My watch said 10:31 and I hissed in frustration. I was getting really impatient and I felt like I was about to blow a fuse.1023Please respect copyright.PENANALuwXaykrGR
I had never been this 1023Please respect copyright.PENANArLDfTt74vd
late in my entire life. Not even when I had my own personal 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAYRLsHwqWFa
appointments. The others would be wondering why I was so late. And 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAravdW6hny1
trying to explain the reason why, would have them blown away.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAEFwSm7IrGO
"Sam, are you still there?" Zoey called out to me from our room.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAo6vkWKZ8K0
I didn't want to answer. I was quite irritated. But if I didn't, she would start to freak out.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAmRpEUZ3dQL
"Sam!"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAALGfT8pu8l
I rolled my eyes. "I'm still here, Zoey," I answered.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAz6K5PG43ed
Zoey came out of the 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAb8d9B8AYMZ
room and came to the lounge where I was seated waiting for her. I was on1023Please respect copyright.PENANA1G42AniubR
the couch and I looked at her, then back at my watch.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAlrO8uR0pSt
"Did you find what you're looking for?" I asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAA8KTvZWPo7
"No, I haven't," said Zoey.1023Please respect copyright.PENANALTSXVG7Xsf
"You've been searching for it all morning," I said as I stood up. "Can we please just go to the studio? We're already late."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAbfFzicW6oe
"No, let me go and check again," Zoey turned around to head back to the room and I groaned so loudly to grab her attention.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA0qB8iW13qu
"Zoey, it's just a stud and you have plenty of those like it in your jewellery box."1023Please respect copyright.PENANARTKa392h9H
"But those are my favourite studs," said Zoey. "You know they are diamond, right?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAiz8VpV1tZO
"I know because I bought you those studs for your birthday a year ago."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAgneEQkIoce
"Oh. Ya, I know." Zoey had a look on her face that told me she forgot about that.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAJXhBqtnsfk
I ignored her and said, 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAS8dTFW7xDj
"just get another pair of studs or don't put on any at all. For my sake.1023Please respect copyright.PENANACE4pTw3cvL
And Collins' too. We were supposed to be at the studio at 10."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAXlO6JGJFTw
"What time is it?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAsoFazkLABS
"10:35."1023Please respect copyright.PENANA58QzD5xAkv
"Wow, time really passes by."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAQtXVR22qhN
"When it comes to you, it does. Come on, let's go."1023Please respect copyright.PENANA5ak6py8qFu
"Let me go get my phone."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAAo7WKtIj41
Zoey rushed back to the 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAqlwACIDh66
room and I hoped she wasn't going to get back to looking for her missing1023Please respect copyright.PENANA1LGSUv3TjC
stud. She sometimes did the opposite of what she had to do. But anyway,1023Please respect copyright.PENANAR91bD4GkuB
that was Zoey.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAQlQV0Lt2KW
I soon received a 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAzpN7BeCrGf
message from Collins threatening me to get to the studio as soon as 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAoNVOIRLViU
possible. In no less than five minutes. I moaned. He knew we couldn't 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAcG70yBrWim
get there in five minutes. That's if we were superheros.1023Please respect copyright.PENANArV3BCEFjao
"Zoey, come on, we better go!"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAhRd0P0cgFz
"I'm coming."1023Please respect copyright.PENANADR6ag4CzCm
I started heading 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAf2nY99FfLJ
towards the elevator and my phone beeped again. Another message. 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAJWRlfecoFD
Hopefully it wasn't Collins again telling us he would hang us to death 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAeiVSeuEluv
if we didn't make it in time. But I was surprised to see an unknown 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAivT9pgiwjz
number. A number coming from another country.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAcbv0HcGT73
"Oh, who is this?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAzEqBpwGAHp
Before I could open the message icon, Zoey came rushing from behind and bumped into my back. That almost made me drop my phone.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAIKKqEHnypZ
"My goodness, Zoey!" I said as I looked at her. "You should look where you're going. I almost dropped my phone."1023Please respect copyright.PENANABUFoFxGhQj
"Sorry," said Zoey as she also looked at me.1023Please respect copyright.PENANABdQsZMmjSY
"Come on, we're already late."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAeakUD7Mp2H
We went into the 1023Please respect copyright.PENANANLDrR1IQNI
elevator and I put my phone away in my jeans jacket pocket. A black 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAjVhPfD2uQV
Chevrolet SUV was waiting for us outside. The others had already left 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAoUzLTFRZDI
for the studio and I had stayed behind because of Zoey's missing stud.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAWGqJ8nUNoW
When we got to YG, 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAsx7uom0r9m
Collins stood there by the entrance, obviously waiting for us. He looked1023Please respect copyright.PENANA1KTG3UukPl
like an angry father ready to scold at his kids for coming home late.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAvy4IT821th
"Don't tell me all this is your doing, Zoey," said Collins as we approached him.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAazKAVlDkIc
"No, no, it's not," said Zoey as she shook her head.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA38rsPEO3qZ
"Says the person who isn't wearing her studs today."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAlJxUbY5Uzg
Zoey held her earlobes 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA13YVGSVg1n
and looked at me with a surprised look on her face. I shrugged. I had to1023Please respect copyright.PENANAWuhyqlVXxQ
tell Collins why we delayed over the phone. At least he believed me, 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAyJX4EHGTP8
knowing that he already knew what was Zoey was like.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAFlyR3TZ0N4
"Come on, the others are waiting and they didn't want to start without you," said Collins.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAKR1MHXTolI
"They had to wait," said Zoey, flipping her hair. "I'm singing the first verse alongside G-Dragon."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAfO0O4rEAm0
"Remind me whenever you're deciding who sings which part of a song to let me be there," said Collins as he turned to look at me.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAUdj97ZJPKd
"I'll try." I smiled. Zoey stuck out her tongue at Collins.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAclcHNeVAEW
We got to the studio and we found everyone else waiting for us, lazing around on the couch.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA7Z7SQ5RuSR
"Hey, you're finally here," said Seungri.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAH0iqFtIj26
"Sorry, we had an issue back at the hotel," said Zoey.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAXGwxwv9kvr
"Ya. A 'serious' one." I said as I rolled my eyes.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAr3MPXlnv5o
"I can't wait to get started," said Daniel excitedly as he stood up from the couch.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAu5Y7Pk731O
"Then let's do so," said1023Please respect copyright.PENANAc6yNlUy5ZL
Collins as he joined the music producer by the console. "Zoey, Taeyang,1023Please respect copyright.PENANArt83iAApHH
Christine, Sam and G-Dragon, we will start with you guys."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAuGCtccMuId
I had completely forgot 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAktzR9eIqOV
that G-Dragon was even in the room. I hadn't noticed him at all when he 1023Please respect copyright.PENANACPl3uA5fRr
stood up from the couch and came towards Zoey and I.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAyJva49C0Fr
"Hi, Zoey," G-Dragon greeted Zoey.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAV1qIoyjckf
"Hi," said Zoey with a wide smile on her face.1023Please respect copyright.PENANATnzMPKqD2b
"Ahem," Christine came from behind as she cleared her throat. "Let's go. You two can talk later."1023Please respect copyright.PENANANoilYORy2c
I rolled my eyes and together with Taeyang and Christine, we went into the live room together, followed by the two love birds.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAvOPda7odJa
In the live room, there 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAvkskjN0uSd
stood five microphones and with each mic had a pair of headphones around1023Please respect copyright.PENANA2V5oAMdK6h
it. We each stood in front of a microphone and put on the headphones.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAyG88SzuoJb
Ahead of us was a window where we could see the others from the other side.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAoH8RylrKXO
"Are you guys ready?" Collins asked as his voice was heard through the speaker in the live room.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAx6ororTbZq
I looked at the others 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA2ivBzdjsxm
to see if they were settled and gave Collins a thumbs up and the music 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAPI82uK0QGh
producer started to play the tune for the song.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAuAClN0V6zk
G-Dragon started to sing1023Please respect copyright.PENANARpsilZZiWh
and then afterwards, Zoey followed. Their voices blended so well with 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAoJPBHgpN0A
the music, they made a perfect harmony. Looked like I did a good thing 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAH7HZBlxy13
to let them sing the first verse together.1023Please respect copyright.PENANARRiq1uCBiv
Collins, the music 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAtp2FFlRF6o
producer and the others outside the live room had smiles on their faces.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA2xFSLriMyF
They were loving it alright. Collins gave them a thumbs up.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAbVPwpkhACf
Christine then sang the 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAFGvZPhKdvH
bridge and as she came came closer to the chorus, I joined in. Then 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAzVafql60zr
Taeyang and I sang the chorus together.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAZBdki7rCl9
When we were done, the music producer stopped playing the track.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA9h7SLs6j4W
"That was awesome, guys," said Collins as his voice came out through the speaker. "The song is so incredible."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAzYNMslrCtF
"Ya, thank Sam," said Taeyang. "She is the one who came out with all of this."1023Please respect copyright.PENANA2dVCH81REE
I smiled at Taeyang who stood beside me and I nudged him on the shoulder. "Stop it, Tae," I said. "Don't make me blush."1023Please respect copyright.PENANASRf4QdZodd
"Okay, Sam and Taeyang, I1023Please respect copyright.PENANAGc6RcNXeKd
want you two to go through the chorus again, this time with a little 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAiBqh4P19e9
more high tempo and see how it sounds," said the music producer.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA5o2ueBhLZ2
"Okay," Taeyang and I said at the same time.1023Please respect copyright.PENANALNjH8JR4df
"Shall GD and I leave then?" Zoey asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANApV8ex48sZq
"You may," said Collins,1023Please respect copyright.PENANAZiZDhcBgLp
looking a little irritated on his face. "But don't leave the studio. 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAh5D5ffE24W
You have to work on the backup vocals."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAQXK40GqtT4
"Alright, we will be here," said Zoey, with a grin on her face.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAfGc5qomsSM
If I hadn't known 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA9Hb3x9D6R1
better, something told me Zoey and G-Dragon were up to something. They 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAUbyGzaGILR
looked like little mischievous children as they smiled at each other and1023Please respect copyright.PENANAwHuUUtiLj8
they walked out of the live room. I couldn't help but feel a little 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA6kmuMEuvtk
hollow inside.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAwcVqALR9eg
"So, we will start from Christine's part," said the music producer.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAOcEUbIoSx4
We continued recording 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAjTXTtDov8Y
