Have you ever been awake848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWx6nhHIJi
for so long in your bed with no thought or sign of sleep and your heart848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3KL2WlAHJ
isn't at peace because you're afraid of what's going to happen as the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHQBFihCYt
day goes on?848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlo0JiqzzT
That's how I felt right at this moment.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnkkME8rpe
I tossed in my bed, 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMNkJ8vnVY
turning to the side and looking towards the curtain. There was still no 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWMw5isetm
sign of the sun coming up and I was getting frustrated. I wished the sun848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgsc8pfT9w
could come up so that I could meet my end already.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1U1JZ1Wvrd
I quickly sat up and went for my phone on the drawer close to my bed. I checked the time. It was only 4 AM.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZevthaPuAV
I fell back on my bed, 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOh5oCtBtRv
the back of my head hitting the pillows real hard. I clenched my teeth 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3jFTWBN3g
in irritation. Sunrise felt like forever and I was already tired of 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYcZBKjvgZ
sleeping. This had been the third time that I had to wake up and only 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhfOOEVJIk
realise that I had only slept for a few minutes. I wish I could sleep 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQg4vAKUDF
till sunrise, but waking up three times meant I was too bothered in my 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8Ic3Br8LA
mind even to dream.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCiyJeiMN50
I turned to my other side where my stuffed panda lay beside me and I cuddled it in my arms.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqXWZblEzw
How I wish I could fall 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtFN0bWYiS
asleep. I admired Zoey whom I could hear snoring slightly in her sleep. I848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QfErMwgK7
stared up at the dark ceiling trying to picture things in my mind but I848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMjGIzO49l
couldn't. Even my imagination wasn't working.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0pKCbxprs
I sighed as I looked at the panda. I couldn't stop thinking of what I was going to do today, especially with G-Dragon and Zoey.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIY5m9Qx0f1
I knew I now had to face848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemVMry2MXd
the music. And even though we had quite a hectic day yesterday, Zoey 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0z3PZdAyv0
hadn't given up on me about what happened with G-Dragon and me. And even848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJelRxJfks
though she was tired when we got back, she still hadn't stopped 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahNlUcol14
bothering me until she finally gave up and went straight to bed.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKG7H1j3tY
I knew her persistence 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8skZkZ7N3
was far from over and I had to prepare myself for more of it today. I 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡksIjLFeDaH
know Zoey must be very worried about me, but I was more worried about 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXP0Zs3unE
her if I had to tell her the truth.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqldNUvpkNY
I know sometimes we 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssAWeC1jmM
people lie to prevent the others we love and care about from getting 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfrdRvfvNf
hurt. But there will come a point in time when you can't keep it to 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCrQnpIbNx
yourself any longer because the guilt will eat you up inside. Sadly, I 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4k3lklzdr
had now reached that point.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJpYgvHRq76
I sighed again as I 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXkXjvboAx
turned again to the other side, taking the panda in my arms with me. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgmkhqgJTs
What wrong did I ever do to be in the position I was in right now?848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7T8RsgccH
If it came to G-Dragon, 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2SdCzPjNk
he was going to be one person who will be difficult to talk to. I know I848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEgh33loIw
betrayed his trust, and trying to convince him was going to be a whole 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYaqUSpCeH
lot harder.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmyL5iPOLzB
How was I going to tell 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnJp1mvDQd
him that yes, Daesung and I did kiss, but all of that happened due to a 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJs08UFpDGo
completely different story? I know how bad he must be feeling and if I 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaelLmxnIPV
was in his shoes, I probably wouldn't believe anything I would say 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwyoAbeaaD
either.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIoQ2kAzrt3
I kicked out the bed 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLFnYYgFCG
covers and got up from the bed. And taking Mr Panda with me and my 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmn6y8r3ni
phone, I slipped my feet into my bed slippers and walked out of the room848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFzJZEL4LN
in my purple pyjamas.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2uvrWJlpG
I went straight for the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vHS8rAjoC
dark, empty lounge and I turned on the lights. I went to sit on the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpCXnFLPSi
comfortable couch and with my feet up and folded with Mr Panda in my 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZvZKTc5xV
arms, I unlocked my phone and went straight to my contacts and called my848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWNam9KHrP
mum.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtn1SECmxVK
Hopefully, I was calling848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspXQ3TOeoU
her at the right time. I wasn't really sure what time it would be back 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDO0QFEwvY
home in the U.S. I was too bothered to even try and figure out all this 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWChrf7k3Zw
time zones nonsense. I just had to talk to someone. And why not my mum?848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡerJAc7z8ip
I put the phone to my ear hoping she would pick up. I just hope she wasn't busy at work or something.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDKRPzFqQC
She finally picked up the phone on the fourth ring.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCd8B2IxyhQ
"Hello, Sam?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPL45DXBjc6
"Hi, mum."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zXyhRHrPo
"Sam, how are you, dear?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6K6S8rKUAO
"I'm good. How are you? Are you at work?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNc4vEhAg0
"Yes, I am, sweetie. I 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKo96YzRZbW
am just looking at photos online on the computer. A friend of mine just 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJW22qAMbhF
told me you guys went out bowling with BigBang."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvEOOGH5qG
"Ah.." I scratched my head. "We did, mum. And we had fun."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecJglYDuOb
"Ya, I can see you guys 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0E1bxadJvQ
smiling and laughing on the photos." I could hear clicking in the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrrV89yvIT
background and that confirmed that she was tapping away on the mouse of 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UmtYCIFdS
her computer as she looked at the pictures.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yGML6HMm5
"So, was it more like a competition?" she asked. "It's says here that you guys won."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30qInlHScI
"It was mum. We won," I said with a smile. "You should have seen what happened. It was awesome."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3imPizX6T
"I'll check out the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94NA7u2Uwk
videos later on and see everything for myself, dear," I could hear my 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErFh2y6h4E
mum clicking quickly on the mouse. "Now tell me. What's bothering you? 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQhk1tqb3y
Why aren't you asleep?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM00W3x5KMB
I raised an eyebrow. "You know what time it is here?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDYdoRT61g
"I'm your mother, Sam. Of course I know what time it is."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojpl16ChA5
I could imagine my mum 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdC6hRqluvn
with a stern look on her face as she said that. If we weren't talking on848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gflFnpUgc
the phone and I was standing in front of her, she probably would have 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4UXNJ3Y8E
her arms folded.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCz7fCNcsI1
"I know its way too early in the morning for you to be awake right now," she continued. "What's up?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoktGzGsf7
"I feel my whole life has been nothing but a lie, mum," I said as I tugged at Mr Panda's ears.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvi4N6vl7E
"Your name is Samantha Glasson and you're a famous pop star. That my child, is not a lie."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQB1Fu4JQ3w
"Mum, you know what I mean when I say that."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6fkOqzIgG
She sighed. "What did you lie about this time?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUnp053En0c
"I've lied way too much in my life, but this time, I think I'm in a really big mess that I can't seem to get out of."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9U0WItHGM
"Tell me. I've all the time to listen."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZB8Sh9YQj
"I've been lying to Zoey848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaDPVocO05
and everyone else about G-Dragon and I, and I don't now how to tell 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvobfNAtKyk
them, especially Zoey since she likes G-Dragon so much. It would crush 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡieRUex3jkR
her if she finds out G-Dragon likes me and not her."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGgLDDMshx
"I thought you girls weren't supposed to date any one of those guys."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxESQKica3
My eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Wow. Collins really does tell you everything, does he?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1aLQ0a38f
"Whatever he tells you, we as parents have to know too. I hope Zoey's mum isn't going to freak when she finds out."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ftoSP2fYI
"Trust me, mum, Collins 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdImoG22TZ0
has no clue with what's going on in our private circle and I suggest 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmF3i5nmCW7
that you shouldn't say a word either."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqFQoOaW9X
"Is that a threat?" I imagined my mum's eyebrow raised.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1G68OD8pMP
"You know I can never 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpzPxl0aO3
threaten you, mum. It's just for now until we come back home. It's a 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVosvjL2pe1
matter of life and death. I've no choice."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7KacdZ4NO
"I know. But why does Zoey like him?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrJJiz7gr4
"Knowing Zoey, you must know by now the kind of guy she would fall for, mum."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNRGPnPPKF
"True. But how come she likes him but he likes you? Don't tell me you also like him too."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdqOnozqhO
"Well....." I hesitated, trying to figure out what to say next.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1RYudfmfD
"Samantha Glasson," my mum's voice sounded stern now. "Tell me the truth."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYe3XM2ilYD
I sighed. "I also like him, mum."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrheIAnJGF
There was silence at the other end. Until....848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFs96QMasY
"WHAT!"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwC6EOCKvYx
"Mum, calm down. It's not what you think."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEx0oyCY9Ee
"Then what is it? The 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxgYNIii8a
way I'm seeing it, you also like him and you feel guilty because you 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgkWLGZoHl
feel like you're betraying your best friend."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7xCSFxkSF
"It was like that at 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdvTDLM42x
first. I really do like G-Dragon but I'm learning to like him as a close848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QfvTLt2kI
friend because I know how Zoey likes him and because of Collins' 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcjWX16u4L
'golden rule'." I put "golden rule" in quotation marks with my remaining848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSUpjgmIYBl
fingers.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI2RfB6IQ4C
"What do you mean it was like that at first?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZpuh4dUrS
"I like G-Dragon, but he isn't the only one."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWM1OH4301Z
"Don't tell me you like someone else from the same group too."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXl2uaNBS42
I closed my eyes as I winced. "Yes, mum."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8753PWu6BT
She didn't say a word. I wondered what she was thinking right now.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsAla9q9zu
"You're really in one hell of a mess, dear."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpCdo0juFl
"And that's not the worst part."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHjwyg7CBr5
I told her what happened848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4VIV5bXgs
the day Zoey went missing, making sure I didn't mention the stranger in848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAijL0j48Af
the suit. I talked about what G-Dragon and I had talked about in the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhAIrWaEcO
park and what we agreed upon. Then I told her what happened with Daesung848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXqIAer1Sl
and the kiss.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJMQDw3zbl
"You kissed?" my mum sounded surprised.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDx7OslBZL4
"Ssh, and listen."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEj6daqoCL
I told her that G-Dragon and Zoey saw us but they didn't witness the kiss. And I told her what happened afterwards.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQT0hf00qoF
"You're in a real mess, Sam. You now have two people to tell the truth to."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYNQhlzEQY
"If it's not Zoey and G-Dragon, then it's the entire group."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPL81GWLxYv
"I know. But you can't lie forever now, can you?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8OUEp1b8o
I thought of what she said. "You're right. We all deserve to know the truth someday."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjGCKJ9BLP
"Are you scared?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FPechhw79
"I am. Maybe that's why I can't fall asleep." I hugged Mr Panda close to me.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVyqizxMfN
"It's okay to be scared, sweetie. And it's good that you decided to come out clean."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5YXZkYHd2m
