Twists and Tears - Chapter 4 By ACWood
(A/N: Ok, so I know it's been a long time, but I FINALLY typed this chapter up. I don't know how short it is in relation to the other chapters and I don't really care. I like this chapter. ^_^)
When my alarm clock went off, and I knew it was time for school, I groaned. I knew Julia would be there that day. I just knew it. I could feel it. I went to run my hand through my hair and felt my ponytail holders still in place and with numerous strands of my hair twisted and tangled around them. I groaned and pushed myself off the bed to stand on the floor when my foot hit something soft and warm. I knew what it was.
"Stupid cat..." I thought as I hopped on one foot to my bathroom. Today was going to suck.
When I got to school, Miharu was nowhere to be seen. It was only later, at lunch, that I saw her. She was with Julia and a few of her friends.
When I walked in and saw them leering at me from the door, I was tempted to turn right around and leave.
But, being the slow thinking idiot I am, I basically stood there in the doorway frozen as five girls, Julia and Miharu included, strolled up to me.
Julia crossed her arms and glared at me full force once her cronies had taken a similar stance. Miharu, who fidgeted and didn't even meet my eye, stood out like a sore thumb.
"So..." Julia said slowly as she began to walk around me. "What to do what to do..." She sighed as she stopped in front of me, tapping her chin in mock thoughtfulness. For the next few seconds she continued to do this. She knew how to get me paranoid. She knows that I can't stand not knowing what's going on or what people are thinking, so she did something that scared the hell out of me.
She did absolutely nothing except click her tongue, turn around, and walk away, being closely followed by her minions.
I stood there, dumbfounded as they walked off. Then, remembering that I had fully functional limbs, ran up to Julia and tapped her on the shoulder.
She turned around with a look of mock surprise on her face. "Well, Ling! What on earth could you possibly want?"
"Is that it? You have nothing else to say?" I replied, surprising even myself with my boldness.
"What do you want me to say?" Julia asked, showing her anger and narrowing her eyes.
"You want me to tell you you're a backstabbing bitch? You want me to tell you how much I hate you-how much I can't STAND you? Is that what you want?"
"Yes, actually. I want the satisfaction of knowing I've hurt you." I said smugly as I walked away.
There was no doubt Julia was planning on doing something to me later. I knew I'd gotten her upset. She was probably just going to give me silent treatment until the next ice age, but I had to go and open my big mouth. I'm not usually like that, but there was just something in the way she talked... Jin didn't even like her, and she went on like they were planning a marriage. I actually felt a bit sorry for her, but not much. She doesn't even know all of what's going on and she's talking to me like that.
After school, Jin waited for me at my locker so we could walk outside together.
"What's going on ? You seem kind of out of it today." He said concernedly.
I thought about telling him. He really should have known. "Nothing. 'Just sleepy, I guess." I said with a small, fake smile.
Jin's eyebrow twitched, but he seemed satisfied because he kissed me and headed out to his waiting limo. "I'll call you later!" He called out of the open window as the limo lurched away.
I nodded and waved lazily until the car was out of sight.
Right then I felt like falling on the ground and crying my problems away. I only got to sitting on the ground, when someone yanked my right pig-tail upwards. I yelped as I came up with it, holding my head. As my hair was released, I saw that it was Julia. She had crossed her arms and smirked.
I instinctively began backing up, only to have her advance on me until I was stopped by a wall.
Julia stalked up to me. "It's time for you to pay, Ling." She said coldly.
"For what?" I asked, turning my head to the side slightly.
"'For what?!'" She echoed, slapping my across the face. "You know what, you stupid bitch!" She screamed, slapping me once more on the last word.
"No, really. I don't. If you think I stole your boyfriend, you are terribly mistaken."
"What are you talking about?"
"Jin came to me! I didn't take him from you! He left you himself!"
"Liar!" Julia yelled, trying to slap me once more. I blocked it that time.
The next thing I knew, three girls were with Julia, the first got a black hunk of, what appeared to be marble, out of a bag, while the other two stood there and smirked. Julia pinned my arms to my sides and accepted the hunk of marble from the first girl. I squirmed under Julia's body, managed to get my right arm free, and punched her in the face.
Julia stumbled back. The other to girls steadied her and glared at me.
"Four against one? I don't think that's very fair." I said, brushing my clothes off.
