~Episode 1~

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Present:
It's been 2 months since Mi-Rae has gotten her surgery and school was about to start back up. She's been at the recovery center the whole time and I only was able to visit her a handful of times. Her face is almost completely healed and she looks like a new person. I always thought she was pretty even before the surgery and the same can be said about her new face. I hope Dad is not to upset about her getting the surgery considering how against it he was.
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"Iris gather your things, we're going shopping for some new clothes and that's final." Ms. Kang says while picking up her purse.

"Maaaa I don't need new clothes. You already spent a lot on Mi-Rae surgery. Can we even afford new stuff for me? It's not like new clothes is gonna stop me from being bullied."
My adoptive mother was persistent and didn't take no for an answer.

"We're going and that's final. Meet me in the car when your done." Ms. Kang walks out without another word. I sighed and decided to just let my mother win for once. It's not like I didn't want new clothes it just that I felt it wasn't necessary. Gathering my bag and slipping my outside shoes on I dragged myself to the car. Slamming the car door closed. Mom gave me a smug smile and pulled out the driveway.
"You're going to thank me when you get yourself a cute Korean boyfriend." I rolled my eyes and laughed. "Sure mom."

We ended up going to multiple shops some cheap and some expensive. I even got a new lavender perfume that I just know Mi-Rae would love. We always share our perfume and sometimes even matched when we went to school. That was probably one of the only good memories I have of that hell.

The more I think about it the more emotional I get. After Kyung-seok left m- the school it's like the bullying just got more extreme and people assumed the worse about me. I didn't notice it at the time but because he was always with me people were to scared to hurt me. That still didn't completely stop it though. But the difference was as clear as day. The day he left only made middle school 10x harder for me and even Mi-Rae.
Whatever, that's over with. I'll never put up with that stuff again. College will be different.
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"Mi-Rae! Get your skinny behind down here! Were gonna be late!" I had already made breakfast and gotten ready. Mi-Rae helped me do my makeup and pick out a cute
Outfit. (At the top)

"MI-RAEEEE!!" A loud crash was heard from the bathroom and the taller girl came running into the kitchen. Hyun-Jung was to busy laughing at our chaoticness. "I'm here! I'm here, let's go!" Mi-Rae grabbed a piece of toast with one hand and my arm with the other. "Hyun-Jung come on or we'll leave you here!" That snapped her out of her laughing fit and the shortest girl jumped up off the ground and ran after us.

Because our apartment was so close to the college we don't have to walk long. Hyun-Jung slows down and pulls out her camera. "Guys wait! Let's take pictures so we can remember this moment forever!" She smiled brightly, practically glowing. Mi-Rae smiled and nodded, grabbing my hand and squeezing me into her tall frame. "Mrjekxjso" my muffled complaints were ignored. Hyun-Jung busted out laughing for the second time today. They both held out a piece sign. "Say cheeseeeee"-
She snapped the picture and Mi-Rae immediately let go of me in favor of looking at herself in the picture.

"Wow."
"Look how pretty you are Mi-Rae! Your definitely getting all the boys!" Hyun-jung said bumping shoulders with said girl. Mi-Rae smiled awkwardly and shook her head. "Cmon let's head to the campsite."

I already regret waking up today. Walking in this heat was torture.

In the short span it took to get to the camp site Hyun-jung had forced us to take over 40 different pictures. "Heyyy get it right and pose like this!" "What are you doing cmon!" "Iris your so short get on Mi-Rae's back." "Piece signs people! Piece signs!" Iris I'm not gonna tell you again to look at the camera!"
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