Lien Huong dragging heavy suitcases forty weight to my front, sweat on his forehead face, hands clapping on the chest constantly attempt to suppress the breath is getting a rush. A gallant boy in this case will certainly stood up to the speed of light, ran to her side and grabbed his suitcase, but I did not see what happened, calmly raised his hand, calling for more a cup of hot tea.

"I have no son there?". She glared at me with fiery eyes.

"Of course, he is a boy." I pretended not to understand her, slowly took a sip of coffee and ice Kha a cheery voice.

"It has been known that the more hot tea instead, you want me to die here, but hot." Lien Huong sat down beside me, his lips curved up sulking.

Moments later, the waitress brought over a steaming cup of tea. Between the lower atmosphere already present as a hot boil. I turned away, trying to hide malicious smile.

"He does not love you, do not love you ...". She puffed her cheeks, mouth to tea sputtering.

I laughed, tilting his head peered Lien Huong, then had a look at her ear whispered: "deserved! Who told me back then catastrophic harm him."

I used to think that he is one who leaves nothing more. My parents anticipate their child will "not make any sense". Well, a boy crouched study, the team always scores a window can be a big deal in addition to three meals a day disservice family became frequent subjects compared with children "I the people" and that the earth's population more crowded. Even though not so bluntly, but I know a lot of people knew that if I had not been born, the world would hence a little better.

Sixteen-year-old, I feel like a family dinner that cage itself is locked up inside the beast. Sadly not beasts ferocious tigers have sharp claws but a feeble cat asthma, new slip purr few people known to have been beaten like hell. I am not allowed to lament, not allowed to cry, much less oppose, the star told they must do the same or risk being "fuck off home". When in school, teachers crammed into my head dozens of formulas, theorems, but to this moment I still do not understand what they are useful for life. Back at home listening ear relentlessly parents about their expectations for me, that I have become this other person so that they are "the face hatch you hatch". No one spoke for listening dream shapes how the existence of what I mean. I get lost in the maze of life laid out, the way becomes wayward, increasingly cynical attitude. The idea of ​​"shocking" What do I do daring, abandon homework, cheating during examination, to skip school to go play video games, a show teasing friends, family lie, even forging signatures parents. Consequently, my tenth grade year be retained, said harsh than "double". My father from the annual review meeting back home, carrying the dark side as being coated with layers of dense fog. Since then most of my movements were strictly controlled. Freedom suddenly turned into something too expensive.

***

I calmly went "back to school" with a tenth grade status can not more reasonable: a new student. Is a collection of ten grade students new to the school she just arrived so of course they obliviously past my rogue. "It's a lie that no one knows where it is." I snorted admire his intelligence. Actually, if I'm thick-skinned to admit, "Yeah, I was double that" the right is no cure, but fortunately my brain has not lost nerve shame.

The class class "back to school" named Lien Huong, sweet sounding name but completely the opposite way. She's a little beauty haughtiness, education is not so bad, was she loved him so often against me. The game against rabies in the class, the same evening the "comrades" Cup outing school, she meticulously records are then reported her homeroom. And yet, at which she also calls home "tattling" to the point that my mother about all goose eggs in the first book, in many ways hurt me locked up in a room with a thick stack of books on the table, also published I stood outside pacing is like the police are crime watch.

"Hey, Lien Huong, he hath made me go get it?". I sat down beside her, determined to speak "off the potato corn".

Lien Huong swaggers, not even a glance at me.

My blood boil away, banging his hand on the table: "You know you are bothered what, I am gonna cheat, I skip school, I got a bad grade, then what the fuck are related to him, why he just dipped his nose into things like my world? from now on please stay away from this guy out? "section.

I yelled to the little girl next table startled, but Lien Huong did not show fear, on the contrary she was standing up loudly shouted at me: "Nguyen Minh Hung! Do you think you are right? If not homeroom teacher assigned to watch over him for me, he thought I liked boys first follow road tramp like you? fears awoke please, anyone who is new to disengage one here ? ".

Gritted his teeth grinding together, I pinned up the angry gaze her. None of them called both my full name, she told me that dared rated "top road tramp", too, why it dare, dare it?

