Life Points Onwards[Re-Writing]

Chapter 22

I couldn't stop smiling even when Daniel had left. I bet I looked like an idiot right now. I danced around the room.

"Megan. What are you doing?" My mother entered the room with hands full of grocery bags. Embarrassed, I stopped dancing momentarily.

"I was just... you know...." I stuttered. Think! I told myself. My mother raised her eyebrow but gave up on guessing what I was doing and walked towards the kitchen. I sighed. I lost my chance to redeem myself.

I thought about going upstairs to my room, but that would make it too obvious that something had happened. Before I could weigh the options, my mother poked her head back into the room.

"Did you see your sister?" She frowned.

"She left with some girl earlier," I replied casually. She nodded slowly and left the room. I froze immediately after, however. Even my mother didn't know where Janice was. How did she manage to keep her relationship with that girl covered? I shook off the creepy feeling that was on me. How could I doubt my sweet sister?

"Mom!" I shouted in her direction. I didn't hear anything from her, so I ran into the kitchen. She wasn't there. I began to panic. Where could she have gone in a couple of minutes? I slid down next to the counter and leaned my forehead against the cold tile. "Where are you?"

After a couple minutes of having a panic attack, I began to hear a conversation from down the hall. I slowly tiptoed until I reached the door of my mom's study. I opened the door, which was enough for me to hear, but too little for my mother to recognize. She looked quite upset, and she was clutching her phone tightly.

"Jason, we had a talk about this." My mother tried to say calmly, but her anger was evident in her speaking. "No, I'm not sending Megan over to you."

Jason? Isn't that my father's name? I asked myself. After years of leaving me and my sister in the dust, why would she be calling my father now?

"Jason. You already have a family. I'm not letting you ruin Megan's future." I didn't get why my parents were suddenly having a mysterious call. "You ruined William and Janice. They are your children too. Actually never mind. They were your children. Now that you have that perfect family, you don't need us, right?"

My father ruined William and Janice? How? I gulped.

"I don't know what you're doing to Megan, but she found out about Terry. What will you do about that?" She growled into the phone. "I'm hanging up." She slammed the phone onto the desk, making the screen shatter.

I backed away from the room and rushed back to the kitchen, collapsing on the floor. My breathing became unsteady and I began to hyperventilate.

"Megan!" I heard screaming next to me. I felt paralyzed. I couldn't move, and I felt like I was dying. I wanted the pain to stop desperately. "Megan, listen to me!" Who was that? Why were they shouting at me?

I didn't want to think about anything anymore.

I couldn't.

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I wasn't necessarily in the darkness. There was light, but I couldn't get up to reach it. It was too far from me, and I was drained of energy. I shouted, hoping that someone would come to save me. No one did, however.

"Help. Help. Help." I repeated over and over. I tried lifting my foot, but it was too heavy for me. I tried lifting my hands, but they were glued to the floor. I tried looking around, but my head was locked in one position. What was happening to me?

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"Is she alright?"

"Just a panic attack."

"Where even were you when she had the accident?"

"Janice, stop questioning me."

I heard sounds in the distance. I shifted my head.

"Did she just move?"

"Get some water for her."

"She's not even awake yet!"
I opened my eyes, and a blast of light went through. I shut my eyes again, waiting for my eyes to adjust.

"Mom? Janice?" I weakly asked. They turned around from their argument and rushed over to me. My mother squeezed me so tight, I couldn't breathe. "I can't breathe, Mom." My mother immediately let go of me and backed off.

"Sorry about that, sweetie." She said, looking guilty. I nodded slightly and looked over at my sister. She wasn't making eye contact, and was staring straight at the floor.

"It's okay..."

-Future-

"Minju!" My manager ran to me. "There's a boy waiting for you outside! He didn't seem like a sasaeng, so I let him through." I tilted my head, confused.

After listening to my manager, I ran out to see someone. He had his back turned to me, and he was on his phone, so I slowly crept up to him.

"Yeah, babe, I'll see you at home later. Mhm." He nodded and hung up. He turned around to see me eavesdropping.

"Um... Hey." I gave a little wave and smiled the tiniest bit. He shoved his phone in his pocket and nodded to me.

"I-it's been a long time..." He trailed off and looked towards the Han River that was in front of us. I looked off into the distance with him, to see a bright sun looking down at us. He took off his black mask, revealing his perfect face structure and tanned face.

"It has, hasn't it?" I looked down at my hands. I tried not to let the tears in my eyes fall. It would be so humiliating.

Two years ago, I wouldn't have found talking hard with the boy in front of me. Back then, he was mine, and I was his. I would have smiled and let all our problems rush past us. But we had too many differences.

Words can't leave my mouth anymore.

-Back to the Present-

The wind blew past me as I sat at my window. The fresh air was very refreshing after laying in bed the whole evening. I smiled at the events that had occurred today. After my brother had left for the facility, today was the best day of my life.

My first kiss was just the way I had imagined it to be. I had wished for it to be with a boy I loved with all my heart. And that was true. I also wished to have it in a perfect area, but in these circumstances, an empty house was okay.

Daniel was one of a kind, and I was so grateful that I had met him. He cared so much for those around him, and he was sweet.

I wanted to tell everyone that I had my first kiss. I wanted to tell my mother, Janice, and especially William and my father.

But Janice and mother were stressed, William was at a facility, and my father was wherever he wished to be.

I wanted to ask Daniel, "Would you still love me even if I told you my greatest secret? A secret that nobody knew?"

I had been judged so many times, I couldn't keep count. But I never told anybody about my secret.

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"So, when are you going to tell your mom?" Daniel and I sat underneath a tree the next day. I smiled and shrugged.

"I'm not sure." Daniel looked at me with a questioning look.

"You're not ashamed of our relationship, are you?" He asked with a frown and a small pout hidden under. I waved my hands.

"Of course not!"

"That was too quick of an answer." He said with a slight smirk. I only smiled back at him again.

I was finally happy.