Zoey's P.O.V:838Please respect copyright.PENANAgUbtIfkYyT
I was still in the dance838Please respect copyright.PENANA80dCFVbI1U
studio with my back on the floor and my face facing the ceiling. I took838Please respect copyright.PENANA7CmcOuU8p2
a deep breath and let it out, trying to relax myself. But I couldn't. I838Please respect copyright.PENANA1sSq3yZFlv
wondered how I got to this point with everything crumbling down to 838Please respect copyright.PENANAdwkpWvphsC
pieces.838Please respect copyright.PENANAnTP4V7gGlK
G-Dragon had left me 838Please respect copyright.PENANAzWZ2DaOXae
alone to think after our talk. As much as it hurt talking to him, it 838Please respect copyright.PENANA76YW1bIm6h
wasn't as intense as the one he and Sam shared when they argued down the838Please respect copyright.PENANAKDNcO0GJok
hall earlier. I knew GD was trying to go calm and easy on me, which he 838Please respect copyright.PENANABDkCe02aJN
did. But I was still hurting as hell.838Please respect copyright.PENANAFReF9kbteu
It was now over between 838Please respect copyright.PENANA5YOQxQ1b7n
us. I knew I had it coming because I wasn't going to stay here in Korea 838Please respect copyright.PENANA5k00dSKjcG
for long. But I never knew it was all because G-Dragon really liked Sam.838Please respect copyright.PENANABNvil4n73E
That felt like a blow to my face.838Please respect copyright.PENANArPnbXefKzC
I was hurting, I was 838Please respect copyright.PENANAWl959Mx0PS
pissed and angry. I should have known better that G-Dragon never had 838Please respect copyright.PENANA9CQzOWywXX
eyes for me in the first place, but for Sam. Who I bet felt guilty and 838Please respect copyright.PENANANd364rUEMC
tried to tell me the truth earlier on this morning, but I never took her838Please respect copyright.PENANA0jyzeB0gBO
seriously. Come to think of it, I never do take her seriously. But she 838Please respect copyright.PENANAtQfcosJdg7
couldn't come to tell me that G-Dragon liked her because she knew 838Please respect copyright.PENANAEOY6zHVeZI
G-Dragon was supposed to tell me himself. No wonder she kept quiet. 838Please respect copyright.PENANAQOfonGfkCI
Looks like her conscious took the better of her and told her not to.838Please respect copyright.PENANA4Fe6NZAjC4
I was glad that all of 838Please respect copyright.PENANAaSAd0HSsMd
this was bought to light, but now, all of our group members know. And as838Please respect copyright.PENANAUeMKYscbiB
for Daesung, I always knew he had eyes for Sam but the two of them 838Please respect copyright.PENANAkD0KsTOLdG
accepted that they could never be together. That was pretty brave of 838Please respect copyright.PENANAD7gBuSTWGj
them if you ask me. I wish I could be a little more like Sam on learning838Please respect copyright.PENANAWhkfq9CppP
how to let go.838Please respect copyright.PENANA5JNXVtoNie
I sighed. But I couldn't838Please respect copyright.PENANA419dxwbK7E
let go of G-Dragon. He had something that other guys I have dated or 838Please respect copyright.PENANAuroRMJtagt
met in my life never had that drew me close to him. But looks like he 838Please respect copyright.PENANAwgBJiMIpYa
wasn't mine to keep, nor Sam's.838Please respect copyright.PENANASpfYFWzgSm
I don't know what to 838Please respect copyright.PENANAAZxig64mho
think now that I know he had always liked Sam from the very beginning. I838Please respect copyright.PENANAxCbkEszQoK
was angry at the both of them from keeping all of this from me, but I 838Please respect copyright.PENANAxiFG9hg6Kq
was also pretty mad at myself for playing the fool.838Please respect copyright.PENANAZDPOg8hQU2
What hurt me the most 838Please respect copyright.PENANAhAww289yUt
was the kiss G-Dragon and I shared in Paris. Everything felt so real 838Please respect copyright.PENANAIUO34ymdP2
back then, but now, it was like a faded memory. When G-Dragon told me 838Please respect copyright.PENANATcMAuGsp6C
earlier that he had always liked Sam, I had asked him what our kiss in 838Please respect copyright.PENANAqizsvoObsT
Paris meant to him. He told me he did all that just to distract himself 838Please respect copyright.PENANAHaHoU5jGvB
because Sam had pissed him off earlier. I know the two had argued a 838Please respect copyright.PENANAJIEXYZsrMS
couple of times before, but I never knew it was that serious to the 838Please respect copyright.PENANAsdPvd7HXxA
extent that he had to use me as a distraction just to get his mind off 838Please respect copyright.PENANAEJq0SLytYY
her. For some reason, I felt so used.838Please respect copyright.PENANAkoK0ltprJ1
He did say he was sorry 838Please respect copyright.PENANA2oBBohJLkD
and that he didn't want to hurt me. I couldn't stay mad at him. For some838Please respect copyright.PENANAotX9RTdmuB
reason, I just couldn't. But I was mad at Sam though. She should have 838Please respect copyright.PENANAKBdaA0zEFk
told me what was going on. We were best friends for crying out loud.838Please respect copyright.PENANAqTiY6Me1f8
She had a lot of 838Please respect copyright.PENANAzKD4TmFkch
explaining to do. That's if I get to cool down first. I still had a lot 838Please respect copyright.PENANAF8ejGdhaPK
of things pending in my mind and I had to be really careful with what I 838Please respect copyright.PENANARs54rn5fmp
was going to say to her.838Please respect copyright.PENANAG4lqDzrd7o
As I got up from the 838Please respect copyright.PENANAJgmHmkMCig
floor, the door to the studio flew open and Christine came in with what 838Please respect copyright.PENANAb0Hh3ccmXr
looked like a lunch takeout in a plastic bag. I could tell by the look 838Please respect copyright.PENANAPmNm7oyXXI
on her face that she was trying to figure out what words to say to me so838Please respect copyright.PENANAwisz3Gtv4A
that I couldn't get mad any further.838Please respect copyright.PENANAxKHM7n279y
"Hey, Zoey," said Christine as she closed the door behind her. "I brought you your lunch."838Please respect copyright.PENANAHOS9fjIitp