"How do, that already? Immediately do the same? Dinh beat me sure?". I found a temporary silence, her momentum next time. It had bent down close to my face, patted his hand on the cheek, implying: "Face it, there are good, the beat goes". I could smell the faint-rich shampoo hair radiating from her, unprovoked beating heart rhythm error.

The situation is getting worse now. Somehow my face froze stiff, two parotid fire as hot flashes, I got up walked away embarrassed, stammered mouth: "This guy ... this guy did not even accept a girl!" . Flooding covers his classmates smile, applause rumbled, then chanted in unison: "Lien Huong number one, Lien Huong number one ...", her smiling face appear much favorable attention. Think again before his unprecedented "disaster" like never, I boil the blood of a hundred evaporation out. I gripped her hands, looked back at her resentful: "Well, is she forced me to jog."

***

The next day, Lien Huong eyes flat eyes when I saw I was still sitting in the classroom at six o'clock in the morning dawn. Eyes like limpid water fall of her sword sword at me for a long time as yet to believe what it sees as the truth.

"Today you came too soon, huh? Sun rises in the west behind stars?". She sneering voice.

I do not tug with her ​​as usual, pretending friendly smile: "I think about it, from now on I will go to school on time, hard work assignments to him not to bother me again."

She made ​​A-shaped mouth, accent, softly: "Yes, the world is good."

Lien Huong bag tucked into the desk drawer, just placed her round butt down to it, I immediately laughed ha huh "à Lien Huong Lien Huong, he carefully remember today, here is the result of the opposition's me!'s all because you're taking a self-standing blame me okay. "

"He said what?". She does not understand grimaced, tried to stand up but not, apparently realizing something pulling it back.

"Why, do not stand up right? Glue I bought was advertised as the best available on the market there, not burning hot, it is very safe for the skin. Kept reassuring you sit there okay!" .

"You bastard." Lien Huong angry his face pale but still trying to be calm.

"I highly recommend you do not use a knife or scissors to cut anything to that, how it is torn pants, very cool by then." I said with a facial expression.

"Get out!". She's hard mouth but her eyes were red began. I groaned an hour and then left out, do not know what that reason is not pleasant inside.

My bane was punished appropriately, but why do not I feel happy?

I learned two more cup first, returning to near noon class, but has come to the door I felt something was not right. Lien Huong will normally I waited outside the door handles available on pen and notebook, shook his head and pouted verdict read: "Ming Hung! Xyz date, more truancy in a, b, c", then that was about 5 minutes like that teacher supervisor or her homeroom will get me into the hallway "teach" a game. Today the wind has changed direction, she could not face me anymore.

I kick up whistling entering class. The air is so cluttered. Everyone gathered around the table Lien Huong seat on the incessant spread, and she was slumped face down on the table sobbed. Look at her hair disheveled, body quivering from under the sob in my heart overlap slightly down, but still rational bigotry "deserved! Who make prefer worry about how contracts".

What kid buddies thought this race proved, a series of measures have been proposed but no effect. Get smart cutter will not tear clothing, chemicals used to soften the glue, then no one will know what is quality. Actually, I have to calculate where to begin. Most feasible option in this situation is ... changing in my backpack prepared a uniform pants for her, say what they said I did not want to "pursue the murder take". But she refused to open her mouth, I would beg just did not do things in abundance. Only one day to her cries, the tears that wet the floor ... I'm not going to tolerate it anymore!

"Lien Huong, who do you know this game is not all for her steely voice.

She lifted her head to reveal two lashes wet unnecessarily, looking furtively at me. Spectacled touching moments, I ignored turned away. I always said that when I saw the shape of her pathetic, I would have jumped for joy, but the feeling that time does not seem like that much fun!

"Poker! Every job I go out, see who scared who?". I thought, smirking.

"Lien Huong! Is anyone doing?". The teacher nearly identical, full face air rage.

"Yes! ... I do not know." She choked off.

At that moment my heart stopped, suddenly stung nose, throat choking hard as rock blocking. I had not misheard? Or my ears are damaged then? Why not open my baby. If I return, there's no way I ignore a good opportunity to retaliate like that. The tears did not stop gushing warm heart made ​​of ice cold moment. I sat quietly watching Lien Huong not know how long, severe chest became so hold your breath too long. First I have to admit she's very pretty though viewed from any angle.

