Zoey's P.O.V:809Please respect copyright.PENANAd9tLgeyGQh
I was still in the dance809Please respect copyright.PENANAgs19yuPVzs
studio with my back on the floor and my face facing the ceiling. I took809Please respect copyright.PENANA7xCgqnrBY6
a deep breath and let it out, trying to relax myself. But I couldn't. I809Please respect copyright.PENANAHhWeqAaWxA
wondered how I got to this point with everything crumbling down to 809Please respect copyright.PENANA4NJtS1gQI7
pieces.809Please respect copyright.PENANAUofackswwU
G-Dragon had left me 809Please respect copyright.PENANApx6QF00Sic
alone to think after our talk. As much as it hurt talking to him, it 809Please respect copyright.PENANAqdvcDC4mhN
wasn't as intense as the one he and Sam shared when they argued down the809Please respect copyright.PENANAScwBOXJPPN
hall earlier. I knew GD was trying to go calm and easy on me, which he 809Please respect copyright.PENANAxfVW4fziqc
did. But I was still hurting as hell.809Please respect copyright.PENANAtZU6wPObEU
It was now over between 809Please respect copyright.PENANAVgZY36P4OU
us. I knew I had it coming because I wasn't going to stay here in Korea 809Please respect copyright.PENANAd4KyMj9llw
for long. But I never knew it was all because G-Dragon really liked Sam.809Please respect copyright.PENANAtMS9UU05JQ
That felt like a blow to my face.809Please respect copyright.PENANAk6SskdaB1A
I was hurting, I was 809Please respect copyright.PENANAJtc4FEe6RD
pissed and angry. I should have known better that G-Dragon never had 809Please respect copyright.PENANAuA1uvx96Pk
eyes for me in the first place, but for Sam. Who I bet felt guilty and 809Please respect copyright.PENANA6X6MV3MAfj
tried to tell me the truth earlier on this morning, but I never took her809Please respect copyright.PENANAL94s7r44LX
seriously. Come to think of it, I never do take her seriously. But she 809Please respect copyright.PENANAIyDhYgh8zB
couldn't come to tell me that G-Dragon liked her because she knew 809Please respect copyright.PENANARQz2iXZF34
G-Dragon was supposed to tell me himself. No wonder she kept quiet. 809Please respect copyright.PENANAj5xuXrXHct
Looks like her conscious took the better of her and told her not to.809Please respect copyright.PENANA85ZvQh19fK
I was glad that all of 809Please respect copyright.PENANA3f1wyJ9guR
this was bought to light, but now, all of our group members know. And as809Please respect copyright.PENANABzlLIrakFv
for Daesung, I always knew he had eyes for Sam but the two of them 809Please respect copyright.PENANAsLcbi2CIOH
accepted that they could never be together. That was pretty brave of 809Please respect copyright.PENANA7EMWZxuDuD
them if you ask me. I wish I could be a little more like Sam on learning809Please respect copyright.PENANAJEw6FjKpx8
how to let go.809Please respect copyright.PENANAQNbIxz6pBb
I sighed. But I couldn't809Please respect copyright.PENANAYTlsDpoNrn
let go of G-Dragon. He had something that other guys I have dated or 809Please respect copyright.PENANAWBC8L7DROO
met in my life never had that drew me close to him. But looks like he 809Please respect copyright.PENANAeH22cLOTcf
wasn't mine to keep, nor Sam's.809Please respect copyright.PENANAf9VqyPgmSJ
I don't know what to 809Please respect copyright.PENANAxS1MIs4iUZ
think now that I know he had always liked Sam from the very beginning. I809Please respect copyright.PENANAjLOSzqlDTQ
was angry at the both of them from keeping all of this from me, but I 809Please respect copyright.PENANANnxwlfgcPl
was also pretty mad at myself for playing the fool.809Please respect copyright.PENANAf7BEFbirsl
What hurt me the most 809Please respect copyright.PENANAOnhYjYp57A
was the kiss G-Dragon and I shared in Paris. Everything felt so real 809Please respect copyright.PENANA5KXSgJOMrt
back then, but now, it was like a faded memory. When G-Dragon told me 809Please respect copyright.PENANAfVUDGrzRPi
earlier that he had always liked Sam, I had asked him what our kiss in 809Please respect copyright.PENANAyubTIknboa
Paris meant to him. He told me he did all that just to distract himself 809Please respect copyright.PENANAe0mxyLjHmD
because Sam had pissed him off earlier. I know the two had argued a 809Please respect copyright.PENANAPA5mb2HbKZ
couple of times before, but I never knew it was that serious to the 809Please respect copyright.PENANA9wTkH0jQsl
extent that he had to use me as a distraction just to get his mind off 809Please respect copyright.PENANA7kfuhgHVUR
her. For some reason, I felt so used.809Please respect copyright.PENANAtGLb19uNtH
He did say he was sorry 809Please respect copyright.PENANA9QX014Lkt6
and that he didn't want to hurt me. I couldn't stay mad at him. For some809Please respect copyright.PENANA8OIi6xzHZW
reason, I just couldn't. But I was mad at Sam though. She should have 809Please respect copyright.PENANAG8bJYFHaBX
told me what was going on. We were best friends for crying out loud.809Please respect copyright.PENANAP5B4rG9pSP
She had a lot of 809Please respect copyright.PENANAI1bhegyGXj
explaining to do. That's if I get to cool down first. I still had a lot 809Please respect copyright.PENANA2WfzoxuFMu
of things pending in my mind and I had to be really careful with what I 809Please respect copyright.PENANAAF2ONHncCx
was going to say to her.809Please respect copyright.PENANActmV7RRcht
As I got up from the 809Please respect copyright.PENANAt0ZoAKq7K2
floor, the door to the studio flew open and Christine came in with what 809Please respect copyright.PENANAY6kz6D744o
looked like a lunch takeout in a plastic bag. I could tell by the look 809Please respect copyright.PENANAlcyxeWKmZo
on her face that she was trying to figure out what words to say to me so809Please respect copyright.PENANA2IZ7dllnZF
that I couldn't get mad any further.809Please respect copyright.PENANAVENEkbUX83
"Hey, Zoey," said Christine as she closed the door behind her. "I brought you your lunch."809Please respect copyright.PENANAaxeZa0qSUJ
I managed to put up a smile. "Thanks, Christine."809Please respect copyright.PENANA1Ig8SoQ2Dp
