A change of heart

Alex studies hard, while I study smart. We can easily score straight As in exams regardless of how many subjects we take. Last year, we scored straight As for our PMR and were offered places in a full boarding school.

Our parents encouraged us to accept the offer. I wasn't interested. But Alex had packed his belongings even before he got a place in the boarding school. I guess he knew about the school all along. Hey, we can search for things on the Internet.

So, we accompanied Alex to his new school to lend him support. At least, that was what mum said. I didn't want to go, but she made me. She promised to take me shopping while dad and Alex hunted for the items he needed in school, right after he had registered.

After everything was done, we dropped Alex at the school gate. Mum and dad waved goodbye. I didn't even bother to look at him. At least now he could have all time he wanted to study, while I could have all the time I wanted to write new songs and jam all day with my band buddies. Yahoo!

Three months passed but life wasn't the same without Alex. I'd been doing everything alone; the chores and the studying. Somehow, I missed my brother.

Annoying as he could be, he had always been the one who supported me when I needed it. I was the one who had been disrespectful to him. Oh, how I regretted that.

On the first day of the first semester break, I was alone at home while mum and dad were at work. I felt a little lonely, so I picked up my guitar and started playing a song in the living room.

Just when I started singing, a taxi stopped right in front of my house. The driver came out to help his passenger with his bag. Was that Alex?

Without hesitating even a second to waste, I ran out and hugged my brother. I probably embarrassed him in front of the taxi driver for saying "I'm sorry" a million times. But I was glad he forgave me.

It's true what they say C absence makes the heart grow fonder.

(Edit:Ruby)