"Shut up!" Julia screamed, obviously enraged. She nodded to the three girls, who shuffled up to me, two grabbing each of my arms and one punching me in the stomach.
I winced in pain and tried to wriggle free, which made Julia laugh coldly, wiping the blood from her lip.
"Give it up, Xiao." She said, walking up to me once more. "I'm going to teach you a lesson about messing with me, and there's nothing you can do about it." she added, raising the hunk of marble above my head.
I shut my eyes tightly, knowing what was coming. "I'm going to die. And all because of that damn Kazama..." I thought.
I waited for what seemed like ages for something to happen. Suddenly Julia cried out and the pressure from the girls on my arms was gone. I opened my eyes in surprise to see Julia wincing and holding her head while Hwoarang yanked on her hair.
"What do you skanks think you're doing?" He said, eyeing the other three girls.
"Julia?" He asked, yanking Julia's hair upwards and receiving a satisfying yelp out of it.
"Sh-She.." Was the only thing Julia managed to gasp out.
Hwoarang slung Julia to the side disgustedly before releasing her hair.
Julia glared at Hwoarang before nodding to her cronies to make a quick exit.
Hwoarang watched all of them leave before turning back to me.
"What the hell was that about?" He asked lightly.
I just blinked before giving him a full-on tackle glomp. "Oh, thank you so much!" I said before clambering off of him and looking sheepish.
"No problem..." He said, eyeing me wearily.
"Uh... I guess I'll be going then..." I said, beginning to walk off.
"You just walk home?" Hwoarang asked.
"I turned around. "Yeah. What do you do?"
"That." He said, pointing to a deep purple and chrome colored motorcycle with high handle bars and twin pipes on either side.
"Wow." I muttered, staring at it.
"Yeah..." He sighed smugly. "The name's Cleo."
I laughed. "You named your bike?"
"Yeah, but I prefer to call her a crotch rocket."
That made me laugh even harder.
"Hey, calm down." He said with a chuckle. "'Wasn't that funny."
"I'm sorry." I breathed, ending my fit and looking up at him.
"You wanna ride?" He asked casually.
"Really?!" I asked, walking up to Cleo and running my hands lightly over her black, leather seat.
"Sure. Why not?"
"Ok." I said, getting on.
"Here," Hwoarang said as he got on in front of me, handing me a black and purple helmet. "you can use mine."
"Okay." I said, smiling as I squeezed it over my pigtails, and trying my best to lift the visor.
Hwoarang turned in the seat. "Here, let me." He said, flicking it up with ease.
I couldn't help but smile, which must have looked pretty funny, seeing as my face was kind of squished by the helmets foam interior.
Hwoarang chuckled as he put the key in the ignition, turned it and stomped down on the pedal.
Cloe came to life beneath us, and I grabbed onto Hwoarang's sides. "You ready?" He called before gunning the engine.
I clung to his chest for dear life as we pulled out of the school parking lot and onto the street.
There, Hwoarang sped and dodged cars recklessly. "Which way?" He yelled back at me. I pointed every time we had to turn because I don't think he would have heard me anyway.
As we pulled into my driveway, my mom turned from her azaleas and shielded her eyes from the sun to watch us.
Hwoarang killed the engine and I jumped off, pulling the helmet off my head. That's when my mom came over.
She walked past me and over to Hwoarang, who was getting off of his bike. "Well, hello there! I don't believe we've met, I'm Suchin, Ling's mother." She said pleasantly, extending her hand.
Hwoarang took my mother's hand, and to her and my surprise, kissed it.
"I see where Ling gets her good looks, ma'am." He said politely.
My mother waved her hand and blushed. I could feel my cheeks burning too.
"Well," my mom said, wrapping her arm around Hwoarang's "I just made a fresh batch of lemonade, if you're interested--"
"Oh no, I couldn't." Hwoarang said, taking back his arm.
"I insist. It's the least I could do for you bringing Ling home." She said.
"No, really. I need to be getting home soon. I'll be on my way." He replied as he hopped on his bike and grabbed his helmet. "Thanks anyway!" He called before he started Cloe and backed out of out driveway.
"Thanks Hwoarang!" I called as he sped off down the street.
I heard my mom giggle as I headed into the house. I looked at her. "What?"
"I really like him, Ling." She said with a smile.
"Oh really? I couldn't tell." I said with a laugh before going inside.
(A/N: Well... What is it like? I need to know because... Well.... I just do!)
