Hi everyone! I'm sorry for this, but I have decided to redo this chapter. I have made it longer and changed little bits in it. Please don't kill me! I hate that I rushed it, but now I looked through it this time.
Disclaimer: I don't own this, but I own up to my mistake!
Previously~
"Too late they are taken care of. I will get you new ones tomorrow like I said. Don't worry about it. Come on. Ga Eul is probably wondering what is taking you so long. Especially with you being in my bedroom; I'm surprised she hasn't come up here already." Joon Pyo said with a slight flirtatious tone. He knew how to press her buttons in certain ways, but this time he had hoped to push the buttons that would make her leave the room.
"No, I don't need it Joon Pyo. Hey! Ga Eul wouldn't think that!" Jan Di argued and put a hand on the handle and began twisting it slowly. "Cover your eyes first. I'm not leaving until you do it." She peeked out of the room and saw him with both hands on his face. Quietly she tip-toed out of the room and once given the chance she ran out hoping he would not catch up to her.
As Jan Di made her way down the steps she heard songs being played in the other room. She heard laughing and screaming from the men and Ga Eul. Curious, the girl wandered into the living room and saw Woo Bin and Yi Jeong dancing together. Across from the living room were Ji Hoo and Ga Eul cooking in the kitchen. The doorway was wide open and they watched each other. The two men spotted the girl and grinned. They each grabbed a hand of hers and pulled her to a clear spot in the floor. "Dance with us Jan Di!" Woo Bin insisted.
"No no, I can't dance you guys. Really, I can't." Jan Di shook her head no, but Woo Bin and Yi Jeong did not listen. They helped her move her arms and she ended up moving her hips. "I should really go help with the cooking." She suggested wandering her eyes into the kitchen. She spotted Ga Eul and flashed an awkward smile and looked to Yi Jeong who began speaking.
"If you can slow dance I'm positive you can party dance. You are the Jan Di who can do anything!" Yi Jeong shouted and pulled her away from Woo Bin and began dancing with her. She stepped on his feet a few times and they heard laughs from Ga Eul every now and then. Suddenly she was pulled into the arms of Woo Bin.
"Yes! The girl who had tamed the vicious lion Goo Joon Pyo! You are the legend of the century!" Woo Bin screamed watching Joon Pyo come into the room. Jan Di's back faced the curly haired man as she danced with Woo Bin. "Come on Jan Di. Put more hips into it." He encouraged helping her move her arms more.
"Oh like this?" Jan Di wondered and swayed her hips slightly. She laughed at herself not used of dancing in such a different way. As the girl let go of Woo Bin she felt hands spin her around and face a man. Of course it had been Joon Pyo in a jealous state. "I was having fun over there Goo Joon Pyo." The girl slightly pouted listening along to the upbeat music.
"You shouldn't be moving so much. You're going to hurt yourself." Joon Pyo frowned and was very concerned for her well being. Seeing her sigh made him feel bad, but he knew it was for her own good. Letting her go she made her way into the kitchen with Ji Hoo and Ga Eul. He wanted to speak up, but the words would just not escape his mouth, so he stood aside and kept quiet.
"Jan Di is a big girl you don't need to act like a guardian. What's up your ass Joon Pyo?" Yi Jeong wondered turning up the music. The three men decided to put the topic behind them and dance like idiots. They hardly paid attention to the cookers that watched them from the kitchen. Things were slowly getting back to normal aside from the whole insane incident of earlier that day.
"Oh it looks delicious you guys! It smells amazing to!" Jan Di smiled as she entered the kitchen. A rush of bacon and chocolate chip pancakes filled up her nostrils. Licking her lips she reached for a piece of bacon. Before she got her hands on it Ga Eul slapped it with a wooden spoon. "Oh you're so mean!" Jan Di complained and had her mouth wide open.
