Julia sat on her bed; her feelings were in a mess – was Jin really getting
married? Or was he just putting on an act for his Grandfather? But then
again she thought maybe she was just kidding herself, maybe Jin had only
been looking for one thing that night that she had met him and she had been
naïve to believe that he could possibly want anymore from her, after all it
wasn't often that you heard of the unusual coupling of a young Japanese man
with a native American.
She sighed and tried to push all her feelings to the back of her head, even though there was the likelihood that Jin could of just been using her she was finding it very hard to give up on the possibility that he hadn't been, and she soon found that she was thinking of him once again – why did life have to be so difficult? As she sat there on her bed she was unaware of the voices outside the room until the door open and Ling and Hwoarang toppled in.
Julia looked up sharply, in all honesty she hadn't given much thought to her friends whereabouts for much of the day and now that they were back she began to feel a bit guilty about not wondering where they were, or had been even. After all it was past midnight and Ling was never usually back that late – and Hwoarang had his own place so she wasn't quite sure what he was doing here.
"Where have you guys been?" She asked, studying her friends with a quizzical look on her face.
Ling giggled, and looked at Hwoarang who for a reason Julia couldn't quite fathom had taken a seat on the floor and just sat there staring into space.
"Well…?"
"I can't remember but it was somewhere with noise and drink" said Ling letting out a another giggle, "wasn't it? Wasn't it? HEY Hwoarang wasn't it!"
Hwoarang looked up from his position on the floor, and looked at Ling then at Julia. "Yeah… it was cool"
"So what you guys just went out and got drunk?" Julia asked, not really sure what she had missed – Ling had said that they were coming back straight afterwards.
"Hmmm well kinda" Ling replied, "We saw Jin… and then we were going to come back but this bar hard a special opening night thing and well"
Julia missed the last part of what Ling had told her however, the moment Jin's name popped up she stared at her friend waiting for her to give some sort of explanation for what she had just said.
"What?" Ling moaned after noticing Julia was giving her a quizzical look, "What?" She said again before slumping down next to wear Hwoarang was sat, asleep against a cabinet.
"You saw Jin?"
"…."
"Ling?"
"…"
Great, Julia thought to herself as she noticed that on closer examination her friend had fallen asleep, her head in Hwoarangs lap. To be truthful she was half tempted to wake Ling up but she decided against it after seeing how comfortable she looked with Hwoarang – she would have to wait for tomorrow to find out what had happened after she had left (with Jin and his "fiancée") and what Ling had meant when she said that they had seen Jin. She got up deciding that she would get into her bed but just as she did so, she noticed a piece of paper that Ling held in her hand. On closer examination she realised that it was an envelope – and not only that, but it was also addressed to her. Mystified she bent down and gently pulled it free of Lings grasp, her name was written on it in gold leafing and it was definitely not Ling's handwriting. She was at first a bit hesitant to open it though, after all, Ling hadn't given it to her to read but then again she hadn't really said much of anything at all since she had got back and after all the letter was addressed to her. After much contemplating she made her mind up – she would open it, gently pulling the paper up as if it were a delicate butterfly. Inside was a hand written note (in English) that while was brief, made Julia gasp and her eyes open as she read who it was from;
Julia,
I have to talk to you. It's very important. I can't stop thinking about you, and without wanting to sound lame I hope that you are feel the same about me – but there is a lot I need to explain to you. Please give me a chance; I need you to understand stuff about me… I don't know it's hard to explain in a letter but then again I've never been a great one for conversations either…
Please come to the banquet that my Grandfather has organised, we can speak then.
Love Jin.
She was shocked to say the least – Jin had been thinking about her! But still that didn't explain what she had witnessed earlier in the day, and it was hardly like she could still go out with him or anything if he was engaged, but still… at least he wanted to speak to her, something which made her feel excited and nervous all at the same time. She had actually been considering not attending the fancy dress thing that Heihachi had so "kindly" organised for the fighters, not only because she knew that it was very likely that Jin was going to be there but also because she didn't actually have anything to wear but now there was nothing that was going to keep her away. She had to speak to Jin no matter what was going to happen, she had to know what was actually know what was going on.