Outside the wind is blowing and the leaves rustling together. Sunny wool over your glass windows throughout, softly landed on his face blurred as tears of Lien Huong want dry mixed bag of warm memories. I can no longer refrain, taken from the backpack to prepare uniform pants before, proceed to put in front of her and then turned and rushed away.

The wayward youth gets into sun shining, gently melt away all ...

***

After yesterday's incident, Lien Huong disappeared from my life as water droplets evaporate, totally saved trace. I finally cut the tail annoying. She no longer stick to where it says this every time I violated the rules and did not even bother to open my mouth to say a word. We like turned into two strangers, no longer the battle heated argument, nor was the phone call, "since the crime" with my parents after dinner.

I suddenly remembered the words found tattling "hated" her, which is, "You are today Hung points behind in X", "You Hung hide your briefcase Y", "You Hung cheating during examination investigation "," You Hung argue with the teacher "," You Hung was the first book all ". Looking phones ringing silence shall not, absent ambiguity that fight way into your heart. She accidentally became a habit that I could not bear to leave, at present it is considered insensitive of course, the disappearance sighed turn away new search.

"Why do not you open me up?". I take seriously the face to ask Lien Huong, but getting everything just to scary silence. She nonchalantly walked past not see me, is not cold face to reveal any emotion.

"I'm sorry." I softly, not daring to turn around to face her.

Lien Huong footsteps paused slightly, but did not take as long to wonder, she decided to go forward, left me with the vague unsolved. My heart suddenly ached as if someone squeezed his hand. The most brutal revenge not to push the enemy along the way, which is forgotten ...

My bane, I like you lost it!

***

When you like someone, you will find yourself all the way to become a better person in the eyes. I'm also not an exception. But trying is one thing, the outcome is a different story. I became "obedient" more, not truant, not a show teasing friends, but education has never been my forte, especially philology. Something that:

I want to turn off the sun go
For color light do not take
I want to force the wind
For flavor do not fly away

Frankly, I did not understand anything. Sunny so why want to turn it off, the wind was cool stars would want to force it. I tire of shook his head, glancing absently looked out the window, wearing teacher unhesitatingly on the podium. Lofty sky that day, white clouds flying far away. I took a deep gulp of fresh air into the lungs, first realized the window seat was great, just clean, airy could unleash sightseeing outside.

I'm a little down when thinking coincides Lien Huong. She's still not talking to me. Some saw her laughing with the other boys, my heart discomfort that imploded. "Toys petty! Ultimately until new boy bear forgive me? He also abused me for ever more?". I grimaced, eyes still glued to the clouds in the sky.

"The way, the way ...". English wooden ruler on the table beating me cringe.

"Ming Hung! Did you not hear preached? Eyes Where are you going?". Literature teacher exasperated voice, dozens class eyes are on my side.

"I'm still listening to it right." I protested.

"Then there controversy you? Stood up to explain to me the meaning last verse."

I scratch my head stood up, stepping lightly on your feet boy sitting at the table, his eyes flashing signal: "Which of you dear?".

"In January nearly as good as a pair of lips." It whispered.

"Why? There know I'm not analyzing any questions?".

"In January nearly as good as a pair of lips, sir." I replied.

"Come get you mentioned right? Explain to me why Xuan Dieu January for the taste almost like a pair of lips?".

"Yes ... Because ...". I scratched his head awkwardly. My Xuan Xuan Dieu Dieu. If there is life after doctors please composed some poems are not easy to understand a little bit?

"Yes something that felt, in short he know?". The teacher continued to question while I increasingly confused.

"The meaning is the same as in January ..., like ...". I stammered.

"Like what?".

"Like when two lips touching, which is the one kissing him, sir, you ... you ... really delicious."

The class loudly, who gasped, hugging the belly chortled. The voice ha ha, ha, huh emit constant. They laughed in the surrounding layers are heard. Every few spare children from the second floor was black skimmers running down my grade to see today what special place. I bowed face, sneaking glances toward Lien Huong. She was hand covering her mouth, her shoulders slumped in your laughter at the table. Suddenly her eyes stinging, I just wish that at ground crack to get under her.

Finally, the teacher spoke after a crossing his arms furiously shook his head: "No point".