the song and later on, TOP, Mike, Daesung, Seungri and Daniel also came 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAXu1RFxWhHN
into the live room. It took us a while to record the whole song, trying 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAjmSWjiEg60
to make our vocals blend in with the song but we were done.1023Please respect copyright.PENANASeKs56aHNY
"Great job guys," said Collins. "Let's break up for lunch and then we can come back and work on the backup vocals."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAevCU6CA2kt
"Alright," said Mike as he took out his headphones. "I'm pretty hungry now."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAfi5LDS0YkH
"The song is amazing," said Christine. "And it's catchy that you can sing it the whole day."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAHjKkx5k57b
"Ya," said TOP. "Why don't we all go somewhere special for lunch?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANATz4QIJrZ9w
"Like where?" I asked as I put the headphones on the mic.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAgTE8oE71Ga
"Some restaurant I think we will like," said TOP as he looked at me with a killer smile.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAhIUnTaqExB
"That sounds great." I turned to the window to look at Collins who obviously heard everything. "Can we go, Collins?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAGjwjLiVpc4
"Ya, you can go," said Collins waving his hand irritatingly in the air.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA5E9VhsZTl3
"Yes!" Daniel punched the air with his fist.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAlAXqexCFO1
"But be back within an hour."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAtiNrn2LsW0
I raised an eyebrow at Collins who then rolled his eyes at me and groaned.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAeP5rxs7u0p
"Fine, an hour and a half."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAOxfXh5NnKO
I did a little victory dance in my heart and I smiled in triumph. Collins and the music producer soon left the studio room.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAYnJtfRlX13
"How did you do that?" Daesung asked as we all walked out of the live room.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAjIcEeIz1gr
"Do what?" I asked with a smile on my face as Daesung was right behind me.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAxSxNZzIqhg
"How did you convince Collins to give us an hour and thirty minutes?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAmpDDNnuCEI
"That, my friend," said 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAQH9EL59j4p
Mike behind me, "is the way my sister does her thing. Just by a look in 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAIY2DzDXnd5
her eyes and you will have to do whatever she wants."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAgTC7GuBhBv
"That's not true," I said as I turned around to look at Mike who had his hand on Daesung's shoulder.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAC6dzfuhgba
"Really? I beg to differ," said TOP as he winked at me.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0DWcqv6xk
"No one does what I want them to do just by looking at them in the eye," I said, looking away from TOP, blushing.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAEomYXRV8fc
"Well, it does work, most of the time," said Christine nodding her head.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA1uURs4C9PH
"Oh, ya? Like when?" I folded my arms.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAFS39tTtpXM
"Whenever you want us to1023Please respect copyright.PENANAoGNXToBdMm
tell you the truth about something and we refuse, you always give us 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAVpJEYarZxd
this eye that makes us give in," said Daniel.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3FtX5ROz8
"For real?" I raised an eyebrow.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAGEnGFQC0X8
"Ya, your eyes burn and we just can't take it," said Christine.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAHtNbqvm0z3
"Huh," I thought of all 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAk3YxWH4Ozs
the times when either of my brothers or the girls ever did whatever I 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA6LCqfq6aAP
wanted them to do just by me giving them the eye.1023Please respect copyright.PENANARekld6AcgQ
"But that doesn't explain with Collins though," said Taeyang.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAEUaXyprPP5
"Thank you, Tae," I said feeling relieved.1023Please respect copyright.PENANANkpOlhB4TU
"Come on, Sam," said 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAYPKWXpZACa
Daniel. "You might not know it, but Collins listens to you because you 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA9ILhWRqxJo
also give him the eye. And also probably because you're his favourite."1023Please respect copyright.PENANA6Dr7q3z6HK
"That makes no sense." I shook my head.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAhAmU8IOeA9
"I believe him," said Seungri. "Looks like you have a way of getting to Collins to make him agree with you."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAGRKBfSE8le
"But he doesn't agree to me all the time," I slowly shook my head.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA5LqolTep0x
"On some ocassions like this one, he does," said Christine with a smile.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAu65sdG7r5i
"Can we please just go for lunch?" I asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAGxxMm43JvP
Seungri came over to open the door for me, but just as I was about to step out of the room, I stopped.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAr8tOCmlknC
"Guys?" I turned around to look at the others. "Where are Zoey and GD?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAbsvk2bnbBD
We all turned towards the couch and noticed that there was no one there. I went back in the room and looked around.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAaedeIyTp9H
"They aren't here," I said.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAca7Gf0AmxW
"These guys don't stop surprising us with their disappearing acts," said Daesung.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAMuLiX4Y7iE
"I'm surprised Collins didn't notice," said Seungri.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA8vv5vunqkY
"Hopefully, they will be back before we start on the backup vocals," I said.1023Please respect copyright.PENANApFREpro8pN
"Then let's go then," said TOP. "Wherever those two are, they are fine."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAOubgjXs9FQ
I nodded my head and we 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA8jmbu8mHc8
all left the room. As we headed down to the ground floor, I reminded 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAlhB4nrvEoi
myself to leave a text message for Zoey.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAIIh1AC6h33
We were in the lobby and1023Please respect copyright.PENANAS2ADVy3nka
I stopped to remove my phone. I went over to messages and realised that1023Please respect copyright.PENANAcI2Wrh8Y7W
I had one unread message. It was the message I had received this 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAqk59Bn8w25
morning.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAxmEx4oxH9I
I first sent Zoey a text1023Please respect copyright.PENANAq5WsJrNWTa
message then I decided to read the unknown message from this unknown 1023Please respect copyright.PENANACwAZPxIm2X
person. Then TOP appeared right in front of me.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAT3Gh7I2jbo
"Hey, what are you looking at?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANA9eplMOt4fc
I was startled by his sudden appearance that my thumb pressed the exit button and I had gone out of my messages.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAVvpt8d2rUE
"I was just sending Zoey a message," I said.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAgzyGrqSXMJ
"Okay, shall we go?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANA0qOCtDnsMr
"Ya, sure." I put the phone back in my pocket and I wrapped my arm around his elbow and we walked out of the building.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAuU3sTGMa53
"Oh, you guys look like you're going out," said Christine with a smile.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAHlwAW2lPCV
"We're all going out for lunch aren't we?" I asked with a smirk.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAiy9y8ktq5M
"Ya, we are," said Daesung, looking the other way and scratching the back of his head.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAN21g81Lt8X
"We better go or else our one and half hours will elapse in no time," said Daniel.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAu773FLj8VB
Instead of using any one1023Please respect copyright.PENANAhfV2t70I7P
of the BigBang members personal cars, we used the two black SUVs. We 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAoRaZGE76up
were driven to a fancy restaurant and as usual, we grabbed a lot of 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAFYT8Su5343
attention, especially from the customers.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA1MBRTmG8JT
I had to admit, the 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAGfNJaVVC13
restaurant was nice and classy, suitable for the famous and the rich. As1023Please respect copyright.PENANASzGsi9ZOb1
I walked into the restaurant with the others, a fancy glass chandelier 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAdaD0HYEWKb
caught my eye. The polished wooden floor shone almost like glass under 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAgc0SxMsd5f
the lights the chandelier reflected all over the room.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA6ekec7Gj1F
A smartly dressed 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA7ctxV4znEB
waiter, who by the way, was super cute, came over. He gave us a friendly1023Please respect copyright.PENANA2lyxFK0IpG
smile and I felt Christine nudge me by the shoulder and when I turned 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAU6ttn9lQx3
to her, she was smiling. Looked like she also noticed the waiter's good 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAPSYdLGvMrr
looks too. Damn! Why were Korean men so good looking?1023Please respect copyright.PENANA4nDT4zEE1g
We were escorted to a 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAA4gpVoI35b
round table big enough to cater a whole lot of people. Even ten. But 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAyJt6vd8fQB
sadly, Zoey and G-Dragon weren't here.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAhkkpCQj72Y
TOP pulled a chair for 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAQG51vcjbzl
me and I sat down, thanking him as he took his seat beside me. Seungri 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA7xvp7StAzn
pulled a chair for Christine who sat on my other side and Seungri sat 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAXbxnvBH3Bu
beside her.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAf8ckFozgUx
"This place is so lovely," I said as I looked around.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAyQsIW2Gz1n
"Tell me about it," said Christine.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAJq96LUkjJT
"I knew you would like it," said TOP.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9AfKBO111
"Ya, it's exquisite, but I'm only here for the food," said Mike who sat opposite me.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAjN09TFXj6y
"So, let's order," said Daesung.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAQDR93aVxu9
I took the fancy looking menu with the colour of velvet and the letters written in gold. Classy.1023Please respect copyright.PENANACeVXhJJfKK
After our delicious meals had been served, we ate. I enjoyed it as I savoured every little food in my mouth.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAnqr148V2P1
As we were having our 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAM3TlnTXBac
dessert, we were chatting and there was a lot of laughter all around our1023Please respect copyright.PENANALYJ95E0CXH
table. It was fun to be like this, all together as good friends and 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA1Chfqvdm4N
laughing about. I kind of wished Zoey and GD were here. I bet they were 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAbh1t9QPMOo
having fun wherever they were.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAkehlNK7T2z
While I was having my 1023Please respect copyright.PENANACNGbkcSzaL
strawberry cake, I felt the vibration of my phone in my pocket. Must be a1023Please respect copyright.PENANA5obsCpNtBj
message. I took out my phone and I was shocked to see that the same 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAckjFykuwHY
unknown number had sent me a message again.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAbnqQfVwSMY
I tapped on the message 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAAFUCbpdTaD
icon and the first message the unknown number had sent to me was a 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAxn8qf62nHF
photo. I had to download it first before I could even see it. And then 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAkKntuoUKc3
the next message was more surprising.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAGavB1WmTXo
"Aren't you going to do anything about this?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAXsklslZSRC
Anything about what was 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAbpGGA6cplx
