The one-week vacation of JA's mom and Jungwon in the Philippines went over so they had to go back to South Korea.
While they're having their breakfast and they're busy talking with each other, Jungwon was just eating silently.
"Jungwon-ah, wae geurae? (what's wrong Jungwon)", Mrs. Mercedez asked.
"Geokjeong mara, amugeotdo anieyo, eomma (nothing mom, never mind)", Jungwon responded
Jareed looked at him and then he smiled.
"I think I know, why Jungwon suddenly became sad mom. It's because he already miss my little sister, now that you're going back to Korea", Jareed began teasing him.
JA just gave her brother an angry look and continued eating. Jareed silently smiling while his gaze shifted away from her.
"Umm, sweetie, would you go with me to the airport? Well, I should not have asked it. You need to, or else Jungwon will be more sad", Jareed jested.
JA just nodded and went upstairs to fix herself. She was wearing a slack and a blue collared blouse because she was planning to go directly to Bannister Academy after taking her mom and Jungwon to the airport.
After some time, she went out of her room but Jungwon was standing outside and just waiting for her to come out.
"Jungwon-ah, wae? (why Jungwon)
"Jamsi iyagi hal su isseo, J.A yah? (Can we talk for a while JA)", he asked seriously.
She nodded and they headed to the rooftop.
"J.A.yah, I know about your health condition. Mom and Jareed told me about it but you said you don't want to undergo a heart transplant. Wae? If that is the only solution then why not? J.A jal deureo (JA listen). I will do my best to look for a heart donor because I want you to be healed. Geuraeso geokjeong hajima, aracchi? (So, don't worry okay)", Jungwon explained gently.
JA tapped his shoulder and smiled.
"Okay Jungwon, I'll think about it. Sinkyeong sseo jwoseo komawo (Thanks for worrying me)
After a few minutes of talking, they went downstairs. They had to leave the house because her mother and Jungwon's flight is at 10:00 0' clock.
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At the airport
"Bye dear, honey buns take care!", Mrs. Mercedez said while droplets of tears were falling from her eyes.
"Bye mom, take care!", JA and Jareed responded and hugged their mom tightly.
"Bye bro, please take care of mom", Jareed tapped Jungwon's shoulder.
"Jalga, Jungwon-ah", JA said and smiled at him.
Jungwon gave her an intent look and she felt like she was about to melt away. He has those expressive eyes that any woman could possibly get lost when staring at them for a long time.
"Geongang hagu haengbokhae J.A.yah (Be healthy and be happy JA)", Jungwon smiled and pulled her a hug. Afterwards her mom and Jungwon were heading towards the boarding area.
Meanwhile, JA and Jareed went their way out of the airport. But since it's almost 12:00 noon, they decided to drop by at the restaurant to take their lunch.
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At Bannister Academy
"Take care sweetie. I'll pick you up later, okay? For now, I need to go to JJ tech for some signatories",
"Okay boo, take care", she responded.
"Umm, saranghanda J.A.yah (I love you)", Jareed shouted and winked his eyes. Well, she knew her brother was just teasing her about Jungwon's love confession. Of course, she told Jareed about it and at that time her brother was just smiling without giving any comment.
She continued walking in the school's corridor and then took the elevator going to the second floor.
She went inside the classroom, but the kids were not yet around. It was still 1:30 and usually, the kids would go to school at 2:30. She took her cellphone from her bag and logged in to the reading platform. She tried to open the messages of Zacky's cousin and she was supposed to type her response but she found out she was muted. She placed her phone inside her bag and took a nap, leaning her head on the table.
After some time, a cute little voice called her name.
"Cher JA, we're here already", Josh said in a soft voice.
"Hi kids, how are you?", she asked and pinched their cute little cheeks.
"Cher, please excuse us for a while, we'll go back after 5 minutes", Josh said and gestured his hand for his classmates to follow him. JA was wondering why all of the sudden these kids went outside like they don't want her to know something.
After a while, the kids went back to the classroom.
"Cher, why are you sad?" Chris asked.
"No, I'm not sweetheart!" she smiled and messed up Chris' hair.
"We saw you crying last time cher. And even if we laughed and threw jokes at you, you were still sad", Gillian uttered.
"Did you miss your PC cher?", Josh asked curiously.
"PC, what is that?"
"Your prince charming", the kids giggled.
"I talked to army while ago cher", Josh said forming a naughty smile on his lips.
"You mean, my friend in the reading platform?", she responded.
"Yes..yes!!!", Josh shouted then he chuckled.
"Cher, can we ask something?"
"Yes, what is it, sweetheart?"