I managed to put up a smile. "Thanks, Christine."838Please respect copyright.PENANAQpftks4r5a
She walked up to me. "So, did you guys talk?"838Please respect copyright.PENANAtB1oOzYfGS
"Ya." I nodded my head. "We did."838Please respect copyright.PENANAQI8zobHdoU
"We saw G-Dragon earlier," said Christine. "The others are talking to him, so I came here to check up on you."838Please respect copyright.PENANAJd2choE9uo
"Thanks. I'm okay, but I just realised that I'm pretty hungry."838Please respect copyright.PENANAAOzNW2lmFP
"Here." Christine gave me my lunch and I sat down on the floor to eat. She sat also down, facing me.838Please respect copyright.PENANAUBeNxkS0Bp
"So, how are things?" Christine asked.838Please respect copyright.PENANAdg8ZDT9OHY
"I don't know whether to say things are good or bad," I said as I bit a slice of pizza.838Please respect copyright.PENANA1WAHomEh7A
"Looking at you, it's pretty bad. G-Dragon said it's over between the two of you."838Please respect copyright.PENANAWpOOsqsc3S
"Ya, it is. I was so stupid to think that we would last."838Please respect copyright.PENANAn87ov5OcRo
"Come on, Zoey. I think 838Please respect copyright.PENANAaBAukWxfmH
it was pretty obvious. I mean, we weren't going to stay here for long. 838Please respect copyright.PENANAaHdTgxbwbm
And you know what Collins told us last time."838Please respect copyright.PENANAJpaRgTJI83
"I know. But I never knew it would be because of Sam." I bit another piece of pizza in my mouth.838Please respect copyright.PENANAREAKjRowq7
Christine winced. "Sorry838Please respect copyright.PENANA4DG5yXroFx
to break it to you, Zoey, but it was quite clear from the day we got 838Please respect copyright.PENANAWXRtcHtgpi
here that G-Dragon had eyes for her this whole time."838Please respect copyright.PENANAsbPGqEXxIp
I stopped chewing on my pizza and looked up at Christine.838Please respect copyright.PENANAGDzwytdztO
"What? You knew about this and you never told me?"838Please respect copyright.PENANA0JOdP3s0Iv
Christine shrugged her 838Please respect copyright.PENANAMbqfx9A0yT
shoulders. "You're the one with the eyes for these things, not me. 838Please respect copyright.PENANA2kO9L67ly0
Sadly, you got too attached to G-Dragon that you couldn't even realise 838Please respect copyright.PENANAGzikFA7G8Y
it yourself."838Please respect copyright.PENANADlnILnd8Xq
I chewed slowly as I 838Please respect copyright.PENANA275ufgX0qs
thought of what she said. "I guess you're right. Is that the reason why 838Please respect copyright.PENANAjUCYm5C3UT
you said G-Dragon and Sam would have made a perfect couple during that 838Please respect copyright.PENANAif0GptQ5wY
interview?"838Please respect copyright.PENANA7GpLJaKRbG
"Well, ya. I thought by saying that, you would open your eyes for once. But that didn't work."838Please respect copyright.PENANAaHj8xFOO3D
"Ya. And Daniel said the same thing too and I got mad at him for it. I still wish you could have told me though."838Please respect copyright.PENANAmcchHoIzEd
"So you could burst into an uproar and tear everyone's heads out? No way." She shook her head.838Please respect copyright.PENANAO5hpHJAJAd
"Look at me, Christine. I might be hurt but I'm still composed."838Please respect copyright.PENANAjdgEGGxzGj
"And what if Sam shows up? Wouldn't you be in an uproar then?"838Please respect copyright.PENANAPjKqRvxOEw
I had no words. Maybe 838Please respect copyright.PENANAkK42ZrsTIJ
Christine was right. I don't know what I would do if Sam were to come 838Please respect copyright.PENANASpWiEbP3Ku
into the room. As much as I was pissed at G-Dragon, I was pretty furious838Please respect copyright.PENANAp6K30z4xod
at Sam.838Please respect copyright.PENANAj5VwIlONoS
"No, I wouldn't," I said, ignoring Christine.838Please respect copyright.PENANAELHfagopIM
"Yes, you would. A lot 838Please respect copyright.PENANAIHtvPdSEMS
of us know you too well, Zoey. And you're probably wondering what 838Please respect copyright.PENANA5HYUUBWe63
G-Dragon saw in Sam that he couldn't see in you."838Please respect copyright.PENANAiAACgNkw4W
I got irritated now, 838Please respect copyright.PENANAbreKKKVPZu
knowing that Christine was right. "So what? That's not going to put me 838Please respect copyright.PENANARE2ztLpvOT
into a fit of a tantrum when I see her."838Please respect copyright.PENANA9XcH8NYoAE
"It would, Zoey. And as 838Please respect copyright.PENANA4sFGk00Vpt
much as it's normal to think that way because you're hurt and pretty 838Please respect copyright.PENANA4NJ61PRFPr
much jealous, you also have to look at things through Sam's point of 838Please respect copyright.PENANAC5ujRMC0jK
view."838Please respect copyright.PENANAEgB57yKEKa
"Hey! I'm not jealous."838Please respect copyright.PENANADzTf6GdRQM
Christine rolled her 838Please respect copyright.PENANAHaQL0E8YN2
eyes at me. "Whatever. But promise me you won't shout in Sam's face when838Please respect copyright.PENANANEVKzEBYDV
you see her. I bet she feels really bad about this and I know she 838Please respect copyright.PENANAHPkCwaLZwe
couldn't tell you because she didn't want you to get hurt."838Please respect copyright.PENANAVCzpa30w3d
"Why are you saying that? Did she tell you that she already knew that G-Dragon liked her?"838Please respect copyright.PENANA1r1CFdt0J2
"No. But knowing her 838Please respect copyright.PENANAVpYSgtkBG7
character, she would do exactly that. You're her best friend and I know 838Please respect copyright.PENANARHSLzziYi5
she would do nothing to hurt you. It must be pretty bad for her too."838Please respect copyright.PENANAda3bXKBe9k
"I know, but, I can't believe that G-Dragon fell for her and not me."838Please respect copyright.PENANAw0OFQCYA5Z
"Here we go," said 838Please respect copyright.PENANAtd2p6YdGu6
Christine, throwing her hands in the air. "You really think all this is 838Please respect copyright.PENANAFsT4FvQmNW
about you? That all the nice guys are supposed to fall for you wherever 838Please respect copyright.PENANAgk8MuWNIy4
you go?"838Please respect copyright.PENANA772ImIX85O
