Someday - Part 1

Chapter 1

"I think that's him, sweetheart," my mom said.

"Where?!" My eyes explored around the airport, searching for the person my mom was looking at. The airport was packed with people, so it was hard to find someone you're looking for. "I can't see him!"

"Right there," my mom pointed in the middle of the crowd.

I looked again, and this time...

...I saw him.

My heart swiftly stopped.

I blinked a few times to make sure my eyes weren't deceiving me.

It's him.

It really is him.

It had been 5 years.

Suddenly, my mind roamed away, bringing back the yesterday we met...
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"Give it back!" the eight-year old me screamed.

I stood on my toes and tried my hardest to reach for the bag of candies on the boy's hands, but failed. I don't remember his name-I just remembered his stupidity and being the bully of the neighborhood and all-so in my head, I named him Kumquat-Faced-Meanie-because despite his hugeness, his face was oblong, which reminded me of a kumquat, and he's mean to people.

"If you want it, come get it then!" he said, laughing his butt off.

Kumquat-Faced-Meanie was about a foot taller than me and was the biggest kid in town, so taking back my candies from him was hard work. At that moment, his kumquat-shaped face was red just like his two stupid friends beside him who were laughing so hard.

"Here, catch!" he yelled, throwing the bag over on one of the two boys. The boy who caught the bag ran across the playground, and I ran full-speed after him.

The afternoon sun was about to sleep, and the sky was shining its bright orange light around us.

"Give it back...!" I panted, after running around the playground. "Give it back...or else...!"

The boy just laughed at me and threw the bag back to Kumquat-Faced-Meanie.

"Or else what?" Kumquat-Faced-Meanie snorted. "Or else what, huh? You're gonna run home crying and tell your mom or something?"

"No," I said sharply. "I will punch you right in your ugly face until you're the one who will run home crying on your momma."

Kumquat-Faced-Meanie just laughed harder than before. "Oh yeah? Then do it, you small brat!"

When he said those words, my blood started boiling out of anger.

So he wants some Kumquat-Faced-Meanie punching, eh?

Well, I'll give it to him, all right.

I cracked my knuckles, and my fist came pummeling right into his kumquat face.

"OW!" Kumquat-Faced-Meanie almost fell, and the bag of candies flew on the ground.

This time, it was my turn to laugh. That's what you get for challenging me, I thought, feeling all badass.

I was about to grab my bag of candies, when Kumquat-Faced-Meanie pushed me hard on the shoulder.

"Why, you...!" he shouted, his face turning red like a freshly harvested tomato.

My heart stopped as he raised his fist in the air, ready to punch me back. I closed my eyes in fear.

I'm gonna die, I thought.

But I need to say goodbye to everyone first.

Goodbye.

Goodbye, Mr. Chumchum, my teddy bear.

Goodbye, Mommy.

Goodbye, Daddy.

Goodbye, my dear bag of candies.

I realized that tears were falling on my cheek out of fear.

There I was, thinking of my farewell to the world, and hoping for a giant monkey to come and eat Kumquat-Faced-Meanie, when I heard a voice beside me.

At first I thought it was an angel, because it sounded celestial, and because of the thought that I was going to die and stuff.

But when I opened my eyes, it wasn't an angel.

It was a better.

"Hey, are you seriously gonna punch a girl?" he had said earlier.

He was a boy about a year or so older than me, and he was tall and slender, his long dark hair was spiky, which kind of reminded me of a porcupine, but cute nonetheless. He was wearing a dark blue shirt, and he had this studded bracelet on his wrist that was a little too big for him. He was standing with so much confidence, and just by looking at him made me realize that he's the kind of guy who-which I realized later that he ALWAYS does-get into fights. And did I mention that he was also very handsome?

"Mind your own business, freak," Kumquat-Faced-Meanie said.

"Did you just call me a freak?"

"Asking for a fight, Winter?"

"Bring it...you pile of shit."

I was crying the whole time, so my vision was very blurry, and all I heard were the cracking of someone's bones.

The moment I had wiped the tears that I can finally see a clear view, Kumquat-Faced-Meanie and his friends were running away with my bag of candies.

Porcupine Boy ran after them, but it was too late.

After a few minutes, he came back to me.

"Are you alright?" he asked.

I pouted at him.

"I could take them by myself you know!" I said as I sat on the swing near me, and I was still crying, and I screamed at him without even thinking what I was saying out of anger at Kumquat-Faced-Meanie and the guys who took my candies, because I so badly want to beat the crap out of them that time.

"I saved your life and that's how you thank me?!" he shouted at me.

"I didn't ask for your help!" I said, rubbing my eyes. "Now leave me alone!"

"Fine!" he said, and turned away.

But as he walked away from me, I realized something. I was mean to Porcupine Boy. I shouldn't have done that to him.

I was wrong.

But I can't call him back now, he'll think I'm weird or something. Because if I did call him, what will he do? Sing me a lullaby to stop me from crying? I don't think so.

So I just cried louder.

And to my surprise, he stopped and looked at me, his eyes wide.

He walked back to where he was standing before, which was on the swing near me.

"Stop crying...!" he said as he walked towards me, his tone full of worry.

I tried to stop, but I can't. Instead, I cried louder than before.

"Don't cry...!" he yelled again, and this time...

...our eyes met.

And something happened.

Something magical.

My heart felt like it suddenly flew away with its wide wings, into the clouds overhead, where it soared with the angels singing in the sky...

Suddenly, I stopped crying so loud, but tears still streamed down my face.

"Here..." he said as he removed his eyes from mine, and I can tell that he was blushing.

"Have my candy."

He reached his hand out, and in it was a lollipop he just took from his pocket.

It was a cute heart-shaped lollipop, with a big pink ribbon on the stick that had light blue designs, which made it look very expensive.

I looked at him, speechless.

He just smiled.

I quietly took the candy, where in that short moment, that our hands gently touched.

Out of the blue, I suddenly realized what that magical feeling was.

I think it was love.

"I'm Sky, by the way," he said. "Sky Winter."

"I'm Symmery," I finally managed to speak. "Symmery Belle."

"What a stupid name."

"So is yours!"

"Hey, I was just kidding!"

I just looked at the lollipop and then at him.

It was obviously a candy only a girl would buy, and I can't imagine Porcupine Boy buying it in the store.

"Did you buy this for yourself?" I blurted out, and felt it was a worthless question of me to ask.

He blushed and looked very surprised the moment he heard this. "What? I..."

"Actually, I already... meant to give it to..." He blushed even more. "to...t-to...someone."

"Oh." Ouch.

"To who?" I asked, not caring if it's my business or not.

He blushed even more, and looked away.

I realized he was looking at this girl a few feet away, playing with some other girls on the seesaw. Unlike me, she was blonde and very girly. It took me a minute to realize that it was Rowena, the prettiest girl in my school.

"To Rowena." It wasn't a question.

He was still looking at her, and my heart suddenly felt like it was falling down from the angels and the clouds, falling with its broken wings, drowning in to the unforgiving ocean...

It was, I realized...

...my first heartbreak.

"Then give it to her," I told him, giving back the lollipop.

"No, I already gave it to you," he said.

"But it isn't for me."

"No, I was...meant to give it to you instead."

I can't help but smile at that.

"I-I'm sorry about earlier..." I finally managed to apologize. "And...thank you."

He smiled, and suddenly, my heart was with the angels again. "No problem."

I removed the plastic and threw the ribbon on the ground, and ate my lollipop.

"So we're friends now, right?" His smile was even wider than before.

"Whatever you say," I said. "But next time, I'm the one who will beat the crap out of that Kumquat-Faced-Meanie."
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