Relive Memories (quick warning I’m not the greatest at writing past tense so i hope it turns out alright)
I sigh as I sit down in the interviewer's chair for I can talk about my career as a pro basketball player.
Her first question stumps me, "Can you tell us about the beginning of your ball career?”
I flash my signature smile when really i wish to hold it in, "it's hard for me to think of the kick off of my career because of my biggest regret lie there."
"What would that be?"
“When I was in high school I fell in love with my school's basketball captain. I had transferred to his school, because I was being harassed for a rumor that I was sleeping with the basketball team in the locker rooms. It made me angry because everyone believed in the rumor when it was 100% false. It was all because all kinds of girls hated that I was on the boys’ team.”
“That’s rare for a girl too be on the boys team even in a Canadian school.”
I nod my head as I flash a cocky smile, “It was because there was no other girls in the school that wanted to be on a basketball teams. It took me 2 weeks too talk the school too let me play on the boys team and the time I played on the team I proved that I could play better than any of the boys.”
“Can you tell us the story?”
I feel my stomach drop, but being me I smile as I nod my head, “Of course.
I’ve always loved basketball since I was a little kid and my father had given me my first big present as a child, it was a small basketball hoop for a toddler. My father wanted a son and what he had gotten was a daughter. That’s why he named me Addison. As I grew up basketball was my only mind set. I only had high grades because i wanted to stay in basketball and that was also the only reason i was a well behaved kid
Until the rumors started to spread about me. It was around the end of my freshmen year that they started to spread the rumors right after basketball season stopped and I joined the school’s girl soccer team.
I heard the girls whispering about me in the locker rooms. I didn't’ pay a mind to it because it wasn't’ like i cared what other people said about me all i wanted to do was play my sports and get done with school. Yet when I heard what they said I was shocked that what people believed in. I thought that once the new school started it all would be over, but when i ended up on the boys team again it all started at a full scale assault happened. I was attacked on several occasions and it wasn’t far into the basketball season when someone had hit me with their car.
After the accident happened anyways, but I had to wait a year to play ball on my school’s team. I still went too every game and that’s when I noticed him. He was very noticeable to begin with, but watching him play basketball made my heart skip a few beats. I signed up early too try out for my sophomore year and they sent me too a training camp for both boys and girls. I was worried that the rumors had been spread there and I would be harassed, but nothing happened it was like it was completely forgotten.
He looked after all of us helping us with everything that we needed. When I officially met him it was tryouts for the basketball team i was told i should play on the boys team.
It was a while that we were still friends until slowly we became close friends.
It was in 2007 that he left my school. I don’t remember why, but I think he moved.”

The woman who’s interviewing me gives me a look and I keep my mouth shut until she asks, “Why do you regret it?”
“It’s cause he had told me that he wanted to still be friends with me, but i told him he was an idiot. That I had better things to do. When really that wasn’t what I wanted too say.”
‘What did you want to say to him?”
“Ahh… I wanted too tell him that I loved him, but I was afraid of being rejected.”
“Your book is very popular all over the world. So are you worried that he’ll see this interview and put 2 and 2 together.”
I shake my head, “No, not really. I mean why would he remember me I was just one of the guys.”
“You’ll never know maybe you are one of his regrets as well.”
I smile as I look at her, “Maybe but we ended on a sour note.”
“What do you mean?”
“I caused a fight the day before he moved. I yelled at him about how I hated him for leaving me when really I just sad too see him go. I was angry because i would be left alone until I graduated the next year. Though after he left I transferred out too a community college and finished up my high school life there with some college courses to get my mind off things. I thought I would have quit basketball out of annoyance or guilt, but instead all I did in my freetime was play. It made it feel like he was still standing by my side giving me pointers on rare occasions while I would do the same”
“Ahh so you’re going to China in the next few days correct?”
I nod my head, “I am. It’s my cousin’s wedding.”
“So you’re only second generation Canadian?”
I shake my head, “What happened was that one of my grandparents wanted to have more children, but for some reason they couldn’t bring their son with them so what they did was let one of their siblings raise them since they couldn’t have children.”
“That sounds really hard.”
I nod my head, “It was for them and I know that when they could they would all visit each other.”

