Zoey's P.O.V

After the little incident we had with Sam yesterday, it turned out that Collins knew from the very beginning that we were the cause of her not attending the meeting. Lee had told him the whole truth after all and he was just waiting to get back to the hotel to talk to us about it. Including G-Dragon. The blame was mostly on me because I thought of the idea in the first place. The others got away with it scott free, even G-Dragon. On my part it was completely unfair that I got blamed for everything alone.

As for Sam, she was completely mad at us for what we did. As usual, she pointed her anger towards G-Dragon and I. As much as she was upset with us, I was just glad she was okay. And so were the others. Though I was a little worried about G-Dragon and Sam's relationship. It looks like I just made things a lot harder for G-Dragon this time around.

Today, we had gone for dance practise early in the morning at YG. Soon afterwards, we were supposed to meet the organising team that were planning for the special event.

We had a number of things to do today. As much as there were things to do during the event, we also had to perform and that meant more practice. Sounds tiring indeed.

We the Toxins headed for one of the large scale rehearsal buildings outside the main YG building. There we found BlackPink waiting by the entrance. They all screamed with glee upon seeing us and ran towards us. Most of us knew why.

"Sam, you're okay!" Lisa reached Sam first and hugged her. Sam hugged her back and the other three BlackPink members surrounded her into a hug too.

"Good to see you," said Sam with a smile on her face. The four BlackPink members broke away from her. "I really missed you, girls. You've no idea."

"We were so worried about you when we heard about your little accident," said Jisoo. "But you're fine, right?"

"I'm okay as ever."

"So, aren't you going to give any of us a hug too?" I asked.

Jennie rolled her eyes at me. "After what you did, it's pretty hard to do so," she said as she twirled her hair.

"Really? Just because of a simple lie?" I rolled my eyes. "We did all that so that none of you would get worried."

"Well, you were still supposed to tell us. As serious as it was, we deserve to know because we're your friends," said Rosé.

"You're right," said Christine. "And we will never stop apologising because it was wrong of us to lie to you."

"True," said Mike. "I would also say the same. We're truly sorry."

"Me too," said Daniel. "I wouldn't like what happened to my sister to ever happen again."

"Awww, so sweet," said Lisa as she looked at Daniel. "You deserve my hug."

Lisa went over to hug Daniel and he was caught completely off guard. I could clearly see him blushing like the cute little boy that he is.

"I think you, Mike, deserve mine," said Jennie, and she went to hug him. I noticed a tiny smile on his face.

"Christine deserves mine too," said Jisoo. And likewise, went to hug Christine.

So that left me with Rosé.

"Aren't I going to receive a hug?" I asked, looking at her.

Jennie folded her arms and looked the other way, completely ignoring me. Sam looked at me, wanting to laugh. She clearly saw all of this funny and I on the other hand, felt irritated. I threw Sam a look but she still wanted to laugh so bad that she turned the other way and covered .

"Whatever," I said rolling my eyes like I didn't care. "I don't deserve one, anyway."

"Look who just showed up alive and kicking," came Mino's voice behind me.

Sam and I turned around and there was Mino with the rest of WINNER coming towards us. Mino already had his arms outstretched and reached Sam first to hug her.

"Hi, Mino," said Sam as he hugged him back. I couldn't help but roll my eyes at the two of them as I twirled a strand of my hair.

"How are you doing?" he asked as he looked at Sam. "You had us all worried."

"As you can see, I'm fine," said Sam as she rubbed the right side of her forehead. Her bruise was barely even noticeable. It healed up pretty quickly from yesterday.

Seunghoon came and quickly pushed Mino aside just to hug Sam.

"Wow, chill out, hyung," Mino complained as he stared at Seunghoon. "You could've hurt me."

"I missed you so much, Sam," said Seunghoon, still hugging Sam and not caring that he almost knocked Mino over.

"Seunghoon, I'm fine," said Sam. "You can stop hugging me, you're squeezing me too tight."

"Oh, sorry." He let go of Sam and smiled at her.

"It's good to have you back, Sam," said Seungyoon.

"Ya, it feels good to be back," said Sam.

