Jessica’s POV

The next day of school, I decided to come to class early again just to see if Taeyeon would go to class.  I know that she promised me that she would, but then again, anyone could get the cold feet and decides to ditch at the last moment.  Plus, today is the day of Taeyeon’s decision for Junsu and I cannot miss out on that!   I pulled open the large white door and saw that my best friend Donghae was already in class.  I was still standing in front of the doorway until Donghae’s hazel eyes came across my own and a smile appeared on his face.  He gave out his kid-like smile that I love while gesturing me to come to him.  I smiled back and skipped over to his table and plop down on the empty seat next to his.

Donghae had his arm on his desk while his face was leaning in his hand and he said, “Wow, the person who would sleep through an earthquake decided to come to class early today? I feel so honor to be witnessing history in the making.”

I couldn’t help but laugh at his sarcastic joke and reply back with, “I know right? Surprise! I don’t even know why I woke up so early.  Oh wait, I remember now.  Today is the day Taeyeon makes the biggest decision of our life.  Now that’s history in the making.”

“True that.” Donghae said, making the both of us laugh like crazy kid at 7 in the morning.  After we finish laughing Donghae continued the conversation by saying, “So how are you? It seems like this whole week I haven’t been able to talk to you at all.”

After hearing that, it made me think about this past hectic week.  Ever since Tiffany transferred to this school, nothing but trouble has been appearing everyday.  I also realize that because of Tiffany, I been talking to Jaejoong more than Donghae which was pretty strange.  That girl seems to be nothing but trouble… Well it’s not really her fault but then again, ever since she arrived at school, troubles have been piling up into mountains.  It kind of correlates I guess…

“That is so true! Why are you hiding from me?  Am I not cool enough for you anymore?” I said while smacking the side of Donghae’s arm.

Donghae rubbed his arm as if I have broken it and pouted saying, “It’s not my fault that things have gotten so busy.  And you are turning a bit uncool for the record,” I pouted back at him and he continues by saying, “Just kidding! No one can be as cool as Jessica Jung, the Ice Princess herself right?”

I quickly pat his so-called broken arm and said, “Sorry, but yeah, things really have gotten busy.  This whole week has been so crazy!  I got detention for the first time in my life and had to spend it with your annoying friend Jaejoong and then out of nowhere Junsu decided to show up unannounced!  I wished things could go back to normal already.  Also, why are you calling me Ice Princess? Did Jaejoong rub off on you? You need to stop hanging out with him! You are the one who is turning uncool!”

“Hehe, I was kidding about the Ice Princess part but other than that, same here.  Once the whole Junsu problem is settled, we need to hang out one day.  Just me and you, best friends since preschool, a day where it is problem free.” Donghae said cheerfully.

I smiled at the thought of a day with just my best friend since we rarely have been hanging out.  Problem free is the way to be right?  Just when I thought all my worries are washed away, Jaejoong walks into the classroom.  His soft hazel eyes met with mine and an instantaneous flashback hit me of the time Jaejoong told me that I was really pretty when I smile.  A sudden surge of butterflies started to attack my stomach as we held onto each other stares.  A slight smile appears on his Prince-like face while at the same time, a smile escape onto mine.  I tried to break away from his deep stare, as I know that it is very unhealthy for me to be looking at him for any amount of time, but I couldn’t avoid the gentleness of his soft hazel eyes.  His soft hazel eyes suddenly shift to an alarmed look as his eyes enlarged as big as an apple and out of nowhere, I felt a sense of warmth surrounding my body.  I quickly turn my head to see what have attacked me and what I saw was my best friend, Donghae, hugging me.

“Umm Donghae… Why are you hugging me out of nowhere?” I asked.

He let go of the embrace and smiles as he loudly said, “Oh, I’m just happy that we’re going to have a day all to ourselves.” After he practically screamed that out, he finished it off with a wink and I couldn’t help but to laugh my off.

“Omg, you are so weird Donghae!” I laughed as I playfully smack his arm again.

 While the both of us were playing around in our own little sphere, out comes a loud coughing noise just outside our sphere. 