the question. Had this had to do with the photo? Must be or else the 1023Please respect copyright.PENANArq4YqU747a
unknown person wouldn't have texted me this message.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAY6dFSwHbdE
I decided to turn my data on and download the photo. Just as I was about to, my phone went off.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAGX5sEjuWQf
"Dang it!" I muttered to myself.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAZc0ZQA3W20
"Hey, what's wrong?" TOP asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAOsV3cnL1Tc
"Nothing, my phone went dead. I hadn't charged it last night."1023Please respect copyright.PENANA1QaMsmxUzn
"Was there something important you wanted to do?" Taeyang asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAmmOsIDY2yS
"Not really, it's not important." I shook my head but my thoughts still lingered on the unknown photo.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAIWwuPr44gd
"Did Zoey text you back?" Christine asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANADMrtUE5oEV
"No, why?" I asked as I picked up a piece of strawberry cake with my fork.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAa7kNXou0Tk
"Well, your phone vibrated so I thought you had received a message from her."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAeD3pBt8gQX
"It was nothing. Wherever Zoey is, she is having a lot of fun."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAGRe7q0HKWy
"Hey, what's up with GD and Zoey anyway?" Taeyang asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA3dwX6A1LmA
"Isn't it freaking obvious?" said Daesung. "Those two seem like a couple now."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAcCBI9UknSv
I almost choked on my cake but instead, I cleared my throat. Christine rolled her eyes.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAMvtA5MvUHv
"Well, that wasn't going to go on unnoticed forever," she said.1023Please respect copyright.PENANATD9eOlH4qo
"Wait, for real?" Taeyang asked, with a look of surprise.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAUXBre7lcJ4
"And you already knew, didn't you?" Mike asked looking at Christine.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAtbG7cE15XG
"Oh, please," said Christine rolling her eyes. "Don't tell me you haven't noticed how close those two are nowadays."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAbXFF9Q1J4H
"They have always been close," said Seungri. "But this time, they are just way too close."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAFosJ6Pp78X
"For them to disappear like that together, it counts for something, right?" TOP suggested.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAoG9nFIQ1fN
"Can we please stop 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAnjWQhgsdbk
talking about it?" I asked. "There are people around and if they hear 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAHjOjqN8dUY
all this, some of us would be hanged when this spreads like wild fire."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAmLD54tsSCT
"Why do you say that?" Daesung asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8eEOgEQXt
"Oh, oooh, oh," said Daniel waving his hand from across the table. "May I say it?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANABYZ3M9sdOa
"No, let me," said 1023Please respect copyright.PENANADMwBVaB6Tx
Christine, as she put her hand on mine and looking at me convincingly to1023Please respect copyright.PENANAdrT2O0i1SI
allow her to say what she wanted to say.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAc2Om5OYJiy
I shook my head at Christine and she leaned back on her seat with a groan. Daniel smiled when I nodded my head to let him go on.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA9QusVIS78Y
"Because, Collins gave 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAFxBWwNc2Ir
these girls a golden rule when we were coming here," said Daniel. "And 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAxYXHhRgyoa
that is, none of them should date any one of you BigBang members. 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA0udtkGs64L
Never."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAaR2S4qnP74
There was silence on the1023Please respect copyright.PENANAHUvzJxn0aj
table and I couldn't help but feel a little downcast. Christine 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAnAqBug6qZc
continued to eat her dessert like nothing serious had been said. I 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAcLnMkfRfef
looked over at my brothers who seem to be enjoying our humiliation.1023Please respect copyright.PENANArxapps0Iz5
"Is that true?" Seungri asked, looking over at me.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAEz4gvkvpnf
"Ya, it's true," I said as I slowly chewed the cake in my mouth.1023Please respect copyright.PENANADdYf6TLPje
"Oh." Daesung looked a little disappointed as he stared down at his plate.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAABDF6bCOhd
"Who cares? It's not like it's that serious," said TOP as he shrugged.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAYoBg13jI82
"It's serious to 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAwOicYlYwSG
Collins," I said as I turned to look at TOP. "We're only here to 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAUughr7iyJk
collaborate with you and that's all. Not date, get married and have 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA8VSdTdsLSa
babies."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAmz1JFaYt9q
That was odd coming out 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAaD66Xr71qG
of my own mouth and the others knew it too. Everyone's eyes were on me, 1023Please respect copyright.PENANADx26I0dMWi
with looks on their faces that I couldn't describe. This was 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAqBJmPNyYYH
embarrassing. My hands were now curled into fists as they rested on my 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAjavkvw0Psj
laps.1023Please respect copyright.PENANArmV4qmeyEz
"Sorry, that came out wrong," I said.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAMkv8BQptph
"Well, you did catch us by surprise by saying that," said Taeyang.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA14ni9RHZee
I really did. Something 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAuv9T33bVQ0
had gone totally wrong with me and I could feel it. My thoughts were 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAqvOZMeLBEq
spinning in my head and I felt like I had no control over how I felt.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAhXpGOyUkdb
"Excuse me, I'll need to use the rest room," I said as I drew back my chair, stood up and headed straight for the ladies' room.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAGkkiPdwGeI
I quickly closed the 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAbRDVrQoRhz
door immediately I stepped in the ladies' room, leaning my back against 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA9V6EcRGD2M
the door. My hands flew to my hair and I took a deep breath. I walked 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAiiFLbMRUJk
over to the sink and stared at myself in the mirror.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAUXEqTH6XOP
"What's wrong with you today?" I asked my reflection.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA4ilwP67tbJ
I shook my head and I 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAGMefrS7xsd
knew I wasn't alright. Something was definitely wrong. Was it the fact 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAyTFseHcWOl
that Zoey and G-Dragon were together? As far as I know, I wasn't really 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAB69bV94ez9
supposed to care. But I did.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA8azG7KT5in
I looked at myself and I1023Please respect copyright.PENANALbW9QcyaDS
could see the sadness in my eyes. Were they for G-Dragon? I shook my 1023Please respect copyright.PENANALQZUmEWRJV
head at the thought. No. They weren't. He and I were still at war with 1023Please respect copyright.PENANArRPB8RN45p
each other and that made no sense. I had to stop thinking about these 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAMV733oYT6b
things and focus on what's really important.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA1q4c4bpJ0h
I quickly took a deep breath to try and pull myself together. I rinsed my hands, left the room and went back to our table.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6fovUZc6C
"Are you okay, Sam?" Mike asked as I sat back down.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAPW1wgNT3ve
"Ya, I am. I just feel horrible that I said that."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAnXxPMpu8TD
"We think we know why you did," said Christine.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA1nkgVUqlae
I gulped. What had these1023Please respect copyright.PENANA0IRc0Cwizo
guys thought of now? If it was what I thought it was, I would rather 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAo6T0uUMquQ
not hear it. There was a moment of silence at the table.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAg0deKES1hr
"Zoey has you so worked up that you're irritated," said TOP.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAFPLoSG3H9d
That was not what I was expecting. I was wide eyed and in my heart, feeling a little relieved.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA7sBTLuifXT
"Ya, I remember when we were coming here in the plane and Collins told you to watch over Christine and Zoey," said Mike.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAYrFugEUNCB
"And I have been a good girl on my part," said Christine making an invisible drawing of a halo above her head with her finger.1023Please respect copyright.PENANADRio7ZX7ei
While Christine was one 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAuh5BY7u21x
who at least had her hormones in check, Zoey and I were pretty much 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAEudH7JNNJN
guilty. I couldn't tell who was worse between either of us. I bet I was 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAP3Er5nznZf
worse.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAPbr8PHCmDQ
"Well, I guess I'm also guilty myself like Zoey," I said, admitting to everyone.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAaKv2h2uKGQ
"If you mean TOP flirting around with you, then trust me, you're not," said Daniel.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAhRdZVJvOmn
"Hey!" TOP looked a little annoyed but rather amused. He ended up laughing.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAFICzd9HoHr
"And me calling you my panda," said Seungri, with a smirk.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAQHOBzumHnn
"You see, Sam, people just like you," said Mike. "And these guys shouldn't dare make a move of kissing you."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAvwmMO0KEtu
I blushed. "Mike!"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAchC9ODHqrD
"Don't worry, he is just being protective over his sister," said Daesung, laughing.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAaayLd9LlfJ
"I've tried kissing 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAEkeslMGf3w
her," TOP challenged as he looked over at my brothers. He raised an 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAPU8KSz6Che
eyebrow. "What are you going to do about that?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAEAZ4V1ED9f
"Uhh, if I were you, I 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAdxWn9aQWQW
wouldn't challenge them, TOP," I said as put my hand on his shoulder, 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA87e0wzXZzR
looking over at my brothers who looked set on tearing TOP apart. And I 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAYPGTs9clyT
caught a glimpse of Daesung rolling his eyes at TOP. "You would end up 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA9vEqgZ8wUS
regretting it."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAJAA8BzH0C0
"True," said Christine, nodding her head at TOP. "These boys are like monsters you can't beat. Only Sam can handle them."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAnoECsFhRsi
I looked over at Christine with a look that said 'that's not true.' Christine shrugged.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAagENyYbvMF
"Fine, I'll listen to 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA28dCPfz9Gx
you ladies," said TOP as he looked at Christine and I. "Most especially 1023Please respect copyright.PENANADr7MUjVbJl
because Sam says so." He gave me that killer bad boy smile of his and I 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAFU7RIEpcNv
blushed.1023Please respect copyright.PENANANlAVV5BGzH
"Well, we better go," said Taeyang.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAKMgBIhDunv
He was right. We only had a few minutes to get to YG. And Collins was one person who's strict when it comes to time.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAsTI6g2I7lV
After TOP paid the bill, we left the restaurant with the paparazzi taking pictures as we walked out.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA6727xyXqeh
We got to YG just in 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAXxrlNSaI81
time. I just hoped that Zoey and G-Dragon were back here. I didn't want 1023Please respect copyright.PENANADs7XgXlEpq
Collins on my throat and giving him the eye, wasn't going to help.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAioYVvolcIi
When we got to the studio, we found G-Dragon.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAxLwYnPSGBN
