Tick

Tock

Tick

Tock

Was the only sound heard by a certain brunette that scampered along the halls of the building. She had enough of the talks, enough of the comments, enough of the complements.

Complements were supposedly to give joy to one’s self. But how come she didn’t?

Simply because she knows she doesn’t deserve it.

While making her way to the guests lounge, her instincts, somehow screamed that someone was following her, yet she couldn’t deny the fact when she noticed that every step she takes, another step would be heard, and she was sure enough no one was here when she first stepped in, as everyone was in the bar, probably drinking till the sun came out, including her 8 sisters.

She refused to turn back and kept her composure and shook off her paranoid thoughts.

The night was getting younger and she still hasn’t reach the guests lounge, it was easy to escape, but hard to go back again, remembering that her insufficient mind had a not so good relationship with her sense of directions, she cursed herself.
 

“How did I manage to exit that hell hole, in less than a minute but can’t get back in more than an hour?” She muttered. She was left in the garden, a grand garden I must say. She gracefully sat down on one of the benches, reached for her cellphone and plan to harshly type in a number, but her phone was already vibrating. It was her dear leader, Taeyeon. But before answering the call, she had sworn that it was not on vibrate when she last held the phone.

Shrugging off the thought, She accepted the call.

“Jessica! Where the hell are you? We’ve been finding you, well not we, but only me, for almost an hour! You better make your way right here, right now! We’ll be called sooner or later.”

They were going to be called on stage of the party.

To be praised.

To gain attention.

To be acknowledge.

And that isn’t what Jung Sooyeon wants, that’s what she’s been avoiding all these years.

“I know, well, if I knew the way to the guests lounge, then I would be there right in front of you, but guess what? My sense of directions failed me again, so what are you going to do?”

“Lead you to the guests lounge.” The other girl said monotonously.

“I’m here at the grande garden, I just made up the name, so don’t go and ask random people and ask “where’s the grande garden?” because you’ll end up looking stupid.”

“Thanks for the tip, princess.”

With that Taeyeon ended the call and Jessica propped her chin on her palm as her elbow was resting on her knee while her legs were crossed. A few minutes had passed, and still Taeyeon was out of sight.

Out of frustration she stood up and decided to just observe and look at some of the dashing flowers instead of zoning out on the air. She let her fingers touch the red rose that stood out most amongst the roses , but as she was examining it, a sticky note was attached on one of the petals.

“Girls Generation’s Jung Sooyeon.

Everyone loved her.

They said she was as delicate as a red rose.

So delicate that as if she was not guilty of doing something that shouldn’t be known by many.

A big round of applause, for hiding such a secret for all these years.”

“Sooyeon!”

Jessica quickly hid the note in her bag, turned around and forced to at least show a smile, and show that everything was okay, but her actions deceived her so.

“Is everything alright?” the leader said as she palmed Jessica’s cheeks, feeling the coldness of the brunette. She wasn’t showing much reaction either and that’s when Taeyeon started doubting that maybe there was something wrong.

Jessica quickly snapped away from her thoughts as the wind made contact with her bare skin, “I’m okay. Let’s get going.” She denied as she take a hold of the elder’s hand.

Taeyeon, who was still not convinced, asked once more, “Are you sure though?”

“Yes I’m sure. Can we please just get out of here?”

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They reached the guest's lounge and made their way up to the venue, where all of SM entertainment’s future and current stockholders where present, along with the CEO and some of the members that had managed to attend without conflicts of schedules.

Jessica and Taeyeon sat in their table with the infamous, Lee Soo Man and as well as other high class business partners, Tiffany, Seohyun and yuri were also designated at the same table, but the other members were unfortunately on the opposite table.

The party was not obviously close to just a regular gathering, it was engrande, only people well-heeled people were invited and not to other’s surprise, Girls Generation was one of them. The whole crowd was immersed in some of the performances, excluding Jessica.

The whole time she was in their table, she was looking at every single one of the guests, doubting and had the plan to accuse every single one.

Her thoughts were halted as Taeyeon suddenly spoke.

“Jessica, I know there’s something you’re not telling me, and it’s been bothering you a lot, now would you just spit it out?”

“What if someone knows the incident that happened to Mina?”

Taeyeon’s eyes widened. Her heart skipped a beat. She waited for Jessica to say that it was a joke.

But she didn’t.

“No one knows about that. And no one will know about that. You hear me? She’s dead. She’s gone and she’s not coming back.”

“But what if someone saw us when that happened? But just kept quite all along?”

“How did you even—

“Girls Generation, please come up the stage.” The announcer joyfully called out.

The nine girls met up on their way to the stage,

Everyone clapped,

Everyone cheered,

And they waved as they flashed out the best smile they could ever give.

They stepped on to the stage, and Jessica was given the microphone, she took it, It was her turn to give an appreciation speech, but as she was about to speak her eyes wandered around the corner of the venue. Right next to the door.

It was Mina.

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Author's note for the one's who have read this before and as well as to the subscribers: As you can see, I changed the foreword and description, BUT the storyline is still the same. I just added a few things, that would help me to be flexible around the plot. I changed my writing style too. :/ I hope it was okay. I'm not sure on which one is better the old one or this. So please do leave a comment below. :)

I deleted the first chapter, because I'll be re-writing it. The tv thing, I'm not sure if I'm still implying to use that as a messenge sender towards the girls. But I'll be sure that the concept will still appear. This foreword sort of gave me chills. I hope you did too. haha. And as for the oc, "Mina" She will not be part of the main cast. This story will revolve around SNSD.  It's your choice whether to believe if Jessica's hallucinating, or she saw Mina's spirit or whatever.  HAHAHA. 

I'm so sorry for not updating this. I've been busy with my shops that I didn't have the time to update. OTL I'll make sure to post the first chapter within this week. I hope to hear from you guys. :)
 

PS: I think someone's behind y-