The music video was going to take us several hours to shoot. Not only was the set prepared in just one part of the water park but also we had one heck of hardworking director that wanted everything to be perfect. And as usual, we had to do as he said.
With the wardrobe, we all had to wear summer attire. We were at the water park and the song talks about us having a good time. It really felt like those summer pop songs.
Acting out the music video was the best part of everything. The whole story of the video was that BigBang were having a pool party and they invited their friends. The major ones of course were us, The Toxins. With extras on the set and the back up dancers who were there in the video did a terrific job of blending in and making everything look like there was a real pool party. But the credit goes to the people who staged the set. Everything was perfect.
The place on set around the pool really looked like a pool party was going on. There were people having fun in the pool, floating beach balls and some people on were water floaters in the pool. There were even people socialising outside the pool having a couple of drinks and some just dancing and having fun.
The Toxins and BigBang were the stars of the music video. And we made the most of it.
I for one, had so much fun in the pool in one of those huge water balls that you get inside in and float on the surface of the water. I wasn't the only one running around in those balls like a hamster running on a wheel. Seungri and Mike also got into one of those things and we were chasing each other around in the pool bumping into each other.
As for Zoey and Christine, they were floating on water floaters, wearing their shades and sipping on a fruit cocktail. They were relaxing and having a good time.
Daniel and Taeyang were involved with some of the extras having a dance battle.
As for TOP, he was seated at the edge of the pool on those comfy beach chairs and having a blast with some of the girls surrounding him.
As for Daesung and G-Dragon, they were the ones running everywhere around the pool with water guns and squinting water at everyone. That's how the water battle begun.
When they squinted water at Zoey and Christine, the two quickly got out of the pool and started chasing the two around. TOP also joined the chase when he saw them running around.
Taeyang and Daniel joined in the chase when Daesung and G-Dragon came in and crashed into their dance battle, ruining everything.
As for us in the water balls, we saw them running around and out of curiosity, we also came out of the water balls to see what was going on.
When we found out that the others were chasing Daesung and G-Dragon, we decided to get water guns. We carried them and when we caught up with the others, we gave them the water guns and begun to chase Daesung and G-Dragon down.
It was awesome that we decided to play the cops and robbers game again. But this time around, no one could tell who the robber was and who was a cop. We were just squinting water at each other and having fun. We had run across the open space a little further away from the pool where there was a field of grass.
We kept chasing and squinting water around. We couldn't help laughing. When our water guns had finally run out of water, we all laid down on the grass forming a circle. We looked up above the sky as we lay on the grass. We were all laughing and smiling happily.
When we all stood up from the ground, that's when we did the dance routine when the back up dancers arrived.
After we did the dance routine, we took a little break. It was then that we realised that our managers had arrived and were behind the set with Lee. And so far they were loving the video shoot.
After a thirty minute break, we continued to shoot the video, this time focusing more on the party and on each of us individually while we sang the song. I even had the chance to be shot on camera playing the guitar sitting at the the edge of the pool with my feet in the water. While we were around the pool, people were dancing and having fun.
We also had a photo shoot taken. First individually and then the rest, in groups. It was so much fun taking photos. At least I even took photos with Zoey and I smiling at the camera and hugging each other. Some others with the two of us jumping in the air.
Taking photos with G-Dragon proved to be difficult. Not when you know you two had to stand a little too close to each other. It even came to a point where he had to put his arm around my waist and I had to wrap my arms around his neck like couples do.
I felt a little embarrassed doing this but the movie director and the photo director were loving it. I bet if the fans were to see the photos, they would love it too.
I didn't feel right doing this, not when I knew Zoey was nearby and watching. Though I couldn't see her from the corner of my eye, I could tell all this was uncomfortable for her. I also wondered if Daesung was okay with this too.
One thing I took a mental note of was not to take photos with Seungri. He couldn't stop making me laugh all the time and those behind the camera, couldn't help laughing at the scenario. He would tickle me and I would laugh uncontrollably. He even lifted me off the ground and spun me around. It was so mind blowing I laughed and told him to put me down. The directors loved it and took a video and photos of the incident.
After taking photos with the others, we took group photos, the ten of us. Afterwards, we all decided to take a dive into the pool together. So, while holding hands, the ten of us ran and we all jumped into the pool. Everyone loved the ending to all this especially with all of us jumping into the pool. It was so much fun.
I was shivering like a leaf when I got out of the pool. I was so drenched that my white t-shirt and jean shorts were all wet and clinging too tight to my skin. I pushed my wet hair back and I soon felt a warm tower around my shoulders. I turned around and there stood G-Dragon also dripping wet.
"Thanks," I said as I looked at him.
"You really shiver a lot," said G-Dragon.
"Well, the sun is starting to set and I feel really cold."
"Really?" G-Dragon looked up at the sky. It was close to four in the afternoon, but the sun was still up and high. "Mmmm, I don't think so."
I sucked my teeth and frowned. "Okay. I'm not just a huge fan of getting into the water because I shiver easily."
"And you easily catch a cold."
"Ya, true. But that doesn't mean I don't enjoy swimming."
G-Dragon smiled and he got a towel from one of the girls delivery towels on set. He also wrapped the towel around himself.
"This was so much fun," said G-Dragon.
"Ya, it was," I said as I hugged the towel tightly around me. "The last time I was here, I really didn't have a good time."
"Are you trying to remind me of the time I dropped you in the pool?"
