I will always return to you ~ by Johnson Chang

Part 1

BRANDON:
Love...I never knew what love was. Growing up in a family that never showed or expressed their love, and finding out that the girl who I thought I was suppose to be with all my life suddenly leaving made it even harder to believe in. Lynette and I were friends since the beginning, and I never thought she would leave me so cold. This is how my story begins...

It all began during the 4th grade. Now at the age of 10 boys don't really like girls, and if one does. it isn't like love. Well I walked into my 4th grade class and took my assigned seat, but then someone was seated upon it. I didn't know who it was, but all i knew it was a girl. She was a new student.

"What are you doing in my seat?!" I asked. "This is your seat? Sorry." she apologized. "My name is Lynette" I replied "Umm...my name is Brandon" and that is how we met. As time progressed, we became best friends, which is really weird for little kids. Usually you would see two guys playing marbles or two gurls talking about Barbies, but it was different with me and Lynette, we were unseperable. The only intergenderal pair of kids.

Well, we made a pact one day..."Lynn, you are my best friend and I don't want to lose you, ever, in my life." I said. "Same here. Thanks for telling me that. I just wanted to add that without you, I don't know where I would be." she said. Then it hit me, "Let's make a pact that we will never leave eachother and will remain together forever and that one day, when we get older, we will never leave eachothers' sides." I said. Being a kid back then, not knowing what was going to happen, we actually thought that we would be together, forever. We were so young and innocent that it never occured to us that life would happen. "Okay" was her answer, and she sealed it with a kiss as she kissed me on my cheek.

It was the 8th grade now, 4 years after we met and we've matured and started dating people. I was always there for her with her guy problems. She dated more than I did because I wasn't really into that stuff. I was more into games and sports, but always lended an ear whenever she needed it. She was going out with my friend Johnny at the time while I was at home. I didn't know she was gone. I was having problems with my family. My mom was yelling at me for no apparent reason, no one knew my situation with my family, not even Lynette. "You are a stupid kid! There is no one stupider than you! Retard! How can you lose your wallet? You think we are rich and can afford to lose $40? You know I wish I never had a dumb child like you. I wish I could have killed you when you were born, save me all this trouble and money...etc. etc." My mom was yelling and her words hurt. I looked at my step father, but he didn't even attempt to stop it.(My mom divorced my real dad. I thought that my step dad would help out sometimes when we were getting yelled at, but he did nothing. After this incident I stopped calling him dad, and began to call him Alex because he wasn't anyone to me anymore) I ran to my room and put a chair to block the doorway(before she had a chance to hit me). I grew scared and I needed someone to talk to, so I decided that I would call Lynette. I called and her sister picked up.

"Is Lynn there?" I asked and heard a reply of "No." Crying and sitting by the wall my heart felt weird. It was the first time I ever felt this way. Hearing that she wasn't home and that she didn't even tell me where she went made my heart twist and twirl inside my ribcage. It was not necessarily pain or disappointment, but finding out she wasn't home really bothered me. Then it hit me. After four years of friendship, I finally realized that I liked her! Just as I realized that, my mom broke through the door and was even angrier than before. She had a bamboo feather duster in her hands and this time I was trapped. I had nowhere to go. She grabbed my arm and flung me onto the bed and began to punish me for what I had done, telling me how stupid I was after every hit...

*WHACK* You're a stupid child. How can you lose a wallet? *WHACK* $40! *WHACK* Retard! Handicapped! *WHACK* Why do I even bother with you? *WHACK* You should be dead!

I was crying my heart out, but not by the whipping I was recieving. The verbal abuse she kept telling me hurt a lot worse. *WHACK* I don't love you. I should have killed you!

I shut my eyes and the tears that were gathered in my eyes fell down and followed the trail that the previous ones left behind. At that moment was when I finally realized that I needed Lynette in my life, and that is the first time and only time I revealed my feelings for her. I whispered, "Lynn...I need you."

The next day Lynette asked me if we could talk. I agreed and she said that she would meet me at my house. She didn't sound too happy. I walked to my room and there was a knock on my window. It was her. I let her in, and she sat on my bed. "Sit," she said and patted the area right next to her on my bed. "I'd rather stand" I said rubbing my butt, remembering the punishment i recieved. She then told me the devastating news. "I don't know how to start this Brandon, but I'm moving away tomorrow. My mom and dad feel as if that you have been a bad influence on me, and want me to get as far away as possible from you, so they are making me move to France to a fancy boarding school. They say that I will become a refined woman this way. I'm sorry Brandon. I wish I could--" she was saying before getting cut off by me. "Get out!" I yelled. I didn't mean to sound harsh, but i just couldn't go through this after what I went through just the other day. "Brandon, I...I Lov--" she was saying. "I don't care. Get the hell out! You are leaving me and I can't handle that! You were suppose to be there for me, always? Remember? Remember that we would always be together?! You are breaking the pact! Remember the pact? Or was that all just a bunch of BS to you?! Forget it! Just leave!" I began breaking down and fell to the floor landing on my butt which brought more pain. She reached over and touched my shoulder, but I jumped back. "Dont touch me! Just get the hell out of here! Leave!" I screamed. "Okay, I'll leave, but I hope to see you tonight at our New Year's party right? I asked my mom and she said that we are leaving right after the party." She explained. "No, I don't want to see you. It's too hard. You should just leave because I don't want to start a new year with you if I can't finish this current year with you, so just leave. You may say you love me, but I only see you as a friend. I don't love you and as of right now, I hate you...GET THE HELL OUT OF MY ROOM!" With that said, she bursted out of my room crying and bursted out of my life...

I did not know how to react. I have never liked a girl before. When I finally did, she left me. What I'm angry about more, is that I never said goodbye. I never let her know how I felt, and now it has been three years since she left. I am now a Junior in high school and my heart hasn't forgave me for what I've done. I regret doing that, but what's done is done. A lot of things have happened since she left and I can't handle everything that's happening. My family life hasn't improved any now than it was in the past, I was beginning to move on, but I was struggling with school and isolated myself, so i had no more friends. So here we are in the present and caught up. I decided to end it all here, and was going to commit suicide this night. I decided to go online and say my goodbyes, but it was more than just that, something was telling me to sign on. Like i needed to sign on before I did what I planned on doing. I was trying to stall as long as possible because I didnt want to die, but I had no reason to live. I saw all of my online contacts on and I didn't want to talk to any of them. I grew annoyed. I recieved like 8 IM's, but didn't feel like talking. When the feeling of hope went away, I was about to sign off. That's when someone IMed me with the screenname of SwTBbChEeKz. I didn't know who it was, but something felt right about replying back. The little feeling of hope I had returned. I accepted the message and saw the words that saved my life...
SwTBbChEeKz: Hi! You seem cool!




Part 2

DIANA:
'Gosh I am sooo bored! I feel so lonely too. Hmmm...let's see who's online? Blah. It's only Tommy and Rachel. I had a thing for Tommy, for some odd reason, I liked him, but he decided to go for my friend Rachel. Ugh, this sucks! Why do these things always happen to me? I really have to expand my buddy list. I think I will talk to some weird people I don't know. Hmmm...look at all these people: AzNFrOgGy4U, LiLAnGeL4rmAbOvE, AznOnE. What losers!Hahaha. I think i will just talk to Rachel. Wait a minute, who is this person? His screenname seems interesting, LoStWiDwOrDz. Hmmmm....I remember a guy named Brandon with that same screenname. Maybe that's him! But I don't want to sound stupid, 'Hi! Remember me? That gurl you used to talk to? Well I used to like you, so what's up?' Uhh...no. How naive can I be? Ugh! Besides, it might not even be him! It's not like there is only just one Brandon in the world. His name isn't that uncommon. Hmm...I think I will IM him. Oh well, here goes nothing.'

SwTBbChEeKz: Hi! You seem cool!
LoStWiDwOrDz: Ummm...thanks, but I am kinda busy and I am going to sign off right now, so perhaps you should just leave me alone.
SwTBbChEeKz: Oh I see. Bad day? Bad life? I know how you feel.
SwTBbChEeKz: Oh sorry, you wanted me to leave you alone. Okay, but before I go, are you Brandon Hao?
LoStWiDwOrDz: What? Huh?! How do you know me?
SwTBbChEeKz: You answer me first, since I asked first.
LoStWiDwOrDz: Yeah I am Brandon Hao. Now who are you? Because I don't feel like talking to anyone at the moment. I am busy and I need a reason to stay on, and trust me, I need a reason.
SwTBbChEeKz: Well I am Diana. We used to be friends in the 6th grade, but then my parents made me move away...we kept in contact though like two years ago...my sn was QTBabieDi...
LoStWiDwOrDz: Oh my God! Diana! Long time no talk! =) So what is going on Dee?
SwTBbChEeKz: For one it's not Dee, it's Di. Di with an "I" not "EE" but its pronounced the same, like the letter "D" got that smarty?
LoStWiDwOrDz: Haha. Wow I haven't smiled or laughed in a long time.

'Wow! It was him!' Diana thought to herself. She began to feel a weird feeling. All of her feelings she had for Brandon began to resurface, and she began to feel weird. She knew that she had started to like him again, but what did he mean by "busy?" She didn't bother to ask him and soon forgot. They caught up on their life and everything else. It turned out that Lynette, his friend who he had grown to like moved away. I remember those two used to be unseperable. Everyone thought that they would be together forever. 'He still doesn't like me. Why do I even hope?' she thought to herself. The story about him and Lynette was so sad. He never got a chance to say good bye or anything, and he kicked her out of his house, when she was about to say "I LOVE YOU." He never told her that he liked her.

BRANDON:
'This is sooo weird! Diana Wu, the girl that I was infatuated with while Lynn was seeing other people, actually remembers me!! I mean I wasn't with Lynn, and she was the girl of my dreams.' Brandon thought. He began to feel queasy. He felt his heart twist amd turn and he knew that he was beginning to like Diana again. "But I can't tell her. She doesn't like me. We are nothing more than friends.' he thought. He found out that Diana was just looking for someone to talk to, and saw his screenname not expecting it to be him. She was going to say that it was a dare if it wasn't him. They ended up talking for the rest of the night, making Brandon forget what he planned to do that night, and she soon became the reason for his existance. She was the reason why he wanted to live, and they became close and then best friends. As it turns out, Diana had moved back to California, but not in the same area. Weeks passed by and they became closer and closer. They would see eachother often and kick back at eachothers' houses. They were at his house one day, and were laying down on the sofa. 'Why can't I just say Di I like you?! I already let one gurl get away from me for not revealing my feelings' he thought. 'Life is just so hard!' They were talking, and Diana brought up something of Brandon's past. Out of nowhere Diana asks Brandon, "Brandon, will you promise me one thing?" "Of course" Brandon replied. "Promise me, that we will always be together forever and be friends til the end." Now this sounded oddly familiar, and then it hit him, Lynette. He began to break down just hearing the same situation being somewhat repeated.

DIANA:
'What was happening?' she thought. I just said some little things about a promise and then he started crying. Then it hit her, Lynette. 'How can I be so stupid?!' This thing happened to him before with Lynn! Diana thought, 'I think I just blew whatever chance I had with him. This just proves that he still likes Lynn.' Diana looked heartbroken, but hid her feelings. "Are you okay? I'm sorry. I forgot about what happened." she tried to explain. "Don't worry. My answer is yes. I will promise you that." he said and then out of instinct I kissed him on the cheeks. "Do you remember how we met?" I asked trying to change the subject. "No, sorry I don't" he said. "You dont?!" I asked shocked. "I still do. Though we were like 6th graders then. I remember you were talking to your friends about Power Rangers, but you were trying to play it off as if you didn't like them. Well I told you that I thought the Power Rangers were cool, and then your friends started to tease me, but then you jumped in and defended me. It was so cute." We talked and talked about our past and how we first met and I don't know when it happened, but we both fell asleep. When I woke up, I was in his arms. I fell asleep in his arms! Life was good. There was nothing that could ruin this moment! Then the phone rang.

