Luna, her head buried between her knees, who seemed to be crying for quite a time.

"Luna!"

[to be continued]

next : Chapter 4 : The Train to Success

Note: *XXX : sorry if its XXX only xDD I actually dont intend to use surnames/family names in my FF ~ and most characters have their names already set and sometimes its just hard to think of a unique English surname~ soo ^^ be ready to see more XXX surnames ~ LOL xDD