Chapter 9
Julia's thoughts
"Are you serious?!" Xiaoyu asked opening her eyes in surprise.
"Yes..." Julia said smiling shyly.
"But that's wonderful! You and Jin!" Xiaoyu said.
"Yeah..." Julia sighed.
"Why are you with that sad face?! You and Jin are now together. Oh my god! Did he try to..." Xiaoyu continued.
"No! God, no! It's nothing, don't worry." Julia said.
"I hate it when you say "it's nothing". I know there's a problem and you keep it for yourself..." Xiaoyu said.
"But, you don't have to know this one... It's nothing special, really, ok?" Julia said.
"Ok..." Xiaoyu replied.
"Now, it's only you missing Xiaoyu! With Howarang I mean!" Christie said looking at Xiaoyu who looked at the floor.
"I don't know... Things are quite difficult for me..." Xiaoyu said lowering her voice.
"What are you saying? What happened to the Xiaoyu who told me she was not giving up?! The Xiaoyu who told me she would make Howarang fall for her even if it take some time?!" Julia said. Xiaoyu looked at her and smiled.
***
"Xiaoyu told me about you and Jin." Howarang told Julia while they were walking to college.
"Aaahhh... Yeah." Julia said embarassed.
"You don't have to be like that, I'm glad you two are together." Howarang said.
"Seriously?" Julia said.
"Yeah I'm serious." Howarang said not smiling.
"Hum... Thank you!" Julia said.
"No problem!" Howarang said.
"Ah Howarang. I might be needing one of your advices..." Julia whispered.
"Ok. My house at seven p.m. Ok?" Howarang suggested. Julia nodded and kissed his cheek.
***
"At eight in my house?" Jin asked kissing Julia on the lips.
"Sure!" Julia said. "Can't wait!"
"Great, because I have a surprise for you." Jin said smiling.
"Really? I love surprises!" Julia said.
"Then, you'll love this one!" Jin said.
***
"Hi! So, what can I do for you?" Howarang asked sitting on the couch with Julia.
"Right. So, there's this girl. She is deeply in love with a boy that just had an heartbreak. But the boy is recovering very well and he really likes the company of the girl who loves him. But, she doesn't know his feelings for her, what should she do? I mean, is it too soon for her to confess?" Julia explained trying to sound serious and discreet.
"Hum... I see... Well it depends on the situations. On this case, the boy had an heartbreak... but he finds a girl who is there for him, to give him courage to continue. Suppose he starts to fall in love with her but he didn't forget the love he had for the other girl... Well I think the girl friend should let him know about her feelings for the boy." Howarang said thoughtful. "I mean, with that confession, the boy would know that there's a girl out there who loves him properly."
"Wow! I am shocked!" Julia started. "You really know about this kind of stuff."
"I learned from the best! Anyway, are these guys anyone I know?" Howarang asked.
"You know them more than you think." Julia said grinning. Howarang stoped to think for one moment.
"Listen I have to go now. Jin's waiting for me." Julia said. "Thank you for another one of your wonderful advices!" They said goodbye and Julia headed for Jin's house.
Jin... I love him... Funny, Some time ago I was afraid of saying these words, but now that I'm with Jin, I can say them, I can think that way without refuse. I'm so lucky to have a person like Jin in my life. I thought love would never knock on my door, but I was so wrong... His cold, but yet gentle, eyes say so much when I'm with him. I know that with him, I'm safe and protected. I love him... These are just words, I know, and they can't describe the way I feel about him, but I'm glad that these words can make a person feels like she's loved. It takes a simple I love you to see how deep a person is in love even if the words can't feel the way we feel, they can be felt by the way we say them. My only wish right now, is just to stay with Jin, and love him and be loved in return by the man that made my life colourful.
Howarang, one of my best friends, I'm glad him and Xiaoyu are getting close. I love him so much too, not in the way I love Jin, of course. He deserves a person like Xiaoyu, another one of my best friends, she is so innocent and kind. I hope Howarang notices the lovely person Xiaoyu is. I'm so glad to have friends like them, they are always close to me, they are always worried about me, they care so much, that sometimes I don't know if I'm being a good friend. Sometimes... I don't know if I'm giving them enough...
Michelle, my sister... I know she has much more to think about right now, It was stupid of me to think she didn't want to talk with me. I still remember the times we spent playing around our house, when we were childreen... Time passes so fast that it scares me...
Christie and Steve... They look so perfect together. First, I thought they were just colleagues, but now that I know them better, I can now say, they are my friends. They are real friends.