"You are going to have to wait like the rest of us Jan Di." Ji Hoo laughed as he flipped a pancake over on the stove. He wore a white little apron which Ga Eul forced him to wear. "This took hard work on our part." The man looked to the three men dancing and shook his head. He took a small chocolate chip and slid it inside of his own mouth almost taunting Jan Di.
"Why don't you go dance with them? Jan Di and I have got it covered here! I promise she won't have a single bite!" Ga Eul offered and watched Ji Hoo take off his apron. The girl knew he should be with the guys and she did have a few things to talk about with Jan Di anyway. With a smile Ji Hoo made his way out of the kitchen and danced with his three friends. Ga Eul then put the apron on Jan Di and looked her straight in the eyes. Her hands fell onto her friend's shoulder as she said boldly, "What's wrong with you?"
"Oh me? No nothing! Ga Eul I'm fine! I'm just starving!" Jan Di rushed over to a bowl and began mixing it around. Ga Eul pointed to her outfit which made the girl blush. "Joon Pyo let me borrow this. My clothes were wrecked so I borrowed this. It isn't anything." She then poured pancake batter into a pan and put blueberries in it.
"Uh huh, sure you are. So what are you going to do about Joon Pyo? You guys haven't advanced at all and we both know you are tempted. Come on you are a senior and also going to be a freshman in college soon. Also, he is your first official boyfriend. Then again you have Ji Hoo to worry about. The whole time we were cooking he wouldn't stop talking about you." Ga Eul began rambling which made Jan Di think. Her friend noticed her gaze out to the men dancing together. "It can't be easy being with him with a type of mother that he has."
"Well, Goo Joon Pyo and I are just…well, we are taking it slow. We don't want to rush into anything. With Ji Hoo we are just friends and we both know that. He is just worried about me. He always is. His mother on the other hand-" Jan Di whispered and smelt her pancake burning. "Oh no!" She shouted and quickly took the pan off the stove. "It's burnt…" The girl complained and saw it completely black.
"Jan Di! Go on over there. I have things here. We are almost done anyway." Ga Eul laughed and took the pan out of her hands. "Better yet, go set the table! We can talk more about this later." She giggled as Jan Di gulped grabbing silverware. After knowing her friend for so long that giggle was never good. Her friend had a mischievous plan building up.
"Alright I will. I'll be back!" Jan Di smiled and grabbed everything then headed into the dining room. Setting the plates down; she looked to all the seats. She remembered working as Joon Pyo's maid and how his grandmother had treated her. "She was so kind to. I do miss her." As she stared on her memories went a bit deeper. The moment of her being pulled in bed with Joon Pyo was awkward in the moment. She didn't think it could have gotten worse, but it did. Jae Kyung had to walk in at the worst time. Then it went deeper into the whole wedding. Snapping herself out of the thought she shook her head rapidly. Jan Di walked over to the window and placed a hand on the glass. It was raining and the wind picked up quite a lot. "I really hope it doesn't get bad out there."
"Hey Jan Di. You are going to leave a whole hand print if you keep it there." A man walked in and stood next to Jan Di. Looking to her left was Joon Pyo with a big smile that spread across his face. Joon Pyo laughed seeing her quickly taking a hand off the window.
"Maybe I want it there. I could turn it into a face or something creative. It could be my mark and stay on there forever." Jan Di went passed him and set napkins down to each chair. "Shouldn't you be dancing with the guys?" She wondered as she saw him helping her set the table. "It's been awhile since I have seen you all hang out like this."
"Nah, I came by to help you out. Ga Eul is coming with the food soon and she said that I should come over here to help with things. I also have a question though. What's this talk about me and you advancing? I overheard a bit of that interesting conversation you were having." Joon Pyo spoke with a smirk as he looked up to her.
