Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Best Friends Reunite ❯ Chapter 1 ( Chapter 1 )
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By: PrincessJupiter-04 
Chapter One is in the POV of Ken.
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 11.10.2005 | Pages: 5 | Words: 5.9K | Visits: 163 | Status: Work In Progress
Chapter One is in the POV of Ken.
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 11.10.2005 | Pages: 5 | Words: 5.9K | Visits: 163 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or Initial D.
Best Friends Reunite
Thoughts – Russell’s Thoughts
“Talking” – Person on the other line of phone
New York, New York; Ken, age 21
“Mom, did the mail come?” I asked.
“No, why are you asking?”
“I’m waiting for a letter from Tokyo University. I’m transferring remember?”
“Oh, yeah, it should be here soon.”
“Ok. Thanks Mom. Call me when it gets here please.” I said as I headed upstairs to my room.
By the way, my name is Ken and I have a problem. You see I’m not from New York originally. I’m from Tokyo, Japan and I haven’t been there in eleven years. Now I’m trying to go back to finish college there. Well that, and there is people I want to see like Darien Chiba, Andrew Furahata, and –
“Ken, mail’s here.”
--I guess I’ll finish later.
“Coming,” I yelled back.
When I get downstairs mom looks extremely happy which means it’s probably not my letter. They are not too happy about me transferring. Something about breaking up the family or something like that.
“Why are you so happy?” I asked.
“Look at this.” She said and handed me an official looking envelope. When I looked at the return address I see that it is from my best friend Lita Kino.
“Can I open it?”
“Why don’t you wait until dinner, when everyone is here.”
“Ok, when’s dinner?”
“In 30 minutes.”
“Is there anything I can do to make it go faster?”
“Yeah, not hang around and bug me.”
“Ok, ok. I’ll go to my room and check my email.”
Ok back in my room. I guess you want to know who Lita is, right? Well to put it simply she’s my best friend. We’ve known each other for 18 years. That is…since she was born. Her parents and my parents were best friends in high school and seven years into Li’s life. Well her parents were taking a second honeymoon when Lita was seven and their plane crashed. Everyone on board died, that includes her parents. She lived with us for seven years. Well, after her parents’ plane crash, I was accepted to go to an accelerated are institute in England so I went there until I graduated from it (which is equal to a high school graduation) from when I was ten. When Lita turned fourteen, my parents decided they wanted to move to NY. Lita said that she could take care of herself and stayed behind. After I finished the England school I moved here with my parents. I took a year off of school and now I’m about to finish my second year at NYU. Then I decided I wanted to go back to Tokyo. That’s why I want to transfer to Tokyo U.
“Ken, dinner.”
“Coming.” Yes, now I get to open the letter! Yea! Although I didn’t check my email, oh well, I can check it later.
“Hey dad, Russell, Josh, and Carrie. How was your day?” By the way, Russell is 21, Josh is 18, and Carrie is 12.
“Hey Ken, my day was good. How was your day son?”
“Good. Hey mom, can I open it now?”
“Sure, go ahead and read it out loud.”
“Ok, it said: ‘You’re cordially invited to attend the graduation of Lita Kino from Crossroads High School on the night of June 1, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. The ceremony will be held at Tokyo University.’”
“Cool, I’m glad to hear she’s graduating.” Said Russell.
“You had doubts?” My mom asked.
“Well, no. I don’t even know why I said that.”
“Can I go mom?” I asked VERY pleadingly.
“Well your father and I have an announcement to make. When this school year is over, we have decided that it’s time to go home. We will move back during the summer after Lita’s graduation.” My mother explained to the rest of us.
“Really??? Awesome, but I thought you didn’t want me transferring to Tokyo U?”
“Well, after you brought that up, your father and I started talking about it and decided that it was time to go back.”
“Yes! I always loved Tokyo more then here.” Russell said.
“Me too! And Lita is very pretty; maybe I’ll ask her out when we get back.” Josh said.
“She doesn’t like you, remember?” Carrie asked.
“Yeah, I know. She has a thing for someone else in the family.” Josh said mischievously as he looked in my direction.
“What are you talking about? We’re just friends.” I said.
“Sure you are.” Russell joined in.
“I think she would be a lovely addition to this family.” Mom put in.
“Aw, not you too mom.”
“Kids, stop teasing him. He’ll come to terms with it someday.” Dad said.
“Fine, whatever you guys, your all against me. I’m going to my room.” I excused myself.
I guess now I can check my email. Let’s see, junk, junk, junk, and guess what, more junk. Ok, well that was a waste of time. The rest of my night is going to be boring. I have homework and to go to sleep, so let’s skip to tomorrow and see what happens.
--Next Day—
“KEN! LITA’S HERE GET UP!!” Russell yelled in my ear.
“Huh? What? Where?” I mumbled incoherently.
“You are going to be late if you don’t get up soon.”
“That wasn’t very nice.”
“Oh well, you’ll get over it. I was joking about Lita, but some other girl is downstairs.”
“Ok, tell her I’ll be down in a few minutes.” I answered. Siblings don’t you love them? Oh, by the way, Russell is my identical twin, if you couldn’t tell by the ages. Wonder who that girl is? I don’t have a girlfriend or anything so it wouldn’t be that. Oh well I’ll go down and see. Mirror check: Hair, messy bed hair. Perfect. Now, what to wear…here’s some jeans and my favorite T-shirt, that’ll work. Brush my teeth, ok now to see who it is. In the living room is this girl named Jennifer, I remember now, I told her I would give her a ride to school. She’s just a friend, so don’t jump to conclusions.
“Hey, Jenn.”
“Hey Ken. What are you doing tonight?”
“Homework, calling a friend, you?”
“Oh, I don’t know. I thought maybe you and I could go see a movie and have dinner.”
“Nope, I can’t. Sorry, told my mom I would stay in tonight. Ready to go to school?” I asked casually.
“Fine. Let’s go.” She answered sharply.
“Ok, bye mom. Come on Russell.” I think I made her mad, but since I’m not interested in her like that, which I’ve told her many times, I had to make up an excuse. Now Russell is giving me an odd look. “What?”
“I’ll tell you later.” He answered.
Well let’s skip to the ride home from school, since nothing ever happens at school. It’s only Russell and me now. “So, what was the look for earlier?”
“When did you tell mom you had to stay in tonight?” Russell asked.
“I didn’t, but I don’t want to go out with her so I had to make up an excuse.” I answered.
“Yeah, there’s only one person you want to go out with.” He teased.
“No, I’m not interested in anyone right now.”
Just then the theme to The Fast and the Furious started playing.
“Hello?” I asked.
“Hey. It’s Amara. You coming this weekend?”
“No. I won’t be back until graduation, since I’m coming in for Lita’s.”