So to everyone... Jin, Howarang, Xiaoyu, Michelle, Christie, Steve... Thank you! I know you can't hear me, but I know you can feel me... Like I feel you... Julia thought on her way to Jin's house.
***
"Hi Jin!" Julia said hugging and kissing him passionatly.
"Come on in!" Jin invited. "Close your eyes."
"Why?" Julia asked.
"Just close. Trust me." Jin said putting his hand on Julia's eyes. She smiled. Jin leaded the way by taking her hand. She walked through Jin's house and then they stopped. "You can open now."
Julia opened her eyes and saw Michelle smiling at her.
"Michelle!" Julia called with tears appearing in her eyes. "How did you...?" Julia stopped and hugged her tightly.
"I spoke with Jin." Michelle explained.
"How did you know Jin's number?" Julia asked still hugging Michelle.
"Xiaoyu. She phoned me. The day you called, I was leaving to catch the plane, that's why I had to hurry you. I'm sorry." Michelle said.
"It doesn't matter now, I missed you so much!" Julia said crying with happiness. "How long are you staying?"
"I'll leave tomorrow at night..." Michelle said.
"But why?! So soon..." Julia said.
"I have to..." Michelle said sadly.
"I understand..." Julia said.
"Do you want to come with me?" Michelle asked. Julia parted from their embrance.
"Don't ask me that! You know I want to, but I won't go... Michelle, my life is here." Julia explained looking at Jin.
"I see... That's ok." Michelle understood smiling faintly.
***
"Thank you so much for talking with Michelle." Julia said to Xiaoyu.
"I knew you would like the surprise. So, surprise!" Xiaoyu said giggling. "Hi, Michelle."
"Hi Xiaoyu. How are you?" Michelle asked.
"Fine. Oh, this is Christie Monteiro." Xiaoyu introduced.
"Nice to meet you!" Christie said smiling.
"It's nice to meet you too!" Michelle said kindly.
***
Michelle is here, and I'm not dreaming... It was all planned by my friends... I love them so much! She will leave tomorrow, but I don't mind. I saw her after so long. And just for seeing her, I'm happy and relaxed. Julia thought laying on her bed. Flashback
"Michelle wait!" Julia said running after her sister. She was running so fast that she didn't see the small rock in front of her. She tripped on the rock and fell onto the ground. Starting to cry, she called her sister.
"Julia, are you hurt?" Michelle asked her small sister.
"My knee..." Julia replied watching her knee bleeding. "It's hurting me!"
"No, don't cry... Hum, let's see. Oh pain! Go away!" Michelle exclaimed. She took a tissue out of her pocket and started cleaning Julia's bleeding knee. "Is it getting better?"
"Yes!" Julia said laughing. End of flashback
Everything changes so fast... Julia thought and she fell asleep softly.
***
"Bye Michelle." Xiaoyu said sadly.
"Good bye Xiaoyu. It was nice seeing you again." Michelle said.
"Bye..." Christie said.
"Good bye Christie." Michelle said.
Why do the goodbyes have to be so hard to bare...? Don't go Michelle! No, I'm being selfish... She has to go back to her life like I have to stay here with mine... I'll miss you Michelle... Julia thought hugging Michelle.
"I'm going to miss you... Julia." Michelle said. Tears started to fall from Julia's eyes.
"I'll miss you too..." Julia said with her voice shaking.
"Don't be like that... We'll see each other another day... This is not a forever goodbye." Michelle cheered Julia.
"I know..." Julia said.
"Bye Jin, Steve and Howarang." Michelle said. The boys waved a goodbye smiling. Michelle left leaving Julia with a sigh of sadness. Jin put his arms around her waist and she hugged him back.
"It's ok..." Jin whispered.
"Promise you won't leave me..." Julia whispered in his ear.
"Don't worry, I won't leave you." Jin said.
"Promise it to me." Julia said.
"I promise." Jin said. Thank you Jin for being here with me. I wish this moment would never end. Julia thought hoping that Jin could read her mind.
"Well... I didn't want to interrupted this lovely moment, but are you thinking of having dinner? Because I could eat something right now..." Xiaoyu asked clearing her throat. Julia and Jin looked at her and smiled.
"What about pizza?" Steve suggested.
"Sounds fine to me!" Christie said kissing Steve.
"I'll place the dinner plates on the table!" Xiaoyu said running to the kitchen.
"Ok, I'll order the pizzas!" Howarang said.
At dinner, everybody talked and laughed together, having a great time between friends. I know Michelle left a while ago, but I can't help smiling and laughing... Come to think about it, Michelle didn't want me to cry for her. Like she said, it wasn't a forever goodbye. I'm glad everybody is here. Julia thought.