"I don't want people getting hurt because of me." I could now feel tears coming up in my eyes.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74UA1rI2dQ
"We all get hurt at some848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUCnQIGCnu
point in our lives, sweetie. That's why there is a time for everything.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzEVOhrzmi
Just wait and see. After the storm, everything will be back to the way 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8UCBcT5Ik
it was and everyone will forget about it. Besides, no one can stay mad 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5Q2kXS40I
at you forever, Sam. Not even me."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmuZyuWC88
I smiled as a tear ran down my cheek and I quickly wiped it away.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusrTWfDlKU
"Thanks, mum." I sniffed.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYducfcMJkN
"Don't cry, okay? You're848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEbZPYirhL
a brave girl. Now, do me a favour and get a few minutes of sleep. You 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeTCmjoros0
will need all the rest you can get."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYw873pJuPv
"Yes, mum. I will."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0ph6h1oUw
"Bye, Sam. Tell me what happens, okay?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrQsyv11ZH
"Okay. Bye."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBsf7oejey
I hang up and I quickly 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVfbsVJr39
got up from the couch with Mr Panda and went back in the room, straight 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrEAwtADMc
into the bed covers. I fell asleep in an instant with Mr Panda in my 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKtptvhunC
arms.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDANSV3Tjvg
It must have been some 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYsDwUcHKG
time around 7:40 when I finally woke up. The sun rays shone brightly 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsDTgXRxAb
into the room that I had to shield my eyes with my hand from the light.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMHY0ubIAA
"Wakey! Wakey!" Zoey came over and sat next to me.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBVTZlvgZH
"Mmmm." I murmered as I turned around and covered my head with a blanket. "Leave me alone."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXLRUGdjQQ
"You've to get up, Sam. We have a big day ahead of us."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdiOwaj6ul
"Isn't it a Sunday today?" I asked as I removed the blanket from my head.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNDTFX0nNe
"Sadly, it isn't, my 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1JqIZXe8FW
dear kitty," said Zoey as she placed her hand on my head. "Looks like 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6hFvxyMfb
you weren't the only one praying for it to be a Sunday."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHVkFeQSKp
"Okay." I muttered as I sat up on my bed and rubbed away the sleep in my eyes.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfeezAs5t6G
"You know you have a lot of explaining to do, right?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONXbeGrwiR
I yawned, then sighed. "I know. You don't have to tell me."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBM9RcoFlI
"So, start talking right now."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15llGYZn0P
I looked at Zoey with wide eyes. "You want to talk now?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PRSRHmCjl
"Ya. I'm still really worried about you."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MAE0M7eNH
Looks like I had no choice. This was it. Time to tell the truth.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpChTToUH83
"What I'm about to tell you, is going to crush you completely, Zoey."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkXTveb5Rd
Zoey turned to look at me with a serious look on her face. "What are you saying, Sam? Is it that serious?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANs9jbTUXK
"It really is, and I feel bad that I have to tell you."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRYZlH7W1F
I hesitated as I looked down at my hands and played with my fingers. Zoey put her hand over mine and I looked at her.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eJXHmDdYf
"Just tell me, Sam. Even if it's going to hurt."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6IaupygSx
I closed my eyes bracing myself for impact. My heart was pounding so hard.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzywNJTaoJ
"It's about G-Dragon and I," I said. "I'm sorry to say this but...."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMuW9G2kdr
"You like him, don't you?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVwCuAwESW
I opened my eyes in shock. That wasn't supposed to happen. And what made Zoey say all that?848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡauHzDcaFTR
"I..uh...no, that's not it."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaMeJV1398
Zoey laughed. "Don't worry, Sam. I know how much you also like him. I'm not mad."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVncFHFfiu
"Zoey, that wasn't what I...."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpW83MT4YGG
"Expected from me?" Zoey848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkh9GtgegZT
grinned as she flipped her hair to the side. "I know, you're surprised.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK97WnzlUk5
I like him, you like him, the whole world likes him."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJQP8fUNfs
"Zoey, I..." Zoey placed her index finger on my lips to keep me from talking further.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQMln8IzvW
"I know you feel guilty 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uyQwsBYvK
that you like him because I do too. Don't worry about it, because I know848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVF42mQtMw
that you wouldn't try to steal him away from me."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TPoFdeUfn
I gulped. What was I going to tell her now? How was I going to her that G-Dragon liked me and not her?848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZW5ilNoPp
"Aren't you worried that G-Dragon might just like someone else and not you?" I asked.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Lsqj8NAO5
Zoey shrugged as she was deep in thought. "I haven't thought of it that way. I know that he only has eyes for me."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1k9RHiUyy
I wanted to slap my 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXr13a3bE6
forehead in frustration but I gave Zoey a weird look instead. I couldn't848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvymI3vfcr
blame her when you were blindly in love. But I had to stop this before 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWWtZETwGM
it gets out of hand.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uPn7akof4
"Zoey, listen to me," I 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpf8xqmDoO4
said as I looked at her in the eye. "I admit that I like G-Dragon, but 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk40XmYGfWf
not in the way you think. You on the other hand, need to know that...."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVrn2PzGQf
I paused. That was odd. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNAus58wfC
The words were spilling out of my mouth just fine. What's happened now? I848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtm3y9SzckX
felt someone had just cast a spell on me and now I was tongue tied.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcDUDvfr6L
Zoey looked at me, irritated that I had stopped talking. "What do I need to know?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTk5diVSxKU
What was wrong with me? I848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbanOdxsfVx
had so much confidence when I was talking just now and I still do. But 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrVMLoj3bH
now, I couldn't say anything. I opened my mouth to speak, but still 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudskNU6WXa
nothing came out. Zoey shook her head.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7oF73CBjo
"You're weird, Sam," 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU19Z3P8gnh
Zoey stood up from my bed and went straight for the bathroom. "When you 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKehEW5YVm
finally have the courage to tell me what you wanted to say, I'll be 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPAn9JdH6t
waiting."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOpytsYMqY
Zoey closed the door and848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmj1PlHsi4j
I heard the shower tap turn on. Oh no! I blew it this time and that 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9KjDkZTX8
just proves that telling her the truth was going to be a whole lot 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA54zEZLur0
harder than I thought.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCQbQ2NnSi
At least Zoey knew that I once liked G-Dragon, that's if she really took what I said seriously.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElLN4wGoa0
This was all so messed up and I felt like I was going nuts.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczCEHiHNSH
I stood up from my bed 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQtfmSyZI7
and started to pace up and down, thinking. What happened to me a few 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHDXnPyDJN
minutes ago? Why couldn't I tell Zoey the truth? Well, half of it, which848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgEBSFzNgy
is the most important part.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTY6WCTRjfy
"It's not your portion to say anything to Zoey. And you know it."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hhPjCCL7m
Whatever my conscious 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYylDFHIlJz
was saying inside my head was true. G-Dragon did say that he will end 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipWyPmwESo
things with Zoey and tell her the truth. Was that why I was tongue tied 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIXlLLqo8L
and I couldn't say anything? I had no any other reason as to why.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojnJPCUDJq
If that was the case, 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWsZlc720w
then G-Dragon better do it fast. The earlier it was, the better. Before 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzgtGzf7a3
Zoey really gets too much involved with him or else she would be 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqpdmWtT85
shattered completely.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCjWmkIJtL
While I was trying to 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkOpOYryuv
figure out what to do next, my phone rang and I went on the bed to reach848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGt1Q9gDaco
out for my phone that laid on top of the drawer next to the lamp.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSC7nBJMhug
When I checked the caller ID, I raised an eyebrow. An unknown number. I wonder who it was?848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0qcqU8RYi
I answered the call. "Hello?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTacnzLBuSN
"Bonjour, mademoiselle," came a deep husky voice from the phone. The man had a French accent.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLo2W8ycy5o
I held my breath. That 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JBammvulB
sent a chill down my spine. Who was this? Dang it! I'm supposed to be 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxbe0Q7v0N
asking that question, not thinking it.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmT802s1yU
I cleared my throat. "Hello? May I know who this is?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡToxn8ajXWy
The man chuckled. "Who I am isn't important. What matters is that we talk."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaN0LZNXL38
"Talk? Talk about what?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0xr8rLsCZ
"Did you check the photo I sent you?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDIpd3BP2b
"Photo? What...?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mSNHdNX7A
I paused when I realised the photo he was talking about. I had completely forgot about it.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ56xxMRGdP
"Oh!" I slapped my forehead. "I never downloaded it to see what it was." I raised an eyebrow. "What's the photo about?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVTK4FD2bZ
"If you haven't seen it,848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnQNuNj4FK
then it's best you see it for yourself. I can't tell you over the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkPH5KYb7q
phone. When you see it call me or text, will you, sweetheart?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUnSFmNBF3C
Sweetheart? What was this guy playing at? What was the photo all about?848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpeef6fTx3O
"Are you trying to blackmail me with the photo?" I asked.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2xM9StAcY
"I wouldn't call it blackmail. But everything would be more interesting if you're involved."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNipPiNpiWc
"If I'm involved? What do you mean?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuIYRlYHZy
I could soon hear the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW52VMNHufg
person hanging up and I growled. I looked at my phone like I wanted to 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4xhkXbJbC
break it. What was going on today? First, I had G-Dragon and Zoey to 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXa7bnUwN4V
handle and now, I had this stranger calling me and making things worse.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYw5N5w5ZNO
I looked back at my 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnOIex1qiH
phone and started to go straight to my messages. I checked the message I848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlThkVDYqqr
had received from the unknown man and I realised that I still hadn't 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCiCseZLh7
downloaded the picture. I switched on my mobile data and started to 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5QHoRKM4v
download the photo.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5YGoRC31kC
"Sam! Zoey!" Lee came all of the sudden into the room. She almost scared me.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkjFtI72UJ
"Goodness, Lee!" I held my chest as my heart beat fast. "There is a thing called knocking, you know?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PJTXRgTq7
"I know, I thought you guys were still asleep."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgpmVBPQndx
"No matter," I said. "We're all awake as you can see."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRnH9RfK8c
"Okay. Get ready, we have to leave for the studio."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7agZjGeOvu
I nodded and Lee left. I848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsXQaYBgzF
went back to looking at my phone. I frowned. The internet was so slow 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGFrw63lEc
today. The photo hadn't finished downloading yet.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsklrToIFe
"I'm done," said Zoey as she came out of the bathroom in her towel. "You go get ready."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB99Xx0vtbH
"I just want to see something first," I said as I pointed at my phone.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcsfX8hzug
Zoey walked up to me, took my phone and threw it on her bed.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtzOXtJmud
"Zoey!"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFn0FRr4pNo
"Not a word, Sam. You're848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg37BiGungU
always the one telling me to get ready and be punctual, but you don't 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBR8Ndn6tTQ
want anyone telling you anything. Just go take a shower. I wonder what's848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5MHSrkLxs
up with you today."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUHc8tDVMG
If only she knew. So 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPtxiT3OcK
many things were running in my mind that I couldn't seem to focus on one848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1LfrbOLQf
thing because something else would just pop up all of the sudden.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5Tc9tMdkX