“Oh, well. I guess will have to do without you.”
“Yes, I guess so Amara. How is everyone?”
Russell has an extremely shocked look on his face when he hears Amara’s name, so that means when I get off the phone I’m going to get twenty questions.
“The whole team is doing well. We’re racing the Takahashi’s this weekend.”
“Aw, man. I’ve always wanted to race them.”
“Yeah, you are missing a good race. Well anyhow, I better let you go; you probably have a hot date tonight.”
“Actually, no. I’m not so much of a playboy anymore. But anyway, I’ll talk to you later. Bye.”
“See ya.”
“Sooo…you have a secret life I don’t know about?” Russell asked. “And you know Amara Tenoh? The famous female racer?”
Ok, so there are some things I didn’t tell you. “Um. Yeah, but what I tell you don’t tell mom and dad. Keep it to yourself, K?”
“Ok. Wait a second, doesn’t she live in Japan?”
“Yeah, I’ve been going about every other weekend to race in the mountains. I’m part of a team of four. I was supposed to go this weekend, but since graduation is in three weeks I’m waiting until then to go back.”
“So all those times you told mom you were spending time with your friends upstate, you’ve been flying to Japan to race? How did you get all the money? I can’t believe you lied so bad to them. How long?”
“Yes. Working and racing. Technically it wasn’t a complete lie. My teammates are my friends. I’ve been doing it for a few years now, ever since I went to Japan for my senior trip.”
“So who are your teammates? Amara, Darien, and Lita?”
“No, Amara, Darien, and Andrew. I haven’t even seen Lita in 11 years. I’m just there usually for one night.”
“Oh, so how good or bad are you?”
“Well I haven’t lost yet. They are racing the Takahashi brothers this weekend.”
“Oh. How come you didn’t take me with you? What about the playboy part?”
“Well you didn’t go on the senior trip to begin with, and while I’m gone I tend to flirt a lot. Nothing more than that though. That was until the last time though, I just got tired of it and so I quit. I want a serious relationship now.”
“Oh. Well, have you heard of the Green American? He’s like famous, and I hope I can meet him sometime. He’s like my idol. He drives and American car so they said he’s American.”
“Yeah, I’ve heard of him. Haven’t seen him though. Oh look we’re home. Remember not a word. Maybe I’ll take you with me next time.”
“Awesome. I won’t say a word.”
“Hey Russell, Hey Ken, how was class?” mom asked.
“It was good.” I answer.
There goes the F & F* theme again.
“Hello?”
“Hey, me again.”
“Oh, hey, hold on a sec.” I said. “Going to my room mom.”
My Room
“Ok I can talk now. I just got home.”
“Oh, well, I called Ry up and told him the situation, since he wants to race you as bad as you want to race him, he said that we could postpone the race till the week of graduation.”
“Yes!!”
“I thought you would like that.”
“Yeah.”
“So, haven’t told your mom yet?”
“No, but Russell was in the car when you called earlier and he was asking questions. I swore him to secrecy and told him just about everything.”
“Oh, well, I guess I’ll let you go. See you in a few weeks.”
“Ok, bye.”
“Bye.”
“I’m assuming that was Amara by the way you left the room so quickly?” Russell asked.
“Yep. Race got rescheduled until the weekend of graduation. So, what are you doing tonight?”
“I’m breaking up with Amanda for one. After that I don’t know.”
“Oh, finally. So what do you want?”
“What do you mean? I’m just hanging out with my cool twin brother.”
“Now I defiantly know you want something. Out with it.”
“Ok, ok. You know me too well. I was just wondering what kind of car you race with, because I know for a fact you don’t drag this one with you wherever you go since it stays here.”
“I race with a 2006 Mustang Cobra.”
“How did you get one of those?? They aren’t even going on sale for a year.”
“Lot’s of money and good connections.”
“Oh, well I guess I’ll leave you alone now.” Russell said as he left the room.
Don’t you just love nosey brothers? Not me. Let’s see…e-mail, wonder if I got anything good? Oh yeah, one from Andrew.
Hey K-dog. Sup? We’ve been wondering where you’ve been. Dare and Mara are saying we’re racing the Takahashis this weekend so you better be here. Yeah I’ve got a g-friend now. Her name is Trista. Anyway hope to see ya soon.
Drew
Must have sent it before I talked to Amara.
Hey Drew. Yeah I talked to Mara, she said she called them and changed it to the weekend of graduation. Congrats on Trista, can’t wait to meet her. I’ve just been hanging here at home. I told Russell about it and I’ll probably bring him along when I race Ry. Well anyways I have something to tell you when I see you guys. But I’ll let you go for now. See ya in a few weeks.
K-dog.
Ok that’s done.
“Hey mom, do you mind if I go down to the shop and order the kit for my car?” I asked.
“Sure, as long as you’ll go by the store for me.”
“Ok.”
“Let me write you a list and get you some money real quick. Let’s see we need milk, eggs, pasta, cheese, and bread. Here is some money and thank you for doing this for me, hon.”
“Your welcome, mom. I’ll be back in a little bit.”
“So, where are you going?” asked Russell.
“Order the kit for my car and go to the store for mom. Why?”
“Do you mind if I come?” he asked.
“Sure.” I answer, and then I yelled to mom saying he’s coming with me.
“You two be careful.”
“Ok, bye mom.”
At the Shop
“Hey Jake. This is my bro Russell.”
“Hey Russell. You into cars too?”
“Not as much as Ken. I just came to get out of the house.”
“Oh, so what can I do for you today?”
“First of all, did my spoiler come in yet?”
“Yeah.”
“Good. Second, I want to order a kit for my car. I want the Stalker Kit for an ’06 Mustang Cobra, and is there any way you can get it sent to Tokyo, Japan?”
“So, there something I don’t know about? Cuz I know 06’s aren’t for sale yet. But other than that I can send it there if I get an address.”
“There are lots of things you don’t know. Thanks.”
“Ok. Let me get your spoiler real quick.”
“K.”
Few minutes later he comes back.
“Here you go. Oh by the way, can I get a color for your kit?”
“Emerald Green. I’ll e-mail you the address when I get home.”
“I should have known. Ok that’ll work. Is that all?”
“Yeah, thanks. See ya.”
“Bye.” Jake said as we left.
“So. Are you hiding anything else besides the Cobra? Like, being married?”
“Um…nothing and no.”
“So, you looking forward to finals?”
“Yeah, you? Are you staying here and going to NYU?”
“Not really. Yeah, since I only have a year left. Unlike you who took a year off.”
“Oh shut up.”
“So...what’s the first thing you are going to do when we get to Tokyo?”
“Probably go work on my car, you?”
“Going to the arcade. I want to play the new Sailor V game. So does Lita know?”
“No. besides my teammates, you are the only who knows. You are sure full of questions.”
