*{The Queen says}: Another chapter of my entry. First of all, I would like to say thanks again to those who cared to review me; I truly appreciate your cooperation. By the way, in this chapter, you'll be reading more about Hwoarang and Julia on what'll be the outcome of their instant friendship. (Hey, do you think Hwoarang and Julia make a good match? Korean & Native American? Well, I have nothing better in mind to pair with Julia). Then again, read on and enjoy! R & R please!
Disclaimer: Once again, I have no intentions on claiming the video game trademark, labels, signatures, or indicia I have mentioned in this said entry as mine.
Hwoarang turned the ignition off as he parked his car in the vast parking lot outside the Kyung mansion and prepared to get out of his black Porsche just as he caught a glance of a folded piece of bond paper on the front seat where Julia was sitting before.
"What's this piece of trash?" He said to himself as he grabbed the paper and unfolded it.
As he unfolded it, he saw a something, somewhat of a sketch. It was the sketch Julia made for the mural.
Wow, Julia has some great imagination in portraying things, he thought as he took it with him and got out of the car. But it looked different from the painting on the wall.
Julia yawned lazily as she sat on her bed and grabbed her backpack. Now, I had to get my sketch for the mural for a little improvising, she thought as she took things out from her bag. I had to find a way to make the mural as good as my sketch.
It took her a few moments to search though her pack and realize that it was not there.
"Oh my, where is it?" she said to herself. She searched hurriedly through her desk and throughout her room and a thought came to her head. Oh God, I must've left it in Hwoarang's car.
She sighed heavily and thought of calling him. She took the phone and prepared to dial. Call? Yeah right. I don't know his number yet. She thought glumly as she returned the phone to its proper place and another thing struck her head. The phone directory, of course! She thought gladly.
She grabbed the phone directory and scanned through the pages. K-y-u-n-g, she thought as she flipped the K pages one by one. Fortunately, there was only one surname registered as Kyung all throughout the phone directory. Seeing the number, Julia quickly got held of the phone, lifted the receiver, and started to dial.
It rang twice and a manly decent voice with a strange accent answered politely at the end of the line, "Good afternoon. Kyung residence. May I help you?"
"Um, good afternoon, I would like to speak to Hwoarang please," Julia responds as politely as she could.
"And may I know who's speaking?" The voice demanded politely.
"Uh, this is Julia, a friend from school."
"I hope you don't mind to wait miss Julia, I had to call him," the voice informed.
"Sure." Julia answered perkily.
A few moments, a harsh teenage boy answered the phone, "Yup!"
"Hello, Hwoarang," Julia greeted. He sounded different over the phone though, he sounded like a little boy.
"Kirsten, hi!" Hwoarang greeted back but he continued before Julia could even make a sound, "Hey, by the way, if you're calling about seeing each other, guess what? My parents are out of town 'till next week and Hazel and I just broke up recently. So, how's about me pickin' you up right now so you can come over and stay at my place for a while, babe?"
Julia chuckled at the end of the line. "What's wrong? What's so funny? Was it something I said?" Hwoarang asked confused.
"Yeah, its everything you said. By the way, this isn't your precious Kirsten calling, it's your nerdy folk Julia and hey, if you don't mind, you got a new girl replacement already?"
Hwoarang felt himself turned scarlet. "Oh, I'm so sorry Julia, I-I thought you were somebody else and yes, Kirsten's my new one."
"Whoa, that was fast," Julia commented. "By the way, I'm calling about my mural sketch, you know the piece of bond paper I was holding along? Is it with you?"
"Oh, this..." Hwoarang replied as he pulled a piece of paper from his trashy desk.
"Yeah, that, I guess." Julia answered as she heard sound of paper. "Um, I was hoping you could turn it over on Monday."
"Sure, I could even turn it over now if you want," Hwoarang replied excitedly. He was just feeling happy in seeing Julia again, but that was weird and he doesn't know the reason why.
"Nah, I don't want to bother you and besides I'm not really in a hurry, I was just hoping to make a little improvising with our work and I was just checkin' it out in case it got lost or something or I'll go ballistic, you know how much time I've spent on it." Julia explained in the other line.
