"Elena, could you help me buy some things from the market,there isn't enough to cook dinner with"the girl who had been helping her brother with his homework raised a brow at the shopping list that was shoved to her face aggressively,her mother would never do that,it was the handwork of someone who had been trying to get on her nerves since this morning.
"Why don't you just push it into my mouth instead Faith"she frowns and her friend scoffs.
"Then the list of things we were to buy would be in your stomach stupid... let's go"
"Yeah yeah whatever,I'll be right back kyle just keep solving the way I thought you okay?"her brother let's out a soft 'Okay' in reply and she ruffles his black curly hair earning a scowl from him.
" Don't be a nerd like her kyle you're gonna miss your youth if you ever turn out to be like her"the only thing she got from 12 years old kyle was an eye roll and she gasped dramatically preparing to do a harsh comeback. Elena chuckles at them dragging Faith out before she had the chance to utter another word to the poor kid who was busy with his homework.
Her friend was shameless and she wouldn't mind exchanging words with kids who were way younger than her,she could even attack a baby for pinching or biting her. She was a twin and her twin sister was the opposite of her, while Faith was aggressive,upfront and chaotic,her sister was gentle,shy and quite childish.
They had both arrived few minutes to lunch because of the traffic and had only little time to settle down before they were sent to the market,they didn't complain though because they had wanted to go on a walk later.
"Yo Elena,I got $100 from Bryan to... "
"Well...if it isn't the child of the useless Tara" an annoying voice the girls had not heard for half a year chirped. Faith who was not a fan of being cut off when she was talking was about to tell Elena she had gotten a $100 from a guy called Bryan which was a bribe for her to convince Elena to date him but hearing that b*tchey voice her face was instantly in a scowl.Elenas' silver-gray eyes turned cold instantly but other than that,she maintained the smile that had been on her face.
"And if it isn't the stupid... ugly brat"Rachel who had wanted to make fun of Elena in front of her friends turned red from embarrassment at being called ugly.
"You..."She moves forward after recovering from her surprise but Faith gives her a glare and she stops on her track.
"Try having some manners Rachel, you don't talk while elders are talking...oh and I take back what I told you last year,you don't only have to change your character but you also have to change your face as well,it makes me wanna puke when I see it" Finishing her up in one go,Faith draps her arm around Elenas' neck and they both walk away leaving a very embarrassed Rachel who quickly covers her face with her scarf. She turns to her friends hurriedly,face all red and confidence crushed to it's lowest level.
"Is...is there something wrong with my face?,I told you guys I should have gotten the nose and lips surgery last week as well,why did I have to listen to your bad advice"she complains stomping into a mall with her friends following behind her trying to cheer her up.
"Why didn't any of you say anything?" She glared at her useless friends
"You told us you could handle them and you didn't need our help". one of them replied and she huffs.
This wasn't supposed to have happened,she was supposed to have the final say,she had always been the one who left Elena angry and unable to do anything not the other way round. She couldn't believe that Elena whose family bearly had enough to eat had actually insulted her whose father had lent money to her father(Elenas' father, sorry if it's confusing).
Coming back with the groceries in their hand,they had both forgotten what had happened few minutes ago as they deemed it useless to think about and were now chatting and playing on the street as they walk home. Busy as they were, they didn't notice the car coming their way and Elana had unconsciously gone into the road while laughing at something Faith had said, before Faith could warn her friend of the incoming car,it had almost ran over her but luckily it screeched to a stop when it had gotten to her knocking her on the ground from the slight push it had given her.
She stood up immediately with the help of faith and her face was livid anyone could see that.
"Who the hell are you... don't you have eyes" she yells,her voice losing its usual melody when she spoke.
She knocks on the drivers' door with a frown on her face waiting for whoever was inside to come out and face her wrath.
At that moment Faith who had been watching her friend shifts her gaze to the car and freezes at the sight of the shiny object in front of her and almost immediately,she begins to panick slowly. The car was a porche worth around 30 to 40 billion dollars,her father was a car dealer so she knew what she was talking about, even though she always looked like she wasn't paying attention,well,she never actually paid attention but right now she was thankful she had paid attention the day her father was talking about porches.
"You had all the road to yourself and you decide to drive on the side I was walking huh... come out right now" Elena who cared less about what brand of car it was knocked on the glass one more time and Faith rushed towards her worried she might break the glass at how hard she was knocking.