“Sorry. It’s just I never thought you’d do anything like this. I mean you seem too laid back and not a troublemaker and you always pass classes with flying colors. I guess I’m jealous because even I can’t get away with something like this. Seriously, when your gone, mom and dad act like you’re the perfect son.”
“Wow. Are you serious? I’m going to try to see if I can out there a few days sooner than mom and dad. You want to come?”
“Yeah sure. Where you going to stay?”
“With either Darien or Amara.”
“Cool. So what do we have to get here? (grocery store)”
“Milk, eggs, pasta, cheese and bread. I am going to see if the new Mustang Enthusiast is out yet. Uh oh. It’s Jenn. She’s going to be pissed.”
“Hey Ken! Thought you had to stay in tonight.” Jennifer asked.
“Yeah I do. Mom just asked me to come to the store for her.”
“Oh. I didn’t know you two hung out outside of school.”
“Oh, that’s only cuz he had to pick me up from my exes house, since my car’s not running.” Russell answered.
“Um, so what classes are you taking next year Ken?”
“I don’t know. I have to register when I get to Tokyo.” I answered.
“Why would you need to go to Tokyo to register?”
“I’m transferring to Tokyo U. next semester. I’m moving back during the summer.”
“Personally, I think it’s because he has the hots for this girl we grew up with, even though he said that’s not the reason.” Russell answered for me. Remind me to thank him later.
“Oh. So you’re not interested in me? But you take me to school sometimes.”
“I do that to be nice. I take my bro to school sometimes too. Does that mean I’m interested in him too?”
“Well that’s different. Anyways I better be going. Bye.”
“See ya.”
We were both quiet while we finished up and got back into the car for lack of anything to say.
“Well I have to thank you for that.” I said.
“Oh no problem. I did love your comeback though.” Russell said back.
The rest of the car ride was quiet.
“Well now I’ll go asked mom and dad about leaving early. I’ll let you know what they said.”
“Ok, good luck. I’ll be in my room.”
“K.”
Well let’s see how this goes over. Hopefully they’ll let me go. I guess if they let me and not Russell then I’ll smuggle him along and call them I when we get there. Just so you know, I have more than two cars, but don’t tell Russell that. You’ll find out what they are later too. Well here goes.
“Hey mom, dad. Here’s your stuff. I was wondering if I could leave a few days early to go to Tokyo.”
“Why?”
“Well there are some things I want to get done before Lita’s graduation and we move. I would also like to bring Russell along, so he can spend more time there, since he’s coming back in the fall.”
“Where will you stay?”
“With Darien.”
“What about transportation?”
“I have that arranged.”
“Well it defiantly seems like you have everything planned. Your father and I will discuss it and let you know at dinner.”
“Ok.”
Well hopefully they’ll let us.
Knock Knock
“Come in.” came Russell’s reply. “So?”
“They said they’d talk about --”
“KEN COME HERE FOR A SECOND.” Mom yelled up to me.
“Ok, they said they’d talk about it and let us know at dinner.” Going downstairs now. “Yes, mom?”
“I forgot to give this to you. It came today.”
“Oh thanks. Hey it’s from Tokyo U, ok let’s see…’blah, blah, blah, you are hereby accepted as a transfer student. Blah, blah, blah.’” I read aloud. “YES!! I GOT IT! WOOHOO!! Oh sorry. I’m going to my room.”
Yes! Now I defiantly get to go! Woohoo! Oh, sorry, am I scaring you? Well anyhow I can’t believe mom and dad think I’m perfect. Wonder what they will said when they find out about my secret life. Which I think I’ll tell them when we are all in Tokyo, right before school starts.
About an hour later mom finally calls us down for dinner.
“Coming.” Russell and I yell back down to her at the same time.
“Hey Josh, hey Carrie. How was your day?” I asked.
“You sure seem in a good mood. My day was good.” Carrie said.
“Yeah mine was too, other than being asked out by Shelly.” Answered Josh.
“I thought you liked Shelly?” mom asked.
“Not anymore, she is a spoiled brat. So anyway why are you so happy? Lita finally decided to go out with you?”
“No, we’re just friends, but I got into Tokyo U.”
“Oh, so that’s what all that screaming was about.” Carrie said.
“Yeah, so anyways mom, dad, did you talk about it?” I asked hopefully.
“Yes, and we decided that it’s only a couple of days, so you can wait and go with us.” Dad answered.
“But--” Russell started to say.
“I understand, and respect your wishes. Well I’m not hungry. Do you mind if I go work on my car?”
“Sure, go ahead.” Mom said.
“I’m going too.” Russell said.
Russell came rushing after me. “Why did you take it so lightly?”
“Pretty much because I decided I was going no matter what they said. I already bought the tickets so you can come too if you still want to.”
“You are a lot cooler than I originally thought. Only because I thought you were some stuck up geek, who did everything right.”
“Um, thanks, I think. Anyway, our flight leaves at 2:30 p.m. on the 25th.”
“An afternoon flight? I figured it would be an early flight, like 2:30 A.M.”
“It’s easier to get away during the day. Trust me.” I said.
“I guess you would know right? Well anyway, do you think you could fix my car?”
“Yeah let me look at it. Hm…it looks like the starter went out. You really need a new car. Anyways I’ll be right back.”
I wonder what he’s doing, thinks Russell. I sure don’t know him as well as I thought I did. I mean I knew he was a car geek, but seriously lying to mom and dad so he can race? I didn’t think he had it in him. I guess people aren’t always what they seem.
“I’ll be right back. I’m going to run up to AutoZone to get you a new starter.” I said as I came outside.
“All right, bye Ken.” Russell said.
Now I get a moment to think without Russell interrupting me. Well I really did already buy the tickets, and talked to Amara, and I really thought my parents would say yes. I know your probably thinking why can’t he just wait a couple of days? Well it’s mainly because I want time away from my parents, simply because when they get there, they’ll want us all to stay together almost the entire time.
*May 25th Day of Departure @ about 11:00 a.m.*
I think I’ll grab something to eat before we leave. When I get close to the kitchen, I hear mom and dad talking. Ooo let’s listen.
“Have you noticed these past couple of weeks?” mom asked dad.
“No, noticed what?” dad said back.
“The twins, they’ve been spending a lot of time together lately, and do you remember when Ken asked if he could leave early? He wanted Russell to go too. That’s pretty much when it started.” Mom explained.
“Yeah, they do seem to be getting along more and not teasing as much. Do you think Russell will be a bad influence on Ken?”
“Nah, Ken’s got his head on straight.”
I picked that moment to go in. “Hey mom, hey dad. I was just getting something to eat. I’m about to take Russell up to the mall so we can pick up something to wear for graduation. I don’t know when we’ll be back.”
“Ok, be careful.” Mom said.