"No. It's just...."838Please respect copyright.PENANAkwX53tVrm0
"Don't say another word, Zoey. It's clear to see that you aren't concerned about Sam at all."838Please respect copyright.PENANA5Vl4eDeSo8
That hurt. And a lot too. "That's not true. Sam is my best friend. Yes, I'm mad because she didn't tell me what was going on."838Please respect copyright.PENANAc5UoeOEVrE
"Then you as her best 838Please respect copyright.PENANAdwUTZiKFxt
friend should understand why she did that. You heard her down that hall 838Please respect copyright.PENANAPDajEIX4Ke
when she argued with G-Dragon about telling you the truth. It's because 838Please respect copyright.PENANA0CPDemc7xj
she didn't want to see you hurt. She never does and she never will."838Please respect copyright.PENANAfSQiIvxmtr
I looked down on the 838Please respect copyright.PENANAFJb24CouvK
floor feeling a little guilty. I know Sam and her character, and she was838Please respect copyright.PENANAkb5okKQSgm
one who wouldn't like to hurt anyone. But I still couldn't help but 838Please respect copyright.PENANAeii12e02RB
feel mad.838Please respect copyright.PENANADWt1gYscoK
"Okay, okay. It's just that, this has never really happened to me before."838Please respect copyright.PENANATSo355JUwh
"That's because you 838Please respect copyright.PENANAHphNvuiR8R
always think guys would fall for you all the time no matter what. It's 838Please respect copyright.PENANA2PwqD9dqpw
been like that since high school. You were the one whom all the boys 838Please respect copyright.PENANAFIl0Jgkbh2
admired and Sam was one who you never thought could ever make any guy 838Please respect copyright.PENANARJ5R5Ypvau
fall for her, especially G-Dragon."838Please respect copyright.PENANA9R6HUn4EUg
"Mmmm. Maybe. It's not my fault that I attract so many guys."838Please respect copyright.PENANAcVvKb5DAl9
"Well, I hope what's happened will help you realise that not everything is all about you."838Please respect copyright.PENANAs3VN6vfuwm
I sighed. I had now lost my appetite after what she had said.838Please respect copyright.PENANAznidiZb43t
"I hope Sam is alright," said Christine. "Have you seen her?"838Please respect copyright.PENANAkCdDP9TebK
"No, I thought she was with you guys," I said.838Please respect copyright.PENANArHavIkpHPZ
"She never came downstairs with us."838Please respect copyright.PENANAKka3zMIhls
"She must be around here somewhere. She will show up when it's time for practise."838Please respect copyright.PENANAcr9phI9F6o
"I hope so. Anyway we will be starting soon. Now remember. Don't get mad, okay?"838Please respect copyright.PENANAQtPZBNvrdK
"I'll try. I'm not promising anything."838Please respect copyright.PENANAlklKz3RRKp
The door flew open all 838Please respect copyright.PENANAe8qSruRjTp
of the sudden and thinking it was Sam, the guys came in the room. I felt838Please respect copyright.PENANARHFQpeMraG
a little relieved. But I looked away when G-Dragon came in. I still 838Please respect copyright.PENANAGjHE8eeewf
wasn't ready to look at him yet.838Please respect copyright.PENANATiZxqC1Lxr
"Ummm, has anyone seen Sam?" Daniel asked, after looking around the room.838Please respect copyright.PENANA2lnkpS6O9m
"No, we haven't," said Christine getting up from the floor.838Please respect copyright.PENANAwzTSEZRQTc
"She must be around here somewhere," said Taeyang.838Please respect copyright.PENANATo51vLpvWc
"I bet she hasn't eaten lunch yet," said Mike. "I think I should go and look for her."838Please respect copyright.PENANAuJ0UsGRPEz
"Why not call her?" I asked. "I bet she carried her phone."838Please respect copyright.PENANABzm7NBGDB9
"Zoey," Christine looked at me with a frown on her face.838Please respect copyright.PENANAQnuWSDvRSa
"What?" I looked up at her as I shrugged my shoulders.838Please respect copyright.PENANAe5xEvd8G8L
"Arrgh!" she growled in frustration and looked away.838Please respect copyright.PENANA5dgnwO371G
"Wow, girls, what's up?" Seungri asked with a surprised look on his face. "Don't tell me you two were arguing too?"838Please respect copyright.PENANAn4VlsU8D9o
"No, just trying to convince some people around here about doing the right thing," said Christine as she looked down at me.838Please respect copyright.PENANAMzBJQCUwmu
I could have stuck out my tongue at her, but I didn't. I kept my cool and I continued to eat my pizza.838Please respect copyright.PENANAxBrcxWtvOm
"Guys, we have a problem," said TOP.838Please respect copyright.PENANAodefiv9Yco
We all turned to look at him and he was holding his phone in his hand. Had he been trying to call Sam?838Please respect copyright.PENANAdVMQERM1lu
"What is it?" G-Dragon asked.838Please respect copyright.PENANABtdTmuXtVG
"Sam isn't picking my call," TOP answered. "It's ringing but she isn't picking up."838Please respect copyright.PENANA72gIbuLk1O
"Maybe she put her phone on silent," said Mike.838Please respect copyright.PENANA1EPUZZzoLY
"Meaning we have to look for her then," said Taeyang.838Please respect copyright.PENANA0nZu3Il0HZ
"I'll look for her," said Daniel. "I bet she is at the recording studio."838Please respect copyright.PENANAySqyatmeAm
"I'm coming with you," said Daesung.838Please respect copyright.PENANAKo4pjOP9G5
"Count me in," said Mike.838Please respect copyright.PENANApspkseCmFD
Christine came beside me838Please respect copyright.PENANAPmBFOd4vzx
and gave me a nudge on my leg with her foot. I looked up at her and she838Please respect copyright.PENANAdFYFQR2ouc
jerked her head towards the door. I knew she wanted me to go with them 838Please respect copyright.PENANAouGMugP1Ox
to look for Sam. I didn't want to snap at her so I just had to comply.838Please respect copyright.PENANAJYbWo3yrXL
"I'm also coming with you," I said as I stood up from the floor.838Please respect copyright.PENANAPmaphrfepY
"Why don't we all go?" Christine asked.838Please respect copyright.PENANA45eG0mezFC
"Okay," said G-Dragon. "Let's just hope that the choreographer doesn't come here and find us missing."838Please respect copyright.PENANAlQD7PPNst8
