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Chapter 36

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

I knew when I got Mom to agree to let me go to New York with Jin that my Dad would pitch a fit. I think I underestimated it, because what he did was beyond what I expected. He and Mom got into a huge argument about it. It was actually the first time I ever heard them fight like that. Dad was totally against it and thought Mom was incredibly crazy for actually thinking I could go and it would go without a hitch. He didn't trust Jin and it also made me think he didn't trust me. I didn't want this stupid thing to ruin their marriage or make them fight anymore, so I told them that it was ok and I would just stay home. Dad seemed content, but Mom didn't think it was fair. She told Dad that he needed to trust me and give me this chance to prove I could be responsible. She went on to say how she was responsible at my age and, even when pressured, she didn't lose her virginity until she was 18. She threw it back on dad how he was always comparing me to her, in both looks and attitude at times. She told him that if I was really like her, then he didn't have anything to worry about and it wouldn't matter what Jin said or did. That little boost I had given Mom ended up not really mattering. Mom seemed to have wanted to give me a chance, but was on the fence post because she knew dad was against it. The boost just helped her realize she really trusted me. After Mom got off her soapbox, Dad actually smiled and commented about how stubborn she was and how he saw the same stubbornness in me at times. He then said I could go, but that I better not make him regret it or there would be consequences. He also told me that he wanted to talk with Jin before we left. I told him he could. I didn't know what he would say, but I was just happy he was letting me go, even if it was reluctantly. I knew if it hadn't been for Mom he wouldn't have and I knew he was still against, but out voted.

Surprisingly, Wednesday got here fast. I packed Tuesday night, so I wouldn't have anything to do after school but wait on Jin to come get me. Brie came home with me, since I didn't know if I'd have time to take her home. She was going to hang out with Raina after I left and Rai was going to take her home later.

"Are you going to be able to cheer Friday?" Brie asked.

"Yeah, I think so."

"How did manage that? Normally you can't participate in school activities if you miss the day of. Did you manipulate some emotions?" She teased.

"No. You know I don't like the use that power frequently. It isn't fair to make people feel things they don't want to feel." I peeked out the door to make sure Mom or Dad wasn't nearby. They weren't. "I regret using it on Mom. It's nice to know I didn't force anything on her though, because she feels pretty strongly all by herself about letting me prove I'm responsible."

"Are you going to prove you're responsible?" She laughed. "Or party like a rockstar?"

"Party responsibly." We both laughed.

"So I guess you two will get it on while you're there since you haven't had the opportunity to since the first time." She teased.

"Actually…" I snickered.

"What? You've done it again? When? How?"

"Monday and yesterday. As for the how, I think you know how it works." I laughed.

"Where?"

"Here."

"How did you pull that off?"

"Well…"

Flashback

Jin and I were in my room, with the door open of course. That was the rule for my room. If he was in there with me, then my door had to be open. It was funny, because we could close the doors in the rooms downstairs. I was sitting at my desk doing homework and Jin was lying on my bed looking through the pictures on my camera. I could tell he was bored, but I needed to get my homework finished. I really would get in trouble if I let my grades suffer because of him.

When I finished my math, I started working on my history paper. That's when I noticed Jin was taking pictures of himself with my camera. I would glance over at him and see him making the cutest and silliest faces for the camera. I wondered if he realized just how adorable he was.

"You having fun over there?" I asked.

"Be having even more fun if you were over here."

"Shhh! Don't say things like that so loud! What if my dad heard?"

"If he did, I bet he'd already be up here. But he's not, so I think we're ok."

I smiled slightly and went back to my work.

Jin put the camera down and walked over to where I was. He didn't say anything, but he started kissing on my neck.

"Stop it." I said, but not very convincingly. "I need to finish this."

"Can't you do it later?" He asked in between kisses.

I giggled. "No. I've been putting it off so I can spend time with you. It's due tomorrow and I just started."

"Can't you put it off just a little longer?" He began kissing my lips.

This was something I had trouble saying no to or rather had trouble stopping. He kissed me more intensely. I put my arms around his neck whilst we kissed. Suddenly he picked me up out of my chair and put me on the bed. He made me lay back and parted my legs with his knee. He lay down on top of me and kept kissing me. His tongue danced around mine. He tasted so good. It wasn't like most people said it would taste when kissing someone who smoked. His normally was a minty flavor, because he chewed gum most of the time. Every once in a while I would get a kiss when he hadn't chewed any gum recently and be exposed to his cigarette breath. It was gross and I didn't enjoy those kisses. When he started to pull my shirt up, I stopped him.

"We have to stop." I said.

