Chrissy Place

NEXT MORNING, CHRISSY'S PLACE**

Vince's eyes felt blurry when he woke up but it took just a few secs before he clearly saw his environment.

He spranged up and when he saw he's shi,rtless, his eyes widened.

Chrissy came in immediately.

"You're awake" she smiled.

"jega jigum-eodee-eenayo? (Where am i right now?)" He asked, looking at her like she's from a dream.

"nae jib (My house)" she replied with a smile.

"eotteohge deon geoyeyo? (What exactly happened?)" he asked, remembering how he passed out after inhaling something from the dark room.

"Branson has a huge crush on me so he invited me to the club, I never wanted to go but I later changed my mind, I decided to go give him a piece of my mind but on getting there, I saw Summer and her sister Avery, they came in together and left through a door, I was beyond shocked to see you enter the club cos I know you don't have the time but when I saw the package with you, I understood you came to deliver, I called your name but I guess the loud music didn't let you hear, you went in and I was waiting for when you'd come out but you didn't, Avery came out after some minutes, smiling cro,okedly and I got suspicious,I went in and met Summer trying to….

"Do what?" He asked impatiently.

"R@pe you, she took off your shirt already and your b,elt was unb,olted" she replied.

" R@pe me?"

" Yes, Branson helped me and we were able to save you" she said.

He took his shirt from the bed Immediately and left the room.

"Vince!" She shouted after him.

She met up by the stairs.

"Eat breakfast here before you go" she said

"I'm not in the mood to eat breakfast" he replied and left the house.

"Summer, that sl,utty girl" Chrissy folded her f,ist, hi,tting it on the rails.

******

THE HWANG'S RESIDENCE**

"Why were you two home late yesterday?" Mrs Hwang asked during breakfast.

"Reading with a friend" Avery replied.

"Out with my boyfriend" Summer said.

Mrs Hwang gave them looks of disbelief before eating from her meal again.

Avery exchanged secret glances with Summer and the doorbell rang.

A maid opened the door and Vince ba,rged in.

Not minding Mrs Hwang, he sl@pped Summer immediately he got to them.

"What!" Avery exclaimed.

"What did you just try!" Mrs Hwang stood.

"How d,are you Vince!" Summer glared, holding her face.

" How dare me?, Or how d,are you?, How d,are you sedate me and try to r@pe me are you that sham,eless?" He said.

" R@pe....you?" Mrs Hwang said.

" Do you have an evidence?, What evidence do you have that I tried that?" Summer claimed.

"Chrissy can testify to this" he said.

"My two daughters were home with me last night so what are you trying to p,ull?" Mrs Hwang said and Vince's eyes widened.

" What?"

She came closer and gave Vince a resounding sl,ap on the left cheek.

Avery smiled.

"Mum stop!" Summer said, holding Mrs Hwang back.

"This is your second mistake this month, if you dare make the third, your scholarship will be terminated, get out!" Mrs Hwang ye,lled, pointing at the door.

Vince looked up at her and her two daughters before leaving the house.

"Thanks for standing up for us mum!" Avery smiled.

"But mum, you shouldn't have sl@pped the face I treasure so much" Summer said.

Mrs Hwang only entered her study without saying a thing.

*****

Vince got down from the bus at the bus station and decided to walk the remaining meters home.

He has been holding back his tears in the bus but he finally let it out as he walked, unable to contain it anymore.

Why is life so cr,uel to the p,oor?

Why is being p,oor so h,ard?

Why is it that life only supports the rich?

He wiped his tears with his palms as they fell slowly.

Arizona was on her way to the institute when she saw him.

Her car actually passed by him.

"Stop" she ordered the driver and he did

"What?" Yang asked.

She came out without answering.

"An,aconda!" She called after him

"An,aconda!" She called again, rushing after him.

She finally got to him and held his arm

He stopped and faced her.

He has wiped his tears completely but his eyes are red.

"Wae-gu-rae?(What's wrong)" She asked.

He freed himself and started walking again but she went to him again, obstructing him.

"Why are you crying?" She asked.

"jebbal kkeojyeo! (Please get lost!)" He ye,lled harshly.

Arizona stepped back immediately.

"Don't talk to me anymore and don't ever appear in front of me!, Everyone of you is just the same!, Stop pretending to be nice!" He ye,lled and she shifted back more farther, looking at his hu,rtful face.

Yang appeared.

"Vince are you ok?" He asked.

He never spared him a glance before leaving.

" I said it, he's not the regular type, he's so uptight and blunt" he said, facing Arizona who's currently staring into space.

"We should go now" he said .

She remained motionless.

"Arizona?" He called.

"gaja (let's go)" she said almost inaudibly, leading the way back to the car

Yang's phone rang and after he picked, he gasped.

"Mr Banks is currently in the hospital, it's critical too" he said and she looked back swiftly.

" Which Mr Banks?"

" Who else but your dad" he replied quickly.

" appa?, appa?" She said, rushing into the car.

They changed direction to the hospital and she ran in with Yang to the VVIP ward which has Paulson Banks slated in front of it.

Paulson is on the bed and he's currently getting transfused with blood.

Rita is in with Alena and Cassidy.

"appa‼" She shouted, rushing to his bed.

"Daughter" Paulson said weakly.

"appa"

"I'm dying" he replied.

"ch…. Ch… chuko? (Death?)" She stammered.

The doctor came in immediately.

" Yes, he currently has just one year to live cos he has been living with cancer which he has been keeping to himself, it passed the treatable stage already" he explained.

" andwae‼!, appa kajima (no, dad don't go)".

"yeobo (honey)" Rita cried behind her.

" appaaa‼‼" Cassidy started crying too but Arizona noticed something.

There's no syringe in the mouth of the transfusion pipe so the blood is not entering Paulson's system.