BRANDON:
*RING RING* The phone was ringing. I woke up and went to pick up the phone. As I woke up, I saw Di in my arms and her eyes staring at me. I gave her a smile. She is so beautiful, and what was happening with me and her was the exact same thing that happened with me and Lynn. I shook the idea out of my head and picked up the phone. "Hello?" I said half asleep. "Hello?!" said a fairly familiar voice. "Lynn?!" I replied. This made Diana scrunch up her face, but I couldn't see very well. "Hi!" she said. "I miss you so much, and I am coming back to California to see you! Isn't that great?! Well I really have to go now, gotta get my order before someone else takes it! Bye! I LOVE YOU!" Lynn said. This made me freeze. *CLICK* The dial tone sounded. I held the phone to my ear for about a minute before I realized what she had said. 'Did she actually say I love you?' I thought, and then my heart felt all weird. I looked at Diana and I thought about Lynette. Why was my heart acting this way? Who was it twirling for? I liked Diana a lot and I have been liking her for the past year, and now all of a sudden Lynn is returning and my heart does flips? I wanted to tell Diana that I liked her because I didn't want to lose her like I did with Lynette. Now she is coming back! Everything was so perfect with Di, and now Lynn is coming back, complicating things. "Was that Lynn? The girl from your past?" Diana asked kind of hurt. "Yes." I replied. "What did she want?" she asked. "She is coming to visit." I said stupidly.

DIANA:
After hearing that she was coming back, I ran out of the house not knowing where to go. Trying to hold back my tears. Not that far behind was Brandon chasing after me. I rubbed my eyes and he caught up to me. "Where are you going?" he yelled, "DIANA!" "What?!" I said and stopped running and catching my breath. "Why are you running? Why does it bother you that Lynette is coming back anyways?!" He asked me and was trying to catch his breath. "It just does." I said sounding dumb. "You like me or sumthing?" he teased me. 'Oh, how I wanted to say yes and take him in my arms and kiss him right then and there, but i couldn't.' "ME?! Like you? HA! Don't flatter yourself!" I said this kind of hurtful, but I didn't wnt him to know. I was thinking 'Hell yes, I like you,' but the words just never com out. "Come on you have nowhere to go, at least nowhere walking distance. Let's go back to my house." Brandon said. "Okay" I said. I stood there a while and then decided I would tell him that I liked him. "Well I really do like you. I have always liked you. That's why it bothers me when you said that Lynn was coming back--" I said and turned around to find myself alone. He left me alone in the middle of the street. I stomped my way back to his house.

~Two Days Later~
BRANDON:
;;Passengers now arriving Terminal 3 from France...;;

I was waiting for Lynn at the airport. Diana decided to stay at my house. "BRANDON?!" "Lynn?!" "Long time no see! So, how've you been?" I said as I hugged her. "I have been good, but I have missed you so much." she said. It felt weird for her to say that after so long. We reached my car, and she put her things in the trunk. We drove back to my home. "I'm sorry about what happened the last time I saw you." I told her. "Well that's one of the reasons why I came back. About that, I was trying to tell you that I loved you, before you told me to leave, including other things. Then on the phone the other day, I told you that I love you. Well I do, and now I have proved it to you." she explained. "What are you talking about?" I asked. "I left everything at France. My schooling, my parents, all those guys...for you!Because although I left you, I never stopped thinking about you and I knew that leaving you was wrong. I was dumb to leave you, but I had no choice. When I thought back upon it, I shouldn't have listened to my parents, and instead should have followed my heart. So I took the first flight back and want to make things right!" she explained. Her explanation gave me thoughts of Diana. Diana appeared in my mind. Diana, a girl who was really sweet and cared for me, is at my home waiting for me, while I pick things up with an old flame?! I began to feel sick in the stomachm, but it made me realize that Lynn did not mean as much to me as Diana did and it was decided that when I get back home, I would reveal my love for Diana. I was no longer held back from loving someone else because it was obvious now that Lynn wasn't as special to me as Di was. Lynn then asked me a question which caught me off guard. "Do you love me?" "HUH?! What?" I said as I turned my head to look at her. I was not paying attention to the road. When I turned my head back to the road, a glimpse of a car flashed in my view. "BRANDON! LOOK OUT!" Lynette screeched, and I tried to swerve away, but it was too late.

*CRASH*

DIANA:
Where is he? It is night and he hasn't come back yet. That means he's out with Lynette. I knew he couldn't like me. What would he see in me when he has Lynn? Why would he like me? Tears began to stream down her eyes. *RING RING* I picked up the phone and heard a voice, "Hi. Is Mr. or Mrs. Hao there? This is Doctor Wong." Hearing it was a doctor, out of reflex, I replied, "I am Mrs. Hao." "I'm sorry to say, but Brandon Hao is in a coma, and the girl in the passenger side survived with minor injuries. If you would like to visit your son, stop by the Cyanide Health Center. We know that it is hard to hear news like this, so if you need counseling--" I threw the phone down and drove to the hospital. As I arrived, I saw Lynn was waiting in the waiting room with a bandage on her head. "Where can I find Brandon Hao? He was involved in a car accident earlier today." I asked the nurse, but a voice from behind me answered for her. "He is in Room 457 and he is still in a coma. No visitors are allowed to see him yet." said the voice. I glanced over and said, "Lynette?" "That is me." she replied. I didn't like her. I should be here to support Brandon, and she should be back in France. Better yet, Brandon wouldn't be here, if she didn't come back. "Why don't you take a little rest and I'll wait for any news on Brandon." I told her, just to be nice. "Thanks. You are so sweet!" she said as she layed down for a rest.

~5 hours later~
"You can visit him if you'd like. He isn't awake, but you can talk to him. Sometimes people in comas will understand you when you communicate to them during their sleep." the doctor explained. I was about to wake Lynette up, but the doctor told me to let her rest. She didn't have to tell me twice. I walked into Room 457 and saw Brandon hooked up to the tubes with a life resporator hooked up to him. She began to cry the instant she walked in. "Brandon, how can this happen to you? You are suppose to be the strong one remember? You are the one who is suppose to protect me and I feel so vulnerable right now. I am the one who got angry, and now I regret it. You can't leave me! I won't let you! I care too much for you, and I love you. I LOVE YOU! I am sorry that I didn't tell you earlier, but I was scared. Not as scared as I am roite now. You can't leave me now, I LOVE YOU!! Remember our promise? You promised that you would never leave me. I am still here, but you have to be here too!" she started crying and held on to his hand. She looked at the ceiling, "God, I don't ask you for much, I have not been the best church going person, but you can't let him leave me. He has helped me through soo much! He can't go yet! Please give me a sign that he will be alright." I had a sudden feeling as if someone was looking me, glaring at me, burning a hole through my back. I turned around and saw a hurt expression in Lynn's eyes. She turned around and walked away. I began to cry more and a tear dropped off my chin and landed on his hand. I felt his hand twitch. He began to wake up! "DOCTOR! DOCTOR!" I screamed, and I kissed him on the lips and said, "Oh Brandon! You're all right! I love you so much, and i was afraid that I had lost you!" He looked puzzled and shocked and then he asked, "Who are you?"

BRANDON:
~Two Weeks Later~
It was weird, I woke up and found myself in a hospital with a gurl kissing me, and saying that she loved me. I have established that the gurl that loved me was Diana and that I was Brandon, but I didn't know which part the other girl, Lynn, played. It was obvious that Lynn and Di disliked eachother. We were all in my room which felt kind of weird, even though I don't remember anything, the last thing I remember was waking up and feeling something soft on my lips, and seeing Diana right there kissing me, i knew that it was my first kiss, but did I feel the same way she felt about me? Why was I so attracted to that Lynette girl? Everything is soooo confusing! I want to remember everything, but I can't! I looked over at Lynette, and then had some light memories of some children. Did I have kids with her? No. Then it hit me. Lynette was my childhood love! I remembered all of the things we did. It was becoming clear to me. It was her. "I remember now, and I Love you too." I said. They both looked at me. Waiting for the name that would come after those three special words. Each hoping it would be their name. "I Love You too, Lynn"

DIANA:
He picked her. He picked Lynn, after all that we have gone through this past year? I was going to finally admit to him that I loved him when he came back from the airport. I was ready to accept everything, even if that meant rejection, and one incident occurs and now everything is shattered. Lynn looked at Di and gave her one of those, "Haha, I'm better than you are!" look and then walked to Brandon and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Just seeing that made me want to throw up! I stood up. "Is this your decision, Brandon?" "You heard him, he said 'Lynn'." Lynn said gloating. "Shut up, I wasn't talking to you." I said moodily, but tried to hold back my anger. Tears began to form in my eyes. "After all that we have been through, Brandon? For the past year? Don't you remember the late night talks, the fun, the times we shared together?" I couldn't take it and I broke down and cried. "You are my first love, my first kiss, you are my everything! Please...just...remember!" He stood up and left the room.

BRANDON:
I couldn't deal with all those memories all at once. I began to see everything, but bunched together. It was like a 500 piece jigsaw puzzle with only 200 pieces completed. I began to think of everything that happened, my family life, Lynn, Diana, the near suiside, and something finally snapped. Everything was so clear, almost. I opened the door and over heard their conversation. "Shut up you lieing backstabber!" Lynette exclaimed! "What?!" I asked confused and dumbfoundedly. "She told me to go to sleep at the hospital so when the doctor told her it was okay to visit you, she could have you all to herself!" "That is a lie! I was going to wake you up, but the doctor said to let you rest. Did you forget that you had a minor head injury?" Diana explained. "I am regaining my memory back, but I will have to have more time to think about this. Lynn. Diana. If you can give me a little more time to--" I was saying, but then both of them just left! I chased after both of them. They went outside, and went in different directions. I was left in the middle. Whoever I chased after would be the one that I chose. I looked at Lynn and remembered everything I had with her. MY PAST. Then I turned to Diana and remembered everything I had shared with her. She was my first kiss. MY PRESENT. Now I had to choose MY FUTURE. I looked at Lynette and saw the first girl that I liked. I looked at Diana. The second girl I liked and I had to choose who was my first love? I turned to look at Lynette. "This isn't really fair!" I yelled. "It's up to you to choose. Don't forget about our pact?!" Lynette yelled, and then it hit me. All the pieces in the puzzle fit, and it was complete. My decision was made. I smiled at Diana and gave her a wink. Then I ran to Lynette.




Part 3

DIANA:
"He left me for her?!" Diana said to herself as she saw Brandon run to Lynn. She couldn't believe her eyes. She didn't believe what just took place. She looked as Brandon stopped Lynette and saw her jump into his arms. "This is how it ends, everyone just leaves and plays with my feelings. I won't put up with this anymore." I thought and then turned and ran as far and fast as I could. She kept running and running. She ran across streets not caring whether the light was green or whether there was a car or not. All she felt like doing was running. A car was coming heading her way. The driver was too busy talking on his cell phone to notice Diana on the road. It wasn't slowing down. It was getting closer and closer. Diana wiped the tears away from her eyes with the back of her sleeves and looked up. She saw the car coming and froze, not knowing what to do. She wanted to run, but couldn't move. She was frozen with fear and closed her eyes and waited for the car to hit her body. Waiting for the impact of the car. Her eyes were shut tight, waiting.