"Hey Julia!" Howarang said interrupting her thoughts. "Smile girl!"
"Sorry!" Julia said smiling at the Korean.
"That's more like it!" Howarang said.
"... And then, he said "What's the problem man?" and I said "Mind your own business!"" Julia heard Steve tell Christie his adventure.
"Really?! What happened next?" Christie said amazed with her boyfriend.
"Well... The man punched me on the face and I fell." Steve continued. Julia laughed along with the others. "Hey! Now we laugh, but that really hurt me that day. But then, I got up... and punched him back. Oooohhh it was a tough fight! But it was nothing that I couldn't help."
"Let me guess, you ended up in the hospital!?" Howarang joked.
"Hey! How did you know?" Steve said. The others looked at him. "I'm kidding you guys!"
"Yeah right!" Jin said entering in the conversation.
"It's serious! You think I would end up in hospital with just that fight? No way!" Steve said.
"It was possible!" Xiaoyu said giggling.
"Nah! Not with me!" Steve said smiling.
"I know... You're very brave." Christie said touching Steve's cheek.
"Aren't they cute?!" Howarang said.
"The sweetest things I've ever seen." Jin said joking.
***
"Everyone is in bed right now..." Jin informed Julia who had sat in the wooden chair outside in the balcony.
"Now we have the rest of the night for us..." Julia said smiling. I have to tell him, but what if it's too soon...? Julia thought looking at the darkened sky.
"Jin..." Julia started. Come on, what can happen? Tell him... Don't be afraid of those words again. "Jin... I... want to say... I mean... I... I... well..."
"Say it Julia, what's wrong?" Jin asked looking at her.
"I... I love you!" Julia almost yelled. Jin looked at her. His smile disappeard. "I knew it... I'm sorry, I rushed the things didn't I? I screwed everything..."
"Julia... I love you too." Jin said looking into her eyes. She quickly stood up and hugged him tightly. They kissed passionatly under the moonlight. If this is a dream, please don't wake me up... But I'm feeling Jin's heart, so this can't be a dream... Julia thought.
Hi! I hope you're enjoying! What will happen to these lovely couples? And what about the Mishima army?! Remember? Lot of surprises coming! Keep reviewing, please!!!!!! ***********
Julia's thoughts
"Are you serious?!" Xiaoyu asked opening her eyes in surprise.
"Yes..." Julia said smiling shyly.
"But that's wonderful! You and Jin!" Xiaoyu said.
"Yeah..." Julia sighed.
"Why are you with that sad face?! You and Jin are now together. Oh my god! Did he try to..." Xiaoyu continued.
"No! God, no! It's nothing, don't worry." Julia said.
"I hate it when you say "it's nothing". I know there's a problem and you keep it for yourself..." Xiaoyu said.
"But, you don't have to know this one... It's nothing special, really, ok?" Julia said.
"Ok..." Xiaoyu replied.
"Now, it's only you missing Xiaoyu! With Howarang I mean!" Christie said looking at Xiaoyu who looked at the floor.
"I don't know... Things are quite difficult for me..." Xiaoyu said lowering her voice.
"What are you saying? What happened to the Xiaoyu who told me she was not giving up?! The Xiaoyu who told me she would make Howarang fall for her even if it take some time?!" Julia said. Xiaoyu looked at her and smiled.
***
"Xiaoyu told me about you and Jin." Howarang told Julia while they were walking to college.
"Aaahhh... Yeah." Julia said embarassed.
"You don't have to be like that, I'm glad you two are together." Howarang said.
"Seriously?" Julia said.
"Yeah I'm serious." Howarang said not smiling.
"Hum... Thank you!" Julia said.
"No problem!" Howarang said.
"Ah Howarang. I might be needing one of your advices..." Julia whispered.
"Ok. My house at seven p.m. Ok?" Howarang suggested. Julia nodded and kissed his cheek.
***
"At eight in my house?" Jin asked kissing Julia on the lips.
"Sure!" Julia said. "Can't wait!"
"Great, because I have a surprise for you." Jin said smiling.
"Really? I love surprises!" Julia said.
"Then, you'll love this one!" Jin said.
***
"Hi! So, what can I do for you?" Howarang asked sitting on the couch with Julia.
"Right. So, there's this girl. She is deeply in love with a boy that just had an heartbreak. But the boy is recovering very well and he really likes the company of the girl who loves him. But, she doesn't know his feelings for her, what should she do? I mean, is it too soon for her to confess?" Julia explained trying to sound serious and discreet.
