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continents.”
    â€œYou guys are weird,” Trevor said.
    â€œI think it’s too cool,” Asia added, grabbing Afrika’s arm.
    Afrika and Asia headed for the door. “It was nice meeting you, Mr. and Mrs. Christianson,” Afrika said, shaking their hands.
    â€œIt was nice meeting you, too, Nikki…Afrika,” Brenda said, cutting an eye at her husband, who seemed to avoid eye contact. “Ah, Afrika, before you and Asia head off to campus, I’d like to ask you a question.”
    Afrika frowned at the tone of Brenda’s voice. The longer she stayed in Asia’s house, the more uncomfortable she became. She was sure that it was more than her mother’s casual warning. She thought it odd that Mr. Christianson acted as if he had met her for the first time. “Yes, Mrs. Christianson?”
    â€œDid your mother ever attend Central? I had a friend once; in fact we were best friends. I haven’t seen her in over nineteen years.” Brenda gave Afrika the once over again, and then continued. “Our fathers were both in the Army, and we were stationed in Europe at the same time—Germany, to be exact. Both of our fathers were reassigned to Ft. Bragg, which is where this friend of mine and I ended up. And when it was time to go to college, we went to North Carolina Central University together. But I don’t know what happened to her. She vanished from sight at the end of our freshman year, and I never heard from her again. I was crushed for a long while.”
    Afrika glanced at Victor, who looked away. Something was not making any sense, but there wasn’t any time to address it. “Yes, she did. Her name is Mimi.”
    Both Brenda and Victor gasped at the same time.
    â€œYou’re Mimi’s daughter?” Brenda asked. “Where is she? Howcan I get in touch with her? I can’t believe that her daughter is standing in front of me in my house.”
    Asia and Trevor’s eyes widened. They couldn’t believe their ears.
    â€œPeople said we were inseparable,” Brenda continued. “We both said that if we had girls, I would name mine Asia and she’d name hers Afrika because we had travelled to so many places with our parents.” Almost as if Brenda was in a trance, she kept going. “I gave her the nickname, Mimi, because she could sing like a bird and would sing up and down the scales like she was giving the performance of her life. Do you remember that, Victor?”
    â€œYeah, it was a long time ago.”
    â€œLook,” Brenda said, “I’d like to see Mimi; talk to her. I don’t believe it, after all of this time.” Brenda paced the room. “Did you say where she was, Afrika?”
    â€œShe lives in Durham in a beautiful condo,” Asia offered. “I’ve met her and she’s really nice. Now I understand why she was acting strange when I said my name. She probably thought the same thing you did, Mom, but didn’t say anything.”
    â€œOr was afraid to ask,” Brenda said.
    â€œIs there something I should know?” Afrika asked timidly, not sure what kind of response she was going to receive.
    â€œNot at all,” Victor said, suddenly wanting to the take charge of the conversation. “Mrs. Christianson and I are merely shocked that, after all these years, a prodigal sister has returned and it took our daughters to bring us together. This is exciting. Trevor, I hope your birthday wasn’t upstaged by this turn of events.”
    â€œNo, Dad, I think it’s pretty cool myself. Now you’ll always remember my birthday as the day you rediscovered a lost friend.”
    â€œNo, it will always be the day my son was born,” Victor said.
    â€œListen to Trevor,” Asia said. They bumped knuckles. “Happy birthday again, Trev. Nikki and I, no, Afrika and I are headed backto the dorm. We’ve got a football game tomorrow. Got to get some