Chapter 17

Before I'm Gone

I woke up the next day looking at the screen of my laptop.

The first thing I noticed, was that the Skype app was still active and it was probably on the whole night.

I mustve fell asleep on JB, who I guess forgot to exit the app as well, because I could see his sleeping figure on my laptop.

He was sleeping softly with his head on the desk, covered in a blanket.

I silently laughed and took a screen shot on my laptop, to save for blackmail.

"JB" I half yelled/whispered.

Although it was Saturday, it was also 8am and I didnt want Sangwoo to come in here telling me to stop yelling so early in the morning.

He didnt move an inch.

"JB" I said again, shaking the laptop. As if I was actually shaking him.

"JB" I heard, but not from my end.

I saw Henry appear in the screen, but he did see me on JB's laptop.

I could see him shaking JB awake and after a few shakes and pokes on the cheek, JB was now awake.

His eyes immediately went to his laptop, as he watched me watching him.

"Was this still on?" He said, voice sleepy.

"Yes. I was trying to call you awake" I said.

Henry's face was clear on the screen as he heard my voice.

"Were you watching the whole time?" He asked.

"Yeah. You did what I wasnt able to do" I laughed.

"Have long have you been watching me?" JB spoke.

"Only about 2 minutes. I just woke up too" I said.

"Oh, well goodmorning" He smiled.

"Morning" I smiled back.

"Um, before anymore mushy talk begins" Henry said. 

He appeared in the camera again.

"JB and I are going to be late, so he needs to get ready" He finished.

"Ok, thats fine. I need to shower anyway" I told him.

"Are you busy today?" JB asked.

"Yeah, why?" I replied.

"Oh, nothing. Its okay" He said.

"Talk to you later" JB smiled.

"Later" I waved and hung up the call that said '10 hrs and 14 mins'.

 

*JB's Pov*

I closed my laptop and glared at Henry.

"Way to rush us off" I said.

"Sorry, but you know todays a big day and we cant be late" He said, walking towards the door.

"I know, I know. But still" I got out the chair and walked into the closet to find what clothes I should wear.

"Were leaving in 45 mins" Henry said and I heard the door close.

I got the shower and put on my clothes.

I went downstairs and met Henry standing by the door.

"We can eat at the cafe" He said, walking out.

 

*Aaliah's Pov*

I got out the shower and got dressed.

I walked downstairs and heard Sangwoo laughing. 

"Whats so funny?" I asked, because he was laughing so hard.

"Dont hate me, but last night I came into your room and found both you and JB sleep and so I took a picture and posted it on Instagram and now all these girls are yelling at you" He couldnt stop laughing.

"What!?" I said, taking my phone out my pocket.

I didnt notice I had a notification from him tagging me...thanks now I'll get more haters following me.

I looked through the comments and I couldnt believe the words from these girls.

I could only understand the ones written in English, I can only imagine what the ones in other languages say.

One girl's comment actually made me laugh:

'oppa who is that girl? do you live together, is she your family member? her boyfriend is cute'

How did she know JB was my boyfriend?

I looked at Sangwoo's caption

'how cute, she and her boyfriend fell asleep on skype #lovers #ilovethiskid'

"Are you trying to ruin me already?" I said to him.

"Oh, come on. I mean look how much more followers you have" He said.

I looked at my page, and he was right, I gained over 11k followers.

"OMG! Just because I know you, I have all these followers?" I was shocked.

"Dont get cocky now" He joked, making us both laugh.

The doorbell rang and I went to open the door, reavealing Changbum.

"I feel like I havent seen you in years" I said, hugging him.

I released the hug and looked at him from head to toe.

"You look different, what did you do?" I asked.

I pulled him inside and circled around him.

I gasped.

"You changed your hair didnt you. Ohh~ its so cute" I pinched his cheeks.

"Stop it" He smacked my hand away.

"See ya" I waved to Sangwoo and Changbum and I left.

"Why'd you change your hair?" I asked as he drove out the driveway.

"Eh~ just wanted to try something new" He said.

"Well I like it" I told him.

"Thanks" He said, fixing his bangs in the mirror.

"So we have all day, what are we going to do?" I asked him.

"Have you ever heard of the ZipRider?" 

"The what?" I questioned.

"Im guessing you havent" He laughed. "Well its a zip lining attraction in Jeong Seon County. Theres a lot of hiking trails, cycling trails, and river trails but I figured you would want to experience the country without any physical effort, so zip lining it is" 

"How could you betray me like this?" I joked with him.

"What? Betray? Im confused" He smiled.

"Im afraid of heights idiot, these are things you should know before making plans like this" I frowned.