"That was nothing at all. Just girl talk something that you aren't allowed to overhear or talk about." Jan Di nervously spoke hoping he wouldn't say anymore about it. "Ga Eul you jerk." The girl whispered and made a slight fist, but couldn't help but to laugh slightly. She really didn't know what she would do in the future of her and Joon Pyo. That is, if there was even going to be a future for the two. Things have gotten so out of hand and in only one day. If her family had a direct hit from his mother she would need to leave Joon Pyo whether she wanted to or not. Of course she would keep her promise to Joon Pyo, but that was if he was willing to help with their relationship. Jan Di was never the type of person to push her family second. They had always been her first priority in everything.
"Sure Jan Di, so what are we going to do tonight?" Joon Pyo wondered as he walked over to her slowly. She moved back into a wall feeling little butterflies in her stomach. "I know you and Ga Eul can be very troublesome when it comes to certain things. Especially when we are all together." The man pointed out as he noticed the girl look away from him.
"I have no clue on what she is planning. It could be anything. I should go and help her pull the food out." Jan Di quickly headed to the door, but was stopped by having her name called out in a tender tone. "Hm? What is it?" She wondered not turning around to him." The girl closed her eyes feeling a small head ache coming on.
"Don't be the helper today Jan Di. You are hurt and you should rest. You aren't strong enough right now to do anything. Just sit down and let me do it." Joon Pyo suggested and saw her face become angry. He wasn't aware he had said something that would have offended her, so he was a bit caught off guard.
"What are you saying Joon Pyo? I can take care of myself. It isn't like I haven't before. Especially in the old days." Jan Di slightly raised her voice at him and stormed out of the room. "How could he say that?" The girl stared at ingredients lying around in the kitchen such as the egg. She went back into her memory about the many things that her dearest 'boyfriend' had done to her in the past. Sure it brought them together, but was all off that pain worth it? Is that how relationships are brought about? Jan Di watched Ga Eul clean up her mess and thought, "If she were to have seen me during all of that things would be so much different." The girl never did tell all of the horror stories that had happened when she first entered that school.
"Hey Jan Di. What did Goo Joon Pyo do to you? You look really pissed off…" Ga Eul whispered as she noticed the boys turning down the music as they smelt the food throughout the house. Seeing her friend shake her head no did not reassure her enough. "Well, go tell the boys the food is done and I will take the food into the dining room." She smiled watching her friend go into the room.
"Food is done you guys. Ga Eul needs a bit of help taking the food into the dining room though." She smiled slightly and looked to the ground. Instantly all three guys knew something was wrong with Jan Di. By now they could tell if something was wrong as simple as a paper cut. Woo Bin went up to her and held her hand into his.
"Don't be sad pretty Geum Jan Di. I may not know what has happened to you today, but we are all here to protect you no matter what. If you need protection from anybody you can tell us. An unhappy Geum Jan Di makes a very unhappy Song Woo Bin." Woo Bin kissed her hand gently and patted her on the head. "Please feel better." With that the man went away into the kitchen to assist Ga Eul.
"Oh, Jan Di you seem to be one of the most unpredictable people I have ever met. No girl has been able to have such an impact on the whole group except for you. It has all been for the better and we can't lose you. Not to anyone." Yi Jeong smiled and put a hand on her shoulder as he walked away shouting after Woo Bin.
Watching her two friends leave with such kind words made the girl smile. She looked to the man in front of her and she dug her hand in her pocket bored-like. The girl felt a key in her pocket and she held onto it tightly. The man in front of her laid a hand gently onto her arm. "What's that in your pocket Jan Di?" He wondered as she pulled the golden key from the cottoned pocket.
"It's something Secretary Jung had given me." Jan Di quickly shoved the tool down her pocket ready to eat. She thought back to the moment when she was given it. The girl had just come back from talking to grandmother and was given the key. Mr. Jung said it was the key to the bottom floor of the mansion. It led down to the patient on the bed that hadn't awoken from his slumber. She asked no questions, for she did not want to be rude to the dear Secretary. Jan Di was allowed to go to that room anytime she had pleased as long as the key was in her possession. "I'm starved let's go and-"
Feeling a gentle touch of her hand was enough for the girl to stop speaking. Unexpected, Ji Hoo pulled the girl into an embrace. They stood there for a bit and Jan Di felt tears building up, but she refused to let them go. The two were both hurting, but in different ways. Ji Hoo was pained seeing the one he loved head over heels for another. Also, the fact of his grandfather, whom was no longer at his side; his elder had wanted to expand the whereabouts of the clinic and had left to spread the word. Jan Di on the other hand was in pain of her heart breaking. It was slowly breaking because she felt the need to leave Joon Pyo because of the multiple threats from his mother directed to her family. Also this terrible love triangle was becoming more visible to her eyes.
