Days passed by and she didn’t hear from him. Whenever she called him, he would always say that he would call back but he never did. When she send him a text, it took him hours to reply. And usually it would be the same: ‘‘Sorry, I am busy. Talk to you later’’. It did bother her, because they spend so much time together gaming and talking. But she felt at ease as well, because she could now focus more on her studies.

‘’So, I have seen that we have a lot of entries for our contest. That is something that makes me very happy! To see that you guys finally put some effort in the assignments that I gave you ‘’ Mr. Jefferson said while walking through the class. ‘’The winner will be announced a week before the second semester starts. There will be three winner chosen, the first one gets to choose the location for themselves. Keep in mind that you will start your second semester there, so make sure that everyone has their passport updated. You might never know who gets to win’’ The bell ran and everyone was picking up their stuff. Gina started packing her stuff in as well, and before she could leave the classroom, she was called by her teacher.

‘’What is it, Mr. Jefferson?‘’ she asked while walking up to his desk. He put his pen aside and looked right at her. Gina liked Mr. Jefferson, he had an amazing way of motivating his students. That’s why she actually chose Photography as an extra class.

‘’How come you actually entered this contest? You never participate in those contests. I remember pushing you last year to enter your picture for the Los Angeles Gallery contest, but you kept refusing me. So something must’ve changed your mind this time. Or either someone‘’

‘’It isn’t that someone persuaded me, it’s more like that I see this as a new opportunity. You know, new country a new start‘’ she shrugged. It wasn’t like she had any motives or that someone pushed her to enter the contest. She only told her parents about this, not even Jaebum knew about this. She felt like she needed a new start somewhere, like a break. She was fed up with her same old routine here, so when she heard about the contest sh