"Its only 300 ft in the air" He said, as if it wasnt a big deal.

"Oh yeah only 300 ft" I mocked him.

"Ah come on be a team player, its really fun and you can see the whole area, its nice" He batted his eyelashes at me.

I sighed.

"Fine. How long is it?" I asked him.

"Um, I'd rather not say. Lets just have fun yeah?" He smiled and focused back on the road. 

I sunk into the seat of his car.

"How fast does it go?" I asked him.

"60 mph" He said.

"Oh" I sat back up. "Thats not that bad"

I looked out the window.

"Im gonna take a nap, wake me when were there" I said, getting more comfortable.

"Okay" He said.

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I was woken by a smiling Changbum.

"Come on, were here" He said.

I looked around and we were surrounded by trees and all kinds of nature.

"Oh my god" I couldnt use the saying 'it felt like I was in another country' because I really was.  

I looked around and spotted where im assuming the zip lining began.

"How are we supposed to get up there?" I looked at Changbum.

He just looked at me with a nervous smile.

He pointed to a cable car and I almost passed out right there.

He grabbed my hand and dragged me along.

"Lets go" He said.

When we stepped inside, I was thankful that we were the only people inside. That means less movement.

Changbum was on one side of the car and I was on the other.

He was about to walk over to me.

"Dont you dare move an inch" I pointed a finger at him.

He just took out his phone and started recording the view. He aimed his camera at me.

"Are you filming this?" I asked, covering my face.

He just laughed and I could see him moving closer.

"Changbum stop~" I moved to the other side of the cable car.

He kept following me with the camera as I continue to avoiding him.

Before I knew it, we were already at the top.

The doors opened and I ran out the cable car.

"Oh this is definitely post worthy" I could hear Changbum behind me.

I just walked over to look at the view.

The lady handed me the cover ups for my feet and I realized why.

The ground was made of glass.

Changbum came behind me and hung onto my arm.

"Lets get closer" He said.

"But its too full" I stopped us from walking.

We waited for it to get empty and we finally made our way to look at the view.

As soon my foot touched the glass, I grabbed onto Changbum's hand.

I slowly moved along as we made it to the middle of the viewing area.

It was absolutely beautiful.

"Im glad that you brought me here now, this is nice" I told him.

"Dont thank me yet, we havent even got to the best part" He said.

Oh yeah, I forgot the main reason we were here.

He dragged me away from the viewing area and we walked over to the booth to pay for the ziplining.

Two men came walking towards us and we followed them to the other side of the building.

They gave us the instructions, with Changbum's interpretation of course, and then they strapped us down.

The man pulled on the lever and the gates opened, sending us down the line. 

I couldnt help but scream as my first instinct but after a while I just enjoyed the view.

I looked over at Changbum and his hair was all over the palce as he enjoyed the view as well. I could only imagine what I looked like as well.

I could see we were approaching the end because I could see the people who were going to strap us out.

I took a good look at the view as we approached the workers.

They strapped us out as my feet touched the ground. 

"That was so fun" I said, as we both were unstrapped.

"Im glad you had fun" Changbum replied.

We walked to the cafe next to the landing spot.

I looked around the cafe and it only reminded me of JB.

I took out my phone from my front pocket as we approached the counter.

"Hello, how may I help you?" The cashier girl said to us. 

I went to my contacts and texted JB.

To: JB

How has your day been?

"Hi. I would like to get a white chocolate mocha please, regular size and a.." 

Changbum looked back at me.

"Oh, i'll get a iced caramel macchiato please" I smiled at the cashier.

"Size?" Changbum looked at me.

"Oh, um ...regular" I told him.

I went to sit down at one of the tables and looked out at the view.

He followed behind me and sat down across from where I was sitting. 

"Thanks for bringing me-" 

My phone began ringing in my pocket.

I looked at the caller I.D...JB 

"You should answer that" Changbum said.

"But we're hanging out. I dont wanna be rude" I replied.

"Its fine really" He smiled.

"You sure" I said, reaching for my phone again.

He nodded his head indictating it was okay.

I answered the call and my ears were immediately filled with the sound of JB's voice.

"Hey" He said.

"Hi. Did something happen?" I asked him.

"No" He replied.

"Oh okay. I thought thats why you called" 

"Oh, no I just missed you thats all" He said.

"Awe" I squeezed my phone in my hand.

I looked up and Changbum was staring at me, confusion present on his face.

I looked back down.

"I miss you too but I cant really talk right now" I told him.

"Are you busy?" He asked.

"Im hanging out with Changbum" I said.

"Oh. Tell him I said hi" JB said, like a child.

I looked back at Changbum.

"JB says hi"' I said.