"Then someone should stay behind and explain what's going on," I said. "So, I'll stay."838Please respect copyright.PENANAKejRJ7E7zZ
"No, we are all going," said Christine as she held my arm. "If we're going to get in trouble together then we all will."838Please respect copyright.PENANAImrFlbTQuC
I sighed as I rolled my eyes. "Fine."838Please respect copyright.PENANAhmJwy3VlNN
"Let's go up to the recording studio," said TOP. "I'll continue to call Sam and check if she is okay."838Please respect copyright.PENANA9m5XMGq33V
Daesung opened the door 838Please respect copyright.PENANAhkXnwhrui2
and went out of the room first and we all followed. I seriously wasn't 838Please respect copyright.PENANAUgVUE3TZZ8
in the mood to go and start looking for Sam. If anything, I should be 838Please respect copyright.PENANAG2lXsPt3mI
given more time to think and try to calm down. But I couldn't help but 838Please respect copyright.PENANAWorVH7GuAI
worry about her whereabouts too.838Please respect copyright.PENANApjdaT3ma3Q
We all went upstairs and838Please respect copyright.PENANARxQEv1yWd1
checked every recording room. There was still no sign of her. And TOP 838Please respect copyright.PENANAPAT89aa2Tc
had tried calling but she still wasn't picking up.838Please respect copyright.PENANAnI6TgkBvOl
When we came to the 838Please respect copyright.PENANAHKAMkeQYnD
second last studio room down the hall, we found Sam settled on the 838Please respect copyright.PENANAE2qV1YOFnb
couch. She seemed to be busy because she was bended over a small table 838Please respect copyright.PENANAGP5xBjUVfE
in front of her, with a pen in her hand and was scribbling something on a838Please respect copyright.PENANAnKq4IA11Zb
sheet of paper.838Please respect copyright.PENANA3eXCC847NQ
"Sam," Mike called out to her as he rushed into the room.838Please respect copyright.PENANAO9frV4qtmn
Sam quickly looked up. 838Please respect copyright.PENANAoOpWEy0R5X
Telling on the look on her face, she was pretty preoccupied, as always. I838Please respect copyright.PENANAgFuXSpMInD
wondered what she was writing. Hopefully not a run away letter saying 838Please respect copyright.PENANAoeZU0niG66
that she will leave the group because of what she has done.838Please respect copyright.PENANAJbbg6zxDtm
We all came in the room 838Please respect copyright.PENANASbWymxxa7B
and to be honest, I didn't want to be here. I could tell that G-Dragon 838Please respect copyright.PENANACyntIHFxUc
also felt the same. I looked at him and he seemed pretty uncomfortable.838Please respect copyright.PENANAWnkK255E0a
"May I ask what you're doing here?" Daniel asked Sam.838Please respect copyright.PENANA5xkZ5w7K4y
"I...I was just...." Sam838Please respect copyright.PENANA1MhOPLvZdo
looked down at the paper she was scribbling on and then up at her 838Please respect copyright.PENANAouKHfLjRx0
brothers. "I just needed to be alone for a while. That's why I came 838Please respect copyright.PENANAQVBNmnzGDw
here."838Please respect copyright.PENANARzsyx5hM8y
"But are you okay?" Taeyang asked. "You weren't picking up your phone."838Please respect copyright.PENANA8UGHiLsLZG
"I put it on silent," said Sam, as she scratched her head. "Sorry if I worried you."838Please respect copyright.PENANAE7H5VCup2j
"Apologising isn't one of your best traits, Sam," I blurted out without thinking. "I'm surprised you're doing so now."838Please respect copyright.PENANA3DTLA6fJlY
Everyone turned to look 838Please respect copyright.PENANADcY6AW2Fuc
at me and I could tell they were shocked with what I said. But I didn't 838Please respect copyright.PENANA6yCihfE2WO
care. I had my hands on my hips to show how mad I was.838Please respect copyright.PENANA6B7iYjIV8a
"Zoey," Sam stood up from the couch and I could tell she was sorry just by looking in her eyes. "We need to talk."838Please respect copyright.PENANAdktxvyCn5Y
"There is nothing to talk about, Sam. G-Dragon told me everything and I don't need to listen to you."838Please respect copyright.PENANAzlcfrSCZCU
"Zoey!" Christine interfered.838Please respect copyright.PENANATXAs1DwiyZ
"Let me talk, Christine," I said, holding my hand up to Christine to stop her from talking.838Please respect copyright.PENANAjT7JjvVwN2
"Zoey, I know you're mad at me. But I didn't want it to go down like this," said Sam.838Please respect copyright.PENANA2GRxG4ODlP
"Well, it's a little too838Please respect copyright.PENANAE0LXTUtU46
late for that, isn't it? Why didn't you tell me all this before? And 838Please respect copyright.PENANAbgpXSGvZ5F
don't try to say you were only doing it so that I wouldn't get hurt."838Please respect copyright.PENANA3lJMl8KaFO
Sam opened her mouth but838Please respect copyright.PENANAnvdJeQBT7b
closed it again. I could see tears well up in her eyes. If she thought 838Please respect copyright.PENANAXjBiJByWyN
crying would make me forgive her, she was dead wrong. I was a little 838Please respect copyright.PENANA5w44P77dyu
surprised when no tear fell down her cheek.838Please respect copyright.PENANA6ABQoxAI83
"I'm sorry, Zoey," she said. "But what else could I tell you?"838Please respect copyright.PENANAvT6Z1ooZFs
"Why you stole G-Dragon from me!"838Please respect copyright.PENANAdqqoVkFBMH
"I didn't steal him from you, Zoey."838Please respect copyright.PENANAYRueBlpKGA
"Now you're just talking nonsense," said Christine.838Please respect copyright.PENANAUEDcr4amVU
"Shut up, Christine!" I snapped at her.838Please respect copyright.PENANAjZixbMHgq4
"The drama queen must have hit her head or something," Daniel said, shaking his head.838Please respect copyright.PENANAQH3gULt6yC
"I didn't hit my head," I said as I turned to look at Daniel.838Please respect copyright.PENANAQQuqqlFpXQ
"You're acting like you have," said G-Dragon. "What's wrong with you?"838Please respect copyright.PENANAUlmSqPjpeM
I turned to look at G-Dragon and I couldn't believe that he was also calling me crazy.838Please respect copyright.PENANAPEj35DkNLq