I went to the bathroom 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkfK7zBVxh
and locked the door behind me. Before I could undress and get into the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaUlhKNkc1
shower, I went over to the mirror above the sink and looked at my own 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxEywesesK
reflection.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFEsUuycrMW
I looked like I hadn't 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYKrOXQo7G
had sleep in days with all the dark circles underneath my eyes. I was 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IGdp2aksY
deeply troubled, that's for sure. My problems just got increased by one 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsGwHsTOTe
if not by two.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSZ9QdlAV9
G-Dragon and Zoey were 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZp6x020taQ
my main problem to tackle today. And all of the sudden, an unknown 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJc28DY06q
stranger calls and tells me about the photo which I had no idea or clue 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQ4PLJVJOu
about. And why he sent it to me was the most confusing part. If he 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDllacD461d
wasn't blackmailing me, then what was this charade about?848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyUCSuVG98
After I took a quick 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSjWSUZPEu
shower, I quickly went back in the room and I went straight for my phone848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKlrCeI0gck
on Zoey's bed. Zoey had already dressed up and she went past me into 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDeSSNB2bUB
the bathroom to get her makeup done.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrf8guYgC1
I unlocked my phone. I 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zlxt5JeG9
was pretty anxious about the photo that even my hands were shaking. The 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXx6SJWBNu
photo must be done downloading by now.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8A4SKGD5GM
Just as I unlocked the phone, it vibrated. Someone was calling me. Oh no! What now?848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKIwGK6vZD
Seungri was calling. What could he probably want to talk to me about this early in the morning?848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGxoP41BM2
"Hello, Seungri?" I answered.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgKOA9HAXr
"Morning, my panda," said Seungri.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSoEcFAok3u
"Morning. How was your night?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mqJztQWpv
"My night was perfect, since I dreamt of you."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszcoLGakQd
If I was myself, I would have blushed by those words. But now, I was as confused as ever and I didn't know what to say next.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1hgMbpSQ2
"Oh, wow," I said, trying to act a little surprised. I hope he bought it.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjZGeZLgou
"I've a little something I want to give you when you get to YG."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bP2fG35NR
I smiled a little. At 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbeB9NvPqJ
least out of all that was going on, Seungri managed to make me smile, 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvv1wyX6CJz
which was quiet peculiar because he didn't say anything funny. I was 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVqBaWpBxn
already imagining another huge stuffed panda waiting for me.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOnF5khLr3
"Can't wait," I said with a little laugh. "See you."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdQ149XeLu
"You too."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuyF30p52wS
He cut the line and I 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDip8pV7die
threw my phone on the bed. I decided to dress up first and have my 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjdCmD1dYs
breakfast, before Zoey came back in the room and start to pressurise me 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzt5lVqb6x
again. I had already pissed her enough this morning.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1D0QsVKU0
After I dressed up and 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMHPsGPrpP
Zoey had left for breakfast, I went in the bathroom to get my hair done 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExJpZo1QjP
and applied a bit of makeup to hide my dark circles. When I was done, I 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfpHFdv2zAC
went back in the room and without a thought of making my bed, which I 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFKlSogWKT
always did, I wore my black pumps, grabbed my phone and went out of the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAtVHekoaP
room.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zlFY83n13
Just as I got into the lounge, I made a bee line to the dining table. Everyone was at the table eating their breakfast.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQp8v7m9YCW
"Someone isn't themselves this morning," said Collins as he watched me approach the dining table.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHQxVxXcAE
I knew he was talking about how late I was today. I was usually the earliest to be at the dining table.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYZ3vetShY
"Sorry," I said as sat down next to Lee. "I was pretty bummed up, that's why."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgZz7TuuTk
"No pressure, just eat up, we have a lot of work to do today."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMPn0fopj8
There was a variety of breakfast options today and I decided to take some cereal, which I haven't had in a while.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkborFesOzv
As I got the box of cereal and poured the contents in the bowl in front of me, I couldn't help feel all eyes were on me.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGuMdBji37
I looked up and just as I had guessed it, all eyes were definitely on me. What had I done now? I put the box of cereal down.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPMgN55dxt
I looked at everyone at the table and when they didn't say a word, I shrugged my shoulders.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJtPT3qPpK
"What?" I asked.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhe4im8KjvO
Mike who sat opposite me cleared his throat. "You're eating cereal."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjqxPtjFHU
I frowned. "So?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJmWZPkhCH
"But there is bacon and eggs with toast," said Daniel.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNCVJFi0Xn
I was still confused. "So?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhifjaA5Cs
"You usually don't eat cereal when there is bacon, eggs and toast," said Collins.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9WznksCYd
"And cereal is kind of like my thing," said Daniel.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaW4doATpIM
I don't know if I just hit my head or I had now landed in Crazy Town. What was wrong with just having cereal for a change?848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkr9Got5Ci3
"I don't see the harm in848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSP7PKCIEe
eating cereal. I have oatmeal whenever I feel like it and that's still 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0n68CGA18L
cereal," I said. "I just wanted something different for a change. Is 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSbqAJNIW2
that wrong?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtX7S7zd9dq
Everyone else looked at each other and then they looked back at me, shaking their heads.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYTzkrgoF7
"Thank you," I said as I got a jug of milk and poured into the bowl. "I haven't had sweet cereal in a while and I miss it."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKtZLyJ4dU
"I can see that," said 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUuZVJvOjF
Zoey as she drank from her cup of coffee. I knew she was making fun of 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0Fxxcxgw7
me but I decided not to say anything.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLMZS7ENTE
When we were done with 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0FOLoz3CI
breakfast, we headed downstairs in the lobby and the black SUV was 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkr96IkjWSw
waiting for us as usual. When we got in, I made sure to take the back 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMTvQPRmyU
seat with my brothers next to the window so that I would avoid people 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEFrDOZ7GD
looking at my phone.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzwsDBayly
When everyone in the car848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NwK2JQUtW
was engrossed in some conversation that I had no interest in joining in848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkerFbG7jd
or listening to, I decided to check my phone. The photo was done 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJ6kUm8iso
downloading and what I saw made my mouth drop and my eyes pop.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDk5N7S3hV
"What's wrong, Sam?" Mike who sat next to me asked.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJLzxCYuvw
I quickly pressed the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XAU7AlFLy
power button on the side of the phone and blacked the screen. Mike was 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzqBByv0LF
already leaning onto my side to see what was on my phone.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDpKFL4cKw
"Nothing, just some scary video," I said.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTH16DfdxE
"May I see?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8vcjjdL9x
"No. You won't be sleeping for the next two days."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGHIF8Pdo2
"I've watched horror movies before. I can handle a little scare."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRvOk5DWwv
"No can do, bro," I said as I put my phone into my purse that I had decided to carry with me.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cRv6jXUcA
Mike leaned back and folded his arms. "Whatever."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELwVEJyVWa
I wish I could tell him 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtYCFxdbsG
and everyone else what was going on. But at the moment, I felt like 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqUb3HFP3ux
keeping everything to myself, not after what I had seen.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgr0EDXpuzi
Now that I had seen the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCIbGQNO7cJ
photo, I had to meet up with the stranger and talk about all this. But 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qZbVRGseD
where to meet the person and when was going to be a hustle. It was 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSnEy4UEME
pretty obvious that I had to meet him alone.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2AVHJHZXK
Speaking of which, I 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEhHaeFNv5
still had to convince G-Dragon about telling Zoey the truth. Now how was848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnZTdV0Pib
I going to do that given the little time I had in my hands? We had a 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhDmgcTBCI
music video to prepare for and we had to start working on the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslZmLar6zm
choreography today. This was hectic. And I knew that if I was pushed 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LA4MXyrYd
further onto the edge, I would burst.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDnE5okeuz
Time seemed so short, given that I was thinking of ways to do things today. The next thing I knew, we had finally arrived at YG.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPTpIWfWC9
My heart skipped a beat.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjiJfIPEqFf
I swallowed. This was it. G-Dragon was probably with the others waiting848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ridEPgct9
for us inside. For a moment, I didn't want to go in. But I had no 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPM3K9aHCqo
choice.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGHTVfKrS3
As soon as I stepped out848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcklGKASfT
of the vehicle, I took a deep breath as I looked at the entrance. I 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYsSsAPAuh6
felt like I was about to walk into hell and that frightened me.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsIr844yTh
"Are you okay, Sam?" Christine asked as she came to stand in front of me.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxaHttjVtT
"I'm fine," I said. "I just realised that I haven't really thought of any ideas for the music video."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQuFlnOVDX
"You're aren't the only 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwNZ3yLysv
one," Christine said with a smile. "Let's just hope our minds will get 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5rj8XaWoI
to work on that when we get in there."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtM5DPfh0fZ
I managed to put up a 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNwnoA6be3U
smile, but I knew my mind wasn't going to be on full throttle today. How848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3A7rTm9KB
I wish this wasn't happening to me right now.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsl5Az885AW
As I came into the lobby848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfP3o799ug
with Christine, we found Collins talking to the receptionist. The rest 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZwD1IRWG0
were heading towards the elevator and we joined them.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOb1cXF3uQ
"You will be going up to the dance studio," Collins said as he turned to us. "The others are waiting for you there."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYoMRHtc102
"Okay," the others responded. I for one felt really jumpy at the moment.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUgVHROK17
We all got in the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAqGkrcvf5
elevator and Mike was busy talking about some dance moves he had come up848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwfsZVEZa5
with and I wasn't really paying attention though I did get one or two 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNkkF6nutU
things.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfb6XUMcq6
We got to the dance 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0JhmdWezF
studio while Lee and Collins decided to go upstairs to meet with Yang 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDu5Y1x1eLp
Hyun-suk. We checked a few dance studios before we finally found them.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBj9kLyO9DW
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted so enthusiastically as we came in the room.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡty5Le5rcdh
I was too lost in 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzopRW6xY8V
thought to even reply to the other's greetings until Seungri came up to 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU72dcb7j4Z
me and hugged me. That brought me right back down to earth.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikfDK39G8z
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Seungri asked, still hugging me.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGtGgpR9lB
"I'm fine," I said, as I pulled myself away.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIde9Ky8b3C
"If I know you well, you look pretty occupied in that head of yours," said TOP as he walked up to us.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKL0cfW78K
"Tell me about it," said848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj86J1FADms
Zoey as she was now on the floor with Daesung standing right beside her848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1RVchNltw
and she was removing her shoes. "She's been weird all morning."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjRENOU4NJ
"How weird?" Taeyang asked.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjyccu5lPh
"Too weird," said Daniel.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNT6Lgmya4d
"Cut me some slack, guys," I said. I looked at Taeyang. "They are just saying nonsense."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Xz6jnTaqK
