Hyesun's Fabulous American Dream

Chapter 10: Long Live New Wave

It had been two months since my first Atlantic City concert experience with Jihee and Bona. Now, it's time for us to meet again in Atlantic City for the New Wave Thanksgiving concert, held on November 24th, 2016. While I was preparing my luggage for the big day, I also watched my favorite American movie in the 1980s, Sixteen Candles, and that's why I prepared an 80s-inspired vintage gown. I still listened to new wave music on Spotify like always and kept singing throughout the lyrics of Sandra's greatest hit, Lovelight in Your Eyes, as well as reading All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven. This would also be the day I met Lynda Trang Đài again.

    "Wow! I can't believe you will invite us to a New Wave concert this Thanksgiving," Jihee said on the video chat between the three of us. Bona was also on the chat and said, "I can't even wait for another Vietnamese concert I will attend." During the video chat, Jihee was also watching Tommy Ngô's music video in the 90s, Kiss and Say Goodbye. On the other hand, Bona read the 10th chapter of Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen.

    We flew to Caesars Atlantic City, again, which hadn't changed after the success of Bolero Lover. When we came to the hotel room to unpack our luggages, we changed into our 80s-inspired gowns just like we were going to the 80s prom. During the New Wave Tour, unlike pop and ballad performances of Phương Trang, Pha Lê, Lâm Nhật Tiến, Đặng Thế Luân and Trúc Mi, what we enjoyed the most was the New Wave Medley with Lillian, Don Hồ, Thái Tài, Trizzie Phương Trinh, and most importantly, Lynda Trang Đài and Tommy Ngô. Jin Jihee also had a crush on Tommy Ngô, too. We also sang along to the lyrics of You're My Love, You're My Life.
    After the big concert ended, we headed back to the hotel room and changed into our club dresses. We also felt like we went back to the present day. Until 8:50pm, we headed to The Pool & Spa at Bally's, where The Asian New Wave Pool Party was held. I also met Sunghoon, my co-star in Five Enough, who also attended the party.
I started the conversation with a sexy tone, "Oppa."
Sunghoon turned to me, "Oh, hi girl."
"I'm Hyesun," but Sunghoon couldn't hear me as I introduced myself.
Then I said louder, "I'm Hyesun."
Now Sunghoon could hear my name, "You're Hyesun!"
I nodded my head and asked, "Can I please give you a toast?"
Sunghoon responded, "Okay, cheers." We clung to our glasses of wine and took a sip.
Then I asked, "This is the first time you came here?"
He replied, "Yep, and this is also my second time meeting you."
"Oh really? Thanks." While we continued enjoying the party, Bona and Jihee continued to drink and party all the time. When I looked at them, I felt like what a pity for them because they were drunk.

    Anyways, after the party was over, sometimes I was drunk and sometimes I was sober, and I was still carried by Sunghoon to his hotel room. In the meantime, Jihee and Bona were ultimately drunk and headed back to their hotel room for their bedtime. The next morning, I woke up and it's lucky that I was fully clothed. Does anyone think I had time for a one night stand? After I brushed my teeth, I opened the curtains, seeing the sun going up, and I smiled as I stretched. Then, I turned around to see Sunghoon who was already awake and made breakfast for me. He also walked to me and gave me a kiss on the cheek before we started our breakfast.

    On the other hand, Jihee woke up next to a sleeping Bona and tried to wake her up. However, there's something bad inside Bona and she was unconscious. As she touched Bona's nose, Jihee was concerned, "Bona ah? Is everything alright? You gotta get up, Bona!" She kept crying and screaming over Bona's "dead" body for help.
"Help! Somebody help! Sunghoon! Hyesun! Come right here and save Bona! Bona, please don't scare the heck out of me!"

Suddenly, Bona started to wake up and smiled, "How come you scream for help when I didn't do anything?" When Jihee realized Bona was still alive, she slapped Bona on the shoulder and scolded, "Are you kidding me? How could you make this dead situation a prank? Do you know that I'm worried about you?" Then, Bona carried Jihee on her lap. "I'm sorry. I just wanted to test your feelings when I was dead. However, when I see that you're no longer the Jihee I know, I really love you. But, listen, you're my friend and Hyesun's friend. You must practice being familiar with this situation. If something really happens to me, you must remain calm and strong like other 17-year-old girls. How's that sound?" Jihee nodded her head yes, "Okay, you finally made me feel better."

      After eating our breakfasts, we said goodbye to Sunghoon and flew back to our hometown, South Korea. And that was our last A.C. experience before moving on to the third part.