My friend Rika is so lucky to have the heart of the city president's son, or at least that is what she told me. Her life is changing slowly. She is like rags to riches. But for me, it's not like that. I am really happy for her. She has it all. She will no longer suffer being poor like me. It's funny because we're best friends but I'm a Sophomore and she is a senior. It is the summer before I become a sophomore and Rika becomes a senior.

I live with my grandparents. They're not my real grandparents though. I was adopted by them at age four. My parents died when I was small. My grandparents are really old and starting to get sick. They are retired but they don't get any money. Though I am a still a freshman, I work at a bar as a singer on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. My other work is at a restaurant on Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday. As long as I sing for them at the bar, they will help pay for the apartment we are living in. That is the deal we have made. I keep food on the table with the money I make at the restaurant. I am part Thai, Korean, and Japanese. My dream is to become a singer and a dancer.

I rushed in the door of Sanada Bar, panting my butt off. It is a beautiful Tuesday morning around 10ish. The manager gave me the annoyed look on his face. I was catching my breath. I wore a plain white t shirt and a cupree. He shook his head. I wasn't even supposed to come but the current singer was sick and I had to come sing in place of her and that's why I was late.

"Late. Hurry up. You have approximately 30 minutes to switch and do your make up." He told me. I hated him a lot. He was so strict. He started walking away. I turned to him.

"Yeah, I was late by a second. What difference would it make?" I replied to him. He too hated me, because I always talked back to him. He always complained to the owner about me but the owner likes me so the manager's opinion doesn't cease to exist. It's funny we hate each other but we help each other out.

"Ugh. Just listening to your voice annoys me. Just shut up and hurry." The manager annoyingly told me. I rolled my eyes at him and mugged him.

"After you." I responded. He shook his head at me, closing his eyes. He walked off and I smiled to myself, thinking how wonderful it is that I always make him stop talking first. I went into the clothing area. I took out a purple sparkly dress and a sparkly purple flat shoe. I then curled my hair and headed out. I went to the stage and the DJ played an instrumental of "Let Go" by Kirstin Mirelle. I had the microphone on a stand so I could move my hands freely. I started singing when it was time.

"Every time I found the words to say, what I thought would make things okay. I kept it all inside, slowly drowning in my pride. I never could admit my own mistakes. Somehow I thought things would fall into place and I made a change too late. Here, past all the lights where everything's clear. Nothing seems to change how I love you and now you're gonna leave. I'm just slowly dying here inside trying to let go. Maybe I just thought I had you here. I thought that you would not go anywhere. I abused my position and I didn't care and now that you no longer turn to me, and it seems that you got over me, I can hardly breathe. You no longer need me. I'm just sorry I found out late but all the choices I Made. I thought of me and not how it'd be to watch you walk away. I know I'll never make it right but every day I try in hopes you might come back you're where my heart's at. I have to find a way. Here, past all the lights where everything's clear. Nothing seems to change how I love you and now you're gonna leave. I'm just slowly dying here inside trying to let go and every time I think of you, it's hard for me to think of what I can do. I used to have you here beside me. I just want you here beside me baby. How can the sun keep shinin? 'When my whole body's cryin? I know I never told you why I need you in my life. Ohohohooooo! Here, past all the lights where everything's clear. Nothing seems to change how I love you and now you're gonna leave. I'm just slowly dying here inside, Trying to let go." I sang. When I finished, everyone cheered for me. I headed down and quickly left the Sanada Bar because I had to go back to the Liang Lei Restaurant. But before I did so, I switched back into my original outfit which was the plain white t shirt and black cupree followed by a black and white flat shoe. When I got outside, I checked my watch. It was already 10:36 a.m. I was already running late to the restaurant.

"Sheesh! Why does time have to fly by so fast?" I told myself. I started running left, crossing the street. I made many turns and finally reached the restaurant. I panted all over again. I checked the time and it was already 10:45 a.m. "Shoot!" I rushed inside the restaurant and there were a couple customers sitting on seats and I saw Benny working. His real name is Benjamin but I call him benny. He is a nerdish looking guy. He is medium sized and wears glasses. Benny has really chinky eyes. He can cook some seriously good food. He was working alone. I quickly went into the kitchen and grabbed my apron. I put it on and tied the strings together. I got a hair tie and tied up my curled hair. I hurried outside of the kitchen and started taking the customer's orders. Benny went on ahead and started cooking…

I received a call with the restaurant phone to go back to Sanada Bar and sing for 2 hours. I was so tired and didn't want to go back to the bar at night. I only worked in the mornings. Benny hated me going there. He thinks it's not good for me to go. I know it isn't good for me to work at a bar but I have no choice. They pay for my rent.