She walked up to me. "So, did you guys talk?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAXvZWWuyIBu
"Ya." I nodded my head. "We did."809Please respect copyright.PENANA2goWIcF8Q2
"We saw G-Dragon earlier," said Christine. "The others are talking to him, so I came here to check up on you."809Please respect copyright.PENANAxFjuqUzVlN
"Thanks. I'm okay, but I just realised that I'm pretty hungry."809Please respect copyright.PENANAbCghJRCGbJ
"Here." Christine gave me my lunch and I sat down on the floor to eat. She sat also down, facing me.809Please respect copyright.PENANAkyzLROwv0e
"So, how are things?" Christine asked.809Please respect copyright.PENANAc8YSHlb9hc
"I don't know whether to say things are good or bad," I said as I bit a slice of pizza.809Please respect copyright.PENANA3gYCcP2pxz
"Looking at you, it's pretty bad. G-Dragon said it's over between the two of you."809Please respect copyright.PENANAXxReNzC6ZZ
"Ya, it is. I was so stupid to think that we would last."809Please respect copyright.PENANAN3tNhF1rpG
"Come on, Zoey. I think 809Please respect copyright.PENANAeGyiLsd52M
it was pretty obvious. I mean, we weren't going to stay here for long. 809Please respect copyright.PENANAR8FQ8EIzPN
And you know what Collins told us last time."809Please respect copyright.PENANANygy1k9Blu
"I know. But I never knew it would be because of Sam." I bit another piece of pizza in my mouth.809Please respect copyright.PENANATcEd8A8eIM
Christine winced. "Sorry809Please respect copyright.PENANA6ZKYzie5UJ
to break it to you, Zoey, but it was quite clear from the day we got 809Please respect copyright.PENANARerGD7Eds6
here that G-Dragon had eyes for her this whole time."809Please respect copyright.PENANA69WQ24eudg
I stopped chewing on my pizza and looked up at Christine.809Please respect copyright.PENANA2lbRMgqmRk
"What? You knew about this and you never told me?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAsG9RJXiGdD
Christine shrugged her 809Please respect copyright.PENANAkMagTcfOyq
shoulders. "You're the one with the eyes for these things, not me. 809Please respect copyright.PENANAPib0IATzqf
Sadly, you got too attached to G-Dragon that you couldn't even realise 809Please respect copyright.PENANAqIIMD6vv3E
it yourself."809Please respect copyright.PENANAssTwNEt49M
I chewed slowly as I 809Please respect copyright.PENANAtqd94H6dYs
thought of what she said. "I guess you're right. Is that the reason why 809Please respect copyright.PENANATJMUMA4mz6
you said G-Dragon and Sam would have made a perfect couple during that 809Please respect copyright.PENANAYnSRLclRcM
interview?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAG0icNGelOQ
"Well, ya. I thought by saying that, you would open your eyes for once. But that didn't work."809Please respect copyright.PENANA9ogmiVYivJ
"Ya. And Daniel said the same thing too and I got mad at him for it. I still wish you could have told me though."809Please respect copyright.PENANAfDvkbvZWeB
"So you could burst into an uproar and tear everyone's heads out? No way." She shook her head.809Please respect copyright.PENANAYOzM1UdzLJ
"Look at me, Christine. I might be hurt but I'm still composed."809Please respect copyright.PENANAowmfhzYtFs
"And what if Sam shows up? Wouldn't you be in an uproar then?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAuDApwOp4b3
I had no words. Maybe 809Please respect copyright.PENANA1UEurpFTZv
Christine was right. I don't know what I would do if Sam were to come 809Please respect copyright.PENANAMCKrArf5VJ
into the room. As much as I was pissed at G-Dragon, I was pretty furious809Please respect copyright.PENANAxO0KkSHWTQ
at Sam.809Please respect copyright.PENANAe3JGnbegku
"No, I wouldn't," I said, ignoring Christine.809Please respect copyright.PENANAUUz2iqNwie
"Yes, you would. A lot 809Please respect copyright.PENANAnFsVQbl52e
of us know you too well, Zoey. And you're probably wondering what 809Please respect copyright.PENANAT1t1cgbbMI
G-Dragon saw in Sam that he couldn't see in you."809Please respect copyright.PENANAdfvD717Cbu
I got irritated now, 809Please respect copyright.PENANA1LZCZqbtk3
knowing that Christine was right. "So what? That's not going to put me 809Please respect copyright.PENANASvn34fsklj
into a fit of a tantrum when I see her."809Please respect copyright.PENANAfcqNdF5xLk
"It would, Zoey. And as 809Please respect copyright.PENANAQDnj0P6KQQ
much as it's normal to think that way because you're hurt and pretty 809Please respect copyright.PENANAWJc8k4LZ6Z
much jealous, you also have to look at things through Sam's point of 809Please respect copyright.PENANATbVgqpuW84
view."809Please respect copyright.PENANAZUwbnlSXRT
"Hey! I'm not jealous."809Please respect copyright.PENANAlNd667vPOD
Christine rolled her 809Please respect copyright.PENANAezdTY3Msea
eyes at me. "Whatever. But promise me you won't shout in Sam's face when809Please respect copyright.PENANAICPjFVJBQH
you see her. I bet she feels really bad about this and I know she 809Please respect copyright.PENANAPKZ9koDjML
couldn't tell you because she didn't want you to get hurt."809Please respect copyright.PENANAmg8GcgURms
"Why are you saying that? Did she tell you that she already knew that G-Dragon liked her?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAHISPXG4B1p
"No. But knowing her 809Please respect copyright.PENANA9RGD4Dtn3L
character, she would do exactly that. You're her best friend and I know 809Please respect copyright.PENANAepCq8nZDfb
she would do nothing to hurt you. It must be pretty bad for her too."809Please respect copyright.PENANAB4xMFQjN7f
"I know, but, I can't believe that G-Dragon fell for her and not me."809Please respect copyright.PENANAPrDsvvZVMQ
"Here we go," said 809Please respect copyright.PENANAybydUejVdC
Christine, throwing her hands in the air. "You really think all this is 809Please respect copyright.PENANAaAbZtWEwlh
about you? That all the nice guys are supposed to fall for you wherever 809Please respect copyright.PENANAoyo87Fdbhe
you go?"809Please respect copyright.PENANASB7j4fyMhG