"Why?" He tried to kiss me, put I kept him pushed back.

"My parents are downstairs."

"And we're upstairs. They haven't even been up here to check on us once."

"Which means they could at any time now. Do you have a death wish?"

"I ain't scared."

"You're crazy."

"Only about you."

He rolled my eyes and smiled.

"C'mon. It'll be ok." He urged.

End Flashback

"So you just did it? Right there, in your room, with your parents below you and with the door open?" Brie asked.

I laughed. "Raina was in the house, so I might have used her powers so we wouldn't get caught. Plus I made him make it short. It still hurt, maybe even a little more than the first time. Might have been because I made him go fast though."

She shook her head and laughed. "Did you finish your history paper?"

"Yeah. I wonder when he'll give us out grades. Hopefully I did well. I think I did a pretty good job, given the amount of time I actually worked on it."

She laughed. "Jin is a distraction."

"Yeah, he is. I always think 'he's becoming this famous singer. He could be doing much more interesting stuff than sitting at his 16 year old girlfriend's house every day.' I can't read minds, so I always wonder if he'd rather be partying than watching me do my homework, bored out of his mind."

"I don't know if he'd rather being partying. Seems like he'd rather be having sex though." She laughed. "That might be why he waits around on you, thinking he might get some."

"Hey!"

"I'm just kidding." She paused. "Mostly." She laughed more and I just pushed her. "So you guys did it yesterday too?"

"Yeah. For someone who seemed so against it the other day, you sure are interested now." I teased.

"Well, I don't have a boyfriend right now and I've never done it and nothing I say will stop you, so I'm just going to live vicariously through you. I mean, you're boyfriend is rich, famous and so beautiful it's not even funny."

I laughed. "He is beautiful, isn't he?"

"Instead of the ugly stick, he was beat with the pretty stick."

I laughed harder.

"Japan obviously knows how to grow them." She continued.

"He has brother."

"Really?"

"Yeah, he's like a year older than me I think. I can't exactly remember. Anyways, I've seen a picture of him. He looks a lot like Jin."

"I'll take him."

"He lives in Japan."

"Darn it."

"Sorry. Maybe he'll visit or something and you can fall madly in love, so he'll stay just for you."

"That would be awesome."

The doorbell rang about that time, so I ran downstairs to beat anyone else to the door. It was Jin. He already knew Dad wanted to talk to him, so he got here with time to spare. I took him to the living where Dad was and reluctantly left. Mom told me she would stay in there, so that made me feel a little better. At least I knew he wouldn't be hurting him with Mom in there. I went back upstairs.

"What do you think your dad will day to him?" Brie asked.

"Touch my daughter; I'll cut your balls off."

She laughed.
"Not funny. He really would. He's going to try to run Jin off. I just know it. He's not really gotten to talk to him until now."

"Don't worry. Jin says he loves you. It won't be that easy to get rid of him."

We waited around and Jin finally came upstairs. "Ready baby?" His emotions didn't seem out of the normal.

"Yeah." I started to get my suitcase, but he offered to carry it for me, so I let him. I said my goodbyes to everyone and we were off to the airport.

"What did he say to you?" I finally asked when we got out at the airport.

"Same thing any dad would say in his situation, just that I better keep you safe and not touch you in any inappropriate ways. And he threatened me."

"Did he bring his sword out?"

"He has a sword?"

"Guess not. I bet mom's presence made him behave a little better."

"Don't worry about it. I'm gonna take care of you and he's a little late for the other part." He laughed.

"Would it have stopped you even if he wasn't?"

"Doubt it."

We went inside and met up with his dancers. Two of them were girls. One had blonde hair with brown and red highlights. She was taller than me, maybe about Rai's height and had brown eyes. Jin introduced her as Kelly. The other girl had burnt orange hair and hazel/green eyes. She was shorter than Kelly, but still taller than me. Her name was Nicole. Both were older than Jin. Kelly was 25 and Nicole was 23.

"You're girlfriend is such a cutie." Kelly said.

"Said so, didn't I?" Jin responded.

"I think you need glasses." One of Jin's male dancers, who I learned was Ty, said. "She isn't cute, girl is fiiiine."

Jin laughed. "I know, right?" The two did a high five.

Ty was black and very tall and muscular. He seemed real fun to be around. All of Jin's dancers did.

We didn't have to wait very long before they called for our flight. We took our seats in first class and we were off before I knew it.

"So.." Jin said while we were in the air.

"Yes?"

"Want to join the mile high club?" He grinned.

I laughed. "I don't think so."

"Why not?"

"You can get in trouble for it."

"Not if you don't get caught."

