IT'S OKAY

CHAPTER 13

My mom was sleeping on the sofa by the time I came home, she had her glasses on her face, and papers scattered on the table. I wanted to ignore her, but I could. I signed as I went towards her. I went upstairs to her room, to take her blanket. I removed her glasses, placing safely into its case, arranged the scattered papers, and covered her

"Alex" my mom called

I dropped the leg that was beginning to climb up the stairs and turned to look at her. I knew I couldn't continue to ignore her, but I'm also not going to start, immediately, talking to her. So, I just waited for her to say something

"I'm sorry" she said

I waited for her to continued, but that was it

"'I'm sorry'? That's all you have to say"

"I'm sorry" she repeated

I signed in frustration

"You know, it's best not to do things you have to eventually apologized for. And even when they still do things like that, they don't keep on repeating it. Saying sorry every time, like an epilogue for a book"

"Shannon..." she warned

"What?"

"I'm still your mother. You can't talk to me like that"

I chuckled bitterly

"Ne, bu-in" I said and left, ignoring her calls yes, Madame

I screamed into my pillow for a while, before I got up to freshen up, and do school work

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"Mwoya?" what is this? I asked confused

"What?"

"Yeo-gi-seo mwo-hae?" what are you doing here?

"What else? I came to pick you up"

I made a face

"Are you on drugs?"

"Get in" he ignored my statement

"Get lost"

Before I could unlock my car, the keys were snatched from my hand. I opened my mouth, but he cut me off from talking

"Stop. Just follow me" he said and pulled me towards the car. I stared, glared, at him all the way to school without saying anything. The reason for his action, however, showed in self to me, when we got to school. There were student, girls, in my parking space, why and how they were there was lost on me

"You have one scene with their oppa, and they know what you even wore on your first day. Finding your parking space, and car, is easy cake" he answered my unvoiced question

I nodded

They looked like they wanted to fight

"Thank you" I told Ji Sung

I could have taken care of myself, but I wasn't in the mood, this particular morning. He acknowledged my gratitude with a smile, and killed the engine. Where his car was parked made me able to see them, but they couldn't see me

Ji Sung held me back when I headed for the entrance. He shook his head

"To be safe" he said, and headed opposite from where I was initially going

"Where are you going?' I asked him

"Just follow me" was all he said

I huffed out a breathe

"'Just follow me'. Is that the theme for today, or what?"

A small smile graced his lips, but he kept his silence. He led us to the side where we entered a door that looked like it was for decorations

I guess there's no door that doesn't have a purpose, I thought

Apparently, the door was located under a set of stairs that I haven't seen before

"How long have you been in this school?" I asked him

He chuckled

"Nine grade. I'm an explorer"

"As I can see" I said

"You do know that they're still going to see me, right?" I asked him

"I know. But, it's better if you don't have to encounter them early morning. And also, this is fun" he said

"I knew it" I accused him

"You're smiling a lot today" I told him when he smiled again

"Should I frown then?" he asked

I shook my head

"Smile" I said with a smile of my own. After looking at each other for few seconds, we burst out laughing

"Let's go" he said and held my hand

I looked at our joined hand, startled, but I was quick to shake the feeling off along with the sudden heat that settled in my stomach

Thankfully when we got to class, our teacher was already there, so there won't be drama, for now

"You owe my one" Ji Sung whispered before going to his seat. I smiled at his retreating form begore going to mine

"Joh-eun achim" I greeted Tae Woong

"Good morning" he replied with a smile

Everyone's smiling a lot this morning, I noted

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My luck, however, didn't last long. But that didn't mean I didn't appreciate the bell that signaled time for lunch. Before the three of us could get up, the three girls, from the bathroom the other day, came to us

"Oppa" the girl in the middle called

"Who's she?" she asked

I scoffed

"My name is Choi Soo Joon. Nice to meet you" I introduced bringing my hand out for her to shake

She ignored me

"What's she doing here?" she asked 

"What else do humans do in a school? Get married?" I asked silently but made sure she s=could still here me

I looked at Ji Sung, he was giving me a look. I shrugged my shoulders at him. He just shook his head

"Mwo?" what? she asked, now to me. But I was done with her

I stood up

"Let's go" I told the boys

"Ya!" hey!

She reached for me, but was stopped by Tae Woong

"Enough" he said

You would expect her to argue, but, she just stood there, gawking at Tae Woong's hand that was holding hers

I just shook my head. Before we fully left the class, though, I glanced back at her. I snickered at the sight. It was as if a pause button was pressed in her brain

"Do you know that you can be a trouble maker?" Ji Sung leaned into my ear and asked

"Maybe" I whispered back

"Sorry for that" Tae Woong apologized

"Stop saying sorry. It makes me feel bad. We're friends"

"I think he should" Ji Sung said

I jabbed his ribs

"Just ignore him" I told Tae Woong

"What?!" Ji Sung asked

I chuckled at him, before linking my arms to theirs and heading for the cafeteria