"No. It's just...."809Please respect copyright.PENANABk8lWVT7uR
"Don't say another word, Zoey. It's clear to see that you aren't concerned about Sam at all."809Please respect copyright.PENANAsqN3t8iIRD
That hurt. And a lot too. "That's not true. Sam is my best friend. Yes, I'm mad because she didn't tell me what was going on."809Please respect copyright.PENANAMeRAs2bEh0
"Then you as her best 809Please respect copyright.PENANAmKknKCBOyz
friend should understand why she did that. You heard her down that hall 809Please respect copyright.PENANAfxZNFqlfF8
when she argued with G-Dragon about telling you the truth. It's because 809Please respect copyright.PENANA8nJHA4oi9X
she didn't want to see you hurt. She never does and she never will."809Please respect copyright.PENANAUN71gyByr6
I looked down on the 809Please respect copyright.PENANA07gKnYdNNo
floor feeling a little guilty. I know Sam and her character, and she was809Please respect copyright.PENANABzLOemed9R
one who wouldn't like to hurt anyone. But I still couldn't help but 809Please respect copyright.PENANAwvNCSYeTKR
feel mad.809Please respect copyright.PENANA4dWe41bPu8
"Okay, okay. It's just that, this has never really happened to me before."809Please respect copyright.PENANACkQYFeYTV7
"That's because you 809Please respect copyright.PENANALMyrRPO3tA
always think guys would fall for you all the time no matter what. It's 809Please respect copyright.PENANAQkt7YBQVTH
been like that since high school. You were the one whom all the boys 809Please respect copyright.PENANAZspAWnD7Sh
admired and Sam was one who you never thought could ever make any guy 809Please respect copyright.PENANAn62BO9lX81
fall for her, especially G-Dragon."809Please respect copyright.PENANAqFZcfRCg48
"Mmmm. Maybe. It's not my fault that I attract so many guys."809Please respect copyright.PENANARUiKkDNaxV
"Well, I hope what's happened will help you realise that not everything is all about you."809Please respect copyright.PENANAYBJBlecC8j
I sighed. I had now lost my appetite after what she had said.809Please respect copyright.PENANAmIbBVxknNq
"I hope Sam is alright," said Christine. "Have you seen her?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAvvbM1NHDGz
"No, I thought she was with you guys," I said.809Please respect copyright.PENANA4p4pFfPML6
"She never came downstairs with us."809Please respect copyright.PENANACtJksnvVyT
"She must be around here somewhere. She will show up when it's time for practise."809Please respect copyright.PENANAwGmi9hPFGr
"I hope so. Anyway we will be starting soon. Now remember. Don't get mad, okay?"809Please respect copyright.PENANA6gUgMEED7E
"I'll try. I'm not promising anything."809Please respect copyright.PENANAcl79WnPcSM
The door flew open all 809Please respect copyright.PENANArG255kxVYU
of the sudden and thinking it was Sam, the guys came in the room. I felt809Please respect copyright.PENANADexDabIJXH
a little relieved. But I looked away when G-Dragon came in. I still 809Please respect copyright.PENANAlzfjFIQTfJ
wasn't ready to look at him yet.809Please respect copyright.PENANAWSCLnFCwft
"Ummm, has anyone seen Sam?" Daniel asked, after looking around the room.809Please respect copyright.PENANAGmwV4Z6vjM
"No, we haven't," said Christine getting up from the floor.809Please respect copyright.PENANA41H7AKJU0L
"She must be around here somewhere," said Taeyang.809Please respect copyright.PENANAJHpr748pyv
"I bet she hasn't eaten lunch yet," said Mike. "I think I should go and look for her."809Please respect copyright.PENANAqcwkFYtBiF
"Why not call her?" I asked. "I bet she carried her phone."809Please respect copyright.PENANAHeVI859Wis
"Zoey," Christine looked at me with a frown on her face.809Please respect copyright.PENANAdMXmDLyxml
"What?" I looked up at her as I shrugged my shoulders.809Please respect copyright.PENANACdG2fyR38F
"Arrgh!" she growled in frustration and looked away.809Please respect copyright.PENANAdrSLTSLISh
"Wow, girls, what's up?" Seungri asked with a surprised look on his face. "Don't tell me you two were arguing too?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAf0CcLcwYvq
"No, just trying to convince some people around here about doing the right thing," said Christine as she looked down at me.809Please respect copyright.PENANAVIkDFy5beJ
I could have stuck out my tongue at her, but I didn't. I kept my cool and I continued to eat my pizza.809Please respect copyright.PENANA7dkqsO8pnO
"Guys, we have a problem," said TOP.809Please respect copyright.PENANAjlVPzQnVsw
We all turned to look at him and he was holding his phone in his hand. Had he been trying to call Sam?809Please respect copyright.PENANAKCKOoWNVh4
"What is it?" G-Dragon asked.809Please respect copyright.PENANAAILNwZP6pW
"Sam isn't picking my call," TOP answered. "It's ringing but she isn't picking up."809Please respect copyright.PENANAkTJieaEQJ0
"Maybe she put her phone on silent," said Mike.809Please respect copyright.PENANAUDAvbMdLyz
"Meaning we have to look for her then," said Taeyang.809Please respect copyright.PENANAq9lsyVohBr
"I'll look for her," said Daniel. "I bet she is at the recording studio."809Please respect copyright.PENANAVyhpQprMUl
"I'm coming with you," said Daesung.809Please respect copyright.PENANAyWcf47gqqb
"Count me in," said Mike.809Please respect copyright.PENANANehdcZBJPB
Christine came beside me809Please respect copyright.PENANAa9pSQH2P37
and gave me a nudge on my leg with her foot. I looked up at her and she809Please respect copyright.PENANAJDcfoaaVMo
jerked her head towards the door. I knew she wanted me to go with them 809Please respect copyright.PENANAubhTeciZWH
to look for Sam. I didn't want to snap at her so I just had to comply.809Please respect copyright.PENANAAyEBp9O1yd
"I'm also coming with you," I said as I stood up from the floor.809Please respect copyright.PENANAIg5PLvdbIF
"Why don't we all go?" Christine asked.809Please respect copyright.PENANA7EgmiaOH3G
"Okay," said G-Dragon. "Let's just hope that the choreographer doesn't come here and find us missing."809Please respect copyright.PENANACsys7TL5Xx