"Says the person who was so late to wake up today," said Zoey.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRCfyTSdff
"And ate sweet cereal for breakfast instead of bacon, eggs and toast," said Christine.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtgTME1k7X
"And refused to give me her phone to check out what she was watching," said Mike.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5twcoECv8j
I shrugged. "So? And Mike, seriously? Just over a phone?" I shook my head at my brother.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfBhXEuFXw
"It's not like you, Sam," said Daniel. "That's all we are trying to say."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1yLI3dmWW
I rubbed my forehead. "Look, guys, I'm just a little bummed out because of yesterday. Is that so wrong?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyv57WFZgVF
"No, I think something is bothering you," said Zoey, still on the floor.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSpWEZar1E
"I'm fine. Trust me. My mind is pretty tired."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpZhELar5b
"Come on, guys, let's not stress her out because of this," said Daesung. "If she says she is tired, then she is."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbV2a42AgUu
Zoey slapped Daesung's leg with her hand and Daesung looked down at her. "Don't try to defend her."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3wn5CjTag
"I'm not."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0oLlbcCbO
Zoey snickered at him and I knew why. She still remembered the little incident yesterday with Daesung and me.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPFS8DxxLl
"Where is G-Dragon?" Daniel asked.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXGNVE9KPX
I looked around the room and I noticed that GD was the only group member who wasn't here.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1mIVDZcR7
"He went to get the choreographer," TOP answered.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25p7h6smrm
"Now, Sam, about your little problem...." said Mike, turning to face me.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbd64FGntdT
"Not now, Mike," I said as I folded my arms. "You can attack me later, just not now."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy46iMvruN7
"Not to worry, my little kitty," said Seungri who stood right behind me. "Maybe this will cheer you up."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Rhuv3fuNy
Before I could turn 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1aeNRZPyK
around to ask what he meant, I felt something settle at the top of my 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv552moHkP2
head. My hand reached up for whatever it was.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZtZfFim4V
"A lovely crown for the lovely queen of k-pop," said Seungri.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NqWwyAvKJ
I took the crown from 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUEP8ruXxQ
the top of my head to look at it. It looked more like a tiara but it was848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZLmH8YO1q
big enough to be called a crown. It was silver and studded around with 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2lo6XFRAD
what looked like real diamonds. Perched in the middle surrounded by 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZ9TCVT6rO
diamonds was a sapphire stone in an oval shape.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7u0TwQCyP
"Wait, are these real diamonds?" I asked as I turned to look at Seungri with a surprised look on my face.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpKxrJjHcs
"It is," said Seungri 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5MnWholcN
with a huge smile on his face. "And I know how much you value sapphire 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡReMJ5kKwy6
stones because it's your birth stone."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUzEjJPp2G
"Aww! Thank you so much,848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KTOQhce6M
Seungri!" I gave him a hug and I couldn't stop smiling. Somehow, I knew848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSi62u8HzI
he was going to brighten up my day today.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPrN9s8A4d
"So pretty, let me see," said Christine, as she came and took the crown from my hand. "Wow!"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9a1svFvGXA
"I want to wear it," 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1be0Wkazci
said Zoey as she got up from the floor and rushed to look at the crown. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBW7acgKIk
Christine put the crown on Zoey's head.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQbVumjCqK
"Don't I look like a 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7G5GkGcfSJ
true queen?" Zoey asked as she looked at her reflection through the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9HPhDZf9vP
studio mirrors that lined up the walls of the room.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwaMaTt1gU
"You look like that evil witch in those fairy tale fantasy movies," said Mike.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa64SZ9ukoY
"Haha, very funny," Zoey said as she turned to look at Mike.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQVvcIKibp
"When did you even have the time to get it done, Seungri?" I asked, still a little surprised.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQfYR42OZL
"I have my way of doing things just to impress you," said Seungri with a corky smile.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fDDR9MpNK
"Thank you. You don't know how much you just made me smile."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtC2MA1nadF
"It can clearly show on your face." Seungri softly pinched my cheek and I blushed.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKqNG39UQJ
"I should get my own crown," said Christine who also wore the crown and was looking at herself in the mirror.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0oIfKapuh
"May her royal majesty 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfWcLnlUOM
get her crown back?" Taeyang asked as he came behind Christine and took 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXYpB27k1P
the crown from her head. He came up to me and put the crown on my head.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9aZlGIQng
"Oh, hail the queen!" Taeyang chanted and I broke into a laugh, playfully hitting him on the shoulder.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEK9Bdnz5f
"Stop it, will you? You're making me blush," I said, trying to cover my laugh with my hand.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXI2NEkOUp
"You look just like a real queen, Sam," said TOP.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3sU1GOr4d
"Thanks." I was still blushing like crazy.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTKVhqKm93
"Let me take a photo," said Daesung, pulling out his phone.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VERkUiQMQ
"Ya. The whole world should see the queen of k-pop," said Zoey.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1fbz6KLxQD
"Are you really calling me that?" I asked.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRl8wTFLXPb
"We did win last night, didn't we?" Zoey asked. "Of course I'm calling you that."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjMAF8cJd7
I rolled my eyes. "I wasn't really taking it that seriously. It was nothing but a game."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLczftKg1xX
"A game we won. Cheer up. We are all kings and queens with you."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zumqZ2JL0
I looked on at Zoey trying to smile as best as I could, but somehow I couldn't.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6unCNriOZ
She couldn't tell the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXB0vhIk5w
look on my face because she didn't even ask. Daesung went ahead and took848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUAt3V1zQf
pictures of me, and then we huddled together as a group to take a group848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZKD3AVAKS
photo with me in the middle.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GSCd9Xx5u
"Hey, what's going on here?" G-Dragon asked as he came in the room.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXthEcJiOut
"Taking photos with the queen," said Daniel.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgRYEAMm5z
"The queen?" G-Dragon looked confused until he saw the crown on top of my head. "Oh..."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8B2wGmfmT
"It's pretty, isn't it?" Zoey asked. "You should also get me one."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDPAAxlnap
"I can make a gold one if you want," said G-Dragon.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAvfw9wNmH
Zoey smiled. "Even better."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1sDfr9w4z
G-Dragon turned to 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ693IbFb0Zi
Taeyang. "The choreographer is going to be here any moment now. So I 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYk8hsMUJod
suggest we bring out your ideas if you have any. We can start without 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3M03hCrokq
him and he will find us."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZDcTZQ6Wo
"Mike told me over the phone earlier that he had some brand ideas," said Taeyang.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKQe3ooJFO
"Ya, I do," said Mike. "You guys just watch. I have the song in my phone so I'll play it from there."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUhnzeb0AW
We all stood on one side848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3qA5dglld
of the room while Mike took off his jacket and got his phone to search 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FzTPYQHCf
for the track. He gave Daniel to hold the phone and when he positioned 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcXD8ZblBe
himself in the middle of the room and turned to look at us.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfnGOa7b4S
"So, I was thinking, 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNhRo5UmkK
since G-Dragon and Zoey start the first verse, they should open up the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIS5F0Jejn
dance floor. So, I need someone to act as Zoey so that I could show you 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHOcGAqJI7
guys."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dX8rrs7Qy
Christine came forward 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8YVvmMMUl
and Mike gave her a few instructions on what to do. She nodded her head 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALpcZsQTMY
and Mike told Daniel to press the play button on cue.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aRPzAX2aB
With Christine and Mike 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GVhpZ4cVj
each facing opposite directions with their backs touching, the music 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyW1VVONHHw
started to play. Still not looking at each other, the two started the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZD2GBA74h2
dance with each of them taking a step forward, breaking the contact 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcxvAUDrha
between them and then like a powerful force pulling them, they dragged 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0XTaC5Oakd
themselves back and they again their backs touched.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAU3EfpFA5
With a bit of skilful 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFapZCqXVac
footwork, they turned to face each other and with their hands, they drew848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28CLogV04r
closer and then skidded away from each other with their hands in the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9ZycdnNJj
air.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ13lyBh6x9p
"Then you guys will come in through the middle then make a formation in front."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdHLaGgKBu
"That's pretty awesome," said Taeyang.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSlAR3nYI0p
"Very smart," said G-Dragon.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCQdKaLskc
"Let's practise that," said Zoey taking G-Dragon's hand and taking him in the middle of the dance floor.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3lk5daW0X
"I'll take you through the moves," said Mike as he faced them.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3cIDN1sCR
"Your brother is a total genius, isn't he?" TOP asked as he stood next to me.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89ZEnkOmqj
"Ya, he is," I said with a smile.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1KVQdDzUw
The door soon opened and848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmN8l2lIKkQ
the person who I guessed was our choreographer walked in. We stopped 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkiicvzlYOB
what we were doing and bowed as he came further in the room.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PItH31Jf9
"So, I see you guys are already getting started," said the choreographer.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHURkML8DbB
"Yes, we are," said Seungri.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPcNqYgdCz
"Okay, let me see what you have done so far."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aynWQAnaJ
Mike and Christine 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPLEfanmt7
stepped forward and the music playing on Mikes phone, they did the dance848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBu8aH3w9s
routine. After their hands broke apart, Mike explained how the rest of 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqaABOm2R4T
us will come in the scene.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEFkjx26v8
"Mmmm," the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfphi7sBkqB
choreographer looked on at Mike as he tapped his chin. For a moment I 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMX84OVT3A
thought he was going to say something bad, but he didn't.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡja5GoIMHyO
"I like it," said the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlkFtMpQvjn
choreographer. "So far, the starting part is brilliant. I wouldn't have 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJiWhI2G4W
thought of anything better. Now let's see if Zoey and G-Dragon could 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKswV2NcTBX
quickly work on their moves then we will come to the part when everyone 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGrsqqS6hC
comes in."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KpasSvfgs
Zoey and G-Dragon took 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEEav66r46
to the center and with Mike telling and showing them what to do, they 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9dpE4AjvO
did so accordingly. After a few tries, they got the hang of it and they 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1oY5Y1tg8
were perfect.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSoIaaQ8Mb
"Excellent," said the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8OZPGQhjH
choreographer as he stood in front of us. "Now, when they break apart, 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Td44oGVdb
that's when the rest of you guys come in through the space in between 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPy56cJJaH
them like a doorway. We will come in a straight line and then make a 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZNpqCsQPY
formation in front of them."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTwLpQUtKX
We did as the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9foB58656
choreographer said and the next hour, we were practising our hearts out 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdeVwMD81Y
for the music video. We made a few mistakes here and there, but we got 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6G4shYXSH0
the hang of it.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhplbaDiiq
A few minutes later, 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wMuWoJBz2
most of us were splayed on the floor after the choreographer announced 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZfBM3Gv3H
that we can take a break with some of us with our backs on the floor and848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJj06nnGOJc
staring at the ceiling. Others were seated.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfL5V8EKEe
"This is why I hate dancing," said TOP, laying opposite me staring at the ceiling.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0paLeipCWz
I laughed, also staring 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmh7kam8Nj
at the ceiling. "I love dancing. It just makes you forget about all your848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLRIGstDNc
