Half-way through my way to the airport, I pulled over at a gas station and disabled the tracking system he had implanted in my car, as well as switched the license plates to fake ones. I then entered the gas station and made my way to the bathroom with a little bag. In there, I changed my appearance to look completely different from my usual look before I headed out. When at the airport, I checked in with a fake passport to match my current look and made my way to the seat.
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The plane finally landed, and as I step off, I don't look back as I say with a smile, "I'm back."
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Present
"Jessi, Jessi, Jessi," my name is screamed at the top of that person's lungs, and soon the door to my dorm was slammed open. In comes my best friend Sara, she was the first person I contacted when I first arrived. Sara picked me up while thoroughly looking confused with my new look and sending me strange looks now and then. When we reached her dorm, she first scolded me for going MIA for so long without contacting her. Then told me that my family had told everyone that I had gone abroad to study and wouldn't be back for a while to come. She then scolded me some more for not telling her I was going to leave, and in response to that, I just gave a sad little smile and shook my head. I think she understood that some unspoken things had happened when I was away, so she dropped the topic.
"Jessi, are you listening to me?", she questions which snapped me back to the present.
"Sorry, what did you say?" I ask her.
"I said Be3 is holding a concert near here". And I look at her and smile because she stans so many idol groups. I wonder how she keeps up with them and their names and all the logistics that go with being an idol fan. She then excitedly whips out her phone and clicks on it a few times before pushing it to my face. "Look, this right here is my bias," she says as she rapidly taps on her phone with her nail. I push the phone away from my face so i could get a better look at who she was talking about.
When I do, I realize it's a face I'm familiar with, but i still ask her who it is, and she goes on and on about him, and i nod periodically to show that I'm listening to her. When she's done, i ask her, "When did you say the concert was again?" and she looks at me excitedly before inquiring, "Do you want to go with me?" I give her a deadpan look before promptly telling her, "No," then continue to say, "I was just curious.
"Oh, well, it's in two weeks."
"Isn't that right around the time of your birthday?"
"Yeah, my birthday is the day after the concert," then she pauses before she asks, "Oh, by the way, did you see the notice on the school forum?"
"What notice?" I ask.
"Mr. Chen is taking three undergrad students to be his understudy this semester."
"What?! Why didn't you lead with that?" I shout as I seize her phone and head to the school forum to check."