"Hey, where did you two disappear to?" Christine asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA14IUpru1EB
"We just went out," said G-Dragon as he looked around the room.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAtIoxJrgBMW
I couldn't help but feel1023Please respect copyright.PENANAzEdNQfEC1b
that something was wrong, just by the look on his face. "What's wrong?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAexgjTl9s8B
I asked him with my eyebrow raised.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA2XePCjzQJo
"Huh?" He appeared to be absent minded. Was he looking for something?1023Please respect copyright.PENANApVJ7cotuU0
"I was asking what's wrong with you? And where is Zoey?" I asked as I also looked around.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAKL6kplB1Dy
"That's the thing," said G-Dragon. "I can't find her."1023Please respect copyright.PENANA7cX2Em7Uxi
I felt something inside 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAqpEQO4C4DD
me break and my eyes bulged out of their sockets ready to fall out. I 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAMvJW17UVTG
couldn't believe what I was hearing.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAHVLkAkpYRi
"Are you for real?" Taeyang asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA8l2MSWRC9i
"I'm serious," said G-Dragon.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAtwMvrTZNYn
"Wait, do you mean you 'lost' her?" Mike asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAcsYfIE0ffW
"I didn't lose her, I just can't find her."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAKFi9IdBPIe
"That sounds more like losing her to me," said Daniel.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAmj9TGhT4GV
"You guys aren't helping!" G-Dragon exclaimed throwing his hands in the air in frustration.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAaQe6dWeUxH
"Where were you guys first of all?" Seungri asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANANDkdMaXYyj
"We first went to have lunch then the two of us went to the park."1023Please respect copyright.PENANA5xkAncrmMK
"Then?" TOP asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAA6xPv2G3MW
"I don't know, I went over to get some ice cream for the both of us, and the next thing I know she was gone."1023Please respect copyright.PENANABqBqdOc5LT
"Are you sure?" Daesung asked. "Did you look everywhere for her?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAsDsl37hJhy
"I did. I even asked people around and they hadn't seen her. I thought she would be back here."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAyOIO96JetJ
"That would be unusual, given that Zoey doesn't really know the city so well," said Taeyang.1023Please respect copyright.PENANABxsfs8uhkf
"But where could she be?" Christine asked looking as worried as I was.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAW4nE3e0wYh
"Try calling her," said Seungri, turning to Christine.1023Please respect copyright.PENANANl09fsJkem
"I just hope she is okay," I said as I rubbed my neck.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAasT6bd3PE3
"What are we going to do with Collins?" Mike asked looking at me.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA8gAHgX8TDR
"I don't know," I said. "Hey, do me a favour and try to call the hotel and see if Zoey is there."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAnn85sh9C8P
"Sure thing," said Mike as he pulled out his phone.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAT2Hc3LrSjp
"Her phone is off," said Christine her phone in her hand.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAKJlLPEoliP
"Oh, no, this isn't good," said TOP.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAiGfc4sWJKK
"Again, Zoey is putting us into more problems."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAztgr2d8bR4
I couldn't help but 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA7jmT4wtQCD
wonder why she went off like that. Something wasn't right. Was G-Dragon 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAypc354lS1p
not telling us what was really going on?1023Please respect copyright.PENANAGAsni3BvhL
"No one has seen Zoey go into the hotel," Mike announced.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAe9va9lLEUl
"We're goners," said Seungri as he dropped himself on the couch.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAdgjZuxKSpr
"We've to look for her," said TOP.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA2phI4ptKR1
"But where can we start looking?" Daniel asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAIVwIoilAdG
"I don't know, but we have to go and find her," I said.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA71KUKab3qE
"And we have to do something with Collins," said Taeyang.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA6LZveYIa8k
"Did someone say my name?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAYlCAKVXIVn
I cringed. He was one 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAlGfDN3tzRg
person I wasn't ready to face right now. Everyone else wasn't ready to 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAnqC1u71b5J
either. We slowly turned to look behind us and Collins stood there with 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAdFCKpN57CA
the music producer.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAGqChlhLBHQ
"Why are you all looking worried like someone has gone missing?" Collins asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA5Begkm6c3a
I sighed. If only he knew. But if he does find out, he wasn't going to forgive us that easily.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAxl1kC6UgvP
Collins looked on at us, waiting to answer him. What to do now! We were going to be in such big trouble.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAygYDTt36K8
"Looks like you aren't 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAUcfhMCKz6K
going to answer me, so let's get back to work," said Collins turning 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAeRiK3Cvjy6
away from us and heading towards the console.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAnrMLWD4Y8y
"We will work on the backup vocals," said Collins. "Zoey, Sam and Christine, you're up."1023Please respect copyright.PENANADpgYr308zn
I looked at the others 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAc5bXQczRCc
who hadn't said a word. We all looked at each other. Someone had to do 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAxXeg3q1cGx
something or else we would be toast.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAQiiIVVnee9
"Are we going to start?" Collins asked looking behind him as he turned on his chair. "Where is Zoey?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAzgkX5l2Vj7
It was about time he noticed. It looks like we ourselves weren't ready to tell him that Zoey is missing.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAJzN9bUA0uQ
"What's wrong with you, guys? Why aren't you saying anything?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANARHt1eGGKOe
"Zoey isn't here," said Mike.1023Please respect copyright.PENANATrYGCXUBvT
"Ya, I can see that. Where is she?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAku3EVGEAVn
"She wasn't feeling too well," I said. "So she went back to the hotel."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAwWO6zNLXym
"What? Did she eat something bad for lunch?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANABl8AyvBiPi
"Ya. She did," said G-Dragon.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAifty9AMvBE
"So, do you think we should continue or do this tomorrow when Zoey is around?" I asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAwt9hxyDfRI
"We should just do this tomorrow," the music producer suggested, turning to Collins.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAAzPyTTn35g
Please say yes. I was praying in my heart that Collins would agree. This time I wasn't relying on my eye to do anything.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAlmzmhJvxnd
"Fine," said Collins. "We really need Zoey, so we should just do it tomorrow."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAQO9WwD4zgC
Mike and Daniel almost 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAwGY0HLf9XR
jumped with relief but they managed to control themselves. Christine 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAmp7AfRNUVN
turned around so that Collins and the music producer wouldn't notice her1023Please respect copyright.PENANAEkuJM79uMA
sighing in relief. The rest of us just stood there, pocker faced.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAEJJLjFwMLB
"That's fine," said Taeyang.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAW94BkUrAKH
"I really wanted us to be done with this today," said Collins.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAVy2QZdgeeZ
"Looks like it wasn't meant to be," said TOP.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAQSkmW9hvgc
Ya. It wasn't meant to be. Looks like we were lucky. That meant we could look around for Zoey.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAHKaAeEU4C0
"You guys can go back to the hotel and make sure Zoey is okay," said Collins.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA7379JjfQRP
"I'll go," said Christine. "The others can stay here if they want to."1023Please respect copyright.PENANArRHpd2VLHv
Christine was doing the 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAFRBUlq8JFr
right thing. If she went to the hotel, Collins wouldn't be so suspicious1023Please respect copyright.PENANAb2NGhV1cJT
of what's going on and just in case he decides to go back there at 1023Please respect copyright.PENANApm2E2sNhI9
anytime, Christine might cover up for Zoey.1023Please respect copyright.PENANANF8yBQt8bU
"Okay and what will the rest of you all be doing?" Collins asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAqX60q1PmkZ
"Chilling," G-Dragon and I replied at the same time. We both looked at each other afterwards.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAx6fhoYgeGQ
"Fine, I have some other things to attend to. I might just go and check up on Lee and Yang Hyun-suk."1023Please respect copyright.PENANARwmvplvNuV
I wanted to ask where, 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAozA6cCwkEg
but I knew it was none of my business. I realised that I hadn't seen Lee1023Please respect copyright.PENANA7Qp95YAu04
the whole day. Must be she was busy with Yang Hyun-suk. Collins and the1023Please respect copyright.PENANACgPwzYHEUq
music producer soon left.1023Please respect copyright.PENANABeVtgM5Afo
I walked over to the door and checked if Collins and the music producer were in the hall. But they were gone.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAltdmI2Cm4u
"Looks like we have to split up and look for Zoey," said Taeyang.1023Please respect copyright.PENANABZxnl8kmOc
"Ya, we should," I 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA4mZavf8t0k
nodded my head. "G-Dragon and I will take Christine to the hotel just in1023Please respect copyright.PENANAVjh8q4ZIas
case Zoey shows up and if Collins decides to go there."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAZicvo8mlcF
"I'll go with Taeyang," said Daniel.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA72lkNeOb4a
"And I go with Seungri," said Mike.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAOSgKlqJJXy
"That leaves Daesung and I," said TOP.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAizH8QOtg9x
"Great, let's go," I said and we all walked out of the room.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA8xm6M0cV8x
As soon as we left the 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAE6Yb91tGE1
YG building, we split up in the parking lot. Luckily, Collins had 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAg9l5pLW4hy
already left. Christine and I went with G-Dragon in his car. It was 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAmiHqKqAcLy
important that I had to talk to G-Dragon concerning Zoey.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAi3BCkm2fAM
We soon arrived at the hotel and Christine got out of the car. I gave her my phone for it to be charged.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAEM3mnKYLah
"Call us if anything good happens," I said I looked at Christine through the window.1023Please respect copyright.PENANATdF5PKn9hm
"And what if something bad happens?" Christine asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA0aEAcyiL7e
"Like Collins? You can handle it," I said as I gave her a smile. Christine winked and wished us luck.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAQHLRCOVIQd
G-Dragon drove away and 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAeUsGxjloO2
we first went to the park where he came with Zoey after lunch. I just 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAl4B4J2iZs7
hope she didn't go that far and that she was okay.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAvT4KYJrEnh
"Did you two have some sort of argument?" I asked when we both got out of the car and I went round it to face him.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA6YSqf7kgSr
"What?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANATcqsXMpz1p
"Did you two argue?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAqGARy9BR6i
"No, we didn't," said G-Dragon as he went around me and started walking towards the park.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA3LF9aG3PAR
I quickly turned and followed him. When I caught up with him, I stood in front of him to stop him.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAcfGee96PWR
"Are you telling me the truth?" I asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAbay3hZ4gl4
