Intersecting Lines

Chapter 13

I woke up with the sound of something that is surely not my morning alarm. My hand searches for my phone in between the sheets and my pillow and I found it with my eyes still closed—thankfully. Turns out it's a call from someone I'm too sleepy to look at.

I gibberishly said hello with my eyes still closed, because apparently I'm still not in the mood to wake up. But then again, I suddenly knew who I was talking to when the person on the other line spoke a single sentence. It's a good morning from Alex Kim.

"Good morning, Sophie Park. It's time to wake up." His voice sounded so clear and happy and refreshing. Seriously, I must've been infected with his happy virus. I can't help smiling whenever I hear his voice or hear his name. I open my left eye to take a glance at my clock. It's only 3 in the morning and our flight is not until around 9 am. I let out a smile knowing how excited Alex is.

"Do you miss me already?" I ask him teasingly with a sleepy voice. I know, I should be fully awake because I'm talking to this boy who makes me feel like there's a zoo inside my stomach but I'm a human. And as a human, sleep wins my system at this moment. I heard him laugh on the other side of the line and I roll on the other side of my bed. "I never knew you'd be this clingy." I told him with this goofy smile on my face.

"Truthfully speaking, I never knew I had the potential to be this clingy until I met you." I hug my pillow as if it was Alex right beside me, "I'm sorry that we need to have cheesy conversation at 3 in the morning." He whispered on the other side of the telephone. As much as cheesiness is concerned, I love having conversations like this with him. It doesn't matter if it's too early in the morning or in the afternoon or at night, I just like the sound of his voice—over and over again.

"I think you ran out of words Sophie. Hold on, I'm almost by your house." He told me and before I could protest on why he used his phone while driving, he dropped the call. Alex Kim is the right kind of bad boy for me.

I immediately stood up and went to the bathroom to check on how I look and I'm thankful that I had the sense to actually look in the mirror before facing Alex because I look like a tired panda as of the moment. I guess the late night conversations and movie marathons already made its way into my body. Why do I have to get eye bags out of all the bags in the world? It's so hard being a girl. I suddenly felt like peeing and when I sat down the bowl, here comes another friend that comes once a month. Again, it's hard being a girl.

A few moments after realizing the struggles of a girl physically, I heard the doorbell ring from downstairs and I heard dad welcome Alex. It's good that Alex has that Korean authenticity to him because it helped him get closer to my dad. Today, they're talking about Silla dynasty and the city of Gyeongju. Alex seems to be keeping up with the historical places my dad is talking about and I am thankful that my boyfriend is a wide reader of almost any book. Hang in there my Alex Kim, my dad likes you anyway. I smile as I made my way down to the living room. I really wanted to look good today but what can I do? I'm not in the best state of bodily functions to look pretty for him. I'm sorry love, but you'd have to deal with sweatpants and sweatshirt version of Sophie Park.

Dad looks at me as I made my way down the stairs and I have this awkward smile in my face, "Good morning dad." I greet him and I look at Alex who's looking at me with delight in his eyes. I now understand why people always said that the right person will make you feel like the most beautiful person to ever exist even if you look like shit. Luckily, I found the right person for me. And his name is Alex Kim.

"Excuse me for a minute; I need to check on your mom upstairs." Dad said and I raised my eyebrows at him knowing that mom is actually in the kitchen cooking breakfast.