He tilted his head a bit, but smiled anyway.

"Hello" He said.

I relayed the message back to JB.

"Well if you're busy, I'll just call you later tonight okay?" I could hear the sadness in his voice.

"Okay. Talk to you later" I smiled, even though I know he couldnt see it.

"Later" He said and I hung up.

I put my phone back in my pocket and met eyes with a confused Changbum.

"Why are you and JB talking to eachother like that. Squeezing your phone and squealing like a girl?" He interrogated me.

"Am I missing something?" He said.

"I was looking for the right time to tell you" I began.

"Are you serious? When did this happen?" He said.

"Its been a few days" 

"I thought you didnt want to date him? He's nothing but a player, how many times do I have to tell you that?" 

I was shocked by the tone of his voice. Instead of happy, like I thought he would be, he sounded angry.

"I dont know why you are getting so upset, I can make my own decisions" I said.

The waitress came in with our drinks and she could sense the awkward/tense situation. She sat our drinks down and quickly left us alone.

I grabbed my drink and sipped it and we both sat there quietly.

After a few minutes of painful silence, Changbum stood up.

He grabbed his drink that he didnt even touch, and walked away.

I figured he just needed some air, or just some time to think so I didnt bother to follow him. I 'd just sit here and wait for him to come back and we could talk about it.

I watched Changbum's receding figure as he headed towards the car.

I stood up, grabbing my drink, and headed to the cafe exit. Changbum started the car and backed out the driveway.

"Oh no hes not" I said out loud as I started walking closer to the parking lot.

He backed out of the parking space.

"CHANGBUM!" I yelled.

Changbum drove right pass me and kept driving onto the road.

"CHANGBUM WAIT" I yelled again.

I stared at him as he drove by and he didnt even look in my direction.

I ran towards the car, but he just drove faster.

I felt the anger build inside me as well as my eyes beginning to water. 

I took out my phone.and debated on who to call.

I scrolled down my contacts and went to 'S'.

I didnt want to bother him with my drama so I scrolled back up.

I landed on 'J'.

I hit call but then remembered that he was busy with Henry today so I quickly ended the call.

I sighed.

Who else can I call? I thought to myself.

I was scrolling up and down and saw Mark's name.

Hesitantly, I pushed the call button.

It rang 3 times and then I heard his voice in my ear.

"Hey, wassup?" He said.

"M-Mark"

At this time, tears were falling down my face. I tried to wipe them away and clear my voice.

"Are you crying? What happened?" He said.

"Who's crying?" I heard another voice.

"Jackson get out my face" I heard Mark yell.

"What happened?" He asked again.

"I was with Changbum and we got into an argument and he just left me here" I tried to sound like I wasnt crying, but my voice cracked.

"Did you call JB?" He asked.

"No, I know he's busy and I dont want to bother him" I didnt care if I cried anymore.

I was stuck all by myself in a country im not familiar with. Why would Changbum do this to me?

"Where are you, i'll come get you now!" I heard keys and it was less noisy.

"Uhh.." I really had no clue where I was.

"Well, what are you surrounded by?" He asked, as I heard him start his car.

"Oh, we went zip lining, and im surrounded by mountains" I told him.

"Oh! I know exactly where you are. Stay there okay, im only 40 minutes away" He said.

"Okay" I sighed in relief.

"Call me if you need anything okay?" He said.

"Okay. See you soon" I said, and hung up the phone.

I wiped my face and took a deep breath and walked back inside the cafe.

I sat down into one of the booths and waited for Mark to show up.

 

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makaela-kae #1
Chapter 19: Damn Jackson , stop being so thirsty, not even water and Gatorade can quench your thirst.
LenCee23 #2
Chapter 27: Great story and I'm really gonna miss it but I'm not gonna miss JB in the background!!!!! LOL I Stayed Dizzy trying to check out that cute face every time he peeked around that corner HAHAHAHAHAHA
Renia_
#3
Chapter 26: I'm guessing he found out about JB an taking him home so he wouldn't have to walk home I hope that they talk an the misunderstanding is settled on the way to JB house
Lotuspassion #4
Chapter 26: Oh crap not good
Renia_
#5
Chapter 25: Jaebum just tell her that you was diagnosed with cancer but during surgery they got it all out an now your in remission an the cancer is gone an your not dying anymore
Lotuspassion #6
Chapter 25: Mob should tell her the truth
Renia_
#7
Chapter 24: JB should clear this up cause I seriously think that Changbum is lying cause she friend/brother zoned him
Lotuspassion #8
Chapter 24: Wow just wowwwwwww
Doniee101 #9
Chapter 23: Waah... What you mean he isn't dying?!