problems for a while. It's kind of like sleeping."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Wl96Ha7pP
"Ya, true," said Christine who also had her back on the floor and laid a few feet away from me.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkpniNbKHW
Speaking of problems, I completely forgot about that French guy.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ve5W1QI8r
I quickly scrambled up 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2RdbylHjm
from the floor passing Mike and Taeyang who were seated on the floor and848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOte33F8vnA
still talking about the dance moves. I went to the corner of the room 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzuOPB8Kvdx
where we had piled up our shoes and phones and my crown. I got my purse 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj137uJtOqu
and removed my phone.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArFLdFMnIn
I sent a message to the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuB9x7uMr5
stranger telling him that I had already seen the photo. Thinking that he848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1NKefk7wj
would reply later on, he repiled in an instant. That was fast. I 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0XGFiMi6Qd
imagined he had been waiting for me to either call or text.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMbUNzEWWv
"Good. We should meet."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9D35qiCsPu
Was this guy serious right now? I was really busy and meeting him didn't sound like a good idea. I texted back.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JG6h7MxCo
"I can't see you today. I'm kind of busy."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5nMBjZoOF
"But this is a very important issue, Sam."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMWdhEtJae
Great. He was calling me by name now? How I wished I knew his.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIWGQriCkk
I texted, "what happens if I don't meet with you today?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOsDfdroun
"You're one smart 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVDQo4Zvhm
girl. I don't have to explain because you know what will happen when the848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjXMpI738M
whole world sees this. It's today or never. And never comes with 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GuIS6eqOG
consequences."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25TtPFG3cX
I growled. This guy had put me in a tight corner and I couldn't refuse.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZSlJKyiaQ
"Fine. I'll tell you when to meet when I'm done."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULVaEgkLNI
"That's my girl."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnhGJXr4eZ
I wanted to throw up. I bet this guy was way older than me and him calling me his girl made me nauseous.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnEskyWhiQ
As I tucked my phone 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwnHM518Z7
back into my purse, I looked up and everyone was still resting. Luckily 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRUCRvespT
their eyes weren't on me. I went to lay back down with TOP when I 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5uyuklFPp
realised that Mike and Taeyang weren't the only ones engrossed in their 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBK4B1BGh5S
own conversation. G-Dragon and Zoey were too.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WXMO3P01P
I looked at them and unlike the others, they were whispering. I wondered what they were talking about in secret.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4uzLaxgpnj
When they both turned to848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYChlXFl3dE
look at me, they quickly looked away again. My face turned pale. Oh, 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsFMg07wTj
no. Were they talking about me? Their look sent me weird vibes and I 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0MQ8klkfK
couldn't help but feel that they were.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3V41hwtcS
I laid back down 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtgTWK7jnC
pretending that all was alright. I stared up the ceiling as I thought. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtclkW8fLs9
Could it be that Zoey was telling G-Dragon about the conversation the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVWYF6Wv1X
two of us had in our room this morning?848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiLw0LZRui
Yikes! If she did, then I848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibcDrX3xad
had just made a bigger mess for myself, again. If I'm right, (hoping 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mSDhwG2zA
that I'm wrong) G-Dragon wouldn't like this at all. We agreed that he 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5jZBtfOBq
would tell Zoey everything. And just a few hours ago, I had almost told 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAu4mVO3K8n
her the whole truth. So much for trying to be honest.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2edQVDBk3I
Still in my own thoughts, the door to the studio opened. Collins, Lee and Yang Hyun-suk came in.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVl9VCshuZ
"I see you guys are bummed out," said Collins with a smirk on his face as he looked at each of us.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5vMal0pob
"Ya, we are," said Seungri, his back also on the floor.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxFmCsuYLX
"Okay, guys, sit up, we have something to tell you," said Yang Hyun-suk.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9IfGgPsCH
Most of us who were on lying on the floor sat up and looked on intently at our managers and Lee.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcesW6hK3hg
"We came up with where we will be shooting the music video," said Yang Hyun-suk.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMdwfSp3ni
"Where?" Christine and Daesung asked at the same time.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAH5qER0L7m
"Caribbean Bay," answered Collins.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6OVwirNacI
"Caribbean Bay?" I asked with my eyebrow raised.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUfZte5884
"It's not the only place we would be shooting the video," said Lee, tilting her head at me.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDKMfv2Bos
"But it would be more likely that we would shoot it at Caribbean Bay?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcI2sShCqhR
"That's right," said Yang Hyun-suk. "Do you think it's a bad idea?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRw6uWCq07G
"No. It sounds great."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54PBVCDkhc
"Well, the song is based on fun," said Zoey. "And we did have fun there."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2v1Fc97Du
"Well, not for some of us who ended up playing cop," I said, replaying in my mind what a hectic time I had that day.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0s4KaolDtZ
"Haha, that was fun," said Daniel, staring off into space with a smile.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCOMylLzf0
"So, you finish up the choreography today and then we can start shooting the video on Monday."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZDHdOK6IY
"But can't we meet tomorrow?" I asked. "You know, to perfect the dance and all?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfrY35Ow7k
"I don't think people will like to meet on a Sunday," said Collins.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDqZDNWO8S
"True," said Taeyang.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCKaDkhWt6
"Okay," I said, feeling a848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpORAiYiKD
little disappointed. That meant we had to finish up and perfect the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3aFEDPUNo
dance routine today. And I don't know what time we will be done.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11SrHuymoB
"Okay, we'll leave you guys," said Yang Hyun-suk.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7D3ozxewfJ
After the three had 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6uFkQPwjs
left, we went back to what we were doing, waiting for the choreographer 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPS3FAy1nN
to show up because he was coming in with some backup dancers.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzX6TDt6TjB
While we waited, 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFeFg8W2r8
G-Dragon came over to me, his head hovered over my sight as I still laid848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLs42tYmSS2
down on the floor. I looked up at this face and couldn't make up the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5RlAS5p2M
expression on his face.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGv6woAOuS
"Sam, we need to talk," he said, as he looked down on me.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISr57D4J1S
He sounded serious and I848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBoREC8ReOx
couldn't say no. I tried not to show that I was scared but I could feel848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFveXfuW31X
my body tremble. All I did was nod my head.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wwi4mbzUV
"Let's talk outside," he said and he went ahead of me out of the room.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvU5KQkr0ag
I got up from the floor 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7y4nApd8Bg
and I realised that everyone was looking at me now, obviously wondering 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAoFUbA17r
what was going on. I ignored them and none of them asked anything as I 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonhYuTaW2l
stood up from the floor and walked out of the room.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUz9bKPftGB
I found G-Dragon three 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0qCKZs0iq
doors down the hall, obviously trying to avoid anyone from listening to 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyXezw5qHX
our conversation. I quickly walked up to him with his back facing me. I 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcK9z8E6Y4a
stopped a few feet away from him taking extra precaution not to be too 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxc2c6doAX
close.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5QsHaY22Z
"I'm here. What do you want to talk about?" I asked.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2a7O4UffF3
G-Dragon turned to look at me and I could see he was upset. It was good that I wasn't that close to him in the first place.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3XvKrnNt2
"It's about Zoey," he said.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsrG9pPbZD
I gulped. "Zoey must have told you what happened this morning, didn't she?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTIBhypgAQ
"She did," he said as he nodded his head. "What's up with you lately? Didn't we agree that I would tell her everything?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhccNOexxN
"Sorry, I just.... I couldn't keep lying anymore."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1EtLd7SwX
"Really? That's all you can say?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZV744FnK7f
"Well, it's the truth. And besides, I never told her that you liked me, because I couldn't bring myself to."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtdEyZlW8xL
"But you almost had."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG465mzL6TJ
"Yet I couldn't."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJyNqkj9Ck
"Zoey is right. You're 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5BK95XI0j
been acting really weird today. Weird enough to tell her the truth when 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIPs2kYWmB
you know I was supposed to do it."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWEP8dMTWx
"Well, you were taking too much time and I couldn't help myself seeing the way how angry you were yesterday and now."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4aDBvLCbX
"And so telling the truth would help solve my anger issue? Or are you jealous of Zoey because she is happy with me?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3OB7LVLML
I paused before I could say, "what?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwkJ5jSD7z
"You heard me loud and 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxk0QBgeCJz
clear, Sam. As though kissing Daesung wasn't enough, you're now trying 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAZeg7Ps3V
to take matters into your own hands."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JK3qwRVqp
Oh no. He knew Daesung and I kissed. I wonder how he found out because I didn't tell anyone about it. Not even Zoey.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKtGmMpIyi
"Wait, that's not true," I said.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOCbfwe5ml
"Which one? You kissing Daesung or taking matters into your hands?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkT78NTA6T1
I now realised that I 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3JW9804F8
was stuck. This time I couldn't tell if he was sure that I had kissed 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ27NptYp6N
Daesung or he was trying to test me to see what I would say to prove his848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2S0HA4IlXk
assumption right. But there was no point in hiding now. The truth was 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGU2pAlPbq
bound to come up sooner rather than later.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFza7HPrPpM
"Aren't you going to answer? Which one of the two?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡht2515T698
I sighed. "You're being ridiculous, GD."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAJKPMrJCv
"But I'm not and you know it." He took a step closer. "Now answer the question. Which one?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnvxZoH8wN
"If you want to hear it, then fine. I did kiss Daesung but it's not what you think."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRgXBXVfCX
G-Dragon took a step 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKeF2fSywL
back. "I knew it. You tell me you want nothing to do with me and then 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3A0uWp5wHU
you kiss my best friend who is like a brother to me!"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqf99OXUgG
"You wanted the truth, didn't you? You got one! But backstabbing you wasn't what happened."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLGMY2VhfK
"Then what did happen?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12bCg6VLwN
"All of this is nothing 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7HJdhm4no
but a misunderstanding. I never went back on my word. Things just 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7FV1doL2s
happened that I myself couldn't control."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJyQ1rxJlP
"Don't lie to me, Sam."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSepoq3eOIA
"You know what, I'm 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPiXuHt7N0y
trying my best here to try and tell you the truth but you're acting like848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBjBWx6uAX
a deaf person blocking my words out. I knew from the very beginning 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBBkuVfp0U
that I could never be with you nor with Daesung and I have accepted it. I848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBWf8NSyzm
talked about that with him yesterday. That's why he kissed me."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOtiuEhohb
G-Dragon shook his head. "So you're saying that he kissed you and not that you kissed him?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZejpbdtNOk
"Yes. But I know you 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixPpFI9Z39
won't believe me. Unlike you, at least Daesung realised and accepted it 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrw4dYDM0vY
for himself that he and I could never be together."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl23QwPzSt5
I looked at G-Dragon and I knew I hit the spot. I just hope that what I said would make him understand.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdADozHdmG0
"The sooner you accept all this, the better it would be for all of us," I said.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKpNvjBVUG
I turned around to head 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYraRY85ofR
back for the studio. As I walked away, I realised that I wasn't upset or848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAkW3mw3Lge
