You Belong With Me

You Belong With Me

                                                            Chapter One

       This is about a girl names Sydney. She is an imaginative girl. She is the only child of her smart parents who are both imaginative writers. So, of course, Sydney is the same. She writes stories, tells stories, she dreams. Her dreams are so good to her. They are ‘haunting’ Sydney in a good way.

       Sydney was only fifteen years old at that time. That was the time she dreams the most. Her mom always says she could hear Sydney laughing in the middle of the night. Every time her mom asks Sydney what she dreamed, she always answers, “Um… I didn’t dream…” or “I forgot, sorry.” However, her answers were always not true. Who would believe her!? So, sure enough, her mom didn’t either. Once, her mom took her to the doctor, but the doctor had no ideas what Sydney was thinking in her childish big head. So her mom had to give up. And Sydney began her happy dreams all by herself with no bothers at all.

       However, what the heck is Sydney thinking anyways? And the story begins here!

Chapter Two

       Every night, Sydney goes to bed and falls asleep easily. She couldn’t wait to fall to sleep, because every night, it’s like she goes to another world with another life. There is no sadness or darkness. It’s like a game. So every night she goes to bed, she is in her own mind world. She dreams of her school, her classrooms, her house, her locker, her… exactly same place in her real life… but with different stories with different characters. She has only a few friends in her real life. But she has a bunch of cool friends in her dreams.

Chapter Three

       Few weeks ago, Sydney made a new friend in her dream. He is a boy. She played games with him, went to school with him, study with him. They have no worries. Since she made friends with him, she forgot about her other friends. She feels like the boy is the most important thing and exciting thing in her dreams. However, she could not see the boy’s appearance in her dreams. Never! But she could still feel his hotness and coolness.

Chapter Four

       Sydney woke up and went to school. She went to her best friend and said, “Hey yo Lauren! How’s it going?”

       “Good. You seem really happy these days. What’s going on?” Her best friend, Lauren replied.

       “Haha! Nothing…” Sydney pretended she didn’t know anything.

       “Hmmm… You must have something hiding from me. Let me guess. Ha! You got a secret boyfriend!?” Lauren asked loudly, and laughed, “Just kidding girl. Don’t worry.” Then she stuck her tongue out.

       Suddenly, Sydney’s cheeks turned super red. She looked away, tried to avoid Lauren’s curious but scary stares. “Not really…”Sydney replied quietly.

       “What!? You mean kinda!? Seriously!?” Lauren asked excitedly. Lauren stared at Sydney seriously, like she was going to swallow Sydney.

       “Sorta… But… He’s not…” Sydney got interrupted.

       “Oh My! Nice~ Is he hot? How does he look like? Where did you meet him!? When…” Lauren was really excited.

       Sydney looked at her, and said “Shhh!!! He is cool. I don’t know how he looks like, because…”

       Lauren talked over her again, “Wait… Then, how is it possible you are his girlfriend!?”

       Sydney yelled, “Dude! Stop interrupting me!!! First he is not my boyfriend. He is just one of my friend who is a boy!”

“Oh… Someone like Tyler…”

“Right! Second, he is not a real person! I met him in my dream!” Sydney yelled.

“Oh… Dreams… Only dreams…”

“Right! Third, I really have no ideas how he looks like. Again, he is just my dream! A fake character! He is just my imaginations! I know who I am! I am just a unb girl! But you need to know, and you have to know, I am Sydney. I have my own world, a dream and mind world. And you will never understand how wonderful it is. So forget it. You will never understand!”

“Okay. Okay. Sydney, don’t… I mean, calm down. I feel bad for you.” Lauren said softly.

       “You don’t need to feel sad for me because I am not feeling bad! I know myself the best.” Sydney said harshly.

       “Okay. Okay. Sydney, I get it. If you don’t feel sad I don’t, satisfied?” Lauren replied carefully, “but have you ever thought your lovely dreams mean something to you? I mean… do you think it’s telling you something? Like… I don’t know. But all I’m saying is maybe… Maybe…”

       “Oh yea! Maybe you’re right! Oh My Goodness! You are a genius!” Sydney yelled loudly.

       “Haha~ Thanks. By the way, my grandma on my mother’s side is an augur. We can go together after school. And maybe she will tell you something useful.” Lauren said confidently.

       “Hopefully…” Sydney said with worries, but then she looked up and said, “Anyways, thanks, my genius friend! See ya this afternoon!

       “’Kay~ See ya then!” Lauren said and walked away.

       As Sydney was thinking, her friend came. This time, it’s not Lauren. It’s Tyler.

       Tyler is one of Sydney’s friends. He is one head taller than Sydney. He is open, nice and is the really rare kinds of boy. Other boys are mean, selfish, rude and dumb. But Tyler isn’t. He is very understanding, thoughtful and caring. He is always really gentle to girl. He makes Sydney laugh all the time. Sydney can always feel the strong friendship when Tyler’s around. But only friendship!

       “How’s it goin’ Sydney?” Tyler asked.

       “Umm… Good.” Sydney just woke up from the deep wondering.

       “Oh… Cool~ So… what were you and Lauren talking about?”

       “Something cool that is only for girls.” Sydney said and giggled. She didn’t want Tyler who is a boy to know all of her secrets.

       “Ugh~ Wired.” Tyler made a disgusted face.

       “Haha!” Sydney laughed out loud and walked away. Sometimes, Sydney thinks Tyler is even better than anyone else.

Chapter Five

       After school, Lauren an Sydney rode their bike to Lauren’s Granny’s house. Her house looks really normal from the outside and the inside. But there are many odd Japanese pictures hanging on the wall.

An old lady appeared behind the door in from of them.

“Hello, Granny Chika! Long time no see~” Lauren said and ran to her and hugged her.

Grandma Chika is around seventy years old. She has grizzled hair to shoulders. She was wearing an purple and pink Japanese gown with a pair of sandals. What a pure fashion Japanese lady!

“Hi. I’m Sydney, Lauren’s friend, and hi ma’am. I mean Grandma Chi… Chi…” Sydney got stuck. She looked at Lauren who is standing behind Grandma Chika for help.

“Chika!” Lauren whispered.

“Chika! Right! Chika! Umm… It’s really good to see you~” Sydney was really shy. Plus, she couldn’t feel any humor and that made her nervous too.

“It’s nice to meet you too, Sydney.” Grandma Chika replied with nice pronunciations. Then she led them to a room and said politely, “Please sit down girls.”

Therefore, they sat down on different soft low chair, so they could see each other face to face.

Lauren wanted to explain it for Sydney, “So… you see, Granny. Sydney has a problem that needs your help. She dreams every day. In her dreams, she dreams of a boy who is supposed to be her boy…”

But Sydney interrupted, because she didn’t want Lauren to tell Grandma Chika it’s her boyfriend to make Grandma thinks she’s silly. So she said “only friends” instead. She kept going, “We play, we play, we dance… But I don’t know who he is, like his name, his grade, his appearance… I can see his body, not his face though. Does my dream mean something?”

Silence…

“Um… I need to say this. I don’t think he is just your friend. He is probably your boyfriend, but you just don’t know. Maybe your dream is leading you to something or someone…” Grandma Chika said.

“But we don’t do what girl-boyfriends do. We are just like friends.” Sydney said.

“Hmm… Maybe he just doesn’t want you to know that he likes you. Anyways, as I see, your dreams are actually leading you to a person or a thing. The boy in your dram is a boy in your real life. And he, will be your true love!”