*HONK*

She heard the horn and sensed that this was it, and then it happened. She felt herself get hit and then landed on a soft surface. She thought it was a cloud. She opened her eyes and saw the clouds were above her, meaning she hit the grass and someone was on top of her. Someone with their arms wrapped around her. She looked at this foreign object that was holding on to her for dear life and saw that it was Brandon!! Right there with her, holding on to her. He was shaking. It felt nice to have him so close, but why was he trembling? He finally decided to look at what happened and looked down at me and then said, "Are we dead? Are you an angel?" And all I could do was smile. It was cute, but then I remembered that he ran to Lynn and chose her. I pushed him away. "Aren't you suppose to be with 'her'?" I asked bitterly holding back a tear. "Why do you think I am here?!" he said with a smile. I looked at him not knowing what he meant, as he explained what happened.

BRANDON'S EXPLANATION:
As I looked at Lynn, she yelled, "Don't forget the pact!" And then it hit me, she broke it. She left, it was her who broke it, and now she was trying to use it against me. That is straight out wrong, so I ran to her to tell her my decision, and my decision was you, Di! "About that pact" I was telling Lynn "You broke it when you left me! You said we'd be together forever and then you left me when I needed you the most, and you come back expecting me to choose my past over my present? Your just wrong and I'm sorry it has to end like this. You love me, but I don't feel the same for you. If this was like 3 or 4 years ago or somewhere near there I would have loved you, but not anymore. You hurt me too much! Did you know that because of you leaving me that I almost took my own life for you? I am still here because guess who? Diana was there for me, and we've been through so much together in the past year then we have in the past decade. To think I almost ended my life because you left me feeling so depressed. You played with my mind and said you loved me, I am not some prize to be awarded to you because after 4 years or so you decided to do the right thing. Well it's 4 years too late for that and you can't change that, and neither you nor I can change the fact that I LOVE DIANA" And then I realized what I just said. I Love Diana! I turned around and saw that you were gone, so I ran after you. Not wanting to lose you, I ran in your direction. I knew my choice was you, and I ran and I ran and then I saw you. You were standing there in front of the the street, and that was when I spotted the car. I ran as fast as I could to catch up to you before the car did. I didn't care if I had to return to the hospital or if I died, but for damn sure I wasn't going to see the another girl leave my life, but this time it was the girl of my dreams, and this time it would have been FOREVER. I ran and ran and then I was right there and the car was so close. I tackled you onto the grass. I was trembling and afraid that I was too late. When I opened my eyes I saw you below me, looking down at you surrounded by the grass, I thought we didnt make it. I didn't know what had happened, and the first thing that I thought was that I was dead, and that was why I asked you, "Are we dead? Are you an angel?" And you just smiled. Once I saw that smile I knew that everything would be all right.

DIANA:
He saved my life. He left Lynn for me, which meant that I was his decision! I began to cry, and I wrapped my arms around him. "I LOVE YOU, BRANDON!" I said through tears. "I LOVE YOU TOO, DIANA!" This time he got the name right! He continued. "I always have! I was just so blind and I didn't trust anyone after what happened to me with Lynette. I couldn't realize my love for you. Remember when you IMed me that one day? Like way back, when we started talking again? Well that day was the day I planned to kill myself, end it all. I had no reason to live, and if you hadn't of IMed me, I probably would have been dead. I never thanked you and you were always there for me no matter what. I should have told you a lot earlier, but I was scared. Scared of rejection and I am grateful for being alive. I am so happy that I found you! I never thought that I would ever find love after what happened to me. I never thought I could trust anyone again, and if I never would have found you I wouldn't have found love in the first place. So, yes I LOVE YOU, and you mean the world to me. Lynn was my past, you are my present, and now my future. Not to forget that we have that little promise to eachother." Brandon explained. I smiled at him and was crying, tears of happiness. Then I kissed him.

"I LOVE YOU TOO, but you did leave me though, when you ran to Lynn. You scared me and I thought you chose her over me," I said still with tears in my eyes.

"I'd never leave you for her or anyone else. I am really sorry. I had to tell her that she broke the pact. I gave you a smile and a wink, but I guess that wasn't clear enough. Besides Di, you never have anything to worry about, I could be gone for years and you wouldn't have to worry because..."

"I WILL ALWAYS RETURN TO YOU!"

[The End]

It was you all along ~ by wreck7essdr1ver

The Younger Days...
Let me out!" screamed a terrified eight year old Sung Hoon. He was trapped in total darkness with four walls closing in on him. Tears streamed down his cheeks as he remembered what had happened.

He was playing hide and seek with two boys from hisschool. Their names were Eun Ji Won and Chu Tae Won. Sung Hoon was so happy when they invited him to join them. In school Sung Hoon was the most popular kid because his aunt was the famous actress, Jung Yeh Ja, but when all the excitment about her was over, he was lonely all over again. In real life, Sung Hoon doesn't have any friends because all the other kids assumed he wsa to good to play with them.

"Okay," said Ji Won, "I'll seek and you guys hide. 1...2...3...4..." Sung Hoon jumped with excitment and started running to find a place to hide. He saw a refrigerator near his house. He wondered where it came from, but then didn't care because it would make a great hiding place. Sung Hoon hid for a while and then he heard Ji Won's and Tae Won's voices. He wondered what was going on and then he heard a noise. "I hope you like it in there Sung Hoon!" 'What?' thought Sung Hoon. He tried to push open the door, but it wouldn't budge. He felt trapped and started to gasp for air. He pounded on the door and screamed, "Let me out you guys!" Ji Won just laughed. "Why don't you ask your aunt Yeh Ja to help you? Act like you're better than us just because she is famous." Sung Hoon's heart sank. He couldn't believe it. He thought Ji Won and Tae Won were his friends, but they had tricked. He began to cry. "I don't act like I'm better. Please let me out!" Tae Won began to laugh. "Teach you to mess with us." Then he and Ji Won left.

In the dark Sung Hoon sat and curled himself into alittle ball. He was terrified. He was scared of the dark and worse, he was afraid of being alone. Then he heard a knocking. A little girly voice called out, "Is someone in there?" Sung Hoon stood up and banged his fists against the door. "Hurry up and let me out!" "Wait!" He heard the noise of wood sliding and the door suddenly opened. Just as he saw light coming, he pushed his way out. He bent over and began breathing fast because he almost ran out of air when he was inside the refrigerator. Then a pair of Mary Janes came into his view. When he looked up, he saw a pair of big brown eyes staring back at him. It was a little girl in pigtails that saved him. They looked at eachother for a while anbd didn't say anything. Then the girl looked down and kicked her foot into the dirt. "Ummm...what were you doing in my fridge?" Sung Hoon looked at her and then he turned away and ran into his house, leaving the little girl staring after him.

'Huh? What just happened here?' Kyung Hee thought. "Aye! I'll never understand boys!" she screamed out lod. She was watching Sung Hoon as he ran into the house next door. "what don't you understand, sweetie?" her grandpa asked as he came out to the front porch to look for her. "Oh nothing, grampie." "Come here." He waved for Kyung Hee to come sit with him on the porch swing. She walked over to him and sat on his lap. "yes, grampie?" "Do you like it here?" She nodded her head. "Uh huh. I get to be with you all the time, but I'm still mad at mommy and daddy for leaving me." She frowned and crossed her arms. Her grandpalet out a little laugh. "Silly girl, your parents are geologists. They have to travel around the world. They can't take you with them because you have school. Besides, they'll send you presents." Kyung Hee's eyes got wide. "Presents? A lot?" "Yes." She clapped her hands. "Yay!"

Back at home Sung Hoon buried his face into his pillow and cried. Then he heard a knock on his door. "Sung Hoonee?" Sung Hoon quickly wiped his nose on his sleeve. "Yes? Come in." Then his mother came in. "What's wrong honey? Why are you crying?" He shook his head. "Oh, it's nothing mommy." His mom looked around his room. "Where are your friends?" Sung Hoon tried his best not to cry. "They....they went home." His mom hugged him. "Oh, you're sad that they had to go home so early?" Sung Hoon held on to his mom tighter and didn't answer. His mom thought for a while. "Hey, I know. A new family just moved in next door. An old man and a little girl. We can go over and meet them. Do you want to?" Okay mommy."

*DING DONG*
Kyung Hee stopped putting her toys away and looked up at the front door. 'Hmmm...I wonder who it could be?" "Kyung Hee! Answer the door!" "Okay grampie." When she opened the door she saw a pretty lady and the boy she helped earlier. "Hi!" She grabbed Sung Hoon's hand. "Are you okay?" Sung Hoon just looked at her and didn't answer. "oh, you two already met?" "Not really. I don'y even know his name." "I see. You can call me Mrs. Kang and this is my boy Sung Hoon. Is your grandfather home?" "Uh huh. My name is So Kyung Hee. Come in." Kyung Hee closed the door behind them. Then she ran upstairs to get her grandpa. Her grandpa told her, "Why don't you and Sung Hoon go outside while Mrs. Kang and I have a talk?" "okay grampie. Come on Sug Hoon," she said as she pulled him out of the house with her. When they got outside, Kyung Hee felt a hard shove behind her back. She fell on the grass, but something there cut her leg and made her bleed. She looked up and saw Sung Hoon glaring at her with the coldest eyes she has ever seen. 'Don't pretend you want to be my friend.' thought Sung Hoon. He was going to make Kyung Hee pay for what Ji Won and Tae Won did to him. "Why did you push me?" "I hate ugly girls! And you are really damn oogly!" Kyung Hee opened her mouth in shock. She began to cry. Sung Hoon felt bad but he was still mad at what those guys did to him so he wasn't going to stop. "What? Oh, are you crying? You are such a baby!" That made Kyung Hee instantly stop. She stood up. "I'm not a baby!" "Yes you are!" Sung Hoon yelled back. Then he yanked on one of her braids and pulled the ivory ribbon out. "Ow!" She yanked back her hair and then replied, "You're the baby! Who was crying inside my fridge, huh?" That made Sung Hoon really mad. He pushed her hard. She fell down and cried really loud. Her grandpa and Mrs. Kang ran out. "What happened Kyung Hee?" Kyung Hee pointed her finger at Sung Hoon. She began to sob again. "He...he--" "I accidentally made her fall," cut in Sung Hoon. Kyung Hee looked up at Sung Hoom in shock. 'That liar!' she thought. "I'm sorry," said Sung Hoon as he began to bawl. He looked at Kyung Hee with his puppyish eyes. "I didn't mean to make you fall." Mrs. Kang held Sung Hoon. "I know you didn't mean to make her fall." Then her grandpa asked, "are you okay Kyung Hee?" Kyung Hee looked up and saw Sung Hoon's ;ips move. "Baby," he said loud enough just for her to hear. Kyung Hee bit her lower lip. "I'm okay grampie. It was an accident." "I'm sorry Mr. So, but I have to be home and prepare dinner for my husband. It was a pleasure meeting you. Bye Kyung Hee!" "Bye," said Sung Hoon and he gave Kyung Hee a wave. Kyung Hee watched them as they left. Then she saw Sung Hoon turn around and give her a little smirk. She glared back at him. 'It's war. I'm going to hurt you one of these days Kang Sung Hoon,' she promised herself. This was the beginning of a NOT so beautiful friendship...

~Five Years Later~
(During these years Sung Hoon and Kyung Hee went to school together everyday. Kyung Hee was the target of Sung Hoon's tortures every single day. He would call her names and hit her. He would push her around in school, but in front of adults, he would act like he wsa her best friend. It was a nightmare for Kyung Hee because Sung Hoon requested to have every class with her, and he was her partner in every single project. What's worse was Sung Hoon became the most popular boy in school, so she couldn't get anyone on her side to help her avoid him. Also during this time, Sung Hoon met Kim Jae Duc and Lee Jae Jin. It took them a while before Sung Hoon would trust them. Eventually they became Sung Hoon's best friends as they hang out together more often. He let them in on the fun of teasing Kyung Hee, but would never let them physically harm her. And so it begins...Junior High...)

