| Fan Fiction |
by Isa
as she entered. Her mom came out from the living room, into
their hallway. "Oh, Ashley honey you're home. I'm going to
be at a meeting until 6. So could you fix up dinner for
your little brother?" Her mom asked her. Ashley nodded
with a smile. "Sure. Mom." She said. Her mom smiled
back, and gave her a kiss on the cheek before leaving,
the house to go to work. Ashley climbed up the stairs
and went to check on her little brother. He was playing
Wii in his room. "Hey, are you hungry?" She asked her
eight year old brother. He glanced up at her from
playing the remote control. "Not yet. But can you
macaroni and cheese?" He asked her. "Again?" She
said, raising her eyebrows. "Please? Ashley please?"
He begged. She smiled. "You're sounding more and
more like those preschoolers I take care of." She
said. "Hey." He said. She laughed and left his
room, going downstairs to cook macaroni and cheese on
the stove. As she cooked, she laid out her homework
on the dining table, and set the timer for the
food. She worked on her Calculus as she waited for
the macaroni and cheese to boil. Soon the timer dinged
and she got up from her seat, and walked over to the stove,
turning it off and draining the macaroni, then placing it
back in the pot, then added the cheese packet, a little
bit of butter and milk, and stirring it thoroughly.
She soon heard her brother, bounding down the stairs,
and coming into the kitchen. She poured some into a plate
for him, and another plate for herself and they sat down
at the table. She moved her Calculus book to another
chair. Then they ate. "How was school?" She asked him.
"Okay." He said. "What did you learn today?" She asked
him. He shrugged. "Stuff. States and their capitals."
He said. She nodded. They finished their food.
And her brother started to get up from the table.
"Hey, wash your plate." She told him. He sighed and came
back and washed his plate at the sink, then placed it in
the dishrack, and left the kitchen going up the stairs
again. She shook her head and got up washing her plate
in the sink, placing it in the dishrack. Then she
sat back down at the table, finishing her homework.
After about an hour, she was done with her homework,
and her mom just came back home, and went into the kitchen
as Ashley was closing her book, and got up from the seat
to put her book and bag in her room. Her mom smiled at her
as she opened the fridge, taking out a bottle of water
to drink. "Hi, honey. Did you finish your homework?"
Her mom asked her. Ashley nodded. "And did Bobby eat
dinner?" She asked. "Yeah." She said. "Okay. Thank
you." She said. Ashley nodded again, and went up
to her room. She set her bag at the foot of her bed,
and went into her bathroom, taking a quick shower and
changed into sleeping clothes. She opened up her laptop,
and just checked e-mails, and any myspace messages or
comments she had. Then she closed her laptop, and
slipped under her bedcovers, going to sleep.
[Play] What If-Jordyn Taylor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHlTn6SNvoI&feature=related
The following day she went to school as usual,
then went to the preschool to help the kids. When she got
inside, she was surprised to see Nickhun there, helping
out with the kids. "Uh, Mrs. Carroll?" Ashley asked
the preschool teacher. The middle aged woman smiled at
her. "Oh, Nickhun's helping out today." She explained.
Ashley nodded, feeling a little self-conscious, but
shook her head slightly, and walked over to where he
was with the kids. "Hey." She said, with a small smile.
He looked up at her from the table, where he was helping
some kids solve a puzzle, and smiled back. For a second
there, she thought she died and went to heaven. She
regained her composure and sat down at the opposite
side of the table, as she helped the kids find the right
pieces to fit into the puzzle. As they were both helping
the kids, their fingertips occasionally brushed together.
She felt a fluttering feeling in her stomach and
thought she was being a little silly to start crushing
on someone she just met. But when they went out to
the playground to watch the little kids, and she watched
him push his little sister on the swings, tickling her,
and making her laugh, she felt a surge of admiration
for him, as she watched the two. They went back inside
the preschool during naptime. And they sat at a far
table, cleaning up things quietly as the kids slept,
and they talked for awhile. "So, since you work
here? I guess you like working with kids?" He asked
her as they picked up the puzzle pieces putting them
back in the box. She nodded. "Yeah, they're so playful,
and they keep me on my feet alot." She explained.
He smiled, nodding. "So, what made you decide to
come back and help out?" She asked him, closing the
lid on the puzzle box. Then they both started to walk
over to the other end of the room, to put the things
back in a storage box. "Well, I thought I needed to
spend more time with my little sister, and with
college, this is like the only time I can see her."
He explained. "Oh." Ashley said nodding, and putting
the things in the storage away. "And, I kind of
wanted to see you again." He said, with a smile,
pulling out a daisy from his back pocket, handing
it to her. She was taken aback. "Uh. Really? Hey,
isn't this from the back potted plants near the
playground?" She asked him. "Yeah" He said,
slightly embarrased. She was a bit more comfortable,
now that she'd found a weak spot in him. She smiled
thanking him for the flower. He nodded and the kids
started waking up from their nap and they went back to
work helping the kids with rolling up the sleeping
mats and putting them in the shelves where they were.