Chapter Six

She dreamed of she went to the boy’s place and met his mom. She heard his mom call the boy’s name. She remembered that she was really shocked when she heard the boy’s name. Bu now, she totally forgot. She felt so bad. What a pity! Sydney thought.

Chapter Seven

Sydney didn’t listen to the teachers at school. She was trying to remember the boy’s name for the whole day. However, she couldn’t. Whenever, she felt like remembering it, and whenever she tried to reach it in her brain. She lost the chance.

“Did you get anything yet?” Lauren asked.

“No… Not at all.” Sydney was really upset.

“So who do think your true love is?” Lauren asked again.

“I don’t know. I have no idea.”

“Ugh~ man. That’s bad. But tell you the truth. I think the true love is…” Lauren stopped at there, and tried to get Sydney’s attention. She smiled.

“Dude! Who is it!? Who who who!?” Sydney yelled.

“Ummm… It’s kinda embarrassing though… Do I really want to tell you? Let me think…”

“Yes you do! Yes you do! Tell me!” Sydney yelled even louder.

“Okay! Okay! Shhh! I think it’s Charlie.” Lauren said.

Charlie is Sydney’s old crush before. He has a bunch of friends. He is rich, popular, and hot. Most of all he is the basketball star. Oh yea! He is Lauren’s older brother.

“You still like him, don’t you?” Lauren asked Sydney.

“Ugh~ Stop it. I am trying to figure out who my real love is.”

“What if he is your real love? I can tell he likes you.” Lauren said.

That got Sydney’s attention, “How do you know?”

“Sydney, wake up! He is my older bro! How can I be his sister if I don’t know him? Yesterday, he invited his friends to our house. I heard him tell his friends how cute and pure and smart you are. Don’t you notice the way he looks at you has been changed?” Lauren said and looked around.

“Really!? Oh My Gosh!”

Suddenly, Charlie walked to them and said, “Hey young ladies. Wanna hang out with me?”

“Nah~ I’m out.” Lauren refused.

“Then me either.” Sydney said.

“Com’ on! Sydney. Me and Lauren had a bunch of time together~ Let’s go!”

“Yea! Come on, Sydney! It’s your own shot!” Lauren said.

“Ugh~ Fine.”

Then walked through the field and they were chatting happily. Sydney totally ignored the other girls who were staring at them making jealous faces. Sydney thought Charlie might be her real love.

Chapter Eight

In her dreams, she was arguing with the boy.

“Stop loving Charlie! He isn’t your love! You are going onto the wrong way!” The boy yelled.

“Why not!? Who do you think you are!? How do you know he’s not?”

“He won’t make you happy! He is selfish and mean! I am your true love! And I am not Charlie! That means I am not Charlie! You get it!? He doesn’t love you!” The boy shouted.

“Ha! Shut up! Dude, I know what to do. It’s not your business to care! Sheesh~” Sydney shouted back.

“I… I…”

“Ha! Nothing to say!” Sydney laughed evilly.

“You… You will see how much Charlie loves you. You will see how selfish he is. Don’t come to me if you got dumped! You will see!” The boy said harshly.

They have never been so mad before.

Chapter Nine

Sydney walked to school madly.

“Are you okay Sydney?” Tyler walked straight up to her and asked carefully.

“Yea, I’m fine. Thanks. You know, Tyler. You are so sweet at the whole time. And I want you to know that you are a great friend! Thanks for making me happy. Thanks for making me smile.” Sydney said and smile happily.

“Aww~ Thanks! Here’s a hug for my nice friend Sydney.” Then Tyler hugged her.

Sydney felt better. Much better.

“Hey look people. Someone has been changed.” Charlie walked up and laughed. “Dude. What are you doing here?”

“Charlie, he’s just my friend. Don’t worry.” Sydney said.

“No no no no!! I won’t let anyone hurt you my babe~” Charlie said softly with a wired tune.

“What the hell! You think relationship is more necessary than friendship to me!? No way!” Sydney relied madly.

“Wait… Guys, stop arguing.” Tyler tried to stop the fight.

“Is this your business man!?” Charlie said rudely.

“Seriously! Stop!” Tyler said. Then he pushed Charlie.

“Woo! You pushed me!? Wanna fight?” Charlie yelled and pushed him back.

“Oh man~” Sydney looked down and whispered. She felt embarrassed, and yelled to both of the boys, “Guys! Stop it! I don’t want you two to fight. We will all get in troubles! So, calm down.”

“Right. Charlie, seriously. I thought you loved her right? But do you? You are selfish and mean. Think about her if you do love her. She has her own mind. You can’t stop her from her own friendship!”

“All right. All right. Tell you the truth. I don’t care what she thinks. I don’t care about her friendship. I am mean and selfish. And I don’t love her! Okay. We are done. Bye people.” Charlie said, “Hear me, Sydney? We are done! He, made me to do it!”

“Charlie, just forget it… It doesn’t matter anymore.” Sydney said softly and walked away.

“Ugh man~ I feel so bad.” Tyler who was standing behind Sydney said to himself. And he said to Sydney, “I’m so sorry, Sydney.”

“Tyler, it’s alright. Don’t think it’s your fault. It’s all Charlie’s fault. So it doesn’t matter. You are innocent. I know that. So don’t worry. You’re fine.” Then she walked to him and hugged him tightly and cried.

Chapter Ten

“I feel so sorry for you.” The boy said.

“It’s alright. You are totally right.” Sydney said and asked, “but who is my true love? You? But who are you anyways? Can’t you just tell me who you are? Now, I like no one. So there is no more true love, is there?”

“Sure there is.”

“But how is it possible!? If I don’t love my true love, how can he be my true love?” Sydney asked.

“Once, you know who he is, you will love him. Trust me!”

“Okay. Then… tell me about him.” Sydney said.

“He is someone who understands you, who cares about you, who loves you with all his heart. He is a little part of your daily life. But you are a part of his daily life. Why do you always forget and ignore someone who is always beside? The whole time? You… Belong with him…”

Chapter Eleven

There is still love for me. Sydney kept telling herself.

Tyler walked to her and said, “Sup Sydney!”

“Hey Tyler, I have something to ask you. But it’s kinda embarrassing.” Sydney said.

“Tell me if you want to. But don’t tell me if you are not really yet. But I’ll always be here.”

“’Kay… I’m really now.” Sydney breathed deeply and said again, “So… I was trying to figure out who my real love is. And I thought Charlie is. But I was wrong. So can you think of anyone? Please~”

“Let me see. But don’t be surprised.” Tyler breathed deeply and said, “Here it goes. He is someone who understands you, who cares about you, who loves you with all his heart…”

Have anyone said this before? Sydney wondered.

“He is a little part of your daily life. But you are a part of his daily life. Why do you always forget and ignore someone who is always beside? The whole time?”

Wait… This is exatlly what my true love in my dreams said! So does it mean…Sydney thought.

And Tyler smiled and continued, “You… Belong… With me.”

Epilogue

After that, Sydney never had dreams. She got all she wanted.

Tyler never let her go. They lived happily ever after.

The Unusual Diary

The Unusual Diary

July 12. 2011

       This is the first day I receive you. This is so good to meet a new friend who really listens to me a lot, I believe.

       I am so lonely these days. I haven’t gone to school for a few days. I miss them a lot.

July 13.2011

       Let me just tell you about myself. Then I’ll tell you why I didn’t go to school.