"Head's up!" Kyung Hee glanced up and saw a blurry object headed her way. Before she could block it, it hit her right smack on the head and gave her a bruise. "Ow!" She yelled and began to rub the spot where it hit her head. Sung Hoon began to walk towards her. He was teh one who threw the football. "Awww...did it hurt?" Kyung Hee glared at him, but he just smiled at her. She clenched her teeth and answered, "No." Right behind Sung Hoon was Jae Duc and Jae Jin. They were laughing. "Hope you didn't make her cry man!" said Jae Jin. Jae Duc shook his head. "Naw...her head has too many bones in it." "maybe that's why they call her 'Bonehead!'" yelled Sung Hoon. All three of them started busting out laughing and gave each other high-fives. Kyung Hee stood up. "You idiots! There are no bones in the head! You don't know anything! No wonder all of you are so dumb to make that stupid joke. I hope all three of you fail and repeat 8th grade!" Jae Jin looked at her. "Awww...you don;t mean that Kyung Hee. Cuz that means that you'll graduate before Sung Hoon." "yeah," added Jae Duc. "You don't want to leave your Sung Hooney, do you?" Kyung Hee's face turned red. "Shut up Jae Jin and Jae Duc! Kang Sung Hoon is nothing of mine!" She points a finger at Sung Hoon. "I hate you!" Sung Hoon just gave her a smile and said, "No you don't." "Ahhh!" she screamed and then stomped back to class.

'Those jerks,' Kyung Hee thought. 'Damn you Sung Hoon. Act like you're King of the school. I hope you get kicked off your throne!' She began to imagine herself choking Sung Hoon and she wasn't watching where she was going. Then she felt herself bump into someone. "Ow!" said a voice. "Oh my gosh. I'm so sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going. Here let me help you up." Kyung Hee bent down to help the guy up. She noticed he had a long neck and really beautiful eyes. Then she cursed herself for staring at him. He was cute! "Sorry about that." "It's okay." He gave her a really sweet smile. "By the way, my name is Ko Ji Yong. And you are?" "I'm So Kyung Hee. Nice to meet you Ji Wong oppa. Are you new here?" "Yeah, first day." "Let me see your schedule." Kyung Hee looked at the list Ji Yong gave her. "Hey, you take Tae Kwon Do?" "Yeah, I was the Junior Champion back at my old school. SO do we have any classes together?" "Really? That's tight! Hmmm...we have four classes together." 'He has four out of six classes with me,' she thought. 'Damn, that monster Sung Hoon has all six with me. Maybe Ji Yong will be the only guy here who won't listen to Sung Hoon and pick on me. Who knows? He might even kick Sung Hoon's butt in Tae Kwon Do!' Just the thought of Sung Hoon getting beat up made Kyung Hee yell out "Yay!" Ji Yong looked at her surprised. "Why are you so happy?" "Oh, nothing. Come on Ji Yong oppa, let me take you your first class with me."

Sung Hoon tapped his foot impatiently against his desk. 'Where the hell is Kyung Hee? She should have been here before me and the others.' He sent Jae Duc and Jae Jin to go out and find her. He began to worry, but then he heard Kyung Hee's voice. He watched her talking to a strange guy. They both sat down in a corner and then that guy handed Kyung Hee back her back pack. 'This does not look good,' thought Sung Hoon.

Kyung Hee looked over Ji Yong's shoulder and saw Sung Hoon looking at them. 'Eat your heart out Sung Hoon.' Ji Yong had been so sweet to her. 'I wish Ji Yong was my older brother,' she thought. 'That way he can protect me from that animal Sung Hoon.' ANd just then Sung Hoon walked up to them. "Hi. I'm Sung Hoon, the school's representative. And you are?" he looked at Ji Yong. Ji Yong started to analyze Sung Hoon. 'So this is the guy who's picking on Kyung Hee.' Then a conversation he had with Kyung Hee's came back to him.

*Sigh*...Ji Yong looked at Kyung Hee. "What's the sigh for?" She looked down at the floor, "Oh, nothing." "Come on Kyung Hee. If you called me oppa, that means you can tell me anything." "Well, I'm afraid I'm going to get beaten up today." "Huh?! What do you mean?" Kyung Hee lifted up the sleeve of her uniform. "Take a look at this." Ji Yong glanced at her arms. Both of them had dark purple bruises. "And this too," she added and pointed to her head. There was also a dark purple bruise there. Ji Yong looked at her in shock. "Who did this to you?" "A psycho by the name of Sung Hoon." "Why? Doesn't he know guys aren't suppose to hit girls?" Kyung Hee glanced up at Ji Yong. "Human guys don't hit girls. Kang Sung Hoon is an animal." She sighed again. "But it's okay...I'm used to it by now." Ji Yong squeezed her shoulder. "Well, stop getting used to it. This torture is going to end today." "What do you mean?" "I mean, I'm going to teach this Sung Hoon a lesson." Kyung Hee grabbed Ji Yong and hugged him. "Really?" He nodded. "Yay!" she screamed. "You can do it in Tae Kwon Do today. That animal is the champion here, but not anymore, now taht you're here Ji Yong oppa." Ji Yong gave her a smile and nodded. "Let's get to class before we're late."

Ji Yong looked at Sung Hoon who had just approached him. "I'm Ko Ji Yong. And I know who you are." Sung Hoon looked at Kyung Hee. 'Must have told him about me,' he thought. Sung Hoon shrugged his shoulders. "Fame spreads." Ji Yong looked at him. 'Kyung Hee was right. He is a conceited bastard!" Sung Hoon let out a fake cough. "Excuse me, Mr. Ko. I believe you're in my seat." Ji Yong gave him a look. "I don't think so." Sung Hoon gave Ji Yong a glare that could freeze an entire ocean. Just then Jae Jin and Jae Duc came in. Sung Hoon waved for them to come over. "Hey guys come over here and meet my new friend." Jae Jin and Jae Duc walked over. "Hey guys," said Sung Hoon. "This is Ko Ji Yong. Apparently, he doesn't know where he's sitting." Jae Duc gave a little smirk. "Awww...he's new Sung Hoon. He don't know that he's sitting in your place." Jae Jin nodded and told Ji Yong, "You better move boy. You're sitting with my friend's wife." Kyung Hee opened her mouth in shock. "He's lying!" Ji Yong looked at all of them. He could tell that Sung Hoon and the other two were lying. He turned around to face Sung Hoon. "No, I don't want to move. I like sitting here." Sung Hoon was ticked, but didn't say anything. He had to stop Jae Jin and Jae Duc from fronting Ji Yong. Sung Hoon just gave a fake smile and said, "I'll see how long you will like sitting there." Then he and his boys left. Kyung Hee let out a sigh of relief. "Thanks Ji Yong oppa. Everyday that Sung Hoon and his buddies will sit next to me, so they could torture me, but now that you're here, they can't do it anymore!" "It's nothing," said Ji Yong. "I'll try my best to stop them from torturing you."

*RING*
The bell rang and signaled that this class ended. "Come on Ji Yong oppa! Time for Tae Kwon Do!" Kyung Hee and Ji Yong walked to the gym together. When they looked up, they saw the janitor fixing the ceiling. Kyung Hee walked up to him. "What are you doing Mr. Seo?" "Just fixing the ceiling fans Kyung Hee. These things are sharp and could cut somebody up! You two kids better be getting to class now. I have a lot of work to do today." Kyung Hee and Ji Yong waved bye to Mr. Seo, then they both went their own seperate ways to the locker rooms to change for class. Sung Hoon sat down on the mat and waited for Kyung Hee and Ji Yong to both come out. Jae Jin sat down next to him. Jae Duc wasn't in the same class. "So you gonna kick the crap outta the new guy Sung Hoon?" "Yeah, that'll teach him to mess with me!" Jae Jin scratched his head. "Dude, I don't get it. The only thing he did was sit next to Kyung Hee. So why you tripping for? You like her or something?" Sung Hoon glared at him, "Hell no! I don't like her. I just don't want anyone messing with my stiff, alright?" "Okay, okay. Chill. Well, here they come." Ji Yong found a place to sit on the mat, and Kyung Hee sat down next to him. A guy from their class shouted out, "Hey Kyung Hee! You dump Sung Hoon for the new guy?" She yelled back, "Shut up, dork!" Everyone in class, including Ji Yong and Sung Hoon started at her. Kyung Hee just looked away and pretended not to notice. Then she leaned over and whispered in Ji Yong's ear, "Kick Sung Hoon's butt, hard." Sung Hoon looked at Kyung Hee leaning near Ji Yong. 'Damn you Kyung Hee, is it so terrible to be known as my girlfriend?' he thought angrily. 'You're going down pretty boy.' He glared at Ji Yong, who was glaring back at him.

*RING*
The bell rang and class began. Sensei Shim called roll and made everyone sit down. "All right, now you spinless wimps. Let's see what you've learned these past few weeks. Class will begin with a match. WHo are my volunteers?" Sung Hoon raised his hand. "Ahh...Sung Hoon, my number one student. Who else?" No one raised their hand. "Hmmm...how about you Kyung Hee?" Kyung Hee shook her head so hard that her hair fell out of her ponytail. Sung Hoon rolled his eyes and said, "Not today Sensei. How about Ji Yong?" "Ji Yong?" Sensei Shim looked at Ji Yong. "Are you the new boy Ko Ji Yong?" "Yes Sensei," answered Ji Yong. Sensei Shim rubbed his chin. "Hmmm...I don't know Sung Hoon. It night not be fair for Ji Yong to fight against an advanced student like you." Ji Yong stood up, "It's okay, I learned Tae Kwon Do back at my old school too." "Really?" asked Sensei Shim. "Then this should be a good match. Alright everybody. In your places." Ji Yong and Sung Hoon got in their fighting stances. 'I'm going to wipe that smile off your face,' thought Ji Yong. 'You're going down punk,' Sung Hoon thought back.

"Fight!" Sensei Shim yelled. Sung Hoon moved forward. 'I'm going to punch him so hard--' but before he knew it, he had fallen down on his back. He was surprised. "How? What?!" Ji Yong had swept kicked him and made him fall. "Winner, Ko Ji Yong!" "Yay!" shouted Kyung Hee. She ran up and hugged Ji Yong. "You were great! You took him down in less than five seconds!" "Wait a second!" yelled Sung Hoon. "There are three rounds in a match. It ain't over yet!" "Oh yeah." said the Sensei. "Hold on everyone, we have two rounds left." Sung Hoon looked over at where Kyung Hee was sitting. See was massaging Ji Yong's shoulders. He opened his mouth in shock. 'She's on the enemy's side!' He was spacing out until his thoughts got interrupted by Jae Jin. "Hey Sung Hoon." "What is it Jae Jin?" "The new guy is pretty good, but by the way he fights, I know you can beat him. Just don't underestimate him and don't let your guard down. You can win." Sung Hoon slapped Jae Jin on the back. "Thanks man, I was spacing out there." Jae Jin nodded and understood. 'You'll see that I am the better guy Kyung Hee,' Sung Hoon mentally tried to tell her. "Yoi were great, Ji Yong oppa!" Kyung Hee said excitedly. "Thanks. Ummm...Kyung Hee?" "Yeah?" "You sure Sung Hoon is the best fighter here? He didn't seem to last very long." Kyung Hee nodded her head. "He is the best fighter here. I think he didn't last long because you're so much better than him." "Maybe," said Ji Yong with doubt.

