9 Going to the Mall (1/2)

I woke up at 6AM from the bright sunlight drowning into my room. I guess old habits die hard, as Luke always woke me up at 5:50AM.

I tried to change out of my elementary school uniform and opened my closet. My closet was almost empty. The only clothes I had inside was from when I was about four years old. I guess I'll go out and buy my clothes today. Too bad there wasn't something like a tablet that would spring up some clothes as long as I had enough points. I guess life was really convenient at school if you had an affluent amount of points. This was where I apologized to Luke again in my heart with my low grades bringing him down.

With my school uniform on, I went downstairs into the dining room where I saw my parents eating breakfast that my mother made. It was a french toast with a cabbage salad as a side dish with fruits. I sat down at a empty seat as my parents both had a hint of shock on their faces for a while. ”Is there anything wrong?” I asked.

”Are you Rika?” My father asked.

”If I'm not Rika, who else do you think I am?” (Rika)

”It's just that we didn't think that you'd be coming back today.” My mom said.

”Well, I'm back! And I'll be staying for about a week and I'll be returning to school afterwards.” (Rika)

”It's just that you grew up so much while you were in school.” My dad said sadly.

”Ahh! That reminds me! When I looked through my closet, I couldn't find anything to wear! Is there anywhere I can go to buy some clothes?” I asked.

My mom ran upstairs and quickly came back down with a card in her hands. ”While you weren't here, we put all your allowance in this card. You can use it today to buy some clothes at the nearby shopping mall.”

”More like you can use it all because we don't know when you're coming back again.” My dad said with a sad face.

”Thank you very much,” I replied with some tears beginning to swell up in my eyes.

I didn't have that much of a attachment to my current family because I only got to stay with them for a little more than a week after my reincarnation. But when I saw them thinking of me all this time, I felt very bittersweet as my eyes started to get pink.

”But, we won't be going shopping with you though. We have to get to work.” My mom said sadly.

”It's ok, I'll call a friend to go together!” (Rika)

After I finished eating breakfast, I went up to my room and pulled out a transparent blue marble from my pocket. I poured my mana into the marble to call Helena and Michelle.

I pressed a button to go to my contacts and called Helena first. I smiled as Helena got the call in her mansion. ”Hey Ellen!”

This was her nickname from kindergarten after we started to get really close. ”Hey Rika! What happened today?”

”Do you have some free time in the afternoon today to go shopping in the third district together?”

Ellen clapped her hands with her pouting face. ”Sorry, my parents are making me study to get ready for middle school. Maybe ten years later when I'm out of school?”

Wow. People from the first district were really strict with their children.

”No, it's ok. I'll ask Shelly instead.”

Shelly was a nickname for Michelle that also started in my last year at kindergarten.

”I think it's better not to ask.” Ellen frowned.