I sighed and sat down on the table chairs. Benny came into view and gave me some water. I took it and thanked him. He was just looking at me. I turned to him and smiled, my two dimples showing on my cheeks. He smiled too and then stopped.

"Don't go to the bar. It's not good to work there at night." He scolded. I nodded my head, agreeing with him that it wasn't a good idea for me to do so. I already made up my mind that I was not going. I already told the manager I wasn't going since it was too late and I was exhausted. Then my stomach started to growl. I realized that I haven't eaten anything today. I turned to him and smiled again.

"Benny, you know you're a good friend, right? So as a good friend, can you please make me some soup? Please?" I begged, smiling very friendly. He shook his head and started going back into the kitchen. "Thank you!" I smiled and got back up. I started to clean the other tables I haven't cleaned up yet. Just then, the door opened and I turned to see who it was. To my surprise, it was such a handsome and cute guy. He smiled at me, his dimples showing. His hair was styled into a Mohawk. He was absolutely gorgeous. The lights looked as though they shone on him brighter than the sky. He wore a Taeyang tuxedo. But too bad for him because we already closed the restaurant for the day.

"Uh… Sor…Sorry, we're… We're closed." I told him. He laughed and nodded his head. I wondered why he still came in if he knew that we were closed already. He looked around. It seemed he was explored it.

"Do you know Rika?" he asked me. I turned to him. "Yeah you. Do you know her?" I nodded my head. I wondered how he knew her.

"Yeah I do. She's my best friend. Do you?" I told him. Just then, he grabbed my arm and started taking me out of the restaurant. I grabbed his wrist and tried to make him let go of me. "Wait! What do you think you're doing? You can't just take me out of my workplace like that. I don't know you so let me go."

"I just need to ask you a couple questions about her. Something came up and I wanted to know more about her. Since you're her best friend, I'll ask you." He replied to me. He pulled me again but I pulled back.

"W… Wait! But… But what about Benny?" I told him. He looked back into the kitchen, then back. He shrugged his shoulders and pulled me away into his car. He opened the passenger seat and started making me go in. "He's gonna be so mad at me!"

"It's an emergency." He just told me. He made me go in and closed the door. He walked to the front and to the driver seat. I knew that benny is gonna be so mad at me. He started the engine and drove off. I looked back at the Liang Lei restaurant. Since the windows were clear, I saw Benny come out with my soup I was supposed to eat. I saw him look around for me. I felt so entirely bad.

"Awh, man." I complained, "He's gonna be so mad at me." I turned and he was driving still, not caring about what I am saying. "Can you just take me back? I feel so bad for him. We can just talk there. Benny knows a bit about Rika too." He shook his head at me.

"You talk too much. Just chillax. Alright?" he told me. I wondered why he wanted to know about Rika. I started getting silent. Then something came up in my mind.

"Y… You know what? It's all you fault he's gonna be mad at me! In fact, who are you? What business do you have with Rika? And are you her boyfriend or something?" I stammered. He made the "TSK!" sound. He boomed on loud music. It was so loud that it hurt my ear. "Hey! Turn it down! It hurts my ears!" I was yelling. He paid no attention. He was bobbing his head coolly up and down. Finally, I realized that he was driving out of the city. "Wha… H.. Hey! You can't leave the city! I live here! Are you even listening to me? I'm talking to you!" still, he paid no attention. I looked down for the button to turn off the music. I didn't know because I didn't know much about cars. I got so irritated and crossed my arms. From doing so, my bangs swooshed on to my face. I had on a mad face. I blew on my bangs so it could get out of my face. It moved up and came back down gently. I did it again. It did the same thing. I stopped crossing my arms and moved my bangs out of my face. I turned to him meanly. He was looking forward, but had a smile on his face. He turned to me and snickered. I got even madder because he was laughing at me. "What?" He shook his head.

"Nothing. You're just entertaining." He replied to me. I looked straight and I had no idea where we were going. I was feeling many emotions right now. At first I thought he'd be a nice guy, but now I realize he is very annoying. Suddenly, I realized he heard me through the loud music. Now I knew he was ignoring me.