"Do you think I am lying?" G-Dragon asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA1gq93GBSKj
"I think so." I said with my arms folded.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAbMdk4xw7O1
"You're crazy," said G-Dragon as he walked around me again.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA4XTbBhQwwM
I huffed. He wasn't going to budge. I had to try something to get the truth out of him.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAHKmkyP7HIh
With quick strides, I 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAH9tGkqqXne
caught up with him again. This time I started to walk backwards so that I1023Please respect copyright.PENANAUzWVSIU9km
could look at him directly in his face.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAzwlPt8aWpU
"What are you doing?" G-Dragon asked as he looked at me, puzzled.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAEPBCN6BI4x
"I want you to tell me the truth."1023Please respect copyright.PENANA9gE8m9RqfT
"You're stressing yourself out by walking backwards."1023Please respect copyright.PENANARai5ewixAA
"Do I care?" I raised an eyebrow at him. "I know you're hiding something from me."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAX2AratnvGI
G-Dragon chuckled and 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAxscDIihnyK
that almost made me smile. "Stop playing detective, my little kitty. As 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAx6kN53RJ9a
much as it suits you, you're going to trip over and fall."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAgBUEWeneMA
"Then you have to stop me from walking backwards by answering my question."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAZhLWcxp2aF
"This is one silly method of interrogation if you ask me."1023Please respect copyright.PENANA4rwmf8bjlT
"I can tell you're not telling me something. Zoey can't just leave like that without someone upsetting her."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAEEo28c7nQd
"And how do you know?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANA8uTxMNa787
"I'm her best friend. 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA46mlIeda7f
And plus, whenever someone gets her really upset, she runs off without 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAvYLge2uW68
telling anyone. She always wants be alone to think."1023Please respect copyright.PENANA38ISTURIB0
"I hope she doesn't think of committing suicide."1023Please respect copyright.PENANASCvJwKCFRX
"Zoey can't end her 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAomD3pq9npK
life. Well, she hasn't tried to anyway. She's leaving the dream right 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA1UWvWeKF61
now and ending her life this early, isn't going to sound right. Unless 1023Please respect copyright.PENANALP9Hv1RvwY
you did something."1023Please respect copyright.PENANApiY61sN6lf
"Me?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAaxlQQSB1m7
"Da! Yes, you!"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAcrhRYIAp7c
"What could I possibly have done for Zoey to try and commit suicide?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAoPcz4iUY4e
"Don't talk about suicide like that." I hit him on the arm.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAzl8sOWVvME
"Ouch!" G-Dragon stopped and held his arm. "That hurts!"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAQUMfLP3XOc
"Well, you deserve it. Now tell me the truth." I put my hands on my hips.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA7hkK0fmshz
"I'm telling you, Zoey and I didn't argue."1023Please respect copyright.PENANA27wvwoL0M0
G-Dragon looked me in the eye and he seemed really convincing.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAIkCi9cScyo
"Okay. I believe you," I said. "But you must have said something that upset her."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAh0bA8mfQhP
"I can't really remember what I had said to her. Maybe she just left on her own."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAfeFWylyy70
"And with her phone off, that's a bit strange, don't you think?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANA825aWZIzHJ
"When we find her we will ask why she ran off."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAYwkdwybWaN
"Ya. Sure."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAxJERHjXKCD
"Now, will you please 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAlKvA8Z2dfr
stop walking backwards? I don't want you to trip and save you from 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA1YRfQtsXTr
falling. That will spark rumours again like it did during the 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA4DH5MqhBOd
interview."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAtkeLeOWnp9
I didn't say anything, 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAb4Px889j6s
so I just nodded my head and faced forward. We went further into the 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAQxqtuGTyNb
park and as we looked around for Zoey, we sparked some attention from 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAswcvvtsVkd
our darling fans. We signed a few autographs and took a few pictures and1023Please respect copyright.PENANAd8bI02mAzs
went on with our search. We even asked some fans if they had seen Zoey,1023Please respect copyright.PENANANIuPrwMXjL
but nothing.1023Please respect copyright.PENANASsJl3dhiig
We were already half way into the park and still no sign of Zoey. We were by the lake and I sat down on the grass by the banks.1023Please respect copyright.PENANASyqzhzniQg
"Are you tired already?" G-Dragon asked as he looked down on me.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAWNLWnYyvbj
"I'm not," I said as I 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAtUjV9ddxY8
removed my slippers and felt comfortable with my bare feet on the grass.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAB7WK5oTTiW
"I'm trying to figure out where Zoey could be."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAazH7TdL06o
G-Dragon sat down beside1023Please respect copyright.PENANAH8cKS5quPQ
me and the two of us were silent, looking at the pond. Laughter filled 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAhTJr9lQEWs
my ears as I saw a group of kids playing from across the pond. Some 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAQXOIUj2YE4
couples also sat on the grass close to the pond. It was such a beautiful1023Please respect copyright.PENANAODSaYblnyT
day and sitting by the pond felt so relieving.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAdff1ZzrqvF
"Have you figured something yet?" G-Dragon asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA9dEnmNWz61
I frowned and looked at him. "No, why do you ask?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAii9W2AfSVT
"You seem to be smiling to yourself," said G-Dragon as he looked at me.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA4oNJghRaZC
"No, I'm actually enjoying what I'm experiencing right now."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAqeUHQNEVlb
"You love nature, don't you?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAr2fFKL3r09
I closed my eyes, still smiling. "Ya. I really do."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAAIp6j8L5Oz
At that moment, I was so1023Please respect copyright.PENANAS4TfOehPrW
caught in the little world inside my head. For a moment, I forgot about1023Please respect copyright.PENANABm2Wi8R0Rg
everything. About looking for Zoey, being famous, and the whole world 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAwt1My96wcP
with everyone and everything in it. It's like they never existed because1023Please respect copyright.PENANAyXD8NeWC75
even the noise around me seemed non existent.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAW35EbsUrLz
Then I felt something 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA2TFy9E7RuZ
brush against my hand like a soft feather. The touch brought me back to 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAXJYSHfXMiR
reality and I quickly opened my eyes. I looked beside me and G-Dragon 1023Please respect copyright.PENANASm0YH0yqVL
was staring at me.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAKxB8Feet2t
"What?" I asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA1qrw7y2KaE
"Has anyone ever told you how beautiful you are?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAABtECXI3e6
I blushed all of the 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAUfmMq2lKCZ
sudden and I looked down. His hand covered mine and for a moment I 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAUlfvK6li0Z
wanted to pull away. But then again, I couldn't explain how I felt with 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAD2ZMS7J8IH
his hand on mine. I felt this weird comfort.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAHGukQcMPWX
I would have said yes to1023Please respect copyright.PENANAfEQ53CnqZp
his question, but no words came out. This wasn't right. As much as I 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAH01K0OPelN
wanted him close to me, I knew I would end up getting hurt because we 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAKyOysiTmCR
were never meant to be.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAjVYATJMwSc
"Umm," I pulled my hand away and put it closer to my body. "Please don't say that GD."1023Please respect copyright.PENANASjJ5kw7kvZ
"Why?" He asked softly.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA1crOP2uDBH
"Because this isn't right at all and you know it."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAwxeVrRmBv4
"What do you mean?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANA5io4MuCO75
"You know that I ready know about Zoey and you. You guys are more like a couple."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAgX9siSTODU
"So?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAMbv9zJ51rz
"I want you to stay far away from me as possible. The further we are apart, the better it is for the both of us."1023Please respect copyright.PENANANsZO1obCuF
"Looks like you figured out that I don't really like Zoey as such as I like you."1023Please respect copyright.PENANA5NxnqnhDKW
I didn't say anything as I continued to figure out what to say next.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAhVxS4i1IHz
"Then why are you leading Zoey on? She doesn't deserve this, you know?" I asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAa3iuUJGE9y
"I know."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAEqapZWcFeF
"Then why are you doing this?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAGCic0yoWCR
G-Dragon looked at me like he never had before. He soon looked away and sighed.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA4K2lh4BKZT
"I'm doing this because of you, Sam. But even if I do so, I still can't get you out of my head."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAT3U9aZkMqr
I also looked the other way, trying to act like those words hadn't affected me. But they did and they did so badly.1023Please respect copyright.PENANArHHrQ5Q7wC
"You should find another1023Please respect copyright.PENANAqxDtAjJeNI
way to do so, GD." I turned to look back at him and he faced me. "But 1023Please respect copyright.PENANARynP1ybxC7
not with Zoey. I don't want her getting hurt because of the both of us. I1023Please respect copyright.PENANAmQekW9HJab
will never forgive myself."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAo51aIxuj6A
G-Dragon nodded his head. "I'll do so."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAiTF6Rq7Ryc
I wanted to smile but I 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAg5L6JwqmrD
couldn't bring myself to do it. I hoped he kept his word and maybe with 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAW1puYOZVlr
this little talk we've had, we would be friends again and stop acting 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAeycmMOhSIF
like we had beef with each other.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA92AEdUCSIm
Just as I was about to 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAro9a5RbEDy
ask him why he had been giving me the attitude lately and if it had 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAScVhvv6yBC
anything to do with his jealousy, his phone rang. He quickly removed it 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAADiF9rm7oD
from his pocket and answered it.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAgz3XEcKLXG
"Hello? Christine?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAeXQJz3IJt4
I was now attentive. Had she found Zoey? I wished I could have talked to her myself.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAlUC8bUzPtf
"Okay, we will be right there. Inform the others as well."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAjalYuD7m9a
"What happened?" I asked after he cut the call.1023Please respect copyright.PENANArZnsnvwAf8
"Christine called to tell me that she knows where Zoey is."1023Please respect copyright.PENANATkWTs43HQq
"Where is she?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAcAbawEgE28
"She is at a famous café. I know where it is."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAN5UcKVUJIw
"But how did Christine know where Zoey is?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAovumrEAoaT
"Zoey's phone went back on and she texted where she was. And she is not alone."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAZznjB0O5TZ
"Who is she with?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAyIgi9aHBHv
"We're about to find out. Let's go."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAxHo3N2dQ6V
G-Dragon got up from the1023Please respect copyright.PENANAExuCiZZIv1
