True Love at Last
Author: Nicky Chapter 1 My heart is beating faster and louder. As I approached him, I kept thinking to myself about all the good times I've had with Jun Jin Park. Jun Jin is a guy who lives next door to me. My parents know him. They don't like him. They think he's a bad, drug attic guy. They think he's only hanging out with me because he wants to have sex. But I know that they're wrong. I believe that Jun Jin is a sweet and honest guy. Anyways. Last summer, we went camping with our friends. We played campfire games and had a lot of fun. I remembered that I used to walk away from the crowd. Then Jun Jin would follow me. He would run after me, exhaustedly, yelling my name out loud so that I would turn around. "HEY!!! Sakura!" "Huh?" "What are you doing, wandering around in a forest like this? You can get lost!" "I think I can take care of myself, Jun Jin! I AM 17, you know!" "Can I still keep you company?" "Sure!" We would talk and laugh at the same time! Talking with Jun Jin lets me get to know him better. He is a really funny guy. Sometimes, he would make impressions of teachers. And, I tell you, they're pretty funny. I feel safe and really comfortable around him. It's like I could say anything to him, and he wouldn't take it seriously. But sometimes, I try not to spill everything out of my mouth. Sometimes, I just wouldn't talk. I would just say 'uh huh'. But that never works. He starts talking and makes me laugh. Jun Jin is really weird sometimes. When he feels like he doesn't have anything to say, he would just blab stupid things out. Last week he even tried saying that he loves me, and he bothers me because he likes me a lot. (Yeah right). But some days, I wish that was actually true. I just wish that I have someone to cry on, to comfort me when I'm down. I mean I just wish that someone actually cares about me. Chapter 2 I know what you're thinking. You're thinking that I'm not actually alone, that I have parents! Well guess what? My parents don't care about me. They overprotect me just so that they can use me. And when my mom is in a bad mood, she would whip me for no reasons at all. I would have bruises and slits all over my body. They weren't always like this. They used to love me. When I was a little kid, I used to be able to play in the yard with my next-door neighbor. Then my mom would call me inside to taste our dinner. It would always be great. On my dad's birthday, she would make ice cream cake for him. That was our favorite flavors. Anyways, before dad comes home, she would call me inside to taste the cake. I would lick the frosting that was left on the spoon. My mom would stare at me, because I wasn't supposed to lick it. When my dad comes home, we would laugh for hours about it. My love used to be perfect! Huhh! It all ended. Four years ago, my dad went on a business trip to the Dominican Republic. I asked him to buy me a lot of presents before he came back. He promised to come back with my presents, safely. He promised! Then on day before he came back, mom received a phone call from my dad's boss. After she hung up, she cried loudly. I asked her, like a lot of times, before she answered. "He's gone! He's gone!" "Who's gone? Mom?" "Your dad died in a car accident today before he got on his airplane." Then my mom hugged me for hours. We cried and cried and cried. Eventually, we got back to our normal lives. I didn't get any more cakes from my mom. Her food became cafeteria food. I could never eat it, but I had to stuff it in. I couldn't just say that I hated it. It would crush mom. Then 2 years later.my mom received another phone call. Her sister and brother-in-law had died in another car accident. Luckily, my mom didn't have another nervous breakdown. She was kind of ok, but she kept saying stuff about their children being left alone. Then, to my luck, she went to get them to live in our house. They had 2 children. One is a daughter, at the age of 18. She's the same age as me. Her name is Minlee. She also has a brother named Dongwan. Minlee is a total snob. In front of mom, she and her brother would kiss up on mom. They would try to comfort her when she remembers dad. Then they would eat her food and compliment it like it was THAT good. Sometimes, when Minlee sees me in the hall with Jun Jin, she would snitch on me, and tell mom about it. Mom would believe it and whip me. That was the beginning of the end. Chapter 3 Thump.Thump.Thump. I think Jun Jin can even hear the beating. He looked at me and asked, "Hey Sakura! What's up? Why do you look so nervous? Did you just fail a class or something?" "Umm." I said so many umms. I think I might have looked desperate! "What's the matter?" Page 1/ Page 2/ Page 3/ Page 4/ Page 5/ Page 6/ Page 7/