You're Still the One

Chapter 2 - Unexpected Beginnings

SEOUL (2010)

Mun-yeong is certain she was headed for trouble the moment her cousin Juri met her at the door.

Juri excitedly announced, "I have some wonderful news for you!"

"What is it this time? What have you done?" Mun-yeong asked suspiciously.

Looking hurt, Juri blurted out, "What kind of question is that? Don't worry too much. You're always so ahead of yourself. It's nothing bad. Trust me Mun-yeong, you are going to thank me cause I'm doing you a favor."

"Alright Juri, what's this wonderful favor I should be thankful for?"

Juri grinned. "Okay, so Saturday night we're going to the movies, right?"

"Yes, as far as I know we're still going, so what about it?" Mun-yeong said.

"This is the best part, my boyfriend Sang-In will go with us and he's bringing his friend for you."

"What? Are you serious? You're fixing me up on a blind date?" Mun-yeong shrieked. "Can I strangle you now? That is the wonderful news? I think I want to kill you now!"

"My goodness Mun-yeong, don't make blind dates sound so negative. You're totally overreacting! Come on, it would be fun. Besides, I want to help you meet friends since you just moved to Seoul. Also Sang-in's best friend isn't dating anyone, so it's just perfect to... "

She cut her off. "No way Juri. Count me out. I won't do it"

"But we've planned this already for days! You can't back out! What will I tell Sang-in? What would Gang-tae think?" Juri said in her most annoying voice.

"Who's Gang-tae?"

"Sang-in's best friend of course, you silly! Come on, Mun-yeong, I'm sure you'll like Gang-tae. He's ..."

"Oh sure, let me guess... he's amazing and good looking with great personality that almost all girls would fall for him, right?"

"You guess right!" Juri said ignoring her sarcastic tone.

"Oh wow, so impressing, good for him then! But if he's great looking why does his best friend have to fix him up with blind dates? Forget it Juri, I'm not going with you to the movies anymore, and that's final!"

Mun-yeong hurriedly went downstairs leaving Juri and her stupid idea. She climbed into her car thinking of getting a nice relaxing warm bath at home.

She's lucky enough to get accepted into Chung-Ang University's (CAU) College of Medicine, hence she's so excited with her move to Seoul. Finally, she's one step closer from her dream of becoming a pediatrician. Ever since she's little she loves playing the "pretend doctor" game with her playmates and when she reach adolescence her love for children became more evident that she didn't think twice on what career path she will take in the future.

She's nearly home when at the last intersection the traffic light turns red, stopping for a brief moment, when suddenly a loud crash sends her to lurch forward on her seat. Mun-yeong instantly leaped out, trembling all over and ran to the rear of the car to check the damage. The car's rear bumper was badly twisted as she gazed helplessly at the wreckage. The other car's front bumper had the same condition as well. She quickly went to the other car who hit her.

Mun-yeong quickly assumed that the driver is probably doing something that made him missed the red light or he could be on the phone and was distracted, hence forgetting to hit the brakes. She hates irresponsible drivers so much, especially that one of her close friends back in Busan where she came from, had a fatal car accident. It was a traumatizing memory that it took her a while to learn how to drive and get a license.