“AHEM…”   

Jaejoong’s POV

Today is the day that I will finally get to talk to Jessica nicely… or try to… I don’t know how I will win her over in this competition between Donghae and I.  I already gave him the upper hand in this whole situation by isolating myself from her for three years.  Plus the fact that she basically hates my guts doesn’t win me any kudos either.  Maybe I’ll just say “Hi” or “Hello” to her instead of the usually insults I greeted her with every morning.  It’s a start right? 

While I was walking towards the main entrance of school, I saw Junsu wandering around by the front of the gate.  Maybe he got lost on the way to school again.

“Umm… Hey Junsu.”  I said slowly, not knowing if I should hate his guts or not.

Junsu looks up at me as his eyes widen with shock and he began saying, “Oh Jaejoong, it’s you.  I’m surprise you’re saying hi to me after all that have happened.”  After he said that, he jumps back in defense as his shook his hand in the defense mode saying, “Anyway, I want to say that I’m not here to cause anymore dramas so please don’t attack me.  I truly am sorry for all the troubles that I have caused in the past and I know that you probably won’t want to be bros anymore but I just hope you can accept my apology.”    

I look at the apologizing Junsu and a spitting image of my old best friend appears in front of me.  Maybe he truly is changing for the better after all.  A slight smile emerges on my face as I walked past Junsu.  I quickly gave Junsu a light pat on his shoulder and said, “Good luck.” And walked away leaving Junsu puzzled with my gesture yet happy at the same time.

Maybe things are actually looking up for me as I trailed by the school corridors, thinking about all the things that have been changing around me.  If Junsu is trying his best to change himself to gain acceptance from us, he probably can with all the efforts he has been putting in lately.  If I give it my all, maybe… just maybe I can clear up all the misunderstanding between Jessica and I and hopefully, we can have a normal conversation between each other without ending with a fight.  Maybe I can walk side by side with her as we used to do without any awkward moments or negative comments.  Maybe I can hear the sound of her laughter as she laughs her heart out while she wrinkles her petite nose in the process.  Maybe I can have lunch with her peacefully as she holds her chopstick in the most uncomfortable yet cute way possible.  Or maybe, I can just watch her beautiful smile all day without feeling guilty.

I was lost in my train of thoughts and almost missed my classroom.  I made a quick u-turned and was now in front of the tall white door leading to my classroom.  Before I opened the door, I quickly thought, “I can do this! Jaejoong, you will talk to Jessica today without getting in a fight with her! A real conversation! You will be amazing and sweep her off her feet… well not literally but metaphorically I guess…”

I firmly place my hand on the cold doorknob, ready to tackle any problems that are thrown at me while being awesome at the same time.  I slowly twist the doorknob open as I push the door forward and the first thing I saw in the room literally made my heart stop. 

Jessica’s chestnut colored eyes met with mine and instead of the usual ice princess aura that her body would emit, I was greeted with an aura so warm that it could melt the ice block of a heart I have inside my body.  A smile emerges on my face and to my surprise, a faint smile escape hers.  If the world ends now, I could die happy knowing that the last thing I ever saw in my life was Jessica’s beautiful smile. I can get used to seeing her smile everyday.  I guess my list of maybe’s can come true after all if I work hard enough…  

Wait a minute… What is Donghae doing… Why is he getting so close to…

OH HELLZZ TO THE NAWW!!

HE DID NOT JUST HUG JESSICA!

 NO!!

THAT IS CHEATINGG!!!

HE CANNOT HUG JESSICA RANDOMLY!!

THIS IS SO ILLEGAL!!

Without thinking, I angrily stomp over to the criminal until I hear, “Oh, I’m just happy that we’re going to have a day all to ourselves.”  After Donghae said that, he gave a disgusting wink to Jessica and turns his head towards mine and wore a cheap smile on his face as if he has accomplish something.  Afterward, Jessica slapped Donghae on the arm and they both began laughing. 

Yeah that’s right, you better slap him for doing something illegal! 

I’m am going to murder him.

I continued to stomp my way towards my princess and Hitler, barging in to their conversation with a loud cough.

“AHEM…” I coughed out, trying to ruin their mood.                       

Jessica stopped laughing and looked up at me while raising one of her beautiful eyebrow and said with her Ice Princess tone, “What do you want Jaejoong.”

Great, the Ice Princess aura is back.  I blame Donghae for all of this.  As I open my mouth to reply back to Jessica with any nonsense that is rumbling through my head, Donghae happily skips over to me and places his arm over my shoulder and joyfully said, “Sup Buddy! How are you doing?”