“Ok, love you mom and dad.”
“Love you too, son.” They said.
“RUSSELL W E’RE LEAVING!!” I yell upstairs for him.
“COMING.” He yells back. “So what are you going to get to wear?”
“Oh I don’t know. I’ll probably go with slacks and a nice shirt. What about you?”
“That sounds like a good idea. I get that too.” Russell said as we go out the door. “I’m so glad we are out of there, I didn’t know how much longer I could have sugar-coated a conversation that much.”
“I surprised you hung on that long. So you looking forward to going back?” I asked him.
“Yeah, but I really can’t wait to see you race on the weekend.”
Most of the rest of the ride to the airport, the time at the airport, and the flight were quiet. Although the flight was mostly quiet because we slept most of it.
“Hey Ken, you awake?” Russell asked.
“Yeah, what’s up?”
“I know you probably have everything set up, but what are we doing when we get off the plane?”
“Oh. Amara, Darien and Andrew are going to pick us up. They are going to take us to Amara’s apartment, which is where we are staying. After we get settled in I have something for you.”
“Ok. Awesome. So…what is it?”
“You’ll see soon enough.”
About an hour after that conversation we finally landed and got our stuff and headed out to meet the team. You want to know what I have for Russ? Well, you’ll have to wait until he finds out to see what it is.
“Hey K-Dog! How have you been?” Amara asked.
“I’m good. Hey Dare and Drew. You remember Russell?”
“Yeah, how’s it going?” Darien asked.
“It’s going good.” They all answered.
“Russ, this is Amara. Mara, Russell.” I introduced.
“Good to meet you Russell.”
“Yeah, you too.”
“So, which car did you guys bring?” I asked.
“We brought the Eclipse because it has the most space for five people. Where are we going first?” Andrew answered/asked.
“Mara’s apartment so we can get all our stuff settled in, and then we are taking Russ out.”
“Alright, do you want to drive?”
“No, you go ahead. I have a phone call to make.”
“Ok.”
I wonder what mom is going to say?
“Hello?”
“Hey mom, it’s Ken.”
“Oh, good. I’ve been so worried. Where are you?”
“Ummm. Well, we are going down the road to leave the airport…in Tokyo.”
“What?? What are you doing in Tokyo? Is Russell with you?”
“Well that night I asked you I was so sure you would say yes, so I went ahead and bought the tickets. Yes, Russell is with me.”
“KENNETH THEODORE MIYAKE!! I don’t believe you did something like this.” Mom yelled.
“Well, actually mom, I have some other stuff to tell you when you get here. By the way, you forget that I’m 21 now.”
“Son, just because you’re 21 doesn’t mean you don’t have to obey us, you do still live with us.”
“Um, actually, I’m going to look for an apartment.”
“Did your brother drive you to do this?”
“Actually, no, it was my idea.”
“Fine. We’ll discuss this more when the rest of us get there. Bye, love you.”
“Bye, love you too.” I hung up. “Well that went over well.”
“Oh yeah, something like that. So, you going to finally tell them?” Drew asked.
“Yeah. The funny thing is they tried to blame Russ for me doing this.”
“Wow. You that much of a troublemaker, Russ?” Darien asked.
“Oh yeah, I try to be. It keeps them on their toes.”
“Theodore, huh??” Amara asked.
“I know. That’s why I don’t tell people my middle name.”
After about another thirty minute drive, we arrived at Amara’s apartment where two girls were waiting outside the door.
“Here’s home, sweet home.” Amara announced.
“Hey Michelle, Trista. How have you too been?” Darien asked. “By the way, Trista this is Ken and his brother Russell.”
“Hey Trista, nice to meet you, nice to see you again Michelle.” I said.
“You too,” they both said.
“Well, let’s get settled and then we’ll take Russell out.”
“Alright.”
“Oh, by the way, what were you going to tell us when you got here?” Andrew asked.
“Oh yeah, I’m transferring to Tokyo this fall and the rest of the family besides Russ is moving here as well.” I explained.
“Why not you Russ?” Amara asked.
“I’m finishing school at NYU, since unlike ole Ken, I didn’t take a year off, and so I only have a year left.”
“Oh, ok.”
After about thirty minutes, my brother was finally ready. Apparently he has to have everything perfect. I just know he’s going to love what I’m going to give him, especially since he’s wanted one forever.
“Let’s go K-Dog. I’m the only other one going. Drew’s going to stay here with Amara.” Darien says.
“Ok, come on Russ. Trust me; you are going to like it.” I reassure him.
“Ok, ok fine. We can ride in silence.”
“Thank you!” Sheesh, my bro can talk my ears off sometimes. I wonder what Lita’s doing right now. I really want to go see her, but I’ll wait until graduation, esp. since I want to surprise her.
“Here we are.” Darien calls out to us.
“Ok, you two stay here I’ll be right back.” I said to them.
“Ok.”
A few minutes later, I came back and handed a set of keys to Russell. “Here you go. Go inside and you’ll see what they are for.” I tell him.
“Ok.”
When he went inside, he saw a whole row of cars (4 total). “One of these are mine, but why?”
“Yeah, keep looking. Well, I found it a couple of years ago and couldn’t pass up the deal, so I fixed it up and saved it for you.”
“Let me guess…the blue Civic del Sol?”
“However did you guess??” I say sarcastically.
“Um...I don’t know, maybe because it’s a Honda and you’re not much of a Honda person, plus, it’s not green like ALL you’re other cars.”
“Yep, I had it repainted though because it was an ugly yellow color. Even Amara thought so and she loves yellow.”
“How much do you want? I know it cost a fortune.”
“Nothing. Consider it a late graduation present.”
“Sweet!!! I’m taking it out! See you guys later.”
“Bye, Russ.” After that he was off in a cloud of smoke, leaving Darien and me.
“What are you going to do tonight K-Dog?”
“I think I’m gonna take a walk, Dare. What about you?”
“I have a date. Oh, by the way, I’ve been dating this girl named Serena, or Meatball Head, as I call her, for a week or so.” he explains to me.
“Wow, 1st Drew, then you, who’s next? Mara?”
“Probably, she and Tony have been flirting a lot lately.”
“Wait a sec, Tony? Anthony, her car guy?”
“Yep, I think he’ll ask her out soon.”
“Sheesh, of course, now I swear off my playboy ways when you all get hooked up with someone.”
”Yep, that’s how that works. I guess I’ll be going, don’t want to be late. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
“Ok, see ya Dare.”
Welp, alone again. Ok, let’s see, which car do I want to take? The Eclipse, 05 Saleen Mustang or 06 Cobra? I don’t know so I’ll go walk around and decide when I get back. I wonder what mom is going to say/do to me when they get here. Who knows, she might forget. Just as that thought passed through my mind, I bumped into something…or rather someone.
