The Spectre

Chapter Twenty One : Late Night Rendezvous

"So how are things at school today?" GD asked me. It was already ten o'clock in the evening and the both of us are seated closely at the front porch, every time his arm brushes mine I try not to jitter. I don't want myself to be.. obvious.

"Shitty and at the same time interesting." I reply.

GD looks at me curiously, "How come?"

I sigh. "Let's start with the shitty part." I tell him. "Jaejoong approached me at school today asking me if I'm avoiding him. And then Gyuri showed up and saw the two of us. I think she wasn't pleased that she saw Jaejoong and I talking in a corner."

"In a corner??? Why would the two of you talk in a corner?" GD asked me with furrowed eyebrows.

"Look GD, I didn't want to, okay? But he cornered me. I was trapped. I don't even intend to talk to him for crying out loud." I answer him sounding a bit defensive. I don't want him to think there's something going on between me and Jaejoong.

GD breathed heavily. "What did she say?"

"Nothing of course! Jeajoong's there and she always acts like a nice girl in front of her boyfriend. I think what you should ask is, what happened after." I pointed out.

"Well? What happened after?" He asks.

"During lunch at the cafeteria Gyuri tripped me intentionally and I fell on the floor along with my food tray. I think you can picture out the scene. My uniform was smeared with my supposed to be lunch and the students stared at me like I'm some endangered specie getting circled by a predator." I answer him.

"And what did you do?"

"I almost punch her in the face. But I didn't." I tell him.

GD nodded his head, "It's good that you didn't."

"Yeah but I sure do regret it." I scoffed. "What she did was so absurd."

"I agree. But you see, it's not worth it. At the end you'll be the one in trouble instead of her." GD tells me.

"I know.." I answer him softly. "The people at school admires her so much they don't see how evil she is."

"Well it's Gyuri. You know how she is." GD shook his head.

"She's literally a pain in the ass. Yeah, that's her alright." I scoffed. I could feel my hatred boiling up inside of me again.

"Just stay away from them and avoid Jaejoong, eventually he'll stop." GD tells me.

"I hope so. My patience is getting thin." I sigh.

"Everything will be fine.." I look at him seeing his handsome face and endearing smile. I smiled back, somehow seeing him like that brings comfort in me. "How about the interesting part hmm?"

"Oh! Yeah, about that." I suddenly remember my encounter with Bora. I know GD could be trusted enough and I feel like I should tell him so I started to talk. "It's kinda shocking actually. Bora's three months pregnant and Jaejoong's the father of the baby.."

GD's eyes widened in disbelief and his mouth went agape. "Is it true?!"

I nod my head, "Swear." I raise my right hand. "I talked with Bora after what happened between me and Gyuri. I found her inside a cubicle when I went to a restroom to wash up, she looked wrecked. She told me about it herself."

"Are you sure? Isn't it a trick or something?"

"Nah, I don't think so. She seemed honest enough.. And besides, a girl wouldn't joke about being pregnant you know. It's scandalous." I tell him.

"She'd be in deep trouble now." GD shook his head. "Jaejoong.. What had gotten into him.." I hear him whisper.

"He doesn't know, that's what Bora told me. Or maybe he's pretending he doesn't know. Whatever. I think I'm beginning to hate him now." I voiced out.

"Jaejoong wouldn't do a thing like that. He's a good person." GD looked like he's defending Jaejoong's reputation. "He's not capable of doing such things. He's not that irresponsible."

"Woah! Easy, man! Chill.." I tell him with both my arms raised. "I was just sayin'!" Why is he defending Jaejoong this much now?

"I just couldn't believe what you told me. He loves Gyuri and I think that it's impossible for him to commit any unfaithfulness."

"Well technically it wasn't intentional. It was an accident. I just couldn't tell if he knows about it or if he's concealing it. Whatever it is, I don't want myself to get involved. It's their mess anyway." I shrug.

"But Gyuri will find out about it eventually. It will really be a big mess." GD muttered looking concerned. "I worry about Jaejoong somehow, I don't know how he'll handle this."

"I guess he has to man up and face the consequences. It's his doing anyway. And if Gyuri finds out I'll make sure it wasn't because of me." I tell GD. I still pity Bora and she's pregnant, I don't want it to be my fault if Gyuri would hit her or something.

"I'm mostly concerned about you though, Gyuri's been picking on you and I don't like it. I'm sorry if I couldn't protect you. If only I.." GD broke off.

"It's okay, Jiyong. Don't worry about me." I smile. "I'm happy enough that you're here with me every time I need someone to talk to.."

He smiled at me thoughtfully and we locked eyes for awhile. I looked at his lips wondering what would it feel like if I kiss him. If we would even kiss. Oh my God what am I thinking! GD suddenly grinned.

"I guess I better go. It's late and you have class tomorrow." He tells me.

"Oh. Yeah. You mean, we have class tomorrow." I snickered. "Okay then. Goodnight, GD." I stood up and he did as well. Before I could turn around and walk towards the door he grabbed my hand and made me face him.

"Goodnight, Arya." He whispered softly and the next thing I know he planted a kiss on my lips. I froze. His lips are soft, but it's kind of cold. It was just an abrupt kiss and I stood there looking stunned and I saw him grinning. He reached for my cheek and held it for awhile before running off. I believe I stood there for another minute trying to compose myself.

"He kissed me.." I whisper. Oh. My. God.

(I tried making an update for today even though I'm still at work. He he! The next chapters will soon follow. Thanks for waiting and let me know what you think about the story as well. Don't hesitate to comment or EHEM! Vote. He he he! 'Til the next update!) ;)