"Hum... I see... Well it depends on the situations. On this case, the boy had an heartbreak... but he finds a girl who is there for him, to give him courage to continue. Suppose he starts to fall in love with her but he didn't forget the love he had for the other girl... Well I think the girl friend should let him know about her feelings for the boy." Howarang said thoughtful. "I mean, with that confession, the boy would know that there's a girl out there who loves him properly."
"Wow! I am shocked!" Julia started. "You really know about this kind of stuff."
"I learned from the best! Anyway, are these guys anyone I know?" Howarang asked.
"You know them more than you think." Julia said grinning. Howarang stoped to think for one moment.
"Listen I have to go now. Jin's waiting for me." Julia said. "Thank you for another one of your wonderful advices!" They said goodbye and Julia headed for Jin's house.
Jin... I love him... Funny, Some time ago I was afraid of saying these words, but now that I'm with Jin, I can say them, I can think that way without refuse. I'm so lucky to have a person like Jin in my life. I thought love would never knock on my door, but I was so wrong... His cold, but yet gentle, eyes say so much when I'm with him. I know that with him, I'm safe and protected. I love him... These are just words, I know, and they can't describe the way I feel about him, but I'm glad that these words can make a person feels like she's loved. It takes a simple I love you to see how deep a person is in love even if the words can't feel the way we feel, they can be felt by the way we say them. My only wish right now, is just to stay with Jin, and love him and be loved in return by the man that made my life colourful.
Howarang, one of my best friends, I'm glad him and Xiaoyu are getting close. I love him so much too, not in the way I love Jin, of course. He deserves a person like Xiaoyu, another one of my best friends, she is so innocent and kind. I hope Howarang notices the lovely person Xiaoyu is. I'm so glad to have friends like them, they are always close to me, they are always worried about me, they care so much, that sometimes I don't know if I'm being a good friend. Sometimes... I don't know if I'm giving them enough...
Michelle, my sister... I know she has much more to think about right now, It was stupid of me to think she didn't want to talk with me. I still remember the times we spent playing around our house, when we were childreen... Time passes so fast that it scares me...
Christie and Steve... They look so perfect together. First, I thought they were just colleagues, but now that I know them better, I can now say, they are my friends. They are real friends.
So to everyone... Jin, Howarang, Xiaoyu, Michelle, Christie, Steve... Thank you! I know you can't hear me, but I know you can feel me... Like I feel you... Julia thought on her way to Jin's house.
***
"Hi Jin!" Julia said hugging and kissing him passionatly.
"Come on in!" Jin invited. "Close your eyes."
"Why?" Julia asked.
"Just close. Trust me." Jin said putting his hand on Julia's eyes. She smiled. Jin leaded the way by taking her hand. She walked through Jin's house and then they stopped. "You can open now."
Julia opened her eyes and saw Michelle smiling at her.
"Michelle!" Julia called with tears appearing in her eyes. "How did you...?" Julia stopped and hugged her tightly.
"I spoke with Jin." Michelle explained.
"How did you know Jin's number?" Julia asked still hugging Michelle.
"Xiaoyu. She phoned me. The day you called, I was leaving to catch the plane, that's why I had to hurry you. I'm sorry." Michelle said.
"It doesn't matter now, I missed you so much!" Julia said crying with happiness. "How long are you staying?"
"I'll leave tomorrow at night..." Michelle said.
"But why?! So soon..." Julia said.
"I have to..." Michelle said sadly.
"I understand..." Julia said.
"Do you want to come with me?" Michelle asked. Julia parted from their embrance.
"Don't ask me that! You know I want to, but I won't go... Michelle, my life is here." Julia explained looking at Jin.
"I see... That's ok." Michelle understood smiling faintly.
***
"Thank you so much for talking with Michelle." Julia said to Xiaoyu.
"I knew you would like the surprise. So, surprise!" Xiaoyu said giggling. "Hi, Michelle."
"Hi Xiaoyu. How are you?" Michelle asked.
"Fine. Oh, this is Christie Monteiro." Xiaoyu introduced.
"Nice to meet you!" Christie said smiling.
"It's nice to meet you too!" Michelle said kindly.
***
Michelle is here, and I'm not dreaming... It was all planned by my friends... I love them so much! She will leave tomorrow, but I don't mind. I saw her after so long. And just for seeing her, I'm happy and relaxed. Julia thought laying on her bed. Flashback
"Michelle wait!" Julia said running after her sister. She was running so fast that she didn't see the small rock in front of her. She tripped on the rock and fell onto the ground. Starting to cry, she called her sister.