“I’m so sorry Miss. I wasn’t watching where I was going.” I apologize to her.
“No, no. it’s my fault, I wasn’t paying attention to where I was going.”
Man she’s hot.
Best Friends Reunite
Thoughts – Russell’s Thoughts
“Talking” – Person on the other line of phone
New York, New York; Ken, age 21
“Mom, did the mail come?” I asked.
“No, why are you asking?”
“I’m waiting for a letter from Tokyo University. I’m transferring remember?”
“Oh, yeah, it should be here soon.”
“Ok. Thanks Mom. Call me when it gets here please.” I said as I headed upstairs to my room.
By the way, my name is Ken and I have a problem. You see I’m not from New York originally. I’m from Tokyo, Japan and I haven’t been there in eleven years. Now I’m trying to go back to finish college there. Well that, and there is people I want to see like Darien Chiba, Andrew Furahata, and –
“Ken, mail’s here.”
--I guess I’ll finish later.
“Coming,” I yelled back.
When I get downstairs mom looks extremely happy which means it’s probably not my letter. They are not too happy about me transferring. Something about breaking up the family or something like that.
“Why are you so happy?” I asked.
“Look at this.” She said and handed me an official looking envelope. When I looked at the return address I see that it is from my best friend Lita Kino.
“Can I open it?”
“Why don’t you wait until dinner, when everyone is here.”
“Ok, when’s dinner?”
“In 30 minutes.”
“Is there anything I can do to make it go faster?”
“Yeah, not hang around and bug me.”
“Ok, ok. I’ll go to my room and check my email.”
Ok back in my room. I guess you want to know who Lita is, right? Well to put it simply she’s my best friend. We’ve known each other for 18 years. That is…since she was born. Her parents and my parents were best friends in high school and seven years into Li’s life. Well her parents were taking a second honeymoon when Lita was seven and their plane crashed. Everyone on board died, that includes her parents. She lived with us for seven years. Well, after her parents’ plane crash, I was accepted to go to an accelerated are institute in England so I went there until I graduated from it (which is equal to a high school graduation) from when I was ten. When Lita turned fourteen, my parents decided they wanted to move to NY. Lita said that she could take care of herself and stayed behind. After I finished the England school I moved here with my parents. I took a year off of school and now I’m about to finish my second year at NYU. Then I decided I wanted to go back to Tokyo. That’s why I want to transfer to Tokyo U.
“Ken, dinner.”
“Coming.” Yes, now I get to open the letter! Yea! Although I didn’t check my email, oh well, I can check it later.
“Hey dad, Russell, Josh, and Carrie. How was your day?” By the way, Russell is 21, Josh is 18, and Carrie is 12.
“Hey Ken, my day was good. How was your day son?”
“Good. Hey mom, can I open it now?”
“Sure, go ahead and read it out loud.”
“Ok, it said: ‘You’re cordially invited to attend the graduation of Lita Kino from Crossroads High School on the night of June 1, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. The ceremony will be held at Tokyo University.’”
“Cool, I’m glad to hear she’s graduating.” Said Russell.
“You had doubts?” My mom asked.
“Well, no. I don’t even know why I said that.”
“Can I go mom?” I asked VERY pleadingly.
“Well your father and I have an announcement to make. When this school year is over, we have decided that it’s time to go home. We will move back during the summer after Lita’s graduation.” My mother explained to the rest of us.
“Really??? Awesome, but I thought you didn’t want me transferring to Tokyo U?”
“Well, after you brought that up, your father and I started talking about it and decided that it was time to go back.”
“Yes! I always loved Tokyo more then here.” Russell said.
“Me too! And Lita is very pretty; maybe I’ll ask her out when we get back.” Josh said.
“She doesn’t like you, remember?” Carrie asked.
“Yeah, I know. She has a thing for someone else in the family.” Josh said mischievously as he looked in my direction.
“What are you talking about? We’re just friends.” I said.
“Sure you are.” Russell joined in.
“I think she would be a lovely addition to this family.” Mom put in.
“Aw, not you too mom.”
“Kids, stop teasing him. He’ll come to terms with it someday.” Dad said.
“Fine, whatever you guys, your all against me. I’m going to my room.” I excused myself.
I guess now I can check my email. Let’s see, junk, junk, junk, and guess what, more junk. Ok, well that was a waste of time. The rest of my night is going to be boring. I have homework and to go to sleep, so let’s skip to tomorrow and see what happens.
--Next Day—
“KEN! LITA’S HERE GET UP!!” Russell yelled in my ear.
“Huh? What? Where?” I mumbled incoherently.
“You are going to be late if you don’t get up soon.”
“That wasn’t very nice.”
“Oh well, you’ll get over it. I was joking about Lita, but some other girl is downstairs.”
“Ok, tell her I’ll be down in a few minutes.” I answered. Siblings don’t you love them? Oh, by the way, Russell is my identical twin, if you couldn’t tell by the ages. Wonder who that girl is? I don’t have a girlfriend or anything so it wouldn’t be that. Oh well I’ll go down and see. Mirror check: Hair, messy bed hair. Perfect. Now, what to wear…here’s some jeans and my favorite T-shirt, that’ll work. Brush my teeth, ok now to see who it is. In the living room is this girl named Jennifer, I remember now, I told her I would give her a ride to school. She’s just a friend, so don’t jump to conclusions.
“Hey, Jenn.”
“Hey Ken. What are you doing tonight?”
“Homework, calling a friend, you?”
“Oh, I don’t know. I thought maybe you and I could go see a movie and have dinner.”
“Nope, I can’t. Sorry, told my mom I would stay in tonight. Ready to go to school?” I asked casually.
“Fine. Let’s go.” She answered sharply.
“Ok, bye mom. Come on Russell.” I think I made her mad, but since I’m not interested in her like that, which I’ve told her many times, I had to make up an excuse. Now Russell is giving me an odd look. “What?”
“I’ll tell you later.” He answered.
Well let’s skip to the ride home from school, since nothing ever happens at school. It’s only Russell and me now. “So, what was the look for earlier?”
“When did you tell mom you had to stay in tonight?” Russell asked.
“I didn’t, but I don’t want to go out with her so I had to make up an excuse.” I answered.
“Yeah, there’s only one person you want to go out with.” He teased.
“No, I’m not interested in anyone right now.”
Just then the theme to The Fast and the Furious started playing.
“Hello?” I asked.
“Hey. It’s Amara. You coming this weekend?”
“No. I won’t be back until graduation, since I’m coming in for Lita’s.”
“Oh, well. I guess will have to do without you.”
“Yes, I guess so Amara. How is everyone?”
Russell has an extremely shocked look on his face when he hears Amara’s name, so that means when I get off the phone I’m going to get twenty questions.
