My class ended early today. I immediately went home after the said announcement and changed my uniform to my normal comfortable clothes. I went to my brother's room to rummage in his closet in search of the photo album that he kept dearly. It is filled with happy memories and whatnot. I missed the old days when he and I are still close unlike nowadays. He can't even open up to me and choose to become secretive. Like up until now, he can't even tell me what really happened between him and his girlfriend. I mean, I am pretty reliable with this type of thing but why can't he tell me? I felt very sad after what happened between them because I can't even talk to Meg now. I can't even talk to my friends since they are very busy flirting with guys looking for a boyfriend. I am still looking for that box as big as a small pail where we hid all of the beautiful memories from the past. I gasp to myself when I found the box underneath his clothes. I hold it tightly and sat on his bed. I took some of the pictures and smiled to myself. Then, I saw a very familiar picture where I stood beside a boy with dark brown hair and a pointy nose and his black pooled eyes. I smiled at the memory of that picture. Its Lulu, my best friend, back where I was born. You see, I grew up in Japan but I wasn't exactly born there. I was born in China then we moved to Japan for a reason I still don't know.
My strings to thoughts were cut when I felt my phone vibrated. I took it out and saw that my brother left me a message.
From: Drew
Time: 12:35 pm
Message: Hey, kid. My groupmates will have a sleepover tonight because of our project. Please tell Mrs. Lita to cook us dinner to many later. Please behave later also. I know you are inside my room so better get out now. Stop being lazy and go tell Mrs. Lita now or you will forget everything if you do it late. Bye.
I frowned at the message and put the box back in his closet as I stomp out of his room and went to the kitchen to notify Mrs. Lita. I went out to the garden to water my plants. I will make sure that no one is going to get near my plants. I sighed as I closed the tap after I watered the plants. I miss Japan. I miss China. I missed my best friend, Lulu. I hope he is doing okay.
FLASHBACK
"Lulu, can you please go out now? I am already in front of your house. Let's play."I yelled from the gates. Lulu has been my friend since birth. We have been together for about 5 years now and whenever I wanted to play, I always go to their house and invite him. Minutes later, he went out carrying a table tennis paddle and a ball. I looked at him very curiously and asked, "What are we going to do with those?" he just looked at me before grabbing my arm and drag me to the park.
We played there for hours until we get exhausted to go back home. We played different games that day and I can still remember his sweet smiles and his daring eyes. I called him Lulu because at first, I thought he is a girl. A very beautiful girl. But it turns out he is a guy yet the nickname sticks and he doesn't even care about it.
END OF FLASHBACK
I missed him so much and I would want to see him now. I went inside the kitchen and grab something to drink from the refrigerator when I heard my brother's voice from the doorway saying, "Hey, kid. I'm home." I went to him to see who is he with. I should've never done that. He is apparently with Arianne, Maxene, Louisa, Kris, and Caleb. I rolled my eyes secretly and greets them. "Hey, bro. Welcome home." then I walked away. I overheard Maxene saying why I did not greet her. I mean why would I? I hate her. I went upstairs to my room and slammed the door. I don't want to befriend his groupmates since Maxene is there. I hate her and I don't want to talk to her.