A Second Chance

chapter fourteen

"What about you Ji Hyun?" No response from me, I was asleep. "Someone please wake her up" Ms. Nim demanded, Ae Cha ignored her demand so the others nudge me. I woke up, "89!" I yelled out.

The class laughed, Ms. Nim sighed. My eyes saddened "I'm guessing I was wrong" I looked at her with a sorry look "far wrong," she glared at me. "Since you have nothing to do Ji Hyun to the point you have to sleep in my class. I pick you" "pick me... for what?" I asked confused.

"For the food competition" a student replied "a food competition?" I looked at Ms. Nim, she nodded. "You want me to participate in a competition...? With who?"

"Ha Joon from 4-1."

"So Ha Joon you'll be participating in the baking competition?" Mr. Min asked, Ha Joon nodded. "It's for charity, so might as well" Ha Joon smiled "4-4 is choosing their contestant. You might be paired up with them" Mr. Min wrote on the chalk board.

"Seung Ho," Seung Ho pulled his head up "would you like to participate? I heard your family is half the reason why this competition is happening" Seung Ho sighed. "Not really," he nodded no "aww c'mon" He begged.

"Mr., if Seung Ho doesn't wanna be in it, don't pressure him" "what's that suppose to mean?" Seung Ho gave a cold look at Ha Joon. "I'm just saying, you came from a rich family. I'm sure you have maids to make you a sandwich" Ha Joon grinned at him.

"You're saying I don't know how to make a sandwich?" "Nah. Just anything in general, it was made for you" Seung Ho glared at their class teacher. "Put me in."

"Alright, that's the spirit!"

Classes were over.

Can't believe I'm partnered up with Ha Joon...

I sighed.

Maybe, we can make up during this.

I gasped.

This is perfect actually!!

I squealed from excitement.

I walked in to 4-1's class. I searched for Ha Joon, and saw him. I slowly walked up to him, he noticed me. He was about to get up and but I stopped him.

"What do you want, Ji Hyun?" He looked at me with a 'leave me alone' look. "I just wanted to meet my competition partner" I smiled "competition partner...? Wait, you're my food making competition!?" I nodded.

"No, tell them to change you!" He demanded "I didn't even wanna be part of it in the first place!" I yelled annoyed "or tell them to put you with Seung Ho! Since you just LOVE Seung Ho!!" I flinched.

"Seung Ho's a part of it...?" "Ji Hyun?" I turned but my eyes became angry, Hana was with him. "I heard you partner up with Ji Hyun, Ha Joon. I'm partnered up with Seung Ho" Hana smiled, I clenched my fist. Ha Joon sighed.

I guess I can't change partners.

"Yeah, I am" Ha Joon avoided eye contact, Hana walked to me and grabbed my hands. "This will be fun" She smiled innocently "I always loved competitions! Don't you?" I aggressively pulled my hands away, "not really" I replied in a cold tone.

"When is it?" "In a week," Ha Joon replied "in a week!?" I exclaimed, they all nodded. I looked over to Seung Ho, "why are you even joining?" I looked at him with a questioning look "why wouldn't I? My family set it up, kinda" my eyes widened.

"They'll be there!?" Scared that'll they'll choose me for his fiancée. "Doubt it. Always busy, this is just one of their side line charities" he explained "oh. But you don't know how to—" he cut me off "shouldn't you and your partner go be planning something to win?" Seung Ho crossed his arms.

"Oh, you think you're all that, huh? Me and Ha Joon are going to put you and Miss little Hopkins to the ground!" I yelled up close to his face. "Time's wasting," Seung Ho smirked, I turned to Ha Joon.

"Your place after school!" I yelled and left the class "I'll see you at your place?" Hana asked, Seung Ho nodded and left the room with Hana to go drop her off. Ha Joon signed.

Kill myself.

After school, I went straight to Ha Joon's place. I knocked and he opened the door for me

"Hi Ha Joon!" I smiled with a wave "hi," he replied calmly and let me in. I slipped my shoes off and we walked to the kitchen together.

"So! What are we baking?" I smiled "baking? It's not just baking, Ji Hyun. It's an appetizer, a meal and dessert. So three stages" he clarified, I made an 'o' with my mouth. "Okay, so what are you thinking?" Ha Joon shrugged.

"I don't know. It's a little too early to be brain storming" I laughed "nothing is too early. We need to brainstorm, try out our ideas, and taste it. It's a long process" I crossed my arms. Ha Joon thought to himself;

She's right.

"Okay so what were you thinking?" I put out a book from my book bag. "On my way here, I picked up a cook book" I lied it down on the bed "my strongest ability is baking. I can bake really good" I smiled "I'm able to cook really good" Ha Joon smiled at me.

"And appetizer, we can do that together" Ha Joon nodded "so, I thought for the cooking part, we can..."

Ha Joon and I started brain storming out ideas, we wrote ingredients out, cross things out, everything! It was just like old times.

We laughed and smiled together. But mostly, we explained things to each other to understand each other more.

A week went by...

I was wearing jeans shorts, some random cute shoes and a t shirt. I had my hair up in two pig tails. I looked over to my partner, Ha Joon.

He was wearing the same color clothes as me but with pants.

"We got this Ha Joon!" I smiled brightly, Ha Joon blushed and ruffled my hair, "yeah we do. Just like how we practiced" "hi Ha Joon, hi Ji Hyun hoobae" we looked at Hana with Seung Ho, "Hana," we said in unison.

Hana was wearing a white dress with pink flower prints all over it, she had cute white flats on. To go with it, she had a white purse, and some cute cherry earrings. Loved her outfit, wasn't going to lie.

Seung Ho had a loose red long sleeve tucked in some saggy black pants, along with a belt, he was wearing converse.

People chattered how Seung Ho and Hana were so beautiful and handsome individually, but they looked so good together. Like some goddess couple.

"Are you guys ready for the competition?" She smiled "ready to beat you? Yeah, I am" I looked at her annoyed. "Let's go, Ji Hyun. We've got things to prepare" Ha Joon pulled me closer to him, "okay."

Did they make up..?

Seung Ho walked away, Hana walked away with him.

Ha Joon and I walked into a massive building, it was in four parts. A cooking section, a food market section, a audience section and a judging section.

"Wow!" It was clean, massive, shiny, it was beautiful. I yawned, "I'm going to the hotel" yeah, they rented out hotel rooms for all the contestants, girls and boys had different rooms.

"I'm going to start unpacking" I told Ha Joon, Ha Joon nodded "I'll see if we have anything here before I head over there" I understood and left to the hotel.

I got to the hotel rooms hallway. I saw Seung Ho.

"So, Hana, huh?" I crossed my arms "not like I wanted to partner up with her, or anyone" Seung Ho walked up to me. "Yeah, right" I replied sarcastic.

I sighed.

"Good luck on the competition" Seung Ho walked into his hotel room, I hmphed and walked into my hotel room. I gasped drastically.

"Hana!?" Hana was setting up her bed, she smiled at me. "Hello, roomie!" She ran up to me "what...what're you doing here?" I stepped away "this is my room, remember? Contestants share a room with someone else."

Oh no. Out of everyone, why her?