New York was so huge. In all of the movies, it seemed like some magical place. A place where people somehow just fell in love doing ordinary, everyday tasks. Yet, to Emi, sometimes it was just overwhelmingly big. There were so many kids in school and none of them really seemed to have much of an interest in her. Ballet classes were even larger. She was pretty much just another number in class. Nothing special.
Sure, at home, things were very different. They lived in the suburbs. Well, kind of. There was more greenery in their town than in most of NYC, not to mention that she was more than just a number at home. She was the eldest sister. The eldest child in fact. She knew her parents loved her with all of their hearts, as did the rest of her siblings. She even was convinced that she had the cutest brothers and sister in the whole wide world. Yet... she wanted to be somewhere else. Just to see how things would be. She wanted to be one of those girls who had tons of friends and lived a small-town life. She loved Paris, and she loved London. There was really no one for her to go to in Paris unless it was with her family, but in London she had a few friends and there were a lot of relatives there too. Her parents were in the kitchen after dance class. Emi had spent some time in her room, listing pros and cons for what she wanted to ask her parents. She knew it was probably silly, but she would never know unless she asked. Heading into the kitchen with her list of pros and cons, Emi asked, "Can I talk to you both?" They so quickly left what they were doing and sat at the kitchen island with her. "So," Emi began. "I want to go to London for the rest of the summer." She bit her lip. It was tough to request. "Aunty Zelda is there, and Uncle Eli, Aunt Belie, and then there's grandpa, grandma and Aubrey. I'll be safe, and I'll get to see some of my friends who live in London, like Maddie... And it's a nice town! Can I go, please? I promise I'll be good."
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