Chapter 3

Flashback …

I had a goofball of a friend that always had great timing, and always knew what I wanted, when we were kids we made a packed "Friends forever" But as time progressed we grew apart, attended different schools, and he got involved in tennis. Even when we weren't as close "Let's promise that one day we'll meet again and catch up, even if we aren't as close anymore I still want to be your friend forever!"

Sadly when I turned around I saw Eiji, and at that moment I just stepped away."What wrong Etsuko-san? Don't you want get dry?" I gave him a dirty look and ran away. Even though I'm a fast runner he caught up in no time and grabbed my wrist "Etsuko-san, I don't understand why you hate me so much have we grown that far apart?" I was confused in what he was saying. What does he mean we grew apart? "What are you saying Eiji I don't understand" he looked as if he was about to cry, I guess he is a childish as I thought, but I was nearly in tears too."I'm saying I missed you and you can't even bother to remember me?" he yelled as he pulled me into a hug then I realized it. He was that friend! I couldn't believe it or rather I wouldn't believe it. As soon as he let me go I stood there tears running down my face and then I just ran away.

I dried off pretty quickly since there was wind today. But I couldn't think about now the entire day went by fast since I didn't pay attention I only thought about the friend thing. My best childhood friend is the same person I have hated for the past two years. I won't believe it. As soon as school ended I rushed home. I couldn't face anyone right now. But when I got home my older sister was there. She moved out a couple months ago, and I could talk to her about anything. Maybe my day is turning around after all. She always knew what to do.

At tennis practice…

Game and match 6 , who the six was, I'll give you a hint not Eiji. "Eiji you suck today! You just lost to ME and Echizen AT DOUBLES!" Momo can so use this for blackmail later on. It was true the golden pair lost to the worst doubles pair ever! He still had Haruna on his mind. When they were going to meet again he didn't expect this to happen. He thought it would have been the best day ever, but it has been the worst for two years. "Eiji are you okay? You seem off today" Leave it to Oishi to try to make him feel better. Eiji looked up to his best friend" Yeah I'm okay; I just have something on my mind" You can always tell anything to your best friend, and when Eiji was about to tell him what happened Inui showed up "Eiji I heard you were feeling down. Perhaps my new and improved juice can help. I haven't come up with a name yet, but it is filled with-"You never want to know what's in those glasses of doom "No thanks Inui" Sure Inui felt kind of disappointed but he bounces back fast "Fuji How about trying out my new drink?"

At the Etsuko household …

"- and that's what happened, so do you have any advice for me?"

So my sister just sat there wide eyed. She did blink a couple of times before saying something "Wow that's a huge load you've got there I missed everything and it's only been three months. This would make a good drama. Right now I don't have any advice for you, you're going to have to figure this out by yourself" I'm sure my eye twitched after that. How am I so post to figure this out by myself? Sadly I never turned down her advice or suggestions. If I don't figure this out by myself how do I expect myself to do anything in the future? She won't always be there to give me advice. This isn't going as planned. I'm stuck in an empty world full of drama I call my life. There was only one thing I could do now. Avoid him like if we see each other the world will blow up!

A/N: Right now i am sucking at coming up with ideas for this story and my other story When Dreams Become a Reality so if you have any ideas or advice that would really be appreciated, i'm kind of new at this.