"Can you sing the piece of your soul?"
"No, I won't it will just make me cry", she responded.
But the kids were crying and she was carried away, so she had to grant their request.
"Please record it cher and send it to army on messenger”, Josh shouted.
"Okay"
She sang the song and recorded it as what the kids had requested.
And again, she was not able to control herself but to shed tears. Josh went closer to her and show her a message that was coming from Zacky.
"PC fought the grim reaper when teacher was in the hospital, and PC will again fight the grim reaper. So don't worry"
JA understood what it means to say, and it warmed her heart. She smiled after reading it and told the kids to get ready for the lesson.
"Teacher is already smiling! Yeheyy!!!", the kids shouted.
After the class, JA was doing the psychological counseling like asking the kids what they feel, and what bothers their mind. And then giving them advice afterwards. She was really good at giving advice to other people especially to the kids, but when it comes to her personal life, she is always weak and sensitive.
"Kids, we are done now, you may go. Take care sweethearts"
"Bye cher" the kids shouted in chorus and hugged her.
She went outside and decided to wait for her brother at the school gate.
While waiting, she logged in to her messenger account and sent the audio clip of the song to Zacky.
After few minutes of waiting, Jareed was there to pick her up.
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At home,
She was in her room and opened her laptop to continue writing another chapter of her story. After she was done, she opened the platform and logged in to her account. She decided to send message to Zacky and followed her. After some time, Zacky followed her too.
They continuously exchanging sweet messages and again it made her heart fluttered so much. She was really happy to be a friend of her again.
Her brother knew about it and started to get angry at her.
"You make friends with her again, even she said something bad to me? Did you forget already what she told to us in her message? She said we are both fools, we are stupid! Two mature fools who hurt a kid like her!", Jareed shouted annoyingly.
"I'm sorry boo, but she is my friend. Please give me one more chance boo. Please...", she said emotionally.
"It's up to you Jannah Arianne!", he shouted and slammed the door.
She was left alone in her room, and she felt so lonely. She felt like she had no one on her side anymore. She laid down in bed and started sobbing.
Until she had fallen into a deep sleep.
She found herself walking in the garden full of flowers. The place was seemed familiar to her.
Where am I?
Have I gone to this place before?
She tried to recall the past events in her life.
And she was certain that she really had gone to this place before when she was striking between life and death in the hospital.
From a distance a man was standing, intently looking at her.
"Ryle!" she hurriedly ran towards him only to find out that it wasn't Ryle.
"Who are you?" she asked.
"It's me dear!"
"Zacky?"
The man nodded and moved few steps closer to her.
"What's wrong baby?"
"I'm saying goodbye to you now dear. I don't want you to be hurt. So, goodbye forever", the man said and turned away.
"Why are you saying goodbye? Why?", she shouted but the man did not listen to her.
"Baby, baby! No!"
She suddenly woke up from a dream. She took a glass of water and changed her clothes because she was drenched with sweats. Her heart was beating fast and she felt so much pain in her heart.
She tried to forget everything about that dream because people said not all dreams come true. She tried to close her eyes but she could not anymore get back to sleep. So she stood up and opened her laptop to update her story.
She suddenly felt strange.
"Why Zacky appeared to be a man in my dreams, when she is a woman?" the other side of her brain told her.
In order to answer all the queries lingering in her mind, JA did the mental telepathy again and tried to travel just to reach at Zacky's place. But her soul landed to one of Zacky's cousins instead of her. And she found something...
However, she was not able to do the telepathy completely, because she felt very weak.
One day, when she and Zacky were chatting on messenger, she confessed to Zacky that she did the mental telepathy again and that she broke her promise. Zacky asked her what did she find out, but JA did not tell her because she said, it's her ability that lies on it. Suddenly Zacky got angry and sent her plenty of messages. Zacky said JA was hurting her all the time and JA responded and said she was the one who was hurt by her, and that even made Zacky angrier.
"From now on, don't anymore call me baby"
"You are crossing the line"
"You crossed the limits"
"You make friends with me because you just wanted to know my personal information"
"I'm tired of understanding you. Now I can't do it anymore"
"So, don't ever contact me anymore. Do you understand?"
"I hope you can find someone who will understand you because I can't do it anymore"
"So, goodbye forever now."
JA was shocked because she did not expect that her dreams about saying 'goodbye forever', would come true.
Her heart was aching. She wanted to cry, but no more tears came out from her eyes.
"Goodbye forever...
"Goodbye forever...
It kept on repeating her mind. She closed her eyes.
"Alvida , then".
(Alvida means goodbye forever)