       I’m Kelsey, 17 years old. I have two little sisters who are both in elementary school and an older brother who is in college. My sisters are sometimes annoying. But my older brother cares about me a lot. I have a rich and happy family. My friends are cool and friendly. My boyfriend is amazing. I have almost everything I want.

However, I got something I didn’t want, and it changed my life. It’s bad though…

When I was young, I learned about Terry Fox. He had cancer and he died. And that was the first time I heard of cancer. Since that, I was scared of cancer until when I was in Grade Seven. I used to pray to God, hoping I won’t be abused by the horrible disease. I used to tell my mom how scary cancer is and how scared I am. But she always says that bad luck would never happen to me.

However, it did.

July 14.2011

       Last Friday night, I was lying in my bed. Suddenly, I got a seriously backache and it made me so hard to breathe. I had no ideas what happened to me. Then I reached to my cell-phone with difficulty and called 911 without using my brain.

       “Help… Help…” I whispered to my cell-phone. I couldn’t even sit up.

       “This is 911. Please tell me your location.” The person in the phone said calmly.

       Geez~ Stop wasting time! Do you think I have any ideas at this time!? This is an emergency, Don’t you know?? I thought. But I have no energy to talk that much. “Save me… I can’t…”

“Hang on. We are checking you location. Talk to me!”

I couldn’t breathe, how could I talk? Oh My!

Then… I heard siren approaching, my family yelling and asking and some wired, strange, noisy, annoying mixed and disorderly noise. Then… I think I fell asleep…

July15.2011

       The next morning, I woke up in the hospital. My mom was crying beside my bed. And I could hear the other guy talking to her. I thought he was trying to explain something, but my mom didn’t listen. At first, I didn’t know what happened and what is happening. Then I recalled my memory. Ugh~ I just fell in faint yesterday. How is it a big deal that she needed to cry!? Don’t embarrassing me, mom. I thought.

       Mom saw me woke up and ran to me and said, “Oh my sweetie! Thank God! You’re back!” She kept repeating that. She kissed me on the cheek hardly. Now I was really embarrassed.

       I tried to revolt the kisses, but she just couldn’t stop until I speak, “Oh mom, I’m fine~”

       “No you are not! What do you know!?”

       “Wait… I know myself the best! I feel fine. I just got a backache! Ok?”

       “You know why you got a backache? Because you got cancer! Kidney cancer!” My mom yelled to me, hugged me tightly and cried on my shoulders.

       What the… I was shocked. I was so healthy. Like I haven’t been sick for 2 years! How can I get cancer!? I mean… How is it possible? For me!? Then I became a bit upset but very suspicious.

       I couldn’t cry, because I didn’t and couldn’t believe. I wanted to cry, because my mom, she made me feel like crying. This must be a wired nightmare. Or it’s just a joke! My mom loves jokes! Ha!

       Then the doctor came over and said seriously that I do have a kidney cancer. It was terminal cancer already. So there is no actual medicine that could help. However, there is still one way to be healed. Operations. It might success but it might not. Half to half. But still, it’s still a lot of money to cost. It’s at least $50,000.

       I didn’t look at Mom, because I didn’t want my mom to see my eyes full of worries and begs - I didn’t know if my mom would cost that much for me or not…

       I felt she looked at me and stared. Then, she looked at the doctor and me and the doctor and me, and she said quietly, “I think I will say yes after I get more info. I can’t just leave my lovely daughter alone with the death. Me, as her mom will do anything for her daughter. So I believe she will say yes. Yeah…”

       I didn’t know if she is telling me how much she love me to me or explaining why would she spend that much money to the doctor. It’s confusing but I don’t care.

       “OK. Great.” The doctor replied and walked away.

       She smiled to me. That was the most beautiful smile I have ever seen. And of course I smiled back with tears. I believe, my smile, was the most painful smile she has ever seen. However, my tears were standing for happy, grateful and moved. I feel love. And you can never use $100,000 to buy any of them. I am the happiest girl ever in the whole world.

July 15.2011

       There is always a feeling in my mind: I’m dying… And I’m still young… L So bad… Even though Doctor said I have an operation that may save me, I’m still not feeling good… I feel like it’s a curse. I feel like there is no way I can heal.

       I feel so bad for myself. I am such a good student. I have good grades. I am such a cool teenager. I have a boyfriend who cares about me a lot. I am such a lucky child. I have a rich and concordant family. I am such a popular kid. I have money. I have cell-phones. I have video games. I am such an awesome friend. I have people. I have pals who understand me a lot. I have such many good things to enjoy and such many good to happen. Why do I have to die when I am so happy!? Why do things go bad when it’s so good!? Why am I the one who has been chosen!? Why it’s me!? It is so not fair!!!

       I’m upset, and I can feel it in my mind.

July 16.2011

       Another day is over… And I am closer to the death, to the day…

       I feel like I am not the girl I was. I’m just too upset. And that I know.

       Not only my body’s dying… My mind’s dying…

July 18. 2011

       I can’t eat much and I don’t sleep well. Dying is haunting me in days, at nights. My mom said I need to relax and stop imagining. But all I did was yelling to her. I regret… I feel so sorry.

I have changed too much. I can’t keep losing my spirit.

       Yeah. I should really try to stop being silly. I need to be more happy and positive. Maybe I won’t die. Maybe I am just too nervous and too frustrated that I got cancer. But the point is – I might survive! How can I be sure I’m dying! I was so dump! I’m still healthy! Maybe the doctor made a mistake or something got wrong!? What if I don’t have cancer!? Yeah! That made a lot of senses now~ Aha!

July 19.2011

       I told Mom that how I felt and how I thought. She said she will take me to the doctor tomorrow and check again. I really hope I could get a good result this time!

July 20.2011 Morning

       I have gone to the doctor and made an X-Ray photo. Then he told us we need to wait for an hour for it to be printed. Ahhh!!!!! So nervous!!!

Two hours later…

       The two hours made me feel like eternity! I have been waiting for so long. As I was complaining, the doctor showed us the X-Ray photo. He showed where my cancer cells are, and told us I do have cancer. That’s for sure.

       Then I went home disappointedly.

July 20.2011

       However, I’m still not so sad. I am gald I could still wake up every morning. I can still breathe. I can still live on the earth.

       People say I must be so sad when I got cancer. Yeah. It’s true. Only when it is the first few days I know I got cancer. I just couldn’t face the fact. But as you look at the bright side, I’m still alive!!! Isn’t it great!? I’m a patient, and I should be glad that I can live for another day.

       These days, my first thing I do when I wake up is look at myself and my sure I am still a human. ;)

July 21.2011

       My doctor said I need to sleep at the hospital from now on, because it is easier for doctors and nurses to do physical exams easier. It is so annoying. Hate moving around. Sheesh~

       The rooms in hospital are so stinky! Ewww~ It disgusts me. It is like the smell of disinfectant liquid and medicine has been mixed together. Anyways, it’s really bad. I cannot believe I am actually living in this kind of place!!! Until I healed! Oh My!

       Geez~

July 22.2011

       The girl who sleeps beside me got cancer too. Her mom cries all day and night. I couldn’t even stay quiet and calm. At first, I was really annoyed.

Once I even told them to stop one day. But the girl is super sweet. She apologized without making any unwillingness. Then she told her mom she would recover. She made me shocked and guilty. Shocked because she is only seven and she knows how to calm a senior. Guilty because she is so polite, but me – who is a lot older than her – just sit there, watch them cry and criticize them! How dare me! Maybe her mom cries because she doesn’t wanna lose a great daughter like her. Ugh man! I’m so regretful… L

She has an older brother too. He is around my age. I can tell he love his sister a lot. He tells stories at night. He stays in the hospital in days. Her sister seems so weak and effeminate when he’s around. She cries in her brother’s chest at night. I feel sorry for her and her family.