"Ena stop already...the person in there is fucking rich" Elena who was told this didn't even budge,it only made her glare deepen. God help her friend
"And what if he's rich,does that give him the freedom to kill someone?" Faith sighs,the point of all this was useless as it was their fault for not being careful in the first place. If it had been some other person who didn't have a shiny billion dollar porche she would have stood and watched as Elena dealt with the person or perhaps join in herself but this was different,they couldn't afford to offend the person who was in the car. Thankfully the driver hadn't come out yet making her wonder why and it was impossible to see anything that was on the other side of the tinted glass equally making it impossible to figure out if the owner was mad or not . Not waiting to figure out though,she drags Elena by the hand away from the car.
"Common Elena forget it... mom's waiting"
Elena reluctantly let herself be pulled after realizing that her mother was infact waiting for her to come home. She gives the car one last glare before walking home with Faith who heaved a sigh of relief.
On the other side where the car was still parked,a still dazed Eric was staring at the retreating figure of an angel who had been angrily asking him to come out of his car few minutes ago.
He had been resting peacefully in the car with his ipod plugged in only for the car to jerk forward after minutes of silence his head almost hitting the front seat.
"I'm so sorry boss...gwenchana?"as he opened his mouth to give a low curse at Kain who was driving in front, his words stuck to his throat at the sight before him, even Kain had been stunned for a minute before he turned to ask how his boss was doing.
He blinked slightly wondering if he had died in an accident but pushed that thought out after realizing that he heard his annoying bodyguards' voice seconds ago so there was no way he was dead.
Staring at the goddess in front of his car his heart began to pound wildly in his chest making Eric place a hand over the place his heart was worrying Kyle who had been staring at him because of his wierd behavior
"Boss..."
"Dakchyeo!"
The goddess in front of him was wearing a simple dress probably worth not less than 10 dollar but she looked both expensive and beautiful than the girls who wore different expensive brands of clothes. The part of her body which caught his attention the most was her almost red lips,he badly wanted to touch those lips to know if she had lipstick on or if they were natural. For the first time he found someone he could compare with his mother in terms of beauty. Those silver-gray eyes locked with his unintentionally and he felt like they were pulling him into them like a magnetic force.
Minutes after they had gone,Kain finally had the courage to call out to him again. After being rebuked before,he had stayed quiet not daring to utter a word or breath too loud.
"Boss?"
"Let's go...give me information about her before tomorrow morning"
Kain only nods not surprised one bit at his order,he knew his boss was a playboy who only accepted pretty ladies and immediately he had seen the angry girl earlier the first person to come in mind was Eric.
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Back to Elena and Faith,they had both gotten home only to find the happy family they had left minutes ago in an indescribable situation. Tara her mother was sitting on their only couch crying while being consoled by an equally crying Kyle,her father was pacing up and down the sitting room looking dejected .
When they both came in they all looked at them with sadness written all over their face.
"What's... happening?" Suddenly having a very bad feeling about the situation, Elena couldn't help but ask and it almost came out as a whisper but they all heard her. Even Faith who didn't know what was going on went to join in consoling Tara and Kyle waiting for an explanation too.
Her parents both share a look before her father sighs gesturing for her to sit but a sturbborn Elena refused to. Sighing for the second time,he looks at Elena with sad eyes.
"Elena,I want you to know we didn't tell you this for your sake alright..." She frowns but nods not saying anything but her father knew she wouldn't be so calm if she knew what he was about to tell her but nevertheless he continues not daring to look at her.
"Ur sister...she has been in the hospital for a month now because of her heart problem..."he stares up to see her reaction to find out she had turned stiff "We went to visit yesterday and the doctor said she had only a week to live but he called few minutes ago to say she had only three days left but he won't do the operation till we get him the money....Ena I'm so sorry"he moves towards her blinking back the tears that were trying to fall but Elena moves backwards in a daze avoiding him as tears fall from her eyes.
"Where is she?" the room goes silent immediately and they all stare at her.
"Elena..." She dashes out of the house ignoring the calls behind her.
If they were not going to tell her which hospital she was admitted to,she would have to find it herself.
Gwenchana? - a korean word for 'are you okay?'
Dakchyeo - a korean word for 'shut up'