Saturday, December 22, 2007 @ 4:56 PM
Chapter 4As soon as the bell rang for them to be released from school, Isabel dragged Jun Wei out of the classroom. “Where are we going exactly?” Jun Wei kept asking, getting slightly irritated. “I’m meeting a internet friend for the first time. Need a guy to protect me.” Isabel said. This was the lines she had gone through with Alan many times yesterday night. “Why choose me of all people?” Jun Wei looked at Isabel quizzically. “You look more man can? Just keep quiet and walk. I’m going to be late!” Isabel shushed Jun Wei and dragged him along even faster. They got onto a bus to the mall and Isabel held onto Jun Wei’s hand tightly throughout the ride. “I wonder if cousin Alan is ready…” Isabel thought and clutched onto Jun Wei’s hand so tightly that her nails dug into his skin and caused him to bleed. “Sorry!” Isabel kept repeating. “You don’t have to be so nervous you know. You’re meeting a internet friend, not your other half whatever.” Jun Wei said as he placed a tissue over the injury. Isabel heaved a sigh of relief. Luckily Jun Wei had thought that she was just too nervous over meeting her internet friend…
“Where’s your friend? See him yet?” Jun Wei glanced this way and that. “Err… Nope… He’s waiting for me at level 3. Let’s take the lift.” Isabel pulled Jun Wei behind her while she searched for Alan. ‘Where is he exactly?’ Isabel thought nervously. They took the lift up and once out of the lift, Jun Wei continued to look for the so called internet friend that Isabel is ‘meeting’. Isabel finally spotted Alan and shook Jun Wei’s shoulder. “This way.” Jun Wei followed her and as he walked closer and closer, he started to recognise the couple hugging each other. He did not know the male but he definitely know the female… “Annabelle?” Jun Wei said in disbelief. Annabelle looked up immediately and gasped. “Jun Wei…”
“Jun Wei…Wait for me…Jun Wei!” Annabelle cried as she ran after Jun Wei. Jun Wei quickened his pace angrily. “Jun Wei! I can explain… Wait for me… Jun Wei!” Annabelle continued to shout. Passer bys turned to look at her curiously and some stopped to see what the commotion was about. “Jun Wei…” Annabelle tripped and fell to the ground heavily. Isabel and Alan looked at her from afar. “Aren’t we a bit too over?” Alan asked. “I feel guilty.” “It’s okay…It’s all for Joyce. If we hadn’t done this, they wouldn’t have broken up and Joyce will never have a chance!” Isabel tried to pretend that she was okay with it even though she felt terrible inside. ‘Forgive me… It’s all for Joyce…’
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“Jun Wei! Jun Wei!” Joyce whispered. “Huh?” Jun Wei turned and looked at Joyce. “Mdm Tan is calling you!” Joyce whispered back. “Mdm Tan?” Jun Wei turned and jumped up. Mdm Tan is standing right in front of him. The whole class burst out in laughers as Jun Wei looked at Mdm Tan sheepishly. “Come to my office after lessons.”
Mdm Tan stared and Jun Wei and turned to continue lessons. “I’m done for!” Jun Wei sat down heavily and sighed.
“Jun Wei, what’s wrong with you? You haven’t been paying attention in class these few days. Not only in other lessons, even in my lessons!”
“I’m sorry Mdm Tan.”
“Saying sorry does not help. I want you to pay attention in class and forget whatever is in your mind. It will cause your grades to fall!”
“Yes Mdm Tan.”
“The next time I catch you not paying attention in lessons I’ll have to call your parents.”
“Yes Mdm Tan.” Jun Wei shuffled his feet out of Mdm Tan’s office. “What did you say?” The voice of a girl streamed into his ears as he walked passed a staircase. “I was the one who made Jun Wei break up with Annabelle. I planned the whole thing.”
“Why did you do that?” Joyce snapped at her best friend.
“Hey! I’m trying to help you! Don’t talk like as if I did something wrong!” Isabel snapped back at Joyce.
“But you obviously did something wrong!”
“I did this for you!”
“I didn’t ask you to do anything like this did I?”
“Alan was the one who did it anyway.”
“Don’t push the blame on him! You know you are the one who begged him to do it. You know he can never turn down your requests!”
“I had never thought that you would do such things!” A voice cut into Isabel and Joyce’s conversation.
“Jun Wei?” Joyce found her voice first.
“How could you?” Jun Wei walked towards Joyce. One step, two steps, three steps. “How could you?” Jun Wei asked again.
“I don’t know…Isabel…” Joyce tried to find words to defend herself with.
“How could you!” Jun Wei shouted into Joyce’s face. Tears welled up in Joyce’s eyes and she trembled. “Stop acting!” Jun Wei shouted and reached out one hand towards Joyce. Before he could react, Joyce pushed him away and ran down the corridor. “I was the one who did it! Not Joyce! If you want to vent your frustrations, vent it on me, not Joyce!” Isabel planted herself before Jun Wei. “Come on! Hit me! Vent your frustrations on me! I’m right here, come hit me!” Isabel tilted her head and faced one side of her cheek towards Jun Wei. “Slap me. Slap me if you dare!” Isabel shouted at Jun Wei. “Don’t think I don’t dare to slap you!” Jun Wei raised his hand and sent a stinging slap right across Joyce’s face. “Joyce!” Isabel shouted.
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