I sigh in relief that the interview is finally over.
Still I place my hand over my heart and mumble, “Stupid Wu YiFan making me feel like this after so long.”
I look at my phone too see that my mother is calling me.
I ignore it.
Not wanting to hear the latest news about Kris since she’s keeping track on him.It’s not that hard even I’ve been watching news on exo wanting too hear something about him everyday.
I walk out too my car in the parking garage and just sit there. Much like I did when I was sitting in my parents car as they were dropping me off at camp.

“Mom, I don’t want to be here,”I whined as I was being pulled out from the car.
“It doesn’t matter sweetie if you want to play ball this year you have to basketball camp too know your teammates and even those who play in schools around us maybe you can make a new friend.”
“Mom don’t you remembered what happened last time I tried to make a new friend? I had to get transfered from my old school.”
My mother sighs, “Addison you need too look on the bright side of things alright. It’s not that you can’t ."

I didn’t believe my mother I thought she wanted to get rid of me.
Yet when I met Kris and he said hi to me I was happy that I went.

I’m pulled over too a loud group of kids as my parents quickly turn around and run away.
One of the girls looks back at me and smiles, “Hello. Who are you?”
“Hi, I’m Addison Chen I will be playing ball with you as of today,” I introduce myself to them.
I watch as a tall boy my age walks up to me, “I’m Wu Fan, but you can call me Kris..
“Hi, Kris you can call me Addi.” I tell him trying to hold in a hyperness that I felt while I talked to him.
He nods his head and flashes a smile at me.
“Well Addi I hope you enjoy your time here. You’ll be in our school’s cabin we have a small room just for you since it’d be wrong too have you bunk with the guys.”
I thought that he was really sweet since at my old school they’d always want me too bunk with all of them since it was only fair since I was on their team.

I sigh as I start my car trying to ignore the heart wrenching feeling in my chest as I remember all the times he helped me in camp.
Yet the last day where he had saved me is one of my favorites.

I sigh as I lay down on the grass and hope that the day could last.
I hear footsteps coming near me. I don’t bother looking up cause I can already smell the stench of expensive perfume.
It may be a basketball camp, but that doesn’t mean there are no skanks here to ruin it for girls like me.
A girl who is one of the guys easily and welcomed quickly among their groups.
“What do you ladies want with me, today?”
I ask and I feel a kick to my gut.
I grunt from the impact, but it’s not the worse that I have gotten. The girls at my old school were brutal when it came too beatings like this.
“Listen here Addison I want you too stay away from the captains since you probably don’t want to let people know about what happened at your last school.”
I simply groaned in annoyance that she was wearing heels when she kicked me in the stomach.
“Oh and what happened at my last school?’
“You sleeping with the entire basketball team so you could stay on the team.”
I fell back on my back laughing my arse off and when i finally calmed down I spoke, “You’re kidding me right. You’re trying to blackmail me. Where’s the proof? Who was your source? I know you ladies don’t know anyone from my old school since they are Ivy leaguers who think they are above you peasants.”
“What did you just say?”
She kicks me again, but this time in the head.
I sigh as I got a grueling headache glad that I’m not at a soccer camp.
she kicks my side along with someone else.
I open my eyes to see the tuft of black hair from the distance and I know Kris was coming our way.
I see the two girls being pulled back away from me and Kris looking purely worried.
He looks back and sighs in relief that two of the guys from our team was running our way.
When they are close enough Kris said, “Take these two tell the counselors that they were beating on another camper.”
He looked down at me pulled my hair back too see my slightly bruised face.
“Addi are you okay?”
I simply groaned in pain and hoped he would understand my answer.
He nodded his head and gently picked me, “You should be more careful Addi.”
I don’t say anything to him instead I puffed out air in his face for he would know my annoyance.
“I know it wasn’t entirely your fault, but Addi what set those girls off so much that they would beat on you.”
I groan in annoyance.
It’s funny cause that was basically our conversation the entire way too the infirmary I wonder if he felt like he was talking too a zombie or something.
When we reached it he looked at me, “Alright ready for more annoyances.”
I simply shot him a glare hoping he’d get the answer.
He seemed too since he carefully opened the door and carried me inside.
As he set me down he realizes our camp doctor isn’t in.
I point at him and I notice that my hand is shaking a bit and that I have a nice gash going down it.
Kris’s eyes had widened as he quickly started pulling things from the cabinets and made a huge mess of everything.
I would have laughed if I hadn’t been in a great deal of pain.
He quickly dresses my hand wound and looks at my dirty clothing.
“Umm… I’ll go find Mr. Johnson.”
I don't nod my head instead I simply give him a look that said, “you better.”
When he finally got back with Dr. Johnson I was passed out.
When i woke up I was bandaged and handed me some painkillers too numb the pain.

