******Well, what did you guys think about my first chapter? Pretty stinky huh? Oh well…******

A few weeks later. . .

       "Good evening Miss Hsu," the butler said. She had just come back from a meeting with her agent.

       "Good evening, James," she replied.

       "You have a visitor, Miss."

       "Oh. Who is it, James?"

       "Miss Michelle Saram."

       "Michelle?!"

       "Yes, Miss."

       "Give her something to drink. I'll be with her in a moment."

       Barbie rushed to her room and changed into a baby pink dress. She sprayed some perfume on, brushed her long black hair and went down.

       "Barbie! You look smashing! It's been months since I've seen you! I miss you so much," the short-haired Singaporean said, hugging Barbie.

       "Hi Michelle! Thanks! You don't look so bad either! How are you? What brings you here? I can't believe you're here," Barbie said, hugging her friend back.

       "Woah Barbie! One question at a time! First of all, I'm fine! Actually, I have very interesting news. Anyway, I'm here because of the reunion thing. You are coming aren't you?"

        "I'm not so sure…Mark, he's uhmmmm, not sure if he wants to go and uhm, well, I promised to spend New Year's Day with him." She looked away as she felt tears in her eyes.

        "Girl, I think you need a listening ear. What's wrong Barbie?" She held Barbie's hand and brought her to the couch. Both of them sat down.

        "It's Mark. You know how he is…Forever jealous of other guys."

        "Other guys or…Jerry?"

        "Of other guys of course! Why would he be jealous of Jerry?" She faked a little laugh.

        "Barbie, we all knew he had a thing for you. We all actually thought that you guys would eventually go together. And then, well, Mark came and things changed."

         "Mark was caring, handsome, strong and he tried to protect me always."

         "I don't know why but he always struck me as a violent person."

         Barbie recalled the few times when Mark was really angry and had hit her. Those times were few but they had really happened. Just like the time when Vanness had called her to ask her to come to his birthday bash.

FLASHBACK

         "Hello?…..Vanness?….A party? Why?….You're birthday? I'll see……"

        Just then, Mark arrived.

        "Who are you talking to?," he asked.

        "Hold on a sec, Vann….Mark, it's Vanness."

        "Put the phone down," he said coldly.

        "Huh?"

        "I said put it down."

        " O-okay…Vann, I'll call you back."

        Just as she pu the phone down, Mark hit her hard on her face.

        "Ouch. What the hell did you do that for?!"

        "You flirt! B****"

        "What do you mean?" Her nose was bleeding.

        "So I'm not good enough, huh? You just have to have one of the F4. Just because they're richer than I am. What do they give you just so you'd sleep with them?!"

        "What do you mean?! You know that's not true!"

        "Shut up!" He hit her again and walked out. Barbie had to stay home for a few weeks after the incident. It had been a first among similar incidents.

END OF FLASHBACK

         "Hello? Earth to Barbie? Are you okay?"

         "Yeah. Sure."

         "Whatever you say Barbie. Anyway, isn't he a violent person?"

         "No he isn't. Of course not. I mean why would I stick to a violent boyfriend?" Why do I stick with a violent boyfriend like Mark? Fear?

******Well, how was it? Hope you guys liked it. I'll try to update soon. Reviews welcome!!*****