hi my name is Spring, nice to meet you 3

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" nice to meet you all .. I didn't thought I'll meet you here today hehe do you remember me ? we met before at the mall " Spring spoke happily

" to be honest we saw you a few minutes ago and and tried reaching you.. yet you were so fast that we lost you ... hehe .." Lilah said embarrassingly

" it might be too late now but do you want to trade the doll with me?? I really want that doll so badly to finish my collection, you don't know how much it meant to me... I promise you I'll give you whatever you want " Mimi sighed on her mind ' it means a lot to me once I get it I can held my head higher than Lilah and show off in front of the girls at school'.

"sadly the company that designed the doll only produced limited quantities of the last edition as they declared it'll be the last batch of the collection" as Mimi said she couldn't help but wipe her teary eyes, for the rest it was the first time they saw her acting this way, knowing how prideful she is the kids noted in their minds how the doll collection must be something important to Mimi.

being such caring friends the kids threw Spring some pleading eyes as if saying take pity on our friend, the later felt awkward but after pondering a bit she nodded.

" I can give you the doll but ...I want to be one of you? "

this one sentence made them all dumbfounded they thought it might be a difficult request or maybe money but never come to their mind something like this, so to make sure that they understood her words the correct way Sam took the lead an spoke

" ... by that you mean!.. "

" yeah I want to be one of you ... friends "

it was an easy request for them to the point of being dumbfounded instead of nervous. was this girl stupid or what? the doll's price was already high in the market, giving it another though their small faces made a realisation look ' it seems the girl already from a rich family like them so money doesn't matter' thus they didn't find it strange and happily agreed to her.

" so where do you live?.. just so we could play with you again haha" Samara who was the easiest to get along with asked, in an instant Spring seemed a bit anxious by the question still she managed to hide it quickly.

" ... that I don't live in this city but my family comes here regularly to visit... grandma ... hehe"

the kids didn't sense anything as they kept talking happily together, just then did Lilah remember her Polaroid camera taking it out Lilah began taking pictures of everything she saw not caring if it was good or bad she just kept clicking here and there, but all pictures come out blurred or sided in all she didn't really know how to take proper pictures, when Mary saw her she also took her camera but unlike Lilah she wasn't careless when taking pictures she even told them to stand together as she wanted to take some group pictures of them.

Meanwhile Spring who was standing at the side kept watching their small interactions, how they scold each other how they get mad and how they get sad or happy for each other, to the point of forgetting about her existence which made her feel out of place and more than that she felt jealous of their close relationship, realising her own thoughts Spring slapped her cheeks gently before she interrupting their conversation.

" you see.. that I can take pictures of you together what do you think?"

" that's a good idea we didn't take a picture that includes all of us today it'd be great as you can help out " Sam liked the idea as he nonchalantly took the camera from Mary and handed it to Spring he even gave them a look of what are you waiting for come and stand for the picture, Samara just pinched his arm will holding hands with Haya like that the group pictures were taken happily, However Spring who was checking the quality of pictures paused for awhile as she locked her eyes on the little boy who was standing beside Haya. she didn't take a proper look at him before but now when she was looking at the pictures she recognised him and a surge of anxiety spread across her heart trying her best to calm down she finally looked up smilingly

" the pictures were all good ..look you all are cute ..um Lilah give me your camera I'll take more pictures for you all "

while the others were busy commenting on each picture taken Spring suggested to Lilah who was still looking at her bad pictures at hand, she didn't take much to agree as she nodded in response while giving the camera to the girl.

Spring felt relieved as she instructed them to stand near each other therefore the sound of the camera "kapcha kaptcha'' spread all over the room with them modelling to get pictures, it didn't take them much time before they switched to playing around.

just when Spring was gonna hand the camera to Lilah she tripped and fell down " ouch"

Lilah helped her hurriedly asking if she got hurt but the girl only looked apologetically at her

" I'm sorry the camera must have broken... it's all my fault"

Lilah felt that the camera doesn't matter as much as the girl so she shook her head sadly " no no it's better that you didn't get hurt .. as for the camera my parents would buy me a new one if this one got crushed " Lilah said while patting Spring on the back thinking it'd help her relax a bit.

Spring sighed in relief but after she hide one of the scattered pictures on her pocket. looking at the girl beside her guilt began to wear her up slowly.

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in the other side where the ladies enjoying their small talks a woman who looked haggard in appearance kept strolling around the place as if looking for someone till she heard a couple talking

" ... dear you finally come you see the kids still playing there .. just fifteen minutes left before they'll close so why not wait with me here..."

the woman seemed to realise something as she strode hurriedly toward the wonderland room.