I nodded my head and gave a little laugh. "Yes, I am."
"You know I was only having fun that day."
"I know. Don't get too serious about it. I just remembered and I couldn't help but talk about it."
G-Dragon smiled at me and I smiled back. Then Mike came towards us, also wrapped in a towel.
"Hey, the director says we can go and watch some clips for the video," said Mike.
"Okay, let's go," said G-Dragon.
"I hope they are good," I said as the three of us started to walk out of the set. The others were already ahead of us.
"There is no reason to hope, because they are already good," said Mike.
"Sam!" came Lee's voice behind me. I turned around. Mike and G-Dragon also stopped to look at Lee rushing up to us.
"What is it, Lee?" I asked.
"May I talk to you?" Lee looked at the Mike and G-Dragon. "In private."
"You will find us," said G-Dragon giving me a small smile and he walked away with Mike. I turned back to Lee.
"Mmmm, looks like the two of you are back on speaking terms," said Lee, her eyes on G-Dragon as he walked away.
"Not really," I said. "We're just talking because everyone around us expects us to."
"Really? It didn't seem that way when he wrapped a towel around you."
My cheeks grew hot than the rest of my body as I looked at Lee. "You saw that?"
"Da, everybody did," said Lee.
"Sadly, I bet Zoey did too." I looked down at my feet as I said that.
"Look, it's not your fault that GD likes you and if you ask me, it's time Zoey got over this and moved on."
"I guess you're right."
"And it's time you also gave G-Dragon a chance."
I frowned at Lee. "Are you nuts!"
"I'm just being frank here. I see the way you two look at each other. And besides, people love it when you two are together."
"Can we not talk about that, right now? I bet it's not why you called me."
"You're right," said Lee, clapping her hands and had a huge smile on her face. "Derrick sent you something."
"Wow, really?" I had a thrill of excitement. "He bought it."
"Bought what?"
"I told him to bring the teddy bear here."
"What do you want it for?"
"I haven't told you this, but the teddy bear has diamonds in it. Jehan is a diamond smuggler."
"That's the name of Derrick's brother?"
"Yes, it is. Where is the package?"
"It's in the bus. But you will be surprised with what he sent. He didn't just send a package which might have the teddy in it."
"What else did he send?"
"Well, you better go and check on it yourself." The corner of her lips lifted up in a smile.
"Okay, I'll go."
"I'll be with the others if you need me."
Lee and I went opposite directions. I went past the two trailers that were around the pool area then went through the front gates of the water park and headed straight to the luxury tour bus.
As I approached the bus, the driver who had been waiting inside opened the door for me.
"There is a present waiting for you inside," said the driver.
"Okay, thanks," I said as I got into the bus.
When I looked towards the leather seats, the first thing that caught my eye was a bouquet of red plump roses on the counter right next to the bar. They were in a beautiful white vase and the sight of the flowers was just breathtaking.
I slowly walked up to the roses and I took a sniff out of them. They smelt so lovely. In the flowers was a small card. I took it and read what was on it:
A bouquet of lovely roses for a beautiful Queen like you. I bought what you asked for but when I saw these roses, I thought of bringing them to you too. Hope you have a great time. Derrick.
I mouthed out "wow" when I went back to looking at the bouquet and put the note back in its place. Right next to the flower vase, was a white box with a red ribbon tied up in a bow. I untied the ribbon and opened the box's lid. In the box was the small teddy in its little suit. I smiled. I got what I needed. Now to put my plan into action.
"Who sent you those roses?"
I almost dropped the lid I had in my hand and I quickly put the lid back onto the box. I turned around and there stood G-Dragon.
"A...uh...a fan sent me," I said. This time, I was shivering. Not because I was still wet but because he was here and I didn't know how he was going to react.
"They are beautiful roses," said G-Dragon as he came up to me and stared at the roses. He didn't have a towel around him. "Your fan must have a crush on you to send them."
"I have too many fans who have a crush on me and would probably send roses."
He turned to look at me and then went on to pull out one of the roses from the bouquet. I looked at him as he did so. What was he going to do with it?
"The roses are beautiful," said G-Dragon as he bought the rose to his nose and sniffed it. "Just like you."
The way he said it made my heart flutter. The way he looked at me made my cheeks blush. He even took a step closer and I immediately felt the heat radiating from his body. I wanted him so close to me but then again, I didn't want to.
He then brought the rose he was holding close to my cheek and the soft touch of the rose petals softly sent chills down my spine. I wasn't able to understand why I felt this way.
G-Dragon stroked my cheeks with the rose and slowly directed the rose to my lips. I looked down at the rose on my lips, then went on to look at G-Dragon, his eyes on me the whole time.
I tried to look away, but I just couldn't. I was already enticed by the way he looked at me and I couldn't stop looking back. He slowly drew himself closer and I still hugged the towel around me tightly. He leaned his forehead onto mine. I could feel his arm wrap around my waist. I felt the warmth and comfort as he pulled me closer to him. I felt my grip on the towel loosen and it dropped from my shoulders to the floor.
The rose still remained on my lips. For a moment, I even forgot that it was even there. I was too preoccupied with how close G-Dragon was and the way he looked at me. Our clothes were both soaking wet but I couldn't feel it that way since I felt so warm against his body.
I felt like we had stayed that way for an eternity. I really couldn't tell. Right now, nothing seemed to matter to me anymore. What mattered was that G-Dragon was here with me and that I didn't want him to let go of me.