Mrs. Caroll thanked Nickhun and Ashley.
"You two work well together. Thank you for helping.
You're welcome back anytime Nickhun." She told him with
a warm smile. Nickhun smiled back and said. "I'd be
glad to come back again." He said smiling at Mrs. Caroll
and winked at Ashley and she looked away for a moment,
embarrassed. Then they went separate ways, he was going
to night classes at the University and she was going
home.
[Play] So Sexy-Shanice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K2ogxuL_Yo&feature=related
After Nickhun arrived at the University, he was
walking down the hallways, when the double doors to
the opposite side of the hallway opened. In walked
Yoona, wearing a mini skirt and heels, along with
her group, Yuri and Tiffany. Guys whistled low
as the girls strutted past them. Nickhun was already
almost leaving the building, not facing them, when
Yoona called to him. "Nickhun oppa!" He sighed and
turned around, as she walked as fast as she could
without looking silly, to where he was. Tiffany and
Yuri just waited a few feet behind her, looking bored
as they checked their nails. "Hey Yoona." He said.
She smiled, batting her eyelashes flirtatiously,
as she stood close to him. He could smell the
overwhelming scent of her perfume, some cotton candy
sugary smell. "Oppa, the girls and I are having
a party. We're inviting you and the other oppas." She
said, touching his chest, lightly. He grew uncomfortable,
and backed up slightly. "Thanks. I'll see if I can go.
Well I gotta get to class." He said. She nodded,
and turned around, strutting back to her friends,
after she flapped her fingertips in a wave to him.
He waved back, unenthusiastically and hurried out of
the building to his class.
The following day, Ashley was surprised to see
Nickhun again at the preschool. "Was he really serious?"
She thought, as she sat down at the table where he
sat, helping the little kids with their coloring.
"Hey. You're back." She said. He smiled. "Yeah." He
said. "Oppa! Can you and Ashley unni play a song?"
His sister went up to him and asked him. They glanced
at each other shrugging. Then went over to the piano,
sitting down next to each other. And they did a duet
with Blue Moon. As the kids sang along. "Blue moon,
you saw me standing alone, without a love of my own.."
They sang. Maybe it wasn't the right song for little
kids. So they tried to think of a different song to play.
Then they started to play "Hakuna Matata" as the kids
sang along. Every now and then, as he had added
more chords to the left hand accompaniment, his right
hand, would bump into her left hand. He would say sorry
as she would nod, while the kids continued to sing along,
oblivious to the chemistry between the two. After
the song, they put the kids in their nap time again.
And they sat at the far table again, talking.
"Hey, I was wondering if you wanted to go to a party
with me?" He asked her. She looked surprised.
"A college party?" She said, unsure. He smiled.
"It's not one of those wild parties. The host's parents
are going to be there and everything." He explained.
She nodded. "Oh. Well, When is it?" She asked.
"Tomorrow at 7." He said. "Oh. I think I can go."
She said. He smiled. "Great. Do you want me to pick
you up?" He asked. "Sure. If you don't mind." She
said. He nodded, and she gave him her address.
"I'll pick you up at 6:30?" He asked. She nodded with
a small smile. And then they got up from the table,
going over to the kids as they woke up and helping them
put the sleeping mats back in the shelves. Then they
said goodbye to Mrs. Caroll and went home.
Ashley went home, still surprised that he had asked
her to go to a party with him. She did her usual routine
of doing her homework and making dinner for her brother
as her mom was at work, then went to bed.
She went through school, somewhat in a daze
the following morning, but knew she had to focus.
She went through the usual at the preschool, and he
was there to help again. They played with the kids, talked
as usual, and they reminded each other about the party.
Then they went home.
Ashley told her mom about the party the day before,
and she said it was okay, as long as the parents
were there. She went up to her room, and started
getting ready. She took a quick shower, and then
tried to figure out what to wear. She finally
picked out dark wash jeans, and a nice billowy
light blue blouse, with cap sleeves. She straightened
her hair and wore it down. Then she just curled her
eyelashes, and applied mascara, setting off her brown
eyes. Then she kept the rest of her look bare with
just a moisturizing lip balm. Soon Nickhun came over
and he rang the doorbell. Ashley came down the stairs,
but her mom beat her to it. He introduced himself
politely to her, and her mom was charmed as well.
"It's nice to meet you too." Her mom said, shaking his
hand. Nickhun smiled, and he smiled at Ashley as she
came down the stairs. She smiled back and said a quick
goodbye to her mom, kissing her on the cheek and they
went to his car, and he opened the door for her. She
went inside and then he went around to the driver's
seat. "You look nice." He said. She smiled thanking
him. "You too." She said. He was wearing relaxed jeans
and a dark blue polo shirt. They kind of matched in a way.