"Okay, Round Two!" yelled Sensei Shim as he pulled his arm down. "Fight!" Sung Hoon and Ji Yong got into their positions. Ji Yong let out a punch, but Sung Hoon caught his arm and flipped him over. During that time, Sung Hoon whispered in Hi Yong's ear, "You stay away from my Kyung Hee." Ji Yong fell down surprised at what he had just heard. "Winner Kang Sung Hoon!" yelled Sensei Shim as he held up Sung Hoon's arm. Kyung Hee opened her mouth in shock. 'That bastard Sung Hoon won.' She began to bite on a bracelet. Sung Hoon saw her looking at him. He crossed his eyes and stuck out his tongue at her. 'That jerk is so immature!' "Wait Sensei!" she yelled. "Three rounds remember? One more to go!" Sung Hoon walked up to Kyung Hee. "Don't worry about it. Get ready to kiss my feet when I win Kyung Hee honey." "Get bent and die Kang Sung Hoon." Sung Hoon flashed her one of his trademark smiles and went back to take his place. He heard her yell out, "You can do it Ji Yong oppa!" 'Ji Yong oppa?' thought Sung Hoon. 'She never called me oppa!' Sung Hoon knew that he couldn't lose concentration or he'll lose for shure. 'Win the match first and deal with it later.' 'Wow,' thought Ji Yong. 'Sung Hoon is good. Hmmm...I wonder if he'll be my friend if he does end up beating me. He don't hate Kyung Hee. I think he might even be in love with her! Heh heh...well well..Mr. Tough Guy has a weakness, besides, I haven't met a good match like this in a long time."

"Round Three. Fight!" This time Sung hoon let out a punch and Ji Yong caught his arm. He flipped Sung Hoon over, but he didn't fall down. Sung Hoon twisted his body back so he fell upright. He sent out a roundhouse kick and knocked Ji Yong down. 'Victory is mine.' Sung Hoon smiled. "Winner is Kang Sung Hoon!" yelled Sensei Shim. "You were excellent too Ji Yong," he said as he helped Ji Yong up. Ji Yong looked at Sung Hoon and smiled. "You were great. You should show me your moves sometime." Sung Hoon looked at Ji Yong surprised. He didn't expect Ji Yong to say that. Ji Yong extended his hand. "Truce? Except don't pick on my dongsang Kyung Hee anymore okay?" 'Dongsang?' thought Sung Hoon. 'That means there's nothing going on between them. I guess this Ji Yong guy isn't so bad after all.' He shook Ji Yong's hand, "Truce." Kyung Hee couldn't believe her eyes. Both of them are shaking hands and acting like eachother's buddy! She ran up to Ji Yong's side. "Why are you being friends with this jock strap?" Ji Yong placed a hand on her shoulder. "Come on Kyung Hee. Let's all be friends." Then Jae Jin had to add his two cents. "Yeah, isn't that why you came here Kyung Hee? To give Sung Hoon his victory kiss?" She looked over at Sung Hoon who was gicing her this stupid smile and he was shaking his eyebrows up and down. She brushed off Ji Yong's hand. "No! And I hate you too Ji Yong!" Then she stomped off.

As Kyung Hee walked by the gym door, her hair got caught in the door hinges. 'Oh great,' she thought. 'It's not like I'm embarassed enough already and now this. I bet they're all laughing now.' She began to tug at her hair to pull it loose. However, unsuspecting by anyone, just above her head was a loose fan's sharp blade, and it was about to fall.

It just happened so fast. Something instinctly made Sung Hoon look up. There it was. Just a few more cracks and the heavy twirling fan would fall...right onto an unsuspecting Kyung Hee. Sung Hoon felt as though time had stopped and everything had frozen in place, but time did not stop, and he was moving. Images flashed before his eye's. Kyung Hee would be crushed and killed. Then there will be no more Kyung Hee. How lonely and empty his life would be.

When Kyung Hee turned around to see if anyone was laughing, she saw Sung Hoon's cocky smiling face change into a face of worry and horror. She began to wonder what he was doing. There he was running as fast as he could towards her. It was so fast. She heard a loud crash and felt her body slam against the wall. She blacked out for a second before she realized what was happening.

Too close. That was way way too close. Sung Hoon felt his heart beat so loud, that it was pounding in his ears. When he grabbed Kyung Hee, he didn't stop running until he made it outside the gym and the wall stopped him. It took him a second to realize that his lips were pressed against something soft. He opened his eys. 'Oh my God?!' His eyes got even wider. 'I'm kissing Kyung Hee! She's gonna kill me!' He began to think really fast. 'I'll just close my eyes and pretend like I know nothing.'

It took a while, but Kyung Hee finally came back to her senses. She felt something pressed against her entire body. 'Oh my God! Sung Hoon is kissing me!' She pushed him off of her. "You pervert!" she yelled as she balled her fists up until her knuckles turned white. Then there was that worried look on Sung Hoon's face again. Kyung Hee knew something wsa wrong. Her hand slowly felt the back of her head. Her long hair was gone. The front was still long, but the back was severed all the way up to her shoulders. She was in shock. "How could you do this to me?" she cried out. Sung Hoon shrugged his shoulders. "Ummm...Victory Kiss?"

'I can't believe I just said that!' Too late. Sung Hoon saw Kyung Hee turn even angrier. Then he felt a painful slap across his cheek. He turned his head back just in time to see her run away. Then slowly, he went over to the gym doors to pick up what was left of Kyung Hee's hair. Slowly his tears fell upon the shiny black hair he was holding. Sung Hoon was hurting, and it wasn't from the slap. It was a different kind of pain...

Kyung Hee didn't stop running until she made it home. Tears were streaming down her cheeks. 'That jerk kissed her!' she repeated to herself over and over. 'That was my first kiss too! It was supposed to be for the guy of my dreams, not a walking nightmare like Sung Hoon!' "Why does Kang Sung Hoon hate me so much?" she asked herself out loud. "What did I ever do to him?" Kyung Hee touched the back of her head. Her hair really is gone.




The High School Years...
~Five More Years Later~
(During this time, changes both happened for Kyung Hee and Sung Hoon. Besides the fact that they're 18 and in high school, Kyung Hee became more distant towards everyone. Everyone assumed it was because of her hair. She was no longer the socialble, bubbly girl. Instead she now became a silent, aggressive jock. She traded in her baby tees, hair bows, skirts, and platflorms for sweatshirts, basebal caps, tennis shoes, and baggy jeans. She would hang out with the nerds and jocks and just about anybody except for the popular girls, who were all stuck up. No one dared to mess with Kyung Hee though. She developed a reputation for herself as a fighter when she managed to beat up the biggest girl bully in school. Kyung Hee is a really small and skinny person, but no one could really tell underneath all of her clothes, which made her look bulky. Jae Jin and Jae Duc stopped teasing Kyung Hee as time passed too. They've gotten more mature and dated around too. Kyung Hee still talks to Ji Yong, but she had stopped calling him oppa.

Ever since that incident, Sung Hoon knew that Kyung Hee had changed. He had toned down on picking on her, but he didn't stop. He knew it ws the only way and excuse he had if he wanted to talk to her. When he entered high school, he brought along his popularity and good looks with him. Sung Hoon became every girl's dream guy. Well-built body, styling hair, seductive eyes, and a killer smile. He dated every girl that every guy in his school wanted to date, but sadly, no matter how many girls he dated, they all meant nothing to him. He was never able to tell Kyung Hee how he really felt about her, so he planned on keeping it silent forever.)

"Head's up!" Kyung Hee looked up and caught the ball that was aimed towards her. Sung Hoon started jumping around and yelling, "For the honor of football, Kyung Hee is She Man!" "Go back into the cave where you crawled out from Porcupine," she snapped back, referring to his hair. She threw the ball back at him. 'Porcupine? It took me an hour to get my hair like this!' Sung Hoon thought. 'Damn, why does her words have to get on my nerves so much? No one else can ever do that!' "Awww...you grouchy because everytime you look at me, you know you can only look but can't touch?" "Pul-lease...if I touch you, I might get a disease." "Poor Kyung Hee. Gonna die a single, lonely, old nun." Kyung Hee gave him a secretive smile. "Just because I don't date around like you, doesn't mean anything. And besides, how do you know I'm single?" Sung Hoon looked at her. 'Is she dating someone I don't know?' He was about to ask, but then Shin Chun Ok, Sung Hoon's latest girlfriend, walked up and interrupted their disses.

"Sung Hoonee!" She ran up to squeeze him. Sung Hoon rolled his eyes. 'Damn, Chun Ok. Why did she have to be here? She's so annoying!' But he gave her a smile anyways. "So what are you doing here?" "I want you to take a look at my dress!" "It's nice." Sung Hoon really didn't care anyways. He planned to break up with her soon. Kyung Hee was watching them the whole time. She rolled her eyes. Chun Ok caught Kyung Hee watching them. She began to talk to Kyung Hee in her fake sugary voice. "I know what you're thinking, but sorry, this dress doesn't come in a large." Kyung Hee gave her a fake smile. "No, but your mouth sure does." Then she walked away. Chun Ok rolled her eyes behind Kyung Hee's back. "Whatever." Sung Hoon glared at her. He didn't like it when other people made fun of Kyung Hee just because she dressed like a guy. "You didn't have to say that, you know." Chun Ok stomped her feet. "Why do you always take her side?" she whined. Sung Hoon just walked away. "Sung Hoonee!"

Sung Hoon waited for Kyung Hee after school, but he didn't see her, so he decided to drop by her house. She wasn't home, but her grandpa was. "Sung Hoon! Long time no see! Come in." "Hi Grandpa So. Is Kyung Hee home?" "No. She told me she's going out with her boyfriend." "Boyfriend? Who is he?" Grandpa So gave him a little smile. "Sung Hoon. You're old now. Don't be teasing an old man. You and Kyung Hee still pretending to hate eachother, while you both know that you both have a burning attraction." "Attraction?! Hell NO!" Grandpa So just smiled. "Okay, I'll just play along. She'll be home later. The sooner you meet up with her, the sooner you'll see her." Sung Hoon smiled and shook his head. Grandpa So always wanted him and Kyung Hee to be together. "Okay. Good bye, Grandpa So." "Bye Sung Hoon"

~Eight Hours Later~
Sung Hoon banged on the So's front door. Grandpa So answered it. "Is Kyung Hee home?" Grandpa SO yawned. "No. Where is she?" "I don't know! I wasn't with her." "It's okay Sung Hoon. She's a big girl now. She can take care of herself." "It's late. It's past midnight right now. Aren't you worried? What kind of grandfather are you?" "Kyung Hee's been out this late for the past two months. Why are you so worried?" Sung Hoon blushed. "I'm not worried." Grandpa So yawned some more. "You can wait here if you want." "No, I'll go out and look for her," said Sung Hoon. Then he left. Sung Hoon began to walk down the street. He sat on the curb and waited. Ten minutes later he saw Kyung Hee walking up the path with a dreamy look on her face. He was so happy to see her, but he was also very mad. He ran up to her. "What is wrong with you? What is a girl like you, doing out so late on a school night?" Kyung Hee looked at him surprised. "None of your business." Then she began walking home. He followed her. Sung Hoon knew he couldn't ask, but the thought of her with another guy was tearing at him inside. "well, your grandpa was worried." "I can take care of myself." They made it home together in silence. Kyung Hee came home and closed the door. Sung Hoon watched her go in and saw the door as a sign. 'She has shut me out of her life...forever.'