"This is unbelievable," I said as I rubbed my forehead. "Now I'm the crazy one."838Please respect copyright.PENANA03u2t0CCJJ
"Zoey, please calm down," said Seungri. "This isn't good for you or for anyone else."838Please respect copyright.PENANA9brBy9jTQE
I took a deep breath and looked up at the ceiling. Then I went back to looking at Sam.838Please respect copyright.PENANAfaLfqAAS7L
"If you've a better explanation to all this, I'll be in the dance studio."838Please respect copyright.PENANAoxdm6MkTH2
I turned around and went out of the room, banging the door loudly behind me.838Please respect copyright.PENANAsJB88ZkuFI
***838Please respect copyright.PENANAAoxC0Z2gkU
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Sam's P.O.V:838Please respect copyright.PENANAahppeFHQb7
I winced when the door 838Please respect copyright.PENANAiei8bC2ih8
banged shut in front of me. I knew Zoey was going to be furious. And 838Please respect copyright.PENANA8l2b4Himjv
trying to cool her down was going to be difficult. I had to work on a 838Please respect copyright.PENANAU8NNIOj7oy
different approach to get to her.838Please respect copyright.PENANA7fHnZq2iIE
I looked at the others 838Please respect copyright.PENANAtGGwDtTrvd
in front of me and they were silent. Looks like they were pretty much 838Please respect copyright.PENANAsYLC5CsBF5
ready for Zoey's outburst than I was.838Please respect copyright.PENANAt1SUIRcbLn
"We better get going, the choreographer will be back any moment," said TOP.838Please respect copyright.PENANAtRntH02BX9
"Are you crazy?" Mike 838Please respect copyright.PENANABMPa1Hli2q
asked as he turned to look at TOP. "I'm not going in that room if Zoey 838Please respect copyright.PENANADkco4YqUSj
is going to continue acting like a lunatic."838Please respect copyright.PENANAySZjYIYT0x
"Mike's right," said Daesung. "Maybe we should just cancel practise today, for things to settle down."838Please respect copyright.PENANAQoe2IUoHaS
"As much as that is a good idea, you heard what the managers said," said Taeyang. "We've to work on the music video on Monday."838Please respect copyright.PENANAsSUY75i8UZ
"We have to come up with838Please respect copyright.PENANAVTjmp7ZuKC
something then," said Christine. "Because just as Mike said, dancing 838Please respect copyright.PENANA15SOpPU1iL
with Zoey is going to be dangerous. The next thing we know, we would all838Please respect copyright.PENANAchs44rrDfS
be landing on our faces in that studio."838Please respect copyright.PENANANtW00NmhYX
"I agree," said Seungri. "Does anyone have any plans?"838Please respect copyright.PENANAYf3vcWlXdV
"I can pretend I sprain my ankle," said Daniel. "That will give us enough time for things to settle."838Please respect copyright.PENANACaWdqN9tGW
"No, they will bring in a medical examiner and make things worse," said Taeyang.838Please respect copyright.PENANA28io3KaIIn
"Okay, this is tough," said Christine, as she started to pace up and down.838Please respect copyright.PENANA6oDnSIc94q
"We wouldn't be going through all this if it wasn't for you, Sam," said G-Dragon.838Please respect copyright.PENANAwRW5ndTV3v
Everyone, including me turned to look at G-Dragon who was standing further away from us at the door.838Please respect copyright.PENANAa7uZ0FJWXH
"What did I do?" I 838Please respect copyright.PENANAKy7ecuUwYk
asked. "If you mean telling Zoey the truth, that's supposed to rest on 838Please respect copyright.PENANAsMSHYaiS11
your shoulders and not just mine alone."838Please respect copyright.PENANAmjGIiEOuXt
"But I did tell you that I would handle it, didn't I?"838Please respect copyright.PENANAqL4mPGNb5Q
"Whether you told her 838Please respect copyright.PENANAZKGKo2RuMh
the truth later on, the fact is she was still going to get mad. You guys838Please respect copyright.PENANAHDAEqaTq0G
talked a while ago, didn't you? How was that handling things? She is 838Please respect copyright.PENANAWUhW3Z5WrE
still furious and mostly at me."838Please respect copyright.PENANA7h7786jT6u
"GD, I think Sam is 838Please respect copyright.PENANAh6LwFN66F9
right," said Seungri. "Zoey is one who gets pretty emotional and even if838Please respect copyright.PENANAI9vTzgLFfm
you told her the truth much later, she was still going to get pissed 838Please respect copyright.PENANAhcUo9MSt8r
like she is now."838Please respect copyright.PENANAQaPKbZkrbP
"And she would throw 838Please respect copyright.PENANApEw6XDArnV
stuff at us," said Mike. "Trust me, right now, Zoey isn't as mad as you 838Please respect copyright.PENANAJNwp9CfOeF
would expect her to be or else she would have done exactly that. The 838Please respect copyright.PENANACnhoQ0LSJV
throwing stuff at us thing."838Please respect copyright.PENANABJvVLigLHs
"Look GD, if you're 838Please respect copyright.PENANAwH7YBQ3G4T
finding a way to blame me for all this, I agree with you," I said. "But 838Please respect copyright.PENANA19XeOcW6DK
now isn't the time to start blaming each other. It isn't going to work."838Please respect copyright.PENANAqkrGZhMxoB
"Then what will?" G-Dragon asked. "You know pretty well that we all can't calm Zoey down because of you."838Please respect copyright.PENANAcUtaheNkc3
"Here we go again with 838Please respect copyright.PENANA6ZyQEgulW6
the blaming," I said as I raised my hands in the air in frustration. I 838Please respect copyright.PENANAmPVpeODNXL
turned away from him and tried to think of what to say next.838Please respect copyright.PENANA8bUnB7w1Jc
"Do you know what?" I said as I faced him again. "I give up."838Please respect copyright.PENANAnj8FOFM1YD
The room was silent when everyone turned to look at the me.838Please respect copyright.PENANAtaIziYdFc6
"What?" G-Dragon asked.838Please respect copyright.PENANAIi8JlVz22P
"I give up," I repeated.838Please respect copyright.PENANAzSteCXxOsE
"If I really wanted to, GD, I would have told Zoey a long time ago 838Please respect copyright.PENANAl6ve0mC4JU
about this even before you went to Paris but I didn't because I wasn't 838Please respect copyright.PENANA4yn4kwVq4h
