Conversations (1)

" Mon amour, sais-tu combien tu m'as manqué? "

[ My love, do you know how much I missed you? ]

--- " Je connais l'amour. Tu m'as manqué aussi. I'm missing you so much. How was your performance today? "

[ I know love. I missed you too. ]

-- " It was okay I guess... seemed alright you Know.... Just this and that.... Tomorrow is the final.... I'm quite nervous about it... lots of people are coming tomorrow... Gotta be prepared for that... How was your exams babe ?" The boy left a nervous chuckle.

--- " It was okay... Tomorrow they will release the final list. "

-- "Tomorrow is a big day. Good luck my girl. I know you'll make it. Don't worry..." His voice calmed down the uneasiness of her heart.

--- " Eh.. err... Thank you. " the teenager blushed over the phone. "All the best to you too. You'll win. 嘉佑 (Jiayou = Fighting ) "

-- " 谢谢你 ( xie xie ni = Thank you ) ! Hey whoa whoa whoa.... what..... wait!! wait !! wait!!... what !!!!! Heyyyyyyy! Hey girl did I heard something wrong? You know mandarin too? Wait what??!!"

The boy could not hide the surprise in his voice. " You never told me that!!!??? Huh babe?"

.--- " Ha .. ha .. ha.. nothing much... just this and that... but wait you didn't even tell me that you also speak Mandarin and then too this spontaneously !! Wow cheré Monsieur petit ami I'm disappointed. ( dear mister boyfriend). " The girl made her voice little grumpy over the phone.

-- " Oh... sorry about that.. just never thought of it... I mean... what's new in that... I'm Chinese I mean half Chinese you know... So obviously I would know Mandarin... It's... it's just never came across our conversation.. So you know... I totally forgot to mention. !! "

The boy replied nervously.

--- " You are half-Chinese !! wow! I'm only knowing this today! I just thought you are of either French or English descent ... I mean.. wow great...!! "

-- " You are not wrong in that ma'am." The boy laughed and replied in his french ascent "Indeed I'm partly French and kinda English too holding an American passport."

--- " How so? " She sounded seemingly curious as usual.

-- " Have you heard of Jessica Alba? " The boy suddenly asked off topic.

--- " Of course..! Duh! Who haven't?! Come on dude! It's Jessica Alba you're talking about...!!... I mean most of the Americans know her. But... wait a minute .. didn't know that you are interested in celebrety stuffs...Hmmm Mr. boyfriend... It seems that I don't know many a thing about you...!! "

-- " Well... kind of... circumstances... So do you Know anything about her lineage ?"

--- " Oh.. yeah.. yep..." She replied popping the 'p' "Now I get it.... I've seen that famous episode of 'Finding your roots'. Now tell me how is that related to you? Any of your parents I guess? Which one? mom or dad?" the teenage Lina could not hide her curiosity anymore.

-- " Ha .. ha..ha.. wait! calm down babe.I'm telling you the whole story. " hearing her questionnaire the boy giggled lying on the bed.

" My maternal grandmother is French While my grandpa is of British and Greek descent . They moved to the states even before my mom's birth. So, I hold American passport through my mom." He continued.

" On the other hand, my dad's side is Chinese... They met one fateful day.. That was love at first sight for them.. After one year they got married and 'boom!'... Here I'm. Thanks to him I have my citizenship there too..." The boy let out a relaxing laugh.

--- " Oh my God. I'm thrilled. How exciting..!! " the girl's excited voice was heard over the phone. " So uncle and aunty..? Love at first sight huh!!... ?"

The boy chuckled hearing her giggling.

-- " Yeah.. Right. Mom and dad met over a business collaboration and they literally hit it off. Mom moved to C-country after their marriage and used to travel back and forth thanks to her work commitments. We finally moved back here when I was in middle school . Since then dad divides his time between USA and C-country. He can't even live a week without seeing her. They are totally love-sick. You know what sometimes I feel like eating dog-food everytime I see those two together. " The boy complained about how lovey-dovey his parents act in front of him.

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--- " Really ? Uncle and aunty are so cool. " Her words were full of envy.

"Just wait!.. You'll love them.. I can bet on that. " The boy exclaimed in joy.

--- " Hope so.. " Even thinking about the meeting left her blushing.

-- " Hey Babe, you didn't even tell me how did you learn mandarin? "

" It's secret you know. 教えるつもりはない" ( oshieru tsumori wanai = I'm not gonna tell you. )

" Hey! What!!... wait! Hey you have to tell me. Did you forget love I too watch anime ? " the boy was not ready to let go of her without knowing her answer.

" Hey! there is a new episode of Naruto. Wanna watch together ? " she tried to change the topic.

" Not today. I'm having yoga later. Need to concentrate for tomorrow. " The boy declined the tempting offer of her girlfriend despite having another chance of their online date. It was always a treat to watch stuffs with her.

-- " Hey Amour, essayez-vous de changer de sujet? It's not fair!! "

[ Are you trying to change the subject? ]

--- " Not at all love. I'm not trying to change the subject at all. " she laughed.

-- "Okay.. now tell me how much languages exactly do you know my dear? " the boy sounded serious this time.

This girl was giving him surprises after surprises.

--- " Umm.. I can answer that.. Actually I donno... wait lemme count... Umm.. English is my first language.. I took French as my second language in middle school... then learnt myself Japanese for watching animes without subtitles.. you know right how crazy I'm about animes... " the girl answered calmly.

-- " That's it! And what about mandarin? You didn't talk about that...!" The boy complained.

--- " Oh that's! A little bit you know.. not that much! Like few words. You know Bella right.. my classmate I talked about.. she was taking cram classes.. I heard some from her..." The girl kind of hesitated to reveal further.

Learning languages was her favourite pastime.

-- " Oh. That's why. Well it's a sweet language you can try.. I'll help you." The boy sounded enthusiastic.

--- " Of course. I'll babe." The girl turned to check the time and shrieked " Woah! It's 2 AM already! Go to sleep!"

-- " Huh! didn't check the time. yeah have to sleep now. Bye baby. Good night."

--- " Good night love. Sleep well. Love you."

-- " Love you too babe." The boy hanged up the phone His face was still blooming from joy.

" Love you more." The girl muttered staring at the phone resting in her hand and slowly drifted off to sleep.

The night was indeed young.