"You have no idea how I want you so bad, Sam," said G-Dragon as he stroked the rose gently onto my lips. "When you're so close to me, I just can't control myself."
"I...I," I cleared my throat. I was completely lost for words. On one end I wanted to tell him how I really felt but on the other, my brain was telling me not to.
"I know you have mixed emotions and you can't tell me how you feel." The look in his eyes became intense. "But I could clearly see in your eyes that you want me badly just as I want you."
He brought the rose down from my lips then to my chin and down my throat. The rose soon went down to my chest. Even through my wet shirt, I could feel the soft rose petals. My breathing soon became heavy. I felt like I was losing my mind. I couldn't hear anything else but the thumping of my beating heart. I bet it was so loud that even G-Dragon could hear it.
He bit his lower lip and I felt that was kind of hot. It aroused me even more when he did that. I bet he noticed how aroused I was because he gave me a smile that almost made me want to faint. I felt like I couldn't hold on with all of this much longer and that I would just pass out.
"I can't wait much longer for you to be mine," said G-Dragon as he leaned in closer. "I really want to kiss you so bad."
"Kiss me then," I whispered as I stared at his lips. I couldn't wait any longer to taste him in my mouth.
"I thought you would never say that," G-Dragon as he smiled and leaned even closer.
I closed my eyes, ready for the ride of ecstasy I didn't know I had been waiting for for so long. I held the back of G-Dragon's head to draw him closer to my face.
I felt his breath on my face and I could feel his lips softly brush against mine. For a moment, everything seemed to be in slow motion. The touch of his lips on mine gave me a shock wave. I felt like I had been struck by lightening. I had to admit, I had never felt this way before.
Just as I was about to take him fully into my mouth, I felt my ear twitch and beyond the little world I was in with G-Dragon, I heard something that caught me a little off guard. G-Dragon must have heard it too because that invisible curtain around us soon fell and we broke away from each other immediately.
"Sam? Are you...?" someone had just come in the bus and stopped as soon as the person saw us.
I looked behind G-Dragon to see who had come in and my jaw dropped when I saw her. Zoey was static, just looking at us. She was also as wet as we were with a towel around her shoulders. For a moment, she was trying to say something but the words just couldn't come out of her mouth.
"I..I," Zoey stammered. "I....thought you were alone.....I...didn't know that you were with someone." She looked at G-Dragon.
I was shocked to hear Zoey say that. For a second there, I thought she was going to burst and say something aggressive. But she didn't.
"I'll leave you two," said Zoey, looking a little red faced and she quickly rushed out of the bus.
"Zoey, wait!" I called out to her.
"Sam, what are you doing?" G-Dragon asked.
"I've to talk to her," I said as I quickly got the box near the vase where the bear laid in and was ready to go after Zoey.
"Wait," said G-Dragon as he held my hand. "Can't you see that trying to talk about this with Zoey isn't going to work? She won't understand that you and I are meant for each other."
"I don't want to talk to her about that. If you want to know what's going on, you better follow me then."
I quickly got away from G-Dragon's grip and ran out of the bus. At a distance, I could see Zoey run back to the water park and I ran after her with the box in my hand.
As soon as I went through the gate, I looked to my left and then to my right. One thing I was certain of was that Zoey could not have gone back to the set. She must have gone some place else. But where?
"Zoey!" I called out to her as I approached one of the shallow swimming pools right next to the changing rooms. There weren't many people around today considering it being a week day.
As I was about to pass the girls' changing rooms, I noticed Zoey leaning against the outside wall of the building, almost out of breath and was fanning her face with her hand.
"Zoey," I called out to her. I must have given her a fright because she held her chest when I called out her name. She also looked really scared.
"Sam, you're here," said Zoey. "I thought you stayed behind with GD."
"I'm sorry you had to see that," I said as I came to stand by Zoey, leaning on the wall.
"No, I shouldn't have gone in there. I had no idea that you two were together."
I could tell by the sound of her voice that she wasn't really pleased with what she saw.
"I need to tell you something, Zoey," I said as I looked at Zoey, who was staring down at her slippers.
"No, don't say another word, Sam," said Zoey, bringing her finger on to my lips. "Don't say you're sorry ever again. It's not your fault. I know that now."
I raised an eyebrow at her, wondering what she was talking about.
She slowly leaned back on the wall when she dropped her hand from my mouth. She looked lost in thought staring at the pools a few feet away from us.
"What do you mean by all that?" I asked.
"I've been selfish, Sam," said Zoey as she looked at me. "I know G-Dragon really likes you a lot and I think it's time I accepted it and moved on."
"But you know I can't be with him, Zoey. You like him and....."
"Don't say that, Sam. I realised that I've been really unfair to you and you deserve all the happiness. And I'm saying this as your best friend. You should really give G-Dragon a chance. He is such a great guy and you're an amazing person."
"Not you too." I rolled my eyes. "Even Lee says that I should give G-Dragon a chance."
"Aren't you going to?"
"I don't know. On one hand there is Collins' rule....."
Zoey smiled and rolled her eyes. "Screw that."
"...and then there is Daesung. Can you see the little web I've found myself in?"
"I've been in worse ones. And I'm not talking about a love triangle."
"Do you mean the teddy bear and Jehan?"
I brought out the teddy bear from the box and held it up for Zoey to see. She looked at the teddy filled with horror in her eyes. Then she went back to looking at me.
"How did you get that teddy?" Zoey asked.