Lying back onto her bed she found that she actually fell asleep with much more ease than what she had thought she would have with all the thoughts that had been consuming her head prior to reading the note.
The Next Day
Julia woke quite late the next day, even though she hadn't really gone to bed late (well very late anyway – and after all it wasn't like she had been out anywhere) and begin to panic as she realised that she still didn't have anything to wear.
"Ling!" She shouted out as she realised that her friend was not where Julia had left her last night.
"Yeah?" Was the call that she got from the bathroom
"Are you up?? Ling we have a part to go to and I don't have anything to actually go as! Oh and by the way where is Hwoarang?"
Ling came into the room wearing a white dressing gown with her down and wet on her shoulders, "He went home early this morning, said something about having to make sure that his costume was ready"
"What? Even Hwoarang is more organised than me?" Julia asked with a tired sigh
"Well, you and me both – I don't have anything to wear either" Ling said shaking her head and getting water around the room, and then as if it were an afterthought she added, "At least you have someone to go with anyway"
"… What are you talking about Ling?"
"Well! I worked this out – I take it you got the note anyway, the one from Jin right?" She said with a smile
Julia blushed before replying, "Err yeah?"
"Well I worked out who it was that you met that night! I mean I forgot completely about it when you told me because it was so late at night but after I saw the way you reacted to Jins "news" yesterday, and when he gave me that note to give to you it all became clear! Why didn't you tell me?"
"I don't know, it was so fast… I didn't really…I still don't know what I'm feeling to be truthful"
"Tell me now then!" Ling said sitting down on the end of Julia's bed, "Please? Tell me what the note said as well"
"Yeah, ok" Julia said, "It may take a while though"
After Julia had finished filling Ling in on the events of the night when they visited the Mishima residence, and what the letter said she looked up to see Ling staring at her wide eyed.
"I can't believe you didn't tell me any of this! We are best friends!"
"I know, I'm really sorry. I wished I had to be honest I really did want to talk to you about it but I was just so confused about the whole thing"
"Its not fair"
"Huh? What isn't?" Julia asked generally confused about Ling's last statement
"Well, you and Jin! That's what"
"Hey Ling is hardly like me and Jin are together or anything like that – I mean after that thing with that girl yesterday I hardly know what to thing"
Ling let out a cry hearing this as she realised that Julia was still in the dark regarding the events that had taken place since she left yesterday.
"What?" Julia asked giving Ling a questioning look.
"Oh my God! Julia I didn't realise that you didn't know!"
"Know what?"
"After you left yesterday, well Jin said that there was no way that he was getting married to her!"
"Are you for real" Julia asked feeling just slightly pleased
"Yup" Ling said, feeling happy at seeing the happiness light up on her friends face "Anyway come on we got to go and get stuff to wear tonight – you want to look your best for Jin don't you?"
"What and you don't for Hwoarang" Julia teased, watching her friend go red in the face.
"I don't know what your talking about" Ling said, "Now hurry up and get ready or we will never get into the best shops in Tokyo before they close" She said walking out of the room.
Julia rolled her eyes and smiled, Ling was right though she better get up and have her shower quickly before they went out – she even had an idea of what she would dress up as now, which would make the shopping slightly more easy.
Before long the two girls were on the underground, Julia's hair was still wet around her shoulders and she was annoyed because it was dripping down onto her, but it wasn't like her clothes were really wet – it was a warm day and she wore a strappy cream coloured top with a light blue pencil skirt, while Ling wore her hair in its usual position but she was wearing black peddle pushes and a yellow t-shirt.