Then he took of to the party. When they got there,
music was booming loudly. They entered the place,
where people were mingling, drinking punch or dancing.
As they entered some people stared at the two. She felt
slightly uncomfortable, but they ignored it. Then they
walked to one corner of the room, where he introduced her
to some of his friends. "Ashley this is my friend
Taecyeon." Nickhun said, gesturing to a very tall, slim
guy, who was smiling widely. She smiled back, shaking
his hand. "And this is Jaebum." He said, gesturing to
a guy with a somewhat mohawk hairstyle, and a certain
confident swagger to himself. "Hey." He said, shaking her
hand. "You're not from UC Irvine are you?" Taecyeon
asked. She shook her head. "I'm a senior at Santa
Monica Highschool." She said. He nodded. They chatted
for awhile, and then Ashley spotted one of her cousins
surprisingly, but remembered that she went to UC Irvine.
She just didn't know that her cousin could be acquainted
with whoever the host was of the party. "Oh. I see my
cousin. Excuse me." She said to them, and walked over
to her ocusin. "Ashley! What are you doing here?" Her
cousin asked her, giving her a hug. "I came with Nickhun."
She explained. "Oh? I know him. He's in my AP Chem
class. Really nice guy." She said. Ashley nodded.
"But, watch out, I think that girl that's always trying
to flirt with him is around here somewhere. Yoona or
something." She said. Ashley tensed up slightly.
"Who's Yoona?" She asked her. "Uh. Ooh there she is
in that silver mini dress." Her cousin said, pointing
across the room. Ashley glanced where she was pointing
and saw the girl, and sure enough she was making
a beelin for where Nickhun and his friends were
standing. "Oh. There she goes again." Her cousin said,
in disgust. Ashley watched from afar, as Yoona tossed
her long, slightly wavy black hair, flirtatiously,
laughing and touching Nickhun's arm, as jealousy rose
within her. Ashley was holding a soda can in her
hands, and crushed it. Her cousin glanced at her.
"Hey. It's okay. He's not interested in her." Her cousin
said. She could see that he didn't really look interested
in what Yoona was saying, but still a part of her
wasn't convinced. She thought maybe he was just doing
that for her own sake. But then why did he ask her
to the party if he was just going to let her watch
girls throw themselves at him? Ashley put the soda
can down at the table. The other guys had backed away
by this time. And Nickhun glanced over at Ashley, just
as Yoona had grabbed both of his hands in her own.
Ashley looked at him, head on, and then she couldn't
take it anymore. And turned around, walking out of
the house quickly. Nickhun, roughly yanked his hands
away from Yoona and turned to go after Ashley.
But Yoona grabbed his arm. He yanked his hand out
of her grasp roughly. "Oppa! She's not even Korean!"
Yoona said. He looked at her in disbelief. "I'm not
Korean!" He pointed out. "Yeah but.." She started to
say. "You mean, she's not asian. Well that doesn't
matter to me!" He said quickly then ran out of
the house, to catch up with Ashley.
Ashley walked down the sidewalk, as the neighborhood
was on a hill. And she had to slow down in her walk,
or she might trip. She was hurt and confused, wondering
if he had just been a player. Just something to tell
his friend about, that he had gotten a senior in highschool
to fall for him. Tears started to fall down her face,
and she wiped them away quickly. "Ashley!" She heard
him call after her. She couldn't run down the hill.
So she sighed and turned around. "What?" She said to
him, her voice turning cold. He sighed. "What
happened there with Yoona, I.." He started to say. She
held both her hands up. "It doesn't matter. It's none
of my business." She said. He shook his head. "No.
I don't like her. I should've pushed her away a long
time ago. I'm sorry." He said. She just looked at him.
"What else am I supposed to say?" He asked her. She
shrugged. He sighed. "Okay. Just listen to me. Please."
He said and started to sing.
"I know I should'nt have let her
Get that close to me
Saying "No" isn't always that easy
But I didn't like it when she touched me
I should've pushed her away
And I know I've said sorry lately
But I mean it with my heart
She just doesn't do it for me
She's nothing like you are
You're everything to me
She doesn't have what I need
Please believe me when I say I like you
'Cause you're everything to me. "
Ashley looked up at him, in disbelief. "You like me?"
She said, in surprised. He smiled. "Yeah." He said softly.
She looked down at her shoes for a moment, processing
everything that had just happened then looked back up
at him. "I like you too." She said, with a small smile.
His smile grew wider, and he took both of her hands in
his. They just smiled at each other for a moment. then
he stepped forward, enclosing the space between them,
and he leaned close to her face, slowly. She closed
her eyes, as his lips met her own, softly.
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