When we got home from school, I went straight to my room to go and change. Then I remembered something that happened at school today. Kim was acting weird and it isn't like her. She's always excited to meet new people but for some reason she wasn't. And the way that girl looked at her it's as if they knew each other, I will ask Kim if she knows her when I go downstairs. I sat down on the couch in the living room and Kim was coming from the kitchen with a bowl of popcorn, she puts it on the table and then joined me on the couch she was still in her school uniform because she didn't want to go home and change, it's a good thing she has two sets.
I turned on the TV and I searched through the channels until I found the one on which they were showing my mom's clothe line launche. We watched for a few minutes and then I decided to ask my best friend about what happened at school. "Uhh Kim, I wanted to ask you something."
"Sure, go ahead."
"Why were you acting weird today when that girl called me, do you know her? The reason I'm asking is because you didn't seem to be happy to see her and neither did she."
She froze in her seat cos she wasn't expecting me to ask her that question and the smile that was plastered on her face faded. She sighs," Yes, I know her. Her name is Taylor, we used to be best friends before I met you, we lived in the same neighborhood and we even went to kindergarten together."
"But why didn't you tell me?" I asked her and I was a little disappointed that she kept something like that from me. Her best friend.
"Because there is nothing to tell."
Okay I was starting to get pissed now "Ohh ok, you guys were best friends and there is nothing to tell?"
"Okay fine I will tell you"
"I'm listening"
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"Our friendship ended because of her obsession for fame. There was a movie audition in our town, she was very excited so she told her parents that she wanted to participate in the audition. Her parents agreed and they bought her a very nice dress that she was going to wear. When the day of the auditions came, I decided to go to Taylor's house to support her. I got to her house and her mother told me that she was in her bedroom getting ready, I went straight to her room but she wasn't there, and then I heard the sound of water coming from the bathroom. So I figured she must be in the bathroom taking a bath , I turned to where the bed was and I saw her dress. Poor 11 year old me decided to try the dress on, I didn't notice that the dress was caught to the side of the bed, I was about to move then I heard the dress tear apart, when she came and saw the dress she was very upset, she screamed on top of her voice, her mother came up stairs and when she saw what happened to the dress she told me to go home. I ended up finding out that she didn't go for the audition and she blamed me for that and since then we have never spoken to each other.
"Well that's a lot to take in."
"Yeah" she stood up from the couch "Tiffany. I think it's time for me to go home, it's getting late"
"Okay let me just see you out the door." I escorted her to the door, I said goodbye to her then I went to the kitchen to get some food. I didn't want to eat at the dinner table alone so I decided to go and eat in my room. Back then when I was younger I used to hate it when both of my parents were busy and I had to eat dinner alone, it made me feel like a child whose parents never loved. But now I'm used to them coming home late at night and I also know that they love me.
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Day's seemed to be going very fast, it was now Friday. I haven't seen much of Kim at school ever since we had that conversation, but I'm hoping that I can talk to her in the cafeteria during our lunch break. Throughout my English class I didn't even pay attention to what the teacher was saying, it was as if everything was entering from one ear and out through the other and all I could think of was my best friend. I waited impatiently for history to start because I know that she also takes that class.
I sat down at my desk and I looked at Kim's desk but it wasn't her sitting there it was someone else. Searching through the room with my eyes, I saw her sitting at the back of the classroom. That's odd, why would she be sitting there?. I was about to ask her that but then our teacher Mr Lucas entered the classroom. That's when I decided to just wait for lunch time.
Immediately after class I went to my locker to get my spare pen because the one I was using ran out of ink. I then proceeded to the lunch hall, I entered the hall and the sight in front of me shocked me.
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Separated At Birth
Short StoryTiffany Jones is an only child, so she thinks. But her life changes when she meets two strangers, who turn out to be her siblings. How will she react?
