(CHAPTER 20) DATING AGAIN 9

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MARK POV
Today, i somehow started to remember about the days when Jackson and I was young. I remember that, that day i moved to Hong Kong to visit my grandmother and have school there in elementary school. My parents had me stay in Hong Kong with my grandmother on my father's side.
Flashback
"Hello Grandma!" I said as i was outside of her house and she was waiting there for my arrival.

"Well, hey there little Mark! Thanks for coming here!" She said happily.

"Thank you so much, Mum. You're a lifesaver." My mum said. My mother and i arrived to Hong Kong with a huge suitcase.

"Mark's things were delivered just today and i left them in the room next door." Said grandma.

"Thank you, I'll go put everything away." Mum said and went in the house.

"Come on in." Grandma said speaking to me.

(Huh...?) When i go step inside after finishing saying hello, i see a little boy around my age peeking over at me. From behind the wall infront of the entrance.
"Ummm..." i said and our eyes meet and the little boy darts away. (Who is he?) I wonder to myself.

"What's the matter?" Asked grandma noticing that i wasn't going in.

"Grandma, there's a little boy over there." I pointed at the direction where the boy was.

"Oh, that's little Jackson from next door." Grandma explained.

"Jackson?" I thought to myself.

"His name is Jackson he is one year younger than you. Later we can bring some of the cheese cake that your mama brought and say hello." Grandma explained.

"Kay!" i said and skipped into the house. (Jackson, huh?... i hope we can be friends!)
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I soon follow my grandma over to say hello to the 'Wang' family.
"My, my, how polite! Thank you!" Jackson's grandma said.

"By the way, where's little Jackson?" Grandma asked. "He was over at our place just a while ago."
I start to look around, when i look around....
(Oh! There he is...)
Jackson pops his head out from behind the slightly torn screen door.

"Jackson, this is Mark, he's staying next door. C'mon now say hello." Jackson's grandma introduced me to Jackson and gently pushed Jackson towards me.

"... Hello." Little Jackson said.

"Hello. I'm Mark." I greeted myself.

"What grade is Mark in?" Jackson's grandma asked.

"Third grade! What about you little Jackson?" I ask before answering Jackson's grandma's question.

When i asked Jackson this, he looked startled.
"Third grade...? I'm in third year too! So don't call me little Jackson!" I was startled when he raised his voice. (He's... kinda scary...) his forceful words make me hesitate for a second, when all of a sudden he gets an embarrassed look on his face and disappears.
(But i am older than him after all...) i want to say this to him but he left.

"I know you aren't busy, Jackson. So you should help them move in." Jackson's grandma said stopping him before he goes in the house.
When hearing he's grandma say that, he frowns and looks down.

"It's okay, her mother's here too, so-" my grandmother try to finish but Jackson's grandma cuts her off.

"Jackson, if you don't help, I'm not giving you any cheese cake!"

"...! F-fine, I'll help." Jackson said.
(Huh?) I thought to myself.

"This little rascal just LOVES cheese..." Jackson's grandma explained.

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