angry. I was frustrated and my problems were far from over.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZXNlxzyHs
When I came back in the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxhvfsm4ij
studio, all eyes were on me as soon as I walked in. I could tell on 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfnGetNEj2
their faces that they had heard the entire conversation.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONyQdglABz
"Sam, are you okay?" Taeyang asked.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGPUiDR930
I didn't want to beat around the brush. "No. I'm not."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbdpYxb5hRK
I came in further into the room and sat down on the floor, not looking at the others.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3RHYufmmU
"You and G-Dragon were arguing," said Zoey as she came to sit down beside me. "Would like to talk about it?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0N7WeeBGg8
I looked at Zoey. "I'm certainly not the one to tell you what's going on."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSKaRSuLdo
I went back to looking at the floor. My chin rested on my knees and I hugged myself, lost in thought.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PizC5bOE4
I heard the door open 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTGJQW3Pc1
behind me and I knew G-Dragon had come into the room. At the corner of 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhlEG71f9q
my eye, I could see Zoey turn towards the door.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJS8BBOkcZ
"Care to explain to us what's going on?" Mike asked G-Dragon. "You two argued and we could hear you guys down the hall."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPd6Ipa6vI
"It's nothing," I heard G-Dragon say.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡni23yiunNl
"It's nothing? Looking at both of your faces, something did happen," said TOP.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDxl1Gn9Xh
"Look guys," I said as 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMbgLzKcZe
quickly stood up from the floor and turned to face them. "Tell me if I'm848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9vf5ju0Ny
wrong, but you guys heard the entire conversation, right?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VU3zObAhy
No one said anything and they had guilty looks on their faces. That settled it.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuswjVsQ7QQ
"I'm sorry you had to hear all that," I said as I scratched my head. "We shouldn't have been so loud."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANjn12d6T5
"Why didn't you two tell us all this before?" Seungri asked.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyJepikRwL
I didn't say anything 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzqm2PfIWT
and neither did G-Dragon. We looked at each other and then at the others848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLS3o7fNZxJ
who were waiting for either of us to say something.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiY7cUKVP1
Before anyone could 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7eodJjzuzH
break the silence, the door to the studio opened and the choreographer 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7kQaD3v5a
came in with some backup dancers and pretending like nothing happened, 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvI7W4aCauW
we went back to practising.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH15L6fs9Wm
I don't know how I 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGgvu0l6TF
managed to go through the entire dance session without making a mistake.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEufFQQeAq
Not after what happened some minutes ago. Now that everyone knows 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmofdcJxIiS
what's been going on between G-Dragon and I, it was supposed to affect 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSM3iSkHJqu
me in some way but it didn't. I felt bad, but right now I had to keep my848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkC0GnBEQuz
head in the real world and not mess things up.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1HdKsQFfh
It was lunch time and 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHAx9VfNqM
again we took a break. We were almost done with the dance routine but I 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OVNMFU0Sa
was so tired, I wondered if I would be able to meet up with the unknown 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzE8ylFLPIB
stranger.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYq7edRgq2H
Now that we were on a 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUaWQn8NtwS
break, no one said anything to each other even after the choreographer 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpO7PMx3aB
left with the backup dancers. As much as I would have loved to say 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bapQ9hlNQ
something to the others concerning the argument, I couldn't. It was just848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEIRkfi9Bo
too awkward for me.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIEdhHO4upO
Zoey cleared her throat first. "Mmmm, so are we going to talk about this or are we going to have lunch?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmtKa2Bhgg
I looked at Zoey. "You and G-Dragon have a lot to talk about." I then turned to face G-Dragon.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcdYCrvgFB
"Sam's right, Zoey," said G-Dragon.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXoV6hTW5x
Zoey looked a little downcast as though she knew to expect the worst.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfX6Klcw6h
"Well, you guys can talk if you want," said Seungri, "but I'm hungry."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnv7fCIvDtz
"Ya, me too," said Daniel.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbx2mdA7S2
"We can order a pizza," said Christine.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnE1GNVNwJ
"Good idea," said Taeyang.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQX0CYZUOg
As though they couldn't 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB2UcLA9fDk
stay in the room any longer, the others walked out, leaving Zoey, 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRywcbOWPi
G-Dragon and I in the room. I couldn't blame them. There was too much 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jF2juVI9K
tension going on and I couldn't help to think it was entirely my fault.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJaVTB5BSK
A few seconds later, 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnOF6eqv3w
when I knew that the others had gone, I also left the room with my purse848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJalkOMDJUR
and crown without saying a word. Zoey and G-Dragon had a lot of talking848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡddID6440kC
to do and I would come back for that later. And while the others had 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8WvMzUH2Wy
plans for lunch, I had other plans of my own.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS83OO0UhMN
As I walked down the empty hall, I called Lee and she picked up immediately.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38muBp9mvS
"Hey, Sam, why are you calling?" Lee asked.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgZkd1du5f
"A lot has happened 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYmG5DkrV7
today that I need to tell you, Lee," I said, keeping my voice down in 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtz1g6h4jQS
case there were any people snooping around.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalMQyRcsw9
"What? What's happened?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENeK9mfeVO
"Everyone now knows the truth about G-Dragon and I. They heard us arguing."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QmX9XpAXH
I could hear Lee gasp and I pictured her ready to drop and faint. "For real? Oh, gosh, this is bad."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULr9dZTbmp
"That's not the worst 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYSTmZR8bK
part," I said as I found myself at the end of the hall going down a 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeV60MeHw2s
flight of stairs. "A weird guy called me today and I need to meet him."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDbXO4yAgo
"Huh? What for? Who is this guy?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCxuJ8xNq9
"Like I said, he is 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jwp2uETAC
weird. Something bad came up and if I don't meet him soon, a lot of us 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOhD9aKUk1
are going to be toast especially with the press."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqN12j8IBA
"Is he blackmailing you or something?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43C3fXJ4Fa
"I'm not sure if I can 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpr1AaaRS9f
call it that. But if I'm affected too, then it kind of looks that way. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqajEAU2oD
Do me a favour and meet me at the back of the building."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMClmuvryT
Lee paused. "Why? You aren't going to meet him, are you?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5OoWtgF64
"I've no choice and I 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Ssym41SyX
would better do it now because we are going to be here for a while until848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr5a0JdU7zK
we are done with the dance routine. Bring me a pair of sunglasses, a 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3h0OeGGmcL
cap and a scarf."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm06Iz1FIAr
"What will you need that for?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzH3T8Jene
"Trust me," I said as stopped on the stairs. I wasn't too sure which floor I was on at the moment.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIF1R7TgAG
"Okay, fine. I'll see where I can get those."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkMw9b245H
"Thanks, Lee. Don't tell anyone."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87uzjNqvtK
I cut the call and this 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8mQB7QXhZ
time, I ran down the stairs with a new found energy. I was tired from 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUfK1SsyaG
all the dancing but I had some reasonable ounce of energy left in me.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1UhoT3uTc
I reached the bottom of 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jgr2pZlwa
the steps. I had reached the ground floor. There was a passage behind 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcv5huXGrE6
the stairs which lead to a door. The back door, I presume. And in front 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBG6tRD7qvy
of me was a short passage which lead to the lobby. I could hear a few 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvltVihqOhq
voices that I could recognise.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGYUX9iPsH
I went over to look, 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JR3TQlemj
making sure I had my back against the wall. I took a peek and I saw The 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpM1WMvyoCa
Toxins and BigBang in the lobby heading out. They were going out for 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjVcUk7H7C
lunch instead of ordering it from here. Before I could turn around and 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobllt0NMu5
head for the back door, I ended up hearing their conversation.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WWjZmHMnU
"I wish Sam could have told me what was going on," said Christine.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBzv2abMRz
"How could we have known?" Daesung asked. "Sam and I just talked about it yesterday, but she never mentioned G-Dragon."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡir4ITXPn2n
"I'm just surprised that848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ605M2k4p5i
you kissed my sister," said Mike. For some reason, I was surprised that848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHs3laRcDbP
he wasn't upset like I thought he would.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zK99jXoEx
"Well, whatever she did that for," said Taeyang, "she will tell us eventually."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixQpLgLSia
"Should we go back for her and see if she would come with us for lunch?" TOP asked.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSnnBRQA3r
"No, I bet she wants to be alone for a while," said Seungri.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbO5EGFAaHR
"I think so too," said 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NwLolLYtE
Daniel. "But just in case, we would order her and the others a takeout. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasv1Zjd7Q6
Sometimes Sam would starve herself without even realising it."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkiLQCU4GyW
The next thing I knew, their voices became distant. I peeked again and I saw that they had already walked out of the lobby.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujx5vFUgTM
I was expecting them to 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIlImv0qVB
be mad and all, but they didn't seem like they were. Maybe they were 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCCuisQJ9n
just hiding it and they would throw all of their anger on me later on. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhgplXKn4J
Who knows?848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAiKNPplhd
Throwing that thought 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ZTbvYH8jv
out of my head, I quickly went back down the hall, heading for the back 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbbirManPX
door. I hope it wasn't locked. I swung the door and it opened. Lucky me.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNnj2MkPSg
Now I had to wait for Lee to show up.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVLhbRe131
There were still more 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YegnlRm9w
vehicles parked at the back of the building. Some of which were delivery848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh22hHL0f9p
trucks. I waited for Lee on the slab with my back leaning against the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqSPQrnfpF
wall. I could hear the sound of the vehicle's engine coming from the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EREQUVa00
front and I knew the others were leaving until I heard the noise fade 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JY7VbaoRb
away.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw43BwlF2cW
In what seemed like 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfES2KiSwK
forever, Lee appeared around the corner of the building with her 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2H2r8iAT7W
handbag. When she spotted me, she quickened her steps.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHozM1lNra
"It's about time," I said with my arms folded.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnPoRMclTv
"Don't act all grumpy on me," said Lee. "So as to let you know, finding what you wanted wasn't all that easy."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLLSt9VEuE
"Okay, thanks," I said as Lee gave me her bag and I gave her my crown and purse to hold. "Hold this."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJPlUSYH2Y
"Oh, wow!" Lee marvelled as she looked at my crown. "Who gave this to you?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXo0iH7xM26
"Seungri," I answered as I rummaged through the bag to get the items out.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyldqxtYRu
"This is so pretty. These diamonds look so real."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaWq0veRDK
"They are," I said as I put the blue baseball cap on.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcnCXYmuQeO
"So sweet of him to do this," said Lee. She looked at me. "Are they all still inside?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4gsiNXgaU
"They have gone out for 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8R1ZDrF2pc
lunch. But Zoey and G-Dragon are talking in the studio. Hopefully things848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3d8go0N35R
will work out okay. Though I highly doubt it will."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtp280n3nvA
"Things are really bad, huh?" Lee asked with a sad expression on her face.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXl7Uh5VdN9
"Ya. And they are about 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Js4ETz7ya
to get a whole lot worse. Wish me luck." I put on the sunglasses and the848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iTbaLYsgH