I touch where a small scar lies on my hand, the only proof of what happened that say.
I smile as I remember when I was leaving how Kris checked up on me being worried about how I was feeling and what I would tell my parents. I simply told him that I wouldn’t that my parents worry enough.
I smile as I see my parent’s home come into view and right next door is the Wu’s home, Kris’s parents.
I see that the lights are still on even though it’s getting late and I smile as I remembered one of the many times Kris dropped me off at home late into the night after a whole day spending together.

“Kris you don't have to walk me too the door,” is usually what I always said since it always made my heart race.
“I want to and it’s not like I have too worry too much your parents know me.”
“Yeah, but they might think we’re dating or something,” I whined not that the thought bothered me or anything.
“What’s so wrong with that?”
“Nothing it’s just I don’t want a curfew that’s more… pronounced.”
He laughed, “You have no idea of what to say do you?”
I gave him one of my usual death glares that he simply smile at me in response to.
Yet as the days went by and saying the same thing every time his eyes started to get a sad glow to them.

I glare through my windshield wanting the memories too go away.
I don’t want to remember all of this cause all it’ll do is lead up to the fight that we had the day before he left.
I park my car in my parents driveway and instead of getting out I simply lay my head on the steering wheel.
I closed my eyes and hoped that I wouldn’t fall asleep just yet even if it was a tiring day.
I feel a light carness on my cheek much like the last day I saw Kris.

“Come on Kris just tell them you can’t go yet. Tell them your grandmother is sick.”
Kris looked at me sending me a dirty look, “Addi, shut up will you. It’s been 3 months and once this school years ends I’m going to China so let’s leave it at that.”
I kept glaring at Kris as I sat down on my house steps, “you’re leaving me. You’re leaving me too the pack of wolves. Wu Fan you jerk.”
He looked at me hurt and he placed his hand on my cheek, “Addi, we’ve been friends for a year and you are still so mean to me.”
“I’m being mean because you’re a big jerk.”
I feel the muscles in his hand twitch telling me that he had started to get annoyed with me. Yet I did nothing else except give him one of my agitated glares that he would usually cave in. No, Kris simply sat there not budging like he had for 3 months too then.
In the small distance between our houses I heard his mom call for him since he didn't’ finish packing yet.
“Want to help me?”
I nodded my head as he lended me a hand to help me up.
It took us 4 hours to pack mostly because I wanted to spend as much time with him while i still had time.
When we were finished we laid on the floor and I quickly fell asleep with a death grip on Kris’s arm so he’d have to wake me up when it was time for him to go.
when i was waking up the next morning I felt a like touch on my cheek that I could have mistaken for a kiss then someone gently holding my face in one hand.
I had opened my eyes enough to see Wu Fan staring at me with a sad appearance ot his eyes, but he didn't’ seem to notice my eyes open just a tiny bit.
I felt like I was dreaming especially when i heard Kris said , “I don’t want to leave you, but I want to take this chance. I wish I could take you with me Addi. I wish that I wouldn’t have to leave your side.”
His hold on me tightened and I slowly opened my eyes as if I had just woken up.
“Kris, it hurts stop holding me so tightly.”
He gently said my name as he stared into my eyes as he slowly let me go.
I sat up and glared at him mad that this would be the last time I would see him.
Personally I don’t know how the fight started or what it was about, but when it ended I had hit him in the cheek and stormed out of his room and his house. I
I still remember him calling out to me.