July 23.2011

       The food here is disgusting! It’s good that my mom brings me lunch most of the time. I am so bored in the hospital. There are no TVs!!! OMG! But I got my PS2 and my laptop with me. So I can always play video games until I’m totally dizzy and annoyed. Haha! When I’m free, I watch movies and research Tom Cruise’s info. I am a super fan of Tom Cruise. He is just… SOOOOOOO COOL!!! I love his movies. My favorite one is The War of the World. He is so handsome in that movie! Once, I watched 3 movies of Tom Cruise a day! My mom was mad, but she just couldn’t do anything, because… I’M A PATIENT!! Haha~

       Do not ever think being a patient is always a good thing! I have pains too. I have to take two shots a day. Doctor said I am totally becoming thinner and losing weight. He also said I need to keep my nutrition. So I won’t get sick or whatever. The shots hurt a lot at the first few days. But you know what! Now, I am used to it.

July.25.2011

       I miss my classmates so much. I feel like I have been changed a lot. Before I have known I get cancer, I was a naughty but smart girl. I didn’t like going to school. I hate the way teachers teach. I hate that we need to put our bag and clothes in the locker. I hate the color of our school uniform. I hate that we need to carry our bag pack to school and back home. I hate my ugly gym bag. I hate short uniform skirt to school.

But now… I miss the smell of my classroom. I miss the sound of our recess bell. I miss the games that Math teachers always play. I miss the funny noises the boys make. I miss listening to our teachers reading. I miss the way we pass note with fiends even though we are not allowed to… I enjoy school time. But I just couldn’t feel it when I am actually in and enjoying.

I love my school. I love my classroom. I love my teachers. I love my classmates. I love my friends… And it will always be a ‘friendship’ love and a ‘long time no see’ love.

I get it. I finally get it. I miss them too too much. They are most of my life beside families. I hope my whole class could come and visit me. No… I hope I can recover and go back to school and visit them. J

July 26.2011

       Today, my grandparents came and visit. My Grandma isn’t actually my Grandma. Well she is , but she isn’t my real Grandma. Oh I get it. She is my Grandma, but I don’t have her blood flowing in my body. That means, we are relationship by mind, but we are not relationship by blood. She is my mother’s step mother. Since she was born, her mother died. Then her father married again. However, my mom never knew the truth until she was twenty years old. Her step mother was always treating her like her baby. So after she knew the truth, she had nothing to say, because she was so grateful and moved that her step mother loved her so much! Even I, was moved when I first heard the story.

       Anyways, my grandparents came all the way from Rome, Italy to here after seven hours on the plane. My Grandma brought me my favorite food – dumplings – she is from China. She used to cook dumplings for me when I was little. I loved her! And her food!!! But I didn’t eat much today. I didn’t feel like eating. When she was leaving, I said, “I can’t believe I am actually dying before you are! Haha~” I was just trying to be funny. However, she cried.

       Now, I realized dying isn’t a good joke, especially to my relatives.

July 28.2011

       Sorry. I was sleeping the whole day yesterday. I didn’t write to you. I apologize.

       I’m so excited right now! My whole class is coming to visit me this afternoon! I can’t wait!!! three more hours!! Hooray!!!

Three Hours Later

       My classmates came. They brought me gifts and flowers. I am so happy that they gave me gifts. I have never received that many presents at one time!! So awesome! But at the same time, I feel bad that I’m dying.

       They lined at beside my bed, and talked to me. It’s like… wired feelings.

       The boy who was my desk mate who always argues with me whispered, “Kelsey, hope we can meet in the heaven.” I was wondering if it’s a good thing or a bad thing… Is he cursing me to the death? Or he wants to be my friend when we are both in heavens… which means he likes me. I hesitated and whispered, “Ummm… Sure… You know that I have a boyfriend right? He will bunch you in the face if he hears it. Plus, how do I know it’s you if you became an old man?” And I giggled. But he was still really serious, “Don’t worry. I’ll go find you~” He said and winked. Ugh~ Grows~

       My best friend, Emma, said, “Kelsey, I believe you will recover. I believe you. You are the best. Please don’t go. Promise me. You will come and find me after the operation right? Promise me you will.”

       “But… I can’t decide…” I said.

       “Please! I don’t care! Just promise me you will be okay! Just do it. Please!” Emma said. She was really sensitive. She was totally making me nervous. Her eyes became red. But me, I’m so innocent!

       But to make her feel better, I promised her, “Okay. Okay. I promise you I will be okay. I will go and find you after the operation. Just be happy, because if you are happy I will feel better.”

       “Thanks, Kels~ I love you.” Emma walked away.

       Ugh. Man! I shouldn’t promise her. First, because who knows if I will survive or not. Second, it will be so bad if I didn’t survive. She will be really sad and mad that I lied to her. But the point is I didn’t mean to lie to her. I was just trying to make her happy. But all I am doing is make it worse.

       I feel so bad for my friends. I don’t want to leave them alone and thinking about their old best friend – me. But I have no choices and ideas. All I can do is to promise them that I won’t die. But who knows!? Hmm?

July 30. 2011

       The girl who sleeps beside me died. She didn’t survive after the operation. My mom went to her funeral. She brought the girl flowers. And she saw the little girl with her eyes closed. She told me she felt bad, because everyone was crying. And she was crying too. She also told me she wasn’t crying for the girl or her family. She was crying for me and our family. She said, it might be happen to me after the operation.

       Life is so difficult. It’s just a short breathing moment. Once you lose your little breath, you die.

July 31.2011

       I feel so bad these days. There are only a few days until my operation. What if I do have the same result like the girl who died yesterday? I don’t want that to happen. But what if it did!? Oh My God! I don’t want to do the operation. I will be really happy if it success. But it will be so bad if… Ugh! I’m so nervous.

August 4.2011

       Mom, dad, older brother – Edward, younger sisters – Liana and Elaina came as a whole big family yesterday.

       Edward didn’t have a lot of free time. He goes to college in Boston most of the time. He is a good student, a nice brother and a great guy. He is perfect. Liana and Elaina are both cute. Elaina who is only three years old as the youngest member in our big family makes us happy with her pure spirit. Liana who is in seven years old is a responsible child. She helped me a lot. She plays with Elaina so I wouldn’t be busy spending time taking care of the Elaina. Dad is a business man. He is really busy at work to earn money for our family. He does his best eating dinner with us; spend time taking us to different places. He is just so awesome. Mom and I are like sisters. She is young and understanding. We are together the whole time at everywhere.

       I really don’t wanna leave this home sweet home. I was crying and complaining that why I am the one who has cancer. Mom said it was just life. I was shocked. It made her sound so mature. She was talking with the way she’s never like. Or maybe I was just too childish at that time. Maybe I’m talking with the way I am never like.

       In the middle of the ‘conversation’ or the ‘meeting’, my boyfriend, Jonathan came. He knocked on the door, and I stopped crying and I stared at him for a while and continued crying. My sister – Liana was poking me. But I ignored her.

       My boyfriend appeared beside my bed. I sat up and stopped crying. I stared at him with my blurry sight. I hugged him tightly. He understands me the best. I whispered, “Johnny, I don’t want to lose you. I want you to know. I love you so much. I haven’t live long. I haven’t finished enjoying my life yet. But I’m dying. I don’t wanna go. Don’t wanna die yet. I’m still young.”

