City 2

" why are you yawning" asked Penny out of the blue tilting her head to the side. " what kind of question is that" Julie frowned not understanding her friend this morning, " didn't you yawn, or aren't I supposed to yawn" she was confused on why her friend will choose to ask her such a stupid and useless question this early in the morning.

"no no no, not that you are not supposed to yawn, you see, I.... I... you know, I yawned a lot, so... I was thinking I also did yours, and... that you don't need to yawn 'cause I've yawned for you" she narrated, stammered a bit and smiled. " what the?.." Julie didn't know what to say to her friend, she felt that her friend woke up from the wrong side this morning.

" I will go take my bath" she murmured, ' before you choke me to death' she said in her mind.

" oh, okay. I will just wait here" Penny said with a small smile. Julie glanced at her friend and sighed, never would she have imagine that her friend one day will be a pain in the ass. Penny was once an innocent and naive child until she lost her mother to a wrench, that brought pain and suffering into her life.

Penny looked up at the ceiling and sighed, she remembered the words of her father.

' Penny, I want you to be strong, stronger than you've ever been. Fight to become what you want to be, Penny. And don't let your pain weigh you down.' her father whispered as his hold her her hands tightened.

Remembering her father and the pain that was written all over his face made her angry. She closed her eyes to calm her nerves.

' make me proud, sunshine' she heard her Father's voice from a distance.

" I will make you proud father" she whispered reassuring her dad and at the same time encouraging herself.

" I don't think thinking will help you ease your pain" she heard Julie's say from behind her, she turned to look at her friend. " I'm not thinking dear." was all she said and stood up. She left to the bathroom and had a quick shower. Penny looked at her friend once she got out of the bathroom who was trying to fix her hair and walked to the drawer, remembering something she smiled and enthusiastically said, " hmm, I can't wait to tour around the city" Julie choked on her saliva. " Penny, seriously I wish to tour the country around, but....." she trailed frowning, she didn't know how her friend would feel if she told her it he just a tower where they could see the sun rise and set, where they could watch falling stars and the scenery of the night, and where you can also sightsee the beauty of the city. " I don't have the money to tour around" seeing disappointment flash on her friend's face.

" it's fine, you don't have to spend your savings on touring and afterwards starve" Julie heard Penny say with a bitter sweet smile. Julie stood up and went to hold her friend's hands on hers, " hey, I told you we were going to sight see right? that's exactly what we are going to do, don't worry we don't need to tour around the city to know how it looks like" Julie smiled encouragingly at Penny who smiled back at her.

" are we going this now or later" asked Penny as she went back to getting ready.

" later. First I'm hungry." Julie asked, " should we order for food?." Penny shook her head, " no, I will cook."

Julie smiled, " Alright" she said and they went out to buy food stuffs.

They bought noodles and eggs for breakfast and other things like vegetables for later use.