ground and he held out his hand to me. I took it and he pulled me up 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAHCBSxIhewz
from the ground. We left the park together, heading towards his car.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAikihyCmHaf
When we got in his car, 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAzJ6ByrF1Tj
we drove through the city and we arrived at this small fancy café. We 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAllFOW3yPvd
parked across the street and before we could get out of the car, I 1023Please respect copyright.PENANADPQNMs8zEu
looked across towards the café.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAjGJhpgXO5O
"Can you see, Zoey?" G-Dragon asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAOZcYHACyPX
Through the huge window,1023Please respect copyright.PENANAS8dEyqhqqs
I could see what was going on inside. Looked like a lot of people 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAUywGfKtvFj
enjoyed coming over to the café. The place was parked for an ordinary 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAzHqsGGFOrp
day in the afternoon.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAZqiR7sItLS
I searched for Zoey, but1023Please respect copyright.PENANAVq5npWfqFZ
I couldn't see her. It was then that I saw Zoey at the far corner of 1023Please respect copyright.PENANACCzrlpefxq
the café. She was facing the window side and I saw her with someone. 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAKWLHzwjbTN
Sitting opposite her was a man in a fancy looking black suit. From afar,1023Please respect copyright.PENANAj44iwbhyl9
I could tell his suit was expensive and I couldn't see his face.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAEPtCWgzsub
"I see her," I said. "And she is definitely with someone."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAAynzqoNDiA
"Who is it?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAWgEybpI5gm
"I don't know. By the look of his suit, he seems like a business man or one rich tycoon."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAjRpFSrhf8G
"Seriously?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAEofYas0ip1
"You think I'm kidding?" I turned to look at him. "Or are you now jealous that Zoey is hanging out with someone who isn't you?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAgsDfN582Bz
G-Dragon looked towards the windshield, avoiding my gaze. "No, I'm not. I'm just wondering who it was, that's all."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAu06SoQEkvy
I rolled my eyes and 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAE1xij0mCRY
said nothing more. I went back to looking at the café and focused on 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAk7Q3wJYaeP
Zoey. I decided to read her body language and see if she was okay. She 1023Please respect copyright.PENANALezr8lziJx
looked like she was enjoying herself, chatting with this stranger.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA7N8w9Nrvz8
She was sipping her cup 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAOmFg3RiS4a
of coffee and she went back to smiling at the stranger. Something was a 1023Please respect copyright.PENANACErZrVGTvS
bit off and I shifted on my seat to see if I was seeing right.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAhmnvpy1eyb
"Hey, is something wrong?" G-Dragon asked, noticing my tension.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAxXHlF5SC5J
"Ya."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAnOzZ22aIqM
G-Dragon also turned on his seat and looked through the window.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAD5siOEx5Xh
Zoey's smile made me 1023Please respect copyright.PENANApw59gVemGI
wonder what was going on. She was smiling and chatting but she looked a 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAwWQNHehuCe
little nervous. Usually when she is with a guy, she was always the one 1023Please respect copyright.PENANADKoaf6Uqua
who was never scared of leading the conversation and became pretty1023Please respect copyright.PENANAl5J696Y4wB
comfortable with the person. Unless the guy was creepy enough to be a serial killer.1023Please respect copyright.PENANArw6DzfVOko
I felt a threat coming 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAKbcB30vkA0
up. Was this guy dangerous? Zoey had a nervous smile on her face and if I1023Please respect copyright.PENANAgse1MSOfna
was not mistaken, I think I noticed her fingers tap frantically on the 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAEFuOlBxYwA
table. She did that whenever she was nervous. I had to know what was 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAmFe0DM5tAI
going on in there.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAruHuamdBNC
"Let's go," I said as I turned to look at G-Dragon. "I'm not liking this."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAJvT4pRvD2T
"Thank you," said G-Dragon, looking relieved. "I had a bad feeling about this guy."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAyR6aGfB8Rg
"Ya, right," I said as I grabbed the handle of the door, opened it and stepped out.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAsXsn51QcFN
Just as G-Dragon came 1023Please respect copyright.PENANActJpYIkzP7
out of the car, three cars appeared off the main road and came to park 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAODR1sM2jQy
in the parking space behind G-Dragon's car. The others had arrived.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA645S4ZLGhU
"Christine told us to meet you here," said Taeyang as he and Mike came out of his car.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAJAjJ37LKN0
"Zoey's in the café," I said as I pointed across the road.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAgxp1E0aw3G
"Alright, let's go," said Seungri.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAMMBzBdphU3
When I looked back at the café window, I noticed that Zoey was all alone on her table. That was odd. Where was he?1023Please respect copyright.PENANAQZhfY973dN
"Oh, no, no, no," I said staring wide eyed inside the café.1023Please respect copyright.PENANARMAbxMm9MG
"What is it, Sam?" Daesung asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAarDw5zjqcr
I didn't answer him as I1023Please respect copyright.PENANA6rbtaRaztC
quickly dashed across the road without even checking for any cars. I 1023Please respect copyright.PENANASIHCot7xCR
could hear the others behind call out to me to be careful. I luckily 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAjWsngHs1ZD
managed to reach the café without getting hit.1023Please respect copyright.PENANANOaW03bWvb
When I got to the café, a1023Please respect copyright.PENANAd72KkalkVn
few people came out through the door. None of them matched the person 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAMHlt1SCqwa
who was in the café with Zoey. I quickly went in and I found Zoey still 1023Please respect copyright.PENANApRsy6LVSuQ
sitting in the corner. I rushed over to her that my presence scared her.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAwyBIsKsdVx
"Sam! You scared me to death!" Zoey held her chest as she breathed in and out so heavily, trying to calm down.1023Please respect copyright.PENANADODDYV79uD
"Where did you go?" I asked, taking the seat the stranger had been sitting on earlier.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAcVgj8ALqk0
"Oh, I...um.." Zoey played with her fingers.1023Please respect copyright.PENANASwT0iSUkN9
"Don't you dare try to 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAH8geQMlAaZ
lie to me, Zoey," I threatened. "You went with GD for lunch and the two 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAI2VJRciQYn
of you went to the park. When GD went to get ice cream, you had 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAJH9A1AC8sY
disappeared. And the next thing we know, you're here."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAvV8jIa9D8e
"Christine told you where I was?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAb4b6s5QjDK
"Of course she had to. We were worried sick."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAAgctABCl8f
I heard the bell of the 1023Please respect copyright.PENANADDTGDwAvxS
café ring and I knew the others had arrived. They soon came over by the 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAJBC7zusfsp
table. Only Taeyang, G-Dragon and Daniel were the ones who came in.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAhJSjwyODRz
"Zoey where have you been?" Daniel asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAyyex9jiSjl
"And who was that guy you were with, huh?" G-Dragon asked, looking down at Zoey with a frown on his face.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAC84Zx26W9i
"Awww, are you jealous, my G-Dragon?" Zoey smiled at him.1023Please respect copyright.PENANABNiEFRU5EX
"Stop taking all this 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA2tpJzHHc36
like a joke, Zoey. I saw the way you were behaving with him. You weren't1023Please respect copyright.PENANAJoRLEk2w4m
yourself when I saw you from across the street," I said.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAI86c0l34xd
The smile on Zoey's face1023Please respect copyright.PENANAmuVeF1ZSAg
disappeared in an instant. Good. Maybe now she would take us seriously.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAtUjW8Q8RME
Her safety was way more important than she could ever imagine. If 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA9bLIJZBvVo
anything had happened to her, a lot of us here would never forgive 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA320BBxSqYp
ourselves.1023Please respect copyright.PENANASxdK0Zx4gR
"Can we please get out of here?" Taeyang suggested. "This isn't the place to discuss this."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAYst1PbJvWi
"You're right," I said 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAiG8TazvYXW
as I looked around the café and many heads were turning our way. I hated1023Please respect copyright.PENANAT2bU8qWwbc
attracting so much attention sometimes.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAZGYyIiTLVi
The others had started 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAeG4NEbtTMj
to leave and Zoey and I both stood up from the table. I noticed the 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAciRbTogr6c
teacup the stranger had used and my mind still couldn't stop thinking 1023Please respect copyright.PENANADTE5TzQ7S6
about who he was.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA1srrfr809b
After we left the café, 1023Please respect copyright.PENANACtUoi34a43
we went back across the road where the vehicles were parked. Daesung, 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAfs4rGG9DQ3
TOP, Mike and Daesung stood waiting for us.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAnZpX6B8Fqt
"Thank goodness, you're alright, Zoey," said Daesung.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAAIo4oWF8rU
"Ya, thank goodness you weren't lost," said Mike. "We wondered if we would find you in a ditch or something."1023Please respect copyright.PENANA9ifpKVpfRz
Zoey frowned at Mike and all he could do was smile back at her mischievously.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAGTtDXVMjlJ
"Let's all go back to the hotel, shall we?" I suggested. "Zoey can tell us everything from there."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6ts7oK3k8
Zoey and I went in 1023Please respect copyright.PENANADx7on5RcdM
G-Dragon's car making sure I sat in the backseat. The others got in the 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA9SFykGCLOi
other cars and we drove off, G-Dragon's car leading the way.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAdcoEyE9ZBq
We were all back in the 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA9KUe3MPoVt
hotel on our floor. Luckily, Collins wasn't around. I was relieved. Now I1023Please respect copyright.PENANAdpkRGlftee
could vent out all my anger on Zoey.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAJxGN8NvKr2
We gathered ourselves in1023Please respect copyright.PENANAIjiXQVqo8R
the lounge. The others sat on the couch and made themselves 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAUFSZpHxaGB
comfortable. Zoey and I were left standing and I looked at her, with my 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAoeMurMJn3F
hands on my hips.1023Please respect copyright.PENANABo92tjLjeq
"Okay, let's start with why you disappeared?" I asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAzcl8rPMKBW
"No, don't ask that," said G-Dragon. "Ask who she was with first."1023Please respect copyright.PENANABAoFEWf6D9
"I'm the one asking the questions." I turned to face G-Dragon. "I want to know what made her go like that."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAzkLt4cMWob
"Fine, I tell you," said1023Please respect copyright.PENANAXAI3vRLNmp
Zoey raising her hand to calm me down. "G-Dragon went over to get some 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAajQfBLLQ6t
ice cream when a person came up to me. Said he was my biggest fan."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAF3ahRRUzHS
"Don't tell me you fell for the person's good looks like always," said Christine shaking her head.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAAXZEZVBJBE
"You know handsome men are my weakness," said Zoey. "Sorry G-Dragon."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAHlBRhBbhKr
"No, I don't mind," said1023Please respect copyright.PENANAlBAD87BDPu
G-Dragon, shaking his head. I looked at him again and I was surprised 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA8H9JEuj2gJ
with the look on his face that he really didn't mind at all.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAlHNJ7FRStg