       “Stop it.” He said softly, “You’ll be fine. I love you too, Kels. You won’t die. You’ll be fine. Trust me, you won’t die, because I will never let you go. I care about you the most. You are the only thing I care. Okay? You are the only one I love…”

       I fell asleep. No dreams…

       I hope I could wake up.

August 5.2011

       Of course I woke up. I slept for days. I don’t feel really good. So the operation which is supposed to be today got changed to tomorrow. To me, today might be my last day of my life. My family will stay with me the whole day.

       I am writing a poem. I have no idea how to name it. Anyways, here it goes,

 “If this is my last day of my life,

I will not be afraid of the death,

Because I have faith.

I will not be ashamed that I am not normal,

Because I am who I am

I will not complain I am the one who has been chosen,

Because I understand it’s all life

I will not regret that I was borned,

Because I had and enjoyed my short but happy life

And I will still be myself on the operating bed,

Because I believe,

Because I am Kelsey, I am confident!

But if I can survive after the operation,

I will go through my diary and laugh out loud with all my happiness.

I will hang out with all my friends and tell them how happy I am.

I will kiss my boyfriend on the cheek with all my love.

I will tell my family that I am grateful that they care about me so so much.

I will invite my people to my party and celebrate my joyful happy life.

If I really can survive,

I will kneel down on the top of a high mountain,

Stare at the blue pretty sky,

 And tell god “I love and thank you” with my heart!”

I feel so good and so happy after I finished it. I feel free. There is no more darkness or fear in my spirit. I’m crying with my joyfulness. I am so glad that I am happy.

August 6. 2011

       This is the day. My friends and my family are all here. The nurse pushed my bed and me into the operation room. I said to my friends and parents and siblings and boyfriend, “I promise I will be back. I have a feeling this will be okay. Trust me. So I will not say bye to you guys, because I will see you again. Anyways, see you later. I love you guys!!”

       I guess it’s time to say ‘see you’ to you, my diary. I’ll be back! Trust me. I love you too. Thank you for being my friend who listens to me a lot. You are the best! See ya!

Epilogue

       Kelsey prayed a lot on her bed before the operation began. She got her anesthetic and fell asleep. However, she never got a chance to open her eyes again. She’s now dead. However, she is a really important part of her family, friends, classmates and her people’s life. Her happy and optimistic personality will always be remembered in her people’s mind forever and ever……

Anna and the Lady

Chapter One

      “I wish everything could go back to normal.” Poof. Everything goes to normal, but she was gone.

Chapter Two

Anna Henley, an eleven-year-old Vancouver girl has a good family. They are not poor. She has a mother, a father and two seventeen-year-old sisters. Her sisters are twins.

      A few weeks ago, Anna father found a very good job which has high payment in Seattle. So her whole family moved to Seattle for this job.

      They bought a big house with a big yard in the suburbs.

Chapter Three

Anna’s mother allowed the girls to choose their own room. They were happy about that. Anna wandered around the house. It is a huge house. It is a two-story house (not included basement or attic). There are at least ten bedrooms in total. Why would dad buy such a big house?? Anna wondered.

Her two sisters ran up the stairs vying for big rooms with pretty dressers. Then Anna walked upstairs after them. She went to the attic at first. There is a bedroom up there. It is not a big room but a special one. The walls are all painted. There was a lady painted on one wall. It was neat and clean. Anna thought it was wall paper in the first glance. However, after she touched it, she realized it was just painting, very pretty painting. She looked closer

The lady looked very young – like a university student. She was wearing a white gown. Her hair was smooth, long and blond. Her left hand was holding a long wand. A white dove with clean feather was held by the lady.

Peace. This was the only word that appeared in Anna’s brain.

She chose attic to be her bedroom without viewing other rooms.

Chapter Four

      Dinner time, Anna’s sisters were both chewing loudly with their mouth opened.  Her father was reading newspaper. Anna felt so uncomfortable.

      “Dad, can you stop reading newspapers and ask sisters to close their mouth when they are chewing??” Anna asked.

      “Ummm…… Why? They are bothering neither me nor you. So you just need to eat your supper!” Her father replied harshly.

      “Hey! Did you hear that? Little Anna is asking her older sisters to close their mouth!!! Hahaha!!!” Angela, one of her sister mumbled.

      “Exactly! That’s not respectful.” Janice, the other sister mumbled back.

      They were staring at Anna while they were talking. Anna thought they were just provoking her. She tried to ignore them, but they started again.

      “Hey. I can tell Anna is enduring us. Heehee. She looks so funny right?” Angela whispered.

      “I know right! Hahaha!” Janice whispered back.

      Anna couldn’t endure it anymore, and argued back quietly, “I want to cut your tongue off, and sew your mouth up!”

      “Huh! Anna is so mean!!! How dare her!!!” Angela yelled.

      “Huh? What’s the matter, honey?” Anna’s father asked nervously.

      “Anna! She said she wants to cut our tongues off, and sew our mouths up!!!” Angela explained. “What!? Really!? How can she say that!!!??? Ugh~ That hurts my feelings,” Janice kicked up a fuss.

      “Really!? How can you say that, Anna? They are your sisters! They are much older than you. You need to respect them! Apologize! Quick!” Her father said harshly.

      “But, dad, they started it! Why me……” Anna tried to tell the truth.

      Anna’s father interrupted, closed his eyes and shook his head hardly, “no, no, no, no…… I will not spoil you! Just apologize, and everything can be forgiven.”

       “Ugh…… But……” Anna’s eyes filled of tears. Her sisters were giggling without making any sounds. Anna wanted to explain, but she was too frustrated. They will never understand me, Anna thought. She didn’t want to apologize, because she shouldn’t – it was not her fault – she was innocent.

      She ran to her room and cried loudly. She heard her mother talking to her father, “Ugh. Teenage girls ARE annoying and wilful. Don’t be mad.” Her father sighed.

      No one can ever help me. That is so sad, so sorrowful, so painful, Anna thought. She became more disappointed and annoyed.

      She fell asleep.

 

Chapter Five

      She woke up in the next morning. It was five. It was bright outside. The birds were singing in the trees. The trees were dancing under the wind. They seem happy for their freedom. However, Anna’s emotions were definitely the opposite with the outside living things. She still could not forget what happened yesterday night. She felt terrible whenever she thought about that. She tried to think of some ideas to forget the pains and unrighteousness. She tried not to think about dying, but it was the only thing that could help.

      She was too frustrated. She thought, no one loves me, and no one cares about me. To them, I am just a piece of dust. I could only give them sadness or troubles. I am living for nothing. It is so empty in my heart. If I died, they would be regretful that they did those unfair things. No, maybe they wouldn’t. Probably no one would cry on my funeral, or maybe they would not spend time and money on doing a funeral. Or maybe no one would notice I was gone! They would find my body, and threw my body into a random garbage can, and forgot me…….

      Anna refused to think more about that. She felt even more terrible and horrid. She felt sad for her life and her family. She ended up writing a posthumous paper. However, she had no ideas how to start. She stared at the wall with the lady painted which she was facing.

“WHAT THE HECK!?” Anna yelled. She saw the lady’s eyeball moving. She was looking at Anna. Then after Anna looked at her, she became normal. Anna rolled her eyes.