(A couple of weeks passed by. With Sung Hoon's popularity, he used everyone he could to find out who Kyung Hee was dating, but it was no use. No one was able to find out. He broke up with Chun Ok, and she knew it was because of Kyung Hee. She was mad, but wasn't able to do anything to Kyung Hee because she wsa threatened by Sung Hoon. Also she was afraid of Kyung Hee too. Not knowing who Kyung Hee was dating was bothering Sung Hoon so much, he couldn't sleep. There was only one thing left for him to do. Spy on her.)

It was 11 p.m. Kyung Hee had left her house and took a taxi. Sung Hoon began to follow her silently in his car. It took twenty minutes, but then Sung Hoon saw Kyung Hee get off at a park. He parked his car away from her view and got out of the car. he snuck up to a bush nearby and watched her. Then he saw her run up to a strange guy he has never seen before. 'I wonder who he is?' Then Sung Hoon began to analyze Kyung Hee. 'Figured she wouldn't dress up. Not even for a date. Miss Tomboy.'

"Ji Won honey!" Kyung Hee ran up to hug her boyfriend. "I miss you. I also have something to tell you." "I miss you too." Ji Won held her. He tried to stroke her hair, but like always, it was tucked inside that stupid baseball cap. Kyung Hee looked at him. He didn't seem too happy to see her. "Is something wrong?" she asked. Ji Won nodded, and told her to sit down. He held both of her hands. "Is there something you want to tell say Kyung Hee?" "You go first Ji Won." "It's us. I don't think it's working out." "Why?!" "Well...we're not compatible." "What do you mean? We like the same things." Ji Won gave an exasperated sigh. "We like the same things that guy buddies should like. Not like couples. I thought I'd get over it, but you're really not attractive." "What?!" she asked in disbelief. "I mean, look at you Kyung Hee. I mean, sure, you're pretty, I think, but I can't tell from your hat covering half of your face. I don't even know how long your hair is! And you dress like a guy!" and he continued to list her bad qualities.

Sung Hoon looked at Kyung Hee from where he was sitting. He could tell she was trying her best not to cry. Her feelings weren't hurt, but her pride was. 'Ji Won...hmmm...he looks and sounds familiar.' he thought. Sung Hoon chewed on his lipfor a while, and then it hit him. 'He's that stupid kid that locked me in the refrigerator!' Sung Hoon felt anger rising inside of him as he looked at Ji Won. As he was listening, he began to realize Ji Won was putting Kyung Hee down as he was breaking up with her. 'Don't you dare hurt her like that!' Sung Hoon came out from where he hid.

"You understand don't you, Kyung Hee?" Ji Won looked at her. She didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She was about to answer, but then her eyes widened when she saw Sung Hoon walking up to them. 'Oh no! He's going to make fun of me because I just got dumped.' "Honey!" Sung Hoon ran up to Kyung Hee and hugged her hard. Then he spun her around. "Gosh I miss you!" "Huh?! Who are you calling hon--" Sung Hoon put his arms around Kyung Hee's shoulders and closed her mouth just in time. He looked over at Ji Won, who was looking at them both in shock. "Who the hell are you?" asked Sung Hoon. "I'm Eun Ji Won. And who are you? Why are you calling my girlfriend, honey?" "I'm Kang Sung Hoon, and you've got it all wrong, pal. Kyung Hee is my girlfriend." Kyung Hee looked at Sung Hoon. 'What is he doing?' Then she realized that his arm was still on her shoulder and he was holding her pretty close. "Let go! Your armpit smells!" Sung Hoon twisted her away and whispered, "You want me to help you from being embarrassed or not?" She nodded her head. "Then stop dissing me!" Then Sung Hoon turned them both around to face Ji Won. He gave Ji Won his famous smile. "So you're the guy Kyung Hee tells me is a very lousy kisser." Just to prove his point, Sung Hoon bent over to kiss Kyung Hee. The kiss came out awkward, and he ended up kissing her nose instead. Ji Won gave them both cold glares. "I don't know wht the hell you're talking about, but I just dumped Kyung Hee, so you can have her." Sung Hoon let out a loud fake laugh. He faced Kyung Hee. "Honey, you're so sweet. You didn't want this loser to feel bad, so you let him think that he's dumping you." 'Thank you,' she thought silently. She smiled and nodded. "I had to dear." Ji Won looked at them in digust. "Hope You two are very happy together!" then he left.

Kyung Hee sat down on a bench. 'God...I hope she's not going to cry,' prayed Sung Hoon as he sat down next to her. "Go ahead and laugh." "Huh?" "I know you want to. Now is the perfect time to make fun of me." Sung Hoon wanted to put his arms around her and let her cry on his shoulders so bad. "Nawh...not in the mood tonight. I'll save it for some other time." Then suddenly Kyung Hee began to cry. "You're not crying over that jerk, are you?" "Why do you care?" she yelled at him. "I...I don't care, except I think you're wasting your tears." Sung Hoon felt his heart breaking as he saw Kyung Hee cry. 'He's not worth it,' he thought, but he kept those words to himself. 'She'll never cry oer me.' "No, I'm not crying over him." "Yeah, right." "No, really. I'm not." "Then why are you crying?" Sung Hoon felt a bubble of hope rise inside of him. Kyung Hee let out a sigh. "My parents are going to come visit me tomorrow, and they want to meet my boyfriend." Sung Hoon looked at her. "So...what are you going to do now that Mr. Wonderful is gone?" "I don't know. Gosh, I'm such a loser." Sung Hoon let out a fake sigh. "Well...I can pretend that I'm your boyfriend." Kyung Hee looked at him surprised. "You'll help me?" 'Maybe Sung Hoon isn't so bad after all. I guess he can be really sweet sometimes.' Just looking into Kyung hee's big warm brown eyes, made him want to tell her all of his feelings for her, but he couldn't. "Yeah, it's Be Kind To Geeks Week." Kyung Hee stood up. "I don't need your help, you conceited snob! I'll just ask Ji Yong!" Then she ran off. "Damn!" Sung Hoon cursed himself. "Why did I have to say that?" he asked himself, but he did't know why he did it.

*DING DONG*
"Mommy! Daddy!" "Kyung Hee!" Kyung Hee hugged her parents as they came inside the house. "We miss you so much." "I miss you too." Then Grandpa So came out and they all had tea while they talked. After a while, the subject of her boyfriend came up. Her mother asked her, "So Kyung Hee dear, where is that boyfriend you have always been talking about?" "Uhhh..." Kyung Hee glanced at the clock. It was 7:30. 'Damn, Ji Yong is half an hour late! Why aren't you here yet?' Her question seemed to have gotten answered because just then the doorbell rang. She jumped up and ran to the door. "I'll get it! It must be him."

She opened the door. I'm so glad you're here--" but she was cut off by her own scream. It was not Ji Yong, but that thing Kang Sung Hoon. He was holding flowers and he leaned over to hug her. "I miss you too honey!" he said really loud for everyone to hear. Kyung Hee blocked the door, but he made it inside her house anyways. "Hi Mr. and Mrs. So. Hello Grandpa So. I've heard so much about you from Kyung Hee. My name is Kang Sung Hoon." He shook hands with all of Kyung Hee's elders. The parents nodded their heads in approval. The grandpa just smiled. He knew what was going on. He didn't say anything because his wish for Kyung Hee to be with Sung Hoon is going to come true. "So, you must be the boyfriend Kyung Hee is always talking about." "I think so. Kyung Hee is the best thing that ever happened to me. I can see she recieved all of her good qualities from her family." Kyung Hee rolled her eyes while she listened to Sung Hoon's political speech. 'He must be the world's best liar!' but her parents were pleased. They like Sung Hoon, but then her mother asked, "Do you know the young boy who lives next door?" 'Oh no,' thought Kyung Hee. Sung Hoon raised an eyebrow. "Ummm...kind of. Why Mrs. So?" "Kyung Hee mentions that boy too. She said he was an annoying pest, but we havent gotten the chance to meet him yet. So I just want to see if you know him too." 'Annoying pest?' he thought. 'I'll let that one slide.' I do know him Mrs. So, but he's not an annoying pest. It's just that a long time ago, Kyung Hee wanted to date him, but she could NOT, so she has grudge against him." Kyung Hee opened her mouth, but quickly shut it. She needed Sung Hoon's help, so she couldn't say anything. Her mother asked, "Is that true dear?" Kyung Hee gritted her teeth. "Yes it is mommy." Sung Hoon smiled. They sat down and talked. Hours passed and it was getting late, and he had to go home. "Well, it was a pleasure meeting you Mr. and Mrs. So. Good night." "Good night, Sung Hoon." "I'll walk him home," said Kyung Hee.

Just as they stepped out the door, Kyung Hee slammed Sung Hoon against the wall. "What the hell are you doing here? Where is Ji Yong?" Sung Hoon smiled and said, "Is this how you treat your boyfriend?" "Answer me!" "Ji Yong couldn't make it, so I decided to help him out." "Oh no. My parents are staying for two weeks! Ji Yong can't pretend to be my boyfriend now."

Sung Hoon gave out a sigh. "well, I guess I'll torture myself for a few weeks and pretend to be your boyfriend." Kyung Hee looked at him suspiciously. "How do I know you didn't do anything to Ji Yong to take his place?" Sung Hoon was stunned. He hadn't thought about Kyung Hee thinking that. Truth was, he had to beg Ji YOng to let him take his place, but Sung Hoon played it off smoothly. "Yeah, right. Look at you Kyung Hee. Only an idiot would date you. What makes you think I wuld do this if it wasn't for a buddy?"

Kyung Hee looked at him with doubt, but then Sung Hoon continued talking. "Besides, this means you have to be nice to me or your parents will find out the truth." It seemed like blackmail to her. "Oh, I'll be nice to you alright," she said as she raised her fist, but just then her dad opened the door and she droped her fist immediately. "That's so cute. You don't want to say goodbye to Sung Hoon? Stay out with him then. It's just ten, but be home by midnight. There's school tomorrow." "Thanks Mr. So." said Sung Hoon, and he pulled Kyung Hee away before she could answer. "I'll have her back by midnight." He took her hand and led her to the park.

"Okay. Here are the ground rules if you want me to be your boyfriend." "Rules? Puh-lease! I don't want to date you!" "Oh yeah? Tell that to your parents then." That made Kyung Hee shut up. She listened as Sung Hoon went on. "First of all, I have good taste. My girlfriends will be wearing dresses and smell good. And you look like a guy! And you smell--" Sung Hoon took a whiff of her. "Eww! You smell like a guy too!" Kyung Hee took a smell of herself, "Do not!" "Do too! Second rule. When we kiss, you have to promise to let go because I know you can't help yourself and you'll end up gluing yourself to me." Kyung Hee gave him a disgusted look. "Gross! That's my rule! No Kissing!" Sung Hoon cocked an eyebrow. "Won't it look weird if you never kiss your boyfriend?" Kyung Hee shuddered from the thought of kissing Sung Hoon. "The things I do just to please my parents." "hey, I'm the one who's sacrificing. Now I have to go two weeks without dating any girl. I'm suppose to be with a beauty, not a beast!"

Kyung Hee sighed. "Alright. Then go ahead. Kiss me." "What?!" "You heard me. Remember when you tried to kiss me in front of Ji Won? You were aiming for my mouth, weren't you? But you missed and hit my nose. I guess we have to practice." Sung Hoon swallowed. He always imagined what it would be like to kiss Kyung Hee, but he didn't really think he was going to have th chance. "Well at least take off your cap, so I know I'm kissing a girl." Kyung Hee took her cap off. Long strands of hair fell down past her shoulders and down her back. Sung Hoon ran his hand through her hair. "Hey, your hair grew back!" "Yeah" "Why do you always keep it in a cap then?" "Oh, I don't know. Maybe because I have a fear that a psycho would chop it off!" Sung Hoon pulled his hand away. "Look, it was an accident. Besides, it was five years ago. Can't you forget and move on already?" "How would you feel if I cut your hair?" "It's different because my hair is nice, while yours is nappy," he said. "Oh yeah? You could have fooled me. I thought your hair was a dead animal with all those spikes." "So are we going to kiss or not?" he asked. Kyung Hee sighed. "If only you would stop making fun of me."