"H… Hey! You can hear me! Why were you ignoring me?" I shouted to him as mean as I could. He used his right hand and put it over his right ear. He drove with his left hand only.

"Geez! Don't you know how to be quiet? Just go to sleep or something. Goodness you're awfully annoying." He told me. My mouth opened. He didn't even know me so I got offended by it. I scoffed.

"E… Excuse me? You're the one who's annoying. Look who was the one who forced me onto a stupid car and then dare call me annoying when you don't even know me. So talk about annoying; you're more annoying. So you be quiet!" I shot back at him.

"Damn, you're wrong. I'm not annoying. I'm handsome and cute. I make them ladies want me, even you. I know you'll deny, but it's the truth. Let's face it. I'm not the one talking, it's you. That's why you're annoying. And hey, my car isn't stupid, its hella sick. Cars are useful. I didn't force you into the car. You made yourself get in when I put you in. so I'm right and you're wrong. Now shush. Okay?" he replied to me after turning off the music. I blew my bang out of my face. I turned back to him.

"No! I won't shush! So if I made myself get in the car, it's okay for me to make myself get out right? I don't even know you and better yet I already hate you! You're annoying! Park this piece of trash! I'm making myself get out! You can learn more about Rika on your own!" I told him. He just laughed at me and shook his head, his stupid cute dimples showing. "It's not funny! I'm dead serious!"

"Calm down. We're almost there. Just have manners when you're at my house. Apparently, you don't know who I am, do you?" he asked me.

"No! And I don't want to know because you're annoying! And even if I knew who you were, I'd care less! I'll still hate you!" I shouted. He laughed.

"Annoying." That was all he replied to me. He made a left turn and I looked up. I saw a crystal gate. It was the most beautiful gate I had ever seen. He honked twice and the gate opened. While it was opening, I saw fountain water of dolphins in the middle. The lights were neon white and there was the biggest house I've ever seen! It was like a mansion. The color of it was lime green and light blue. He turned to me, to see if I had any reaction to it. I didn't though. He looked at my clothing. "What kind of outfit is that? Only people who wear rags wear those." I turned to him, with attitude. I was kind of a rag person. Rag refers to the people who are on the lower class. I couldn't complain since it's true. "It's okay, my house has girl clothes."

"What? I… I don't need your house to be a closet filled with clothes! I'm fine with wearing whatever I put on. So no thanks." I told him. Once again, he laughed. He parked the car. He got out of the car and went over to my side. He opened it for me to get out. "You do what you have to do. I'll stay here and..." He pulled me out of the car. "Hey! Stop grabbing me by my wrist! It hurts!" He let go of my wrist. I turned and realized there were lots of security guards. They looked like those men in black.

"Come inside. Or I'll treat you like a child." He told me. I had no choice but to follow him into his house. Inside the house was very nice. It was so clean. There was lots of room to walk around. He grabbed my arm and took me into a room. There were maids there. I looked around and it was a room that had a table with food.

"Welcome back Master. Shall we take your sweater?" one of the maids asked him. He took off his sweater and the maid took it. She left the room. He went to go sit down on one of the chairs. I was just standing there not doing anything. The other maid that was still in the room took off the lids off the plates. There were so many delicious looking foods! I remembered how I was still hungry. I didn't say anything.

"Hailey, can you take her inside the room and get her neatly dressed up? She looks like she came from an immigration." he asked the maid. She nodded her head and she took me off out of the room.

"W…Wait! Wh… What room?" I said but she took me into the room. "Who is he?" she seemed surprised I didn't know who he was.

"He's the State president's son. They are very famous. You are the first girl he ever brought home. You must mean something to him." Hailey responded. I shook my head, thinking to myself how we don't like each other.

"Wh… What? Oh n… No, I don't. We don't know each other." I told her. She nodded her head. She laughed and smiled kindly. She opened the door and wow! There were many beautiful dresses and shoes and other things.