"I know what's been going on between you and Jehan," I simply answered.
"How did you know?"
"A little birdie, who happens to be Jehan's brother, told me that he felt something was up with Jehan. We didn't know what was fully going on until we took the teddy to find out what was in it."
Zoey scratched the back of her head. "I'm still surprised that you figured it out. I was really careful for everyone not to know."
"I know. But ever since you met Jehan at the café, I got really suspicious. Derrick, Jehan's brother, confirmed everything that Jehan might be up to no good."
"How did you find out about the teddy?"
"It just came to me, I guess." I shrugged my shoulders. "If Jehan is up to no good, why send a teddy bear?"
"Wow," Zoey looked at me with awe. "You figured all that out?"
"If it wasn't for Derrick, I wouldn't have known that all of this was serious."
All of the sudden, Zoey came straight up to hug me. That felt like a surprise since we hadn't hugged each other genuinely in a while. I hugged her back and smiled.
"You have no idea how much I wanted to tell you," said Zoey as she looked at me. She looked really relieved. "But I was so mad at you with all that had happened. I wished I told you earlier."
"I know," I said. "But you don't have to worry. I'm with you on this one."
"What are you going to do now? Jehan wants the teddy today."
"I know. He will get what he wants. But just not today."
"Are you kidding me? He threatened me with a gun in Paris."
"Trust me on this one. I have a plan. But I'll need everyone's help."
"Are you serious? Won't that be dangerous?"
"Well, you shouldn't have involved the others in the first place then. I know my brothers, Christine, Seungri and TOP also know about it."
"But do you think the rest will agree to it?"
"Daesung and Taeyang, yes. I'm not so sure about G-Dragon."
"Gosh." Zoey hit her forehead with her hand. "I bet he is mad at me."
"Ya, he wasn't happy when I ran after you."
"I really shouldn't have come looking for you. I must have ruined your moment, didn't I?"
"No." I looked away, blushing. "Not really."
"You're blushing, Sam," said Zoey, I could tell she was smiling at me. "Did you two get to kiss?"
"No. That's not what we are talking about right now."
"Sorry. We better head to the others. They must be looking for us."
"Ya. Let's go."
Just as I was about to walk away from the building, Zoey held my shoulder to stop me. I looked at her.
"What is it, Zoey?" I asked.
"Aren't you mad about all this?" she asked. "That I'm involved with a diamond smuggler?"
I gave her a genuine smile. "Zoey, you've been into many troubles over the years and this doesn't surprise me at all. Besides, you were just unlucky to have been Jehan's target. And besides, you're my best friend and I don't like to see you in trouble."
"Thanks, Sam. I'm sorry for being such a jerk towards you when all you were trying to do was to prevent me from getting hurt if I ever found out about you and G-Dragon."
"It's nothing, Zoey. We have other things to attend to first. We can talk all about that later."
The two of us turned around the building and just as we were heading back to the set, coming hurriedly towards us was Seungri and G-Dragon.
"Where have you two been?" G-Dragon asked.
"We were talking," I answered.
"Really?" Seungri asked. He looked at me then at the Zoey. He seemed surprised. "You two aren't fighting anymore, are you?"
"No. We talked and resolved things," I said. "Besides, we have more important things to worry about than the two of us fighting."
"You had me worried though," said G-Dragon. "You left the bus without your towel and I bet you're freezing."
Now that I realised it, I looked at myself and saw goosebumps all over my arms. I guess I was too preoccupied to notice how cold I was feeling.
"Here," G-Dragon came over to me and I hadn't realised that he was carrying my white jacket. He put it around my shoulders.
"Thanks," I said. "Again."
"Don't run off like that," said G-Dragon. "When you ran after Zoey I feared for the worst."
"Meaning?" Zoey asked.
G-Dragon looked at Zoey. "I was scared because I don't trust you, Zoey."
Seungri and I looked at each other and I bet, the same grim look Seungri had on his face, I had it too. I felt the colour in my face drain.
"Why are you saying that?" Zoey asked, looking fiercely at G-Dragon. "Do you think that I would harm Sam?"
"Well, ya," G-Dragon answered. "I know you're still jealous that I like Sam and jealousy is a dangerous thing, you know?"
"Look," Zoey closed her eyes and opened them again. "I'll admit, I was jealous, but not to the point where I could hurt Sam."
"This is ridiculous, GD," I said. "Zoey might be jealous but we talked about it and she is okay with it. You don't have to make a fuss about it."
"I still don't like this, Sam," said G-Dragon. "I'll believe she has changed when I see it."
"Don't say that," said Seungri. "Why don't we just chill out and not go over board with it."
"I'm not taking this over board. I'm just not believing that she has changed at all."
"Well, you better believe, GD," said Zoey. "I know I treated Sam badly in front of you and you didn't like. I am very much aware of my mistake and I'm truly sorry."
G-Dragon said nothing else and walked away towards the trailers.
"Yikes, he's really mad," said Seungri.
"Well, that crosses him off our list," said Zoey.
"What list?" Seungri asked looking at Zoey.
"Helping out with taking Jehan down," I answered.
"Wait, you know about Jehan?" Seungri looked at me with a surprised look on his face.
I took out the teddy bear from the box and held it up for Seungri. "Ya, I do," I answered.
"Is that the teddy with the diamonds?"
"It is," said Zoey. "Can you imagine that Sam was the one who had switched the teddies?"
"But how?"