“Are you there? You are alive, aren’t you? Come on~ Show me you are alive.” Anna was just too bored. She was actually talking to nothing. She never accepted that the lady was going to answer. But it did – The lady’s nose moved, and her eyeballs moved too.

“Ah!” Anna yelled. She stood up immediately and nearly fell onto her chair again. Oh gosh!! I am making troubles again! Anna thought.

The lady started moving her mouth, and talked, “Hey, I am glad I am alive again. Thank ……”

“No, it’s okay. You can go to your world again. I am so sorry I woke you up. You know, I didn’t mean to. Sorry. You can just go to your world and PLEASE forgive me for waking you up or anything……” Anna interrupted, and tried to make everything normal.

“No, wait. You woke me up, and I am very grateful. It was so boring in the wall…….” The lady in the wall which was not supposed to talk said, but was interrupted again.

“Huh! You mean, I…… I have magic?! Wow! I never knew!” Anna said happily.

“Ummm…… I don’t think so. Look. I am a peace keeper and also a princess. You can call me Lady Peace or whatever you want to call me. I was cursed by a witch. So I could move only when I have an owner, or when someone is in the room,” The lady said.

“Oh…… Hi! I am Anna Henley. I am eleven, from Vancouver. I like to play Karate, and I am very good at it. This is my new house. And this is the first day to go to my new school. I have two seventeen-year-old sisters who are twins. They are mean and annoying. Yesterday, my parents and my sisters had a fight with me and……” Anna wanted to tell someone about her pains, but she got interrupted.

“Yea, I know. I heard it.” Lady Peace said.

“That was embarrassing.” Anna said and smiled childishly.

“Okay……” Lady Peace didn’t know what to say.

“So…… What can you do for me – your dearest owner??” Anna asked and laughed childishly.

“My dearest owner, I can give you four wishes. Don’t tell anyone. Once you did, I would be disappeared. Also, after I gave you the fianl wishes, my spirit would go……” Lady Peace smiled, said and got interrupted again.

“Seriously!!!??? Four wishes for free?? Oh my god! Awesome! I can’t believe I am having such a good luck! Is there any rules?” Anna asked.

“Nope, not at all~” Lady Peace said proudly.

“Look. You heard what had happened down stairs yesterday night……. Umm, can I make a wish about that?” Anna blinked her eyes, and asked quietly.

“Yup~ Go ahead!”

“Okay. I wish my sisters would disappear, and my parents would love me the most!” Anna said without breathing or thinking. She prepared for it for a long time already; she never knew she would have a chance to do it though.

“Okay, here we go~” Lady Peace said, and closed her eyes, inhaled, exhaled, and said again, “now, go and check it out.”

Anna didn’t seem to believe her, because she didn’t really do anything special. However, she listened and went to her sisters’ room. Her sisters were not in their rooms. Their rooms were clean and neat. No clothes, no laptops, no cell phones, no toys, no suitcases, and no make ups.

Downstairs, as her mother saw her, she hugged Anna and kissed her. Anna’s father was cooking in the kitchen. When he saw Anna, he gave Anna a huge smile.

Oh my god! This is perfect! Anna thought. Then she packed her backpack and went to school.

Chapter Six

      At school, she hasn’t made any friends yet. However, a girl saw her and walked to her. “Hey yo new girl, how’s it going, hah? I am Nicole. Just let you know me.” She said.

      “Nice to meet you. I am Anna.” Anna said politely.

      “I am Melody. And ha! Nice skirt.” Nicole’s friend said.

      “Nice to meet you, too. And thank……” Anna replied. As she saying ‘thank you’, Nicole pulled her skirt down.

      “You are welcome, Anna~ See you.” Nicole said and walked away with her friend, Melody.

      “Huh!” Anna gasped, looked down to her legs with skinny pants, pulled the skirt up and said, “I don’t even know you two. Why would you do that to me? What did I do to you?”

      Nicole turned back and said, “haha. You didn’t do anything to us. I did that, because we hate you! You are just too ugly! Haha! Also, you need to thank you once more, because I didn’t even pull your skinny pants down to show everyone your underwear! Hahaha!” And Melody laughed so hard that she couldn’t even breathe.

      “Duh, you are ugly and mean!!!” Anna mumbled angrily.

Chapter Seven

      At home, Anna’s parents were nice but garrulous. They made Anna eat all of her food at dinner time, taught her to do all the homework correctly without making any mistakes, helped her tidy up all of her belongs. However, Anna didn’t want to eat a lot as her mother asked her to, didn’t want to spend much time on her boring homework, didn’t want her mother to see her secrets or threw away her garbage which was Anna’s treasures – they just kept caring the business that Anna didn’t want them to care. She was annoyed. Also, she felt bored and lonely, because she couldn’t go and argue with her sisters. Sometimes, Anna thought arguing was quite fun.

      Fortunately, she has a friend in her room – Lady Peace. Anna started having conversations with her when Anna felt lonely.

      “I had a terrible time at school today. I haven’t made any friends at all. But I have been embarrassed by two girls who are both shorter and smaller than me! They pulled my skirt off!! That was so embarrassing!” Anna sighed.

      “Why don’t you hit them? They are both shorter and smaller than you. Also, I thought you have learned Karate, is that true? Sure you can beat them down.” Lady Peace tried to help her.

      “No! Do you even know the rules at school? ‘There shall not be violent fighting between anybody.’ I will be kicked out of this school if I do so. I would love to hit them with my fists and my legs! The point is I can’t.”Anna said.

      “Calm down, Anna. Aw~ Poor little Anna needs some help I think~” Lady Peace said softly, and she walked down the wall and hugged Anna.

      “Yea, I think I need to use another wish. May I?” Anna said.

      “Sure. Go ahead~”

      “I wish I could be friend with Nicole and I wish she would be nice to me.” Anna said seriously.

      Lady Peace closed her eyes, inhaled, exhaled, and said, “Sure. You will see my work tomorrow.” Lady Peace sat on Anna’s bed with Anna.

      “Thank you so much, Lady Peace. You always help me. You can give me everything I want. I don’t want to lose you. You are my real treasure. I am sorry I was mad.” Anna said and smiled to Lady Peace.

      “Aw~ It is my pleasure, sweetie.” Lady peace said, and put an arm around Anna’s shoulder, and squeezed.

      Silence......

      “I want to go to bed now. Good night.” Anna said.

      “Okay. Have a sweet dream.”

      Then the Lady Peace helped Anna to cover her sheets on her and sang her songs to help her fall asleep. The dove – Lady Peace’s pet flew to Anna’s bed lamp and sat still. Peace was flowing in Anna’s body. She could feel love, too. She fell asleep.

Chapter Eight

      The next morning, Anna woke up. She saw Lady Peace was sitting beside Anna’s bed with the position she was yesterday night.

      “Good morning, Anna.” Lady Peace said.

      “Good morning. You didn’t sleep the whole night?” Anna asked, sat up and rolled her eyes.

      “Nope, not at all. I don’t need to sleep.”

      “Wow. Nice. You weren’t bored when no one talks to you?” Anna asked again.

      “Nah, not really. I habituate to it already, because every night, it goes like this.”

      “Wow. Do you want me to get a bed for you, or a room?” Anna asked again.

      “Haha. No, it’s okay. I appreciate that. Also, I cannot live this room. Never. I don’t have freedom.” Lady Peace said, and she repeated again, “I appreciate that. You are thoughtful. Thank you.”

