Chapter 4

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       I turn around and find myself face to face with Jaemin.  He's looking down at me with a smile.  "Hi, I'm Jaemin, one of the new transfer students," he says.  "I think we have AAHS and Pre-Calc together."  "Yeah we do!" I say.  "I'm Aria, and believe it or not I'm also a transfer student. Today was my first day."  "Well, I guess it's good I ran into you huh," Jaemin says with a smile.  "I want to introduce you to my friends if you don't mind."  I nod my head yes and we head towards the living room where I see his 3 friends sitting on the couch surrounded by some of the other students.  

"You guys, this is my new friend Aria," Jaemin says.

"Ahh yes of course the famous Aria Wong," says Haechan while fake bowing.

"Hey, there's no need for that," I laugh.

"Well, I think you know everyone already, but that's Haechan, that's Jeno, and the one sitting at the end is Renjun," Jaemin continues.

"Hi Aria, sorry if I was kind of rude to you this morning, I was just in a bad mood because I was sleepy," Jeno says while giving me the cutest eye smile ever.  He doesn't seem that bad actually.

"It's totally okay, I get that a lot," I say with a smile.  I look over to Renjun, but he has his head down and is completely silent.  "Hi, I'm Aria, it's nice to formally meet you Renjun," I say.

"Yeah, hi," he says before standing up and walking away.  That....was not like the Renjun who winked and smiled at me during school today.  I shrug it off, he's probably just tired or annoyed with all the attention some of the other girls have been giving him.  

       After talking with Jaemin, Haechan, and Jeno for a while, Mark comes up to us finally done with greeting all of his guests.  "So I see that the guys have met you and are behaving well," Mark says while taking a sip out of his cup.  Haechan gives his arm a slap.  "Of course we would hyung, why wouldn't we," he says with an innocent looking smile.  I laugh at their silliness and see Jeno and Jaemin rolling their eyes.  

"Oh yeah, I forgot to mention something," Mark says.  "Aria is a fencer too, and we were talking about it earlier today when I was escorting her around campus."

"Wait a minute, you're a FENCER??" Haechan asks his eyes growing wide.

"Yeah are you guys too?" I ask.

"Yeah, myself, Haechan, Jeno, and Renjun," Jaemin says.  "I guess it's really good that I ran into y-"

"WAIT A DAMN MINUTE," Haechan says while looking at me.  "You mean to tell me that this Aria Wong standing in front of us is the internationally ranked fencer, rich parents, extremely athletic Aria Wong?"

"Uhh, yes," I say.

"I knew that your name and face looked and sounded so familiar!" Haechan screams.  I see the other 3 boys looking at me with utter shock.

"I'm surprised that I was the one to figure that out first," Haechan says while looking at his friends with pride.  I start feeling uncomfortable with their stares until Mark clears his throat.  "Well, I'm glad that we finally know who you are Aria, and welcome to Neo High!"  I look at him with a smile, and then continue to make conversation with the boys.  

       The night has finally come to an end, and I make my way out the door followed by Julia, Minju, and Renee.  We bid the boys goodbye, who will be staying at Mark's and head towards the garage.  After everyone is settled, Julia starts driving everyone back to their houses.  While I'm sitting in the backseat, my mind wanders off to think about all of the events from today.  But I still can't get my mind off of Renjun.  One minute, he's this really sweet guy at school, even though I barely know him, and the other minute, he doesn't even look at me when I say hi to him at Mark's party.  In fact, after that weird encounter with Renjun, I realized that I didn't see him for the rest of the night.  I shrug it off and close my eyes until I get home.

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