"We can talk about that later," I said. "Where are the others?"
"They already left the set and are changing in the trailers. We better go and change too. And what about the teddy?"
"We aren't going to give it to Jehan yet. Not today."
"Let's change first," said Zoey. "We can talk about it later."
The three of us headed towards the two trailers. One was for the guys and the other for the girls. Zoey and I went into the girls' trailer and found Christine and Lee.
"Hey, where were you two?" Christine asked as she sat in front of a mirror in her warm dry clothes.
"We were talking," I said.
"Oh," Christine kept on looking at the mirror and she turned to look at us. "Have you two stopped fighting?"
"We have," said Zoey.
Lee who was sat on the chair at the end of the trailer looked excited by the news. And so did, Christine. She even stood up from her chair.
"Seriously! For real!" Christine asked excitedly.
"Ya," I said with a smile.
"That's so sweet!" Lee said as she stood up from her chair and came up to us. "I would have hugged you two but you're both so wet."
"How did this happen?" Christine asked. "Give me details."
"I went looking for Sam at the bus since I didn't find her here in the trailer," said Zoey. "I found her alone with G-Dragon and I kind of ruined their special moment."
Christine and Lee gasped.
"Zoey!" I looked at my best friend with a frown. "I can't believe that you said that."
"What?" Zoey asked as she shrugged her shoulders. "Is there anything wrong with that?"
"Yes, it is. You can't just keep your mouth shut about such things, can you?"
"If it comes to anything romantic, I can't."
"What happened? Did you two kiss?" Lee asked.
"I was this close," I said showing a tiny space with my index and thumb.
"You shouldn't have ruined it for her, Zoey," said Christine, looking devastated.
"Sorry, I didn't know," said Zoey. "Oh, by the way, Christine, Sam knows everything."
"About what?" Lee asked.
"About Jehan," I answered.
"Lee knows about this too?" Zoey asked.
"She's also been helping me out," I said.
"So, you know about Jehan and the teddy bear?" Christine asked as she looked at me.
I showed her the teddy bear and told her that I would explain everything to her later.
Zoey and I soon changed into our dry clothes. The make up artists and designers soon came in the trailer packing up things. I was blowing my hair since it was still too wet. Zoey was seated facing the mirror and applying make up. Lee and Christine had already walked out of the trailer with Lee carrying the teddy in its box.
"So, what are you going to do?" Zoey asked me as she applied lip gloss on her lips.
"Huh?" I turned off the blower and looked down at Zoey. "What were you saying?"
"About Jehan and the teddy bear. What are you going to do about it?"
"Not to worry. TOP is going to help me out with it."
"Huh? You talked to TOP about this?"
"Yep."
"You really have things covered, don't you?"
"Not really. I'm just trying to help out."
I saw Zoey look at my reflection through the mirror and smiled. "I'm glad you're doing this for me, Sam. I don't know what I would have done without you."
I smiled back at her. "What are best friends for?"
When I was done with my hair, Zoey and I were just about to head out of the trailer when we met Seungri and TOP by the door of the trailer, ready to knock on the door.
"Ah, just the person we were looking for," said TOP, with a smile on his face.
"Here I am," said Zoey, her hand on her waist. "What is it that you want?"
"Not you. We are here for Sam," said Seungri.
"Oh." Zoey looked at me, feeling embarrassed.
"Okay," I said as I stepped out of the trailer. "Ready for phase one?"
"Phase one?" Zoey asked. "What do you mean?"
TOP and I smiled at Zoey. "You'll see," I answered. "Has Jehan called you?"
"Oh, snap! I've haven't looked at my phone the whole day."
"For someone who is being threatened, you sure are forgetful that you have a gun pointed to your head," said Seungri.
"Haha, very funny," said Zoey as she folded her arms. "It's not my fault that I was having so much fun."
"Can you spare the argument for later and focus on what's important?" TOP asked.
"Oh, right." Zoey checked in the pocket of her jeans and removed her phone. She checked it. "I've had several missed calls from him. And he is just from calling seconds ago."
"Perfect," I said as I looked at TOP. "It's time."
"Okay," said TOP as he pulled out an untraceable phone.
"What are you two doing?" Seungri asked. "You aren't calling the police, are you?"
"No, I'm calling Jehan," TOP answered.
"But you don't have his number," said Zoey.
"I gave it to him," I said. "I took it when you left the phone in the bus. And I also bought an untraceable phone so that Jehan wouldn't be able to track us, even if he tried to."
"Smart," said Zoey. "But I would have told you everything and you could have got the number from me."
"I had to think ahead just in case you and I never talked about Jehan and the whole threatening thing."
"Okay."
"Where are the others?" I asked, looking at Seungri.
"They are in the bus," Seungri answered.
"Good, let's go in the trailer," I suggested. "We should be quick though. The others would start to wonder where we are."
We went into the trailer and luckily, the production staff and the designers had completely deserted the place. The four of us were completely alone.
"What are you going to tell him?" Zoey asked.
"Relax," said TOP. "I've got this."
TOP called Jehan. He had put the phone on loud speaker for all of us to hear. The three of us surrounded TOP. Jehan's phone kept ringing and I was praying for him to answer. And I could see that Zoey was kind of nervous.
"Oh my gosh, what if he doesn't answer?" Zoey asked.
"Chill, he might not answer now, but we won't give up," I said.
Jehan didn't pick up the call. I expected he would. I bet he thought it might be some prank call.
