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Chapter 14 – The Decision

While Hwoarang and Eijiro were preparing their departure towards Mexico, Julia was still in her house thinking about what to do.

She wanted to go, but she didn't want to leave her family.

Lao was furious because she hadn't announced her wedding with Steve yet, and he was even more furious because Hwoarang had fooled everyone, pretending to be Yon Kwan. And the worst part was that Lao didn't know half of the truth. Julia didn't even want to imagine his reaction if he knew what had really happened between her and Hwoarang.

In that same moment, Lao was contacting with the authorities and giving them Hwoarang's description so the police could search for him. Suddenly she felt worried, what if he was caught? He would be straight to jail.

Julia was lying on her bed when someone knocked at her door, she didn't want to speak with no one, but it was her mother and she couldn't just send her away.

-'Are you alright?'-she asked to her daughter.

-'I don't know.'

-'Michelle said you really love this boy. Is that true?'

-'Yes.'

-'What about Steve and the wedding?'

-'There's no wedding mum! I don't want it. Steve is a good friend, but I'll never marry him.'

-'I see…I knew you would say that.'

-'I'm sorry…I know that dad will be disappointed.'

-'Well, he shouldn't have forced you in the first place...'

-'That's true.'

-'Well…I suggest you tell your father that you won't marry Steve Fox…otherwise it will be worse. The sooner the better…besides, I think Steve wants to go home too. He said he wanted to go and look for a girl in Japan.'

-'Yes…I know.'

When her mother left, Julia looked at her watch, it was a half past eight already. Hwoarang would leave in thirty minutes.

She lay down and watched the ceiling. She thought about what had happened earlier, with Hwoarang and her. She wanted to be with him again.

Julia got up and opened a drawer; she took her credit card and her passport and put them in a bag. Then she started to pack some clothes.

She had finally made her decision; she was going with him and now there was no turning back.

She questioned herself if she should say goodbye to her mother and sister, but she decided not to because they would freak out and stop her from leaving.

Julia took her car keys and left a note on her mother's bed. She had written just a few lines saying that she would be alright and that she would call them as soon as she arrived in South Korea.

A few minutes later she left in her car. Fortunately she wasn't seen.

In the meanwhile it was almost nine o'clock and Hwoarang and Eijiro had received permission to leave the harbour in ten minutes.

-'What are you searching for?'-Eijiro asked seeing that Hwoarang was always watching the harbour.

-'Nothing…'

-'You told her to come, didn't you?'

-'Yes…'-Hwoarang admitted.-'But she's not that stupid. She won't come…I mean why would she? She has everything she needs in here.'

-'I guess so…Why don't we leave now?'

-'Just wait ten more minutes, alright?'

-'Whatever!'

Eijiro was putting some bottles of water inside the boat.

The sun was almost gone, soon it would be night, and they would be on their way to Mexico. Once in Mexico, they would go to the airport and leave to South Korea.

They couldn't risk going to an USA airport, because Hwoarang knew they would be caught immediately. Going to Mexico was their best chance to escape the American authorities.

-'Once we get home, we can celebrate and maybe we could help Baek a bit…I mean we could give him some money to fix the Dojo…'-Eijiro suggested.

-'Yeah…'

Eijiro looked at Hwoarang and shrugged; his friend was acting like it was the end of the world.

-'She's just a girl, you know?'-Eijiro said a bit annoyed.

-'I don't want to talk about it…go start the engine.'

-'Finally!'-Eijiro sighed.

In that moment, Julia was searching for the dock number 20, but there was no boat there. She dropped her bag and held her tears back.

-'Hey Miss? What are you doing here?'-a man asked passing by.

-'Nothing…he's gone…'

-'You mean the boat that was in this dock? They're not gone yet.'

-'What?'

-'They have been moved…this dock is going to be used to unload some stuff…'

Julia looked around and saw a guy with red hair jumping to a boat. She left running, leaving the man a bit confused.

-'Young people…always in a hurry.'-he complained.

Eijiro was starting the boat when he saw a girl running in their direction.

-'Oh my God…she came!'-he said.

-'She did?'-Hwoarang asked turning around.

-'Look!'-Eijiro pointed at her.

Julia had stopped outside the boat.