"Okay, let's see. I'll pick out a very beautiful dress for you. And high heels too." She told me smiling. I waited there as she chose a beautiful dress that was black on the top and cheetah on the dress part. She gave me a 5 inch high heel that was brown and black cheetah print followed by a red bow. Hailey made me sit on a chair and two girls came into the room and they fixed my hair. They took off the hair tie I wore and let my curled hair down loose. They wet it completely then blow dried it. After that, they straightened my hair and arranged my hair in a different way. I felt very tall because of the shoes. They were going to put make up on me but I didn't let them because I wanted to be natural. They told me that they were instructed to do so by "Master" and if I came out without any make up on, they would get fired, so I allowed them to do so. They put blackish grey eyeshadow on my eyes and then put eyeliner around it. Next, I don't know much of it they used but they put a whole lot of mascara on my top and bottom eyelashes. They used the thing to curl eyelashes and curled mines. I was finished in an hour total. I stood up and looked into the mirror. I couldn't believe it was me. I had never worn a high heel before so this is my first time. They led me to the room where he was waiting for me. I found it very weird since we didn't know about each other and I am at his house being treated like a special guest. He was standing up looking out the window. As soon as I walked in, he turned to me. He smiled but I didn't. He made me sit down on the chair in front of him.

"What did you want to know about Rika?" I asked him, as he took a bite of a tender looking steak. He chewed a couple times and swallowed. I waited for him to respond. I felt like he was taking his precious time. He is such a cute handsome guy!

"Well, I wanted to know what kind of person she really is. Like is she a slut, a whore, a skank, you know." He answered. My mouth dropped open. I could not believe he would dare say such negativity against Rika. As a best friend of hers, it is offending to me too. I got up with a pissed face.

"She is not any of the above! How dare you say such words! Take it back! You don't know a thing about her so don't even start saying if she is a slut or whatever! You may be a cute handsome guy with cute dimples and you like to talk to girls and hit on them or possibly get down with them but don't think that she'll fall for such dirty disgusting tricks of yours! You just want to know if she is one of those so you can get at her huh? Well too bad she already has a lover! Sick playing bastard! You sicken me. Waste of my time!" I yelled at him and left the room.

"Whoa there! I don't want to…" he started as I already left the room. I heard him coming after me. "Wait! You're misunderstanding the whole point!" I paid no attention. I continued walking.

"Save it player." I responded to him. I opened the front door and stormed outside. He continued following me. I didn't understand what the point of this was. I knew I never should've came with him in the first place! As I thought to myself, I missed a step on the outside stairs and I toppled down, spraining my ankle. "Ah! Ow!" I looked at my ankle and it was bleeding. My knee and bits of my bottom were scratched and bleeding. He rushed down to get me.

"Are you okay? Here, let me help you." He told me. He tried to help me up but I pushed him away.

"No! I'll do it myself!" I shouted. It really hurt me. I tried to stand up but it hurt too much. Before I knew it, he picked me up like I was a princess and took me back inside. I tried to tell him to let me go but he wouldn't listen. He took me back inside the house. He layed me on the couch and quickly went to get the first aid kit. He came back and opened it. I didn't know what was inside. He took my shoes off and carefully grabbed my foot with the sprained ankle. He put some medicine on it and it really stung and hurt. He wiped the blood off where I bled and put band aid on them. I looked what kind of band aid it was. I saw that it was an animation of him.

"H… Hey! That's you! Why would you put a band aid of yourself on me? I only like hello kitty ones!" I told him. He laughed. He looked into my eyes. He was smiling too and it felt like he was trying to take over me. I backed my face up. He laughed and stopped looking in my eyes.

"I don't have any hello kitty ones right now. I'll get you some next time." He told me. I groaned. I made a sad face and looked down at the floor.

"There's gonna be a next time?" I whined. He just laughed at me. He smiled and nodded his head. He finished cleaning up my wounds. "But thank you though."

"No prob. So you have to sleep here tonight and then I'll take you home tomorrow. It's already midnight. I can't have you walking home in the middle of the night." He told me. I thought that there was no way that I would sleep here tonight. That really shocked me.

"Wha…?Wa… Wait! N… No way." I told him. I didn't even know a single thing about him and he didn't even know anything about me too and he is saying for me to sleep at his house tonight. I need to go make sure my grandparents are ok. "I need to get home."