"Something is wrong with you Jan Di. The emergency bell has been going off like crazy. I'm here for you. Please tell me what's wrong. What good of a savior would I be if I were just to be watching?" Ji Hoo smiled to her and took a step back. He placed her hands into his and knelt down. "I'm a knight with you under my protection." The man laughed seeing a smiled spread wide across her face. "You can even spend the night at my house tomorrow if you want. I have enough room now that grandfather is gone." He spoke in a softer tone still quite sensitive about the topic. A tear finally fell down and he gently wiped it away.
"Ji Hoo don't kneel like that." Jan Di helped him back up and flashed a warm smile. "I'm fine except for all of the scars. It must have been a false alarm though. Oh, I really don't have to go to your place. I'm fine! I don't mind staying here with Joon Pyo and Joon Hee." She then took a hold of his hand and guided him into the kitchen. He watched her movements and knew something was wrong with her. It had been more of a mental pain than a physical ache. Before walking into the dining room he looked to her in the eyes and spoke.
"Jan Di in anyway a person hurts you I want you to tell me. You may claim nothing is wrong with you, but I can tell. You don't need to lie to protect your friends. Just please if Goo Joon Pyo or that evil witch do something to you, that you dislike, you can just call me up." Ji Hoo reassured and Jan Di nodded her head slowly. Then with that the two went to the dining room to eat their meal.
The group finished eating and Ga Eul got up from her seat and clapped her hands together. "Now, we have to find something to do!" She screamed as the rest of the group got up from their seats. Everyone put their dishes away and sat on the couch that was set up in the living room. The girl watched her friend get up from the couch with laughter seeing Ga Eul with a grin. "We are going to play a little game called poker! We all know how to play here, but little do you guys know me and Jan Di are champs at this game. You little rich boys have no clue what we are capable of." She winked to them and sat on the ground with Jan Di.
"Sounds perfect to me, but why don't we make this a bit more…interesting for all of us. A simple game of poker is alright, but there should be a little twist into it. How about strip poker? Sound good?" Woo Bin suggested knowing the other guys were thinking it, but would not fess up to it. The girls blushed deeply and shook their heads.
"Unless, you two are too scared to do it, I mean for the rest of your life we can just call you chickens." Joon Pyo spoke with a smile looking to Jan Di. Ji Hoo felt a bit defensive knowing none of the girls wanted to do it. "I mean, come on it can't be that bad if we all participate. Also, if you say you are as good as you think you are, there shouldn't be a problem now." Joon Pyo blushed at the idea and partially did want to argue, for he would not want anyone else to see her if she were to lose.
"Joon Pyo you need to shut up. I accept your challenge! We will beat you right Ga Eul?" Jan Di looked to her friend who had quite an uneasy face. "It will be alright, I'm sure we can beat them no problem!" She smiled and watched Joon Pyo leave to get a deck of card with some playing chips. The rest of the guys sat next to the girl talking with them trying to scare them. They finally watched Joon Pyo come back shuffling the cards. The entire group set up the cards on the ground as they were all determined to beat the other opponent.
This is where their true teenage years come out! I had to. The opportunity was just screaming at me. I'm going to have to change the rating because they're going to do some interesting things! I promise it won't get really bad. Just have to play around with the age. Hope you enjoyed the revised version! Although, next chapter...isn't ready yet, so I don't know when that will come out. Sorry, I will try to get it up next month! Bye!
