Attention ||BOOK 2|| Park Jimin

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Jasmine Vu

"Mom, I don't get why you always have to judge me based off my decisions! It gets annoying! You just don't understand!" I screamed out in frustration and slammed my door.

I sat on my old bed and punched my old pillow pet.

Everything seems so off after the weekend. Everything seemed so down in the dumps.

Especially with what's happening with Grace, I couldn't think straight.

When we had to leave, she told us to take our time and that was so not like her.

We hang out all the time.

It was so weird to see her changing like that right in front of our eyes.

It was so off putting.

I sat at the edge of my bed with my legs crossed. I played on my phone and hopefully, I'll calm down enough to endure another hour with my family out there.

A knock on the door makes me growl.

"GO AWAY, CHRISTIAN!" I roared and threw a random book at the door. "LEAVE ME ALONE!"

The knocking stopped and I let out a huff.

They're so damn annoying.

I scrolled through my phone and suddenly, Ashley FaceTimes me.

I accept the call and rolled my eyes. "Hey, Ash. Thank goodness you called, I am having the worst-"

I stopped.

Ashley...was crying.

Her eyes never looked so red and swollen and her lips were slightly parted from breathing so hard.

I focused more and noticed she was opening a door and leaving.

"Ashley..." My voice barely audible. "What's wrong? What happened?"

She shook her head and started to cry even more. She was running now and I heard her car keys in the background.

"Ashley! What happened!? Tell me!"

She stopped running and looked straight at the camera.

Sh*t.

"Grace," She hiccups. "Get to-to the hospital."

My heart drops to the bottom as I heard those words exit her swollen lips.

"What?"

"DAMMIT, JASMINE! GET TO THE F**KING HOSPITAL NOW! GRACE ALMOST F**KING COMMITTED F**KING SUICIDE! F**K!"

I broke my door.

I sprinted down the halls and almost knocked over my grandma.

"Jasmine! Where do you think you're going?" My dad yelled after me.

"To the hospital!" I shouted back, tears drastically falling down my face. "Don't touch me!"

My family looked at me in total shock.

I grabbed my keys and rushed out.

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I ran through the doors of the hospital and found Ashley talking to the front desk lady.

I catch up to her, heart beating like a maniac and tears still pouring hard.

"Where is she?" I asked, voice so pained. "Nurse, where is she!?"

"Grace Xiu, where is Grace Xiu?" Ashley repeated.

"Are you guys blood-related?" The nurse asks, calmly clicking her pen in her hand.

"No, but-"

"Sorry, miss, but we can't-"

Ashley reached over and grabbed the nurse by the collar.

"Tell me where she is, dammit! I need to see her! That's my best friend and she almost died! How can you not let us see her!?" She screamed in her face, her hand ready to knock the nurse into the emergency room.

"Ashley, Jasmine."

We both turned towards the voice.

It was a tall, buff man.

"They can come with me." He said and motioned us over.

"Who-Who are you?" I asked.

"I'm Grace's bodyguard." He says and leads us to the elevator. "I'll take you to where she is."

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Ashley and I run into Grace's room and find her in the hospital bed with so many things around her and on her, it looked so unreal.

I broke down in loud sobs as I collapsed besides her bed.

Ashley hugged me and cried just as hard.

"Girls, she's alright. I found her just in time. She's just resting now. It's alright, don't worry." The man assured and stands besides the closed door. "She's going to survive. She just fainted from blood lost, but she's stable now."

I turned to him and gulped down the huge lump on my throat. "What-What happened?"

He paused, then sighed. "She went out for something, then after awhile, she came back looking super angry and...horribly sad. She was wiping her tears and stomping towards her door after dangerously parking her car the wrong way in the driveway. She dropped something and I found it and went inside to return it to her. That was awhile later, though. I found her in the bathroom, blood-"

I held up a hand, signaling him that he shouldn't continue...and that I knew the rest.

He nods and crosses his hands.

I sniffed and looked at him again.

"Thank you." I managed.

He just nods.

I looked back at my poor baby, lying in the bed, looking so broken and in pain.

I continued to cry and cry as I thought of everything I could've done to prevent this.

I should've stayed with her.

Fought for her.

I'm so stupid!

I'm so dumb!

Why didn't I think of this before? I knew she was hurt! Why didn't I do something!?

I stood up and walked to the couch that was beside the hospital bed. I sat down and rested my face in my hands.

I prayed.

I prayed hard.

Ashley sits by me and rests her head on my shoulder.

Please.

God.

Heal her.