"Call him again," said Seungri.
Before TOP could do so, the door to the trailer flew open and walking in was Daesung and Taeyang.
"Oh, no," said Zoey in frustration. "What are they doing here?"
"Looking for you guys of course," said Daesung.
"What are you all doing here?" Taeyang asked.
Before I could answer, I looked at Zoey, who looked at me and shook her head, telling me not to say a word.
"Zoey's in serious trouble and we want to help her out," I blurted out.
"Sam! No!" Zoey stumped her foot on the floor like an angry child throwing a tantrum. "You didn't have to tell anyone else about it."
"Now you know how it feels when you just blurt things out when it comes to me. Besides, at some point, we will need their help too."
"Okay, okay. I guess you're right."
"What going on?" Taeyang asked. "Zoey, are you in some kind of trouble?"
"Can we talk later? Right now we have a call to make," said TOP.
Taeyang and Daesung came to join us. I told them to stay quiet and I nodded my head at TOP to call Jehan again.
TOP called again and upon the third ring, Jehan picked up the call. Zoey almost gasped in horror but I covered her mouth as quick as I could.
"Hello?" came a deep voice with a French accent.
"Hello," said TOP, changing his voice and accent. "Is this Jehan?"
"Speaking. You called me twice. What is it?"
"I've what you want."
There was silence at the other end and we all held our breaths waiting for Jehan to reply.
"What do you mean?"
"I've your little teddy. The one with the diamonds."
"How did you.....? What?"
"I've been observing you for a while now. All the way from Paris to Seoul. I stole it from that American superstar. Zoey, right? Anyway, I've to say, I'm very impressed."
"Who are you?"
TOP chuckled. That made me smile. "You will know who I am soon enough. What matters is how impressed you have been smuggling in diamonds. I have to say, since I was informed about you, I thought they were joking around. But I've seen that now."
"Who told you about me?" Jehan sounded surprised.
"I've informants everywhere. They say great things about you."
I bet Jehan was speechless. He stammered before he said, "oh. I've no words."
"Good. Let's meet tomorrow. I'll give you the diamonds and you and I can talk about our future ahead. What do you think?"
"I don't know if I should trust you on this one."
"Well, that's a shame. I thought you and I will make a perfect partnership. If you want it that way, then fine. I'll keep the diamonds to myself then and you won't ever hear from me again."
"No, wait!" Jehan sounded desperate. "Let me consider this first."
"You don't have to consider. Tell me right now."
I felt like I was in a movie and I was loving this. Jehan will have no other choice but to accept.
"Fine," said Jehan. "I'll meet you. Where?"
"I'll give you further details tomorrow."
"Huh? Wait, may I....?"
TOP cut the call immediately before Jehan could ask any further. So far so good, everything was going well.
"How was it?" TOP asked.
I removed my hand covering Zoey's mouth. "You were amazing, TOP. Just awesome."
"Guys, what's wrong going on?" Daesung asked, looking confused. "What is this about diamonds?"
"Zoey will tell you," Seungri said.
"Seriously?" Zoey looked annoyed.
"Can someone please tell us?" Taeyang asked. "I'm too confused right now."
"I got involved with a diamond smuggler and now things are heating up since I didn't give him back his diamonds," said Zoey.
"What? How?" Daesung asked. He looked really surprised.
"Can I explain to you guys later? Right now, I don't understand what's going on either," said Zoey. I knew she meant the phone call TOP had with Jehan.
"You two better start talking," said Zoey as she pointed at both TOP and I. "What are you planning? Why do you want to meet Jehan and give him back the diamonds?"
"To trap him of course," I said. "I told TOP to act like he is also part of the diamond smuggling business so that he could agree to meet with him."
"Mmmm, clever," said Seungri. "TOP is such a good actor. And he sounded really convincing too."
"That's why I wanted him to take the phone call," I said giving Seungri a smile.
"Wait, you guys want to meet a diamond smuggler? Isn't that dangerous?" Taeyang asked.
"It is, Tae," said Zoey. "And these guys think that they could meet him and get this over with. He is dangerous! Remember that he threatened me with a gun in Paris."
"He threatened you in Paris?" Daesung looked even more confused.
"Yes, he did. Look guys, I know you're trying to help out with this but you can't just meet him like you're going to have a cup of tea together. He will obviously have his men this time around."
"I know I have a lot to catch up on with this story, but I think Zoey is right," said Taeyang. "This guy sounds dangerous and you will have to come up with something extraordinary to take him down."
"I also stand with Taeyang and Zoey on this one," said Daesung. "We can't allow you guys to put your lives on the line like that. What if things go wrong?"
"I know what I'm up against," I said. "But if I hadn't thought of doing this, Zoey might as well be hunted down. I did this so that Jehan is convinced that Zoey doesn't have the teddy bear, hence there is no need to threaten her anymore."
"Can't you see that this is dangerous?" Zoey asked. "If anything happens to you, I would be the one to blame and I would have to face the wrath of your dear mother, yet alone mine and Collins."
"I know. But the damage is already done."
"Who else knows about this?" Taeyang asked.
"Everyone except our two managers and G-Dragon," Zoey answered.
"GD is not going to like this when he finds out."
"Ya, and he is pretty mad at me, so I wouldn't tell him if I were you." Zoey scratched the back of her head as she said this.
"Are you sure you want to do this, Sam?" Daesung asked. "I'm scared things will go wrong and you might get hurt."