light scarf around my neck. Lee gave me back my purse.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97Znd9VFV5
"Okay. Tell me how everything goes," said Lee. "Want me to escort you out of the gate?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPVMw4y3D0
"Ya, that will be a good848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1H7xPh6vqy
idea," I said. "Leaving me alone would be dangerous and who knows what 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5uRwxCYrH3
the guards might think when they see me."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYY5dTfuTHv
Lee and I started to 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyqUnWdCap
walk and we turned around the corner finding ourselves back at the front848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXucK6Uujph
parking lot. As we were heading towards the gate, Lee started some 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDz8hNF43l9
random conversation and I played along making sure not to look 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnJJ2j4vl2
suspicious in front of the guards who didn't seem to be paying much 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEeCVownfR
attention. I made sure that they didn't notice my face.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhxjEgUSJb
When I finally managed 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSWT7jV3Mz
to get out of the gate, Lee wished me luck. I nodded my head and walked 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31oGtswESr
away from the YG gate and down the street.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MMtyVRIYq
I had to admit, I was so848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNlSDRzmnJ
scared. For one reason, I had no idea where I was going since I hadn't 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5dMgAmdDo
fully known the place and this was the first time I had to walk around 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66T1t7n6Jm
in the streets by myself. Going around alone was too dangerous for me 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1AU8hAZwC
and I was crazy to think I would manage on my own.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfY4G7A1b0
After walking a few 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDRzdDK550
blocks away from YG, I reached the crosswords and I stopped at the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSIBCWbBQk
traffic walking sign. I looked around and so far, no one had recognised 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpcXg5jfuk
me under my little disguise. When the robot indicated 'walk' I crossed 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKhTc6ZdIf
the road with a few people and got to the other side of the street.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflF5Bmu25B
As I walked, passing a shoe shop, I took my phone out from my purse and called the unknown man.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEdg6Q3dde
"Ah, you finally called," said the stranger who had answered after the first ring. "I've been waiting."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnYZAbVlIP
"Ya, I figured," I said, looking around hoping that no one noticed me but the cap hid my face848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnAs1eF4Ve
pretty well. "I've no idea where to meet you and I'm not so familiar with the place."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBU16NmxqI
"Not to worry, dear. I already see you. Nice disguise by the way. I can hardly tell it is you under that baseball cap."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzDdH8F3K9
I froze as I soon looked848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjI9b93VTEe
left and right and across the street hoping to see him. But I couldn't 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiubgXuBBAf
spot out any French native among the midst of Koreans. Feeling a little 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHpmVHZGPF
out of place, I figured I might just be the odd one around here too.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKoxmnFxuJ
I heard him laugh 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LMOzbnPrH
through the phone and I could tell he was making fun of me. "Not to 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Z1sN0oc45
worry, Sam. Be careful or you might just blow your cover."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JMoFJJSZp
I gritted my teeth. "Just show yourself. Where are you?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCca3vHl31E
"I'm right here."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNH7vDRzZx
"Right where?" I looked around and still nothing. People walked past me and I got frustrated. "Don't try play games with-"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnO4xOJpfs
My sentence was cut 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQZ5FoWPCx
short when down the road, a fancy black shiny Bugatti parked at the edge848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3GREaPjAB
of the concrete slab right in front of me. I looked on with my mouth 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9guzZSpfC
agape. I have always admired fancy cars but this was one hell of a ride.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqa8fORIOt0
A smartly dressed 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiyRnNEJMoP
looking chauffeur came out of the driver's seat and came to my side. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡri4I6Qa5eC
With his white gloved hand, he opened the door to the passenger's seat.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDt3mUSsgr4
"You may go in, mademoiselle," said the driver in deep French accent, as he bowed.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBtfCfnhZpo
At first I was dumbfounded and I didn't know whether to run and head back to YG, or just go in and get this over with.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxSv2ihjM1
A few heads turned my 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH34lzsk09H
way and I could only imagine what people must think of a Bugatti and a 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Fuv0Ou5zy
smartly dressed chauffeur waiting for me to go in. Strange, I suppose 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagqixto1ZB
and a little suspicious too.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdIH4BPJtQ
I managed to awake from 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXfq0uS3g9
my slumber and got in the car before people fully start to look at me 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhxHv9NpqX
and figure out who I was. As I got in, a nice car smell wafted in the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpfuSjMzuP
air and into my nostrils. The chauffeur closed the door and went to the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCISKYLh6j
driver's seat.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbJfY1FQJa
"Samantha Glasson, nice to finally meet you at last," came a deep voice.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Y3zyc25WF
With my eyes, I looked 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKUYXjqgPK
at the person sitting right beside me in the passenger's seat. For a 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRiesoptq5
moment, I was scared. But when I looked at the man fully, my face fell.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahAnIwNKLl
He looked to be in the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQAl8GJGUn
same age group as me but maybe two years older. I guessed in my head 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9jlQapO7h
that he must be 24 or 25. He had gorgeous blue eyes like the colour of 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtt04SGRhDV
the sea and brown short curly hair. His dashing lips were lifted up into848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwVxVZqoXv
a smile and under that navy blue suit of his, I could tell he was one 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqiKB3IM4L7
who had one heck of a body.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqICUByfWR
I hadn't said a word and848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2Q3ZhYkAH
the car started to drive down the road when the young man offered his 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpc99gc4zi4
open hand. I stared at it and noticed a shiny gold Rolex on his left 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8aq6JoPycB
wrist. Who was this guy?848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24lN8I5g1F
"Aren't we going to shake hands?" he asked.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUd2XIxR2pe
I opened my mouth but 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOB1ZlCgbTn
then closed it again knowing that it was pointless to argue. I took his 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSPLAB0LFU
hand and shook it, scared that I might receive a shocking zap from the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGghtKf518
contact.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQk1AD3fcuj
"And you must be the guy I was talking to over the phone?" I asked.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EKvteNnLF
"Yes, a pleasure to meet848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFg1oPdfDuh
your acquaintance." He lightly pressed his lips on the back of my palm 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxMiWaJzgo
and I blushed as I slowly withdrew my hand.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hbCaOw6bz
"I'm sorry we had to 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡha6MvtFhBi
meet under such awkward circumstances," he said as he leaned back in the848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyudBj3mlT
fancy leathered seats. "But I needed to talk to you, and fast."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZHSpNqU3X
I looked at him and 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMOdUX58KT
realised that all his was just too surreal. This wasn't what I was 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtqsBJPDPH
expecting. I was expecting a man much older than me and rafia looking. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqvgLIkAs9
This guy right beside me looked like one of those handsome Greek gods we848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQA5ObH8xh
hear about in mythical tales.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1g4lVswvtY
"Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked with the corner of his lips raised up to a smile.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZMDPUQTwf
"I...uh." Yikes! I was 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYfCBqgPKy
caught looking at him. I blushed and turned to face the window beside 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpFy0l1u03
me. "Nothing. This wasn't what I was expecting."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS95PNxiXIh
There was silence and I 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWrkABzpX0
didn't want to look at him. He was obviously looking at me and that made848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRtXBUXa7J
me play around with my fingers because I was nervous. Then I realised 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLSCkP0WdX
something.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZzztTA3Ob
"You never told me your name," I said as I looked at him. Dang it! I wasn't supposed to look at him.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRwGO967Yl
"Oh, silly me. Where are my manners? I'm Derrick."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVRQCYQaHO
"That's a weird name, given that you're French."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NEozzVVif
"I was born in the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJvmsnjwiu
States and my parents preferred giving me this name even though they are848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88N0U8NM87
both French. I grew up in France almost my whole life and my parents 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndBf1BWkrC
are people who like to travel a lot for business. Building their 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHpd8YPSI7
business empire is what's so important to them."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtxFvtVlZF
"I can clearly see that," I said as I wondrously looked around in the car.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlOykU2M2r
My expression might have amused him because he chuckled. I blushed as I pushed my glasses further up my nose and folded my arms.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzHFiOUwQw
"This is going to be fun," he said to himself.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwU3YoESQNH
I changed the topic. "About the photo, why did you want to see me?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMHCqJrwRi
"Can we talk about this over lunch?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDN5qhqiUi
"Lunch?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4FV80uIIim
"Yes, lunch."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5Q2JD9QOs
A moment ago, I wasn't in the mood for lunch. But now that he mentioned it, I was starving.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXj6boS1KE
"Lunch sounds good. But not in the open. I don't want to grab any attention."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVEgCMqhPOi
"Of course. I figured you would want that. Given that no one knows where you are anyway."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW0OevCAmzq
I raised an eyebrow at 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDB0dvaarF
him. "You've been following me the whole time, haven't you? That's how 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2XNgUrDAT
you have been able to find me on the street."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW0VSaGKBkR
He gave me that dashing 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBJPEsE5XQ
smile of his. "Of course. I just had to. I knew sooner or later that we 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivQQaRTKvC
would meet. I had to come prepared."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjw6n3fhZcR
"That's sounds creepy if you ask me," I said as looked out the window. "So, where are we going?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzp8NNPuB3Z
"My apartment. It's much safer there."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaeUnnWd8f
"You own an apartment?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2ZWuglWhZ
"Like I said, my parents travel around for world and South Korea, is one of their favourite spots."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChgzceDVtg
"So, it's their apartment then and not yours."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjwFRznsXU
"They have their own apartment and I have mine."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKVsHFfcBe
"Oh." I couldn't help but feel embarrassed.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrATrJVjz1T
"Here we are now," said Derrick as he looked out of the car window on his side and followed suit.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKPc10crmI
It was a huge apartment 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpgfiCihNw
building kind of like the ones famous people live in. The car took a 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DU6MVzb8u
turn and went down the road to an underground parking lot.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdy6GzlnX8
After the car parked, 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7VpUrzsp4B
the chauffeur quickly came out and opened the car door on Derrick's 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHgoAmecv7
side. Derrick came out and I followed. Before I could step out of the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkHz7FdCxt
car, Derrick held out his hand to help me out. I took his hand and I 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXZ9aQCee6
came out of the car.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvvt4hURCo
Derrick lead the way, 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPnrJVDFlE
still holding my hand, to the elevator and the chauffeur stayed behind 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb77YgwxBSp
with the car as he watched us go. I couldn't help but feel that the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zRnxgO7Kl
chauffeur had been smiling at us from the time we got out of the car.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsayKQunPEH
Derrick pressed the elevator button and when they drew open, we stepped in at the same time.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFO289z7oY
When the door closed, I withdrew my hand from his. He pressed the button to his floor and I felt the elevator move.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOnqybgKpr
"So, about that photo, I need to know what's going on," I said as stared at the floor.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOHRk5WZkT
