LOVE SHOTS - JENLISA ADAPTATIONS

Parked

The girl stopped in her tracks as she reached her car. She looked up from the phone in her hand and saw that the car next to her was parked too close, blocking her door.

She frowned, trying to squeeze between the two vehicles. She stopped halfway, realizing that there was no way on earth that she could open her door and get inside unless she was her friend Chaeyoung or a piece of paper or some other stick thin being she couldn't think about at the moment.

She exhaled loudly, stifling a curse. She looked around the deserted parking lot and couldn't help but resent her luck. There were so many other empty parking spaces on that particular campus lot but that car just had to park next to her.

She stomped her way to the passenger side, unlocked the door and got inside. She threw her backpack on the backseat then climbed over the gear stick and the handbrake, grunting and muttering her displeasure towards the situation. She finally sat down on the driver seat and turned the engine on. She shook her head when she saw that she couldn't even fold out her side mirrors.

She had had a long day and she was hungry so her mood was a bit vindictive. She wanted the driver of that car to know that he or she had inconvenienced other people – her.

She huffed again, trying to think of a way to let her anger out without inflicting permanent damage on the other vehicle. She finally got an idea. She reached behind her, grabbing her backpack. She took out her note book, ripped a page out and took out her pen. She began to write.

"Dear Sir/Madam, please park better next time."

Feeling satisfied, she rolled her window down then pushed herself up and out of it carefully. She reached to place the paper on the windshield, pinning it under the wiper blade so as to make sure that it wouldn't fall off or be blown away by the wind.

She felt better immediately, buckling her seatbelt and carefully backing out of the cramped space.

—-

"You have something stuck to your windshield."

She was already taking a seat inside the car when her friend said that. "What?"

"This." The shorter girl grinned. "You got a nice note from a fan." She closed her door.

"What?!" She took the piece of paper from her friend's hand, read the short sentence then sighed, feeling embarrassed. "Oh."

"Relax. It's your first day driving alone to campus. At least it's not a parking ticket or something."

She put the paper in the small trashcan she kept at the back of her seat and tried to shake the guilt and embarrassment as she turned the engine on.

"Relax, Jen." Jisoo tried to soothe her dejected friend. "I got honked by so many people on my first day out on my own. Driving these roads can be scary so take it easy."

She just nodded. She then put the car into reverse and started backing out slowly.

—-

"See you Monday then," she told her friend and waved goodbye. She walked on alone to the parking lot and cursed when she reached her car.

"SERIOUSLY?!"

She saw the same car parked in the exact same troublesome position. She took off her backpack, opened it and grabbed her notebook and pen.

"Dear Sir/Madam, didn't you get my first note? Please park better next time or I suggest you consider going back to driving school."

She ripped the page and stomped her way towards the front side of the offending car. She put the paper on the windshield, pinning it under the wiper. She then made her way towards her own car, frowning and grumbling.