"She has me to protect her," said TOP.
"And me," said Seungri.
"Goodness," said Daesung as he rolled his eyes. "I'm in on it then. I don't want anyone getting hurt, especially you, Sam."
"Hey, what about me?" Zoey asked. "I'm the victim here."
"And you too." Daesung gave Zoey a playful smile.
"Well, looks like everyone is in on it, so I might as well be in it too," said Taeyang.
"Yes, this is going to be fun," said Seungri.
"Yet, dangerous," said Zoey. "We don't even have to ask the others what they think of all this. They will obviously agree since Sam is the one spearheading this mission."
"You make it sound like a bad thing," I said.
"We're dealing with Jehan. Of course it's a bad thing. And I wonder now that he knows I don't have the diamonds, if he is still going to call or not."
As soon as she finished her sentence, her phone in her pocket rang. She took it out and gasped.
"It's Jehan," said Zoey as she stared at us. "What should I do?"
"Answer it," I said. "And put it on loud speaker."
Zoey did as I told her.
"Hello? Jehan?" Zoey sounded nervous.
"Hey, Zoey," said Jehan. "I've been calling you. Why weren't you picking up my calls?"
"I told you yesterday that I would be pretty busy today. We were shooting the music video."
"Figures. So, did you find my diamonds?"
"No....no. I'm sorry Jehan. I looked everywhere and I couldn't find it. I even asked around and no one knows where it is."
There was silence on Jehan's end. And I was starting to worry. What was he going to say?
"You're really lucky, you know?" Jehan said. "If you hadn't found my teddy I was going to kill you."
"What do you mean, I'm lucky?" Zoey sounded confused and I gave her the thumbs up to continue. "I still haven't found your teddy."
"I'm letting you go, Zoey. I don't think I'll need your services from this point onwards."
"Huh? You're letting me go? Why? Did you finally go and seek forgiveness from a priest that you're finally letting me go despite your missing diamonds?"
I had to admit, that was funny and I had to control myself from laughing. The others around me laughed in silence.
"I see you still haven't lost that dumb sense of humour," said Jehan.
"Hey! I have a good sense of humour."
Jehan gave a little laugh on the phone. "It doesn't matter why I'm letting you go. You should be really grateful."
"I won't be until I know what's going on? Are you playing tricks on me or something?"
Jehan gave a sigh. "I wish I was but I'm not."
"Well, at least tell me what's going on."
"This is the last you will hear from me ever again, Zoey."
"Jehan, but...."
Zoey didn't get the chance to finish her sentence. Jehan cut the call. And Zoey had a smile on her face.
"Well, that was one funny way of ending things," said Taeyang.
"But does it matter? I'm free!" Zoey threw her arms in the air, almost dropping her phone. "And it's all thanks to Sam."
"You aren't free yet," I said. "We still have to take him down. He's a criminal who deserves to be behind bars."
"You better start working on a plan then," said Seungri.
"I'm already on it."
"We better head to the bus, it's getting pretty late," said TOP. "The others will start to worry about where we are."
We all agreed and left the trailer. Outside, the sun had started to set. And the water park was completely empty except from the production team from YG taking down the set and packing up.
When we got out of the water park and found ourselves at the parking lot, standing close to our luxury tour bus was Collins, Yang Hyun-suk, Lee and G-Dragon. They turned to towards us when we approached them.
"Where have you all been?" Collins asked.
"Still in the water park," I answered.
"Why? You know it was time to leave, right?" Yang Hyun-suk asked.
"We know," said Daesung. "We were just walking around and talking, that's all."
"Really?" Collins asked as he raised an eyebrow at us.
"It's not like we were up to no good," said Zoey. "We were just walking around."
I threw Zoey a look through the corner of my eye and she read it immediately and kept her mouth shut.
"When it comes to you, Zoey, something is always up," said Collins.
"Seriously! I'm not a troublemaker, you know?" Zoey threw her hands in the air.
"Well, being a troublemaker is kind of your thing," said G-Dragon.
Zoey and I looked at him. I turned to look at Zoey and I could see the look on her face that she wanted to throw something at G-Dragon's face to shut him up.
"Can we just go in," said Taeyang. "It's getting really late."
"Sure," said Collins. "Oh, Sam, I saw those roses your fan sent you. They are really nice."
"Ya, I've fans who love me," I said.
"Who love you way too much," said G-Dragon, rolling his eyes.
"The guitar is in the bus if you need it, Sam," said Lee.
"Thanks," I said.
"You guys go ahead, we will meet you back at YG," said Yang Hyun-suk.
G-Dragon made way for me to enter the bus first and he soon came up right after me, blocking Zoey. I could hear her mutter something in anger. Right now, I wasn't really liking the little feud they had with each other. If I didn't do something about it soon, it might just get serious.
"Awww, I love the roses," said Christine when she saw me come in the bus. "You're really lucky, Sam."
"I know," I said as I smiled at Christine and looked at the roses in the vase.
"I hope this person isn't going to send more flowers to you as the days goes by," said G-Dragon as he went to sit on the leather seats on the right.
"I smell jealousy in the air," I said as I looked at G-Dragon.
"I'm not jealous."
"Yes you're," said Zoey as she joined my two brothers on the right side of the bus.
"I didn't ask for your opinion."
"Ooooh, that's cold," said Mike, looking at Zoey.
Zoey rolled her eyes at him and looked away, saying nothing else.
