*Beep Beep*

Young Ah opened her eyes and clicked the snooze button of her alarm clock. *Ugh. I hate school.* She thought as she pushed off her blanket and got out of bed. "Ow!" She rubbed her sore legs and sat down her bed. Young Ah remembered how hard she have practiced dancing over the summer.

*knock, knock*
The door slowly opened and Young Ah's dad peeked in the door. She looked up. "You ready for school?" her dad asked.

"No." She answered looking away. Somehow her dad expected that answer and sighed.

"Well, you need to go anyways so just go downstairs after you clean up then eat breakfast. Okay?" Young Ah nodded and went to the bathroom.

After fifteen minutes, Young Ah went down wearing her uniform a plane white short sleeved fitted button up shirt with a Pyongyang High School logo on the right side above her chest and a plaid light brown skirt that goes just a few inches above her knees.
She saw her dad sitting on the table eating breakfast. She sat at the opposite side of the table and started eating her food. Her dad looked up, smiled and said. "You look nice."

Young Ah simply said. "Thanks." She saw her dad look at the empty chair beside him and sighed. *I wish you were here. You could've taken care of our daughter better than I do.* Young Ah stood up and hugged her dad from the back of his chair. She kissed his cheek, smiled, and left. Her dad knew she did that out of guilt but seeing her smile made