"It's too dark outside. Besides, you're already hurt. Do you really want your parents to see you like the way you are right now? I don't think they're going to be happy." he told me. The word "parents" spun around in my head. I soon got mad, remembering how my parents and I got into an accident…

*Flashback*

My dad put me in the car, along with my suitcase filled with my belongings. He closed the door and got in the driver seat, with my mom being on the passenger seat. I opened the window and stared outside the window. I was only four. I was a "Smart mouth" with my parents and they couldn't take me anymore. They were getting rid of me. I had a hard life because of them. The engine started as they drove off and out of the neighborhood. I held on to my Maltese puppy that my parents bought me. A tear came rolling down my left cheek. I felt sad that they were sending me away. They thought that money would make me happy but it didn't. They never showed me they loved or cared for me. All they cared for was money. When I tried to tell them, they responded by yelling at me and sending me away.

"You are shameful. How can you not want money in your life? You need it to survive. If mommy and I didn't have any money, we would be living under the bridge and we would starve." My dad lectured me. I didn't care because I knew that money made people stingy. It made my parents stingy.

"I don't care! Money is a bad thing. Money makes people stingy! Like you daddy!" I told him. He got super mad at me. "Since you make money, you and mommy don't care about me! You guys don't love me anymore!"

"Shut up! You are a disgraceful young child! One day, you will learn about money and why everyone needs it!" My father yelled to me. I got really mad.

"No daddy! You shut up!" I responded to him. He just shook his head. "You two hate me! You never make me happy!" We came upon the highest point of the bridge.

"Why you! Your mommy and I hate you! You are disgraceful! We should have donated you when you were small. We were going to but your grandpa didn't agree! Why did god punish us with such a disgraceful young child!" he shouted as he leaned over to slap me as I cried a lot but then a giant truck came and crashed right into us, sending our car overboard into the Ocean. My seatbelt was on but I was holding it and when the truck hit us, my thumb clicked the seatbelt, causing my Maltese and I to fly out of the window. My back neck hit a big rock and my neck snapped. Pain rushed through my whole body and my puppy flew out of my hand and into the water. I cried and blood came out of my mouth. I was flipped to the other side by the wind and again I hit another rock but this time, on my front neck. I felt my neck being broken. I could've sworn I was gonna die. I plunged into the water, going deep down in there. I could see so much blood in the water from my mouth. I could feel myself dying…

*End flashback*

"Hey! Are you ok?" the guy asked me, shaking my shoulders kinda hard. I came back into my senses and shook his head. I then blinked three times, looking all around.

"Huh? Oh… Um yeah, I'm ok." I replied to him. I felt tears start to come in my eyes. He leaned over to me and looked into my eyes. He frowned.

"Are you sure? What's wrong?" he questioned. The tears rolled down my cheeks. His hands came to me face and wipe my tears away as I backed up from his soft creamy hands. I faked a laugh. I quickly wiped them away.

"Yeah I'm okay. They are fake tears." I lied, though it sounded as if I was serious. He laughed at my statement. Again, his dimples showed, making him so cute. He made me laugh too. We both laughed some more and then finally, he spoke.

"There's no such thing as fake tears." He commented, smiling very handsome. I nodded my head, though I didn't believe in fake tears.

"Uh- Huh! There is. When actors cry, it's fake." I replied, acknowledging that I made a point there. He laughed.

"No, there's not." He assured me. When he spoke, his eyes were locked onto mines. I didn't look but I could feel it.

"Yes there is." I told him, as if I already knew that I am right. He shook his head and I nodded mines. We both kept doing it until he came very close to my face. I thought he was going to kiss me or something. I backed my face up. I looked at his eyes. His dark brown eyes really matched his appearance. It was very awkward because we didn't even know each other. At the same time, we both looked away from each other. To make it not so weird, I hit his arm.

"If you don't let me go home, then where am I supposed to sleep? In your backyard?" I told him. He bursted out laughing. His laughter made me laugh.

"In my bedroom. Where else?" he replied to me. I became stunned from what he just said. We seriously don't know anything about each other and he is making me sleep in his bedroom? This is terrible.

"Uh… I…I don't think that's a good idea." I replied to him. "Cuz we don't know…" He smiled at me and winked once. It made me feel awkward. He waved for a maid to come. He leaned forward on the sofa.

"Prepare my bed for us." He told her. She bowed her head down and went off. He sighed, smiling and leaned back on the sofa. I got confused. I turned to him.

"Wait! Who's 'us'?" I questioned him. He looked like he was thinking. He laughed and got up. He took my hand and made me stand up. I tried to pull away. He didn't let.