"I take it you're already a member."

He smiled. "Might be."

"I'll take that as a yes. But I think I'm ok with not being one."

He put he hands behind his head. "You're no fun."

"Not what you were saying yesterday."

He laughed. "Just playing."

It was nighttime when the plane landed, so we went directly to the hotel. I heard Jin ask the clerk at the desk if they done everything he requested to room. He clerk said they had. I wondered what he meant, but I would find out soon enough. When Jin opened to door to our suite, everything looked normal. The bellhop put our luggage inside and Jin tipped him. When he left, Jin took my hand and lead to the bedroom. He opened the door and there was candles lit everywhere. Rose petals were scattered across the floor and bed. It was like something from a movie.

"It would have been nice if I could have made your first time like this. Since I couldn't, I did this time. At least now you can enjoy it and not be in pain." He said.

It was sweet of him to do this for me and he was right about me enjoying it. When we did it yesterday, I felt much less pain and more pleasure. I had a feeling this time was going to be amazing. This romantic gesture was just going to make it all the better. It wasn't very long before clothing started to come off and our bodies were pressed against each others. It was definitely the best I had ever had.

Afterward, we lay in each other's arms.

"I'm glad you were able to come." He said.

"Me too."

"I wanted to be able to make love to you without you having to worry about getting caught. I wanted you all to myself. I'm selfish, but I don't care."

I just stroked his face.

"I wish we could just live in this moment forever where I could have you all to myself." He laced his fingers with mine. "I love you so much and I'm never gonna stop. I think you're the best thing that happened to me, PaiPai."

I smiled. "Really?"

"Yes. I know people say it's wrong. They say I have no business with someone your age. But if it's so wrong, how can it feel so right? I don't care what they say. Their opinion has never mattered. What we have is real."

"It is real. No one understands."

"Because they are too busy trying find all the wrong things with our relationship. But we'll be fine."

I smiled, knowing he was right. We'd be just fine.

The next day, we woke up sort of early so we could go see some of the historic sites. Jin told mom we would, so he wanted to keep up that end of the deal. After we did that, Jin had to go on to the MTV studio. I had to go separately from him. He got me a ticket, so I took a cab when it was closer to time for the show to start. He had to leave earlier so he could practice a little and all that junk. His performance and interview went off without a hitch. He talked about his CD release, which would be Friday and his tour that tickets were going to go on sale for soon. It would start after the beginning of the year. It was interesting being in a crowd full of his fans. The majority was a bunch of screaming girls. The screaming was a little ridiculous. The girls around me all talked about how he was much hotter in person and how cool he was. I just kept my mouth shut and hoped none of them noticed me from the tabloids. Thankfully, none of them did. When night fell, we all went to one of more popular clubs in NYC. Jin was able to get me in no sweat thanks to his celebrity status. He was apparently in good with the owner or knew someone who knew them, because we actually went inside in the private back entrance to avoid paparazzi. We went into the VIP section and just hung out for a few. It was pretty fun. I was drinking a non alcoholic drink, being responsible. After Jin had had a few, he got up to go to the bathroom.

"Oh snap! I think I found the one. Wish I could be that straw on your tongue." Jin half sung when he came back. "Yo, how ya doing girl? My name is Jin." He sat beside me and put his arm around me. "Let me play in your game, I swear I'll win." I smiled at his silliness. "That made her grin. I think I'm in." He said, while looking at Ty. "Let's have a drink and chill for a bit." Then he started laughing. He was a little tipsy.

Shortly after, they brought Jin a bottle of champagne he had apparently requested. He poured all of us a glass.

"Try some, baby." He said as he handed me a glass.

I smelled of it and it smelled just like rubbing alcohol. I had never tried any alcoholic beverage before, never had the desire. It was at a lot of the parties I had been to, just never had any appeal to me. I decided to just go ahead and take a sip. When I did, I made a face. It tasted just about as good as it smelled. No wonder they always say it's an acquired taste. Why anyone would want to acquire the taste was beyond on me.

They all laughed at the face I made. "She's so innocent, Jin." Kelly commented. It got to me a bit.

"It's one of the things I like about her." Jin responded.

"Well, if she keeps hanging out with you, you'll have her corrupt as you are." She laughed.

He smiled. "If you don't like it, I'll drink it for you baby."

I shook my head, downed the rest and tried not to make as sour of a face as before.

"Whoa! Little Miss Innocent showing us she ain't as innocent as we thought." Ty said.

Jin just grinned at me, seemingly impressed.

It didn't take much more before I was feeling real good. It was a pretty funny feeling.

