Cherry's Family

Author's pov:

The same day.. but just after they finish their classes. it's Jenny and Lily talking but Lily is still in the moment of what had happened

"a senior of my school is throwing a party this Friday. Are you coming?" Jenny asks but gets no answer. She looks at Lily confusedly wondering where her mind was!

"Lily? Lily?" Jenny calls out her name multiple times but she doesn't seem to be here.

"LILY?" Jenny shouts. "What are you thinking?" Jenny asks being genuinely concerned.

"Oh sorry. Did you say something?" Lily asks finally getting back from her Dreamland of imagination.

"Are you coming to the party?" Jenny again asks.

"What party?" Lily asks confusedly.

"Oh god, you know what? Forget it? Ok? but you know you can talk to me if you have something in mind, right?" Jenny looks concerned.

"Hmm....." She seems to be in deep thoughts.

"So, what's up?" Jenny asks again.

"Do you remember P'Cherry?" Lily clenches her teeth and gives a weird look as if she didn't really know how to put it out there.

"P'Cherry from middle school? Of course, I do! She was your best friend, wasn't she?" Jenny gets a little excited but Lily stays silent.

"well, you and P'Cherry were best friends, right?" Now Jenny is lost since she got no answer.

"yeah" Lily replies after a while with a unexpected and surprisingly low voice.

"but you know when you told me about her, I was a bit confused, she's not even your same age, how did you two get so close then?" Jenny asks curiously.

"well, our families were close before we were even born" says Lily.

"But I thought P'Cherry doesn’t live with her family anymore, does she?" Jenny asks again with a bit of confusion.

"I have no idea. I wasn't able to contact her as she didn’t have a phone." Lily gets a bit annoyed from all the questions and answers which is showing on her face.

"So how exactly did you become best friends?" Jenny asks again.

"It's a long story. Are you sure you wanna hear it?" Lily let her know beforehand.

"oh, Don't worry. I have time." Jenny says looking at her watch.

"Ok, then, listen up"

"I am all ears. Go on."

*Flashback*

It all started when my mom and dad were dating in their University years. Before they started dating they used to be in the same high school. They were friends and liked each other for a long  time. They were both 18 when dad finally confessed and they started dating.

They moved in together during their first anniversary. And P'Cherry's mom (Liu) and her family were their neighbours. Liu was 2 years younger than my mom. She was 17 when my parents moved in their neighbourhood.

In the meantime, my mom made a great bond with Liu. Liu always used to sit by the side of a pool in our neighbourhood to relax. So my mom also used to sit there and talk to her sometimes. She was young and had many problems in her life as a normal teenager and my mom was the only one she could actually talk to about those problems.

A year passed, one day my mom noticed that she didn't see Liu for a few days now. She thought she was sick and went to their house to ask what happened. But she found out that her mother (Liu's mom) married her off to a wealthy man without telling anyone because they were financially unstable to raise her and pay for her education besides she was 18 then so it was legal to marry her off.

My mom was so pissed at Liu's mother but couldn't say anything as she was in no place to scold her for that. She asked if she could tell her where she is now but she refused to.

My mom lost all contact with Liu and never saw her again. She told all her friends about Liu's incident. In the meantime, my parents got married.

And after 2 years, one of my mom's friends massaged her saying she knows how Liu is and told her that she died while giving birth to a girl. And yes, that girl is P'Cherry. My mom felt really bad for her but couldn't do anything. It was too late. She tried to contact Cherry's dad. But couldn't.

2 years later, I was born. My parents had no idea where Cherry and her dad were and how they were doing.

Days passed, Cherry got into middle school. My mom found out that she was admitted into a school near our house. Cherry and her dad moved in their old house of p'Cherry's mom in our neighbourhood.

My parents were so happy to see Cherry again and admitted me to the same school as Cherry when I got into middle school. Me and Cherry often used to play together when we were younger.

And that's how we became best friends.

"wow! What a story! I was so into it that I didn't say anything during the whole story. What happened after though?" Yes, Jenny, who is usually very talkative didn't say a word between the whole storytelling.

Lily gets a bit sad but still replies to her question.

"just after when p'Cherry finished middle school they again moved out of there and went back to where they used to live back then. I was really sad and alone after she moved out. My parents were never even able to get her contacts due to the refusal of her father."

To be continued.....

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