Young Investigators
Today is Monday. And, I woke up one hour earlier than usual, 6 a.m. Mum and the others haven't woke up so it's just me in my room staring at the dark, thinking what will be the reaction of my friends when they heard the news later.
Nelly is my best friend. We have been friends since our childhood when her parents died from an airplane crash. Since then, she has been living in our house. It's has been very hard for her in a few months because she was only 5 at the time. I don't remember very well what happened to her but there is one…just one memory that I remember vividly.
~12 years ago~
I was sleeping soundly in my bed. Rain trickling outside and there was also rustling sounds of the tree branches. I can't hear or notice that my room has been invaded by something or someone.
I can hear a whisper calling out my name, told me to wake my mind up "Kris…Kris, wake up...Kris…" Someone must have been shaking my body, because when I wake up, my face that has been facing the ceiling now is facing the wall. Then, I can feel someone tap my shoulder and (probably just imagining it) crawling onto my bed.
When I open my eyes, I can see Nelly crying beside me. Her hand was holding her teddy bear, which she called Mr Brown (its fur colour).
"Err…what the matter, Nell? Why are you crying?" I ask her while I rub my eyes with both of my hands. My vision is still blurring, so I keep rubbing my eyes.
"I…*sniff*I…" Her eyes are puffy red and she keep fidgeting and playing with her finger. Tears can be seen on her cheeks, her hair was a mess, and it was spraying on her shoulder. I always admired her hair, brunette, straight and soft too.
"Do you want me to tell mum that you were here? "I ask her. She seems so shocked and sad when I mentioned mum and started crying again. I was much panicked that time so I went to calm her. "It's ok…please don't cry, you make me want to cry too…"
I wasn't thinking that time when I realised that I was hugging her. Rocking forward then backward, forward again until she started to say, "I m-missed h-her…she told me not to cry, but I-I can't…Kris, what should I do?"
And then, I started to cry too (ridiculous, right?) "But mum said c-crying isn't good for our health, j-just p-please stop crying…here, let me hug you. Mum said hugging is good…" We both just hug there for several minutes with Mr Brown lying beside us.
~Present Time~
Well, it's different now. Nelly is one of my group members… 'The Young Investigators', she is the second in command after me, of course. (Hehe…xP) But, there is something, though that I was curious about…She is now seventeen, but she doesn't have a boyfriend. (Sometimes being a busybody doesn't hurt, right?)
"Nelly, please… tells me why you didn't want to get a boyfriend…" It was the tenth times I've ask her that question last weekend. "I just don't understand why, can you please tell me?"
She just glances at me for a second then glanced back at her book. Even though I put my face into a puppy face, she just won't tell me the straight answer. Even if she'd answer, I can't understand her words, it's a nerd talk!
"Getting a boyfriend doesn't make your life completes, there's a saying: You can't see your true love with just judging on him/her appearances, feel it with your entire soul…even if it will takes your entire life…"
I can't believe this! "Seriously, Nell you need to change the ways you talk, boys would never like a girl who talked like a nerd you know that, don't you?" I raised my left eyebrow and waiting for her answer.
"I don't care." She shrugged. Since then, I'd never ask her that question anymore.
~ 6.30 a.m. ~
I can hear footsteps walking towards the kitchen. "They must have been awake now. Well…let's get going, Kris!" I stepped inside into my bathroom and brush my teeth after that I turned on the shower.