(A/N: Ok, so I know it's been a long time, but I FINALLY typed this chapter up. I don't know how short it is in relation to the other chapters and I don't really care. I like this chapter. ^_^)
When my alarm clock went off, and I knew it was time for school, I groaned. I knew Julia would be there that day. I just knew it. I could feel it. I went to run my hand through my hair and felt my ponytail holders still in place and with numerous strands of my hair twisted and tangled around them. I groaned and pushed myself off the bed to stand on the floor when my foot hit something soft and warm. I knew what it was.
"Stupid cat..." I thought as I hopped on one foot to my bathroom. Today was going to suck.
When I got to school, Miharu was nowhere to be seen. It was only later, at lunch, that I saw her. She was with Julia and a few of her friends.
When I walked in and saw them leering at me from the door, I was tempted to turn right around and leave.
But, being the slow thinking idiot I am, I basically stood there in the doorway frozen as five girls, Julia and Miharu included, strolled up to me.
Julia crossed her arms and glared at me full force once her cronies had taken a similar stance. Miharu, who fidgeted and didn't even meet my eye, stood out like a sore thumb.
"So..." Julia said slowly as she began to walk around me. "What to do what to do..." She sighed as she stopped in front of me, tapping her chin in mock thoughtfulness. For the next few seconds she continued to do this. She knew how to get me paranoid. She knows that I can't stand not knowing what's going on or what people are thinking, so she did something that scared the hell out of me.
She did absolutely nothing except click her tongue, turn around, and walk away, being closely followed by her minions.
I stood there, dumbfounded as they walked off. Then, remembering that I had fully functional limbs, ran up to Julia and tapped her on the shoulder.
She turned around with a look of mock surprise on her face. "Well, Ling! What on earth could you possibly want?"
"Is that it? You have nothing else to say?" I replied, surprising even myself with my boldness.
"What do you want me to say?" Julia asked, showing her anger and narrowing her eyes.
"You want me to tell you you're a backstabbing bitch? You want me to tell you how much I hate you-how much I can't STAND you? Is that what you want?"
"Yes, actually. I want the satisfaction of knowing I've hurt you." I said smugly as I walked away.
There was no doubt Julia was planning on doing something to me later. I knew I'd gotten her upset. She was probably just going to give me silent treatment until the next ice age, but I had to go and open my big mouth. I'm not usually like that, but there was just something in the way she talked... Jin didn't even like her, and she went on like they were planning a marriage. I actually felt a bit sorry for her, but not much. She doesn't even know all of what's going on and she's talking to me like that.
After school, Jin waited for me at my locker so we could walk outside together.
"What's going on ? You seem kind of out of it today." He said concernedly.
I thought about telling him. He really should have known. "Nothing. 'Just sleepy, I guess." I said with a small, fake smile.
Jin's eyebrow twitched, but he seemed satisfied because he kissed me and headed out to his waiting limo. "I'll call you later!" He called out of the open window as the limo lurched away.
I nodded and waved lazily until the car was out of sight.
Right then I felt like falling on the ground and crying my problems away. I only got to sitting on the ground, when someone yanked my right pig-tail upwards. I yelped as I came up with it, holding my head. As my hair was released, I saw that it was Julia. She had crossed her arms and smirked.
I instinctively began backing up, only to have her advance on me until I was stopped by a wall.
Julia stalked up to me. "It's time for you to pay, Ling." She said coldly.
"For what?" I asked, turning my head to the side slightly.
"'For what?!'" She echoed, slapping my across the face. "You know what, you stupid bitch!" She screamed, slapping me once more on the last word.
"No, really. I don't. If you think I stole your boyfriend, you are terribly mistaken."
"What are you talking about?"
"Jin came to me! I didn't take him from you! He left you himself!"
"Liar!" Julia yelled, trying to slap me once more. I blocked it that time.
The next thing I knew, three girls were with Julia, the first got a black hunk of, what appeared to be marble, out of a bag, while the other two stood there and smirked. Julia pinned my arms to my sides and accepted the hunk of marble from the first girl. I squirmed under Julia's body, managed to get my right arm free, and punched her in the face.
Julia stumbled back. The other to girls steadied her and glared at me.
"Four against one? I don't think that's very fair." I said, brushing my clothes off.