I hear somewhat familiar voice call my name as I opened my eyes.
I look at the person with shock and annoyance.
I hear somewhat familiar voice call my name as I opened my eyes.
I look at the person with shock and annoyance.
Seeing him is what I wanted the most, but not like this. Not while I’m reliving my stupid memories of us together.
Resolve Mandarin
Korean I hear somewhat familiar voice call my name as I opened my eyes.
I look at the person with shock and annoyance.
seeing him is what i wanted the most, but not like this. Not while i’m reliving my stupid memories of us together.
“Wu Fan,” I gasp as he pulled me from my car and into his embrace.
I wanted to check to make sure the media didn’t see, but they don’t know that I’d be staying at my parents home for the next few weeks.
He lets me go and stands in front of me in a simple basketball jersey and a pair of skinny jeans that look like the pair I had forced upon him, his exact words.
“Wu Fan, what are you doing here?”
He gives me a light glare at me using his Chinese name.
“I’m here too see you why else?”
“That’s not what I meant. What I meant was why are you back home?”
“I heard from my mom that you were going to be visiting soon so I thought I’d stop by.”
“You flew here from China cause you heard I was going to be here for a short while.”
He nods his head, “Yeah, it was kind of hard, but I told them that my grandmother was very sick.”
Hearing him say that after this long made me really happy, sad, and angry.
So I went off of my anger, “You jerk. You finally used that excuse after all these years.”
I know I’m crying, but hey the guy that I was in love with, that was my best friend, is right in front of me causing me too have a slight breakdown.
He pulled away from me too see that I’m wearing basic skinny jeans and a basketball jersey.
He took my hand and pulled me too a small park that is near by our home and we would go too too practice basketball or we just felt like we wanted too play.
He picks up a basketball and looks at me, “Are you still mad at me?”
No, I’m not mad I’m upset that I wasn’t able to tell you my feelings, “Yes.”
“If I make this shot,” he points to a s spot on the basketball court that he always had a problem getting the ball in the basket, “You’ll grant me a wish.”
I give him a glare and remember that was always a part of our deal when he practiced for each time he made a shot he wasn’t able too before or he’d win against me I’d grant him a wish.
I debate this in my head, but I still slowly agree too this game.
He smiles at me as he bounces the ball gets his stance ready and lets the ball fly towards the hoop.
Time seemed to slow down as the ball slowly made it too the rim and I almost worried that he wouldn't’ make it since I was curious too what he wanted.
When he made the basket I look at him and without realizing it I cheered for him like I always would do.
Instead of getting the ball he looks back at me and smiles, “You know what my wish is?”
I shake my head and whisper, “My wish is that I want you too forgive me and I want a kiss on the cheek as on apology for you hitting me.”
I glare at him having a strong urge to hit him right now, but I know that if he didn’t leave that day i would have given him a kiss where I had hit him.
“Fine,” I yell at him as I stomp up too him and glare at his annoying height.
I mean I’m not short or anything, but Kris is still taller than me.
He leans down and taps on his cheek with his pointer finger.
Cheeky bastard.. that I still have feelings for which ruined any possibility of a love life.
I lean up too give his cheek a kiss when he turns his head and I end up kissing him full on the mouth.
I wanted to pull away, but I’m too shocked that Kris did something like this.
I feel Kris’s arms wrap around my waist as he kisses me ‘back’ with a gentle force that said something that I don't understand.
When he pulls away I look away from him and whisper, “Why did you do that?”
“I wanted to kiss you,” I look up at him ready to hit him in the face but then he adds, “I’ve wanted to do that for 6 years.”
I look shocked, “You mean…”
“Yes, what I mean is I liked you back in high school.”
I feel angry, happy, and sad again, but this time I act out on both my happiness and sadness that’s been lying in my heart since he left.
I grab his shirt and dig my head into his chest, “You jerk. You big meanie how dare you do this too me.”
He pulls me away from his chest and asks, “Do what?”
“Make me feel this way again.”
“Feel what?”
I give him a look before I kiss him on the lips again, “Feel the way I did back in high school. Why are you doing this too me now?”
