Boys will be Boys and Girls will be Pandas - Turning Red Fanfic

Chapter 2

Doodling. That's something every kid did in high school... doodle when absolutely floored with homework.

Mei Mei's school diary was full of doodles, even though she knew they were no masterpiece. In fact, they took up precious little space she had in her homework journal.

Doodles of guys... but nothing too raunchy in case she got caught again. No, she had learned the hard way from drawing dirty pictures. IE: Because of her mother's prying eyes.

As she finished off her last piece of Maths, she stood up stiff, hearing her mother calling for her from the living room.

"Yes, mum?" She said instantly, going into full good girl mode, and pushed off her chair, clutching the knob of her room and seeing her mother smiling awkwardly, "What is it?"

"You have a phone call," Is what she said and Mei lit up with that news, "From Tyler."

"Tyler?!" She shrieked, as that was the action her mother was expecting from her daughter at least. She handed her the phone and Mei slammed it against her ear as she whispered in fright.

"What is it, Tyler?"

His heavy nervous breathing could be heard on the other end of the call, and the adolescent boy just gulped as he said weakly.

"The girls and I are going to the mall to look at the new album of Four Town. You in?"

"Of COURSE I'm in!" Mei Mei yelled with joy, she said with the biggest smile ever pasted on her mouth, "I'll see you there."

"Cool," Is all he replied with and the line then went dead. Mei Mei was twitching with giddy joy as she picked up her wallet and stuffed it in her red handbag. As she was leaving the house, her mother called out to her lost.

"Mei? What about your homework?!"

"I'll do it when I get home," Mei only groaned and pulled open the front door, slamming it shut behind her. Her parents watched on, her mother biting her bottom lip with worry.

"She'll be fine," Her father said to her and the woman just nodded her head weakly, but still afraid, "I hope so..."

~x~

Tyler was leaning against the wall of the mall waiting, a few feet away from the sliding doors and when he saw Mei Mei head his way, he grew quickly into a small relieved smile.

"Hey," Mei said with a wave and he nodded back in return, "Where're the others?"

"I honestly don't know." He said truthfully. Suddenly his flip-top mobile began ringing and he answered it in seconds, saying to whoever it was, "Yo?"

"It's me, Miriam."

"Hey? Where are you, girls?"

"Huge traffic jam outside my house, can't make it."

"And what about Priya and Abby?"

"They're with me."

"Urgh!" Tyler groaned frustrated and annoyed, he flipped his phone back close and stuffed it in his pants, saying to Mei Mei quickly, "They can't come."

Little did the two realize this was the girls' plan after all. To get Mei and Tyler alone together... so they might get together.

"Well," Mei Mei went on quickly with a nervous smile as she pointed to herself, "At least I'm still here."

"Yeah," Tyler agreed, lighting up with that piece of knowledge, and smiled back at her softly, "At least you are."

"Now, let's get that NEW ALBUM!"