"Julia, are you hurt?" Michelle asked her small sister.
"My knee..." Julia replied watching her knee bleeding. "It's hurting me!"
"No, don't cry... Hum, let's see. Oh pain! Go away!" Michelle exclaimed. She took a tissue out of her pocket and started cleaning Julia's bleeding knee. "Is it getting better?"
"Yes!" Julia said laughing. End of flashback
Everything changes so fast... Julia thought and she fell asleep softly.
***
"Bye Michelle." Xiaoyu said sadly.
"Good bye Xiaoyu. It was nice seeing you again." Michelle said.
"Bye..." Christie said.
"Good bye Christie." Michelle said.
Why do the goodbyes have to be so hard to bare...? Don't go Michelle! No, I'm being selfish... She has to go back to her life like I have to stay here with mine... I'll miss you Michelle... Julia thought hugging Michelle.
"I'm going to miss you... Julia." Michelle said. Tears started to fall from Julia's eyes.
"I'll miss you too..." Julia said with her voice shaking.
"Don't be like that... We'll see each other another day... This is not a forever goodbye." Michelle cheered Julia.
"I know..." Julia said.
"Bye Jin, Steve and Howarang." Michelle said. The boys waved a goodbye smiling. Michelle left leaving Julia with a sigh of sadness. Jin put his arms around her waist and she hugged him back.
"It's ok..." Jin whispered.
"Promise you won't leave me..." Julia whispered in his ear.
"Don't worry, I won't leave you." Jin said.
"Promise it to me." Julia said.
"I promise." Jin said. Thank you Jin for being here with me. I wish this moment would never end. Julia thought hoping that Jin could read her mind.
"Well... I didn't want to interrupted this lovely moment, but are you thinking of having dinner? Because I could eat something right now..." Xiaoyu asked clearing her throat. Julia and Jin looked at her and smiled.
"What about pizza?" Steve suggested.
"Sounds fine to me!" Christie said kissing Steve.
"I'll place the dinner plates on the table!" Xiaoyu said running to the kitchen.
"Ok, I'll order the pizzas!" Howarang said.
At dinner, everybody talked and laughed together, having a great time between friends. I know Michelle left a while ago, but I can't help smiling and laughing... Come to think about it, Michelle didn't want me to cry for her. Like she said, it wasn't a forever goodbye. I'm glad everybody is here. Julia thought.
"Hey Julia!" Howarang said interrupting her thoughts. "Smile girl!"
"Sorry!" Julia said smiling at the Korean.
"That's more like it!" Howarang said.
"... And then, he said "What's the problem man?" and I said "Mind your own business!"" Julia heard Steve tell Christie his adventure.
"Really?! What happened next?" Christie said amazed with her boyfriend.
"Well... The man punched me on the face and I fell." Steve continued. Julia laughed along with the others. "Hey! Now we laugh, but that really hurt me that day. But then, I got up... and punched him back. Oooohhh it was a tough fight! But it was nothing that I couldn't help."
"Let me guess, you ended up in the hospital!?" Howarang joked.
"Hey! How did you know?" Steve said. The others looked at him. "I'm kidding you guys!"
"Yeah right!" Jin said entering in the conversation.
"It's serious! You think I would end up in hospital with just that fight? No way!" Steve said.
"It was possible!" Xiaoyu said giggling.
"Nah! Not with me!" Steve said smiling.
"I know... You're very brave." Christie said touching Steve's cheek.
"Aren't they cute?!" Howarang said.
"The sweetest things I've ever seen." Jin said joking.
***
"Everyone is in bed right now..." Jin informed Julia who had sat in the wooden chair outside in the balcony.
"Now we have the rest of the night for us..." Julia said smiling. I have to tell him, but what if it's too soon...? Julia thought looking at the darkened sky.
"Jin..." Julia started. Come on, what can happen? Tell him... Don't be afraid of those words again. "Jin... I... want to say... I mean... I... I... well..."
"Say it Julia, what's wrong?" Jin asked looking at her.
"I... I love you!" Julia almost yelled. Jin looked at her. His smile disappeard. "I knew it... I'm sorry, I rushed the things didn't I? I screwed everything..."
"Julia... I love you too." Jin said looking into her eyes. She quickly stood up and hugged him tightly. They kissed passionatly under the moonlight. If this is a dream, please don't wake me up... But I'm feeling Jin's heart, so this can't be a dream... Julia thought.
Hi! I hope you're enjoying! What will happen to these lovely couples? And what about the Mishima army?! Remember? Lot of surprises coming! Keep reviewing, please!!!!!! ***********