"Us. As in you and I on the same bed." He replied. As he said that, he pulled my wrist, making me coming close to him. He started walking up the stairs. I felt that he is a pervert.

"W…Wait! Y…You don't understand! There is no you and I! I… I can't sleep with you!" I told him as he led me into a bathroom that is as big as my apartment house. It was very neat and white.

"Get undressed." He told me. My eyes widened as he said "Undressed". I got kinda scared so I held on to the dress. I shook my head.

"No! What kind of sick man are you? You are perverted" I told him. He laughed at me. He came close to me as I backed up. "Y… You…What do you plan on doing? Stay away from me!" Closer and closer he came as he trapped me in the corner. He was doing his killer smile while eyeing me the whole time. He came down to me as I backed up my face. He face leveled with mines. I felt scared and I wanted to run away. I shut my eyes real tight and pressed in my lips together.

"I'll undress you myself if I have to. I'll count to three. If you don't switch, imma do it for you. One… Two… Three!" he said. He counted too fast. He looked down and then back up. He smiled as I waited for him to do something so I could strike at him. "Time's up."

"But you…" I started as he pulled the top of the dress down and started to pull it down. I held on to it and tried to pull it back up. "Stop! What're you think you're doing?"

"You're so childish. Stay still. I'm not gonna do anything sexual to you in case you think I will, which I bet you thought I was gonna. You're too flat chested, too annoying, no ass, and you don't have a good looking body. I'm unattracted to those. Don't you worry." He told me. I dropped my mouth open. I couldn't believe what I was hearing! He really is a pervert! All of a sudden, he half smiled to me. I looked at him, thinking what an idiot he was. "You must feel bad from the negative comment I said. You probably like me a lot that's why you looked sad when I said that. But it's ok. You're not that bad looking either."

"Asshole!" I told him and kicked him on his nuts hard with the high heel I wore. He fell down to the ground.

"Ow! Man, that hurt real good. It felt good. I think I'm leaking." He told me laughing, enduring the pain. I couldn't believe that he needed to pee! And he told me too! What a sicko! I pointed to the bathroom.

"That's why there's a bathroom, duh! Gosh I hate you!" I thundered at him. He laughed as he nodded his head. He got up and went to the toilet. He started undoing his belt and then his button, followed by his zipper. "W… Wait, what do you think you're doing?" I shut my eyes really tight and kinda screamed as he started snickering. "You… You sick guy! I'm leaving!" I rushed out of the bathroom and closed it behind me. I was panting and tried to think of what to do next. I looked left, then right. I started going down the stairs as fast as I could. Along the way, his guardians rushed over to me. They blocked my path.

"Excuse me miss, you can't leave." One of them told me. I stopped and looked at him. "It's an order from master." I didn't know what to do.

"Man… what to do…? What to do…? How did I get into a mess like this? Oh, man!" I told myself. I heard the toilet flush and I gasped really loud. "Oh no! He's coming! I gotta get away from him!" before I knew it, I screamed and shouted. "Insect! Insect! Kill it! Kill it!" They all turned to where I pointed. I made a run for it. They turned back.

"Hey! She's getting away!" one of them shouted. They all started chasing me. I ran out the door and closed it behind me. I ran down the mini stairs and past the dolphin water fountain thing. I heard the front door open. "Stop! Miss! We have our orders!" I continued to run and reached the gate. It was locked. I held on to it and shook it many times.

"Oh no! Open up you stupid gate!" I screamed silently. I took off the high heels and threw them at the people chasing me. It hit two guys. I backed up and then ran forward towards the gate and jumped on it, clinging to the bars. I started to pull myself up to the top. They tried to climb up but they couldn't. Good thing Hailey gave me shorts to wear under. I reached the top and flipped one leg to the other side of the gate. I did so to the other one too. I climbed down and smiled at the guys guardians. I waved bye to them. "Bye! And I'm really sorry about this. It's better to run than to sleep with that… That pervert. Good night!" I started running off barefoot. I didn't even know where I was exactly but when I turned the corner, there was a group of guys smoking. They turned to me. They smiled.

"Well look who came to accompany us guys. She's pretty cute, eh? Ey sweetie! (*Whistles*) Come join us." A cute blond haired man told me.

"Psh. I didn't come here to accompany you. You wish. Now if you'll excuse me, I gotta go home." I replied to them as they "oohed" the guy that spoke. I turned the other way and started walking but they grabbed me. "Hey! Let go of me!" I grabbed the guy and kicked him on his nuts as he let go and fell down.

