{Yume # 1 Chapter 10~ new beginnings..continued}

"This is so cliche!  Like in a fairytale or love story.  This can't really be happening" the girl replied," wait i'll come down ne"
Soon the front door opened and Jamie came out in her dressing gown and fluffy Mokona slippers, keitai in hand and walked down to the van.  Sho smiled as he saw her lean on the car beside him, only their sides touching.  She glanced up at him, seeing that he was staring at her and looked up at the stars instead, "So you wanted to see me"  The streetlight on the far end of the street casted a faint glow on them, making the girl's eyes almost hazel.  It was pretty, it was in between the color of molten gold and copper losing himself in them.  How could someone so pretty think otherwise?, he wondered.
"Yeah," he said touching the arm nearest to him, letting his hand slide down her dark dressing gown to her hands and lacing one in his.  The tall girl turned back to him and smiled, "You should rest now, its almost morning and you have a concert tomorrow.  I don't want you to be tired and..."
Sho gave her hand a soft squeeze,"You don't need to worry.  As long as I know you're beside me, I'll be alright"
"Mou...seriously Shosuki...I know that you give more than 100 percent of yourself to your work but please do think about your health as well," her face clouded in concern.  She was finally telling him how she had always been worried when Arashi had a jam packed schedule of TV appearances, shows, photo shoots, interviews, studio recording, radio shows and practice.  The young man's face split into that chipmunk grin, he was truly happy.
"Mah...you'll see me perform my best as always," Sho reassured her,"ah..will you be watching?"
"N-no...my ticket is on sunday's matinee concert" the girl replied,"that's ok, I have things to do tomorrow.  Like talk to my mom and try to find something to do here in Tokyo for the rest of my six month here.  I mean, I don't want to bum around or just wait for you to show up ne?"
The rapper chuckled, taking his weight off of the car and moving in front of Jamie,"I didn't think you'd be that type, no. But I'm glad you've decided to stay here with me."
"Well, its not exactly because of you, partly, yes" she looked up at him.
"Eh?!  I'm just part of the reason?" he pouted, letting go of her hand and snaking his around her waist.
"Well, honestly, to be able to stay here for a bit longer is one thing but to work or study here I would need to apply for a different type of visa, deshou?  And I would like to work here if given a chance", the girl explained as she laid her hand on his arms.
"Sou..hmm..What type of work are you thinking of?" he asked obviously interested in her answer.
"I'l like to teach children or sing or.....anything that has to do with talking to people or help out at a library.  I've always loved books" the cusly-haired girl spoke animatedly, as if really considering each.
"You can sing?" the young man didn't know that she used to sing in an underground rock band.
"Iiyaaaa.. I'm found out" Jamie's hands went from Sho's shoulders to cover her face as she reddened.
"You sing?  Please sing for me" he whispered softly into her ear before gently taking her hands from her face, 

"You've always heard me rap and si ng ne.  Nobody's sung to me before, aside from okachan"
"Mah...maybe next time I'll sing to you but now it's late already and you have to go.  I'm sleepy and I'm getting cold.  I hardly have anything under this dressing gown..." she kept rambling just to keep from singing.  She didn't notice that her last comment only served to make Sho not want to let her go.
"Hmm...really?" the tall man tightened his hold around her.
"Ne..please Sho.  It's neither the time nor the place for this.  If you respect me, please let me go.  I'll just see you after the concert if that's alright with you"  Jamie was very firm in her words but deep inside she was quivering and tried her best to hide it as she stared into his dark pools of dark brown.
Sho nodded and smiled still not letting go of her,"Hai.  I was just teasing but there's one thing I'd like to ask from you though"
"Well, what's that?" Jamie asked, hoping he wasn't going to make her sing.
"Will you just come by Tokyo Dome at about 11pm?  You have the backstage pass that I gave you right?"he asked.
"Hai, I still have them.  Will I ask for the others to join us?"  she smiled at the idea of seeing him backstage.
"Is it alright if I ask you not to?" he asked back, he had something for her that he didn't want the others to see.
"Hmmm...alright then.  I'll be there," she nodded," ne..kaeru yo.  Its late and you might catch a cold out here"
"I'm used to the weather, you seem to be the one really cold" he noticed as he touched her face before taking her lips in a soft and gentle kiss.  It was so fleeting that it left the girl's senses reeling, her eyes still closed even if he already broke the kiss.  A moment later, Jamie's eyes fluttered open, trying to regain her composure,"I..i...get cold easily.  B-but..t-that, was warm.  T-thanks for coming to see me, I'll just see you tomorrow ne"
Jamie disentagled herself from Sho and went back inside.  Seeing the effect he had on the girl he loved, Sho smirked as he watched her get into the house before climbing into his white van and gunning the engine.  He didn't pull away from the curb until he saw her waive goodbye to him from her bedroom window.

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It was the day of the concert and Jamie had to talk to her Mama today.  She dreaded it and wondered how to persuade her to let her stay in Tokyo for six months.  She had always been overprotective of her, being an only child and the only person in the world her Mama could lean on since her parents separated.  Jamie was still bracing herself for the storm that would come from the call, before picking up the handset off of the cradle and dialling the number for the long distance call.

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Annie was checking her mobile for emails when her eyes widened in shock.  It was from KONAMI, the gaming development company.  She had applied online he week before as an artist and was only waiting for the reply.  Her heart pounded as she was waiting for the message to open.  It was written in english, thankfully.

Ms. Rosario,

We are happy to inform you that we have reviewed your application  for the position of graphics artist in our company.  We have found that you have a very broad experince in many fields required for your job and we would be very obliged if you could join our team.  We will be contacting you with further details so that we may arrange for your work with us soon.

Yours,
Kagemasa Kozuki ,CEO
コナミ株式会社

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Author's Note: very, very, very stressfull at work today...but this will be edited tml. oh and since this is a work fo fiction..don't mind the real names of whatever of the companies please...i have no idea who they really are...thanks♥