"Shut up!" Julia screamed, obviously enraged. She nodded to the three girls, who shuffled up to me, two grabbing each of my arms and one punching me in the stomach.
I winced in pain and tried to wriggle free, which made Julia laugh coldly, wiping the blood from her lip.
"Give it up, Xiao." She said, walking up to me once more. "I'm going to teach you a lesson about messing with me, and there's nothing you can do about it." she added, raising the hunk of marble above my head.
I shut my eyes tightly, knowing what was coming. "I'm going to die. And all because of that damn Kazama..." I thought.
I waited for what seemed like ages for something to happen. Suddenly Julia cried out and the pressure from the girls on my arms was gone. I opened my eyes in surprise to see Julia wincing and holding her head while Hwoarang yanked on her hair.
"What do you skanks think you're doing?" He said, eyeing the other three girls.
"Julia?" He asked, yanking Julia's hair upwards and receiving a satisfying yelp out of it.
"Sh-She.." Was the only thing Julia managed to gasp out.
Hwoarang slung Julia to the side disgustedly before releasing her hair.
Julia glared at Hwoarang before nodding to her cronies to make a quick exit.
Hwoarang watched all of them leave before turning back to me.
"What the hell was that about?" He asked lightly.
I just blinked before giving him a full-on tackle glomp. "Oh, thank you so much!" I said before clambering off of him and looking sheepish.
"No problem..." He said, eyeing me wearily.
"Uh... I guess I'll be going then..." I said, beginning to walk off.
"You just walk home?" Hwoarang asked.
"I turned around. "Yeah. What do you do?"
"That." He said, pointing to a deep purple and chrome colored motorcycle with high handle bars and twin pipes on either side.
"Wow." I muttered, staring at it.
"Yeah..." He sighed smugly. "The name's Cleo."
I laughed. "You named your bike?"
"Yeah, but I prefer to call her a crotch rocket."
That made me laugh even harder.
"Hey, calm down." He said with a chuckle. "'Wasn't that funny."
"I'm sorry." I breathed, ending my fit and looking up at him.
"You wanna ride?" He asked casually.
"Really?!" I asked, walking up to Cleo and running my hands lightly over her black, leather seat.
"Sure. Why not?"
"Ok." I said, getting on.
"Here," Hwoarang said as he got on in front of me, handing me a black and purple helmet. "you can use mine."
"Okay." I said, smiling as I squeezed it over my pigtails, and trying my best to lift the visor.
Hwoarang turned in the seat. "Here, let me." He said, flicking it up with ease.
I couldn't help but smile, which must have looked pretty funny, seeing as my face was kind of squished by the helmets foam interior.
Hwoarang chuckled as he put the key in the ignition, turned it and stomped down on the pedal.
Cloe came to life beneath us, and I grabbed onto Hwoarang's sides. "You ready?" He called before gunning the engine.
I clung to his chest for dear life as we pulled out of the school parking lot and onto the street.
There, Hwoarang sped and dodged cars recklessly. "Which way?" He yelled back at me. I pointed every time we had to turn because I don't think he would have heard me anyway.
As we pulled into my driveway, my mom turned from her azaleas and shielded her eyes from the sun to watch us.
Hwoarang killed the engine and I jumped off, pulling the helmet off my head. That's when my mom came over.
She walked past me and over to Hwoarang, who was getting off of his bike. "Well, hello there! I don't believe we've met, I'm Suchin, Ling's mother." She said pleasantly, extending her hand.
Hwoarang took my mother's hand, and to her and my surprise, kissed it.
"I see where Ling gets her good looks, ma'am." He said politely.
My mother waved her hand and blushed. I could feel my cheeks burning too.
"Well," my mom said, wrapping her arm around Hwoarang's "I just made a fresh batch of lemonade, if you're interested--"
"Oh no, I couldn't." Hwoarang said, taking back his arm.
"I insist. It's the least I could do for you bringing Ling home." She said.
"No, really. I need to be getting home soon. I'll be on my way." He replied as he hopped on his bike and grabbed his helmet. "Thanks anyway!" He called before he started Cloe and backed out of out driveway.
"Thanks Hwoarang!" I called as he sped off down the street.
I heard my mom giggle as I headed into the house. I looked at her. "What?"
"I really like him, Ling." She said with a smile.
"Oh really? I couldn't tell." I said with a laugh before going inside.
(A/N: Well... What is it like? I need to know because... Well.... I just do!)
