The girl gently tapped her fingers on the reception table as she waited for the lady to arrive with her hotel number and key. She took a quick glimpse around the lobby and noticed that not many kids were here. She spotted four kids who looked older than 14 years of age. She detected that two of the boys were twins. Next to the twins was a pretty blonde hair girl who was smiling at her friend; an Asian girl that was clapping her hands, smiling with her straight, white teeth showing off.

Everyone in that group was laughing except for one of the twins. He was looking at her and when they both caught each other staring at each other no one pulled away from the stare. The girl looked at the boy and she turned away back to the reception desk when she saw the lady returning with a key.

"Here you are Ms. Kim, your room number is 201 and this is your key." The lady handed the key over to the girl.

She received it and said, "Thank you and please call me Lori Kim." Lori smiled at the lady and picked up her back pack and headed towards the elevator which was in the opposite direction of the boy.

She got in the elevator and just as it closed she saw the guy staring at her.

Lori did the most unexpected thing, she smiled and he returned the smile.

Then the elevator door closed, making her stare at her own reflection.

Somehow she looked forward to living in America even though she had no money. Smiling at the boy made her feel so happy. It was like everything would go back to the way she planned it to be.

She sighed heavily and muttered to herself, "If only life was that easy."

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That night Cody didn't get any sleep. He stayed up all night thinking about the look on the girl's face. It looked like she was in trouble, like she just cried. Cody sighed for the sixtieth time and rolled over onto his side.

He grinned when he heard his brother, Zack talking in his sleep the word. Zack kept repeating the same word over and over again, "cheerleader."

Cody tried closing his eyes but the only thing that happened was the girl's face popping up onto his mind. Cody didn't understand why that one particular girl can suddenly alter his life in a matter of time.

The moment when they smiled at each other kept repeating over and over in his head. It kept making Cody think; what if there is something about her that is different to all the girls I have met. Just looking at the girl in the eyes made his stomach flutter.

After hours of staying up Cody slowly closed his eyes and dreams over took his body making him drift off to sleep.

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Author Note: okay, well this is fairly a short one but I wanted to at least get the second chapter done. It might not be as good as I expected but it's better than nothing.

Thank you to those who reviewed.

Hope you enjoy.

Gl0ria.