Snippet #760604

Holly woke up early, staring blankly at the ceiling. She was recalling when she and her brother first came to Japan. It had been a few months since that day, but she remembered it clearly. They hadn't known how to speak very fluent Japanese so it had been hard to get around. But, eventually they figured it out and were able to find an apartment to live in together.

She realized she had spent too much time lost in her memories and quickly got up out of bed. She nudged William to wake up. "Wake up brother! It's Friday, so it's almost the weekend." she said to him before getting up off the bed mat that they slept on together. Since their apartment wasn't big enough to support two beds, they just shared one. Their apartment was very small to accomidate their salaries ( and the fact that neither of them ever had much time to clean). There was one large room with a cabinet, bookshelf, TV with a game system and a table with chairs. There was a small kitchenette and a bathroom of to the side.

Holly began her day by taking her school uniform and changing into it in the bathroom. She came out with her folded pajamas and put them onto one of the shelves in the large standing cabinet. She then proceeded to the kitchen to make them their lunches. Here in Japan the box lunches were called bentos. She looked up to the clock to see what time it was when she was done. 8:10 am, it said. They didn't have to be at school until 9:00 and the school was only a few blocks away. Although hers was a little farther since she didn't go to school with her brother.