I glared into his face with an expression that said, “I will freaking cut you if you don’t take your arm off of me now.”  I guess Donghae caught onto it but then he whispers, “Jaejoong, you looks like a serial killer right now.  I bet scary Jaejoong will only make Jessica afraid of you so you better calm down now.”

I sigh as I realize that Donghae was right and whispers back to him saying, “I hate that you’re my best friend.” I pat his shoulders as a thank you for calming me down and he just smiles back at me.

I cleared my throat as I look back at the now confused Jessica and said, “Umm… I caught Junsu nervously wandering around the front of the school waiting to see if Taeyeon will show up to class or not.  I thought you should know so you could tell Taeyeon what to expect when she arrives at school…”

“Oh, thanks for the info.  I should text Taeyeon about it before she comes to school…” Jessica said as she took out her phone ready to text Taeyeon but then her eyes widen as if she was shock or something.

“Jessica, what’s wrong?” I asked.

Jessica, who is now re-reading her text in disbelief said, “Yuri just texted me that she and Taeyeon ran into Junsu and now Taeyeon is off with Junsu to have the talk…”

Taeyeon’s POV

I really don’t want to go to school today… I know that Tiffany kind of gave me an edge on how to look at this whole mess but now that tomorrow has come, I really don’t want to do this anymore.  What if I made the wrong decision and Junsu ends up using me again?  Or even worst, he’ll bring down my friends this time…

Argh… this .  I finally got rid of him from my mind and once I’m almost completely over my feelings for Junsu, he decides to come back to reopen the past that I have been trying so hard to forget… It was nice seeing him again though… On second thought, I probably won’t go to school today.  Yeah! It’s just another day that I’m skipping, no big deal! It’ll just give me more time to think right?  Hehehe, hello my lovely bed.  I guess it’s just you and me agai…

Before I could flop down on my lovely bed, in come an angry Yuri screaming, “Yah Kim Taeyeon! What is taking you so long! I been knocking on your door for a whole minute and you still wouldn’t let me in?  Don’t tell me that you’re planning on ditching today too!”

“Uh… maybe…?” I innocently said.

Yuri shook her head and grabbed my arm saying, “Aigo, you’re coming with me.”  And with that said, she dragged me out of my room without my consent.

“YURI!!  WAITT!!! I’M NOT READY!! I CAN’T DO THISS!!! LET GO OF ME!!” I screamed as if I was getting kidnapped.  Actually, I guess you can call this getting kidnapped too but instead of some strange creeper; the strange creeper is Yuri… hehe…

“You want me to let go? Okay then! I’ll let you GO!!!” said Yuri as she threw me into her kidnapping car.

I fell on the leather seat and banged my head against something surprisingly soft.  I was about to yell at Yuri for being such a rude kidnapper but look up to see a smiling Tiffany.

“Tiffany?! What are you doing here?! DID YURI KIDNAP YOU TOO?” I screamed out with shock. 

Tiffany began giggling and as her disappears, she said, “Hi Taengo!”

By now, I was getting push further inside the kidnapping car as Yuri made her way onto the car. 

“Oh, I found Tiffany walking to school so I picked her up along the way and we both decided to bring you along to, just in case you decide to ditch again… which you tried…” said the evil kidnapping Yuri.

“I wasn’t ditching…” I said as my voice waivers.  However, the two Sherlocks already knew that I was lying so I confessed and said, “Okay, maybe I was but I really don’t want to do this.  I can feel that I’m going to screw up in every possible way or choke on my words or something.  I don’t even know where to begin and what if I mess up and everything in life comes crashing down just because of this one lousy talk?  Just stop the car and let me go back home where everything is safe.” 

Tiffany’s kind brown eyes met mine as she reassures me, “Taengo, I know that it is hard for you to your thoughts into words.  To be honest, thoughts are hard to write out, or even share for that matter.  I know that in your head, it probably all makes sense, but when it comes to putting your thoughts into actions, words refuse to form.  It can be very frustrating.  Trust me, I learned this the hard way, but then again once you let it all out, it feels as if you finally took off all the extra weight that you shouldn’t to carry around in the first place.”

