Hello there, my dearest readers. :) There were some reviews that wanted an epilogue so here I am, trying to please all of you. :D I hope you like this! I wish you all had the same reaction as my cousin while reading all the cheesy parts. ;) Okay, I won`t spoil any more. Please review on what you like! :DDD
Disclaimer : I do not own Boys Over Flowers nor any other companies that may appear.
EPILOGUE I.
Ga Eul`s POV.
With Yi Jeong here with me, I can face anything, even the terror of my parents. I`m so glad he came here. I couldn`t take the drama all by myself. Maybe Ginger did me the favor of sending the picture to Yi Jeong. I should remember to thank her sometime, but in a somehow bitchy way.
Mother won`t be home maybe `til dinner so I have the whole afternoon alone with him. With my boyfriend, in Paris, the city of love.
"So, Ga Eul-yang, what do you want to do?" He asked in his sweetest voice I just adooore.
"I was actually planning on some shopping today." Marie was supposed to accompany me but she end up hanging out with Jun Pa. "You know, the usual. In need of a new outfit for my mom`s birthday."
Mother was turning 36. Despite the age, she doesn`t at all look like it. She`s just gonna set up a party in our house on the day of her birthday, which happens to be the day before I go back to Korea. It won`t be too much of a grand party. Just a couple of friends invited, not much work people. Dad`s coming home from Venice on that day. After that, he`s going back to the States. So it`s gonna be the last day before we separate again. It`s the last chance for me to tell my parents.
"How about," He suggested. "I accompany you?"
"I pay."
He just snorted. Oh I know that look. He`s going to insist paying for me, like all times.
"No, no, no. You are not paying for my clothes this time." I told him. Some girls might like their boyfriends giving them everything but I just want some stuff to be bought by me. Oh those puppy dog eyes. Rolling my eyes at him now.
"Oh come on." He held my hands. "Please let me pay?"
At that moment, my phone rang. "Hold that thought." I told him. It was my mom calling. What could she want?
"Hello?" I heard my mom`s voice over the phone. "Ga Eul?"
"Yes mom, it`s me." Who else could it be?
"Oh darling! I have great news." She said in an enthusiastic voice.
"What is it, mother?"
"Giezelle just called me." Mother said her name in such adoration. "She suggested you wear a piece from her line to my party."
"Seriously, ma?" I almost screamed. Yi Jeong raised an eyebrow at me. I`ll explain later. I mouthed.
"Yes, seriously." She said 'seriously' in a tone that`s trying to copy my accent.
"Oh yeah, ma. Remember what I was trying to tell you at lunch." I told her, trying to sound as sincere as possible. "I really need to tell you already."
"Is it that important?"
"Yes, ma, it is." I said in a stern voice.
"Okay. Let`s talk about it before we meet Giezelle at her studio." The thought of telling my mother suddenly made my heart pump a little faster than normal. "Maybe some coffee at Starbucks in an hour?"
"Okay, ma, see you there." Starbucks never bores me. Good thing Paris has it.
"So…" Yi Jeong said while twirling strands of my hair in his finger. "What was it you were so shocked about?"
"As it turns out, we don`t need to fight on who should pay the dress." He looked so confused. "Did I tell you I was the face of a new fashion line, Giezelle?"
"All I know is that my girl," He wrapped his arms around my waist. "Is a model." He kissed my lips and sent shivers through the back of my neck.
It took me all the self control I had to speak. "Well, yeah. So, the designer`s a close friend of my mom, so she`s gonna make me wear a piece to mother`s birthday."
"That`s awesome!" He smiled. A genuine smile. "Can`t wait to see you. Wait. Am I invited to this party?"
"Psh, of course you are." I hit his head with my palm. "So, this is also the day I`ll introduce you to my mother. But, we should take it slow since she`s still under the impression of Jun Pa`s lie."
Yi Jeong nodded like a little child. "I get it. Take. Things. Slow." Was he trying to seduce me in his voice? Cause if he was, it was definitely working.
"Yes, take things slow." He rested his forehead against mine and just stared in my eyes. I was starting to feel the blush. I just can`t wait to introduce him, this will be the beginning of our forever.
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Third Person`s POV.
Ga Eul decided to meet her mother alone at first. She wanted to break things to her slowly. Iris` birthday was in two days, she should be in perfect condition for the party, no sudden heart attacks or something.
She looked at her watch. Her mom told her that she`ll be arriving at about 2 pm. It was five minutes after two. Yi Jeong wasn`t so far away. He was just outside Starbucks with his shades on and reading a book. Or pretending to read it. Yi Jeong looks so cute. Ga Eul kept thinking.
The door opened as she was staring at her boyfriend. When she looked up, it was her mother. Iris went to the counter and ordered her usual drink and went to her daughter after getting the Grande drink.
"So, what is it you want to tell me?" She asked, getting straight to the point.
"Mother, I don`t know how to break this down. But it`s about Jun Pa." Ga Eul said, trying to stray away from the topic in contrast to her mother`s aggressiveness.
"You broke up? Did he hurt you?" Iris sounded worried for her daughter.
"No, mother, it`s not like that." How will I tell her. "Let`s put it this way. There was really nothing to be broken."
"I don`t get you. Je ne comprends pas." She said.
I held on to her hand. "Mother, I have made a huge lie. Well actually, it wasn`t me that started the lie. It was Jun Pa." I looked up to see if she was getting it. She was about to talk but I stopped her. "Just listen before you say anything."
"When I was in Korea, I met someone special to me. At first, he had the bad reputation every parent would hate. But he changed. We were starting to develop feeling with each other. Then, Jun Pa came along. He lied to daddy that we were still together, but the truth was, I was in love with somebody else. Then, the lie started to grow and grow until it reached Paris!" I breathed. "So, I`m so sorry for lying to you. To daddy. I wanted to tell you, really. But things got in the way sometimes."
"So, darling. Who`s the lucky boy?"
"Ma, don`t judge. Please. Get to know him and see how he`s changed before you say bad things about him." Ga Eul sighed.
"Okay."
"Promise?" Her mother nodded.
Ga Eul looked outside to see that Yi Jeong was tightly observing their conversation. She nodded her head and took it as a sign that it was time for him to enter. He took a deep breath and stood up. As he entered the café, Iris` eyes grew bigger as she saw who it was. Despite her age, she definitely knew who this was.
"Hello, madam, I`m So Yi Jeong." Yi Jeong held out a hand and smiled his most charming smile he can manage.
Iris was still dumbstuck so Ga Eul cleared her throat in order to make her come back to life. "Hello there, Yi Jeong. Call me Iris." She shook his hand and gestured for him to sit.
"So, yeah. Yi Jeong here is my…" She sighed and took a breath. "Boyfriend. That I love the most."
Her mother smiled. "So you`re the lucky guy my daughter would trade a rich man for."
"Ma…" Well, technically, Yi Jeong may not be as rich as Jun Pa is but he`s still rich.
"I`m just kidding, darling." She smiled her model smile that dazzled both Yi Jeong and Ga Eul. "It`s a pleasure to meet you."
"The pleasure is completely mine, ma`am."
"Iris." She corrected. Iris didn`t want to be called ma`am in a casual conversation. It makes her sound a bit old.
Yi Jeong just smiled and avoided calling her again.
"Have you told your father yet?"
Crap. I completely forgot about dad. One parent down, another to go.
Soooo? :D As you can see, I left the story hanging since... There`s still gonna be a part two of the epilogue. :) I just can`t let go of this story just yet. :( I promise to update as soon as the second part is done. :D Review, please! 3
xoxo,
Terence.