"Y-yeah, okay, if that's what you think," Hwoarang said. "Hey, by the way how'd you get my number?" He asked intriguingly.
"Um, excuse me but there is a little publication called the phone directory," Julia replied teasingly.
"Of course…" Hwoarang answered hesitantly hoping for a different answer.
"Yeah, well, I guess I'll see ya, bye now!" Julia said.
"Bye." Hwoarang replied.
Hwoarang sighed as he pushed the button of the cordless phone and threw it away and landed somewhere. Man, she's such a sweet girl, he thought. And what a deserving one too.
Hwoarang stared at the sketch on the bond paper again. He stared at it carefully and a light bulb flickered in his mind.
Without a second's hesitation, he grabbed his jacket and headed for the door. He took his car and drove along.
It was 2:30 am; the doorbell rang intensely as Julia headed running for the door arranging her glasses. "I'M COMING!" She shouted. And it better be good, she thought.
As she reached the door, she grabbed the doorknob and opened it hoping to see an emergency instead, seeing a smiling young redheaded lad in front of her.
"Hi," the redhead greeted confidently looking up and down on Julia who was on her pajamas and her hair down.
"What do you want?" Julia asked annoyingly. "Do you know what time is it, or you just have a problem reading non-digital clocks?"
"Let's go I have something to show you, c'mon!" Hwoarang invited as he grabbed Julia's arm forcefully.
"Are you outta your mind? Its 2:30 in the morning!" Julia objected.
"No, I'm completely still with my mind, but right now, I have a surprise for you, c'mon," Hwoarang insisted.
"A surprise?" Julia asked puzzled.
"Yeah, grab your coat and let's go! Hurry!" Hwoarang insisted. "And quit asking, you'll wake everyone up."
"This better be good," Julia murmured stubbornly as she obediently grabbed her coat by the coat rack and exited the door and closed it behind her.
"This better be a good one, you hear that?" Julia repeated as she pointed her finger at Hwoarang.
"Ooh, this is a good one alright," he answered perkily as he opened the car door for Julia and slipped at the driver's seat and drove along.
"Don't you mind telling me what is this "surprise" is all about?" Julia asked while wiggling her fingers for the quotations as they stepped in the car.
"It's a surprise, right? So, I'm not going to tell you until we get there." Hwoarang answered.
"Get where?"
"You'll see, right now, you can just calm down and wait, okay?" Hwoarang said as he turned his head to Julia.
Julia didn't answer, she sighed heavily and let her body be in a relaxed position throughout the ride.
Moments later, Julia felt herself being shook. "Wake up sleeping beauty, we're here." She heard Hwoarang said. Although, the term "sleeping beauty" bothers her a bit.
Julia squinted her eyes. She let her vision adjust to the dark. "Huh? Whe-?" Julia's words were cut of as she recognized the place.
"Are you screwed up mister? We're in school for cryin' out loud! Are you desperate for classes already?" Julia hollered.
"I know. Now follow me," Hwoarang said as he grabbed Julia's hands and pulled her along. Hwoarang and Julia left the car. As they went in, Hwoarang pulled a key from his pocket and started to unlock the Mishima High gate and they went in. Safely. I wish nobody sees us, Julia thought as she scanned the place.
A few seconds later, they reached a tall wall near the football field. "Now, hold still..." Hwoarang commanded as he took out his flashlight.
He turned the direction of the light towards the wall which now shown a colorful picture of a mural. The mural shows a beautiful representation of antiquity in which pictures of samurais, shoguns, ninjas, maids wearing kimonos and perfect blended blue sky and perfect looking ancient Japanese houses. It looked like as if it were made to be a collage.
Julia stood on her position speechless and amazed. "Wow, its just like in my sketch."
"Yeah, isn't it?" Hwoarang answered as he stood at Julia's back focusing the flashlight against the wall.
Julia came close to the painting and touched it. "Even I can't portray my sketch to a painting. The colors just blend very well, did you do this?"
