The Black Rose

Chapter Nineteen

Knock... knock... knock...

Background Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQkasuCIqcU

Jenny slowly opened her eyes. The room was starting to get filled with the beautiful morning light flowing through the glass door leading to the terrace. She got up and walked towards it, pushing aside the white luminescent curtains to reveal an ethereal view of the Eiffel Tower. 

 

Knock... knock... knock... 

    

She had completely forgotten all about the knocking on the door that woke her up in the first place. She then proceeded to open it, not looking at the peep hole to see who it might be. It was as if she was expecting someone. 

"Good morning my beautiful daughter!" happily greeted Mrs. Park.

"Good morning Mom!" greeted Jenny back, kissing her on the cheek as she did so.

"Good morning to the most beautiful bride on the planet!" greeted Minzy.

"And good morning to you too!" said Jenny, stifling a laugh.  

The trio then went inside the room. Mrs. Park decided to call on room service so that they could have breakfast together. During breakfast, they got to talk about the fuss that wedding preparations bring about, marriage, petty fights, children, and of course, the groom. At this, Mrs. Park began to cry. "My Bom Bom... I can't believe you grew up so fast! You've grown up to be a fine young lady," she said in between sobs. Jenny hugged her mother just as her own tears started to fall. "I love you Mom... I will always be your little girl, that's a promise," she said.

Minzy cried as she saw this scene unfolding before her very eyes. She didn't want to cry a river, especially on this kind of day, prompting her to remind the two that they already needed to take a bath as the makeup and wardrobe team will arrive in about an hour or two.

"Let's go Auntie. Jenny, we'll be back after an hour together with my parents," said Minzy as she gave her bestfriend a tight hug. As soon as Minzy and Mrs. Park left for their rooms, Jenny went straight to the bathroom to have a nice warm bath. She needed it to calm herself down before her big day officially starts.

Background Music: https://soundcloud.com/anna13807/park-bom-you-and-i-robotaki

Jenny sat in front of the beautiful mirror. She could see that the room was bustling with people- her mother, on one corner, having her makeup done; Mrs. Gong beside her, having her hair done first; Mr. Gong beside his wife, talking to a hair stylist about what kind of look he wanted to have; Andre, a photography enthusiast and is Minzy's neighbor crush whom her bestfriend decided to just stay friends with, acting as one of the official photographers since she and Seung Hyun decided to not hire professional ones because they were costly; two of Andre's friends who serve as the filming team; and finally the prep team, which was composed of more or less six people.

As she looked on the other side of the room, she saw her bestfriend doing her own makeup. She caught Jenny staring at her through the mirror. Minzy approached her bestfriend and put both her hands on her shoulders. "Don't worry Jenny... everything will go as planned," she reassured her bestfriend. She then gave her a gentle squeeze on her shoulders and slowly let go, allowing the bride's prep team to finally start on Jenny's hair and makeup.