My last wish

Author: Shayne
From: McAlester, USA
Age: 16
Date: 3rd Jun 2007, 2:06 AM
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Title: My last wish

Have you ever wished that one day all your hopes and dreams will come to pass, without approaching lifes trials. If it is possible I would change time in my favor and wish I have never came to my new neighborhood. For the first time in my life i found loneliness, trapped in a new world with no friends. Eversince my father was promoted to a better job I found myself constantly moving from city to city. Sometimes we would stay in one city for half a year, and if we are blessed I could be there for two, but no than ever father says that this is the moment he has been waiting for. His job is opening a new business in Honkong and the salary is twice as much he is being payed now. I suppose that was his excuse to sign the contract without telling me until the first night of summer vacation.
I could not believe how quiet the dinner table could be that night even though we are normally a quiet family. But when i noticed an uneasy look on my fathers face i knew something was wrong.
'are you alright dad.' i finally look up from my plate adn stare into his dark brown eyes. He places his head into his hands for a while and whip his face before looking back up at me. I look over to my mother and I knew whatever was wrong must be bad.
'huney, I recieved a call a few days ago about a promotion.' He begins, now twirling his fork around on his plate.
'Well thats good, does this mean we can go on that vacation trip we always wanted to go on!' I could not hold back the excitement in my voice.
'no, its another moving type of..' before he could finish i bang my elbow on the table.
'hunny! what has gotten into you lately!' my mother quikly looks at my offensive actions.
'what has been bothering me for the past few years of my life mom! I am sixteen! I barely have friends here, I dont have a boyfriend and I hate traveling! Do you know how imbarasing this is to my life!' I could not keep myself from exploding since I was really expecting for this summer to be the best here in Tennessee.
'What! you have lots of friends and you can have more there. Besides your too young for a boyfriend.' she snaps back at me. By now my father couldnt hold it either and he stands up which startles both my mother and I to silence.
'Im sorry Mai,' he begins,'but its to late. its about time you realize that I cant continue on this business here. I need the money.'
The truth was that my family was half surviving bills and half alright. It seemed that no matter how hard my dad worked we always found ouselves back into a loop hole. Tears begin to fill my eyes and i run to my room feeling discusted with my life. I didnt like my room, small and simple. I pittied my life, simple and plain. and most of all, I envied my friends atleast the ones who pretend to be my friends. You see, i am someone you would call the reject of school or the poor person in the class. What made it worse was my overwelming shyness that kept me out of any chance of talking to people who seem to be born popular. Yet i am destined to be a failure, a simple short girl who will never amount to anything. As i sit on my bed i hear my door creek open. My mom has entered my room and sat on the bed stroking my long black hair.
'Im sorry for yelling at you.' she says. 'i got too carried away.'
'Its alright.' I sight up and allow my hair to cover half of my face. My room window is straight ahead of me and can see the horizen is now lightening up with the morning sun.
'Trust me everything will be alright.'
'I know its just....' I look down into my lap and stare at my hands. 'Im just tired of being an outcast.'
'I know, but just think. Maybe this is the one. Maybe HongKong is the place we can finally call home.'
'HongKong. Oh great.' atthat time I didnt know I was being forced to move over seas, yet moving anywhere is like a foriegn country.
'relax,it will be fine I promise. Hear, I want you to have this.' she takes a necklace off her neck and places it around mine. I marvel at the beautiful jewel that dangles before me. I couldnt help but smile.
'eventhough life may be rough, I am always here.'
'Always?'
'Always.'
We hug and watch the sun for a while until my room begins to turn too dark to see around us.
'you know, it will sound wierd to people if I told them that my best friend is my mom.' I say as look up at her.
'So, there going to have to deal with it.'

Two months later I found myself on an international plane heading for China. A part of me is filled with excitement while the other half is terrified. i stand in front of the airport waiting for a taxi with my family when I see a someone standing by himself waiting for a taxi as well.
'this is my chance.' I say to myself as i try to keep myself from him noticing that I was watching him the whole time. 'Since he doesnt know you maybe I can try to get him to talk to me, maybe like me. Besides what is the change for us to see each other again.' I walk over to him then pass by, as my fears creap back to me.
'What if he doesnt like my or doesnt want to talk to me?' i think to myself. 'No. stop Mai. you cant continue like this. If you want to change sometimes you have to face your fears head on... I think.' I slowly turn around and walk over to him until I am directly behind him. I take a deep breath and look at his back of his head. Just like the front he looks perfect and if only he already knew me and liked me and considered me as a best friend or more then I...I.
'May I help you?' he turns around and looks at me.
I become shocked and want to faint yet hold myself together.
'Do you speak chinese. Oh, you must be-'
'no, i can understand you.' i say still with a amazed look on my face.
'well, I figured that you was lost because I say you wondering around and I thought that-' before he could finish I heard my dad coming.
'Get away from my daughter you player.'
'What?' both the stranger and I say at the same time.
'yes, you. I know all your tricks. Trying to trick young defensless girls to buy your lies and then treat them like dirt. well then you are mistaken because this girl is not for sale!' My dad grabs my arm and takes me away. The poor stranger is still trying to recover from this random shock. We enter a taxi and the driver quickly drives away.
'Hunny he probably was a nice boy.' my mom says in my defence.
'no he's not. just look at the way he dresses.' he says still mad at the stranger.
'he was wearing a suit.'
'of course, he is trying to pretend to be wealthy and then uses key phrases to make you fall in love with him.'
'he asked me if I was lost.'
'ah-ha. then he would say, 'because i am lost in love with you'. Listen, just becareful. Teenagers are like wild animals. Give them a treat and they will snap back.'
'excuse me.' I tap my foot at his rude comment especially since he was refering to me.
'Just kidding.' he says, laughing at how made i always get at his smart jokes.
We reach our new house and the place is small but decent. I really like the landscap but i soon realized that i may have to join dad with mowing the lawn.
'Finally we are home,' my dad says, almost falling flat on his face as he gets out of the taxi. I notice that the moving van is waiting outside of our house which makes me curious. Then i remember that a month earlier we shipped our things over seas and they had it in storage until the day we arrive.
'hunny can you help me unpack.' my mom says as she goes over to the moving van. With the help of a worker we begin carrying things into the house and for a while we were doing well, until we notice our neighbor came home. An expensive black car drives into the neighbors drive way and parks beside me. I couldnt see who the person was because the windows were tinted.
'oh, good the neighbors are hear. Maybe we can introduce ourselves while the men work.' my mother takes my arm and we walk over to the car. First a tall man comes out and notices that we were coming to them and was more than happy to introduce himself to us, but I noticed that there was someone else in the car.
'Hello my name is Shen Wong. Im glad we have new neighbors here. Between the three of us the last neighbors kinda had a little smell.'
'Oh, really well I am Mrs. Lee and this is my daughter Mai Lee.'
'Hello Mai, you know I have a little brother your age. In fact-' he goes to the car and calls for someone to come out of the car. At first he refuses then finally gives in and steps out and walks over to us, I could tell he wanted to leave.
'This is Mateo my brother.Mateo this is Mai.'
'Hello Mai.' He says, a little unsure if he should be saying anything at all.
'I become shocked to know that the impossible became possible. the same boy who was at the airport is now my neighbor! What is wrong with me! and what is even more imbarrassing is that i fainted right infront of all of them.
(I'm sorry this is all I have so far keep a look out for part two!)


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