A song we used to sing

Chapter 2- A song we used to sing

YEONJUNG'S POV:

As the school ends, I headed home straight to my room. I placed my bag at the side of my bed and brought out my music notebook. I thought of composing a song today. Today was the last day of being in middle school and today will be the last day of a pathetic me. Yeah, I decided to move on. There was a new day that will welcome me for a better future. As I wrote all my thoughts, I ended up writing it with rhythm. I finished it and make a tune. I started to sing it after I finished all as a tear fell on my face.

TODAY MY LIFE BEGINS

I've been working hard so long
Seems like pain has been my only friend
My fragile heart's been done so wrong
I wondered if I'd ever heal again

Ohh just like all the seasons never stay the same
All around me I can feel a change (ohh)

I will break these chains that bind me, happiness will find me
Leave the past behind me, today my life begins
A whole new world is waiting it's mine for the takin'
I know I can make it, today my life begins

Yesterday has come and gone
And I've learnt how to leave it where it is
And I see that I was wrong
For ever doubting I could win

Ohh just like all the seasons never stay the same
All around me I can feel a change (ohh)
I will break these chains that bind me, happiness will find me
Leave the past behind me, today my life begins
A whole new world is waiting it's mine for the takin
I know I can make it, today my life begins

Life's too short to have regrets
So I'm learning now to leave it in the past and try to forget
Only have one life to live
So you better make the best of it

I will break these chains that bind me, happiness will find me
Leave the past behind me, today my life begins
A whole new world is waiting it's mine for the takin
I know I can make it, today my life begins

I will break these chains that bind me, happiness will find me
Leave the past behind me, today my life begins
A whole new world is waiting it's mine for the takin
I know I can make it, today my life begins
Today my life begins...

I laughed at myself as tears roll down at my face. All the memories flashbacks at my head like a gale. My head suddenly hurts. I stopped from my tracks and rest first.

I woke up as the sun's ray hit my face. I slowly sit and noticed that the sun will set about an hour. I decided to take some fresh air. I grabbed my purse, phone and guitar. I walk down to the neighborhood. Whenever I saw a corner I turned. Whenever I saw a bridge I ran across it. That's when I ended up at a park. It's so beautiful especially now that the sun is about to set. I search for a place to sit and found a big oak tree. I just sat there, not caring about the people passing by. I breath in the fresh air and closed my eyes to feel the fresh air touching my face. A memory suddenly strikes me. The time we sat under a tree and sang together and act like we are featured to a music video. I just smiled. I brought out my guitar and started singing the song we used to sing.

GROW OLD WITH YOU

I wanna make you smile
Whenever you're sad
Carry you around when your arthritis is bad
All i wanna do, is grow old with you

I'll get you medicine when your tummy aches
Build you a fire if the furnace breaks
So, it could be so nice growing old with you,....

I'll miss you
Kiss you
Give you my coat when you are cold
Need you
Feed you
Even let you hold the remote control.

So let me do the dishes in our kitchen sink
Put you to bed when you've had too much to drink
Oh I could be the man that grows old with you
I wanna grow old with you.

As the time I ended the song the sun started to set. My phone suddenly rang. It's umma.

"Yeboseyo? Umma!"

"Yah! Where are you? You know how much I'm worried? About a few minutes, it's now dark outside. Go back home now."

"Yeah, umma. Mianhae!"

We both hang up. I packed my belongings and left.

As I walk through the dark alley, I heard laughters of a group of boys . I shivered. I faster my path but the boys suddenly appeared surrounding me. "Hi Young lady! Are you on your way home?" a guy spoke. I didn't speak. "Not answering? Are you a mute?" another guy spoke. Then the guy suddenly hold my wrist firmly that it forms a bruise. "Let... me go!" I said softly. "Wow! She spoke." a girly voice guy said. "Yeah!" another guy said. I struggled but he hold me more tightly. "Ouch! It hurts." I said. "Omo! She's hurt. Hyung, you hold her too tight." the girly voice said once again. "Shut up!" it said. He started leaning in and trapped me into his arms that is on my side but the girly voice stop him but he pushed him harshly. His other friends looked scared to him and helped the guy he pushed. I closed my eyes as his face was just and inch closer to my face. "Don't dare to shout or I'll kill you." He whispered. Suddenly, I didn't feel his prescence. I opened my eyes just to see two guys fighting while his friends are stopping them. Finally, they leave but before they leave, the girly voice tapped at my shoulders and whispered, "Mianhae! He's drunk." I nodded. I went towards the unfamiliar guy who helped me. "Gomawo!" I said. He cleaned his clothes and looked at me sternly. "It's nothing." And then he left. *Tsk. So cold!* I thought. I also went home.

"I'm back, umma." I shouted. My mom appeared from the kitchen. "You're finally here. It's good nothing happen to you. You should tell me if you're going outside, arasseo? Let's eat." I just nodded and put my things at living room and headed to the dining room.