"Then someone should stay behind and explain what's going on," I said. "So, I'll stay."809Please respect copyright.PENANAwKR6dXVa9H
"No, we are all going," said Christine as she held my arm. "If we're going to get in trouble together then we all will."809Please respect copyright.PENANAGbGH9bstzC
I sighed as I rolled my eyes. "Fine."809Please respect copyright.PENANAqg5jTYMkfB
"Let's go up to the recording studio," said TOP. "I'll continue to call Sam and check if she is okay."809Please respect copyright.PENANApDOwKpu8gX
Daesung opened the door 809Please respect copyright.PENANAFUTcFKkANR
and went out of the room first and we all followed. I seriously wasn't 809Please respect copyright.PENANA7p8oBCrpzr
in the mood to go and start looking for Sam. If anything, I should be 809Please respect copyright.PENANA4P1684luds
given more time to think and try to calm down. But I couldn't help but 809Please respect copyright.PENANAK4Y6yaQe7F
worry about her whereabouts too.809Please respect copyright.PENANA1xdXBDsBr5
We all went upstairs and809Please respect copyright.PENANAk5nzyI9lH2
checked every recording room. There was still no sign of her. And TOP 809Please respect copyright.PENANAji3Mni7Vjv
had tried calling but she still wasn't picking up.809Please respect copyright.PENANAtly5fVPk3c
When we came to the 809Please respect copyright.PENANARLfzwPbwlc
second last studio room down the hall, we found Sam settled on the 809Please respect copyright.PENANAxMV89PWqSo
couch. She seemed to be busy because she was bended over a small table 809Please respect copyright.PENANArRGW9i2EyI
in front of her, with a pen in her hand and was scribbling something on a809Please respect copyright.PENANAFZboNfA5Xl
sheet of paper.809Please respect copyright.PENANAC4IOx4NSFg
"Sam," Mike called out to her as he rushed into the room.809Please respect copyright.PENANAS5yOe16gzZ
Sam quickly looked up. 809Please respect copyright.PENANAv8yQiEtNlM
Telling on the look on her face, she was pretty preoccupied, as always. I809Please respect copyright.PENANA99A5LO8uKU
wondered what she was writing. Hopefully not a run away letter saying 809Please respect copyright.PENANAzzYz8ejfxE
that she will leave the group because of what she has done.809Please respect copyright.PENANAXS9mv37EmX
We all came in the room 809Please respect copyright.PENANAflefNALgj6
and to be honest, I didn't want to be here. I could tell that G-Dragon 809Please respect copyright.PENANARWTZObEpEg
also felt the same. I looked at him and he seemed pretty uncomfortable.809Please respect copyright.PENANA4dSMhKCJ1W
"May I ask what you're doing here?" Daniel asked Sam.809Please respect copyright.PENANA6kKVq0icA4
"I...I was just...." Sam809Please respect copyright.PENANA0qZPkDew8I
looked down at the paper she was scribbling on and then up at her 809Please respect copyright.PENANAV6fM21SVCd
brothers. "I just needed to be alone for a while. That's why I came 809Please respect copyright.PENANAnlm2ko4Ruj
here."809Please respect copyright.PENANAOWKCNptTtx
"But are you okay?" Taeyang asked. "You weren't picking up your phone."809Please respect copyright.PENANAyarlhSgFC1
"I put it on silent," said Sam, as she scratched her head. "Sorry if I worried you."809Please respect copyright.PENANAYasIlQb40l
"Apologising isn't one of your best traits, Sam," I blurted out without thinking. "I'm surprised you're doing so now."809Please respect copyright.PENANA7FZeVpwr7p
Everyone turned to look 809Please respect copyright.PENANACPZaEtDMZS
at me and I could tell they were shocked with what I said. But I didn't 809Please respect copyright.PENANATgkChjHLmI
care. I had my hands on my hips to show how mad I was.809Please respect copyright.PENANAAh4IsqUQft
"Zoey," Sam stood up from the couch and I could tell she was sorry just by looking in her eyes. "We need to talk."809Please respect copyright.PENANA7j6LdApLOf
"There is nothing to talk about, Sam. G-Dragon told me everything and I don't need to listen to you."809Please respect copyright.PENANAPql4EntEPc
"Zoey!" Christine interfered.809Please respect copyright.PENANA5dPhSX5Ssr
"Let me talk, Christine," I said, holding my hand up to Christine to stop her from talking.809Please respect copyright.PENANAj1HeNEdpK7
"Zoey, I know you're mad at me. But I didn't want it to go down like this," said Sam.809Please respect copyright.PENANAg8Z9Jgbluq
"Well, it's a little too809Please respect copyright.PENANAoxEyBMIWqs
late for that, isn't it? Why didn't you tell me all this before? And 809Please respect copyright.PENANAYGf3SKeCQ6
don't try to say you were only doing it so that I wouldn't get hurt."809Please respect copyright.PENANA3YHD3lvPGa
Sam opened her mouth but809Please respect copyright.PENANASXoSNBGUm9
closed it again. I could see tears well up in her eyes. If she thought 809Please respect copyright.PENANA1UmHScpFS3
crying would make me forgive her, she was dead wrong. I was a little 809Please respect copyright.PENANAeW3l1XxuvU
surprised when no tear fell down her cheek.809Please respect copyright.PENANA2RchDfeOK5
"I'm sorry, Zoey," she said. "But what else could I tell you?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAyYSMMcuNGz
"Why you stole G-Dragon from me!"809Please respect copyright.PENANAivD3Xqp76j
"I didn't steal him from you, Zoey."809Please respect copyright.PENANAeeDRoW9VHB
"Now you're just talking nonsense," said Christine.809Please respect copyright.PENANARLHNaw7u3Y
"Shut up, Christine!" I snapped at her.809Please respect copyright.PENANAy9DCHjkpi1
"The drama queen must have hit her head or something," Daniel said, shaking his head.809Please respect copyright.PENANASGKX7Zqj4h
"I didn't hit my head," I said as I turned to look at Daniel.809Please respect copyright.PENANAzZU3U9yLGh
"You're acting like you have," said G-Dragon. "What's wrong with you?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAwNGrLm7JUQ
I turned to look at G-Dragon and I couldn't believe that he was also calling me crazy.809Please respect copyright.PENANAot9KjfTTdy