-'What are you doing here?'-Hwoarang asked.

-'I'm going too!'-she said with conviction.

-'Are you sure?'

-'Yes, I am!'

Hwoarang stepped out of the boat and kissed her. He should make her see that she was doing a big mistake by going to Korea, but he didn't care anymore. If she wanted to go, then he would take her. Hwoarang grabbed her bag and put it on the boat. When they were turning around to enter the boat too, Julia heard someone call her name.

It was Lao. He was with fifteen men from the police; all of them were armed and pointing at Hwoarang. Julia put herself in front of him.

-'Please…don't go!'-Lao begged.

-'Sorry, dad…I have to.'

-'Why are you doing this to me?'

-'You didn't give me a choice. I told you I didn't want to marry…'

-'But it's the best for you!'

-'No, it's not! I want to choose for myself!'

-'Then I'll let you choose…but don't go with him!'

-'I chose Hwoarang!'

-'He's an outlaw of the worst kind! He's dangerous!'

-'No, he is not. I'll write to you soon…don't worry. I'm going to be ok.'

-'Think about your mother…and sister. They'll miss you.'

-'I'll miss you all too…but I can't ignore my feelings anymore.'

Julia started to walk to the boat, and they both got in. Eijiro was hiding behind the boat's commands.

-'That son of a bitch will get us killed because of a damn girl…'-Eijiro complained with his hands over his head.

But in that moment the police lowered their weapons.

-'Do something!'-Lao asked them.-'He's taking my daughter!'

-'She's going on her free will, sir…'-one of the officers said.-'We can't shoot him…'

-'But he's a criminal!'

-'That's up with the coast guard! And to be honest…I don't want to kill anyone…not today…'

-'They're just kids…in love…'-another man said smiling.

-'Eijiro…lets go!'-Hwoarang ordered.

Julia waved at her father while Hwoarang was giving him a victory look.

-'I will meet you again…you son of a…'-Lao yelled.

-'And I'll be waiting for that day…'-Hwoarang shouted back.-'In the meantime, I'll take good care of her!'

-'Bastard!'-Lao yelled.

In that moment the sun disappeared from the horizon, and Julia, Hwoarang and Eijiro were finally leaving the American waters.

-'I hope you won't feel sorry for this.'-Hwoarang said hugging Julia.

-'I won't. Trust me.'

-'Hey…get a room, you two!'-Eijiro yelled when they were about to kiss.

Julia and Hwoarang laughed.

-'So where are we going?'-she asked.

-'Mexico…and after that we're going home…to South Korea.'-Hwoarang said.

-'I hope you brought your passport.'-Eijiro said smiling.

-'I did. And I can't wait to arrive to Korea.'

-'You'll meet our master.'-Eijiro announced.-'Baek is going to be surprised…'

-'I'm going to take care of you…don't worry.'-Hwoarang said.

-'I'm not worried. I'm grateful…'

-'What for?'

-'Because fate allowed me to meet you.'

Twenty four hours later, Julia, Hwoarang and Eijiro were landing in South Korea. They arrived to the Dojo almost at dinner time and Baek smiled when he saw his two pupils back. He wasn't expecting a guest, and when Eijiro explained the whole story, Baek couldn't believe that Hwoarang was finally changing his attitudes.

That night, it was Eijiro's turn to cook and Baek went to give him a hand. Hwoarang joined Julia outside.

She was watching the street. It was very different from the place where she lived, but she wasn't feeling sorry for leaving her home. At least now she was with the person she wanted to be.

-'You're missing your family, aren't you?'-Hwoarang asked, hugging her.

-'No…not that much.'

-'If you feel any regrets…'

-'I don't. It's weird to be in a new place like this, I mean everything is so different from what I was used to…but it doesn't matter because I know that things are alright.'

-'It's not going to be easy to adapt yourself.'

-'I'll try really hard…and if I feel that I'm failing, I'll try even harder! I want this to work!'

-'I'll do my best to help you…'

-'Thanks…but you just need to stay by my side. That's all I want.'

-'Then I will.'

Julia put her arms around Hwoarang's neck and they both kissed, after that they entered the Dojo; it was getting cold and the night was coming, but everything would be alright.

THE END?

Thanks to everyone who read this.

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