 

Chapter Nine

      At school, Nicole walked straight to Anna as Anna walked into the school gate. At first, Anna was afraid Nicole would make fun on her again. So she started running. However, she remembered that the wish she made yesterday night. So she stopped running and turned and walked to Nicole. Anna trusted Lady Peace. She believed that every wish would come true.

      And it did. “Hey Anna! Good morning~” Nicole yelled and ran to Anna.

      “Hi Nicole~” Anna said. Freaky…… Anna thought, wow, I am talking to a stranger who bullied me yesterday.

      “Hey! Nicole! You just ignored me and ran to Anna! Let’s go and find a kid to make fun!” Melody said loudly, and made a face to Anna.

      “Wait. What? Find a kid to make fun? What’s wrong with you?” Nicole asked loudly.

      “Yea, find a kid to make fun. Is that wrong?”

      “Of course it is! You are crazy! I am not a bully! I never do that kinda stuff! Find someone else! I don’t know you~” Nicole said.

      Silence……

      “Wait…… Stop joking,” Melody laughed, “it is not April Fools. Remember? You pulled her skirt off!”

      “What the!? I did that?! You did that! How dare you!? Stop passing the buck! She is my best friend! How could I do that? Do not ever try to separate our friendship! Do not ever even try to mess things up! You are not my friend. Why would I trust you!?” Nicole yelled.

      Everyone was staring at the three of them. Melody looked innocent and suspicious. Later, Melody’s eyes became red and blurry. Anna felt sad and sympathetic for Melody. She also felt embarrassed for Nicole and herself. She wanted to tell Nicole about the magic, but she remembered that she has promised Lady Peace to not tell anyone. Therefore, she didn’t.

      That afternoon, Anna heard someone crying in the girls’ washroom. Sure enough, it was Melody. Anna walked into the washroom and tried to stop Melody.

      However, she didn’t get a good remuneration. “No. You! Go away! You have your friend. Go and find her! Not a poor girl! I warn you! Get out of here!’’ Melody shouted.

      “No. Wait. We can be friends, right? Don’t be mad at me. You can be my friend too. And the three of us can be friends too.” Anna said softly.

      “No! You stole my friend. Don’t provoke me! I will NOT be your friend.” Melody shouted loudly, especially at the ‘not’ and coughed.

      “Calm down, Melody. I can talk to Nicole, right? We sure can be friends.” Anna said mildly.

      “No. Stop acting nice. You don’t need to be nice, because we are NOT friends and we will NOT be friends either.” Melody said and choked.

      Anna had no choices. She walked out of the washroom disappointedly.

Chapter Ten

      At home, Anna headed straight to her room, trying to ignore her parents’ garrulousness. She wanted to tell Lady Peace everything that happened at school.

       “I just couldn’t make Melody my friend. She was so mad and so rude. She was not being in her right minds.” Anna said.

      “Aw~ Do you want to use another wish??”

      “Nah. I don’t think I should spend two wishes on ‘friends’ section,” Anna replied, “Because I guess I still need more in the future.”

      “Just let you know. You don’t have to be friend with her.” Lady Peace always wanted to help Anna, “At least you have Nicole as your best friend, right?”

      “Yea, I guess.”Anna said.

      Anna started doing her homework, and Lady Peace was helping her on her homework.

Chapter Eleven

      During the weeks at school, Anna knew a lot of people already.

      Also, Anna as other girls has her crush. She likes a cool boy, Daniel.

      The boy, Daniel is one grade higher than Anna. He is tall and strong. He has a bunch of friends. However, Daniel never looked at Anna before. But Anna always looks at Daniel at the gym when Daniel was playing basketball games with his team.

      At home, Anna always tells Lady Peace how much Anna likes Daniel. (Anna always tells Lady Peace every secret, because she was Anna’s closest friend, and she always listens to Anna.)

      Once, Lady Peace said, “I understand how much you like him.”

      “Yea, cool,” Anna said, “and I really wish he could like me back.”

      “Then why don’t you make a wish about this?”

      “Huh! Oh yea!!!” Anna, gasped, yelled, and jumped up and danced around.

      “I was just kidding. But I can’t believe I really helped you~ Haha.” Lady Peace said.

      “Yea! Thank you for reminding me! You are definitely a genius! I wish Daniel Jones liked me.” Anna said seriously.

      Lady Peace closed her eyes, inhaled, exhaled, and said, “Okay. You will realize he likes you in a few days.”

      “Oh gosh! I can’t even believe this just happened! Thank you sooooooo much!!!” Anna ran to Lady Peace and hugged her childishly.

 

Chapter Twelve

      During the next few days, Daniel’s friends always push Daniel to Anna when Anna was walking by. Sometimes, Daniel even smiles at Anna, and his cheeks were red.

      An afternoon, Daniel and his friends walked toward Anna. Anna felt shy so she started to run. Then the boys started to chase. Daniel yelled, “Wait. I just want to tell you something.”

      Then Anna slowed down and turned back to Daniel, and smiled, “What is it?” Anna already knew what Daniel would say. She chose to make it a bit romantic. Therefore, she decided to give him a chance and waited.

      Nobody was around, except for Anna, Daniel and his friends.

      Tommy walked closer, and said, “Um…… Actually, I…… I like you. I……” Then he looked down to the floor. His cheeks were so red.

      “Heehee,” Anna giggled. She believed her face was very red too, because she felt her face becoming hotter and hotter.

      Then Anna walked away. She heard Daniel’s friends laughing and doing high fives.

Chapter Thirteen

      At school, Anna felt very uncomfortable. Now everyone at school knew that Anna and Daniel were in ‘love’. The girls who liked Daniel were very cold to Anna. Even one of the girls said to Anna, “Duh~ Anna, you are way too far to be Daniel’s girlfriend. Boo!” These days, Tommy’s grades were falling down.

      One afternoon, a strange girl walked to Anna and said, “You, a poor ugly girl ruined Daniel, a smart handsome boy’s life. You are definitely a sucker, jerk and loser!”

         Daniel walked to the strange girl, and said to her harshly, “Hey hey, Excuse me? What’s your problem!? Who do you think you are? An idiot who is trying to care about other people’s business? You are jealous don’t you? I warn you! Go away! Never let me see you again!”

      Then, the strange girl had no things to say. She walked away unpleasantly.

      Anna felt distracted but proud. She was distracted because Daniel would get in troubles, happy because Daniel saved her face.

      Currently, people started saying bad things about Daniel and Anna. However, Daniel didn’t seem to feel it.

      “Didn’t you notice you are not the Daniel you were? People don’t respect or like you. Teachers don’t trust you. They say you are crazy of me. You are way too young for this!”Anna said madly.

      “I know, but I am glad. I don’t care about what other people say. I don’t care about my grades, my friends, my teachers, my parents. They seem to be thin air to me. Only you, you, you are the special one. I like you too much. I cannot control. ” Daniel said and smiled.

      “It is not funny. And you can control yourself. Seriously! You are embarrassing both of us. Do you know that?! This is not the world for only the two of us! There are many people judging us. So please stop being selfish!’’Anna said madly.

      “Oh. Okay. Okay. Sure. I’m sorry. Okay. Sure. I will listen,” Daniel said with a sneer, “I will give you freedom, and we can go to our own road, to our own future.”

      “No. Wait. Look……” Anna tried to explain, but Daniel walked away already.

      “Aha! You are not Daniel’s girlfriend anymore. Too bad~ He dumped you! Hahaha!” The strange girl walked back and said and laughed.

Chapter Fourteen

      At home, Anna headed to her room.