"This is unbelievable," I said as I rubbed my forehead. "Now I'm the crazy one."809Please respect copyright.PENANA8nMNJmmEnI
"Zoey, please calm down," said Seungri. "This isn't good for you or for anyone else."809Please respect copyright.PENANAouiEfx0Uf1
I took a deep breath and looked up at the ceiling. Then I went back to looking at Sam.809Please respect copyright.PENANAnfLj5oYmMC
"If you've a better explanation to all this, I'll be in the dance studio."809Please respect copyright.PENANAaKsqDQAdEj
I turned around and went out of the room, banging the door loudly behind me.809Please respect copyright.PENANAO5spUis4vU
***809Please respect copyright.PENANAqNQXG8SDus
809Please respect copyright.PENANAuCp41t3Nlc
Sam's P.O.V:809Please respect copyright.PENANAn5LjAKyCjX
I winced when the door 809Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9sScUtH2a
banged shut in front of me. I knew Zoey was going to be furious. And 809Please respect copyright.PENANAQj4gtAb8pp
trying to cool her down was going to be difficult. I had to work on a 809Please respect copyright.PENANAhgc3vZbHVu
different approach to get to her.809Please respect copyright.PENANAKcsma4oO83
I looked at the others 809Please respect copyright.PENANA3FgAqwdni0
in front of me and they were silent. Looks like they were pretty much 809Please respect copyright.PENANAMlXvURoFjz
ready for Zoey's outburst than I was.809Please respect copyright.PENANAVx61EUFJfy
"We better get going, the choreographer will be back any moment," said TOP.809Please respect copyright.PENANAJwig2inqDx
"Are you crazy?" Mike 809Please respect copyright.PENANAoMih9TLrZT
asked as he turned to look at TOP. "I'm not going in that room if Zoey 809Please respect copyright.PENANAN7wFLIG0kX
is going to continue acting like a lunatic."809Please respect copyright.PENANAUK8xU7fA5y
"Mike's right," said Daesung. "Maybe we should just cancel practise today, for things to settle down."809Please respect copyright.PENANASfsJD1iGyp
"As much as that is a good idea, you heard what the managers said," said Taeyang. "We've to work on the music video on Monday."809Please respect copyright.PENANAd6xxO1NXUg
"We have to come up with809Please respect copyright.PENANAqBUR6Mz1Io
something then," said Christine. "Because just as Mike said, dancing 809Please respect copyright.PENANA4GarRyWnlv
with Zoey is going to be dangerous. The next thing we know, we would all809Please respect copyright.PENANAi1TtSUmTxJ
be landing on our faces in that studio."809Please respect copyright.PENANAAjUPHkm1R4
"I agree," said Seungri. "Does anyone have any plans?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAkUwj0vIavH
"I can pretend I sprain my ankle," said Daniel. "That will give us enough time for things to settle."809Please respect copyright.PENANAeo0E9r3kbD
"No, they will bring in a medical examiner and make things worse," said Taeyang.809Please respect copyright.PENANAkmjkGErtjs
"Okay, this is tough," said Christine, as she started to pace up and down.809Please respect copyright.PENANAvcyrbgpgJ9
"We wouldn't be going through all this if it wasn't for you, Sam," said G-Dragon.809Please respect copyright.PENANAHGWB3LvRP7
Everyone, including me turned to look at G-Dragon who was standing further away from us at the door.809Please respect copyright.PENANA6s36iWupz2
"What did I do?" I 809Please respect copyright.PENANAcowtXjYilS
asked. "If you mean telling Zoey the truth, that's supposed to rest on 809Please respect copyright.PENANAUP5LcyU2yc
your shoulders and not just mine alone."809Please respect copyright.PENANA8DWzQMpGMn
"But I did tell you that I would handle it, didn't I?"809Please respect copyright.PENANA5kmdPzQZYL
"Whether you told her 809Please respect copyright.PENANA0Ltn9vFLbr
the truth later on, the fact is she was still going to get mad. You guys809Please respect copyright.PENANA3rAjGJ7wxG
talked a while ago, didn't you? How was that handling things? She is 809Please respect copyright.PENANA7HwQKpR5M6
still furious and mostly at me."809Please respect copyright.PENANAg9h5bgHRZw
"GD, I think Sam is 809Please respect copyright.PENANAlL3tBOmE2X
right," said Seungri. "Zoey is one who gets pretty emotional and even if809Please respect copyright.PENANAxlTJwXBGqc
you told her the truth much later, she was still going to get pissed 809Please respect copyright.PENANAb6FoqCCJhJ
like she is now."809Please respect copyright.PENANAENZAgFIuSG
"And she would throw 809Please respect copyright.PENANA7Ca3kcw144
stuff at us," said Mike. "Trust me, right now, Zoey isn't as mad as you 809Please respect copyright.PENANA5z30Yl9bJb
would expect her to be or else she would have done exactly that. The 809Please respect copyright.PENANAEU89hWmvOI
throwing stuff at us thing."809Please respect copyright.PENANAUuqr2GFBSt
"Look GD, if you're 809Please respect copyright.PENANA1zC2E9fh4v
finding a way to blame me for all this, I agree with you," I said. "But 809Please respect copyright.PENANAPHm8P75lxi
now isn't the time to start blaming each other. It isn't going to work."809Please respect copyright.PENANA3elUmPMpiQ
"Then what will?" G-Dragon asked. "You know pretty well that we all can't calm Zoey down because of you."809Please respect copyright.PENANARm9ZD2uD1R
"Here we go again with 809Please respect copyright.PENANA0mtSLLRAGr
the blaming," I said as I raised my hands in the air in frustration. I 809Please respect copyright.PENANA3Tr3qEfkPw
turned away from him and tried to think of what to say next.809Please respect copyright.PENANA1tOQHi3Rak
"Do you know what?" I said as I faced him again. "I give up."809Please respect copyright.PENANANb4M3xjRub
The room was silent when everyone turned to look at the me.809Please respect copyright.PENANAGyIciqkc8I
"What?" G-Dragon asked.809Please respect copyright.PENANAlHPZDsxr1b
"I give up," I repeated.809Please respect copyright.PENANAvPIMWzV4xz
"If I really wanted to, GD, I would have told Zoey a long time ago 809Please respect copyright.PENANA2RnFv7S3iz
about this even before you went to Paris but I didn't because I wasn't 809Please respect copyright.PENANAoGCrUUcWtw