"So, he said he is your biggest fan and then what?" Taeyang asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAHBWclqfJeo
"He offered that the two of us go out for some coffee," said Zoey. "That's how I left."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAUWivzM7VKM
"Now that makes no sense or maybe you have no sense, Zoey," said Seungri.1023Please respect copyright.PENANART5ut0KroE
"Huh?" Zoey looked at Seungri, looking embarrassed.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAKSuyp2VUFC
"As much as that sounds 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA4OX3lJhGzT
totally embarrassing, Seungri is right," said Christine. "What you said 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAbkvXnkSbm4
doesn't make sense at all. How could you go out for coffee with someone 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAyFo7n1sv0L
you claims to be your fan without taking G-Dragon along with you?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANA0ypS1E7inu
I started to tap my foot1023Please respect copyright.PENANAf2Sfg2M87Q
and looked at Zoey, ready to breathe out fire if necessary. Christine 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAMDxWj6f9PV
was right and surprisingly, Seungri too. She wasn't telling us the 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAHRwkGCvQ4m
truth.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA21wEnPI7V6
"Come on, Zoey, tell us 1023Please respect copyright.PENANASBHjXMeDyR
what really happened," I said. "You couldn't leave without GD. And you 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAVMmJcx0V1G
had your phone turned off. All I know about the person you were with is 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAfSqw0Z7vpV
that he was wearing an expensive black suit."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAex2kNMLDKs
"Okay, do you really want to know the truth?" Zoey asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA2Iu4yESCla
"Yes!" everyone replied at the same time, that almost made Zoey jump in fright.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA3aKDxU2j8T
"Okay, okay, eish," said1023Please respect copyright.PENANAczRJ4wwgI4
Zoey. "You scared the hell out of me. The truth is, I went with my fan 1023Please respect copyright.PENANATpjYWxvgBQ
because he insisted that I go with him and not tell anyone about it."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAcn0uQKFDjR
"Huh?" TOP looked confused.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAHR3MHZ59Vl
"What fan lays out that kind of condition?" Mike asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAmsVEtBptOV
"Someone who was ready to take advantage of Zoey," I answered.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAuQnongvIwo
"If he did, you guys still wouldn't have found me," said Zoey.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAlWJceO9pH0
"If he did, you wouldn't have been looking so nervous in the café."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAWo0xwGxMe5
Zoey was quiet and I still felt that she wasn't telling us the whole truth. I decided to play along and not say a word.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAXTC6SMFocT
"Then what were you two talking about?" I asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA2Dq3Lwf5EP
"Just stuff," said Zoey, avoiding my eyes. "About me and my celebrity life."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAwtO3nb9aWd
"You're sure?" I asked. "Didn't he talk about himself?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANA2DuvrAlhUm
"Ya, totally." Zoey nodded her head. He never said anything about himself. Not even his name."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAlNJVPI2fLV
"Then why did you look so nervous in the café?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAPSK1T1wvuT
"He was asking some personal questions I didn't like."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAeyyIYH8ovW
"Are you sure?" Daniel 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAOd4NLatJ45
asked. "When someone asks you a personal question, you either snap back 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAWBNH3iYyuM
at them or walk away. Whether it's an annoying reporter, any of your 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA3EbnUaKQ2d
haters or even us."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAHPTn7uFRKH
Daniel was right. Zoey 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAtJ617ZaZfb
would have stood and walked away from the stranger but she didn't. I 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAZJj2IE0kEG
wondered what question he might have asked her. That's if Zoey was 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAJCaidkPX54
telling the truth.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAB04ADs1uQC
"I didn't want to look so mean in front of him," said Zoey. "He seemed like a very nice guy."1023Please respect copyright.PENANA4lUk4sQsuj
"A very nice guy that 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA1m4XZC0E6q
made you run off with him, made you switch off your phone and made you 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAGeNBpkmFkq
so uncomfortable," said G-Dragon, looking really irritated.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAhKZ2smOwNb
"Come on," said Zoey. "He wasn't that bad, seriously."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAY0r00Zfao1
I didn't want to 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAUwHd8SIOFs
pressurise Zoey with more questions. Right now, she was getting away 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAP2Xpua6ZC4
with it. If she was hiding something, I would find out sooner or later.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAQpzkXjOIjD
"Okay," I said. "We're just glad you're fine."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAG8Sap08MYC
"And not dead," said 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAUjmoXqTaFn
Mike with a smirk. Seungri and Christine who sat on either side of him, 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAyGA28EVG8E
both gave him the elbow in the side and he howled in pain.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAuk6LsRoqJR
"I'll pretend I never heard that," said Zoey.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAdfrbpohZZm
"And you better get 1023Please respect copyright.PENANApeF5dvQlV4
ready for Collins," I said giving Zoey a smirk of my own. "We told him 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA8IeyAb1zDr
you had a bad tummy ache and that's why you weren't at the studio."1023Please respect copyright.PENANA4j6rA6UiHQ
"Seriously?" Zoey gave me an angry stare. "Couldn't you have told him a better lie?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAAgTq1S09z5
"That you were missing? Fat chance. You've already put some of us into enough trouble for one day."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAm44mylDqWk
"Alright. Sorry. I won't do that again."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAKn4wl8WtvV
I rolled my eyes, while shaking my head and went over to the dining table. Something told me it wouldn't be the last.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAW55hufZqwq
"Well, now that you're found," said Daesung, as he stood up. "Some of us better get going."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAxlx20uCQJS
"Sorry for putting you guys into so much trouble," said Zoey.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAb4eGJ3n0NX
"As long as you're fine and Collins isn't going to kill us, it's okay," said Taeyang with a smile.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAM9x73A2wva
"I'll be leaving too," said Seungri and he gave Zoey a hug and he walked over to hug me as well.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAV5WYIdPQIq
"Alright, see you tomorrow," I said.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAkHU6rWj9in
One by one the BigBang 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAjku7slvVkZ
members started to leave, saying bye to each other. G-Dragon stayed 1023Please respect copyright.PENANARUZw77OFrK
behind with Zoey so that they could talk a little. Giving them privacy, 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAXTtEp26zCI
Christine, my brothers and I left for our rooms.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAqxqdBgjAmQ
When I went in my room, I1023Please respect copyright.PENANAElGAsVRH8B
went for my phone that was still charging on my bed. The phone was 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAJh1bN8yoMT
still off and I decided to switch it on. It was almost full.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAqC1cJg1HcZ
There was a knock on the door and I called out to the person to come in. Christine entered.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA3Ay5rhZ2r1
"Hey, can we talk?" Christine asked as she closed the door behind her.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAD6Ikrv63I6
"About what?" I turned to look at her.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA8OzIVljFfV
"Do you really believe what Zoey told us?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAwtwshC5hH0
"No, I don't." I sat on the bed.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAkkWl0d8VtT
"Looks like I'm not the only one," said Christine as she came to sit on Zoey's bed, facing me.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA6A4YRh2Pj7
"I wonder why she isn't telling us the truth."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAsWZXE1TsEt
"Did you see the man's face?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAKMjKG9zf8N
"No. All I could say is that he wore a fancy and expensive suit."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAMflCLBRsN8
"I wonder who he is. Maybe he is some rich tycoon or something."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAL2HPbiNiSI
"That's what I thought too." I gave Christine a smile.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA5VsJQ9I7TM
"I bet he is good 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA3gz6vmh0Qt
looking too. I still wonder why Zoey left like that without telling 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAuIBpPyqgzg
anyone. Do you think she really did all that just because the stranger 1023Please respect copyright.PENANALT2mWAg1cT
told her to?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAiJRoiAB0nk
"Well, I believe her on that part. I'm just wondering how he managed to convince her to come with him. Maybe he threatened her?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAmgC2mNnes7
Christine's jaw dropped. "Don't say that. I know there is no any other logical explanation, but I think that's way too far."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAN8oyW9Y9sv
"You said so yourself, Christine. There is no other explanation. He might have blackmailed her or something."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAc7G5kmtbc7
"Okay, but blackmailed her with what?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANA5OBX6wIXKb
"That we have to find out."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAsYEoTZ0sHH
I was just about to grab my phone and check out if I had any messages when Zoey came in the room.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAY11eQqDPaE
"Oh. Has GD left already?" Christine asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAVrjtHrOk7h
"Ya. He left," Zoey replied. I heard a bit of sadness in her voice.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAExirLm6bi6
"Are you okay? You don't look alright," I said.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAuGVschHVPj
"I'm fine. G-Dragon and I talked about something serious."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAY6VfJRP2FT
Oh my. Had he told her 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAddD4CzYXe7
about what we had discussed earlier at the park? As much as I knew it 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA76WFIEBFWP
was going to hurt Zoey, it was for the best. Besides, she was going to 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAWYKahwklOU
find someone way better than G-Dragon. Hopefully, even me.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAPkWABn92aE
"What did you talk about?" I asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANASoLtHpLNUB
"He was just pissed that1023Please respect copyright.PENANAzGztB1zZXY
I left like that," Zoey answered. "He thought maybe he said something 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAVM6sZyO31I
that might have upset me or something."1023Please respect copyright.PENANApHilT6Ed3g
"Oh." That wasn't what I was expecting. "Well, I had asked him earlier if he had said something that might have upset you."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAm2nuci58YP
"But he didn't."1023Please respect copyright.PENANA5awxU4y5jr
"I see why Sam asked," 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAMXoZEx7TLl
said Christine. "When someone gets you so upset, you run away. You've 1023Please respect copyright.PENANApR6csJRySv
done that many times before back home during our school days, you know?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAAOfry3AKec
"Ya I know. Forget about it." Zoey waved her hand in annoyance. "What's happened has happened."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAWoGuS0dINI
And I hope it will never1023Please respect copyright.PENANAY609WfPftq
happen again, but this guy in the suit still worried me. Until I know 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAtXoHoIyrdC
who he is, I wasn't going to pretend that the worst has passed when it 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA6ktRvX5o3C
was yet to come at any moment.1023Please respect copyright.PENANADLD9Wla2Pk
