Prologue

Date- 08.March.2015           Characters: 5488        Words: 1183

 

 

Later, when Miyoung thought about that horrible night, she could think of a hundred "if only 's " that might have made things turn out differently.

If only we hadn't gone to that party....She hated parties anyway, and Jyeon had been grounded -why in the world had she ever told Jyeon she'd go along in the first place? She hadn't even know the place who'd been giving the stupid party's - some college buddies of Chanyeol 's older brother- and once she and Jyeon and Chanyeol had gotten there, she'd known right away there was too much drinking going on.

If only we hadn't gone... if only it hadn't been out of town ... She'd told her mother that she was spending the night at Jyeon 's just like any other weekend, that they'd just stay in and rent some movies.

 If only Chanyeol hadn't drunk all those beers... If only it hadn't been April Fool's Day.Because, really, that's what had started the whole thing off- that stupid April Fool's Day party. That, and Chanyeol being an even bigger jerk than usual, appointing himself the official King of Fools, much to everyone's delight. Chanyeol had never needed an excuse to make a total fool of himself, but this time he'd been so outrageous that Miyoung had been embarrassed for him.

She'd actually been relieved when he'd gotten so drunk that Jyeon insisted they leave. And she remembered how Jyeon had fought him when Chanyeol wouldn't give up the car keys, and how much true they'd had been when he'd grabbed the wheel, weaving them all over the road.

If only ... If only everything had been different.

But things hadn't been different, and afterward she could still see everything so clearly... too clearly.

  She, Chanyeol and Jyeon driving home so late that night... and the terrible storm down on them.... They'd taken a shortcut - some little-used road near airport - that Chanyeol's brother had suggested, where there wasn't likely to be any highway patrol on the lookout for late party-goers and....Jyeon had gotten more and more upset because Chanyeol kept trying to drive.   Chanyeol had started feeling sick, but there was nowhere to pull off on the narrow downhill stretch, and it was so curvy and dangerous, and Miyoung had been so frightened...That's when the other car had pulled behind them, honking, trying to pass. Miyoung had peered out through the streaming rain on the back window but hadn't been able to see any faces, and the car had kept honking and honking and Chanyeol had gotten mad.   "Let's give those hotshots a scare," he'd said, and Miyoung had felt like she was choking, thick bands of fear tightening around her chest,