"So, are you excited about the news?" Jinwoo asked.

"About BTW? Definitely. I think it will be so cool to have both BTW officially announced and the music video being released on the same day."

"Hey, girls," greeted Mino as he waved towards BlackPink.

BlackPink also waved at him and to the rest of WINNER too. WINNER also ended up greeting the other Toxins. I couldn't help but feel I was being totally ignored today and that was almost setting me up in flames.

"Hello, people," I said waving my hand in the air to grab everyone's attention. "Are we all forgetting someone here?"

Nobody said a word as they all looked at me.

"Isn't anyone going to say anything?" I asked. "You've all been ignoring me like am a nobody when I'm definitely somebody."

"We know, Zoey," said Sam. "We aren't ignoring you."

"Oh, ya? Then tell me what everyone else is doing? BlackPink don't want to hug me at all and WINNER didn't even say hi to me!"

Everyone else except Sam and the other Toxins, started muttering among themselves and they made their way into the studio building. The three other Toxins followed them, leaving Sam and I outside.

"What's wrong with everyone today?" I asked as I watched them go. "It's not fair that people still blame me for what happened to you."

"Well, you still can't deny that it was all your fault," said Sam as she looked at me.

"Ya, I know. I regret ever doing that to you, better yet, lying to everyone else about your accident."

"Maybe you should apologise."

I closed my eyes in frustration and opened them again. "I did so yesterday."

"Maybe you should continue doing so until they feel sorry for you. It's just like what the others did earlier."

"You guys are so unfair. You're giving me a hard time just because of an 'accident.' Did you see the way Mino ignored me today? It's so unlike him."

Sam gave me a sad smile. "I know it's hard. But just know they don't hate you. They are just upset. You will see that they will come around."

"And do you hate G-Dragon for what he did?"

I noticed her blush and was planning to divert her eyes the other way, but surprisingly, she still kept them fixed on me.

"I don't hate G-Dragon," she answered. "What he did was totally weird and wrong, but I can't keep a grudge on him forever when I know all this was practically your fault."

"Don't try to blame me for this all over again. Are you still upset because of what he did to us last time with BTW?"

Sam looked towards the clear blue sky in thought. She looked back at me.

"I don't know anymore," she said. "I want to say that I'm still mad at him for that, but now, I can't really tell what I'm mad at him for."

"Huh?" That statement sent me spinning in circles. As much as Sam is one of the smartest people I know, sometimes she would talk jibberish that you tend to wonder if she's acting weird or you're just the dumb one. And I don't like being the dumb one.

"You didn't get it, did you?" Sam asked, looked like she noticed the confusion all over my face.

"No, Professor Glasson, because that made no sense."

She sighed. "You're right. You'll understand later on. Come on," she jerked her head to the side, pointing to the trailer. "Let's go."

We started our way in through the huge metal door when I asked:

"Does that mean you forgive him?"

"Forgive him for what?" Sam asked as soon as we were inside.

I shrugged my shoulders. "I don't know. You said you do hate him but you don't know what for and then you say you can't hate him forever, so, it's so confusing."

"Don't stress yourself on the subject. Even I don't know what I said."

I rolled my eyes at her. "You're so weird."

"I know," she said with a smile as she looked at me.

We approached the others standing in the massive studio space. There were people around the place setting up a construction set for the event. I couldn't wait to see how things will look on the final day.

When we got to the others who were also looking around the construction set, we noticed that BigBang were among them too.

"Sam? You're here," said Daesung after he turned around and noticed the two of us approach.

Sam waved at Daesung and soon the whole BigBang members looked our way.

"Ah, my panda is okay," said Seungri with so much excitement as he came over and held Sam in his arms. He lifted her off the ground and spun her around.

Sam laughed with joy, her laugh echoing around the place as Seungri continued to spin her around. She told him to put her down. Seungri did as he was told. Sam still couldn't stop laughing.

"Don't you ever do that again," said Sam in between laughs.

"I missed your laugh, that's why," said Seungri. "It's good to have you back, my panda."

"I just missed everything about her," said TOP. "Her laugh, her smile, everything."