too sure. The biggest mistake you made was leading her on and that gave 838Please respect copyright.PENANAanskxJYCsa
her hope that your relationship would work. You and I should both be 838Please respect copyright.PENANAo8kPkTXHIQ
blamed for what's happened to Zoey. I didn't tell her the truth and 838Please respect copyright.PENANAawcyQ4RDQo
that's also my biggest mistake."838Please respect copyright.PENANA1fKxK0QhfT
The air in the room 838Please respect copyright.PENANAWLOqX80RRD
became stale and I bet everyone else noticed it too. No one said a word.838Please respect copyright.PENANAOa7bkCXDWx
This time it was G-Dragon and I holding the floor.838Please respect copyright.PENANAfwRpv8FcHx
"I give up," I said as I continued to look at G-Dragon. "Blame me all you want. It isn't going to be the first time now, is it?"838Please respect copyright.PENANAavKPfGBeTg
The others looked at me 838Please respect copyright.PENANAwjVxrTc7u9
then back at G-Dragon waiting for him to say something. But he didn't. 838Please respect copyright.PENANAadf5JzZvri
He continued to look at me and I knew I hit the nail on the head this 838Please respect copyright.PENANAFQziviya55
time. I could tell in his eyes that he was furious.838Please respect copyright.PENANAwVitiAM1pH
Without a word, he 838Please respect copyright.PENANAN0gPMtJBZC
turned around and opened the door. Upon opening it, there stood Lee. She838Please respect copyright.PENANAmCaGbrGpIt
stepped aside for G-Dragon to pass and without a care in the world, he 838Please respect copyright.PENANAsTxQwwdH6R
walked past her. Lee continued to look at him as he went done the hall, 838Please respect copyright.PENANApjpaNmbTU6
then she came in.838Please respect copyright.PENANAle81vHBbQk
"Sorry for coming in at such an awkward time," said Lee. "But I have some news that I think will be helpful."838Please respect copyright.PENANA4As53jGm57
"What is it?" Daesung asked.838Please respect copyright.PENANA4DctaqNNAm
"The choreographer won't838Please respect copyright.PENANA7XOhukk01z
be able to come after lunch. He has some personal things to attend to, 838Please respect copyright.PENANADyvsoGupVI
so, practise will resume on Monday."838Please respect copyright.PENANA6ViaAChrBN
"Phew! Thank goodness," said Christine.838Please respect copyright.PENANABnkQVxszYy
"Well, given what's going on, you will need it," said Lee.838Please respect copyright.PENANAQd15M4Qef0
"You haven't told our managers, have you?" Taeyang asked.838Please respect copyright.PENANAZXZUbLByvb
"No, that will just make things worse."838Please respect copyright.PENANASnQz117LhK
"Well, I'm glad," I said. "Maybe we can work things out with Zoey and G-Dragon."838Please respect copyright.PENANAba4ZZjIoMA
"I'll handle GD," said TOP. "You will handle Zoey."838Please respect copyright.PENANAtMsnW6tELL
"Christine and Sam will do it. Count me out," said Mike. "I would rather talk to G-Dragon than the drama queen."838Please respect copyright.PENANAR2ldrRGO77
"Hey, we might need you 838Please respect copyright.PENANAfpYLzLNSoZ
with, Zoey," said Christine. "Just like Collins, you also know how to 838Please respect copyright.PENANAz6WhPeUhzm
put her down. You're quite good at it."838Please respect copyright.PENANAiuj85N713D
"Thanks for the compliment, but I'm sticking to my word."838Please respect copyright.PENANAU0KzBL9Uun
"Mike might make things worse," said Daniel. "Maybe it's best if he stays out of it."838Please respect copyright.PENANA0InTzhSpvw
"Hopefully, by Monday, everything is going to be okay," said Taeyang.838Please respect copyright.PENANAeDbjzYp9OT
"Hopefully," I said. I sighed. "Look guys, I'm sorry."838Please respect copyright.PENANAJr7QSrmOIO
"For what?" TOP asked.838Please respect copyright.PENANAlch1jaL1gs
"For this whole mess. I shouldn't have kept all this from you."838Please respect copyright.PENANA0WCv5VxmMG
"Sam," Christine walked 838Please respect copyright.PENANA2RqoNfdTYJ
up to me and placed her arm around my shoulder. "I understand why you 838Please respect copyright.PENANAk8p2JAZtov
did it and if you ask me, it's not really your fault. You were just 838Please respect copyright.PENANACnVyrwuXzm
doing what you thought was right."838Please respect copyright.PENANAl3sMo2aZG1
"I also agree with Christine," said Daniel. "You shouldn't beat yourself up because of this. We're in this together now."838Please respect copyright.PENANAOgW4iQQm2x
"Yes, we all are in this with you," said Daesung, giving me an encouraging smile.838Please respect copyright.PENANACVhYmGHebj
"Then its best we go back to the hotel then," said Mike.838Please respect copyright.PENANAw2aG05BpD5
"Let's go," said Lee.838Please respect copyright.PENANAnUMqub9JkK
"Then we will meet on Monday," said Taeyang.838Please respect copyright.PENANAQA6xkwrr0m
"Tell me how everything goes with G-Dragon," I said.838Please respect copyright.PENANAcpJQY7R7QE
"We will," said TOP as he walked up to me. "Now, stop sulking and smile for me, everything will be alright. You'll see."838Please respect copyright.PENANA8p97VKDaKH
I only managed to smile at him and nodded my head. "Yes, I'll."838Please respect copyright.PENANAdeKH4vy1UM
As the others started to838Please respect copyright.PENANAWtMXTMcB5F
leave the room one by one, I got the sheet of paper I was writing on, 838Please respect copyright.PENANASuXqP3aXff
folded it and put it away in my purse.838Please respect copyright.PENANAaqgsPvGpfJ
"What were you writing on that thing?" Christine asked, as her eyes were on the folded paper as I put it away.838Please respect copyright.PENANA2TNijQh0zs
"You'll know soon enough," I said, with a sad smile.838Please respect copyright.PENANAlgPaPf7M7z
"Come, we better get going," said Lee after the BigBang members had left.838Please respect copyright.PENANAFFnyDbQBAp
"Can you guys go ahead? I would like to talk to Zoey."838Please respect copyright.PENANAbIuTSz9M9p
"Don't you want us to come with you?" Christine asked.838Please respect copyright.PENANAWPrgl2wQV8
