Grace Xiu

The schedule for today was texted to us.

Even though the schedule is basically the same the whole weekend. I don't bother to check my phone.

There's breakfast, a party, then whatever, then another night party.

The night party is where the voting for the Spring Queen is going to start. It's important.

The 6 of us skipped the breakfast that was being served in the lobby and went straight to the morning "party".

There wasn't that many people yet, so it was pretty calm and quiet.

It was held in a huge room with a very high ceiling. The windows were almost the size of the walls and they were open, so the room looked brighter than ever.

The environment felt fancy and classy in a way, which was nice because it was too early to get riled up in drinking and dirty dancing.

As soon as we walked in and stared around, lost, Suho approached us with a drink in his hand.

"Finally! There's the host!" Ashley cheered as she went in for a hug.

"I'm so glad you all could make it!" He greeted with a wonderful smile.

He shook all of our hands as we greeted him back.

"I haven't seen any of you yet. I guess it's my fault for inviting so many people." He laughs.

We laugh along politely.

"Actually, we came very late. We arrived at the hotel way after the opening ceremony. We had some car problems." Namjoon spoke for all of us.

Jimin nodded along.

"That's too bad, man. Sehun gave the first toast and took the first shot of the weekend." Suho exclaimed. "It was hilarious!"

"I cannot believe I missed that!" Namjoon chuckled. "Did he dance?"

"Up on the stage. He was drunk, though. He won't remember a thing until he sees the video I posted."

As they were chatting it up, Ashley leaned over to my ear and motioned Jasmine to listen too.

"I'm going to get a drink too. I'm feeling classy right now." She whispered. "Come with?"

I shook my head. "I'm not going to drink just yet."

"I am." Jasmine said.

They went off to the bartender, leaving me with the boys.

Seokjin, Namjoon, and Suho were talking nonstop and Jimin and I were just standing there, awkwardly.

"Feeling out of place?" I whispered to Jimin.

"Totally."

"Wanna take a seat?" I offered.

He nodded, thanking me with his eyes.

"Jimin and I are gonna sit down." I whispered to Seokjin and he nodded, just waving me off.

Jimin and I walked to the table by the window and sat across from each other.

"Grace, about last night, I know I said a lot of things.....confessed a lot of things. I just want to know if that made you uncomfortable or uneasy because I did......say.......a lot........"

Jimin rubbed the back of his neck, cheeks turning a pink shade.

"I-I said too many things-"

"I found it sweet, Jimin." I said, cutting him off.

He looked at me with a somewhat surprised and relieved expression.

"That's good." He smiled brightly, intertwining his fingers on the table.

My heart pumped when he smiled back. The sunshine from the outside and the bright atmosphere behind made him look so majestic.

He really does look different from last time, but a good different.

For the first time in so long, I felt some love towards him.

More than friends.

But I dismissed that feeling faster than it came.

Because I can't deal with a stereotypical love triangle right now.

I love Seokjin.

I'm sure....

"I forgot to ask you, Jimin." I cleared my throat as I changed the subject. "I meant to ask this last night."

"Yes?"

"At the party yesterday morning, I caught a glimpse of you and a girl. Did you score?" I chuckled with a wink.

His eyebrows raised as he laughed. "You saw?"

"Yeah, just a quick glimpse."

"Oh, um, well," He played with the table cloth with his gaze down. "I-I was with her an-and I took her to my hotel room. Then we got to talking and talking. I started to lose feelings for her as she talked constantly about herself and how 'her body is goals'. I lost interest. We left my hotel room and just went for a walk."

I nodded. "I hate people like that. Like, can they ever talk about anything else?"

"Right?" He scoffed.

"So, what else? Did you....DO the intercourse?" I snickered.

"No...really was not in the mood. Also, we got interrupted."

"Really? By what? Fans?"

"No, no, we got interrupted by screaming."

My smile dropped. "Screaming?"

"We were on the same floor, about to enter the elevator to go down. Then, we heard screaming." He coughed. "I-I knew it was you."

I sat back in my seat and looked out the window.

"I didn't even say goodbye to the girl. I just left her and ran." He shook his head, sighing. "I really just sprinted away."

I turned back to him, feeling my heart pump and ache again.

"She called after me, but I was definitely not going to go back to that conceited b*tch." He chuckled again.

I chuckled weakly with him.

"All I had in my mind was, 'dear God, what is happening'. I was afraid. I ran so fast. I've never heard you scream like that, but I knew it was you. I'm lucky I got there in time..."

I reached over and grabbed his hand. I wrapped my hands around it and leaned down.

"Thank you." I sniffed, feeling tears build up.

"Grace, are you crying?"

I shook my head. "N-No."

I propped myself up with my elbows and lifted his hand up to my forehead. I hid my face behind his hand and kept my eyes down.

"You have no idea how thankful I am that you showed up." I said, smiling through my tears. "No idea."

Jimin brought his hand down and wiped my tears away with his thumb. "You have no idea how thankful I am too."

"YOU SAID YOU WERE DONE WITH HIM!"

Jimin and I retracted our hands and looked towards the voice.

Cathy.

Hannah.

And Lucy.

All standing in front of us with their arms crossed.

"You said you and Jimin were over!" Cathy yelled and pointed at me.

I stood up and Jimin did too.

"You're cheating on your own, loving boyfriend." Hannah hissed. "Such a nasty whore."

"I am not!" I gasped and threw down my purse on the table. "You don't know sh*t!"

"I just saw you two holding hands! What else can explain that? Can you explain that? Why were you guys holding hands? Why were you guys touching!?"

"I was thanking him for something!" I argued, stepping close to her obnoxious face.

"Really? For what? How thankful could you be to hold hands and be super close with an ex lover?!"

I looked to Jimin and he looked scared for me.

I don't want to tell her. I didn't want to say this now. This is the worst place to just let out something like that.

"I-I can't....say." I sighed.

"Cannot believe you are such a hoe-"

"I am not!"

"WHO'S READY TO SEE CATHY'S HAIR GET RIPPED OFF LIKE HOW HER FAKE LASHES GETS SNATCHED WHEN SHE STARTS CRYING BECAUSE NO GUY WILL EVER LOVE HER!"

"CAN'T SCORE A MAN, HAS TO STOOP LOW TO MAKE HERSELF FEEL BETTER! TY-PI-CAL CATHY AND HER IRRELEVANT CREW!"

We all turned around and saw Ashley and Jasmine standing together with evil smirks on their faces.

I sighed in total relief.

Do I have the energy to kill someone?