“The whole team is doing well. We’re racing the Takahashi’s this weekend.”
“Aw, man. I’ve always wanted to race them.”
“Yeah, you are missing a good race. Well anyhow, I better let you go; you probably have a hot date tonight.”
“Actually, no. I’m not so much of a playboy anymore. But anyway, I’ll talk to you later. Bye.”
“See ya.”
“Sooo…you have a secret life I don’t know about?” Russell asked. “And you know Amara Tenoh? The famous female racer?”
Ok, so there are some things I didn’t tell you. “Um. Yeah, but what I tell you don’t tell mom and dad. Keep it to yourself, K?”
“Ok. Wait a second, doesn’t she live in Japan?”
“Yeah, I’ve been going about every other weekend to race in the mountains. I’m part of a team of four. I was supposed to go this weekend, but since graduation is in three weeks I’m waiting until then to go back.”
“So all those times you told mom you were spending time with your friends upstate, you’ve been flying to Japan to race? How did you get all the money? I can’t believe you lied so bad to them. How long?”
“Yes. Working and racing. Technically it wasn’t a complete lie. My teammates are my friends. I’ve been doing it for a few years now, ever since I went to Japan for my senior trip.”
“So who are your teammates? Amara, Darien, and Lita?”
“No, Amara, Darien, and Andrew. I haven’t even seen Lita in 11 years. I’m just there usually for one night.”
“Oh, so how good or bad are you?”
“Well I haven’t lost yet. They are racing the Takahashi brothers this weekend.”
“Oh. How come you didn’t take me with you? What about the playboy part?”
“Well you didn’t go on the senior trip to begin with, and while I’m gone I tend to flirt a lot. Nothing more than that though. That was until the last time though, I just got tired of it and so I quit. I want a serious relationship now.”
“Oh. Well, have you heard of the Green American? He’s like famous, and I hope I can meet him sometime. He’s like my idol. He drives and American car so they said he’s American.”
“Yeah, I’ve heard of him. Haven’t seen him though. Oh look we’re home. Remember not a word. Maybe I’ll take you with me next time.”
“Awesome. I won’t say a word.”
“Hey Russell, Hey Ken, how was class?” mom asked.
“It was good.” I answer.
There goes the F & F* theme again.
“Hello?”
“Hey, me again.”
“Oh, hey, hold on a sec.” I said. “Going to my room mom.”
My Room
“Ok I can talk now. I just got home.”
“Oh, well, I called Ry up and told him the situation, since he wants to race you as bad as you want to race him, he said that we could postpone the race till the week of graduation.”
“Yes!!”
“I thought you would like that.”
“Yeah.”
“So, haven’t told your mom yet?”
“No, but Russell was in the car when you called earlier and he was asking questions. I swore him to secrecy and told him just about everything.”
“Oh, well, I guess I’ll let you go. See you in a few weeks.”
“Ok, bye.”
“Bye.”
“I’m assuming that was Amara by the way you left the room so quickly?” Russell asked.
“Yep. Race got rescheduled until the weekend of graduation. So, what are you doing tonight?”
“I’m breaking up with Amanda for one. After that I don’t know.”
“Oh, finally. So what do you want?”
“What do you mean? I’m just hanging out with my cool twin brother.”
“Now I defiantly know you want something. Out with it.”
“Ok, ok. You know me too well. I was just wondering what kind of car you race with, because I know for a fact you don’t drag this one with you wherever you go since it stays here.”
“I race with a 2006 Mustang Cobra.”
“How did you get one of those?? They aren’t even going on sale for a year.”
“Lot’s of money and good connections.”
“Oh, well I guess I’ll leave you alone now.” Russell said as he left the room.
Don’t you just love nosey brothers? Not me. Let’s see…e-mail, wonder if I got anything good? Oh yeah, one from Andrew.
Hey K-dog. Sup? We’ve been wondering where you’ve been. Dare and Mara are saying we’re racing the Takahashis this weekend so you better be here. Yeah I’ve got a g-friend now. Her name is Trista. Anyway hope to see ya soon.
Drew
Must have sent it before I talked to Amara.
Hey Drew. Yeah I talked to Mara, she said she called them and changed it to the weekend of graduation. Congrats on Trista, can’t wait to meet her. I’ve just been hanging here at home. I told Russell about it and I’ll probably bring him along when I race Ry. Well anyways I have something to tell you when I see you guys. But I’ll let you go for now. See ya in a few weeks.
K-dog.
Ok that’s done.
“Hey mom, do you mind if I go down to the shop and order the kit for my car?” I asked.
“Sure, as long as you’ll go by the store for me.”
“Ok.”
“Let me write you a list and get you some money real quick. Let’s see we need milk, eggs, pasta, cheese, and bread. Here is some money and thank you for doing this for me, hon.”
“Your welcome, mom. I’ll be back in a little bit.”
“So, where are you going?” asked Russell.
“Order the kit for my car and go to the store for mom. Why?”
“Do you mind if I come?” he asked.
“Sure.” I answer, and then I yelled to mom saying he’s coming with me.
“You two be careful.”
“Ok, bye mom.”
At the Shop
“Hey Jake. This is my bro Russell.”
“Hey Russell. You into cars too?”
“Not as much as Ken. I just came to get out of the house.”
“Oh, so what can I do for you today?”
“First of all, did my spoiler come in yet?”
“Yeah.”
“Good. Second, I want to order a kit for my car. I want the Stalker Kit for an ’06 Mustang Cobra, and is there any way you can get it sent to Tokyo, Japan?”
“So, there something I don’t know about? Cuz I know 06’s aren’t for sale yet. But other than that I can send it there if I get an address.”
“There are lots of things you don’t know. Thanks.”
“Ok. Let me get your spoiler real quick.”
“K.”
Few minutes later he comes back.
“Here you go. Oh by the way, can I get a color for your kit?”
“Emerald Green. I’ll e-mail you the address when I get home.”
“I should have known. Ok that’ll work. Is that all?”
“Yeah, thanks. See ya.”
“Bye.” Jake said as we left.
“So. Are you hiding anything else besides the Cobra? Like, being married?”
“Um…nothing and no.”
“So, you looking forward to finals?”
“Yeah, you? Are you staying here and going to NYU?”
“Not really. Yeah, since I only have a year left. Unlike you who took a year off.”
“Oh shut up.”
“So...what’s the first thing you are going to do when we get to Tokyo?”
“Probably go work on my car, you?”
“Going to the arcade. I want to play the new Sailor V game. So does Lita know?”
“No. besides my teammates, you are the only who knows. You are sure full of questions.”
“Sorry. It’s just I never thought you’d do anything like this. I mean you seem too laid back and not a troublemaker and you always pass classes with flying colors. I guess I’m jealous because even I can’t get away with something like this. Seriously, when your gone, mom and dad act like you’re the perfect son.”