"No, I want to see if I can manage to talk to her on my own."838Please respect copyright.PENANAepwru3eNzu
Christine nodded her head and I could tell she was worried about what was going to happen. "If you say so."838Please respect copyright.PENANARNNFPOAi9Z
"We will be waiting for you downstairs," said Lee.838Please respect copyright.PENANAoZZcROdUBL
We came out of the 838Please respect copyright.PENANAFj1f6rDzwA
studio and the others went to use the elevator to head downstairs while I838Please respect copyright.PENANA2cCjehETNE
used the stairs to head to the dance studio.838Please respect copyright.PENANASUsVxImtjr
I thought of what I was 838Please respect copyright.PENANAxX7x5oRppq
going to say as I walked down the hall. I was pretty scared and I was 838Please respect copyright.PENANAmHVfLfUMSu
afraid that if Zoey saw me, she would pounce on me and try to scratch my838Please respect copyright.PENANAmd51jF20e4
eyes out.838Please respect copyright.PENANAvznZ8ZxcMD
When I reached the room 838Please respect copyright.PENANAlMJ0bj43Kf
we had been using for practice earlier, I froze by the door. I was 838Please respect copyright.PENANAE9K1hILI8W
afraid of touching the door handle, thinking that I would get burnt.838Please respect copyright.PENANAjcsUCyUhh5
Maybe this was a bad 838Please respect copyright.PENANAO0TSoLEtUF
idea and going in there was like stepping into the lion's den. I wanted 838Please respect copyright.PENANAYo39g1mlNP
to turn around and bail, but my body and my conscious wasn't allowing me838Please respect copyright.PENANAKJ8VI7xFIK
to. I felt caught in between two worlds.838Please respect copyright.PENANA3ldrvOZOWp
My body and conscious 838Please respect copyright.PENANAVjTMUuI5rH
won this time around. My hand was reaching for the handle and when I 838Please respect copyright.PENANAtkkI9GoEzl
held it, I turned it and slowly pushed the door open.838Please respect copyright.PENANALP4tZmvIPQ
"Are you kidding me right now?" came Zoey's voice in the room. "I can't do that. It's going to be risky."838Please respect copyright.PENANAo7S2XbySnA
I paused before I could 838Please respect copyright.PENANAqS5k0lj8Lp
fully open the door. Who was Zoey talking to? My eyes grew wide. Was it 838Please respect copyright.PENANAOpIAC0gInZ
who I think it was? Derrick's brother?838Please respect copyright.PENANA2go4p25H36
"Look, calm down, okay? This is clearly not the time to talk right now."838Please respect copyright.PENANA6OzxitTsrQ
I continued to listen. Maybe I can find out what was going on between the two of them.838Please respect copyright.PENANAIu906trHLh
"Just so you know, I'm also not in a good mood!"838Please respect copyright.PENANAWj4qRgYzEW
I winced at the sound of838Please respect copyright.PENANAeOamKpk4EN
her voice. She wasn't in a good mood indeed. I still had time to get 838Please respect copyright.PENANAHkQQR5w1fK
out of here, but I was rooted at the door.838Please respect copyright.PENANAUCzH3vfBAK
"Okay, fine. We will 838Please respect copyright.PENANAxNl6EUP2xw
meet, soon. I'll tell you when. I can't meet you now. Things back here 838Please respect copyright.PENANAhGiyva9Q8M
just got complicated and it will be strange if I disappear like I did 838Please respect copyright.PENANAvAp7tsz4qU
last time."838Please respect copyright.PENANAVCxpCcA4Hf
I wanted to sigh in frustration. She didn't give out any clue as to what the two were up to. What a bummer.838Please respect copyright.PENANAi478gnfegZ
"I'll see you soon. Don't worry, I have it safe and sound with me and I'll deliver it to you as promised."838Please respect copyright.PENANAv75GlmbGcS
Now that was one thing I considered a clue. She had something with her. Could it be in our room, hidden somewhere? I hope so.838Please respect copyright.PENANA6OEzCxBUl5
I heard Zoey say bye and hang up on her phone. I heard her sigh in frustration and mutter something to herself.838Please respect copyright.PENANA9LTV3RrXG3
This was my cue. I 838Please respect copyright.PENANAT7wf0ltsXP
waited for a good thirty seconds till I fully opened the door. I stepped838Please respect copyright.PENANAr9ZKGmUhzh
into the room and Zoey looked up at me from her phone.838Please respect copyright.PENANATPEAYpPn9q
"We won't be having practise," I said as I approached her.838Please respect copyright.PENANAGlct6igI41
"Why? Did you tell our managers what's really been going on?" Zoey asked as she folded her arms.838Please respect copyright.PENANAnroXtIQNmE
"No, it's not that," I said. "You know none of us could do that."838Please respect copyright.PENANADdnPBIH0yR
"Given what you've done so far, I wouldn't be surprised."838Please respect copyright.PENANASeKo51q1S3
"What have I done so far?"838Please respect copyright.PENANAbntok41Tk7
"Lied to me and everyone else."838Please respect copyright.PENANAMHCIeofJEN
"I know I lied to you and I should have told you about G-Dragon earlier. I had tried to tell this morning but I couldn't."838Please respect copyright.PENANAWHcTFlhDvL
"You knew that G-Dragon liked you and you didn't even tell me about it."838Please respect copyright.PENANAii1QnX4kG1
"What did you want me to838Please respect copyright.PENANAtmWtj4aRn7
do? I knew you liked G-Dragon but I didn't know all this between you 838Please respect copyright.PENANAllW38TlmEB
two was going to get serious. When you told me that you two had kissed, I838Please respect copyright.PENANAT88hL14lq7
wasn't too sure by then if G-Dragon even liked me."838Please respect copyright.PENANAhj6CigZzgN
"You didn't want to tell me because you wanted him to yourself."838Please respect copyright.PENANAoUEDbAxQf0
I sighed. "Come on, Zoey. That makes no sense. I wouldn't do anything to hurt you."838Please respect copyright.PENANAQYSE6upRRp
"You just did."838Please respect copyright.PENANAUmdPoEHc3H
"Won't you just listen to me? Please! Why would I want G-Dragon when I really like Daesung? You think about it."838Please respect copyright.PENANAFVXH3bBdgy
