SOPHIA WRIGHT

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"I'm changing the piece I'm going to play."

 "Why?"

"I'm going to play the piece my mom used to play for me. This time, I'm going to play it for her." Being the supportive best friend, I agreed to his sudden decision. It's been a month since his mother's death. Michael has been a really good boy and we're close friends now. Sometimes, he can be total jerk but he's good. Oh and Florence? He's gotten over it. I was shocked that he talked about his mother today. He never spoke the word mom for a month now and neither did Michael.

"But are you really sure about this? I mean you've been practicing the other piece for almost two months now. You've almost mastered  it." I asked him.

"Playing a piece isn't about how you've mastered it. It's about letting the listeners know the feelings of the musician when he or she composed the piece." Touched by his words, I held his hand.

"Go for it." I smiled at him and he smiled back. We packed our books and went to the music room. I remembered the incident that happened here. But I trust my best friend. He opened the piano, I got a chair and sat beside him.

"I've never heard the piece yet. Can you let me hear?"

"Sure. You'll be the first one to hear this. " I smiled to him and closed my eyes. He played the piece. While the music was ringing in my ears, I suddenly remembered my dad and I when we were doing trick or treating when I was still eight. Actually, my dad got more candies than me. That made me sad and I cried.

=PAST=

"What's  wrong baby?" My dad asked. He knelt down towards me and wiped my tears.

"You have more candies than me! It's unfair. I'm more pretty than you." I cried. He giggled and smiled.

"Here. Take my basket."

"Why daddy?" He poured all of the candy inside my nearly empty basket.

"It's for you. Happy Halloween baby." He carried me like a princess and kissed me cheek.

"Thank you daddy! I love you so much! You're the best daddy in the whole wide world!" I wrapped my arms around his neck and hugged him really tight.

"If it's for my baby, I'd do anything to make you happy."

=PRESENT=

The music was gone and I opened my eyes.

"Sophia? Are you alright? Why on mother nature's beauty are you crying?" He asked worriedly.

"Huh?" I touched my cheeks and yeah, tears were coming out.

"I guess I just miss my dad so much. The music reminded me when my dad I went out trick or treating. He gave all of his candy to me because I had only a few candies inside my basket." I said. He just laughed.

"I guess you're stubborn when you were a kid. Even until now." He teased me and  I pouted.

"No I'm not!" I crossed my arms and he laughed at me. I smiled at him and said,

"Okay. Let's continue your practice. You only have two days until the inter-school musical contest." He started to play again. Two hours has passed and he was clearly tired.

"Okay. That's a wrap." I looked out the window and it was really raining hard.

"Did you bring your umbrella?" I searched my bag and yeah, I did bring it. I nodded at him.

"I brought our raincoats. Your umbrella will also help." He smiled. We packed up our things and went out of the room. It was five in the afternoon and it was raining hard. He handed my raincoat and I wore it. We ran towards his bike and rode on it. It was past fifteen minutes and we were at some mall.

"We should take cover here first until the rain stops." He said.

"But what about Michael?" I was worried since he was alone at the house. Woah, I sound like a mother.

"Don't worry. He's here in the mall, at the kiddie corner." I smiled. Yeah, he worries about his brother so much. We took off our raincoats and placed it in the basket in his bike. We took the elevator and arrived at the third floor.

"Hungry?"

"Yeah."

"I figured." He smirked. There goes his cocky attitude again. I sighed and we entered McDonald's. He ordered two burgers and coke floats. We had it for take out and we went to KFC to buy a streetwise meal for Michael.

"Big brother! Sophia!" Michael approached us and hugged us.

"Good to see that you're fine Michael." I told him. He nodded and changed his gaze to the plastics Florence was holding.

"Mine's KFC right?" He asked. Florence nodded.

"We'll eat this at home." We went out of the mall. The rain hasn't stopped. The three of us won't fit in the bike so I guess on of us has to ride a taxi.

"You two go on. We won't fit so I'll just ride a taxi. Besides, I don't live with you guys." I smiled at them and someone here was worried.

"Are you sure? I mean, there are mean drivers here. You never know." Florence looked at me seriously. Then he continued,

"How about the three of us will ride a taxi and we'll drop you home first. Will that be okay Sophia?" He asked. It was a great idea so I agreed. We called a taxi and went in. After about five minutes, whoever's counting, the driver suddenly asked us. 

"Are you two the parents of the child?" We were really shocked. Both of our faces were really flushing red and told the driver,

"No!" The driver was shocked.

"I mean, he's his brother. I'm just a friend." I carefully told and explained to the driver. He just smiled and murmured,

"Kids these days. They never learn." Me and Florence exchanged glances while Michael was asleep. After twenty minutes, yeah I counted, we arrived at my house. My mom went out holding an umbrella.

"Thanks for bringing her home Florence dear."

"No problem Mrs. Wright. Anything for your daughter." He yelled back. He looked at me and signaled me the "text me later, ok?" sign. I laughed and winked at him. He smiled at me and closed the door. Me and my mom went inside.

"Why can't you just try and go out with him?" My mom asked me.

"Mom! I can't! He's my best friend. We'll only be friends. I don't even think that he likes me."

"You do love each other."

"Only as friends mom. Nothing more." I sighed. My mom smirked and said,

"Whatever you say dear." My mom can really be a piss off sometimes but still she's fun and I
 love her. I know that she can be stupid sometimes but she's cool. After eating my dinner, I went upstairs to my bedroom and grabbed my phone.

"Done eating my dinner. You home already?" I sent my message. I threw my phone on my bed and I took off my clothes. I grabbed my bathrobe and I heard a sudden tone. I took my phone and opened it.

