A Million Reasons to Smile

Prologue

I was lying in my bed that night. Today had been really depressing for me. I woke up with a bad dream still stuck in my head 'til now.

Closing my eyes, I recalled that vision once more...

-Flashback??-

My sister and I were walking down the street. I had forgotten why we were there, but the details didn't matter anymore. I just enjoyed being here with her.

"Hey, Onee-chan, look!" She smiled and pointed behind me.

I turned and saw a girl standing there, watching these punk-rock clothing from the other side of the windows of the boutique.

She had short, dark brown hair and had cat ears like I did. She was a bit taller than I am, probably 5'00 or 5'1". When she turned around to face us, she had these gorgeous emerald green eyes.

"Hi there!" I said, waving at the girl.

She smiled and waved back, so we walked over.

"Are you new around here?" Sis asked. The girl nodded and giggled.

"You guys mind showing me around town?" She asked, sticking out her tongue playfully. Then sis suddenly screamed and pointed at her shirt. The girl and I looked at her inquisitively.

"Is that Fallout Boy?!" She screamed. I blinked and looked down at the shirt. It was indeed one of my sister's favorite bands.

The girl laughed and nodded. "You like them too, eh? I think I just found myself a new best friend!"

And I didn't know what happened next...

Sis and her got to talking, laughing at things that I couldn't relate to. Then we started walking around town.

She and this new girl Raven were hitting it off pretty well.

Well, actually, they were so busy talking to each other that they hadn't realized I left...

-End of Flashback??-

I sighed, not knowing what to do.

I felt hopeless.

How could I compete with a girl like her? Sis probably would rather have her as a sister than me.

"Damn athazagoraphobia...." I muttered to myself.

I have always been afraid of socializing. My entire childhood had been just me and me alone.

People scare me.

Not just by what they can do, but the fact that getting too attached to them could be dangerous as well.

I was afraid... Of being alone... Rejected... And worst of all... Forgotten...

With these thoughts in my head, I sat up, shook my head and slapped my cheeks. "Get a grip!" I scolded myself.

But I spent the entire day depressed.

It was early morning now. A new day. The sun had risen just a couple of hours ago.

My phone rang and I unlocked the screen, sis sent me a picture. It was of her.

Staring at it for a minute, I felt myself smile.

"No... I won't be forgotten..." I locked the screen and lied back down on my bed, snuggled in and sighed.

The drowsiness was starting to take over and I closed my eyes.

Whispering to myself half-asleep, I muttered,

"I'll make her remember me.

I'm her sister.

I'm gonna give her a million reasons to smile about."