Sorry for the typos in the last chapter. I'll proof read properly this time ^_^

The gravel crunched underneath the tires as we pulled up in front of the old, grey, house. There was a stern, angry man standing outside. He was clad in jeans, a t-shirt and hair that was cut short and greying, he was the portrait of an ordinary guy apart from the eyes. His eyes were cold, hard and steel as if he was declaring revenge on the rest of the world. Su-Yun got out and greeted him. She stretched out her hand but his arms stayed tightly crossed and her hand fell back down to her side. She pressed her lips together and came back over to the car. The door opened and I slipped down to the ground and Su-Yun handed me my bag, she took my other hand and led me up the drive towards the man, my grip on her hand tightened as we got closer. "Hello, I'm Dennis. Welcome to Burnywood"

The first few months passed which I mostly spent in my room, a room that was too big and had a lot of empty space, and keeping my head down. My eighth birthday came and went and I was forced to have a party. The older kids glared at me and the younger ones laughed at me. I hated living there, my only solace was the thought that mother would one day come and pick me up, you may say that she doesn't care about me but you would be wrong. On my birthday she sent me a card saying she would visit soon and a soft toy rabbit with silky fur that I could rub against my cheek at night. One day we were told that a new person would be arriving soon and he was around my age, eight. On the day he came I was tidying the kitchen as it was my turn. I was in the middle of putting the plates away when I felt someone's eyes on my back. I turned around and saw a young boy with soft brown hair, brown eyes that had a mischievous glimmer in them and a silly grin plastered over his face. "What are you grinning like that for?" I demanded. His grin widened when he saw my cross face "Why aren't you grinning?" he questioned with a cockney accent to accompany the silly grin.

"I-I-I ..." I was lost for words. Why wasn't I grinning? I started to grin and then smile and then to giggle and soon we were both laughing our heads off for no particular reason.

"Kitchen duty isn't laughing time!" roared Dennis, his face contorted with fury I immediately fell silent and so did the boy. Dennis stormed out of the room and started to shout at various other people in the house. I looked back at the boy and he strode towards me, held out his hand and said in a cocky voice "I'm Liam O'Donovan, and you are?" I extended my hand, shook his hand and replied "Akimi Miyake, Nice to meet you." Liam broke the handshake and started to help out the plates away in the cupboards I couldn't reach.

Liam and I became good friends and we hung out a lot, at school and at the home. We would walk to and from school together, play together, eat together. We even saved up our pocket money so that we could buy more sweets than the others at the end of the month. He was the only person who wouldn't laugh at me when I told him about my mother coming back for me. He would put up with my anger and left me alone when they happened just as I liked. This all stopped when Su-Yun came to the home with news about my family.

Me and Liam were in the middle of a football game, well, I stood there trying to catch the ball and he scored goals when Su-Yun came into the garden telling me to come into the office. She looked excited and was slightly breathless. I looked at Liam and he shrugged sticking out his lower lip

"You betterhog see what is about, could be important"

"Yeah. My mum could've come to get me.". I ran off to the office.

"We've found that you have an aunt!" I barely was in the door when Su-Yun told me the news. "What?" My eyes widened "But what if Mother can't find me there! She won't know where I am!" panic washed over me.

"Don't worry we will tell her" Su-Yun laughed "But isn't this exciting! She lives in Tokyo! You'll go back to Japan!" a grin spread across my face.

"When can I move in?" I replied eagerly

Su-Yun laughed "Don't you want to meet her first? After that if you like you can move there for a trial period and we'll see how it goes after that" I met her the week after. She was kind and funny-quite like mother-she wanted me to move in as soon as possible. But I still hadn't told Liam.

We were on our home from school when I decided to tell him about me moving away.

"Hey Liam?"

"Yeah?"

"What would you say if I said I was moving?"

"What, like another care home?"

"No... I'm moving in with my aunt."

"Well I can still come over and you can visit me at Burnyhell and we'll still see each other at school. What's the big deal?"

"She lives in Japan."

Liam dropped the stick he had been running along the metal railings of the park. His mouth agape and his eyes wide"What!" he yelled"We had a promise! You promised that we would stay friends no matter what!"

"We still can! You can email me and I can phone!"

"It won't be the same! You'll forget about me eventually." His head dropped and his eyes started to glisten.

"Liam, I-"

"Just forget it!" he yelled and ran off ahead of me. I tried to run after him but I soon tripped over and had to go slowly.

During my last week Liam barely even looked at me. He was the only angry one. But I expect the rest were just happy I was leaving. I tried to be excited about going to Japan, but how could I when my best friend hated me? The day came when I had to leave and I tried to apologise but he wouldn't listen. As we drove off to the airport I started to cry and when I looked back at Burnyhell I could swear I saw him at the upstairs window.