Hwoarang shook his head and answered, "But I kinda asked an old friend a favor."
"An old friend?" Julia asked.
"Yeah, he's an artist hired in my father's company."
"He must've been a professional." Julia said.
"Of course, he is. He put most of his artworks in auctions." Hwoarang answered.
"Uhuh, I can see that," Julia answered but she instantly faced Hwoarang with a worried face and said, "But don't you think this is cheating?"
"Hmm, I haven't thought of that," Hwoarang answered as he moved closer to Julia and placed his hand on her shoulder which made Julia feel a bit uneasy and he continued, "But hey it was your idea wasn't it, the only flaw is that you weren't the one who portrayed it."
"And another flaw is that, the credit doesn't go originally to us but to your old artist friend," Julia answered as she looked up at Hwoarang's towering figure.
"But you thought of it didn't you?" Hwoarang asked hoping to convince Julia.
Julia nodded her head and said, "Hmm, maybe but as long as Mr. Phoenix doesn't suspect we hired someone to do this, then we'll be safe."
"Mr. Phoenix won't suspect a thing, I mean after all he's after lovely Ms. Williams," Hwoarang said slyly.
"Really, which Ms. Williams?" Julia asked intrigued by the thought.
"Nina Williams. But, nah, its their business, we don't have to interfere don't we?" Hwoarang replied.
"I guess so," Julia said and asked, "Hey, what time is it?"
"Its 4:00," Hwoarang answered as he obediently checked on his watch.
"Oh, gosh, mother doesn't know I was out, I better head home now," Julia said hurriedly.
"Lets go then," Hwoarang, said as they walked away from the wall and headed for his car in which Julia was still under his arm.
"Man, doesn't it bother you to live faraway from school especially outside the city?" Hwoarang asked Julia while they were driving along the traffic-free streets.
"No, I guess I'm used to it already," Julia replied nonchalantly.
"Hey, why don't you get a dorm at school?" Hwoarang asked her.
"Dorms are so expensive, and besides I don't need one I'm used on my way of life, unlike you rich kids," Julia said with a trace of mockery in her voice.
"Well, if that's what you feel," Hwoarang answered. Then they went silent throughout the ride.
"Thanks again," Julia said as they arrived at her house. Moreover, without any uncertainty she hugged Hwoarang without restraint and whispered in his ear, "Thanks for everything."
"No problem," Hwoarang answered feeling happy.
Julia released her hug and felt herself blush of what she did. She never did something like that on a guy before, especially to a kind of guy such as Hwoarang.
Hwoarang who took advantage of the scene, touched Julia on the face, and whispered, "You know what, you are a very special person Julia, a person so hard to loose."
Julia did not reply but instead, she looked him in the eyes, and noticed that they were deep pools of rich chocolate and his handsome face was well structured and blended well with his well-built body and dyed red hair. At that instant, she realized she is falling for the guy. Gosh, why does he have to be so handsome? , she thought. Or else none of these would have happened.
She tried to shrug it off; the feeling she felt made her uneasy in the inside. "I-I guess I had to go now. Bye and thanks again for everything."
Hwoarang smiled at her and said, "Yeah, sure, bye." Then he drove along leaving the love struck Julia.
Hwoarang smiled happily to himself while he drove along the high way. A feeling of triumph filled him. He made sure that he got her now. Its not that he was seducing Julia or anything, he was just kind of getting much of her attention to recognize him; which is weird for most of the time, girls were the ones who tries to get his attention. Now he is beginning to admit that he enjoys Julia's company or in other words, he too was falling for the sweet person of what Julia is. And that he can't afford to take that Julia will be considering him no more than as a friend, a project partner and all and maybe worse Julia could be turning her back once more against him again like the times were before. Gosh, why does she had to be so sweet, so gentle...and attractive, he thought as he drove along the traffic-free high way. And she's pretty, only that she doesn't even know it and she doesn't pay much attention to her looks.
I can't, I just can't fall for him just like that, Julia thought as she forced herself to sleep again even though it was already sun up. Okay, I admit that he got me. But I just can't, not on him that is.