"I don't have to, Sam. 838Please respect copyright.PENANAAmltgLv3lD
You can't make me to. I considered you my best friend and if you really 838Please respect copyright.PENANAirE2C5RRBk
didn't want to hurt me like you said, you would have told me all this 838Please respect copyright.PENANAHq5X5ldK9W
before."838Please respect copyright.PENANA2UctNE8fvV
I looked down at my feet838Please respect copyright.PENANA8RnK4AKHQk
and I knew she was right. I had hurt her a lot and now she thought of 838Please respect copyright.PENANAaHTcLWJTfA
as me as someone who just stole her boyfriend.838Please respect copyright.PENANAkTjV52hJbF
"Look, whether you like 838Please respect copyright.PENANAlXxgw8igxH
G-Dragon or G-Dragon likes me or I like Daesung, all this wasn't going 838Please respect copyright.PENANAS6i2RnodQx
to last and you know it. You remember Collins' golden rule. And as much 838Please respect copyright.PENANAoSlWvdImrX
as it's a little harsh on our part, it very much shows that creating a 838Please respect copyright.PENANA9SxLMC0I8S
real love story wasn't going to be possible. I might be wrong, but you 838Please respect copyright.PENANAnYCSgZB0il
know that I'm right. Sooner or later, we will head back home and I for 838Please respect copyright.PENANAy3UEsDdPWN
one don't really believe in long distance relationships."838Please respect copyright.PENANAyZ8dCS7Ytr
"But it would have worked out for G-Dragon and I," said Zoey, tapping her foot on the floor impatiently.838Please respect copyright.PENANAuJyfc8NfDn
"No, it wouldn't, Zoey. Not when he likes someone else."838Please respect copyright.PENANA6pbK4gcVhE
"You, right?"838Please respect copyright.PENANAmpQtBfzEPI
I didn't want to admit it, so I kept quiet.838Please respect copyright.PENANAvQ06e0lj7G
Zoey nodded her head and838Please respect copyright.PENANAC8IN345xQq
I could see tears in her eyes. "I see you're right on that one, Sam. 838Please respect copyright.PENANA8oAze4AcLQ
All this wasn't going to work out. And it's all thanks to you."838Please respect copyright.PENANAwdX2R7UxQn
I was shaken by her last838Please respect copyright.PENANA5LQ39qy7ma
sentence. Great! Just when I thought I was finally getting to her, I 838Please respect copyright.PENANAhm2LEqlBVb
was being blamed. Again! I sighed. This cannot be happening.838Please respect copyright.PENANAUozozIvR2k
"That's not true, Zoey," I said.838Please respect copyright.PENANAsOPB8C8JGV
"You made G-Dragon fall in love with you. So it's your fault, isn't it?"838Please respect copyright.PENANAoHPTB5UcbT
"We don't choose who we fall in love with."838Please respect copyright.PENANAsuubXMXmZl
Zoey didn't say a word 838Please respect copyright.PENANArwxEJ2CBUs
as she quickly walked past me and bumped into my shoulder as she passed 838Please respect copyright.PENANApmFqrChoZX
and went out the door. That hurt and I was hugely disappointed that I 838Please respect copyright.PENANA9EwO2oh28k
couldn't get to Zoey to forgive me.838Please respect copyright.PENANALTnsj1S6OT
But now more than ever, 838Please respect copyright.PENANA3aavhZrH6X
she was in trouble and I had to help her out. I couldn't abandon her 838Please respect copyright.PENANAr9cwedyC4T
now. Dealing with Derrick's brother in a broken state she was in, might 838Please respect copyright.PENANArP6NVL6TYQ
just lead to something fatal. And I couldn't let that happen.838Please respect copyright.PENANAfbSKrXeuDD
As I came out of the studio, I pulled out my phone from my purse and called Derrick.838Please respect copyright.PENANAS8RdQFPbtz
"I wasn't expecting a call from you," said Derrick when he picked up. He sounded calm and that soothed me a little.838Please respect copyright.PENANAvsAU07Z3G5
"I called because I heard Zoey talk to your brother over the phone," I said.838Please respect copyright.PENANAvsN0jNWvhc
"Really? Any idea what might be going on?"838Please respect copyright.PENANA9FN6DaM3HD
"No, but I think Zoey is keeping something for him and is planning on giving it to him."838Please respect copyright.PENANAySiqUWjfjc
"When?"838Please respect copyright.PENANABAvHQ7hS65
"She didn't say. She told him she would meet with him when everything around here cools down."838Please respect copyright.PENANAwchl2fewNi
"Why? What happened?"838Please respect copyright.PENANAl9lseppIj2
I signed as I turned 838Please respect copyright.PENANAntaMlnrRa8
round the corner to use the stairs. "She and I had some argument. I'll 838Please respect copyright.PENANAflWu5Vbhxd
tell you about it later. For now, I'll have to keep an eye on her."838Please respect copyright.PENANASCpAhk47ki
"Ya, you do that," said 838Please respect copyright.PENANAOcrNpop2lK
Derrick. I knew he was trying to avoid asking further questions about 838Please respect copyright.PENANABbR2RmWwLr
the argument. "I'll see what I can dig up about my brother's recent 838Please respect copyright.PENANAa3xrxJ9UI1
activities and see what I can find."838Please respect copyright.PENANAZuhwi7BZmv
"Okay. I'll keep in touch."838Please respect copyright.PENANALDZJwMa4Ht
"Okay, all the best."838Please respect copyright.PENANA35eX4baoe1
"Thanks. I'll need it."838Please respect copyright.PENANAqHJ6s81Ljc
I cut the line and I had838Please respect copyright.PENANAacfmfWWhBi
reached the bottom of the stairs. I found myself in the lobby and I 838Please respect copyright.PENANA76MALaYlxg
went out to the SUV waiting outside.838Please respect copyright.PENANAiWjJ5MlK3j
The others were already 838Please respect copyright.PENANAEoWC6xXWVr
settled inside. As I sat next to Zoey and closed the door, she turned 838Please respect copyright.PENANAJjA6fyuRp4
the other way to avoid my gaze. I didn't say anything as the car drove 838Please respect copyright.PENANAupuoAP617J
out of the YG premises. I felt like I had already done enough on my 838Please respect copyright.PENANA58pqJPrdnF
part.838Please respect copyright.PENANAmJ0MnFWHiO
And no one in the car said anything either till we got to the hotel.
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