Winter Dreams (Discontinued)

Chapter One: The Golden Child

Chapter 1: The Golden Child

Yoona's POV

This whole mess started when Yeri came home from college. That's right, when my sister Yeri returned home and my parents were delighted to see her.

To ask her about her internship, to ask her about her test grades. Basically, to shower her with compliments, encourage her to follow her dreams.

While Yeri stands by herself as the center of attention, I remain alone in my room listening to the only music that makes me feel happy.

It's always been this way between me and my sister.

She talks and talks all the time, shares everything about her life. Bonds with my father over things such as politics and other worldly matters that don't interest me.

My mom's all over her, asking her questions that seem extremely ridiculous. My sister and my mom have a strange relationship. They love each other but they don't show it all the time.

I never join into these conversations, because where do I belong in them? I'm a ninth grader in high school. I don't understand anything about government and whatever. I only care about homework, school, friends, boys. Not the boys in my class but other boys.

More on that later.

Yeri's in college discovering her purpose, she's succeeding of course. My dad is excited for her, my mom a mix of excitement and sadness. I can tell she's not ready to lose her "baby".

It's not like I don't like having Yeri home, she's an amazing older sister, but sometimes I feel like I should be more like her. Independent, strong, open minded, outspoken, she also thinks before she does things. I do things on impulse.

Oh, by the way my name is Park Yoona. I am fifteen years old, born December 19th, 2004. I have a pet dog named Lou Lou, and a fish who was named Pebbles but he died last year.

My dad works as a lawyer for this business that I can never remember the name of. He's always stressed over his job, because he's worried he'll lose it one day. "Being a lawyer is a risky job, it all depends on how my company's doing, I wish I hadn't taken this job." That's all he ever complains about.

My mom works part-time as a nurse for this children's hospital. She complains about kids that come in with runny noses, or supposedly broken wrists and other irritating ordeals like those.

I've always wanted to become a writer once I grow up. Maybe look into journalism, I don't know. I hope one day to write a novel that changes the world, like JK. Rowling or someone along those lines.

I go to this high school that's rather small and everybody knows each other. We're a tight knit community I suppose. It's annoying how you're never really alone despite the school being small. I guess because it's so small there's nowhere to go to escape from anyone.

Many of the students in my class I have known since elementary, but most of them don't get me as well as I wish they did.

There used to be one person who I really thought got me, her name was Chaewon, but this year she changed. Now, Chaewon hangs out with the popular kids. The kind of people who don't give a shit about school or their life. Somehow I always knew our friendship wouldn't last long. Chaewon's interests changed very quickly.

My new group of friends, that I've made last year, are nice and we get along well. But because we're in different classes in high school I don't get to see them that much, which kind of broke our connection a little. I have a couple good friends in my class, but I don't feel like we're all that close yet.