The next thing I knew, the door to our room flew open and Lee walked in.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA4IL7gaZ99B
"Lee!" the three of us exclaimed in excitement.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAHPyIeTyqeP
"Wow! Did you guys miss me?" Lee asked with a smile on her face.1023Please respect copyright.PENANArkoLpNx4jb
"Ya, we did," said Zoey, putting her arm over Lee's shoulders.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAtXyytaUsKw
"Well, I missed you too," said Lee. "So, what happened today? I heard you never finished up on the song."1023Please respect copyright.PENANASD9zkuqtoi
Christine, Zoey and I 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA41LSj1PUyT
shook our heads and talked randomly at the same time, saying nothing 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAzQUa64u36X
really happened. Lee knew something was up and even if it could clearly 1023Please respect copyright.PENANATRfZZMnAqn
show on her face, she didn't push us. She just smiled.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAXMAJftHH30
"Well, you'll tell me later," said Lee. "Collins and I were just....."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAC2MGhqqma4
"Collins is here!" Zoey's face went white like a sheet.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA09SbObSiYh
"Yes, he is," said Lee 1023Please respect copyright.PENANADi2Cf36Lb5
with a wicked smile. "Now if you don't want to get into trouble, I 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAin1ocVBsJQ
suggest you go on your bed and cry out that you still aren't feeling 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAmGMAhUoYlX
well."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAJGQPaESNbz
Christine and I almost burst out laughing. Zoey frowned.1023Please respect copyright.PENANADaliD4Y1aJ
"Ha, ha, very funny," said Zoey as she went over to her bed and sat down.1023Please respect copyright.PENANALiibl2WTcc
"As I was saying," said Lee. "We were in the lobby when we received a package from the receptionist. Said it was for you guys."1023Please respect copyright.PENANA2ATlNdPdod
"Us?" I asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANApb0cqUG0NY
"Ya, the letter on the package was directed to The Toxins. It's with Collins in the lounge."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAPEJkPcy4w9
Christine and I rushed 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAj6wox6lRDB
out of the room leaving Zoey with Lee. She had to pretend she was still 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAJMSIIGYrJI
not feeling well. We found Collins in the lounge with the package in his1023Please respect copyright.PENANAWTfDaCPktC
hand.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAeKGxrqxcpC
"Hey, Collins," I said. "What's that?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAl020xSQUCt
"This came in for you guys," said Collins. "And with a letter too."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAGZin8U3Gqn
"Did I hear there is something for us?" Daniel asked as he and Mike came in the lounge.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAx9uG2jFwYC
"Ya. Here you go." Collins gave me the package.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAf7Vxef1eYn
The package was wrapped in a brown wrapper and on top of it was a white envelope. It was directed to us just as Lee said.1023Please respect copyright.PENANASuE01jZKzj
I took the letter and 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAzUHpUxArGg
gave the package for Christine to hold and opened the envelope to remove1023Please respect copyright.PENANAF2C4Doe3Nu
a letter. I unfolded the letter and I read it out loud:1023Please respect copyright.PENANA2GoT5YQOBz
"Hope you're all okay. Just wanted to say I'm your biggest fan. With lots of love."1023Please respect copyright.PENANA0rmOcm0mSl
"That's it?" Mike asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA84wxIf14yo
"Ya, that's pretty much it," I said, looking behind the letter but there was nothing. "No name at all."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAgmCfQpK87w
"Did you see anyone who sent this?" Daniel asked Collins.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAOdZTCemfU7
"All that the 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAsHwBarut4a
receptionist told us was that some young man in a suit gave it to her 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAdunjLyrqQI
and she should give either you guys or us when we came by the lobby."1023Please respect copyright.PENANApoZ3V4OpJj
My eyes went wide and my1023Please respect copyright.PENANAijvr4CAPm4
heart pace quickened. Did Collins just say a young man in a suit? Maybe1023Please respect copyright.PENANAuSGxAfevmz
I heard wrong and needed some clarification.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAVJKKxP1R5y
"A young man in a suit?" Mike asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA4Hu60Ga4jx
"Ya. Do you perhaps know him?" Collins asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAGR7svybNyb
"Huh, no," said Christine, shaking her head.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAndRFJtJYdH
"Oh. For a moment there, you guys looked a little frightened," said Collins. "I thought you might know him."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAiytH6ntrOf
We did know him all right. The man who had been with Zoey. But who really was this guy? And this package? What could be in it?1023Please respect copyright.PENANA6svbo7HIQh
"Open it, Christine," said Daniel.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAJxlO4N5PUZ
Christine threw Daniel 1023Please respect copyright.PENANANbnH6F73dW
an angry glance. She obviously didn't want to open it and I knew what 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAjKehuQRqv5
she was thinking. What if there was a bomb inside? Or maybe something to1023Please respect copyright.PENANAtTNNWhzu9U
threaten or blackmail us? You could only think of the worst from a 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAvD6LM8RSzr
person you barely even knew.1023Please respect copyright.PENANApC3fPFFuSb
"Let me," I said as I took the package from Christine and I sat down on the couch with the package on my lap.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAzrH4TKeEgw
Collins was watching us for a second and then left the lounge. I sighed in relief and so did the others.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAZb1nmpRAjn
"I thought he would never leave," Mike whispered after we heard the door to Collins' room open and close.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAUBJCkFWk5D
"Can you check if he is really in his room?" I asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAOSA1VsIJsu
Mike went in the hall and came back seconds later. "He is in the room."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAiz1tjzcaPf
"I'm really nervous," said Christine. "What is in there?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAmtMpU5tl3r
"I don't know," said Daniel. "I hope it is nothing that could kill us."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAPWW8i9Zjne
Mike hit Daniel at the back of his head and Daniel whined in pain.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAbdTSbXnLFa
"Don't say that," said Mike. "I don't want to die soon."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAcn92FfoXDK
"Guys, calm down," I said. "Let's just open this thing and see what's in it."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAdcujwPTmyb
"Okay, but take your 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAjvY6vIawsH
time," said Christine. "If there is a bomb in there, I want to say my 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAxxhpAKnJhE
last prayers before I leave this earth."1023Please respect copyright.PENANAnrohvs17TZ
I rolled my eyes but I 1023Please respect copyright.PENANATCAJW2xQzg
was as scared as the rest of them. If we were to make out of this alive,1023Please respect copyright.PENANAUjZ39GypMw
I was going to kill Zoey myself for dragging us into this mess.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAkra5A1ZAVn
I started to unwrap the package. It was a white box.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA6VZF81iV6R
The other three couldn't1023Please respect copyright.PENANApIZnMbvuvv
stop staring at the box and I needed to end this paranoia once and for 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA6pVgUJcS0T
all. I quickly removed the lid without thinking that there might be 1023Please respect copyright.PENANA2i71lR2KPP
something dangerous in the box. The others even covered their faces. But1023Please respect copyright.PENANA9phjA5LVwv
nothing happened.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAXVnO9oxFzo
"What the....?" I looked in the box and what I saw, shocked me completely.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAjsd1ciHzNy
"What is it?" Christine asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAjj73xvf8OP
I looked up at the 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAAeW09aHODH
others and they bended over to see what was in the box. Their jaws 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAwY8VqH0KcN
dropped almost at the same time and we looked at each other.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAtWyLqOOLir
"This is just ridiculous," I said as I shook my head.1023Please respect copyright.PENANALQxV0HNr2z
Christine, Mike and Daniel suddenly burst out laughing.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAZmlKNxrnoQ
Zoey and Lee came rushing into the lounge.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA53YhjWYGXx
"Hey? What's going on?" Zoey asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA2yOdxuu9U8
No one answered. I was too speechless to say anything and the rest were still laughing.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAtZafQ0WkIx
"What is in the package, Sam?" Lee asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAHDvIH7w848
I soon removed a little cute brown teddy bear and held it up for Zoey and Lee to see.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAhVFSwQ3bRP
"Huh? You're laughing all because of a teddy bear?" Zoey looked at the others, wondering if they were okay in the head.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAAIbRjIxmz7
"Oh, my goodness, Zoey," said Christine trying to catch her breath with tears in her eyes. "Can't you see it?"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAYb5zqqa6hc
"See what?" Zoey and Lee asked the same time.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAh3qImTQW9n
"The...the...suit!" Mike laughed even more, pointing at the teddy bear.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAxqYQESghTM
It was then that Zoey 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAg1eBAP1z4O
looked at the bear in my hand and recognised that the tiny teddy bear 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAKGVgp8lOen
wore a tiny black suit with a tiny black tie. Zoey looked like she was 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAsCLkBM8Iu6
about to get sick. Looked like she already figured out it was the1023Please respect copyright.PENANAKFIZ5WrWvS
stranger who she was with today that sent it.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAjlXrX82fwP
"Guys, what am I missing here?" Lee asked.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA7XyJZ6N86q
"Zoey will tell you all about it," I said. "I believe this is yours." I gave the teddy bear to Zoey who held it in her hand.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAdT45Bny5AF
The other three continued to laugh when they saw Zoey take the bear. Lee looked as confused as ever.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAcLaHSgAms3
"And here I thought it was a bomb," said Daniel, wiping away the tears in his eyes.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAbL0O77MXJN
"Ya. But it just turned out to be a bear in a suit," said Christine. "A harmless bear!"1023Please respect copyright.PENANAjS9IqyMc1j
This time, they laughed 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAdxaoY2z10y
even louder and I couldn't help but start laughing too. A minute ago, we1023Please respect copyright.PENANAmJSDNhXtUa
had feared for our lives and it was for no good reason. I saw the 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAZveyOEqFJl
reason to laugh along as well. Who knows what the future might hold? You1023Please respect copyright.PENANAVfjuuxdnST
could die at any given day. We were just glad to be alive and laughing.1023Please respect copyright.PENANASbQhuDDkjc
"Stop it, guys," said Zoey with a frown. "This isn't funny." Lee just shook her head in disbelief.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAiQVvRbiZ1z
"You brought this on yourself, not us," said Mike.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAmhxDCG5lnD
"What's with all the laughing?" Collins asked as he came into the lounge.1023Please respect copyright.PENANA3aHgOHFHGU
Zoey held up the bear 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAiehgqsWqsr
for Collins to see. It was such a funny site given that Zoey looked like1023Please respect copyright.PENANAorULtTyUQr
she was about to cry and she held the bear's little arm in between her 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAHUJOjluBtn
fingers that it was dangling in midair. That sent us into another wave 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAtc2SMN5Kb7
of laughter. This time, Mike and Christine were on the floor and Daniel 1023Please respect copyright.PENANAlTADhVIQ9O
fell right beside me on the couch. I laughed so hard my stomach ached.1023Please respect copyright.PENANAA6ZLBHEljr
And surprisingly, Collins laughed too.
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