“Wow. Are you serious? I’m going to try to see if I can out there a few days sooner than mom and dad. You want to come?”
“Yeah sure. Where you going to stay?”
“With either Darien or Amara.”
“Cool. So what do we have to get here? (grocery store)”
“Milk, eggs, pasta, cheese and bread. I am going to see if the new Mustang Enthusiast is out yet. Uh oh. It’s Jenn. She’s going to be pissed.”
“Hey Ken! Thought you had to stay in tonight.” Jennifer asked.
“Yeah I do. Mom just asked me to come to the store for her.”
“Oh. I didn’t know you two hung out outside of school.”
“Oh, that’s only cuz he had to pick me up from my exes house, since my car’s not running.” Russell answered.
“Um, so what classes are you taking next year Ken?”
“I don’t know. I have to register when I get to Tokyo.” I answered.
“Why would you need to go to Tokyo to register?”
“I’m transferring to Tokyo U. next semester. I’m moving back during the summer.”
“Personally, I think it’s because he has the hots for this girl we grew up with, even though he said that’s not the reason.” Russell answered for me. Remind me to thank him later.
“Oh. So you’re not interested in me? But you take me to school sometimes.”
“I do that to be nice. I take my bro to school sometimes too. Does that mean I’m interested in him too?”
“Well that’s different. Anyways I better be going. Bye.”
“See ya.”
We were both quiet while we finished up and got back into the car for lack of anything to say.
“Well I have to thank you for that.” I said.
“Oh no problem. I did love your comeback though.” Russell said back.
The rest of the car ride was quiet.
“Well now I’ll go asked mom and dad about leaving early. I’ll let you know what they said.”
“Ok, good luck. I’ll be in my room.”
“K.”
Well let’s see how this goes over. Hopefully they’ll let me go. I guess if they let me and not Russell then I’ll smuggle him along and call them I when we get there. Just so you know, I have more than two cars, but don’t tell Russell that. You’ll find out what they are later too. Well here goes.
“Hey mom, dad. Here’s your stuff. I was wondering if I could leave a few days early to go to Tokyo.”
“Why?”
“Well there are some things I want to get done before Lita’s graduation and we move. I would also like to bring Russell along, so he can spend more time there, since he’s coming back in the fall.”
“Where will you stay?”
“With Darien.”
“What about transportation?”
“I have that arranged.”
“Well it defiantly seems like you have everything planned. Your father and I will discuss it and let you know at dinner.”
“Ok.”
Well hopefully they’ll let us.
Knock Knock
“Come in.” came Russell’s reply. “So?”
“They said they’d talk about --”
“KEN COME HERE FOR A SECOND.” Mom yelled up to me.
“Ok, they said they’d talk about it and let us know at dinner.” Going downstairs now. “Yes, mom?”
“I forgot to give this to you. It came today.”
“Oh thanks. Hey it’s from Tokyo U, ok let’s see…’blah, blah, blah, you are hereby accepted as a transfer student. Blah, blah, blah.’” I read aloud. “YES!! I GOT IT! WOOHOO!! Oh sorry. I’m going to my room.”
Yes! Now I defiantly get to go! Woohoo! Oh, sorry, am I scaring you? Well anyhow I can’t believe mom and dad think I’m perfect. Wonder what they will said when they find out about my secret life. Which I think I’ll tell them when we are all in Tokyo, right before school starts.
About an hour later mom finally calls us down for dinner.
“Coming.” Russell and I yell back down to her at the same time.
“Hey Josh, hey Carrie. How was your day?” I asked.
“You sure seem in a good mood. My day was good.” Carrie said.
“Yeah mine was too, other than being asked out by Shelly.” Answered Josh.
“I thought you liked Shelly?” mom asked.
“Not anymore, she is a spoiled brat. So anyway why are you so happy? Lita finally decided to go out with you?”
“No, we’re just friends, but I got into Tokyo U.”
“Oh, so that’s what all that screaming was about.” Carrie said.
“Yeah, so anyways mom, dad, did you talk about it?” I asked hopefully.
“Yes, and we decided that it’s only a couple of days, so you can wait and go with us.” Dad answered.
“But--” Russell started to say.
“I understand, and respect your wishes. Well I’m not hungry. Do you mind if I go work on my car?”
“Sure, go ahead.” Mom said.
“I’m going too.” Russell said.
Russell came rushing after me. “Why did you take it so lightly?”
“Pretty much because I decided I was going no matter what they said. I already bought the tickets so you can come too if you still want to.”
“You are a lot cooler than I originally thought. Only because I thought you were some stuck up geek, who did everything right.”
“Um, thanks, I think. Anyway, our flight leaves at 2:30 p.m. on the 25th.”
“An afternoon flight? I figured it would be an early flight, like 2:30 A.M.”
“It’s easier to get away during the day. Trust me.” I said.
“I guess you would know right? Well anyway, do you think you could fix my car?”
“Yeah let me look at it. Hm…it looks like the starter went out. You really need a new car. Anyways I’ll be right back.”
I wonder what he’s doing, thinks Russell. I sure don’t know him as well as I thought I did. I mean I knew he was a car geek, but seriously lying to mom and dad so he can race? I didn’t think he had it in him. I guess people aren’t always what they seem.
“I’ll be right back. I’m going to run up to AutoZone to get you a new starter.” I said as I came outside.
“All right, bye Ken.” Russell said.
Now I get a moment to think without Russell interrupting me. Well I really did already buy the tickets, and talked to Amara, and I really thought my parents would say yes. I know your probably thinking why can’t he just wait a couple of days? Well it’s mainly because I want time away from my parents, simply because when they get there, they’ll want us all to stay together almost the entire time.
*May 25th Day of Departure @ about 11:00 a.m.*
I think I’ll grab something to eat before we leave. When I get close to the kitchen, I hear mom and dad talking. Ooo let’s listen.
“Have you noticed these past couple of weeks?” mom asked dad.
“No, noticed what?” dad said back.
“The twins, they’ve been spending a lot of time together lately, and do you remember when Ken asked if he could leave early? He wanted Russell to go too. That’s pretty much when it started.” Mom explained.
“Yeah, they do seem to be getting along more and not teasing as much. Do you think Russell will be a bad influence on Ken?”
“Nah, Ken’s got his head on straight.”
I picked that moment to go in. “Hey mom, hey dad. I was just getting something to eat. I’m about to take Russell up to the mall so we can pick up something to wear for graduation. I don’t know when we’ll be back.”
“Ok, be careful.” Mom said.
“Ok, love you mom and dad.”
“Love you too, son.” They said.
“RUSSELL W E’RE LEAVING!!” I yell upstairs for him.
“COMING.” He yells back. “So what are you going to get to wear?”
