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Ch.9

I walked into class and sat down near the back where I usually sit and of course the three most popular girls walk into class all laughing and stuff. As always I try to ignore them and get out my homework to turn it in, ready for class to start. These three girls have always been popular, Taeyeon, Amber and Chaeyoen. They surround me at my desk so I just pretend I'm finishing my homework writing random things in my notebook. Taeyeon rips the notebook out from under my pen, " Scribbling in your
notebook is more interesting than talking to us? Huh? We really like you and you're ignoring us." She laughs and lifts my head up, her finger under my chin, "we just wanna be friends why can't you cooperate? You never do anything you just hang around with that weirdo byang? Baboon? What is it again?" All of them are laughing now and I just want my notebook back I keep my expression blank and try not to look too annoyed, that's what they want. "Can I have my notebook back? Huh?" Amber scoffs and throws it at me after taking it from Taeyeon. "Happy?" "Oh ya thanks." I give her a thumbs up and put my notebook on my desk folding my hands on top of it. The teacher walks to the front of the class and claps to get our attention. I sigh in relief that now they have to leave my desk. Taeyeon raises an eyebrow at me then turns around and walks back to her seat with the others whispering loud enough for me to hear, "what a freak" they all snicker and sit down. I roll my eyes and don't think too much of it hoping this class will go by fast.
Two periods went by dreadfully slow and I met Byungjoo again to go to English class. Somehow he has a way of radiating sunshine and energy. All I have to do is look at him and I smile and feel warm. We walk into English greeting the teacher. "Eyo wuddup Mr. Choi?" "English is what's up B!" After bumping fists and their weird cool guy act, I follow Joo to our seats laughing. "Why do you guys do that?" "Yah why don't you? You're embarrassing me, you're so uncool." I clutch my heart in fake pain, "whaa that hurt kim, that really hurt" he puts one of his hands on my face and the other on my shoulder and shrugs, " I'm sorry Mins it's just the truth, just accept it~" he pats my cheek and I make a face, "yah you better have washed your hands" I wipe my face mostly to hide the blush caused by him touching me, I thought I'd stop blushing every time he did something like that. I faced forward in my desk to listen to the teacher, he was talking about regular English phrases like "hi" and "how are you," Byungjoo and myself aren't really that good at English. Well I'm a lot better than he is but that's beside the point. We're not very good because Joo does not like to pay attention and I have a problem with ignoring him. I'm trying to listen, trying to grasp the information that Mr. Choi is telling us and Bjoo over here just keeps poking my side and my shoulder and my arm, "Yah what are you doing? Pay attention!" I whisper angrily at him and really I'm only half angry, well how about a quarter angry. "What are you gonna do about it Mins? Huh?" He whispers back continuing to poke me. I grab his finger and open my mouth threatening to bite it "I'm going to bite your finger off, you'd be very sad without this finger. You couldn't hold your Cheerio spoon properly and you'd just be angry all the time. This finger keeps your balance both physically and emotionally. If I were to bite this finger off right now," I twist my hand out his finger squeezing it, "then you would stand up and fall right over and I'm afraid I wouldn't help you up. So stop poking me." I lower my eyebrows and scrunch my nose as I look at him right in the eye, making my own eyes angry. Byungjoo sinks down in his seat still looking up and me pouting, "I'm sorry Mina I'll stop. I don't want to be unbalanced, I cannot love unbalanced and falling over." I couldn't take it anymore, he looked so sad so I put his finger close to me and I kissed it. "Muah" then I let go of it real fast and looked back to the front of the class acting like I didn't just do what I just did but I whispered "Sorry Joo love you~" in the corner of my eye I could see him smiling and nod his little head.
The rest of the school day went just as well, the popular girls didn't bug me and Joo at lunch today which only happened on occasion so I felt pretty good about myself on the walk home. I had a new joke for Byungjoo. We were walking down the side walk just five minutes in to our journey home and I nudged Byungjoo who was looking up at the sky, "hey Joo, knock knock" I knocked my fist lightly on his head like I would a door. He looked at me excited, "who's there?! Who's there?!" I laughed at his response and said,"Poke" "Poke who?" He had more of a bounce in his step as we kept walking. "Poke you!" I smiled wide and started poking him all over. "This is what you get, now you know how I feel" I was laughing so hard because I'm really very funny and Byungjoo was laughing too then started running down the block, so I chased after him the whole way home. He jumped around in his yard once we got to his house and I was so out of breath I could barely move. I was panting watching him jump around "calm" deep breath, "down" deep breath, "Joo" "aww poor mins~ you want a pop tart?" he came over at me and patted my back smiling. "Not today Joo maybe if I run more and eat less pop tarts I'll be in better shape and you won't have to wait for me." I stood all the way up from my folded over position and dusted myself off,  "you go on home Joo I'll see you tomorrow" I smile big and grab his hand squeezing it before I slipped into my house. Once I got inside I heard him yell, "it's ok Mins, I love you too!" I've never smiled so big before and I didn't realize my mom was home early and I looked up and saw her staring at me, a grin on her face, "did you have a good day sugar?" "I had a very good day"