"What's wrong with these two now?" Taeyang asked as he came up right behind me.
I shook my head as I looked at G-Dragon, then at Zoey. "I've no idea."
When everyone was all settled in the bus, we started the trip back to YG. We were a little quiet and talked a little since we were all tired after such a busy day. I was just playing on the guitar and singing a few songs with Daesung and Daniel at the back seat. The others were either talking or doing nothing at all.
It was night fall when we got to YG and we all got out of the bus, finding ourselves in the parking lot.
"Well, we sure had a long day," said Daesung. "I'm so beat."
"Well, we will see you tomorrow then," I said, as I was having a guitar in our hand and I used my free arm to give Daesung a brief hug. "Have a good night."
"Good night." Daesung hugged me back.
"Aren't I also receiving a hug?" Seungri asked as he came up to me.
"Come here," I said as I turned to Seungri and hugged him.
I went on to hug TOP and Taeyang and even Zoey and Christine hugged the other BigBang members except G-Dragon who was standing a bit further behind us. He seemed preoccupied on his phone. I decided to go and join him.
"Why are you standing here all alone?" I asked.
"Because I wanted to get you alone with me," he answered as he looked up at me with the corner of his lips raised to a smile. He put his phone away in his pocket.
I looked at him with a smile and an eyebrow raised. "Very smart. But you should have said bye to everyone else."
"I know. But I feel you're way more important than anyone else right now."
I blushed. "Stop talking nonsense. I know you don't want to be near Zoey. And she doesn't want to be near you either."
G-Dragon didn't say anything as he looked at me. Behind me, his group mates called out to him to say bye and he responded back with a gesture of his hand. I looked behind me and saw them disappear further into the parking lot towards their cars and drove off. Looking to my other side, my group mates had gone into the SUV that had been waiting for us.
"Alone at last," said G-Dragon.
"Not quite," I said as I pointed behind me at the SUV. "If you think of doing anything to me, they are watching."
"I wouldn't mind. Because I really want to kiss you."
"Can we not do that? I want to talk."
I could see the change in G-Dragon's eyes. He wasn't liking where I was going with this.
"It's about Zoey."
"Yes."
He shook his head. "If you expect me to believe she has changed, I won't."
"I don't want to talk about if she has changed or not. I just don't like the way you guys are behaving towards each other. You were such good friends. Now, I don't where all that has gone to."
"Can't you see that she is getting between us like a jealous person would?"
"What do you mean she's coming between us?"
"She doesn't want us close and she is taking advantage that she has changed because she knows how mad I am at her."
"That's not true, GD."
"It's obvious, Sam. How can you not see that?"
"Look, this change in Zoey is weird even for herself. She did feel bad when she saw us together, but she's really trying to cope with it. And you wouldn't believe her if you don't give her a chance to prove herself."
"I still don't believe her, Sam."
"Then do it for my sake, GD. I don't want to lose my two friends just because of all that has happened in the past."
"But aren't I more than just a friend to you?" he asked as he came closer and cupped my cheeks with his hands.
My heart quickened by his touch and I gasped. I looked at him and placed my hand on his.
"I want it to be that way," I said as I looked earnestly at him. "I seriously do, but not like this. Not when you and Zoey are fighting."
"You care too much for others that you don't even realise that you have a life and you need to be happy too."
I didn't say a word for a while as we continued to look at each other.
"I just don't want things to fall apart," I said. "That's all."
"I know."
G-Dragon kissed me on the forehead and I smiled at him. He took his hands away from my cheeks and took a step back.
"I'll see you tomorrow," he said. "We can talk more about this, okay?"
"Sure," I said.
"Good night," he said with a smile and walked away towards his car. I looked at him as I walked away and I couldn't help but smile.
I turned towards the SUV and walked with the guitar in my hand. When I got in, I sat right next to Christine who was holding my bouquet of flowers.
"How did it go?" Christine asked.
"Huh?" I looked at Christine.
"With GD," said Daniel who sat at the backseat.
"You guys saw us talking, so you can tell, right?" I asked.
"All we saw was him kissing your forehead," said Mike. "Are you two together now? You can tell us. You know we can never tell Collins."
"No, we are not," I said as I turned to look at Mike, sitting at the back.
"Oh, that's sad," said Zoey. "It look like you two just made the pact of being girlfriend and boyfriend."
"What!" Mike and Daniel turned to look at Zoey who was sitting with them at the back. Mike held his chest while Daniel held his head. They looked really shocked by Zoey's statement.
Zoey frowned at them. "What's wrong with you two now?"
"You aren't jealous anymore?" Mike asked.
"I'm trying not to," Zoey answered. "I figured that I've been pretty unfair to Sam and she deserves to be happy."
"Well, that's a change of heart," said Daniel.
"That's not the only shocking news," said Christine. "Sam knows everything about Jehan. And she is the one who switched the teddies."
"What!" my two brothers now looked at me. "How!"
"Does it matter?" I asked. "What matters now is that I have the teddy and we have tricked Jehan into meeting us tomorrow."
"So, what are we going to do next?" Daniel asked.
"First we go to the hotel. We can plan from there."
"This feels like mission impossible the movie," said Mike. "Except that this time, there will be no cool spy gadgets."
"We will see about that," I said with a smile.
We waited for Collins and Lee to show up and when they did, we said bye to Yang Hyun-suk and went to the hotel. When we got there, straight after supper, we went on to planning on what to do to trap Jehan.