Is that what was bothering me?
A small lamp in my room, too bright. She came back into the room, rushing to my side again.
Mother placed a few items onto my nightstand, then kissed my cheek.
" Mama, could you turn down the brightness of the light?.. It's too... "I muttered.
She walked over to the light, then raised an eyebrow. " Poe sweetie, It's on the lowest setting. "
" Turn off the lamp completely, please.. "
She flicked off the light, she then headed back toward me.
" We're thinking of going back to Japan and leaving America, wouldn't that be nice Ed? " She brushed my hair back.
The only thing I let out was a small, " Mhm.. "
Sleep.
My eyes were closed now, in a deep slumber.
She left my side. Her body warmth was gone, and that was okay. I finally fell asleep.
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I woke up to the smell of coffee and bacon. Bacon wasn't my favorite but I didn't hate it. I ripped the covers off and dragged myself out of bed.
Still sweaty.
I looked like a drenched rat..but still, I made my way downstairs.
" Good Morning Eddie! " Father ruffled my hair as soon as I stepped foot into the kitchen, holding a cup of coffee in his other hand.
" I heard that last night you were having trouble sleeping and that you had a mild fever. Everything alright? " He asked.
" It's just..a few boys at school are mean to me. They uh..beat me up after school. " I mumbled, then I slid into one of the many stools beside my table.
" So dear, your Father and I have an idea...I spoke about this last night, abruptly. "
" Oh yeah..the Japan thing... " I muttered, still exhausted.
" Here's some Tea Ed. " Mother handed me over the kettle, then gave me a teacup. I poured the steaming hot liquid into the cup and took a sip, Ow!
Too hot... I reached for a glass of water.
" We figured that you should get a change, so we'll be moving to Japan for a while and then possibly back to America...if everything goes well. " She patted my head, then went to retrieve the newspapers the newsboy dropped off. Mother distributed the paper to my Father, then had a small discussion on some of the news articles.
"Ooh! Eddie, Look! In a writing competition, the winner gets three-thousand dollars! It has to contain at least 20K words. You wanna compete? " My father exclaimed.
I shook my head.
" Alright then sweetheart, it's your decision. Ah, back to the Japan topic. We're moving to Yokohama, a while back we went there for a trip. It was an exquisite place, and we'd like to go again and take things further. We'll be putting you into a language learning class to learn Japanese, then you'll be ready for a semester in Japan, Yokohama. " She smiled brightly.
I nodded, then took another sip of my tea.
" I'll book a flight tonight, so it's best that you two pack your bags. " Father pulled out his laptop, then went onto a booking website.
Mother grabbed my hand, tugged me upstairs, and pulled a suitcase out of her closet.
" Here Eddie, this is a spare suitcase I have. Do you like the purple color? I think it looks like your hair. " She handed me the grayish-purple suitcase.
CHAPTER 1.
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