"Hey girrrl," Jin said to me after he had had a few glasses, "wanna dance?"

I accepted and we went to dance. It wasn't long before our dancing got dirty. For some reason, being like this made me want him badly. I couldn't keep my hands off him. He was the same way with me too. After dancing for a little while, we decided to just go back to the hotel. Rather Kelly decided it would be best that we did. She didn't want us to get arrested for public indecency. She called us a cab and sent us on our way. Jin dropped the key to the room and almost couldn't get the door to open because he was so wasted. I just laughed at him the whole time. When he finally got the door open, he pulled me inside, pushed me against the wall and went straight into a forceful kiss.

I woke up the next morning with an awful headache. I also felt like I was going to throw up and I couldn't remember very much about what happened the night before. When I got up to go to the bathroom, I realized I was very sore. When the soreness didn't go away, I turned the light on in the bathroom. It hurt my eyes, but I wanted to know why I was so sore. I noticed bruises on my hips that looked like finger prints. There were also bruises on my inner thighs and wrists. I happened to glance in the mirror to see a few bruises of my neck and chest. I recognized them as hickeys.

I walked back into the bedroom and lay back down. "Jin?"

"Mmm." He mumbled.

"Do you remember what happened last night?"

"Not really."

"I'm like bruised all over."

He turned over and opened his lids, revealing blood shot eyes. "Let me see." I showed him all I found. "I'm sorry, baby. I didn't mean to be that rough with you."

"It's ok."

"Do they hurt?"

"The ones on my hips and thighs do."

"Awww baby. How do you feel?"

"Like crap."

"You've probably got a hangover." He reached over and got the powerade that on the nightstand. "Drink this. It's supposed to help rehydrate you or some shit like that. They say it's good for you when you've got a hangover." I took it and drank some of it. My mouth was dry, so it was nice to have. "Lay back down baby." He looked back at the clock. "We've still got a while before we need to get up and ready. Sleeping these things off is the best thing you can do."

I lay back down next to him and he wrapped he wrapped his arms around me. "I wish I hadn't drank. This sucks."

He kissed my forehead. "I know. Just go back to sleep."

I fell back asleep and when I woke up, I felt a little better. Jin was already awake. He had packed my bag for me, aside from what I needed to shower and get ready with. He had gotten Kelly and Nicole to go out and buy me a shirt, which he paid for, that would cover my hickeys and the bruises on my wrists. All I needed was to be able to get to Raina, so she could heal them and everything would be ok.

I slept most of the flight. Jin dropped me off at home and told me he would see me later. He was planning on trying to come to the football game to see me cheer. I went straight to the kitchen to get a drink when I got inside. Jin said I needed to keep drinking stuff. He didn't know why, but he said that was what people always told him. I did so. Mom and Dad were in the kitchen setting at the table in the nook, which was what I was afraid of. I wanted to see Raina first, but I didn't sense her.

"Where is Raina?" I asked, opening the fridge.

"She's out, but she should be here any second." Mom answered.

"How was da trip?" Dad asked.

"It was ok. We saw educational things, even took pictures for proof."

"I want ta see them later." Dad said, like I knew he would want proof that Jin did what he said he would.

"You can."

"That a new shirt?" Mom asked, getting up.

"Yeah, Jin got it for me. It was cooler outside there, so he got this for me."

"It's nice." Mom said touching the shirt. I hoped she wouldn't see the bruises on my wrist. "Aren't you a little hot?"

"Not really."

"Hmm, ok." Mom messed with the sleeve and just my luck, she happened to scoot it up a little. She immediately noticed the bruise. "What happened?"

I jerked my arm back and pulled my sleeve back over it, which I probably shouldn't have done. "Nothing."

"What is it?" Dad got up and came over to where we were standing.

"She has a bruise on her wrist."

"Let me see." Dad practically made me show him. I could feel him getting angry. He did get angry when he asked to see the other wrist. "He raped ya, didn't he?"

"No!"

"Then tell me what happened?" He demanded.

"I-I don't remember."

"Why is dat? Did he get ya drunk or something, Pai-chan." I looked away. "I'll take dat as a yes. He did it, 'cause he thought ya'd be easy prey then. But ya fought back and dat's why ya got these. He forced ya ta stay down."

"That's not what happened."

"Don't try ta protect him." He let go of my arm. "He's dead now."

He started to flash step away, but then he just stopped and walked into the living room. I looked down at my wrists and the bruises were gone.

"I'm back." Raina said, coming into the room. She glanced at me and I knew she had warped reality. She saved my butt this time. I was lucky to have her for my sister. Jin was lucky too. He doesn't even know how lucky he is.