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"So tell me about you a little, where are you from? Your family? Why Taiwan?" Xuemei wanted to know about David, and why he had come from wherever he did to here, Taibei--the biggest city in Taiwan and a place extremely far away from the rest of the world. As she asked him, she stood next to...

Ziying flinched at the poke to her forehead--physical interaction of any sort was something she was not terribly used to, it caused her to smile as she watched Chris and Edgar's peculiar interaction--it was peculiar to her because she had never seen two people so open and seemingly comfortable...

Ziying wrestled with her emotions--trying her best to straighten them out and turn the wrinkles into creases, it wasn't working. The images that flooded her head and mind were too much to handle--the tears were beginning to form. But upon seeing the image of Chris and Edgar, and hearing Edgar...

Xuemei listened to his talk about seeing more of this kind of view--she smiled because this was part of the magic of Taibei--this one spot in particular, however, was her special place. She smiled and walked next to him saying, "David, of course there are places like this all across Taiwan--"she...

Xuewen was about to answer Quinn with his snide remarks when Ziying loudly said, "Quinn" she smiled at Quinn, "it's very okay if you use my English name Suzy", Ziying's soft smile tried its best to reassure Quinn that Quinn was not in the wrong here at all. "And about out culture, not all of us...

Ziying saw Quinn and immediately began to walk in her direction with Xuewen following behind her. The pair looked like they might actually belong together, but the stiffness in Ziying’s body language suggested otherwise. She led Xuewen to Quinn and had him introduce himself. Xuewen never had a...

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After the events of the previous day, Ziying walked to school with only the notion that today had to be better, it just had to. She thought about what was good--seeing the club and the people in the club, Xuewen deciding to come today with, and finally just getting to be away from home for most...

After Quinn had congratulated Ziying on her performance and welcomed her to the club, Ziying decided to head home in her high spirits. She packed up her things and was headed home. She didn't live far from Canon High, in fact it was just a mere 15 minute walk from the school. However that day...

Ziying flinched--retracting both her shoulders and letting her face reflect the discomfort form Adela. She looked down at the ground and fidgeted with her sneakers as she took the lines from Quinn and started moving off to the designated area for her to narrate on the required times. She looked...

Okay, first I have a few questions--where is the setting for this story? I feel like it's somewhere in Italy--which I am okay working Xuemei into this kind of environment--at the same time although such lengths of writing are impressive and enjoyable, will they make it harder for us to actually...

Suzy watched Chris come rushing in--she gasped slightly because at first she wasn't aware who this man was and where he had come from--but after seeing that he was wearing the same costume as Chris had been wearing when he rushed out into the day looking for Edgar, Ziying realized this was...

Ziying looked up at Quinn, her heart still weighed heavy with the pain that Edgar must be experiencing, but she looked to Quinn and spoke softly, "He looks so sweet... who could do that to anyone? He didn't even express that he was hurt--but if you say Chris can help him..." Her voice trailed as...

Ziying wasn't sure what to do--although she had only just met Edgar and offered her hand at trying to help him learn English, still--the idea that someone was hurting that quiet boy brought tears to her eyes. She herself had never been the victim of such behavior, nor had anyone she had ever...

She smiled as he came forward--she motioned for him to follow and said in a low voice that bordered on caution, "Stay close"--she looked him in the eyes and smiled as she held out her hand for him to take as they walked up the remaining two flights of stairs to the rooftop--in which she opened...

Xuemei smiled gently as she said "It's not men first, but guest first". She followed David into the elevator and pressed the 9th floor button. As the doors to the elevator closed Xuemei begin to speak to David saying " I used to live on the 9th floor for a long time--it was here I went to...

Suzy saw Quinn look back at her--she stood there for a few moments processing the excitement that Quinn displayed at Ziying joining their club. She couldn't help but let her smile beam through her face as she thought about the ideas and possibilities this club would bring to her--no more would...

Xuemei smiled and had David follow her as she entered her old apartment complex. The security guard at the desk immediately said something in Chinese, but Xuemei replied in a Chinese that sounded slightly angry and accusatory to the security guard and he then put out his cigarette and walked...

Xuemei didn't understand how cigarettes could be whisky flavored, but she smoked it nonetheless--it was very different from what she previously experienced with cigarettes. She noticed David absorbing the Taibei night life--she smiled and became happier herself. She nodded and listened closely...

Xuemei looked down at the strange looking cigarette--was this a Western norm? She cautiously accepted it with a "Thanks" and took out her lighter to smoke it. She tried to be very coherent when she replied with "Why did they stop talking to you?" She motioned for him to follow her up the street...