Before long they heard the call that alerted them to that fact that Shibuya shopping district (a/n: no I didn't make that name up – it is actually an area in Tokyo). And they both jumped off the tube (subway) Ling pulling Julia in the direction of her favourite clothes shops.
-please read & review (sorry its probably the next chapter that is actually the party)
She sighed and tried to push all her feelings to the back of her head, even though there was the likelihood that Jin could of just been using her she was finding it very hard to give up on the possibility that he hadn't been, and she soon found that she was thinking of him once again – why did life have to be so difficult? As she sat there on her bed she was unaware of the voices outside the room until the door open and Ling and Hwoarang toppled in.
Julia looked up sharply, in all honesty she hadn't given much thought to her friends whereabouts for much of the day and now that they were back she began to feel a bit guilty about not wondering where they were, or had been even. After all it was past midnight and Ling was never usually back that late – and Hwoarang had his own place so she wasn't quite sure what he was doing here.
"Where have you guys been?" She asked, studying her friends with a quizzical look on her face.
Ling giggled, and looked at Hwoarang who for a reason Julia couldn't quite fathom had taken a seat on the floor and just sat there staring into space.
"Well…?"
"I can't remember but it was somewhere with noise and drink" said Ling letting out a another giggle, "wasn't it? Wasn't it? HEY Hwoarang wasn't it!"
Hwoarang looked up from his position on the floor, and looked at Ling then at Julia. "Yeah… it was cool"
"So what you guys just went out and got drunk?" Julia asked, not really sure what she had missed – Ling had said that they were coming back straight afterwards.
"Hmmm well kinda" Ling replied, "We saw Jin… and then we were going to come back but this bar hard a special opening night thing and well"
Julia missed the last part of what Ling had told her however, the moment Jin's name popped up she stared at her friend waiting for her to give some sort of explanation for what she had just said.
"What?" Ling moaned after noticing Julia was giving her a quizzical look, "What?" She said again before slumping down next to wear Hwoarang was sat, asleep against a cabinet.
"You saw Jin?"
"…."
"Ling?"
"…"
Great, Julia thought to herself as she noticed that on closer examination her friend had fallen asleep, her head in Hwoarangs lap. To be truthful she was half tempted to wake Ling up but she decided against it after seeing how comfortable she looked with Hwoarang – she would have to wait for tomorrow to find out what had happened after she had left (with Jin and his "fiancée") and what Ling had meant when she said that they had seen Jin. She got up deciding that she would get into her bed but just as she did so, she noticed a piece of paper that Ling held in her hand. On closer examination she realised that it was an envelope – and not only that, but it was also addressed to her. Mystified she bent down and gently pulled it free of Lings grasp, her name was written on it in gold leafing and it was definitely not Ling's handwriting. She was at first a bit hesitant to open it though, after all, Ling hadn't given it to her to read but then again she hadn't really said much of anything at all since she had got back and after all the letter was addressed to her. After much contemplating she made her mind up – she would open it, gently pulling the paper up as if it were a delicate butterfly. Inside was a hand written note (in English) that while was brief, made Julia gasp and her eyes open as she read who it was from;
Julia,
I have to talk to you. It's very important. I can't stop thinking about you, and without wanting to sound lame I hope that you are feel the same about me – but there is a lot I need to explain to you. Please give me a chance; I need you to understand stuff about me… I don't know it's hard to explain in a letter but then again I've never been a great one for conversations either…
Please come to the banquet that my Grandfather has organised, we can speak then.
Love Jin.
She was shocked to say the least – Jin had been thinking about her! But still that didn't explain what she had witnessed earlier in the day, and it was hardly like she could still go out with him or anything if he was engaged, but still… at least he wanted to speak to her, something which made her feel excited and nervous all at the same time. She had actually been considering not attending the fancy dress thing that Heihachi had so "kindly" organised for the fighters, not only because she knew that it was very likely that Jin was going to be there but also because she didn't actually have anything to wear but now there was nothing that was going to keep her away. She had to speak to Jin no matter what was going to happen, she had to know what was actually know what was going on.