Kris smiles as he looks down at me as we stand at the side of the little court, “I read your book.”
“So?” did he see the show or did he put two and two together.
“At first when I read it on the way here and trust me it was hard since it’s a teen romance novel, but I heard your name and trust me it was embarrassing getting the book.”
I give him a confused look.
“I live in a dorm with a bunch of guys. I had my mother send me her copy that you had given her,” he scratches the back of his head, “Tao opened it and let’s say I have yet to live it down.”
I can’t help it I giggle at how silly that sounds, but then I stop, “why did you want to read it?”
He blushes, “I’ve been keeping my eye on you since I’ve left. You know our mothers keep me updated on you like I’m sure they do with me too you. they told me how you had written a book… not that I didn’t alreayd know. My mother told me that it sounded like our time together since she got a signed copy from you before it even was out in stores.”
I blush, “Damn I guess our mothers know how I feel.”
He tilts his head as he pulls me tightly against him, “Know what?”
He must have watched my interview i mean it ended like half an hour ago.
I give him a look and he simply stares right back at me, “You should know.”
“Oh you mean the fact that you liked me back in high school.”
I give him a look and he nods his head.
“Yeah I watched the interview, but I was hoping I’d get you too admit it too me instead of having to go off what I heard on TV.”
I look at him surprised by his outburst.
He curses then looks at me again, “i’m sorry. It’s just I can’t believe we were that blind about the other’s feelings. I feel like an idiot.”
I giggle as I look up at him.
“We were kids what did you expect to be psychics.”
He nods his head, “That’d be nice, but I’d be afraid of that.”
“Why?”
“Cause even then I had fan girls.”
I scuff as I look in the opposite direction away from him, “A bit cocky no\w aren’t you.”
He looks at me flashing a smile, ‘Of course.”
“Oh, well too tell you now just because you know my feelings back then doesn’t mean I still have those feelings.”
He looks at me shocked and I flash him my own cocky smile to hide my own lie, “Goodnight Wu Yifan.”
“Wait,” he calls out taking my hand in his own.
I look back at him and in the coldest tone I can muster, “what?”
“Do you really hate me that much? do you hate me for leaving?”
I look at him and lift an eyebrow, “Oh what gave you that idea.”
it’s not an answer it’s more that i’m mad at him, but I don’t hate him.
he still didn't’ let go of my hand, “I didn’t want to leave you. I want to stay by your side.”
i scuff and shake his hand off, “like you could possibly do that.One or both of us would have to quit what we’re doing now. We love our work too much too give up on it.”
He looks at me shocked probably wondering what happened to the me that he used to know.
“Ya, Addi,” hearing him call me addi again makes me stop my steps, “Come here tomorrow at noon. We’ll play a game and if I win for once you’ll give me a chance.”
I smile knowing that he had always let me win, “Fine, but if I win then you have me grant me 3 wishes.”
He nods head, “fine sounds fun too me.”
He walks by my side as we walk too our corresponding homes.
I sigh when I reach mine and my mother is waiting outside with a worried look painted on her face.
“Mama what’s wrong?”
“There you are. Where did you go?”
“Yifan wanted to talk to me.”
My mom looks back too see Kris standing behind me.
He says too my mom, “Hi, Mama Chen.”
“Oh when did you come home?”
“Just a little bit ago. I should probably head back home,” He holds up the basketball as if he was waving with it.
“Ahh Kris why don't you come in for a nice beverage?”
“I can’t Mama Chen a few of my friends came with me. It is our free time and they thought it’d be better if we could talk over a few things before the awards.”
I give him a look as i turn to enter my home only to hear him shout, “Be sure noon tomorrow our basketball court.”
I wanted to turn around and yell at him that it was no longer our basketball court and that he had no right to boss me around, but I couldn’t do such a thing since my mind was overflowing with other thoughts.
Thoughts that made me hate myself.
Thoughts that made me hate YiFan, but yet I can’t stop them from coming or from feeling guilty about them.
I shake off my thoughts and walk inside ignoring my mother and going too my old room that I still use when I visit..
I look around as I pull some old clothing that still fit me so I can sleep, but first a shower sounds really nice.