"What do you want to know?" Derrick asked. I could feel his eyes on me.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjWGXTbrdY
"Everything," I said as I looked at him. "But one thing I don't get is why you're involving me in all this."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyDh5PgUnE
"But don't you want to know what's going on?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkk2ObIpqlg
"Well, ya, I do! You're 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXKNft4nKk
the one who sent me the photo so I'm curious. Do you know what? It was 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Xrbli9Xrh
best you didn't send it to me in the first place."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAPgK2Lsm9
"Why?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACtKNbDmUk
"Maybe then I wouldn't be here."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3rrtGMy1qf
The elevator doors flew 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdawlLJGzeY
open and in front of me was a lavishly looking hall. The white painted 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnuiC7hRvT
hall and the bright lighting above made the hall look angelic that if 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhjX29vTWD
you were to see it for yourself, you would think you had just stepped 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rvKRJ8ssV
into heaven.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn03CpEm1kl
I stepped out of the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPTeuF6SwO
elevator and beautiful paintings lined up the walls. I noticed that the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjYnghCPa9
doors leading to other people's apartments were white doors with fancy 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYgefYrlaK
looking gold plated handles. The floor of the hall was covered with a 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJiPDbW6Q8N
soft red carpet.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMkE1KIZel
"This place looks nice," I said as I walked down the hall.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohwRGtBSkb
"I know," said Derrick as he came up behind me. "My apartment is the door at the end of the hall."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7x8ICDLa9q
I looked down the hall 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94Dic5IyWZ
and there stood two huge white doors. I walked up to it and just as I 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAj6i6rMlv
was about to turn and look at Derrick, the right door flew open and in 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PRafA4rTO
front of me stood a smartly dressed butler. It's like he knew I was 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBBxg33nLX
coming.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkn0JBa7K18
"Welcome, mademoiselle," said the butler as he stepped aside and and with his hand, he gestured to come in.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEy8Hn6qgU8
For a moment, I hesitated. Until I felt Derrick behind me.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1EpOGFiq5r
"Ladies first," said Derrick.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0sPwZVrtDg
I gulped and took a step into his apartment.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrA9a7RYPb
"This place is very 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAScvW6doyI
nice," I said when I looked around the foyer and I when turned round the848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2yfv6R5kE
corner, there was lavishly looking sitting room with creamed coloured 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8HUCaL2u3
sofas with a glass coffee table and I huge smart screen TV pinned on the848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycyQiWiolp
wall.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbF9st2zco9
I looked to the other 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe28mWEdcaP
side and there was a fancy looking table with a beautuful chandelier 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyvD7FRtpg
above it. Beautiful artistic pictures filled the place and there were 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyVfpCvmRo
beautiful flower vases with orchids.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2BJdbVFBF
"I see you like 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0723ip2pix
orchids," I said as I went over to the flower vase close to the sitting 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1sQnk2B4oZ
area and looked at the orchids. They were fresh and lovely.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRJvKR18Cj
"I know you like roses," said Derrick as he stared at me.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNyz2noI0U
"Almost everything that celebrities like and don't like are always found on the internet." I rolled my eyes at him.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eNDLHQtVd
"True, but I can tell what a woman likes and doesn't."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbHTEFmEh3
I gave him a smile that showed how impressed I was.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuH3yipAbRW
"Lunch is ready, sir," said the butler. "Should I serve the food?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡruUqkFeNBu
"Yes, please," sad Derrick.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡboNjQlysv7
The butler bowed and 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUC6D5u9PF
left for the kitchen. I continued to look around and I went over by the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWBZ0i2HsY
windows to look down at the city below. We were so high above the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPaFPDlHg4
ground.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcLMcuQc90
"Is it just me or are we on the last floor of this building?" I asked.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9HlyjxYyU
"We are," said Derrick who came to join me by the window. "This place is lovely, isn't it?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Ty15snMsm
"Ya, it surly is." I knew he meant Seoul.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dgdgryA7J
"Food is ready, Master Derrick," came the butler behind us.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKYA7NLWzx
"Shall we?" Derrick gestured his hand towards the dining table and I walked up to it with him following behind me.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuUPTTjmFy
As we got to the dining 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MibEfjlkm
table, Derrick pushed back a chair for me and I took my seat, removing 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVF00jQ4tpo
my glasses and cap putting the glasses in my purse. I said thank you and848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRLxBOzGry
he sat at the head of the table right next to mine.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWrOYfbEDq
The butler had served 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjuSNLouoH
our plates on the table and just by looking at the cutlery and napkins 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNy9TzoEFS9
laid and folded neatly I couldn't help but feel I was in some kind of 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCda12Jrcit
fancy fairytale. The table was set to perfection and the wine glasses 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeO0dEH76t
next to the plates were spotless.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD61dSXZXJS
Dishes of food were 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0INxER7siU
lined in the middle of the table and my mouth couldn't help but water. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtyGPylOEu
If I wasn't in such an elegant apartment, I would have just dug in and 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcFRWYyb7F
started to eat. I was really hungry. But for now, I had to act like a 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcKakPdLGAf
lady.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoe7w4SoJGM
The butler helped to 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5Pt1vuped
serve the food and I didn't hesitate eating right there and then. I made848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw48gHu4HN8
sure not to eat too much and take my time.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZ4WCRSWdJ
"This was really good," I said, after I was done with my food.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuaAby5jbK
"France's finest traditional dishes," said Derrick with a smile.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7t4TSH8OO
"Now, about the issue at848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5h0Byw6rs
hand," I said, wiping the corner of my mouth with a napkin as the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpH70DhjdP
butler came to take away my plate and also Derrick's.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePHLL3Cbhx
"Let's talk then," said Derrick.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2hCmGei8J
"First of all, I need to know why you sent it to me."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEE17S2VVSr
"Because as much as you don't want to get involved, it concerns you more than you can ever imagine."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0XBOmffRn
I shook my head as I got my purse and removed my phone. I went to the gallery and checked out the photo.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKGQnylswH
"How does this have to do with me?" I asked as I showed him the photo.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QZGi2TeCf
The photo showed Zoey in848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8Psg6MKTi
a some place that looked like a garden or a park and in front of her 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAI5cbmy8j3
stood a man I couldn't recognise. His face was hidden because his back 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbkmbP5G2r
faced the camera and whoever had taken the photo, took it behind some 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBn0QA9MzQd
bushes so it was hard to make out who he was. But there was something 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbvVnqnpRL
completely odd about what I saw in the photo.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXy1kQ5xOJX
"I know this isn't 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZUa8MFZJe6
really supposed to concern me," I said as Derrick looked at the photo 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEGCI6d581
and then back at me. "Who was Zoey with?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4Q7ei7nwf
"That's my brother," Derrick answered.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJx5UV94RB
Now that was a surprise. Derrick had a brother?848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNTvWSlBHe
"Wait? Brother?" I raised an eyebrow.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpW0QtXjWxf
"Sadly, yes," said Derrick clearing his throat.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0mcJU5EZC
I looked at the photo 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3K6Gjh9KK
again. "So, you're saying that, this happened the time Zoey went to 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHs9heJT10Y
Paris with G-Dragon and the others? And this person in the photo is your848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRhuTGXqYg
brother?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslhZQIeNuS
I still couldn't believe it when Derrick nodded his head at me.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDPnd1othV
"You never told me you had a brother," I said, looking at Derrick.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzJHoTvsVD
"We don't really get along," said Derrick.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuApzWpSrGv
"That figures," I said as I rolled my eyes. "Why?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LlUuQNuge
"We have been different from each other since we were kids. You can't even tell that he and I are brothers."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7AkCWJXf5
"So, what's do you think he wants with Zoey?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvXmlg9fmJ
"I have no idea but I know it's something serious."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJEKmeDOLn
"So, you're just assuming all this or what?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJB37pmuuT
"I know my brother very 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBPXghuhED
well. I know something is going on between the two of them. I had my 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufLxqfdxJv
suspicions during the Chanel fashion show."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxdFay1wB6C
I then remembered the 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5U7wq3QZH
time Zoey came back to Korea the following day after the fashion show. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTLAUwYdYNT
She was acting all weird and the way she had hugged me surprised me a 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTMrLB6rpg
little. And so did the others. Were these guys really in trouble?848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49mEyZDHbu
"Are my brothers and Christine involved in this too?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPhI331ZFc
"I can't be too sure. You have to ask them."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyFYgYJTPh
"But that's strange. If 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nefiu4YYU
it's something so serious as you put it, they would have told me. I 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSaNh4dtGuv
don't see the reason why they would hide."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnumy6CVxMA
"If it's anything concerning my brother, I suggest you find out what's going on and fast. I don't like it."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetd9X8Uy9e
"But what if all this isn't that serious? In fact, what makes you think your brother is that dangerous enough to hurt us?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJO5NTmsgo
Derrick leaned back on his chair as he looked at me and I waited for him to answer.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33ycgJwwrf
"My brother isn't one person to mess around with. He is one person who threatens when things don't go his way."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62wx4XRoM4
"You think he is threatening Zoey?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNWh7M0AXa
"He did visit Zoey in that café, didn't he?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rgWYtYDo6
"Wait! That was him?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdxhHRUOYg
"Yes. I was there."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxjjvh3jNW
"You were there too?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20SjUwmHnX
"Yes. That's when I thought you should help me out with this."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilaC9Ad39U
"But what if I can't?" I folded my arms848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34KdPf2Ytl
"Zoey is your best friend, isn't she?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWwTfVzRf4
"She is."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIh9B1Excr
"And wouldn't you like to help her out?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHAifIGlW5
I was frustrated with the questions. "I would. But if she didn't tell me, then maybe it's not that serious."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyohHaopYnV
"And do you really think she would?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6uJfntM8x
I thought about his 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmSGeG2TP9
question for a moment. He was right. Some people wouldn't tell the truth848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmxHg0SvXw
just to prevent the ones they love from getting hurt. Maybe that's what848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCCdXFEGjW
Zoey did and I was too silly not to have realised it sooner.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33YpCgZTaN
"You're right," I said as I looked at my hands on my lap. She wasn't the only one who kept secrets.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhi9KPUHXN
"Have you tried talking to your brother about this?" I asked.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqr6IZ675O
"No. He doesn't know that I'm onto him. And knowing how he is, he isn't going to tell me anything."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4RRPH9Fe9
I tapped my fingers on the table and I took the glass of water that was next to me and I drank.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy22343UF5c
I had to think of something fast and I was running out of time. I had to get back to the studio within thirty minutes.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcUcItGOQh
"Before I go, tell me 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZr5cbR1ai
all you know about what happened in Paris," I said as I looked at 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPb2pT9ZDfm
Derrick, giving him the eye. "And don't leave anything out."
