Rising Stars

Chapter 42

The box room was dark; a single burning wax candle lit the room, it seemed to extinguish at any moment now. Thevi shuffled to her feet, walked to the metal door which was the only thing in the empty room, she fumbled to find it; and suddenly her hand came in contact with something cold. The handle. She twisted it open, the door eerily creaked as she opened it, she peered in; it was a storage room filled with brooms, mops & other toiletry items.

In front of all was a cardboard box; 'OPEN ME' it said. Thevi knelt down next to it on the icy cold tiled floor. She hesitantly brushed her fingers on it. Slowly she opened it. "BOOM!" Red nose, painted white face, colorful hair, polka dotted clothes; before her stood a scary CLOWN! Smiling wickedly down at her, Thevi's heart beat rose; 'thud, thud, and thud' it went. The clown took a step forward, Thevi backed away thrusting her feet against the ground as she pushed away.

Thevi's eyes snapped open, sitting up in her bed. Beads of cold sweat glided down her forehead. Her heart shook remembering the nightmare.

She propped herself in her bed, sliding down her bare feet down the side of her bed, putting on her bunny slippers. She stood up on her shaking feet, striding to her closet, she grabbed a black puma jersey, sliding it over her white tank top & sweat pants. She changed her bunny slippers into a pair of black converses, tying her laces.

She crept out of her room silently, being sure not to wake up the others on the account of her having a bad nightmare & wanted to get some fresh air. She went down the dark hallway staircase, opening the secure oak door, closing it behind her & remembering to lock it.

She walked out of the huge house gates, silently not waking up the security guards who had fallen asleep on their guard duty.

She trailed down the rocky path of the Seoul; she passed beautifully lit shops, coming down to an alleyway.

A cold summer breeze hit her cold cheeks, making her tighten her fingers into fist inside her jersey pockets. A crack behind her alerted her, breaking the silence of the dark night.

Startled she whipped around, looking behind her, "who's there?" she shivered. No reply came. Maybe it's just an animal she thought. She turned around again, but before she could take another step, a big hand covered her mouth, she let out a muffled scream; but it was useless as the hand was pressed firmly against her lips tightly refraining from any sound coming out. Her back was pushed against what felt like a firm rocky chest.

"It's ok, it's just me" a husky familiar voice said from behind her. "It's me, V"

The hand on her lips released, she quickly turned around, there was a dark figure wearing black pants, odd patterned black Gucci coat, Thevi came closer to see that it was truly him.

A smile pricked up on her lips, her heart flowed with a gush of warmth.

"You scared me" Thevi's hand flew up to her thumping heart.

V looked down at her with a guilty smile. "Sorry" he showed the peace sign extending his long fingers.

For some time they walked alongside each other, before coming to an isolated children's park. Thevi sat on one of the swings, rocking her feet in mid air trying to swing herself on her own, but her feet being too short to even touch the ground & rock herself, she looked disappointed.

Fortunately V came to her aid, he took hold of the metal chains of the swing, dragging them back & releasing them. Thevi's swing swung high, the chill, cold air slapped against her face; she shut her eyes, just holding on to the chains of the swing, relieving her fears.