Yuri joins in the conversation by saying, “Taeyeon, you know that Tiffany is right.  You can’t just give up on something that you haven’t started.  Yes, it can be scary but I know that deep down inside this little kid body of yours is a strong confident young lady.”

I gave out a soft giggle before saying, “Hmmm that’s funny because Junsu told me the same thing…” I stopped in my track as I gazed up at my now two very excited best friends as a glimpse of realization hit me.      

I firmly grasp my hands together as I smile and said, “You know what? I think I’m ready after all.”

The two of them couldn’t help but grin ear to ear as they came in for a group hug.  As Yuri was patting my back, she sneakily said, “It’s a good thing that you’re ready now because we have been at school for a good 5 minutes but you didn’t notice.”

I was shocked and confused at the same time because I swear the car was still in motion… Or I thought it was the whole time.

My jaws were left hanging open as Yuri open up the door and walked out and as Tiffany was about to follow along, she quickly said to me, “We wanted to tell you but then you seem like you were on a roll so we let you keep on talking.  At least we're here now right?" and her eyes smile at me as she walked out the door as well.   

I sat there dumbstruck for a few seconds but quickly began laughing quietly at myself.  I look forward at the rearview mirror of the car and saw the reflection of the driver, smiling at me and I smiled back.  I said a quick thank you to the driver and confidently walked out of the black car onto the hard pavement of the school ground.  I look up and see Yuri furiously beating up the buttons on her phone as Tiffany stood there with an even brighter eye smile than ever.  Confused, I look around to see why the two of them are acting so weird only to find a nervous Junsu staring back at me.

He slowly raises his hand as a quirky smile emerges from his lips.  He anxiously said a quick “Hi” to me as he taps his feet around in the ground due to his uneasiness.  I gingerly walk to the incredibly shy Junsu and motion him to follow me as I said, “Come on, let’s get this talk over with.”   

Yuri and Tiffany was still standing at their initial spot as they watch us like vultures, eyeing our every move so I decided to bring Junsu to the side of the school and away from those hungry vultures.

Junsu was quiet the whole during the whole walk and kept silent as we got to the secluded side of the school.  We both stood there as a cloud of awkward silence hoovers around the top of our head but then the cloud of awkward silence shot a lightning bolt at me to initiate the conversation.  I let out a deep sigh before I open my mouth and said, “I spent the last 24 hours thinking and re-thinking about what you have told me the last time we talked.  There were many times when I was stump with complete blankness and that really scares me to the point that I don’t even want to show up at school anymore knowing that you would be there.  At some point, I thought this talk would be pointless because I shouldn’t forgive after all the horror you put me through.  Seriously, I should hate your guts right now to the point of no return.  So let me clear the whole misunderstanding between the two of us by saying, I freaking hate you.”

Junsu stood there quietly as he took all of my hatred and you can see his skin turning pale white the moment I said I hated him.  His lips were trembling as his eyes widens in complete shock and disbeliefs.  The poor guy had no clue on how to react to my statement at all.  He put his shaking hands on his head, not knowing what to do but then I slowly walk over to him and said, “That’s what my brain is telling me to do, however, somewhere in my broken heart, I can’t just bring myself to hate you.”

A glimpse of hope appeared on his trembling face as colors began to return to his dishevel face.  I stopped about 5 feet away from the hopeless boy and said, “You only have one chance.”  I began slyly walking away from Junsu with a smile on my face because I could tell that he was overwhelmed in joy.  I stopped halfway just to yell back, “I still dislike you so if you mess up this one chance, you will never live another day because who knows what I’ll do to you.”  And then I badger off my dorky evil laugh and I ran towards the school entrance with one of the biggest smile on my face knowing that I am finally free from this heavy burden that have been on my chest ever since middle school.  

Sorry for taking awhile to update! I had fun writing this chapter since I got to show you guys more than one point of view.  I think for now, Taesu is finally out of their drama stage and the next few chapters will finally be JaeSica/HaeSica.  Maybe a bit of Tiffany story line here and there but it won't be major.  Oh, I like to thank you guys who voted in my poll because now I have a lot of ideas of how to continue the story and hopefully, you guys will like it :D Once again, thank you for reading my fanfic and the next update won't be out until another 2 weeks probably.  Anyway, Happy reading :D