The sun rises but Kahoko is still asleep:

Beep…..beep…….

Kahoko Hino opened her eyes slowly and she took a glance at her digital clock beside her bed it showed 9:45.

" oh my GOD….I'm late again…" shouted Kahoko as she entered her bathroom and swiftly came out with a pair of jeans shorts and a red tie up top. She was now officially twenty but her habits are usually the same except for the fact that she started looking more elegant. She now has long wavy hair and she usually tie's it up like a ponytail and she usually wears jeans and a tank top.

Kahoko rushed to her mirror and applied some lip gloss and mascara and swiftly went down.

" Kahoko….Breakfast is ready…." Announced her mom.

"ma….I'm late I'll just grab an apple thank you" she said as she went to the table and grabbed the biggest apple and headed for the door when she spotted a letter. She grabbed it. The letter was addressed to her.

" I forget dear it arrived today for you." Her mom replied to her action.

"see you at Lunch." Said Kahoko as she ran off with her apple and her letter. She couldn't stop running. She finally stopped when she reached the musical/book shop. It was a very big shop and she is the asst. Manager of this branch.

"10 sharp…your not late Kahoko why run?" asked Mr. Taka ( her boss)

" when I start running I couldn't just stop." She said as she grinned.

" c'mon got to desk and finish your apple." Said Mr. Taka as he went to his own office. Kahoko went to her desk and sat in the chair, she took a bite of her apple and she opened her envelope.

Seiso Acadamy Annual 20th ball.

"oh…this sounds interesting."

Dear

Miss Hino,

We have verified that you are a student of Seiso Acadamy and we would like to invite you to our Annual Ball which happens after five years of Graduation. It would be held in France and we have enclosed with this letter an airline ticket and a check for your expenses. We will start from 25th December till 1st January. We hope that you will enjoy your new year in France with bright colors.

We also cover the expenses for food and clothing and the room. So you can come free-handed. All the very best

Wishes

The Seiso team,

21st of December.

Kahoko got up and approached Mr. Taka

"sir I need a week," Kahoko demanded

"a week of what?" asked her boss

"a week of life, which means a week of holiday,"

"hmmm….."

"please sir," pleaded Kahoko

"well….."

"I'll make a deal." Announced Kahoko

"what deal?" asked her boss curiously.

" I'll work free for a week." She said.

"deal" said her boss looking happy

"good deal." Said Kahoko as she shook her boss's hand.

After work at home:

"mom give me the best suitcase!," said Kahoko as she jumped into her house.

"sorry, I didn't hear you, what did you say?" asked her mom curiously.

"here is the letter……" Kahoko said as she handed her invitation to her mom. Her mom quickly glanced at her daughters face and then the envelope and she read the words carefully.

"dear that's great hope you'll enjoy" said her mom as she went up to her room and came down after some time with a white and pink gown.

"Kahoko this was the gown your father first saw me in, I hope you'll have a nice time at France and I hope you'll wear this for the event and I hope that this will be memorable for you," said her mom smiling sweetly at her.

" thank you mom," Kahoko said feeling touched.

" I think I'll tell you the story about how we met," Kahoko's mom said as she sat in the couch and patted the seat next to her inviting her daughter to sit next to her.

"it was new year, and my best friend had a new year party. I bought this gown for my graduation but you know I couldn't make it because I was sick so after I became alright I thought I could wear it for the party, and when I entered I saw that everyone was wearing party colors like black and red, I was the only person who wore white and pink and I stood out of the whole party, a few people laughed at me, but after sometime they started laughing at this guy who was wearing something totally different, he was wearing white shorts and black loose t-shirt, that was the worst dress anyone could ever wear for the party, it was as worse as mine, and then we noticed how silly we looked and we talked and talked and we laughed till dawn and at midnight at the moment when everyone was like 3….2…1….he said something so sweet he said that I looked more beautiful than any girl in the party and that was the most beautiful night of my life, I hope you will have the same experience." Her mom finished and a small tear fell from her eyes.

" I missed dad too," Kahoko said as the past came back to her.

Flashback when Kahoko was just six years old:

Kahoko rings the doorbell. She finished playing with Nami and now she wanted to go home.

No one answered.

She then rings the doorbell again and shouted,

"Mummy, it's me ! Please open the door for me and Nami !"

"Okay sweetheart ! I'm coming !"

Kahoko's mom opens the door. Her face was pale, her make up was smudged and her eyes were red and sore from a lot of crying. But, she still smiled and pretended that everything was alright. Both Nami and Kahoko Knew she had been crying. But why ? Finally, Kahoko asked,

"Mummy, why are you crying ? Is everything alright ?"

"Y-yes, sure. E-everything's fine, d-darling..." She fakes a smile to hide her bitterness inside.

"But why are you crying ?"

"I'm not..."

"Yes you were, just now. Please mummy, tell me."

"Alright... But not with Nami here."

"Okay, hi . Well, i'll just go inside." She goes into her house.

"Baby, i don't know how you will take this but..."

"But ? But what ?"

"But... Daddy's not coming back..." She forces out the the last three words.

Kahoko was stunned, shocked, hurt. Why isn't her daddy coming back ? What in the world is going on ? There were just so much questions whirling in her head. She couldn't understand it at all. Why ? her mom felt tears coming, but she had to hold it in. She can't possibly just burst out crying in front of her own daughter. She knew she had to stay strong. As for Kahoko, there was much confusion in her head. She asked,

"Why not ? Is it because he doesn't like us ? Or is it that he abandoned us ? Or maybe he divorced with you and found another woman and left us ? Mummy, tell me what is going on !"

"D-d-daddy is g-g-g-gone..."

"What do you mean 'gone' ?" She frowns.

"It means that he has left this w-w-world..."

"B-b-but why ? I don't understand !"

"Daddy was killed, in a car crash, just now when you and Nami were at the playground..."

"K-k-killed ?" Tears welled up her chocolate brown eyes.

"...Yes."

" Who killed him ?"

"I'm not too sure. The driver sped away. He didn't even apologise..."

"Oh..." A tear rolled down her cheek.

"Come here, sweetie. It's okay. It's only a misfortune. There's nothing we can do..."

End of flashback

"ma….I'll make you proud someday," Kahoko said gleaming at her mom.

"you already did dear one, I'm proud of you," her mom said with eyes swelled with tears.

"thank you," Kahoko said as she got up.

"now lets get you, packed up…you wouldn't want to miss something important now would you?" said her mom

"no…I'm sure I wont forgot anything I have you," Kahoko said looking up to her mom.

" lets hope you'll meet a nice guy in France," her mom said smiling playfully

"its that all you think mom," Kahoko said

" its been so long since you met someone special," her mom said having hopes that her daughter should share her beautiful life with someone special.

(coming up: the flight she meet someone there can you guess who….I'll update it as soon as possible and please review, I'm waiting for good reviews, and I hope that you all enjoy this story an much as I enjoy writing it. Thank you!)