I hear people down stairs which is weird since my siblings don’t live at home anymore since I was the youngest.
I sigh when i hear knocking at my door and I simply throw my pillow over my head.
The knocking won’t stop and I hear my mother’s voice shout from behind the door, “Miss. Addison Chen you are too get out of your bed right this moment. I know it’s off season for you and your taking a small week break after your interview last night, but you have guests so get up and get down stairs.”
I sigh throwing my pillow off my head along with my blanket away from my body knowing my mother won’t stop until I leave my room.
I look over at my dresser and wonder if I have that Kris’s old jersey still here.
Why do I want to wear it I’m still mad at him?
Why did he even give it too me?
I scream in frustration and decide that I’ll wear the shirt under my university’s pull over that has my nickname on it. I also pull out a pair of leggings and shorts too pull on.
I open my door a few seconds later too come face to face with Kris who looks like he’s torn between something and he hasn’t noticed me yet.
“Wu YiFan what do you want?” I ask him trying to sound annoyed along with hiding the jersey since I was still pulling down my sweatshirt.
“I heard you scream, but I was torn if you even wanted my help if you were hurt in any kind of way. Also I remembered you made a habit to do that when you got frustrated with someone or something.”
I nod my head surprised that he remembered that. Still I keep up the facade that I hate him when really I not sure what to do with the thoughts running through my mind.
I mean just yesterday before I saw him I wanted to be by his side again, but instead I get mad at the very sight of him.
“What do you want, YiFan?”
He winces a bit like the time I accidently broke his finger when we were playing street basketball and I jammed his finger with the ball. He knew I would feel guilty so he hid that I had almost broken his fingers and they were painful through the entire practice.
“I wanted too see you before noon and well the guys that I brought with were harassing too meet you. The great writer of the girly book I was reading.”
“Oh and you told them i would be here and that’s the reason you came home?”
He looks away from me, “I had too see you for once I had a good excuse I could tell the company instead of saying hey I’m going to canada too see the girl that I had feelings for back in high school.”
I look at him tilting my head something that I learned way back in high school that he finds really cute when I do it.
I hear my mother shout for me, “Addi come down here and help me make breakfast.”
A smile crosses my face as I walk past Kris and then race too my kitchen too see 5 guys sitting at my kitchen island.
“Huh, who are you?”
They look at me confused and someone seems too get a gif of what I was asking, “Hi, I’m Suho. I’m friends with Kris.”
I nod my head and then look behind me too see Kris leaning against the wall.
I hear the Suho guy ask, “Does she not know Korean?”
Kris lifts his eyebrow as he looks at me and I simply shrug my shoulders.
“Ya, Addi introduce yourself too my bandmates.”
I give him a look and he lifts an eyebrow, “Ahh, I’m sorry I’m Addison Chen. It’s nice to meet everyone.”
A panda looking kid who is younger than us says, “You know Mandarin.”
I roll my eyes as I walk too my mother, “Yes, I am Chinese you idiot. I’m only third generation on my mom’s side.”
Kris smiles as he says in decent Korean, “She’s a language major. She’s been studying Mandarin since she was little, Korean since she made friends with a Korean kid who moved to our school a month into sophomore year, and sign language since I think she said it was 6th grade.”
“Wow, you remembered all that,” I said to him as I pull on a simply black apron.
“What are all your names? real names please.” man I sound like a police officer.
“I’m Kim Joonmyun,” a guy who looks to be about Kris’s age said. the guys is nicely dressed and doesn’t look like an idiot.
“I’m Huang ZiTao,” says the panda kid who seems to be a raging ball of emotions.
“I’m Zhang Yixing,” says a guy who looks a bit bored and confused why he’s with them again.
“I’m Xi Luhan,” says a guy who looks like he’s 11 or else he’s cute in a way.
“I’m Kim Jongdae,” says a guy just smiling there but I see a glint in his eye that says he’s a big on being a troll.
I nod my head and smirk, “Nice too meet everyone.”
“So you’re one that wrote that girly book that Kris was reading,” Chen says to me.
I look at them and nod, “Yes. I’m a top seller on charts all over the world already for those who were like me.”
They look at me confused and I smile, “I’d say read my book, but it seems your English is very poor.”
I hear Kris laugh and that makes me want to smile over at him.
I look back at him while I pull out all kinds of veggies, herbs, mushrooms, eggs, and a non stick frying pan.
I quickly but neatly cut everything that needs to be chopped up and start to crack the eggs into a bowl where I dropped from the the chopped herbs, mushrooms, and veggies into the bowl. i quickly beat everything together and drop them into the pan. I toss the eggs and everything on the pan and quickly i had a huge plate of eggs along with a small serving of rice I cooked in chicken broth.
I look at the boys too see that they are purely dazed by my skills.
“What?” I can’t help too forget I should probably be speaking Mandarin.
“Wow!” they shout as they seem too finally snap out of it.
“Ummm… Thank you.”
Panda boy looks at me and asks, “Where did you learn to cook like that?”
I feel my body stiffen, “I’ve always been interested in cooking.”
Yet I didn’t get skills where I could cook like that until I met Kris and he said he liked girls who could cook.
Kris nods her head, “She’d do that in camp her excuse was she didn’t care for their food. They had a little match between her and our camp cook. She won,” he sounds so proud of me as he smiles telling everyone that.
I laugh at him, “Stop it embarrasses me when you tell stories like that. You’d always did that in basketball as well.”
Kris simply laughs as he finishes up his eggs and rice.
I smile as I look at the time, “Kris we should probably get to the court now.”
He looks at the time and nods his head, “I’ll see you later Mama Chen.”
Jongdae looks at us and shrugs.
“No problem Kris you know you’re always welcomed too stop by whenever you can.”
I watch as Kris leans down to kiss my short mother’s foreheads and walks over to me taking my arm in his hands.
“Bye mom I’ll be back later.”
I hear my mother shout bye to us as we exit the house and I pull on my lucky tennis shoes.
Kris seems to notice because he chuckles, “You still have those?”
I nod my head not looking up at him since he was the ones that gave me these shoes after i made it on our old school's team.