too sure. The biggest mistake you made was leading her on and that gave 809Please respect copyright.PENANA7sr8xrae4L
her hope that your relationship would work. You and I should both be 809Please respect copyright.PENANAcw4pBCp0Xx
blamed for what's happened to Zoey. I didn't tell her the truth and 809Please respect copyright.PENANAWetivHJHpl
that's also my biggest mistake."809Please respect copyright.PENANAiGgnlzcIX2
The air in the room 809Please respect copyright.PENANAByQ1shBX0a
became stale and I bet everyone else noticed it too. No one said a word.809Please respect copyright.PENANAbc9MEYDIA2
This time it was G-Dragon and I holding the floor.809Please respect copyright.PENANAhAwdTEN3f2
"I give up," I said as I continued to look at G-Dragon. "Blame me all you want. It isn't going to be the first time now, is it?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAm7FDS7rUOe
The others looked at me 809Please respect copyright.PENANAjbasMk4c9C
then back at G-Dragon waiting for him to say something. But he didn't. 809Please respect copyright.PENANAGrRoH6zJnc
He continued to look at me and I knew I hit the nail on the head this 809Please respect copyright.PENANAEThJ5i7JXX
time. I could tell in his eyes that he was furious.809Please respect copyright.PENANAckAMjaqFUR
Without a word, he 809Please respect copyright.PENANAPWtvInWJiu
turned around and opened the door. Upon opening it, there stood Lee. She809Please respect copyright.PENANAdt9DNfHQ6F
stepped aside for G-Dragon to pass and without a care in the world, he 809Please respect copyright.PENANApKhVbBWvl6
walked past her. Lee continued to look at him as he went done the hall, 809Please respect copyright.PENANAE3JwYLtYQM
then she came in.809Please respect copyright.PENANAGLmFmFmUio
"Sorry for coming in at such an awkward time," said Lee. "But I have some news that I think will be helpful."809Please respect copyright.PENANAGRIMZFlJ9E
"What is it?" Daesung asked.809Please respect copyright.PENANA85Ork8lrDf
"The choreographer won't809Please respect copyright.PENANA5VLR9pLo0G
be able to come after lunch. He has some personal things to attend to, 809Please respect copyright.PENANAHb8F553eDh
so, practise will resume on Monday."809Please respect copyright.PENANAgIUuSweLRq
"Phew! Thank goodness," said Christine.809Please respect copyright.PENANADneuODbt8S
"Well, given what's going on, you will need it," said Lee.809Please respect copyright.PENANAzmCVpPGi11
"You haven't told our managers, have you?" Taeyang asked.809Please respect copyright.PENANAiBgC1IRw59
"No, that will just make things worse."809Please respect copyright.PENANA2FL5N9VKER
"Well, I'm glad," I said. "Maybe we can work things out with Zoey and G-Dragon."809Please respect copyright.PENANAcHR1UXNVUB
"I'll handle GD," said TOP. "You will handle Zoey."809Please respect copyright.PENANAabhHOSUSdF
"Christine and Sam will do it. Count me out," said Mike. "I would rather talk to G-Dragon than the drama queen."809Please respect copyright.PENANAS0Cyzx6YOo
"Hey, we might need you 809Please respect copyright.PENANAKfea8ZfpOy
with, Zoey," said Christine. "Just like Collins, you also know how to 809Please respect copyright.PENANAih0oGRmfjL
put her down. You're quite good at it."809Please respect copyright.PENANAzOwKHsLkGb
"Thanks for the compliment, but I'm sticking to my word."809Please respect copyright.PENANA8THt6m5Yqd
"Mike might make things worse," said Daniel. "Maybe it's best if he stays out of it."809Please respect copyright.PENANAXpTFYWyZiI
"Hopefully, by Monday, everything is going to be okay," said Taeyang.809Please respect copyright.PENANAEwOEmq5mPi
"Hopefully," I said. I sighed. "Look guys, I'm sorry."809Please respect copyright.PENANAsXSog1v1xI
"For what?" TOP asked.809Please respect copyright.PENANA3Z5y6L0VKR
"For this whole mess. I shouldn't have kept all this from you."809Please respect copyright.PENANAK9ao8GbVLS
"Sam," Christine walked 809Please respect copyright.PENANANYeq3G3ZeZ
up to me and placed her arm around my shoulder. "I understand why you 809Please respect copyright.PENANAmc7C2qBx5J
did it and if you ask me, it's not really your fault. You were just 809Please respect copyright.PENANAdcJ6BvYsLS
doing what you thought was right."809Please respect copyright.PENANAG71fMICTls
"I also agree with Christine," said Daniel. "You shouldn't beat yourself up because of this. We're in this together now."809Please respect copyright.PENANAwCd6oKfpyY
"Yes, we all are in this with you," said Daesung, giving me an encouraging smile.809Please respect copyright.PENANAZEX3fWILIV
"Then its best we go back to the hotel then," said Mike.809Please respect copyright.PENANAzF2mg0cEbx
"Let's go," said Lee.809Please respect copyright.PENANAI3Ghjs7Ven
"Then we will meet on Monday," said Taeyang.809Please respect copyright.PENANAgk5nOiXBO2
"Tell me how everything goes with G-Dragon," I said.809Please respect copyright.PENANAtmBUodljMn
"We will," said TOP as he walked up to me. "Now, stop sulking and smile for me, everything will be alright. You'll see."809Please respect copyright.PENANAAG8IFbvJ4V
I only managed to smile at him and nodded my head. "Yes, I'll."809Please respect copyright.PENANAzEThFqAUiA
As the others started to809Please respect copyright.PENANAhMi7XlKqvB
leave the room one by one, I got the sheet of paper I was writing on, 809Please respect copyright.PENANAG6VVE2IDde
folded it and put it away in my purse.809Please respect copyright.PENANArSo4B2d7Mf
"What were you writing on that thing?" Christine asked, as her eyes were on the folded paper as I put it away.809Please respect copyright.PENANAjWzDMm6TIx
"You'll know soon enough," I said, with a sad smile.809Please respect copyright.PENANAB4EhXHGdBa
"Come, we better get going," said Lee after the BigBang members had left.809Please respect copyright.PENANAIXmaDP4sgV
"Can you guys go ahead? I would like to talk to Zoey."809Please respect copyright.PENANA3zRLxvNByD
"Don't you want us to come with you?" Christine asked.809Please respect copyright.PENANAg7q9B3Z67T