“Oh I don’t know. I’ll probably go with slacks and a nice shirt. What about you?”
“That sounds like a good idea. I get that too.” Russell said as we go out the door. “I’m so glad we are out of there, I didn’t know how much longer I could have sugar-coated a conversation that much.”
“I surprised you hung on that long. So you looking forward to going back?” I asked him.
“Yeah, but I really can’t wait to see you race on the weekend.”
Most of the rest of the ride to the airport, the time at the airport, and the flight were quiet. Although the flight was mostly quiet because we slept most of it.
“Hey Ken, you awake?” Russell asked.
“Yeah, what’s up?”
“I know you probably have everything set up, but what are we doing when we get off the plane?”
“Oh. Amara, Darien and Andrew are going to pick us up. They are going to take us to Amara’s apartment, which is where we are staying. After we get settled in I have something for you.”
“Ok. Awesome. So…what is it?”
“You’ll see soon enough.”
About an hour after that conversation we finally landed and got our stuff and headed out to meet the team. You want to know what I have for Russ? Well, you’ll have to wait until he finds out to see what it is.
“Hey K-Dog! How have you been?” Amara asked.
“I’m good. Hey Dare and Drew. You remember Russell?”
“Yeah, how’s it going?” Darien asked.
“It’s going good.” They all answered.
“Russ, this is Amara. Mara, Russell.” I introduced.
“Good to meet you Russell.”
“Yeah, you too.”
“So, which car did you guys bring?” I asked.
“We brought the Eclipse because it has the most space for five people. Where are we going first?” Andrew answered/asked.
“Mara’s apartment so we can get all our stuff settled in, and then we are taking Russ out.”
“Alright, do you want to drive?”
“No, you go ahead. I have a phone call to make.”
“Ok.”
I wonder what mom is going to say?
“Hello?”
“Hey mom, it’s Ken.”
“Oh, good. I’ve been so worried. Where are you?”
“Ummm. Well, we are going down the road to leave the airport…in Tokyo.”
“What?? What are you doing in Tokyo? Is Russell with you?”
“Well that night I asked you I was so sure you would say yes, so I went ahead and bought the tickets. Yes, Russell is with me.”
“KENNETH THEODORE MIYAKE!! I don’t believe you did something like this.” Mom yelled.
“Well, actually mom, I have some other stuff to tell you when you get here. By the way, you forget that I’m 21 now.”
“Son, just because you’re 21 doesn’t mean you don’t have to obey us, you do still live with us.”
“Um, actually, I’m going to look for an apartment.”
“Did your brother drive you to do this?”
“Actually, no, it was my idea.”
“Fine. We’ll discuss this more when the rest of us get there. Bye, love you.”
“Bye, love you too.” I hung up. “Well that went over well.”
“Oh yeah, something like that. So, you going to finally tell them?” Drew asked.
“Yeah. The funny thing is they tried to blame Russ for me doing this.”
“Wow. You that much of a troublemaker, Russ?” Darien asked.
“Oh yeah, I try to be. It keeps them on their toes.”
“Theodore, huh??” Amara asked.
“I know. That’s why I don’t tell people my middle name.”
After about another thirty minute drive, we arrived at Amara’s apartment where two girls were waiting outside the door.
“Here’s home, sweet home.” Amara announced.
“Hey Michelle, Trista. How have you too been?” Darien asked. “By the way, Trista this is Ken and his brother Russell.”
“Hey Trista, nice to meet you, nice to see you again Michelle.” I said.
“You too,” they both said.
“Well, let’s get settled and then we’ll take Russell out.”
“Alright.”
“Oh, by the way, what were you going to tell us when you got here?” Andrew asked.
“Oh yeah, I’m transferring to Tokyo this fall and the rest of the family besides Russ is moving here as well.” I explained.
“Why not you Russ?” Amara asked.
“I’m finishing school at NYU, since unlike ole Ken, I didn’t take a year off, and so I only have a year left.”
“Oh, ok.”
After about thirty minutes, my brother was finally ready. Apparently he has to have everything perfect. I just know he’s going to love what I’m going to give him, especially since he’s wanted one forever.
“Let’s go K-Dog. I’m the only other one going. Drew’s going to stay here with Amara.” Darien says.
“Ok, come on Russ. Trust me; you are going to like it.” I reassure him.
“Ok, ok fine. We can ride in silence.”
“Thank you!” Sheesh, my bro can talk my ears off sometimes. I wonder what Lita’s doing right now. I really want to go see her, but I’ll wait until graduation, esp. since I want to surprise her.
“Here we are.” Darien calls out to us.
“Ok, you two stay here I’ll be right back.” I said to them.
“Ok.”
A few minutes later, I came back and handed a set of keys to Russell. “Here you go. Go inside and you’ll see what they are for.” I tell him.
“Ok.”
When he went inside, he saw a whole row of cars (4 total). “One of these are mine, but why?”
“Yeah, keep looking. Well, I found it a couple of years ago and couldn’t pass up the deal, so I fixed it up and saved it for you.”
“Let me guess…the blue Civic del Sol?”
“However did you guess??” I say sarcastically.
“Um...I don’t know, maybe because it’s a Honda and you’re not much of a Honda person, plus, it’s not green like ALL you’re other cars.”
“Yep, I had it repainted though because it was an ugly yellow color. Even Amara thought so and she loves yellow.”
“How much do you want? I know it cost a fortune.”
“Nothing. Consider it a late graduation present.”
“Sweet!!! I’m taking it out! See you guys later.”
“Bye, Russ.” After that he was off in a cloud of smoke, leaving Darien and me.
“What are you going to do tonight K-Dog?”
“I think I’m gonna take a walk, Dare. What about you?”
“I have a date. Oh, by the way, I’ve been dating this girl named Serena, or Meatball Head, as I call her, for a week or so.” he explains to me.
“Wow, 1st Drew, then you, who’s next? Mara?”
“Probably, she and Tony have been flirting a lot lately.”
“Wait a sec, Tony? Anthony, her car guy?”
“Yep, I think he’ll ask her out soon.”
“Sheesh, of course, now I swear off my playboy ways when you all get hooked up with someone.”
”Yep, that’s how that works. I guess I’ll be going, don’t want to be late. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
“Ok, see ya Dare.”
Welp, alone again. Ok, let’s see, which car do I want to take? The Eclipse, 05 Saleen Mustang or 06 Cobra? I don’t know so I’ll go walk around and decide when I get back. I wonder what mom is going to say/do to me when they get here. Who knows, she might forget. Just as that thought passed through my mind, I bumped into something…or rather someone.
“I’m so sorry Miss. I wasn’t watching where I was going.” I apologize to her.
“No, no. it’s my fault, I wasn’t paying attention to where I was going.”
Man she’s hot.