Korean Prince

Chapter 5 - Best friend?

I always think to myself, how can I have a self confidence? I’m not that beautiful and not so smart either. And my classmates will go ahead of me because I will stop studying. My mom and dad can't afford to pay for my tuition next year because my sister Nica is graduating. I need to give way for her to graduate. I thought, I will continue my studies in Korea. I also thought that it would be me and Gyung-suk till the end, but it all came to an end. And it seems like it was just a dream that happened in my life to have a boyfriend like Gyung-suk. He is gone. … Last day of our class, and I’m thankful. They are talking about their outing on the beach. And Eumie said that she is going on vacation to Korea. "I’m going to Seoul Korea for a month, my mom is already there, I can meet Korean guys!" Eumie said proudly. "Wow! Your vacation is exciting Eumie," Kate said. "Of course, I can finally go there and go to the locations of movies of the k-dramas that I watched, I'm so excited!" Eumie said happily as she glanced at me. "Maybe when you come home you will have a Korean boyfriend!" Kate giggled. "You know that? I'm sure I'll meet a lot of handsome Korean guys there, unlike the other one here who is pretending to have a Korean boyfriend!" Eumie chuckled. While they were talking, I was silent… I started to feel sadness within me. After our class, while I was arranging my belongings, I heard my classmates talking about their closing parties, no one even inviting me. I just ignored everything. I wanna go home. I went out of our school and never bothered to look back, as I went on I did not realize that this is where it will all start. A life changing journey of mine. …. I was in the middle of the city walking alone, its too early to go home, I want to go out, it doesn’t matter to me if I don’t have a companion, but there is only one thing in my mind, I want to go back to that club, I want to ask the guard again, and while I’ve been in deep thought then suddenly, out of no where I unexpectedly bumped into someone. "Kirstein?" she uttered as she looked at me. I stared at her, she looks so familiar. "Mabelle?" Surprised I said. "Long time no see! How are you?" She greeted me. She was my classmate and became friends in 3rd year High School and I never thought we would meet again, she is small and delicate-featured. Pretty in a flawed, accessible way. Her eyes peer out through a wild tangle of hair like those of a cornered animal. Defiant and intense, but skittering around looking for escape at the same time. Fight or flight. Her voice is a low and chilling monotone. "I’m fine, how are you?" I smiled at her. “I was in my 3rd year of College, I am graduating next year," she said. Mabelle noticed that it seems that I want to go somewhere.. "Where are you going?" she asked me. After Mabelle said this, I suddenly saw the two Koreans that I saw before. I saw them rides in a fancy car, they seemed to pick up with someone, and maybe there was their meeting place. Suddenly I felt regret when they left. I just shrugged my shoulders and faced Mabelle. "Ah yeah, I supposed to go somewhere else, but I will not go anymore, how are you Mabelle?" I asked her back. "I'm okay Kirstein, anyway! Do you like to eat or have some coffee? So that we can talk, we haven't seen each other for a long time,” she said and she invited me, but I couldn't answer right away because I was ashamed to say that I only had enough fare in my pocket. "Don't worry, it’s my treat," she smiled. "It's embarrassing Mabelle," I shyly said. "Don't be shy, lets go!" I could do nothing but go with her. "I will also meet my classmate. It was our last day at school," she said. "Oh, okay! We are the same, our last day was also earlier," I said. We gladly entered at the fast food chain and ordered burgers and soft drinks. We sat at a table with four chairs. "I heard you went into Korea, what happened?" She asked. "Yeah, it was two years ago, I studied there but I did not continue so I am here again," “Really? But I'm sure you know a lot about Korea, especially their language, right?" "Hmn, yes, but a little bit," I said to Mabelle with a smile, after a while, her cell phone suddenly rang, her friend called and she sent us where we were. After a while she came. As she approached us, I looked at her. I instantly recognized her, she is Alison, my former best friend. I don't know if I will be happy to see her or not. She is Beautiful, somewhat fragile, intelligent in expression. She has a pale, milky innocence and bright eyes, thin and somewhat frail looking, yet possessing a steely core that we will come to realize is off the charts. We have the same height of 5’5. She was wearing simple jeans and a white T-shirt tucked in and a doll shoe. She used to dress in old school. I remember when we were in high school, she always helped me when someone bullied me. So I thought she is a good friend. But as time went on, I noticed that I did not like her behavior towards me, but I was just adjusting myself to be her friend. "Hello!" Alison was happy when she approached us. "Alison?" "Kirstein?" "Long time no see!" "Do you know each other?" Mabelle said in surprised. "Yeah, actually we're best friends!" Alison said.EnterAa