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| A best friend is someone who loves you when you forget to love yourself (: ♥ |
Two more hours before arriving at Ho Chi Minh city from New York. With my eyes closed, I daydreamed about meeting my family and friends, laughing with them, and telling them stories about my trip. “It’s summer and I’m gonna be home soon”, I kept telling myself the same thing as I slowly fell asleep.
I didn’t know how long I slept, but before I was fully awake, I could feel the heat of the sun gradually crawled on my wrist, then my arm, then my whole body. I knew right at that moment I was finally home. Out of the plane, into the airport; out of the airport, into my daddy’s car; just like that Vietnam welcomed me back. With the windows opened, I could feel the wind talking to me, the sun smiling at me in my family’s old-and-filled-with-memories car. Seeing every single member of my family waiting for me at home was the best moment of my life; tears overwhelmed me. Family reunion was finally here.
After a week having fun with my family, “PLAY TIME” finally arrived!
“BFFLs (Best Friends For Life) HERE I COME!”, I shouted silently when my mom gave me permission to go to my friend, Tiffany’s house.
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“Oh you know, I was so pissed you know. Like, I already called Scott to tell him to go to Tiffany’s house early so that I could talk to them and go home early ‘cause my mom said so. It took him for like, two hours to get his ass there. Then when he came in, I told the rest of them that I had to go home in ten minutes,” Talking with a non-stop beat, I tried to release all my stress, “They asked me why and I explained about my mom and they just freaking ignored me, so I just called a cab and went straight home when none of them asked how I was.”
“That’s so bullsh*t.” Lucy said, trying to make me feel better.
“Yeah like I was so sad. Like really sad. How could treat me like that when I just got back from America?” I almost cried, “But right then I felt like I loved you so much ‘cause outta nowhere you called me to go to your house and my mom just ADORED you so much that now I’m freaking here!”
Lucy winked and I realized how lucky I was to have a friend like her.
“Oh ya know, in America, I watched ‘Starstruck’ and ‘Taking 5’ again and I missed you so much!”
“Haha! I didn’t miss you!” She laughed, “Just kidding! I was watching Harry Potter with my mom last week and I missed you like hell too!”
“Haha okay? Weird! Oh you you you you you you! Did you see the last part of Harry Potter?”
“No! Damn!”
“Aw man! Me neither!”
Just like that we kept talking nonsense for hours in her bedroom that I used to hang out at every Saturday. It was like I practically lived there. All the memories we shared grew in a small space but we were so proud of it.
“Oh you know when you were away, Sabrina and I were kinda pissed off at Michelle a lot!” Lucy was continuously updating me every single news.
“Really?”
“Yeah. Like, she was so mean.”
“How?”
“Like when I had Casey’s bracelet which had bells, she was like, ‘Give it to me!’ and I was like, ‘I’ll give it to you at the end of the day’. But she kept saying ‘Give it to me!’ and so I said, ‘FINE!’,” Lucy was definitely furious, “Then the next day, you know Layla? She let me borrow her bracelet which had bells, too. And Michelle was like, ‘Can I borrow it?’ and I was like ‘No.’ and she was mad at me just ‘cause I said ‘no’!”
“What the heck?”
“Yeah I know right? That’s so f*cking stupid!” She started to swear, which was bad.
“Now calm down. Breathe!” I knew it wouldn’t work but it was worth a shot.
“Even Sabrina was mad at her and told me to forget it and ignore Michelle.” I looked at her and saw her eyes turning red.
“Aw man. Why did all my best friends fight after I went to America? So stupid –” I was talking when I felt something wet dripping on my shoulder.
I looked up and it was snow. It was snow. It was definitely snow. “But why was it snowing?” I asked myself. The person sitting in front of me, my best friend, was disappearing like there was a huge wind blowing her away. I could smell the smell of my room in New York, see my roommate staring at me, and taste all the not-so-delicious-and-not-Vietnamese food. What was happening?
“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” I screamed. Finally. I woke up.
*SORRY THERE ARE BAD WORDS BUT I NEED THEM TO FIT THE STORY (:*
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