Julia sat up on her bed rested her head on right palm. "Why, oh, why does it have to me?" she asked herself.
Julia thought sullenly at the thought of falling for Hwoarang. Sure, he is cute and all alright, but what Julia worries about is that she might get herself changed if she goes nuts over him. A guy like him and a girl like her doesn't match at all, as she told herself. Sure, he could be the key to her popularity but hanging out with him might change her whole outlook towards people and other liberated girls might mistaken her a whore, for she knows how popular Hwoarang is especially among the girls at school. Besides, it might wreck her perfect reputation amongst the teachers at school.
But right now, I'm completely feeling helpless, she thought wearily. I might just as well as go with the flow.
Monday at school in the office of Mr. Phoenix...
"As I was saying, I would like to congratulate you two of a job well done on your mural not mention you two were the first ones to finish your project and that I gave you a well deserve A+."
"Whoo-hoo!" Hwoarang howled when Mr. Phoenix said the word A+.
"Thank you Mr. Phoenix." Julia said.
"Don't thank me, thank yourselves. Especially you Mr. Kyung, I guess Ms. Chang here is a very convincing partner as I have expected and you two make a good pair." Mr. Phoenix commented.
Julia's heart sank as soon as she heard Mr. Phoenix's last sentence. She giggled nervously. She took a glance at Hwoarang who was now somewhat celebrating. God, it must have been his first time acing a project, no doubt, Julia thought.
"And now, I guess, you may go and have your lunch and thank you for coming." Mr. Phoenix told them. Then they exited the office.
"Man, Julia you haven't muttered a word to me that you have just been paired up with a totally cute partner and you just spent your whole Saturday painting along with him?" Christie whispered loudly as they went through the door.
"Christie, there's no big deal about that, and besides it's a project, and you know how desperate I am in finishing a project as early as possible," Julia replied as normal as can be, shrugging the thoughts she had been having the pass weekend.
"Typically Julia, as usual, but don't ge-" Christie's words were cut off when they heard a guy's voice calling upon Julia.
"Julia, Julia wait up," the guy's voice called from behind them.
Christie giggled and nudged Julia excitedly. Then she turned around to see Hwoarang jogging behind them.
"What is it?" Julia asked him as soon as he stopped in front of them.
"I was just going to ask you if it is okay for you to see me after lunch otherwise after dismissal time this afternoon, or just any of your free time? I really have something important to tell-or rather show you." He asked.
"Well," Julia started and looked at Christie for approval. Christie nodded back. "Well, I guess I'll be seeing you after lunch."
"Even better. Now meet me at the shed near the football field, bye Julia and bye Christie!" Hwoarang said as he waved goodbye.
Julia waved back and stopped as soon as he was out of sight. "Oh my gosh, Julia! What have you two been up to?"
Julia stomach churned. Then she replied nervously, "What are you talking about? He must've wanted me to help him with his homework or something."
"(sigh) I dunno Julia, first, it maybe just homework and projects and who knows what comes next, eh?" Christie said taunting Julia.
"Excuuuse meee, Ma. Christiana Juliana Montiero, I have no interest in those things yet, do you hear?" Julia said outraged.
"Loud and clear boss! However, you said it Julia, "yet." Which means its just a matter of time and just not yet now." Christie teased hoping to light the fire on Julia.
However, Julia remained calm, which was mostly unusual. I dunno Christie, she thought to herself. But you still have a lot to know.
As dealt, Julia met Hwoarang near the football field. Julia felt somewhat nervous to see Hwoarang and his friends for she would be an oddball against them.
"Julia, over here!" Hwoarang welcomed Julia as he saw her coming and gestured his hand to come over.
Julia shaded her eyes from the strong rays of the sun and saw a guy waving for her to come. Then she headed for the shed.
"Hi, nice to see you Jules." Hwoarang greeted as soon as she came over and met him although; Hwoarang calling her Jules makes her feel uncomfortable. Julia then saw Hwoarang's friends surrounding the shed staring eerily at her and Hwoarang and the noise of heavy metal rock ringing in her ears, which kind of bothers her a bit.