"So daughter, don't you want me to see my grandchild before I die?, Please get married before two months, it's my last wish, find a man before two months, get married and let me have a glance of my grandchild if not children" Paulson said, holding Arizona's hand.

Arizona smiled secretly, getting it all immediately.

*I'M ARIZONA, THE QUEEN OF DRAMA HERSELF, THIS WON'T GET ME, NO NO NO* she thought.

"Arizona say something, take pity on your dad" Rita said.

" appaaa‼!" She scr,eamed and passed out, falling on Paulson on the bed.

"Arizona‼" Rita scr,eamed, rushing to her.

Paulson quickly removed the pipes from his wrist.

"Arizona!"

Cassidy smiled. "She caught them, now it's the other way round, I said it, it won't work for that ps,ycho" she muttered.

" You mean she's playing them right now?" Alena asked.

"I know her, so yes" Cassidy replied.

Alena smiled, watching the drama.

"I told you it's dan,gerous" Rita said.

"We planned it together so stop trying to bl,ame me!* Paulson sh,ot back.

"Doctor do something!, She's not breathing!" Rita said, feeling Arizona's chest.

She actually held her breath.

"Drama went wrong, Arizona‼" Rita shouted.

"Why can't they just smell the drama she's performing" Yang said to himself

The doctor got the defibrillators and was about to start giving her shocks when Arizona's eyes flew open.

She snatched the defibrillators from the doctor and they changed position.

She started giving the doctor sh,ocks and the p,oor doctor almost fainted.

"Arizona please!" Rita quickly said.

"So you made me rush here cos of a mere drama?, I'm the queen of drama myself so why didn't you think twice before planning this" she said, breathing heavily.

" Get a man!" Paulson said.

"andwae! (no!)" She sn,apped and dropped the defibrillators on the doctor's chest before leaving the ward, bumping into Alena.

She was too restless to say sorry before leaving.

"Don't mind her" Cassidy said.

"I'm ok, I like her" Alena smiled.

"Po,or doctor" Cassidy giggled.

*****

A PIZZA SHOP**

" Two boxes on table 4" one of the servers said.

"Sure" Blaze replied, getting the boxes.

She took them to the table but surprisingly, Havana is sitting there.

His heart skipped beats.

"Havana?" He said surprisingly.

"I found you, I'm glad" she smiled.

"What are you doing here?" He asked.

She stood and pulled him out.

" Your face is ok already" she said when they got go the front of the shop.

" Yeah* he replied.

" I'm sorry about Byung" she said, nibbling slowly on her b,ottom l,ip.

He quickly looked away from her, she looks cuter while doing that.

"I've forgotten" he said.

"Will you still continue staying away from me?" She asked, looking straight at him.

" I have to, if I want to still be in the school"

" What if I promise to protect you from him?, Seriously I can't bear your silence at school, you're my only friend and staying away from me is hurtful, can we go back to being friends?, Please" she said, holding his hand.

She rubbed the back of his palm and that sent bu,tterflies down his stomach.

"Huh?, Huh?, Please Blaze" she begged.

"Ok" he replied and she smiled largely.

" Jinjja?( really?)"

" Yak-Sok (I promise)" he smiled and she hugged him, making more butterflies flutter their wings in his stomach.

He was still contemplating on weather to hug her back or not when she broke it.

"See you in school on Monday" she waved.

"See ya!" He smiled as she entered her car.

******

VINCE'S PLACE**

"I was so scared till Chrissy texted me, saying you were with her, don't do that again" Vince said during dinner.

Vince ate a little, he has been moody all day.

He stood and started walking in.

"Are you ok?" Blaze asked.

"Yes" he replied and entered the room.

He sat in front of the mirror, remembering how he talked to Arizona earlier.

The look on her face when she was shifting back from him.

He decided to brush it off.

He took his locket and opened it.

The moment he saw the face in it, he smiled.

"I hope I meet you soon" he said before closing it back, he ki,ssed it.

*******

NEXT DAY(7PM), AN HALL**

It's the showcase night, Zanillia will make her choice tonight.

Her two daughters are already in the hall plus some executives from her company.

People from Arielle and Arizona's fashion institute are present already but Zanillia herself and the two enemies are not in sight.

"Where's Arizona?" Bong secretly asked Yang.

"She went to the restroom, her zipper was misbehaving" Yang replied.

" Arielle went to the restroom too" Bing replied and their eyes widened.

*****

Arizona was coming back from the restroom when she met Arielle by the stairs.

They both stopped to gl,are at each other then Arielle laughed.

"You're losing tonight, that's just so obvious" she mocked.

" Everyone is entitled to act stupid once in a while but you're perfectly ab,using that privilege" Arizona replied with the usual slow smile.

" What!"

"What were you expecting?, You expect me to cry and wail like fifteen years ago?, I'm not that we,akling anymore Arielle, the faster you assimilate that fact, the better" Arizona sne,ered and made to start climbing down the stairs.

"Plastic face, don't go near fire, plastic burns, it's a free advise" Arielle mo,cked and she stopped.

She looked back slowly.

" I'm glad I got a solution to my face, but isn't it pa,thetic that you on the other hand will remain st,upid till et,ernity?" She said and Arielle felt her bl,ood boiling.

Arizona smiled and started climbing down.

Arielle rushed to her and p,ushed her before she could detect

Arizona f,ell and rolled down the stairs, h,itting her he,ad repeatedly on the rails till she got to the base where her bl,ood wet the ground.

Arielle's body shook as she climbed down the stairs slowly.

She looked around and when she saw there's no camera around, she felt Arizona's heartbeat.

She's not bre,athing anymore and bl,ood is still oozing massively out of her cra,cked head.

"You de,serve it, u,gly face" Arielle muttered and ran out of the place.