"Ow, you little bitch! Get her!" he shouted and they came to grab me. I kicked their nuts and they all fell down. Finally, one of them grabbed my hands and put it behind me. He knocked me down and held my hands as the blond guy got on top of me. I started screaming. "Help! Somebody! Help!" He moved my legs in a position to get laid. I screamed even more. He leaned towards me as I stopped screaming and shut my eyes real tight and sucked in my lips together…

The boy who took me away from the Liang Lei restaurant pulled the guy away from me as I opened my eyes and looked to see what was happening. I was really surprised to see him, though I was glad in a way. He punched and kicked them.

"Still wanna mess with her?" he shouted as they all shook their heads. He smiled and then kicked one of them. "Get outta here!" They all scurried away. He turned to me. "You should thank me now." I got up stood in place.

"Thanks…" I told him. He kinda laughed at me. "It's not funny! Stop laughing at me." he shook his head at me.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk… See what happens when you run off? I'm not always gonna be there to help you out when you're in trouble." He scolded. I got mad then.

"Then who told you to help me? No one asked you to." I muttered and started going off. He took a deep breath. I didn't care and continued walking away.

"Still running away? Come on, I'll take you home. Sheesh, you're one awfully annoying girl." He commented, coming to me.

"I'm not running away! I'm going home. I don't need your help! I can handle things by myself! And I hate you! You're what's annoying!" I screamed as he took my hand and started walking to his car. I tried to pull away but it didn't work. He opened the car and put me inside. He closed it and went to the other side. He got in and started the engine. He drove off. Along the way, my stomach started growling. He turned to me. "That wasn't me! It was you!" I quickly turned away, feeling embarrassed. He laughed at me and made a left turn. When he parked, I looked up and we were not at Liang Lei restaurant. Instead, we were at a restaurant. "Why are we here?" He smiled and got out of the car as I did the same. He came to my side and took my hand.

"Let's go." He commanded. He pulled my hands forward and we walked in the restaurant. It looked like it was for rich people. There were chandeliers that change colors. I was pretty amazed. I remembered how it felt like being a rich person. Now all that is gone. A man came to us. He bowed his head at us.

"Welcome, Master." He told the guy. From hearing the word "master", I knew it probably belonged to his family. He must've been a spoiled rich kid and also an only child too. The waitress led us to a pretty white table and gave us menus. I looked at it. The way the menu was decorated was really nice.

"So, what do you wanna eat?" the guy asked me. I shrugged my shoulders. I didn't want to tell him. But at the same time, I was really hungry. I opened the menu and looked at what kind of food they had. There were so many to choose from. I didn't know what to choose. Suddenly, I thought of one.

"I'll get… Salad. A small size." I replied to him, because their salad was the cheapest, though it was pretty expensive too. It was ten dollars for a small plate of salad. I only had twenty with me so I could use the last ten to buy more food supplies to make for my grandparents. I smiled to myself, thinking how I'm able to provide them with those kinds of things. I laughed silently to myself and thought of all those other things, such as when I could become a singer and make money so I can quit singing at a bar to spend time with my grandparents. Life felt great for that moment. Everything seemed good for the moment.

"What? Am I really that handsome? That you can't take your eyes off me?" he asked me. I blinked once and realized I was looking at him when I was thinking. He smiled. Again, his stupid cute dimples showed.

"Psh, you wish. I was thinking to myself. Not looking at you." I told him, looking away. I don't know why I started feeling shy of him. I quickly shook that feeling away from myself. There was no way I would ever fall for such an annoying perverted guy. There was just no way. He snickered at me.

"I'll order the original." He told the waitress. The waitress bowed his head down to us and then left. The guy looked at me. I looked at him too. "So, about earlier, I didn't mean to offend you like that. It's just your friend and her boyfriend are having problems. There was a picture of her with another guy at the bar." I couldn't believe it!

"What? No, she's not the kind of girl to do that. I know her. She doesn't go to bars." I replied, knowing in my heart that she wasn't that kind of person. "The girl that is supposed to be her isn't her! Rika is a good girl!" he sighed.

"It definitely looks like her. If only you saw that picture… you'd know it is her." He told me, believing that it's Rika. I shook my head.

