Welcome to Divided. My first go at posting non-Transformice fiction here, so let's go.

"Divided" (which is a working title because it feels dumb to me) is the story of Meilin Zhang (who chooses her English name to be "Olivia"), a teen girl from rural China who comes to America to avoid working for her family's farm. Working in a Chinese restaurant outside of New York City, she meets an Italian boy named Dante who sweeps her off her feet.
But there's a little issue: Meilin's English is poor at best. She can read some, but the only words she can utter are those in the English handbook her hiring agency hands her.
But Dante, eager to communicate with the girl, notices the cell phone in her pocket and points at his, before writing five little words down on a napkin that set the whole thing off: give me your phone number?

I'll be adding more as I see fit, I'm hoping to go slowly with this project and take my time and not rush it. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy the idea of it. :)

God the banner is so graphic hnnnng ♥
Gonna read but I just had 2 b first *-*

I really like the plot, and oddly so like I said ages ago I love books about teens/people working in their town in a bakery/resultant. Dis gun b gud.

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God the banner is so graphic hnnnng ♥
Gonna read but I just had 2 b first *-*

i literally threw that shit together in ten seconds on the gimp thank you for your kind words c:

Can't wait to read the whole story!
shit u holly stole my first

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shit u holly stole my first

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR ASH'LY TO POST THIS ALL DAY LMAO

Gluck gurl

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"So this will be your first job?"
Meilin eagerly nodded in response. The man she was sitting across from was a short, chubby man with a salt and pepper goatee and a coif on his head to match. He had introduced himself as Guowei Jiang, and was the owner of the Jiang Hiring Agency; an agency that her best friend Fang had told her about shortly before she made her own trip to America.

It's so great, Meilin! read one text after Fang arrived in New York, shortly before she was sent off to her destination restaurant somewhere in some American state that began with M. Everyone is so nice and friendly. I hope you can do this too!

She was caught up with the illusion of the American lifestyle now. Guowei had shown her some stories of other people who he had hired, who had gone on to live happy lives in the country; having control of their own businesses or becoming chefs or having their English perfected enough they could become translators. The girls had sent pictures of themselves to him, alongside their testimonials, and they were dressed in flashy clothes with lots of gems and necklaces around their necks; the kinds of clothes that Meilin only saw in magazines at the local corner mart, that cost so much yuan she couldn't afford it in her wildest dreams. Was all this possible, just by going to America?
Without thinking twice, she signed the contract, and took his hand and shook it when he offered; then slipped her jacket on and left the office, elated that in forty-eight hours she would have a one-way ticket to the United States.

When she walked into her hotel room, she wanted to collapse again, much like she had in the morning, but right as she went to sit down on the bed, her breath hitched. A brown-coloured rat had decided to make a home out of the pillows, crawling all over one before sinking it's teeth in. She slapped an open palm across her mouth to stifle a high-pitched scream, while running backwards towards the door. At this point her eyes were fluttering from one side of the room to the next. It was in this moment she realised how poor the conditions were and how dingy the room looked. Wallpaper seemed to be peeling from the corners, and the blinds covering the window seemed cracked and yellowed. She had been so tired the night before she laid on the bed and fell asleep and really hadn't cared what it looked like, but now that she could see clearly, she was thankful she'd only be here a couple days.
But for now, all her mind was on was her little visitor; which was now making it's way to the edge of the bed to jump off of it and go God knows where.
Well, if this is what it takes to be a grown up, I guess I have to deal with it. Her thoughts echoed in her mind as she collected herself and opened the door behind her, deciding it would perhaps be a good idea to go out for a bit.

When Meilin came back to the hotel, she pulled her keycard out and grimaced as she opened the door up. Scanning her surroundings as she slowly walked inside, she breathed a sigh of relief once she realised that the room -- for the moment -- was vermin free. But as she turned her television on, the fear came over her again. It was bound to be lurking somewhere, right?
Calmly she collected her things, and made a move to leave the room permanently. She probably wouldn't have been able to sleep tonight anyway, regardless of where she was.
The excitement of her new life was intensifying.

'Her breath hitched' I am crying your descriptions are so crisp
The names in this story are so orgasmic
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I love how you word everything, looking forward to more chapters :D

This seems very interesting, you are a really good writer

looking forward to more chapters

yeesss haru stories are like the best stories
looking forward to reading more! from what you posted it seems really interesting
-bookmarks-

Thanks everyone! Second part (probably still "first chapter" in actuality) will be up soon.

wow i started reading this and couldn't step away from it

i love it
[size=1]oOPS should be reading another book now huehue

Aaaah thanks everyone! I've had a lot of commissions recently so no time to work on this, hopefully I'll have an update this weekend!