"No, I want to see if I can manage to talk to her on my own."809Please respect copyright.PENANASSuthyXGt8
Christine nodded her head and I could tell she was worried about what was going to happen. "If you say so."809Please respect copyright.PENANAkC9mSLkBJo
"We will be waiting for you downstairs," said Lee.809Please respect copyright.PENANAYCQlRkiZgi
We came out of the 809Please respect copyright.PENANA4nu6vO81pU
studio and the others went to use the elevator to head downstairs while I809Please respect copyright.PENANAxAHb7pWPxT
used the stairs to head to the dance studio.809Please respect copyright.PENANA4P7M6kiNLq
I thought of what I was 809Please respect copyright.PENANAZwuDR6gxta
going to say as I walked down the hall. I was pretty scared and I was 809Please respect copyright.PENANAf9A3pUKEpj
afraid that if Zoey saw me, she would pounce on me and try to scratch my809Please respect copyright.PENANAKmwxX5V98k
eyes out.809Please respect copyright.PENANAKcnVPjHdGY
When I reached the room 809Please respect copyright.PENANAXY1aOKEK7a
we had been using for practice earlier, I froze by the door. I was 809Please respect copyright.PENANAC9fmuarEhG
afraid of touching the door handle, thinking that I would get burnt.809Please respect copyright.PENANAem5yEFOejH
Maybe this was a bad 809Please respect copyright.PENANAKLSokxv8SK
idea and going in there was like stepping into the lion's den. I wanted 809Please respect copyright.PENANAQvVTEtjA89
to turn around and bail, but my body and my conscious wasn't allowing me809Please respect copyright.PENANAwLfeYBgTPx
to. I felt caught in between two worlds.809Please respect copyright.PENANAO7c0FAFyif
My body and conscious 809Please respect copyright.PENANALukeXO2WIJ
won this time around. My hand was reaching for the handle and when I 809Please respect copyright.PENANA0XDGPGN2UT
held it, I turned it and slowly pushed the door open.809Please respect copyright.PENANAvrOu3mSfHk
"Are you kidding me right now?" came Zoey's voice in the room. "I can't do that. It's going to be risky."809Please respect copyright.PENANA17HtBwx4jn
I paused before I could 809Please respect copyright.PENANAV0AFJAtZnS
fully open the door. Who was Zoey talking to? My eyes grew wide. Was it 809Please respect copyright.PENANAv6IKSrglJP
who I think it was? Derrick's brother?809Please respect copyright.PENANA5AfEjrtkPd
"Look, calm down, okay? This is clearly not the time to talk right now."809Please respect copyright.PENANAHprPhw5VNV
I continued to listen. Maybe I can find out what was going on between the two of them.809Please respect copyright.PENANAH8AdJEhS1W
"Just so you know, I'm also not in a good mood!"809Please respect copyright.PENANABOXiXVaWYu
I winced at the sound of809Please respect copyright.PENANAgKq4Ze9igK
her voice. She wasn't in a good mood indeed. I still had time to get 809Please respect copyright.PENANAfuyoVBDoeF
out of here, but I was rooted at the door.809Please respect copyright.PENANA8QA5et9lGh
"Okay, fine. We will 809Please respect copyright.PENANAzwYu3PqrDT
meet, soon. I'll tell you when. I can't meet you now. Things back here 809Please respect copyright.PENANAUJsxLuVZWt
just got complicated and it will be strange if I disappear like I did 809Please respect copyright.PENANAArE9LsbOMI
last time."809Please respect copyright.PENANAHb1z3Z9z93
I wanted to sigh in frustration. She didn't give out any clue as to what the two were up to. What a bummer.809Please respect copyright.PENANAnHyK7h20tX
"I'll see you soon. Don't worry, I have it safe and sound with me and I'll deliver it to you as promised."809Please respect copyright.PENANAJSz9eVNDky
Now that was one thing I considered a clue. She had something with her. Could it be in our room, hidden somewhere? I hope so.809Please respect copyright.PENANAjrVdYtpEkq
I heard Zoey say bye and hang up on her phone. I heard her sigh in frustration and mutter something to herself.809Please respect copyright.PENANAYxro9eIEjx
This was my cue. I 809Please respect copyright.PENANAXnMy1HvXhh
waited for a good thirty seconds till I fully opened the door. I stepped809Please respect copyright.PENANAsxHvsjZ5cT
into the room and Zoey looked up at me from her phone.809Please respect copyright.PENANA1X2I3Cfp28
"We won't be having practise," I said as I approached her.809Please respect copyright.PENANALhGUaECRfw
"Why? Did you tell our managers what's really been going on?" Zoey asked as she folded her arms.809Please respect copyright.PENANAW8juFgDnVJ
"No, it's not that," I said. "You know none of us could do that."809Please respect copyright.PENANA74HoZtUF8F
"Given what you've done so far, I wouldn't be surprised."809Please respect copyright.PENANAGPfm2eNzk3
"What have I done so far?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAnsHDrqc1oX
"Lied to me and everyone else."809Please respect copyright.PENANAI4MS6tdJEs
"I know I lied to you and I should have told you about G-Dragon earlier. I had tried to tell this morning but I couldn't."809Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1cxoQ2a75
"You knew that G-Dragon liked you and you didn't even tell me about it."809Please respect copyright.PENANAQGz8KTZgA3
"What did you want me to809Please respect copyright.PENANAFJvvBWjAkd
do? I knew you liked G-Dragon but I didn't know all this between you 809Please respect copyright.PENANA0bT7m79mvY
two was going to get serious. When you told me that you two had kissed, I809Please respect copyright.PENANAXrG8iuuLH5
wasn't too sure by then if G-Dragon even liked me."809Please respect copyright.PENANAiy6U2U09FL
"You didn't want to tell me because you wanted him to yourself."809Please respect copyright.PENANAqQcpaoc8lT
I sighed. "Come on, Zoey. That makes no sense. I wouldn't do anything to hurt you."809Please respect copyright.PENANAW4xv1vwHpm
"You just did."809Please respect copyright.PENANAPTvvWmPjlr
"Won't you just listen to me? Please! Why would I want G-Dragon when I really like Daesung? You think about it."809Please respect copyright.PENANAYyFiIDsu9H
"I don't have to, Sam. 809Please respect copyright.PENANAV04YZhza7c