Julia just smiled at him. "Come on, there's someone I want you to meet." Hwoarang said as he grabbed Julia's arm and pulled her along.
"Who?" Julia asked as she tagged along.
"Someone..." Hwoarang answered with suspense.
"Someone? And where are we heading?" Julia asked.
"Can't tell you yet, but we are heading for the library." Hwoarang replied.
There was silence between them as they headed for the library. Julia kept on thinking who this someone could be for she had no clue.
When the arrived at the library Hwoarang took Julia to a table wherein a familiar face of a girl and a boy welcomed her.
"Hi Julia, nice to see you!" The girl greeted with a smile. "Did you have lunch already?"
Julia stood openmouthed and wide eyed as she saw the girl. It was Pamela but right now, if she heard it right, she was called as Xiaoyu-her original name. She didn't mutter a word from then.
"Um, Julia, Xiaoyu wants to meet you," Hwoarang began to break the odd silence and Julia dropped the books she held in front of her above-the-knee Mishima High plaited skirt.
The girl rose to her feet and stood before Julia. "Are you okay?" She asked anxiously.
Julia nodded awkwardly and replied at last, "Y-yeah, I guess."
"I asked Hwoarang if he could convince you to come over. ' Coz I wanna-I wanna see you again and apologize to you on what I did." The girl said.
"But what about Christie?" Julia asked.
"Christie and I are okay already, its you that I wanna talk to," Xiaoyu replied.
"And you decided to call yourself with your original Chinese name?" Julia asked.
"Yeah, I guess we had to stick to what's original, right?" Xiaoyu answered as she flicked her ebony-black hair, which she was wearing down with a little hairclip on the side.
Julia noticed that there had been many changes with her long lost friend. For right now, she wasn't wearing her hair up in pigtails that usually bounce whenever she makes any moves but right now she was wearing them down and simple. Also, she talked and smiled normally not the way she used to talk which sounded so babyish and most of all, she called herself Xiaoyu instead of Pamela nor Pam. Surely, as seeing the outcome, maybe Jin really has a great influence over Pam or better yet, Xiaoyu.
"I guess so," Julia answered her friend.
"(Sigh), anyway, the reason that I called you here is for me to ask of your forgiveness, so Julia, do you forgive me?" Xiaoyu asked nervously.
Julia sighed heavily, opened her mouth slowly and said, "Pam-I-I mean Xiaoyu, its not easy to forgive," Xiaoyu bowed down her head and Julia continued, "But since we were friends and had known each other for quite a long time, I guess I'll reconsider and yes, I forgive you."
Without any uncertainty, Xiaoyu embraced Julia tightly and Julia embraced Xiaoyu back, which caused the two friends to giggle.
"Well, it's nice to see two friends hugging each other, but I thought there was suppose to be three," said a voice from behind them.
Julia and Xiaoyu turned back and saw Christie with her hands on her waist. "CHRISTIE!" Julia and Xiaoyu called simultaneously.
Then Christie joined and hugged them. Jin and Hwoarang looked at each other and smiled. Jin, who remained quiet all the time, shrugged and smiled back at his friend.
*{The Queen says}: NOPE, it's not yet the end of my story. There's still probably 2 more chapters to come, 'coz if ever I would stop here, I would be deceiving the title (remember it's a prom thing) and I won't be able to continue telling you on what's gonna happen to Hwoarang and Julia. Yes, there's still more things to happen between the two and you could find out if you stay tuned for chapter five. And yes, Julia is wearing a preppy school girl uniform just like Xiaoyu's, they all do actually including the boys, it's a private school, right? I hope you readers enjoyed the temporary happy ending coz I was still thinking to give you a suspense ending especially in the part where Xiaoyu was waiting for Julia's answer to forgive her blah, blah, blah...anyway, I need reviews, as usual, and thanks a lot again to those who had a heart to reviewed and e-mailed me!!! And once again, STAY TUNED FOR CHAPTER FIVE!!!