"No, you are wrong. I know she'd never do such a thing. She's not like you, a player. I thought you were her friend too. Why are you against her? Gosh, you're just full of sickness, aren't you?" I commented, as the food came.

"Never mind that. Just eat. I know you're starving. We'll talk about it another time. " he replied. He received his juicy tender lion steak. It looked so yummy! But it is gross how people eat animals. It's so sad. I'm a vegetarian so I don't eat meat. I thought "Poor animal. Got turned into food". He took his knife and fork. He sliced a piece of steak and ate it. I almost threw up. He turned to me. He saw me watching him. "What? You want some?" I made a disgusted face and shook my head.

"Ugh. No thank you." I told him and took a bite of my salad. It had ranch on it. I munched on it silently. It was crunchy and yummy. I smiled and ate some more. I looked down and saw that I was barefoot. I totally forgot! I kinda choked on a salad. The guy gave me some water and I drank it. It wasn't water. It was vodka! I spit it out as many people turned to us. I started coughing because the smell was so strong. "You!" He was laughing at me a lot. He finally gave me water and I drank it. This time, it really was water. After that, I felt much better. I kicked his knee harshly and hurt my toes. "Ouch!" He looked under the table and saw my bare feet. He smiled.

"Hey, you're barefoot. I didn't even realize. Now that's funny. Man, can my day get any better?" He said, laughing.

"Bastard!" I scolded, and kicked him again, as my toes hurt again. "Ow!" he continued to eat. I made a mad face. I really hate him! He was so annoying. I put a piece of salad into my mouth and chewed on it. We both just ate silently for the rest of the time. We both finished eating. He finished before me though but I didn't finish my salad, even though it was small. I took out ten dollars and waited for the waitress to come so I could pay for the food. When he arrived, I gave him money. "Thanks for the food. It was really yummy." I smiled as the waitress turned to his "Master" I saw the guy smile and nod his head. The waitress bowed down to me, and then the guy. He left then and the guy took me out. It was really cold. The wind was blowing and I was getting really cold. I hugged myself. The guy took off his sweater tuxedo and put it around me. I felt much warmer. He hugged me and I didn't know what to do. I tried to pull away but he hugged me tighter.

"Stop resisting. I'm trying to make you warm." He scolded as I stopped. I looked up at the sky and there were many stars. Suddenly, I saw a shooting star. I gasped.

"Did you see that? A shooting star! I gotta make a wish quickly!" I told him. I smiled and closed my eyes and prayed. I wished for a happy life. I opened my eyes. I looked at him.

"You actually believe in that?" he questioned me. I nodded my head. He snickered. "You're so childish." I laughed. I blinked once and continued to look at the stars. I was smiling to myself. It felt like forever and I almost forgot that he was hugging me.

"Can you let go and take me home now?" I asked him. He let go of me as we got in his car. He drove off back. I told him how to get to my house. We reached my apartment. We stayed in the car for a short while.

"You live here? My bathroom is even bigger than one of these apartments. That sucks." He commented. I gave him a knucklehead. "Ow! What was that for?" I turned away and smiled. I don't know why but I think I kinda like him in a way. But I was not going to tell him.

"You're annoying. That's why." I told him. Then he gave me a knucklehead. I turned meanly to him. "Ow! What was that for?"

"You're annoying. That's why." He mocked. I made a mad face at him. He turned to me. He too made a mad face at me. I knew he was copying me. I made a meaner face as he did so too. We both laughed.

"Stop copying me!" I told him as he repeated what I had just said. We continued laughing and this went on for 5 whole minutes. I then knew that he liked to joke around with me.

"I should get going. See you." I said to him smiling. But then I stopped. "Actually, I don't wanna see you." We both laughed again. "Bye."

"Bye." He replied. I opened the door and was about to get out. He pulled me in and gave me a hug. I wondered why he gave me a hug though. Then I knew why. I think he must always do this to girls and that's why girls like him. He then stopped. I just looked at him. He smiled and waved bye to me. I smiled and then got out. I closed it and waved bye to him. He smiled and waved bye to me. He drove off and I started going off into my apartment, which is number six. I took out the key and opened it. I got inside and went to go check on my grandparents. They were soundly asleep. I smiled. I turned off the lights in their bedroom and closed the door. I headed into my room. I opened it. I got in and closed the door. I checked the time and it was 1:39 a.m. I went to take a shower and drifted to sleep…