You can't make me to. I considered you my best friend and if you really 809Please respect copyright.PENANAhk2sjqD2xx
didn't want to hurt me like you said, you would have told me all this 809Please respect copyright.PENANA67IoxBuOCM
before."809Please respect copyright.PENANAj39y0toknP
I looked down at my feet809Please respect copyright.PENANALQJTilvXMF
and I knew she was right. I had hurt her a lot and now she thought of 809Please respect copyright.PENANATJk9POynDs
as me as someone who just stole her boyfriend.809Please respect copyright.PENANAm4A8JPlN2e
"Look, whether you like 809Please respect copyright.PENANAhGcv9gs8qY
G-Dragon or G-Dragon likes me or I like Daesung, all this wasn't going 809Please respect copyright.PENANAlyiGr5f7ZS
to last and you know it. You remember Collins' golden rule. And as much 809Please respect copyright.PENANAxPIuIfH8WK
as it's a little harsh on our part, it very much shows that creating a 809Please respect copyright.PENANA6mdwVWyscZ
real love story wasn't going to be possible. I might be wrong, but you 809Please respect copyright.PENANAT1FXJggvkz
know that I'm right. Sooner or later, we will head back home and I for 809Please respect copyright.PENANAxdTuLN3mlN
one don't really believe in long distance relationships."809Please respect copyright.PENANAC3Z14wXi1y
"But it would have worked out for G-Dragon and I," said Zoey, tapping her foot on the floor impatiently.809Please respect copyright.PENANAxVk5vuM4bm
"No, it wouldn't, Zoey. Not when he likes someone else."809Please respect copyright.PENANArzSYv1CLCc
"You, right?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAwftpuaVLSP
I didn't want to admit it, so I kept quiet.809Please respect copyright.PENANAqsifu6YNaj
Zoey nodded her head and809Please respect copyright.PENANALxVYL3Yfsy
I could see tears in her eyes. "I see you're right on that one, Sam. 809Please respect copyright.PENANAXd9CIuFf9C
All this wasn't going to work out. And it's all thanks to you."809Please respect copyright.PENANAuaareJIymV
I was shaken by her last809Please respect copyright.PENANA8oJHAYnxMD
sentence. Great! Just when I thought I was finally getting to her, I 809Please respect copyright.PENANAYxJBkHcIky
was being blamed. Again! I sighed. This cannot be happening.809Please respect copyright.PENANAOrf2FvkUNA
"That's not true, Zoey," I said.809Please respect copyright.PENANAiMSc1U6kFX
"You made G-Dragon fall in love with you. So it's your fault, isn't it?"809Please respect copyright.PENANA1yUDhbGvxR
"We don't choose who we fall in love with."809Please respect copyright.PENANAFZIu79KTwT
Zoey didn't say a word 809Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4FCMBSiIL
as she quickly walked past me and bumped into my shoulder as she passed 809Please respect copyright.PENANAevFA5DUReD
and went out the door. That hurt and I was hugely disappointed that I 809Please respect copyright.PENANAEwEHa9cueV
couldn't get to Zoey to forgive me.809Please respect copyright.PENANA5Mx65hSJdH
But now more than ever, 809Please respect copyright.PENANAcW51n0wLPX
she was in trouble and I had to help her out. I couldn't abandon her 809Please respect copyright.PENANAuYvabTswvp
now. Dealing with Derrick's brother in a broken state she was in, might 809Please respect copyright.PENANA28uTX5Q9qn
just lead to something fatal. And I couldn't let that happen.809Please respect copyright.PENANA44H2IXANsR
As I came out of the studio, I pulled out my phone from my purse and called Derrick.809Please respect copyright.PENANA1LfsG3p7Zb
"I wasn't expecting a call from you," said Derrick when he picked up. He sounded calm and that soothed me a little.809Please respect copyright.PENANA95uGZGz5E3
"I called because I heard Zoey talk to your brother over the phone," I said.809Please respect copyright.PENANAIjS2Sy0jOU
"Really? Any idea what might be going on?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAfPDzSUqT3n
"No, but I think Zoey is keeping something for him and is planning on giving it to him."809Please respect copyright.PENANACNfBCZI5f3
"When?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAmRAGUr1uhD
"She didn't say. She told him she would meet with him when everything around here cools down."809Please respect copyright.PENANA3gidyEJiDE
"Why? What happened?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAV1owIqlYtd
I signed as I turned 809Please respect copyright.PENANAocdHdoCHfm
round the corner to use the stairs. "She and I had some argument. I'll 809Please respect copyright.PENANABmzF1u4Ap7
tell you about it later. For now, I'll have to keep an eye on her."809Please respect copyright.PENANAn4WqoHXxI6
"Ya, you do that," said 809Please respect copyright.PENANAiR5WYiLqQw
Derrick. I knew he was trying to avoid asking further questions about 809Please respect copyright.PENANASthDCvla82
the argument. "I'll see what I can dig up about my brother's recent 809Please respect copyright.PENANAKObmQcuAoM
activities and see what I can find."809Please respect copyright.PENANA7TOMD4NjjR
"Okay. I'll keep in touch."809Please respect copyright.PENANA2qWQpIpzSt
"Okay, all the best."809Please respect copyright.PENANA3Arkosp4lX
"Thanks. I'll need it."809Please respect copyright.PENANAh7mVMUHib2
I cut the line and I had809Please respect copyright.PENANAigFCMVQt56
reached the bottom of the stairs. I found myself in the lobby and I 809Please respect copyright.PENANAlrtbFdAD8e
went out to the SUV waiting outside.809Please respect copyright.PENANAAEupveKRFh
The others were already 809Please respect copyright.PENANAqLXcQhJvCO
settled inside. As I sat next to Zoey and closed the door, she turned 809Please respect copyright.PENANAYnHaB3vtO3
the other way to avoid my gaze. I didn't say anything as the car drove 809Please respect copyright.PENANAqipB5RKheG
out of the YG premises. I felt like I had already done enough on my 809Please respect copyright.PENANAqeMOEPTwZt
part.809Please respect copyright.PENANANhnxFhydkP
And no one in the car said anything either till we got to the hotel.
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