"Okay, I guess I have to stop for now since I'm your boyfriend." Then she slowly closed her eyes. Sung Hoon looked at her. Her innocent face reminded him of all the good times they had together. Well actually, good for him, a nightmare for her, but there she was. Standing very close to him. Eyes closed, her long hair swaying. Then he bent forward to kiss her, and there it was. Magic and Fireworks. It was a feeling he couldn't describe. He never felt this way when he kissed a girl before, and he knew it too because he had kissed a lot of girls before. Kyung Hee wrapped her arms around Sung Hoon's neck. 'Hmmm...I never felt like this when I kissed Ji Won. I could kiss Sung Hoon forever. Wait a minute, what the hell am I thinking?' Kyung Hee broke the kiss off. "Okay, that's enough practice." She put her cap back on because she knew her face was turning red. Sung Hoon was kind of disappointed that it had to end so soon. "Uh, yeah. Come on Kyung Hee. I'll walk you home."

~School: The Next Day~
Sung Hoon stopped by Kyung Hee's locker. He forgot to discuss with her if they were oging to pretend to be a couple in school or not. 'I hope so. Maybe I'll get to kiss her again,' he thought with a smile. Then he saw Ji Won walking up to him. "What are you doing here?" Ji Won gave him a smirk. "I transferred here. I just wanted to kno for sure if you and Kyung Hee have been dating." Sung Hoon began to sweat. 'Uh oh.' "Of course we have and it's been for a long time too." Ji Won gave him a look that showed Sung Hoon that he didn't believe a word he said. "Oh really? Then let me ask someone." Ji Won grabbed a student as he was walking by. "Hey you. Who is So Kyung Hee's boyfriend?" Sung Hoon looked at the student. "Oh that's easy! It's Kang Sung Hoon." "It is?" "Yeah," said the student, "They've been together forever. They're like a married couple!" Ji Won let the student go. "See?" said Sung Hoon with a cocky smile. "So what?" Ji Won snapped back. "She acts and looks like a guy anyways."

"Sung Hoon honey!" Sung Hoon and Ji Won turned around to see who was calling Sung Hoon. Both of them did a double take. It was Kyung Hee, and she looked damn fine! Her hair was put up, but some strands fell down layering her face. She was wearing a ligh blue slip dress that emphasized her great figure and matching platforms. The school's tomboy had just turned into the school's prom queen. She looked like an angel. Sung Hoon couldn't take his eyes off of her. Neither could Ji Won. "Sung Hoon!" She went up and kissed him on the cheek. "Are you waiting for me?" Sung Hoon finally snapped out of it. "uh...yeah." Then he leaned over and gave her a real kiss. 'I can kiss her anytime I want to, now that she is my girlfriend,' he thought. Kyung Hee turned around. "Oh, hi Ji Won. What are you doing here?" Ji Won looked at her awkwardly. "Ummm...hi Kyung Hee. I just transferred here. You sure look pretty today." Kyung Hee gave him a smile. "thanks. Well nice seeing you. Sung Hoon and I have to go to class now. Bye." Sung Hoon wrapped his arms around her waist and led her to class, leaving Ji Won looking after them. As they entered the door, Jae Jin and Jae Duc ran up to Sung Hoon, but then they saw Kyung Hee. Jae Jin gave her a little smile. "Hi. I'm Lee Jae Jin. I'm single and ready to mingle, and you are?" Kyung Hee rolled her eyes. Then it was Jae Duc's turn. "Can I check your dress to see if you were made in Heaven?" "It's me, Kyung Hee, and those were the lamest lines I've ever heard." Jae Jin and Jae Duc opened their mouths in shock. "No way!" yelled Jae Jin. "But you're a girl!" "I've always been a girl!" "You know Kyung hee? I've always had a crush on you," Jae Duc said to her sweetly. "Back off guys," said Sung Hoon. "She's my girl." Jae Duc pouted his lips. "Damn, it figures." Then Ji Won came in. 'Damn,' he thought. 'She never looked this good before.' He wanted her back, and he always gets his way.




The Camping Trip ...
(The next two weeks went by fast. Sung Hoon acted like the perfect boyfriend. He treated her nice and was always there by her side with flowers. Her parents like him a lot. Before Sung Hoon knew it, his dating charade with Kyung Hee was over, and so was school. Her parents decided to stay until their graduation, and then afterwards, they would take a plane back to the U.S. The entire graduated class decided to go on a camping trip because it would be the last time they would be seeing eachother since everyone is going their seperate direction to college.)

Everyone was sitting around the camp fire and talking. Chun Ok had seated herself between Sung Hoon and Kyung Hee. Ji Won was watching Kyung Hee the whole time. Jae DUc was telling a scary story about a psycho killer in the woods. "He goes around chopping off peoples' heads and he especially likes girls." Jae Jin threw a stick at him. "That's a stupid story Duc-ee." Ji Yong threw more wood into the fire. "But I heard it's true though." A student widened his eyes. "For real?" Sung Hoon laughed. "Oh, come on. It's a bunch of bull. Even if it is for real, he'll just be after the girls." He gave Kyung Hee a supposedly scary face, but it turned out so goofy, she ended up laughing. Chun Ok grabbed onto Sung Hoon though. "Sung Hoonee! I'm scared. Hold me."

Sung Hoon was taken by surprise. He tried to pry Chun Ok off of him, but she held on tight. Kyung Hee glared at them both. 'That Casanova. Just because everytime he smiles his eyes would light up and his hair is so soft, he thinks he's--' Kyung Hee stopped herself. 'What am I thinking? It sounds like I want him or something.' She stood up. "Excuse me, but I think I'll go for a walk." Then she left. Ji Won stood up too. "I think I'll take a walk too." That alarmed Sung hoon. 'He is not going to take a walk with my Kyung Hee.' He ended up having to force Chun Ok off of him, and ran where he saw Kyung Hee disappear. Chun Ok was mad. "Kang Sung Hoon, you come back here!" Everyone at the campfire started giggling.

~Somewhere In The Woods~
Kyung Hee looked all around her. 'It figures. Sung Hoon wouldn't come after me.' she thought sadly. 'I mean why would he?' Then she heard a voice. "Kyung Hee!" She smiled and turned around. It was only Ji Won. Her face fell. "Oh, Ji Won." He sat down on a rock bext to her. "Aren't you going to come back to take Sung Hoon away from that Chun Ok girl?" She shook her head. "No...I guess they're meant to be together." Ji Won looked at her. "Kind of like you and me?" Kyung Hee scoted herself away as her eyes widened. "Uh, Ji Won. It's over between us." Ji Won grabbed her hands. "But you can give me a second chance!" She pulled her hands away. Then Ji Won asked her, "Remember what you told me what you wished for a long time ago?" "What?" "You said that you wanted to find your first true love, and be with him forever." Kyung Hee stood still. She did say that. Ji Won was her first love, but then she thought of Sung Hoon. Or is it Sung Hoon? "I don't know!" she yelled as she took off running. Ji Won smiled. 'She's coming back to me.'

As Ji Won walked back to camp, he heard a voice calling for Kyung Hee. he recognized Sung Hoon's voice. In the middle of the road, Ji Won looked down. He saw a huge hole that was about ten feet deep. Ji Won gave an evil smile. He had a plan. He began to rustle the leaves near the hole.

Sung Hoon heard a noise. 'Is it Kyung Hee?' "Kyung Hee, is that you?" No answer. "Come out, please? Wherever you are!" The leaves continued to rustle. 'What if she's hurt and couldn't answer?' Sung Hoon started to walk towards the noise and ended up falling into the trap. It was so cold and dark down in there. Sung Hoon began to panic. "Help!"

Ji Won came out from where he was hiding. "Hey Sung Hoon. Looking for something?" Sung Hoon looked up and saw Ji Won's face. "Damn you Eun Ji Won! Get me out!" Ji Wong just smiled. "This all seems so familiar. You know, it took me a while, but then I remembered. Didn't I do this to you beore 10 years ago?" Sung Hoon started to tremble. Because of what Ji Won did to him, he had a fear of the dark and being trapped alone, but he wasn't going to show it. Sung Hoon glared at Ji Won. "So what? I don't give a damn. Just get me out!" Ji Won laughed. " I guess history repeats itself when you mess with me or anything of mine. This time I mean Kyung Hee. She is my girlfriend and I want you out of the way. And I guess this solves my problem." "Kyung Hee doesn't like you! She's with me." "oh really? Didn't seem like it when your ex held you like that. I guess you can't let your first love go, and I think you know I'm Kyung Hee's first. She'll come back to me." Sung Hoon sat down on the cold ground. Kyung Hee did say taht before. 'Is she going to go back to him?' As he was thinking, Ji Won had left already. Sung Hoon looked up. "Hey!" His worst nightmare had come back, and this time Kyung Hee was not there to save him. He was stuck here all alone in the dark. "Kyung Hee...where are you?"

After a while, Kyung Hee headed back to camp. She took out her flashlight to shine her way back on the main path.

~Down In Pit~
Sung Hoon looked up and saw a beam of light. He stood up, "Help!" Kyung Hee looked around. 'Was someone calling for help?' "Hello? Is someone out there?" "HELP!" Kyung Hee ran to where the voice came from. She saw Sung Hoon jumping up and down in a hole. "Sung Hoon! What are you doing down there?!" "I fell in. Help me out!" "okay." She placed her flashlight on the ground. Then she reached over and tried to pull Sung Hoon up, but he was too heavy for her. "i can't." "What do you mean you can't? Use those puny muscles you have!" "You're too heavy! Let me go back to camp for help." "Hell no! What if you leave me here?" "What? I'm not like that!" "How do I know?" "Sung Hoon. Let go!" "No!" Sung Hoon ended up pulling Kyung Hee into the pit with him. She landed on top of him. She got up and started yelling at him. "You selfish jerk! Now we're both stuck down here!" Sung Hoon backed up against the wall. Then he started yelling. "damn! Not again! Why me? Why does it have to be so dark?" Kyung Hee looked at him. "You're afraid of the the dark?" "Yeah! You got a problem?!"

Kyung Hee looked at him in surprise. "No." She started to look at the real Kang Sung Hoon for the first time in a long time. The smart-aleck tough guy was gone. And there he was, the innocent and vulnerable Sung Hoon she first fell in love with when she was eight. But she still hadn't realized it yet.

Sung Hoon started to gasp for air. That scared Kyung Hee. "Sung Hoon...are you okay?" He shook his head. Then suddenly, he leaned over and hugged her hard. He buried his face into her neck and didn't let go. Kyung Hee stood still. She didn't know what to do. "Sung Hoon...are you okay?" Still no answer. She continued to hold him as he shivered in her arms. She ran her fingers through his hair and whispered in his ear like he was a little child that needed comforting. Sung Hoon began to breathe easier an clamed down. Then he realized he was holding onto Kyung Hee a little too hard. He let go, his face blusheing. "Uh, sorry about that. I didn't mean to--" "It's okay."

Sung Hoon gazed at Kyung Hee from the light that the moon shone on her. Her eyes were closed. She was like a sleeping angel. She looked like it too with her raven hair flowing down her back, her little white dress, and she was so naturally beautiful that she didn't need make-up. Sung Hoon began to lean forward to kiss her, but then suddenly she opened her eyes. He pulled back instantly, his cheeks turning red. 'Crap! Did she know what I was about to do?'