Kris smiles at me as we walk to the park and I look to see that Tao had the basketball.
I open my hands like silently telling him to give me the ball.
He nods and passes me the ball I wait for Kris to come back from the bathroom.
When he finally reaches me in the middle of the court he flashes me a smile, “Ready.”
I nod my head and flash him a smile, “You sure you want to play against me Kris I am a pro at this.”
He lifts an eyebrow and flashes me a killer smile, “Let’s just start.”
It’s over halfway through our game and let’s say both Kris and I are tired and want to quit, but a deal is a deal.
I hear someone call for us to stop for a second and we do both fall over tired.
“Who’s winning?”
“Addi,” I hear Joonmyun shout.
I nod my head and flash Kris a smile, “Ready to call it quits I'm winning.”
He nods his head slowly as he takes in deep breathes.
Tao and Chen run over to us handing us bottles of powerade.
I look too see it’s my favorite flavor.
I smile brightly and take a nice gulp of the liquid.
“Thank you,” I tell Chen since he was the one that handed me the powerade.
“it was nothing Kris had told us before hand to make sure we had something to drink when the game was done.
I look at kris flashing him a smile, “I won.”
He nods his head, “Yeah.”
“So when do I get my wishes?”
He shrugs, "Whenever.”
I smile, “Good cause the first one is get your butt over here and tell me how much you missed me.”
I see the guys roll their eyes and I swear I can hear their eyeballs roll in the sockets.
Chen speaks up, “Why do you have to listen to him tell you. We all know he still has pictures in frames of you by his bed.”
I realize that I have copies of my books at in in korean and mandarin since i got bored during classes and translated them for extra credit.
I tell the boys to go back to my house and they rush back there.
It seemed to be a while for Kris to sit there and retell me everything he said from last night, but in more detail.
I smile at him slightly as I nod my head without thinking he leans over and kisses my forehead and rests his lips there for a few minutes.
“So will you forgive me?” he asks me, but it sounds more like a plea of help.
I look at him and slowly nod my head knowing that being angry at him for all these years is stupid and i should just let it go.
“Yes, I forgive you Wu Yifan. I forgive you as much as i forgive myself for acting childish for all these years.”
He smiles at me as he takes my cheek in one of his hands, “I’m glad you decided too.”
“Of course mostly because you were working your butt off to try and beat me.”
“Yes, I was. It’s serious too me too let you know just how much i want you too give me a chance to be with you. Somehow we can make this work.”
I smile at him and he looks at me confused, “Would you want to try to make this work?”
Wow, I thought I’d never say this about Kris but he looks so cute right now.
I nod my head looking anywhere but his face as i say, “i’d love to try to make it work with you… since I still love you maybe even more than when we were high school.”
I feel myself being pulled into his arms and picked up off the ground as he spun me around.
“Yifan, knock it off you’re making me sick.”
He laughs nervously scratching at the back of his neck when he finally listens to me and sets me on the ground, but he has too hold me up so I wouldn’t fall over.
“Sorry,” he apologizes for getting over excited.
I laugh at him surprised that he’s now acting like this in public… I guess going too train was a good thing for him.
Just like going to college after he left led me to the life that I have today.
We are going to enter a rougher path, but at least on this one we’ll have each other.
I nod my head subconsciously as i say, “I love you, Kris.”
he seems taken back but a sweet and caring smile appears on his lips, “I love you, too.”
He leans down too give me a kiss on the lips, “come on let’s get you home.”
“Nah, I want to spend more time with you.”
“Alright sounds fine with me.”