Warning.

This is may or may not happened, lmao. This idea appeared when my mum was reminiscing about my kindergarten days after dinner. I think this is half true and half not... I don't know. Please just read this as a mere fiction, hahaha.

Enjoy.

Hello Again

“Mum?”

“Yes, Sweetie?"

"Is it time?"

Her mum nodded and laughed. "Yes, it is."

She hurriedly put her shoes on. Today’s socks were white with small ribbon on its side. Normally she got her usual plain with no ribbons, but today was special. It was her graduation day today. She was excited to meet her friends for the last time. Maureen adjusted her red hat once again and took her mum’s hand.

“Are you rich?”

The girl beside her turned her head in disbelief. Such an inappropriate question. But Maureen was genuinely curious.

“Eh, no.”

“Okay, then,”

Maureen nodded and brought back her eyes to a red swing in front of them. It was empty, but she didn’t feel like playing swing today. She just want to sat down and talk with this girl beside her.

Her name was Lucy. Maureen didn’t know how exactly they met. It was just some blurry memory, and suddenly they knew each other. Lucy was older than her, Maureen was not sure how many years, though. She was on the higher class, obviously. Sometimes Maureen wondered how she knew someone from higher class, knowing that she didn’t have the slightest idea about befriending someone older than her.

Maureen’s mum knew Lucy, to her surprise. Her mum vaguely said that Lucy’s family was quite rich. But, then, Maureen thought about her and her ‘normal’ look. If someone was rich, they must had that ‘rich’ aura on them, according to Maureen’s logic. Why, though, so Maureen asked Lucy about this.

“Why you ask me?”

“I just want to know, really,” Maureen stretched her arms. “I don’t judge you, if you mean it like that,” she added.

Lucy stared at her suspiciously but she brushed it off after that.

“So,” she said, standing up in front of Maureen. “You want to play?”

“Mum, can I go to elementary school already?”

“What, why, Sweetie, you are not old enough.”

Maureen pouted. She hated it when her mum didn’t look at her while talking to her. Double sucks because her mum seemed like disagree with her idea.

“I know you are pouting at me, I need to focus on my cooking now, just talk,” Her mum said when Maureen said nothing in return. “Why you want to go to elementary school?”

“Because I think kindergarten is way too easy,” Maureen huffed. “I mean, I do the works in less than five minutes, I swear. It is all about lining the picture, or filling the empty words, or copying the exact sentences. The only fun thing is art lesson.”

Her mum laughed. She had been informed about that by Maureen's teacher, though. She was always the first to finish her works. And because of the lack of something to do, Maureen will disturbed her friend.

"But, you are not old enough, Maureen. I don't know if there's a school that will accept you,"

"Can you just," Maureen sighed. "Try?"

"Okay, Sweetie," her mum looked at her and smiled. "I will try."

"I am going to leave this school first," Lucy said. She braided her long hair today. Maureen envied her, because she hardly ever had her hair length longer than her shoulder.

"I know," Maureen muttered. "That's why I'm going to miss you."

"You know, you can just go into elementary school with me," Lucy smiled. She took the younger's hand and squeezed it. "We may placed in the same classroom, because we will on the same grade!"

Maureen excited at the thought. She squeezed back. "Will I?"

"I don't know, but, we don't know until we try, right?"

"You right," Maureen's smile grew wider. "I will talk to mum about this."

"We are not on the same picture, though!"

Lucy giggled when she found Maureen's old photos. She randomly found an A3 picture from Maureen's kindergarten days. She looked so young in it, compared to today's chubby and those panda eyes from the lack of sleeping.

"Give it back, Lu, seriously..."

"Nah, I need to spread it to our friend,"

"No!"

Maureen smiled widely when she entered the front gate of her school. It was her last day to attend this school, and suddenly she missed all the toys already. 

"Maureen!"

She turned her head. She saw Lucy with her mum walked toward her, Lucy's long hair was swinging loosely on her shoulder.

"Happy graduation!" Lucy grinned.

Maureen grinned back. "You too,"

"Want to play for the last time?"

"Sure, why not?"