Lying back onto her bed she found that she actually fell asleep with much more ease than what she had thought she would have with all the thoughts that had been consuming her head prior to reading the note.
The Next Day
Julia woke quite late the next day, even though she hadn't really gone to bed late (well very late anyway – and after all it wasn't like she had been out anywhere) and begin to panic as she realised that she still didn't have anything to wear.
"Ling!" She shouted out as she realised that her friend was not where Julia had left her last night.
"Yeah?" Was the call that she got from the bathroom
"Are you up?? Ling we have a part to go to and I don't have anything to actually go as! Oh and by the way where is Hwoarang?"
Ling came into the room wearing a white dressing gown with her down and wet on her shoulders, "He went home early this morning, said something about having to make sure that his costume was ready"
"What? Even Hwoarang is more organised than me?" Julia asked with a tired sigh
"Well, you and me both – I don't have anything to wear either" Ling said shaking her head and getting water around the room, and then as if it were an afterthought she added, "At least you have someone to go with anyway"
"… What are you talking about Ling?"
"Well! I worked this out – I take it you got the note anyway, the one from Jin right?" She said with a smile
Julia blushed before replying, "Err yeah?"
"Well I worked out who it was that you met that night! I mean I forgot completely about it when you told me because it was so late at night but after I saw the way you reacted to Jins "news" yesterday, and when he gave me that note to give to you it all became clear! Why didn't you tell me?"
"I don't know, it was so fast… I didn't really…I still don't know what I'm feeling to be truthful"
"Tell me now then!" Ling said sitting down on the end of Julia's bed, "Please? Tell me what the note said as well"
"Yeah, ok" Julia said, "It may take a while though"
After Julia had finished filling Ling in on the events of the night when they visited the Mishima residence, and what the letter said she looked up to see Ling staring at her wide eyed.
"I can't believe you didn't tell me any of this! We are best friends!"
"I know, I'm really sorry. I wished I had to be honest I really did want to talk to you about it but I was just so confused about the whole thing"
"Its not fair"
"Huh? What isn't?" Julia asked generally confused about Ling's last statement
"Well, you and Jin! That's what"
"Hey Ling is hardly like me and Jin are together or anything like that – I mean after that thing with that girl yesterday I hardly know what to thing"
Ling let out a cry hearing this as she realised that Julia was still in the dark regarding the events that had taken place since she left yesterday.
"What?" Julia asked giving Ling a questioning look.
"Oh my God! Julia I didn't realise that you didn't know!"
"Know what?"
"After you left yesterday, well Jin said that there was no way that he was getting married to her!"
"Are you for real" Julia asked feeling just slightly pleased
"Yup" Ling said, feeling happy at seeing the happiness light up on her friends face "Anyway come on we got to go and get stuff to wear tonight – you want to look your best for Jin don't you?"
"What and you don't for Hwoarang" Julia teased, watching her friend go red in the face.
"I don't know what your talking about" Ling said, "Now hurry up and get ready or we will never get into the best shops in Tokyo before they close" She said walking out of the room.
Julia rolled her eyes and smiled, Ling was right though she better get up and have her shower quickly before they went out – she even had an idea of what she would dress up as now, which would make the shopping slightly more easy.
Before long the two girls were on the underground, Julia's hair was still wet around her shoulders and she was annoyed because it was dripping down onto her, but it wasn't like her clothes were really wet – it was a warm day and she wore a strappy cream coloured top with a light blue pencil skirt, while Ling wore her hair in its usual position but she was wearing black peddle pushes and a yellow t-shirt.
Before long they heard the call that alerted them to that fact that Shibuya shopping district (a/n: no I didn't make that name up – it is actually an area in Tokyo). And they both jumped off the tube (subway) Ling pulling Julia in the direction of her favourite clothes shops.
-please read & review (sorry its probably the next chapter that is actually the party)