My Best Friend (Part 1)

Today is Nathalie first day at school in Singapore. She moved to Singapore 1 week ago during school holiday because her father has a new job as a manager at one of the biggest company in this world at Singapore. So, she should move to Singapore with her family.

Her father enrolled her to one of famous school as 3rd grade junior high student in one of famous school at Singapore. At first, she felt afraid because her English isn't quite good - just standard. But her parents and brother support her to be brave.

When she arrived at school, she waited in principal's room. And when she was waiting in the principal's room, someone knocked the door. He entered the room politely. He looked at Nathalie curiously, but Nathalie didn't care about it.

"Hi," Nathalie says.

"H.. Hi," He says nervously.

After that, he put some books on the table and came out politely. Not a long time, someone was knocking the door again. She entered the room. She's the homeroom of class 3.2 . And she is asked Nathalie to following her now.

***

Nathalie is introducing herself in front of the class now,"Hi. My name is Nathalie Huang. I'm Indonesian-Chinese. Hopefully I can be a good friend to all of you. thanks."

Then, her homeroom told her to sit next to Kent. She was looking very surprise when she saw Kent. Kent was the guy who entered the principal's room when she was waiting there.

"Hi.. Are you the one who waited in the principal's room this morning?" Kent asks.

Nathalie just nodded her head with a nice smile. And then, she sat next to Kent. During the lesson, Kent continued to look at Nathalie. Sometime Nathalie looked at Kent too and gave her a smile to him.

The bell is ringing now, that means the school ends. Nathalie packs her books into her polkadot-pink backpack.

"Where's your apartment located ?" Kent asks.

"Bishan. Hbu ?" Nathalie said.

"At Yew Tee." Kent answers and connects again with,"Wanna go home together ?"

"Can, I happen to go home alone today. I see. Your home is quite far to school yah," Nathalie answers.

***

The atmosphere in the MRT so quiet. Kent starts the conversation, "How many sibling do you have ?"

"1. Big brother. Hbu?" She answers.

"I have 1. Big sister. Has your brother already graduated from JHS?" He asks again.

"Yeahh. He graduated 2 years ago. Now, he's an university student in Australia. How about your sister? Has she already been an university student ?" She asks it excitingly.

"Wow, that's cool. My sister graduated 1 years ago. She studies at Paris now," He tells it excitingly.

Now, the MRT stops at Bishan Station. So, Nathalie comes out from the MRT and says good bye to Kent.

After their first introduction, they become a best friend. Until one day, She should move to London because her father is tranferred and her brother also takes master degree there. She feels very sad and doesn't know how to tell her move to her best friend, Kent.

Everyday, she always thinks how to tells Kent about that. But when she wants to tell it, Kent looks as if he want to avoid her. So, she keeps it until the right time comes – doesn’t know when.

Her father will move to London when she is graduated from JHS. So she can study at London. Now, she is only a 4^th grade junior high student – so it is only the beginning.

So, she always thinks to spend her last time with her best friend. They go home together, have lunch together, also hang out together. They do all of them together. That makes Nathalie can’t leave Kent to London. She still wanna study in Singapore together with Kent. But her father asks her to follow him to London – so, what should she do if her life path is already like that ? N O T H I N G .