Kyung Hee patted him on the shoulder. "Hey Sung Hoon..." "What?" "Look, there's a full moon out tonight." Sung Hoon looked up at the sky. The moon was full and bright. Then he looked over at Kyung Hee, who was smiling. Then she asked him, "Do you remeber when we were ten, we saw te moon's reflection on the lake? You told me the moon was a ball so I would go in and get it?"

Sung Hoon smiled when he reminisced about his childhood past. It had been a happy one ever since he met Kyung Hee. "Yeah, you went into the lake and started to get the moon ball. And you kept asking me why the ball would disappear everytime you came near it? You were so stupid!" He started laughing. Kyung Hee gave him a look. That made him stop laughing, but then she gave him a little smile to show that she wasn't mad and it made him feel better.

"Yeah because of your dumb lies, I almost drowned." "Yeah...I had to jump in and save you. I was worried." "Kyung Hee looked at him. "Were you?" Sung Hoon faced her. He was gazing directly into her eyes. he always thought the best part about Kyung Hee were her eyes. They were big, innocent, and honest. Everytime he looks back, he always remember them as the first thing he saw when he met her. "Yeah kinda. I mean if you ended up drowning, then I would have no one else to pick on."

Kyung Hee looked down and smiled. She knew that Sung Hoon really meant it though. They continued talking about their past and before they knew it, they both fell asleep on eachother's shoulders.

It was morning when Ji Won woke up. He went over to Kyung Hee's tent, but she wasn't there. He patted Chun Ok on the shoulder. "Hey Chun Ok. Do you know where Kyung Hee is?" Chun Ok rolled her eyes. "That girl hasn't been back all night and neither has Sung Hoon. She must have--" Ji Won left before she could finish talking. "Ahh!" she screamed because no one ever listened to her. Ji Won called the others, so they can hel plook for Kyung Hee, but he had the feeling she was with Sung Hoon. He took them to the place where Sung Hoon had fell. Sure enough, there they both were. Kyung hee was leaning against Sung Hoon asleep. Ji Won was mad. "Hey!" The yell woke up Sung Hoon and Kyung Hee. They glanced up to see what it was. Sung Hoon stood up, "Hey you guys, help us out!" Jae Duc started laughing as he pulled Sung Hoon up. "Ooo, Snug Hoonee, what were you and Miss Kyung Hee doing down there all night?" Everyone except for Ji Won laughed. "Shut up Duc-ee," said Sung Hoon. Then he leaned over to help Kyung Hee up. "Let's go home," Sung Hoon said to the others.

It was evening by the time Sung Hoon got home. He was exhausted, so he took a shower and headed straight for bed. He looked over at Kyung Hee's room, who was exactly across from his. Her lights were out so she must be asleep. Sung Hoon sat down on his desk and bagan writing in his journal. He had kept one ever since he was ten and he wrote in it whenever something came up. When he finished writing his entry, he turned off the lights and went to sleep too.

It was eleven at night when Sung Hoon woke up. It was dark out, but he couldn't sleep anymore. So he headed downstairs to look for something to eat. His mom was at the kitchen. "Hi mommy." "Hi Sung Hoonee." She walked over to kiss him on the forehead. "How was camping?" "It was fun." He sat down at the table with his mom. She touched his hair and let out a sigh. "What's wrong mommy?" He began eating his noodles. "Nothing son. It's just that you're all grown up and going to be off to college soon." "Don't worry mommy. It's only a couple of hours from here. I'll be back to visit you and dad often." His mom smiled. "I know. Can you believe it? You and Kyung Hee have known eachother for ten years now and in just two more days, it will be the last time you'll ever see eachother." Sung Hoon choked on his food. "What?" "Oh, you didn't know? Kyung Hee came over an hour ago and made those noodles for us. She told me she's leaving for the U.S. with her boyfriend in just 2 more days." "Boyfriend?!" "Yes, a boy from your class. I think his name is Ji Won." Sung Hoon stopped eating. 'So Kyung Hee is going to go back to Ji Won.' His mom looked at his unfinished food. "Something wrong dear?" Sung Hoon shook his head. "No mommy. I'm full. I think I'll go to my room."

Sung Hoon leaned over his bedroom window. He saw Kyung Hee changing her clothes. Just then she glanced over and saw Sung Hoon watching her. She threw a shirt at him. "What do you think you're doing, you Peeping Tom?" He blocked her shirt. "Can you come over?" Kyung Hee looked at him. 'He looks so sad.' She nodded. "Okay."

Sung Hoon pulled her across from her house and into his room. She sat down and started to look around. She never had been in Sung Hoon's room before, but he was always in hers. "Well, what do you want to talk about?" Sung Hoon looked at her with sad eyes. "Ummm...is it true you're going to the U.S. in two days?" "Oh, you've heard about it already?" "Why didn't you tell me?" "Why do you care anyways?"

Sung hoon got mad. "Why do you always assume that if there's something invovling you, that I don't care?" Sung Hoon started to front her as she backed up into a corner. She was shocked. She never saw Sung Hoon this mad before. "Because you never seemed to care before." Sung Hoon grabbed her wrists and held them up. "Well you know what? I DO care." He began to let her go. "It's just that you don't care about me enough to realize it." He sat down on his bed. Kyung Hee sat down next to him. Sung Hoon, what's wrong?" "Nothing." "Please tell me." Sung Hoon looked at Kyung Hee. His mind kept telling him that this will be the last time he will ever see her . 'It's now or never.' Sung Hoon took a deep breath and told her exactly how he felt.

"I love you."

Kyung Hee stood up in shock, "What?!" Sung Hoon stood up with her. "I love you." Kyung Hee couldn't believe her ears. "Wait, do you know what you're saying?" He nodded his head. "Yes and I do mean it. I love you So Kyung Hee." She moved away from him.

"Do you know what you're saying? I'm going to leave Korea in just two more days with Ji Won. I'm planning to be with him forever."

Sung Hoon nodded his head sadly. "I know. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that." Kyung Hee let out a sigh of relief. "It's okay." But then it hit Sung Hoon. "NO!" Kyung Hee looked at him surprised. "What do you mean 'No?'" He looked at her directly. "Why should I be sorry for saying that I love you? It's the truth!"

Kyung Hee backed up again and then she began to cry. Sung Hoon tried to move near her to comfort her, but she pushed him away. "No! After all this time, you say that you love me?" He looked at her sadly. Kyung Hee looked at him through tears. "I'm sorry Sung Hoon. I want to be with the one I love." Sung Hoon looked at her back. "But do you really love him?" She paused. She thought about it and couldn't find the answer herslef. So she didn't answer and looked away. Sung Hoon thought that was the answer. "It's okay because if I do truly love you, then all I can do is wish for is for you to be happy." He leaned over to hold her shoulders and kissed her on the forehead. "Goodbye."

Kyung Hee looked at him as he walked away. "Sung Hoon, wait." He felt hope go through him. "Yes?" "Is it okay if I take something of yours, as a memory?" That flicker of hope instantly died. He bowed his head down. "Go ahead. Take anything you want." Then he left his room and Kyung Hee left too. Sung Hoon didn't know it, but his journal was gone.

;;Boarding Flight Number 637! All passengers please come aboard at this time;;

Kyung Hee looked out the window of her airplane seat, looking at Korea for the last time. Ji Won sat down next to her. He held her handand gave her a litttle smile. "Don't worry sweetie. It'll be okay, just as long as we're together." Kyung Hee gave him a weak smile and nodded. Ji Won looked at her carefully.

"You sure are pretty today. Remember back then when you were so much like a guy? I mean I couldn't believe that I had dated you back then."

Kyung Hee was taken aback. 'Does look always have to matter?' she thought. She sighed and didn't listen to Ji Won as he continued talking. She pulled out of her handbag the book she took from Sung Hoon's room. She didn't know exactly what it was except that it had Sung Hoon's name on it. She opened it up. 'Oh my gosh! I took his hournal!' She closed the book instantly, but her curiosity got the best of her. She opened it up. The book was held in place by something. She took it out and saw that it was a little bundle strand of hair tied together by an ivory ribbon. She realized it was her hair and the ribbon was teh same one Sung Hoon took from her when he pulled on her pigtails when they first met.

Tears fell don her face as she held onto her hair. 'Sung Hoon, you have loved me so long ago?' She began to read his entries:

October 20
Too CLose. I can't believe it. It had all happened so fast that I didn't have time to think. I would have lost Kyung Hee, if I hadn't seen that fan falling. If it did fall and killed Kyung Hee, what would become of me? She'll be gone forever, leaving me in this creul and lonely world. You would have thought that I would have told her that I loved her right then because I came so close to losing her, but I didn't. When I pushedher out of the way in time, I also chopped off her beautiful, long hair. I knew it was her prized posession. I said something really stupid and now she hates me forever. Why must I always hurt the one I love the most?

Kyung Hee paused in shock. After all these years, she had blamed Sung Hoon for cutting off her hair, when all he did was risk his own life to save hers. More tears slipped down her face as she continued reading:

February 14
Ha Ha! Hey, today I was teasing Kyung Hee in the cafeteria again. She was so mad. She hated it when I called her Macho Man. Is it my fault she looks so much like a guy? Hmmm...but underneath all that, she was still the same So Kyung Hee that I love. It's so hard telling her how I feel because everytime we talk, we end up arguing or dissing eachother about something. It's Valentine's Day today, and I don't even have the guts to give her the dozen roses I have right here. I hope she's not out with some other guy though.

Kyung Hee let out a little laugh. She'd figure Sung Hoon would write something like that. She flipped the book all the way to the last entry:

July 7
I love camping. Yesterday I was out camping with everyone and the most important of all, Kyung Hee. That stupid jerk Ji Won made me fall into a pi, but like always, Kyung Hee was there for me. I don't know what to do without her. We talked about our past together and of course, she reminded me of how I tortured her. Underneath the moonlight, she looked so pretty. I began to realize that my childhood happiness was all because of her. She didn't laugh at me when she found out my fear. And you know waht? Since Kyung Hee was down in that dark hole with me, I'm not afraid of the dark anymore. But I'm still afraid to admit to Kyung Hee that I love her. What if she rejects me? All I know is that I can't live life without her.

Kyung Hee shut the journal. She began to do some thinking of her own, She looked over at Ji Won, who was sleeping. Then she realized it. All of her tearsand happiness were all because of Sung Hoon. He was the only one who was able to make her laugh or cry. She knew right then she couldn't leave.

;;Flight 637 is prepared for take-off;;

Sung Hoon watched the plane for Flight 637 take off. He walked away from the fence when the plane was no longer seen. Tears fell down his cheeks as he started to head home. 'It's over.' Sung Hoon got into his car. He leaned against his seat and sighed. 'If we were meant to be together, then Kyung Hee will show up right now.'

"Kang Sung Hoon!"

Sung Hoon sat up instantly. He recognized that voice. "Kyung Hee? Can't be!" He looked up and saw her running towards him. He was so happy, he couldn't speak. He got out of his carright away and ran towards her. She ended up in his arms. He spun her around. He gently placed her down and said, "I don't get it! Your plane left already! I mean how?"

Kyung Hee smiled. "I got off the plane before it took off. Ji Won wasn't exactly happy about it, but it's okay." Sung Hoon looked at her shyly. "But I thought you wanted to spend the rest of your life with someone you fell in love with first?" Kyung hee gazed into the face of the person she knew she wanted to see every day. She leaned over to kiss him. Then she whispered,

"IT WAS YOU ALL ALONG."

[ THE END ]