The Adventures of Sabrina and JaeJoong

Chapter Nine: Second Chances

"So are you gonna give him a second chance?" Vincent has been probing me for the last two days, wondering if I'm going to forgive Jaejoong. Vincent believes that everyone, to some degree, deserves a second chance. Even after telling him what all happened, he still believes that I should give Jaejoong a second chance. "I think you're too gullible." "And I think you're being too hard on him."

I grunt as I flop down on the sand beside Vincent. Legs stretched out he puts his hand on my knee, "If you're not willing to give him another chance then what about me?" He looks at me with daring eyes that say what I'm too scared to. I look away from him, staring out at the ocean. "Way to give a guy the cold shoulder," he mumbles as he removes his hand and lays down on the beach. Vincent is a nice guy but, "I don't know you well enough to give you a chance." He raises an eyebrow at me, "You didn't know this Jae guy and you gave him a chance." He has a point...one I'm not willing to let myself be influenced by. "True, however," I'm interupted by Vincent putting his index finger on my lips. "Then you should  give me a chance, at least until you've decided on how to handle your problems." He removes his finger and I feel hot. I can't look at him because I feel guilty for liking it and guilty towards Jaejoong who still appears to have feelings for me.

Dressed in a pair of black denim shorts, a short sleeve black and white indian skull crop top, and light chambray button down I wait in the lobby of the  hotel for Vincent. Checking my watch I take note that he's twenty minutes late. I leaning back against a wall I watch as Jaejoong strolls into the hotel. Even though we're far away I can feel his powerful auora. My orbs are locked onto him, watching his every move. If I weren't still mad at him I'd run over there to be embraced by his strong arms. But we both know that's impossible. Reaching into my pocket I pull out my phone to see a text from Vincent. "Sorry, can't make it, but I know someone who can." I stare at the message, puzzled by its meaning. Then it clicks. 

Standing before me is Jaejoong, dressed casually and wearing sunglasses. "Hey," he mumbles. "Hey," I start, "I don't know what Vincent told you but..." "Let's go some place where we can talk in private." He grabs my hand as usual and leads me outside to his new car, a Ferrari. Reluctantly I get in and allow him to drive wherever. I don't start a conversation with him and he doesn't start one with me.

The ride is awkwardly silent, the only sound coming from the radio. My heart jumps with the beginning of a new song, MBLAQ's I Shouldn't Have Said It. For some odd reason my heart sank and I fought myself to keep tears from falling. Jaejoong reaches out and touches my hand. I try to pull away but he keeps his hold and whispers, "I'm too much of a coward to apologize." I stop looking out at the passing scenerie and turn to face Jaejoong. He's focused on the road, his left thumb tapping the top of the steering wheel. I sigh, "I'm at fault too." The white sports car comes to a hault near a desolate part of the beach. "No," Jaejoong turns and looks at me, cupping the side of my face, "I take all of the blame. If I hadn't said what I did then we wouldn't be like this. I shouldn't have let Sora get in the way." His words pierce my heart, but my mind isn't giving in. It still believes that he'll hurt me. Maybe not with Sora but another girl. I want to believe him so bad! "Rina?" He wipes the falling tears away from my cheeks and smiles, "You can trust me, right?" I shake my head and look away from his sorrowful eyes. "Rina," he pleads. Needing some air I get out of the car and walk towards the beach, watching the sun approach the water. Jaejoong follows and stops behind me. He wraps his arms around my waist and doesn't say anything. I try to push him away but he only holds onto me tighter. For some reason my mind rations that this is what I need. To know that he won't give up, that he'll fight to have me...