“How’s school today, Ann?” Lady Peace said.

      “Bad. Why does your magic always go so far and over?” Anna asked.

      “I dunno~” Lady Peace answered carelessly

      “Ha! I know! That’s because you are helpless and useless!” Anna was very upset about what happened at school. So she just said it out loud inappropriately.

      “Wait. My ears freaked out today. Wait a sec.” Lady Peace said.

      “Nope~ Your ears are very fine today. I did say you are helpless and useless.”Anna said again.

      “Excuse me? You mean…… What!? That is your problem if you don’t like my magic. I did whatever you said.” Lady Peace refused to admit.

      “Duh~ So still, you are useless and helpless.”

      “Ugh! Human! Human are all the same! You know why my magic doesn’t help? Because, you, you are vain and greedy. After you make a wish, you feel good at the beginning, and you ended up wanting more and better! You don’t know how to be nice or satisfied.” The lady said madly, “Okay. Cool~ I am so regretful to meet you. I was wrong. You are not the real Anna. I better just stay in the wall where I was supposed to be I am sorry that I am useless and helpless. I am sorry. Bye.”

      “Okay. Sure. You can stay in the wall. Who cares about you!? Good for me and good for you. Bye~” Anna said madly.

Chapter Fifteen

      It is the middle of the night. Anna could not fall asleep without Lady Peace’s ‘Lullabies’. The curtain was open. The direct moon light was so bright. She felt bad for her family, her friends, her foe, her boyfriend, Lady Peace, but mostly, for herself.

      She felt guilty. She felt like…… she thought she tricked her people, actually, she thought she tricked herself the most. She wanted to start all over again. She remembered this was the final wish she had.

      “Lady Peace? Excuse me? Are you there?” Anna said.

      Silence……

      “I was sorry. I was just too frustrated about losing a friend yesterday. I am so sorry. I shouldn’t be mad at you. It was my entire fault. Sorry.” Anna apologized. She hoped Lady Peace would reply.

      Still silence……

      “Okay. I will just leave you alone if you are still mad. I just want you to know. And actually, I need your help. You are helpful and useful. If you need to ignore me, sure you can. I don’t blame you, because it was my entire fault.” Anna said. She felt like she was talking to nothing, even though the lady’s appearance is still on the wall.

      Silence……

      “Then what do you need?” A familiar sound said.

      Anna jumped up from her bed, and yelled, “Lady Peace! You are back! I was so sorry!”

      “Tell me what you need~” Lady Peace was still that calm.

      Anna said, “You are so awesome! You always listen to me! You are so awesome! You always help me at where I need when I was frustrated! You are just perfect~” It wasn’t just anything to make Lady Peace to forgive her. It was really what Anna thought.

      “’Kay…… What do you need?” Lady Peace stayed calm and repeated.

      “Can I have another wish?? Please~” Anna asked politely.

      “Remember? This is your final wish. And you can never change it. You have to be very sure!”

      “I know. I am very sure already.”Anna said.

“’Kay…… Go ahead~”

“I wish everything could go back to normal.” Anna said seriously. Poof. Everything goes back to normal – she heard her sisters arguing and her parents talking impolitely.

      The peace keeper didn’t close her eyes or inhale or exhale or say anything. She was gone – she wasn’t on the wall anymore.

      “Hello?? Where are you? Hello?” Anna asked. She thought that was just a joke.

      Silence……

      “Seriously! Where are you??” Anna Asked again.

      Still silence……

      “What the heck!” She whispered. She never felt so lonely at her own room before.

She found her shoes, and walked toward to glasses on the desk and tried to find Lady Peace. However, she found something on the desk under her glasses. It was a piece of note. She sat down and started reading.

      “Dear Anna,

Hey, Anna, I am so sorry about what I said yesterday night. I shouldn’t judge human. I never mean to be mean to you. I am so sorry. I was just upset. And there is something very important to me. I lost you. And I will never be back – I will go forever. I was going to tell you that. But you are just too important to me. After I noticed you, as a teenager has a lot of troubles, and you only have four wishes. If I tell you about I would be gone, I bet you would use a wish on me to not let me go. Then you only have few wishes left. I hope you could help yourself more than you help me. So please forgive me if you are mad that I didn’t tell you.

       I am sorry. There is another thing I want to tell you. I am not any peace keeper nor princess. I am just a bunch of paint which was painted by some random workers. I don’t know where my magic came from. No, actually, I was supposed to be a peace keeper on the wall though. However, there are two slightly different things about me and the real princess – peace keeper. I don’t have any royal blood. Or you can say, I don’t even have any blood.

       I really treasure the time we were together. You make me feel love. You are my closest friend and I like you so much. You are kind and nice and thoughtful. You gave me right to be loved and to feel the love and you gave me the right to not be lonely. I appreciate that. I will remember you forever. I will never remember the time we were in a fight.

       I am just too sad to leave. But whenever I thought about you, I feel happy. (I hope you feel the same way.) I hope you would never forget me either. I hope you would have a good time in the rest of your life.

       Love Peace Keeper

       Ps, I feel guilty when I call myself a ‘peace keeper’ which I am not.”

      Anna felt so guilty, sorrowful and regretful. She never knew that Lady Peace would be gone after the final wish. She sat in her bed, and thought about the lady. She didn’t and couldn’t believe the truth. She helped Anna on everything she could. She didn’t know how to live without a friend who really cares about her. She wanted to cry. However, there were no tears in her eyes. A strong feeling made her calm. Anna could feel the lady! She was with Anna even she was not in sight. She was in Anna’s heart. She is the strong feeling!

      The lady can die for my sakes. Why am I doing the thing she didn’t like me to do?? I should feel faith more than shame! I should hear righteous more than weakness! I should brightness more darkness! I should be a strong and brave girl that does things good and right. I really should change myself. I should be a girl that the lady would die for!  I should never disappoint her again!  Anna thought. 

      During those few days after, Anna always thought about that. She determined and promised herself that she would make Lady Peace proud. So Anna decided and replied a letter to Lady Peace to tell her that her improvement,

“Dear Lady,

There are some good things happened –My grades are becoming better and better, so my mother and father became very proud of me. I think they love me more than anyone else. And Daniel’s still the strong, cool boy. However, Daniel didn’t seem to forget the memories. He always smile to me and talk to me. And guess what! We became friends! Just friends~ :P

  There are some bad things too. My sisters are still annoying. They always trick me like a kiddo. However, my parents are on my side. Therefore, I can choose to give them a chance or just tell on them and punish them. But that night, they begged me not to tell on them. So I didn’t. They were very grateful that night. However, they change to normal – annoying, the next day. Haha. I knew they would already. I have never hoped them to change to good girls. Who cares!? I forgive them~ J Haha! My classmates, Melody and Nicole are still that evil like before. But look at the bright side too – I have learned to ignore them and give them a smile when they are being mean.

Honestly and proudly, I really think that I grew up after you were gone. Also, I found the real meaning of life.

Thank you for teaching me to open my mind even you never said anything, but I can feel it in the way you do things. Teeheehee~

I miss you so much. I hope you can come back and visit me and let me see you again someday.  

Love, Anna Henley

Ps, I don’t mind if you call yourself a ‘peace keeper’. J”

      After she finished writing it, she put it beside where Lady’s letter was. She hoped it would be replied someday. She still didn’t believe that the lady was gone forever.

      After a few days, it still wasn’t replied. However, Anna felt confident. She believes Lady Peace did and will see it someday, some time.