The class fell silent, face the direction of the light by the window seat watching me pity. I quietly sat down, gave a wry smile as if to prove to everyone that: "This guy is fine", but the truth is I'm not alright. There's nothing worse than being laughed at his love and pity. Her smile made ​​my heart shattered into pieces, my heart whispered wall which is cast by the most hard metal, turned out to be weak and brittle so crystal clear.

***

Twelfth grade, senior year ...

Cruel smile that day's Lien Huong has permanently changed me. I take pride hurt that plunged into learning. I learned during the day or night, sleeping very little and always to the body in a state of exhaustion, eyes dark circles since late form. Whenever frustrated I remember that smile and wonder heart: "The effort and regret, which is more painful?". I do not want to show up in her eyes as a lowly man, not again ...

We do not even recognize me, I did not seem to recognize themselves. My score from first place from the bottom up, has changed from the top down first. Although I still do not understand what to cram into these formulas, the theorem was no use, I can not admit things did get better gradually after learning the results of my work flourishes. My parents are proud of me, figure out where to go and bring breeze, teacher complimented me profusely, every day brings friends asked me to solve household articles, and I was even present at the annual review meeting to share talked about "secret study" his. The parents returned home from the meeting were told their children questions like: "Well, you see you do not study well Hung", "Look at your child Hung that exemplary okay!", "He said that it worry about the future like that, someone like you. "Where Oh no! Uncle wrong, I do not care how the future will be, I do it all just for her alone. May sound funny, right, but to get closer to his crush, sometimes you have to learn to accept the things themselves do not like or even hated. I'm learning to talk like for Lien Huong, a new beginning is the enemy "implacable", to end up as "soul-mate". True life is impermanent, nothing immutable!

But even I have to change how, Lien Huong did not mind. I still see her as invisible, do not look, do not see, do not talk. That condition continues until the last lesson. We summarize the festival, then sing together the song "old memories desire". Eye I noticed tears in his children. Three years of high school like a beautiful dream of youth, joy or sorrow, all had through all gone!

I quietly sat down in front of Lien Huong, not daring to look straight into her eyes.

"Who are you? Not I know you?". She's sarcastic voice.

"Lien Huong, was so long he still did not forgive yourself?". I'm sad.

"Funny! Far I have avoided him as he wanted. Today after parting'm not see each other again. Excited I think you have jumped to a new level is not it".

"Behold, Lien Huong ...". I sighed helplessly, while most do not know what to say.

A chillingly silence appeared between us. The red phoenix wings throw myself into the wind, burned last summer in the lives of students. Nameless fears rekindled in the hearts, invaded every cell of the body. I fear Lien Huong consider me as strangers, fear after today will no longer have the opportunity to see the sweet face of her fortune to rate. I had never dared to imagine her life missing will be like? Who am I to not have her?

"You know, I've tried a lot: trying to go to school on time, trying to do homework, even myself ... who forgot all about it ... because you".

"Contact ... related ... to do with me?". She was confused eluded my eyes.

"Minh..thich him." I mustered up the courage to speak out the words from the heart, tongue feeling like being swallowed into.

Lien Huong so intense as to where to tears, cover up cheeks flushed, her eyes shyly cropped look on the table.

"You may not like her, but do not treat me like a stranger, okay?". I bent down to look into her eyes, heart shaking up episodic sobbing.

Lien Huong finally looked under me, aerial smile like clouds in the sky, the words lips quiver in the wind swept away: "You want to know my answer?".

***

English speakers announce upcoming flight departures pulled me out of line memories gush. Lien Huong was sitting next to me, sweating, mouth blown glass tea remained consistent compliance.

"Small-minded! There are a few things that also cared for her offspring." She began to grumble.

I smiled pulling Lien Huong at heart, bent over her lips a deep kiss. Front two hot flashes.

"Thank you for bringing luggage to him." I clutched his arm Lien Huong.

"There is no one like him, but forgot to bring a business trip luggage?". She softly.

"I know that he tried." I rubbed my forehead Lien Huong, feeling that the world exists only at the two of us.

"Well, you go here, you will buy at the gift for you." I tried to pull away, but suitcases were she grabbed his hand.

"Do not go."

"Come here anymore?". I tilted her head affectionately looked Lien Huong.

She puffed her cheeks pointing at the cup of tea on the table: "Hot tea this how you drink?".

I laughed casts, beckoned to the waiter: "What You Post! Bring your wife a glass of iced tea, ice as much as possible."