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Good Intentions, Bad Results
Chapter 1. Meeting the New Long Term Guest
Things got a little strange after the exchange student moved in with us. My older sister went off to Japan for a year, and a student from
Japan joined our family. I made two trips to the airport with my parents and younger sister. The first trip to the airport was to get my sixteen
year old sister onto the plane that will take her from Oklahoma City to Seattle, and then she flies on to Tokyo. My sister had four suitcases
and two carry on bags, and each of us had something to carry as we went from the parking lot to the terminal. It was an emotion filled goodbye,
as my sister had never been gone from home for longer than a week.
Several days later, we made another trip to the airport to pick up a girl named Kameko. When I saw her standing just outside the security
checkpoint I could hardly believe it. Kameko looked like a child. Now I was still nearly a child myself in my early teens, but Kameko
didn't look any older than my little sister. She only had one suitcase on the floor down by her feet. I was to find out she only had three
outfits to wear. One for school, one for while not in school, and one for bedtime. Kameko wore the school clothes on the airplane,
dark skirt, white blouse, dark tie.
I thought it was weird seeing a girl wear a tie, and using a tie when wearing a skirt. I'd never seen anything like that before. In Oklahoma
we typically wear jeans and t-shirts or jeans with long sleeve plaid shirts to school.
During the initial greetings, mom told the new girl a few things about us such as how old some of us are and what our hobbies happen to be.
Dad is Shannon Fitzpatrick, 42 years old. Farmer and tractor salesman.
Mom is Lydia, age not given. Substitute teacher and full time homemaker.
Finnegan Fitzpatrick (that's me), Fourteen. About to start freshman year of High School. Hobbies are tennis and fishing.
Olivia Fitzpatrick, Twelve. About to start 7th grade in middle school. Hobbies are being an annoying pain in the ass (my words, not mom's).
Kameko has fairly good English, after one gets used to the accent. The way she can't say the th sound on words is so funny. The way she nods
her head downward while saying "Sank you" made me laugh numerous times. Kameko is fourteen years old, but her face looks young, and
she is very slender. If she has tits, they are hidden away somewhere deep under that white school blouse. I don't know why my first thought
on her was wondering what she looked like naked...but there it was, my teenage hormones were making themselves known.
On the drive from Oklahoma City to our farm two hours away, Kameko has lots of questions and comments. Some of her comments are
"There is much grass" and "Wow... so big land". LIving here I don't think about it, but one can travel for hundreds of miles and all one
sees is farmhouses and ranches, mile after mile of grass covered prairies and hills with occasional patches of trees. It's cow country. It's the
place for growing wheat, corn, soybeans, and even cotton.
Kameko will sleep in the girl's room with Olivia. She said the house is very big, the rooms are large, the closets are gigantic, but in the
bathroom why is the tub so small? "How do you and all three children fit into bathtub?" Kameko asked my mom. She looked shocked
when told we take our baths separately. Now I do remember all three of us kids being in the bath together, but that was when I was eight
and the older sister was ten. As soon as my older sister got a little older she would take a bath with Olivia, but I was kept out of the bathroom.
The first dinner at home after bringing Kameko home was quite an experience. She looked suspiciously at the chicken-fried steak with mashed
potatoes and brown gravy. She rolled the corn on the cob back and forth on the plate using the prongs of the fork. Even Olivia stared at
the Japanese girl like she was an alien from another planet.
"We eat meat and potatoes here. That is why Americans are bigger than Japanese," I said as I began to cut into my steak.
"You Americans eat hamburger and fries. That is why you are all so fat," Kameko replies back.
"Sumo wrester's are fat. And they show their butt's when they fight. So gross." I verbally jabbed back. I thought I was making some good
points, but my dad thought I was being rude and sent me to my room without dinner. The culture differences between us were vast, and it
was going to take time to get used to a foreigner in the house.
Chapter 1. Meeting the New Long Term Guest
Things got a little strange after the exchange student moved in with us. My older sister went off to Japan for a year, and a student from
Japan joined our family. I made two trips to the airport with my parents and younger sister. The first trip to the airport was to get my sixteen
year old sister onto the plane that will take her from Oklahoma City to Seattle, and then she flies on to Tokyo. My sister had four suitcases
and two carry on bags, and each of us had something to carry as we went from the parking lot to the terminal. It was an emotion filled goodbye,
as my sister had never been gone from home for longer than a week.
Several days later, we made another trip to the airport to pick up a girl named Kameko. When I saw her standing just outside the security
checkpoint I could hardly believe it. Kameko looked like a child. Now I was still nearly a child myself in my early teens, but Kameko
didn't look any older than my little sister. She only had one suitcase on the floor down by her feet. I was to find out she only had three
outfits to wear. One for school, one for while not in school, and one for bedtime. Kameko wore the school clothes on the airplane,
dark skirt, white blouse, dark tie.
I thought it was weird seeing a girl wear a tie, and using a tie when wearing a skirt. I'd never seen anything like that before. In Oklahoma
we typically wear jeans and t-shirts or jeans with long sleeve plaid shirts to school.
During the initial greetings, mom told the new girl a few things about us such as how old some of us are and what our hobbies happen to be.
Dad is Shannon Fitzpatrick, 42 years old. Farmer and tractor salesman.
Mom is Lydia, age not given. Substitute teacher and full time homemaker.
Finnegan Fitzpatrick (that's me), Fourteen. About to start freshman year of High School. Hobbies are tennis and fishing.
Olivia Fitzpatrick, Twelve. About to start 7th grade in middle school. Hobbies are being an annoying pain in the ass (my words, not mom's).
Kameko has fairly good English, after one gets used to the accent. The way she can't say the th sound on words is so funny. The way she nods
her head downward while saying "Sank you" made me laugh numerous times. Kameko is fourteen years old, but her face looks young, and
she is very slender. If she has tits, they are hidden away somewhere deep under that white school blouse. I don't know why my first thought
on her was wondering what she looked like naked...but there it was, my teenage hormones were making themselves known.
On the drive from Oklahoma City to our farm two hours away, Kameko has lots of questions and comments. Some of her comments are
"There is much grass" and "Wow... so big land". LIving here I don't think about it, but one can travel for hundreds of miles and all one
sees is farmhouses and ranches, mile after mile of grass covered prairies and hills with occasional patches of trees. It's cow country. It's the
place for growing wheat, corn, soybeans, and even cotton.
Kameko will sleep in the girl's room with Olivia. She said the house is very big, the rooms are large, the closets are gigantic, but in the
bathroom why is the tub so small? "How do you and all three children fit into bathtub?" Kameko asked my mom. She looked shocked
when told we take our baths separately. Now I do remember all three of us kids being in the bath together, but that was when I was eight
and the older sister was ten. As soon as my older sister got a little older she would take a bath with Olivia, but I was kept out of the bathroom.
The first dinner at home after bringing Kameko home was quite an experience. She looked suspiciously at the chicken-fried steak with mashed
potatoes and brown gravy. She rolled the corn on the cob back and forth on the plate using the prongs of the fork. Even Olivia stared at
the Japanese girl like she was an alien from another planet.
"We eat meat and potatoes here. That is why Americans are bigger than Japanese," I said as I began to cut into my steak.
"You Americans eat hamburger and fries. That is why you are all so fat," Kameko replies back.
"Sumo wrester's are fat. And they show their butt's when they fight. So gross." I verbally jabbed back. I thought I was making some good
points, but my dad thought I was being rude and sent me to my room without dinner. The culture differences between us were vast, and it
was going to take time to get used to a foreigner in the house.