I noticed Sam blush and said, "you really know just how to make me blush, Choi. It isn't fair."

"Ha, but you're so cute when you blush," said Taeyang.

"Too cute," said Seunghoon.

I shook my head at what was happening in front of me but I couldn't help but smile when I saw Sam smiling. I realised that yesterday wasn't quite the same without her and I am glad that she was back.

I noticed G-Dragon standing alongside Mike looking towards the set construction. The two seemed to be talking about something and it felt strange that G-Dragon hadn't acknowledged Sam's presence like everybody else had. I walked over to him and held his shoulder to grab his attention.

"Oh, hi, Zoey," he said as he turned around to look at me.

"Finally!" I looked up to the wide dome shaped ceiling in relief. "Someone has finally said hi to me this morning."

"What's wrong? No one has greeted you?" G-Dragon asked.

"Apart from my group members and you, everyone's completely ignoring me today."

"They are just upset," said Mike. "I bet Sam has already told you that."

"Ya, she did. Trust me, this feels weird on so many levels. Are you experiencing the same thing, GD?"

"No," G-Dragon answered. "Apparently, everyone said hi to me."

I rolled my eyes. "Typical. So, what do you think the set is going to be like?"

Mike and G-Dragon looked back at the set being worked upon.

"No, idea," said Mike. "GD and I were trying to figure it out too."

"It's going to be so awesome," I said as I saw the main stage with other structures being set on it. At the moment, you couldn't really tell what they were yet.

"Hey, I noticed that you haven't said hi to Sam," I said to G-Dragon. He turned to look at me.

"Is that a problem?" he asked.

"Well, you've always liked her and cared about her. Yesterday, you almost looked like you were about to kill yourself when she fell unconscious."

"True. But I bet she's still mad at me. So, I would rather stay out of her way for now."

"Are you seriously going to do so?" Mike asked with an eyebrow raised. "The way you always look at my sister tells a different story. You won't be able to hold yourself away from her that long. Not when Seunghoon looks at her the same way you do."

"Since when have you been a love expert?" I asked looking at Mike.

"I only observe," Mike answered. "I'm not a love expert."

"But Mike is right though. Seunghoon is your competition, GD. And he isn't the only one."

G-Dragon and Mike turned to look at me with questioning looks on their faces.

"What do you mean he isn't the only one?" G-Dragon asked.

"Oh, I won't tell you," I said playfully as I laughed.

Mike nodded his head at me and had a smirk on his face. "I think I know who she's talking about," he said.

I liked the fact that Mike also knew, since he was just an observer after all. And it's hilarious seeing that look on G-Dragon's face. Maybe then he would wake up and realise that Seunghoon wasn't his only threat. I also wasn't going to tell him that he was up against some of the BTS members who couldn't stop staring at Sam the whole time we were having fun at the arcade the other day. And since I was in contact with EXO, some of them couldn't stop pestering me when they were ever going to meet Sam in person.

Speaking of EXO, I received a message from Suho last night, saying that they were going to have a concert today and they invited The Toxins. I hadn't told the others yet because I wanted it to be a surprise. The only people I told about this was Collins and Lee. Collins agreed that we can go after we were done here at YG since the concert was taking place this evening.

"I don't like it that you two are acting suspicious," said G-Dragon.

"Oh, never mind us," said Mike with a smirk on his face. "All we were trying to do is warn you that you shouldn't be surprised when another person apart from Seunghoon asks her out one of these fine days."

"True," I said. "So, you better pull up your socks if you want to be the only guy Sam will ever remember when we leave this place."

G-Dragon gave me a weird look and I so much as wanted to laugh out loud, but Sam approached us and none of us hadn't noticed until she was close.

"Hey, the organisers are here," she said. I noticed her look at G-Dragon. "Hi, GD," she greeted him.

Mike and I had both of our mouths open in shock. Sam actually said "hi" to G-Dragon. Well, that was the talk of the day.

I noticed G-Dragon blush for a minute and for a moment, he seem to hesitate until he finally spoke up, "hi, Sam. How are you doing today?"

"Never better," she replied. "We better get going."

She didn'