"Yeah. We just arrived. We're eating dinner now. Michael wouldn't stop bragging about his KFC meal." I laughed at the thought that who would brag a fast food meal? I texted back.

"Tell him I'm jealous. That should boost his ego." I smiled. I received a reply two minutes later.

"Sure I will." I texted back,

"I'll go and take a bath now." Then I got a reply.

"Ok best. Love u." Woah, best? Talk about nicknames. I kinda liked it so I went with the flow.

"Love u too best." He replied with a smiley. I turned my phone off and went to the bathroom. Later I finished and changed into my night dress. I turned on the air condition and sat at my study table.

"Math. Science. Japanese. Why did I even take Japanese? Oh yeah, so I would be in the same class with Brandon." I sighed. I took my phone and saw there were three text messages. Two were from my best friend and one was from my mom. Wow, talk about laziness.

"Hey best. Homework?" And the other one,

"Hey best. What are you doing right now?" Then my mom also texted me,

"Dear, your favorite show is on." I ignored their messages and stared at my pile of homework. I tried answering science first since it was pretty easy. An hour later, my best friend called me.

"Hey."

"What's up?"

"Homework. I'm done with Science though. I still have Math and Japanese."

"Want help?"

"I wish. Mom's here."

"Open your door."

"What?"

"Just open it." I hung up and went to the door. When I opened it, I saw my best friend with a backpack on his back.

"Care to share the room for the night?" He smiled at me. I put on a huge smile and hugged him.

"And Michael?" I asked.

"He's sleeping with your mom. She's trying to feed him with a lot of food non-stop. I think he'll gain ten pounds in one night." We laughed and he entered my room. He placed his bag beside my bed and we started doing our homework. Did I mention that Florence is a half Japanese? His father is a Japanese. His parents met here in Miami since Florence's mom has been working in the United States for more than ten years already until recently. So he took French instead of Japanese since he's already fluent and really good in Japanese.

"Let's start off with Japanese. We'll finish in a jiffy." He smirked.

"Good thing that my best friend is a half or else I would fail in this stupid subject." I teased him. He smiled at me and we started. Two hours passed and we finished both Math and Japanese. We laid down on the bed and sighed.

"Done."

"It's already eleven and they're not asleep yet. Michael has school tomorrow." I told him. He looked at me with a teasing expression.

"You sound like a mother."

"No I don't!" I blushed. We went downstairs ans headed to the living room.

"Mom, it's past eleven already and Michael has school tomorrow." I told her.

"Wow you sound like a mother." I sighed.

"Do I really sound like a mother to all of you?!" I asked pissed at them.

"Why don't you marry Florence and have a baby." Me and Florence blushed and I yelled,

"Mother!"

FLORENCE JOHNSON

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Wow. Is her mom drunk or something? Coz' she's talking real nonsense. I scratched my head and looked down on the floor smiling.

"Mother!" Sophia yelled. Looks like she's embarrassed too.

"What? You like her and he likes you so get married." She said. I saw two wine bottles beside the couch. Yeah she's drunk as hell. I poked Sophia and pointed at the bottles.

"Mom, you're really drunk. Go to bed. You have work tomorrow."

"I have the day off tomorrow. So I can stay up as late as I want to. You two go to your room and make a baby."

"MOM!!" Sophia was really blushing. I bet I'm much more red. I didn't talk. Sophia grabbed me to her room. We first checked out her mom's room and we saw Michael already going to bed. I went near him and said,

"I'll wake up early to make your breakfast okay? You lay here and sleep tight. Don't forget to pray." I kissed his forehead and covered him with the thick blanket. I opened the door and saw Sophia looking at me.

"You look and sound like you're his father." She said.

"I think he needs a father and a mother so I'm trying to be acting like his parents. He's still five and he's so young." I told her while looking at Michael who was now asleep. She patted my shoulder and smiled at me.

"You're doing a great job." She said. I smiled at her and I closed the door. We went inside her room and I locked the door.

"I better get changed." I went in the bathroom and changed into my pajamas. I hopped in to her bed and she laid beside me. The lights were off and I bet her mother was now sleeping since it was now quiet downstairs. Around dawn, Sophia talked to me.

"Florence?"

"Yeah? Can't sleep?"

"Yes." She faced me and I did too. I wrapped my arms around her waist and she cuddled beside me.

"Do best friends sleep together like this?" She asked.

"I think you already asked that question." I smiled at her. She raised her head to look at me.

"About what my mom said, I'm sorry about that."

"It's okay. She was drunk. I know she didn't mean it." I replied.

"Do you like me Florence?"

"Of course. You're my best friend." I told her. She smiled at me and she kissed my cheek. I kissed her forehead and she went to sleep. I can't really describe what I'm feeling for her. I don't even understand it myself. I guess I'll know and come to understand it someday.

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Hello there! Another update! Do you like it? Just READ ON, VOTE, and COMMENT! I really appreciate if some of you or all of you will comment on my story. I need to know if my story is okay or something like that. I'll update really fast like what I'm doing recently. I updated four chapters in one day! Amazing right? You won't have to wait long for the next updates. I'm really trying my best to entertain you guys through my story J About the climatic thing. Yeah, I'm going to start with it on my next chappie!! It's going to be a long one. I hope you'd stick around and CONTINUE TO READ ON ! J Go go go!

 Here's a picture of SOPHIA WRIGHT on the side. I also have a picture of MICHAEL JOHNSON on CHAPTER TEN and a picture of FLORENCE JOHNSON on CHAPTER ONE.

~~mitsuki09