Chapter 2: Party of a Lifetime

Warning: This chapter may include mature conduct.

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"Ren Kobayashi? Is that you?"

    Oh damn. I wanted to sink away into the ground and not come back up again. I winced and started to slowly turn around. Yep. It was Jaehyung Han. GREAT.

    "Oh hi, Jaehyung," I said, forcing a smile. I smacked Jade's hand so she could lead me away from this. She clutched my hand and slowly dragged me along with her.

    "Hey, can we talk?" he muttered sadly. I looked up at him. He looked sincerely sad, but no. I can't do this again. Sorry, Jaehyung.

    I glanced back at my group of friends and shook my head. "Sorry. My friends are waiting." I walked faster to catch up with Ethan and Victoria. "Hey, is Erin here?"

    "Your sister? No, she texted me saying that she won't be able to make it. She didn't get such an important part, so she's pretty mad about that," Ethan stated.

    The music died down, catching everyone's attention. We hurried to our reserved seats and stared intently at the bright stage. A woman walked onstage. She had to be Amelia.

    "Welcome everyone! This is our opening celebration for the hit-novel, Kiss Me Under the Moonlight! Thank you to everyone that came. Unfortunately, we have a few absences, but that's fine! My name is Amelia Saucedo and I am the hose for tonight's party!" She glanced down at a piece of paper in her hand. "But first, let's please welcome, Kimmy Ryder-Kim as one of the stars of the show!"

    Applause erupted. I could see Lewis Kim, her husband, standing in the back, smiling with rejoice for his wife. He glanced over at me and waved to me! TO ME! I waved back! I turned back and damn my heart was beating so fast. A famous person like him actually waved to me!

    "Next up, please welcome Ren Kobayashi as the second star of the show, playing Noah Castillo!"

    I was so embarrassed as I walked up to the stage. I kept looking down at my feet and tugging at my suit. Amelia gestured for me to stand next to Kimmy. I was so embarrassed. I tried not to show it much.

    A hot voice whispered in my ear. "It's nice to be working with you. I heard your acting is superb!"

    I turned to look at Kimmy and she smiled.

    Stuttering, I said,"Th-thank you. It's just I'm so scared to be working with someone this famous. I'm afraid I might mess things up and change your reputation and all-"

    "It's fine. Pretty soon you're going to be the famous one. Once you star in this movie, trust me, you'll be way more famous than you are right now and get more and more requests to play in movies, ads, TV shows. Trust me. I've been through this more than once," she responded wisely.

    The room was quiet again as Amelia was flipping through the paper she had. "Next, we shall welcome the second roles of Noah Castillo and Megan Davis. First up, please welcome Jade Mendoza!"

    I watched Jade get up from her seat and climb the stairs to the opposite side of Amelia. She turned to look at me and waved. I turned back to scan the audience. Victoria and Ethan were all smiling and waving at us. I scanned the rest of the audience to see if I saw anyone I knew....and yep. Story logic, I see Jaehyung Han and he was looking straight at me. Yikes. The stare he was giving me could bore a million bullets into my body.

    "Next up, Jaehyung Han! You are the second role of Noah Castillo. Joshua Ackerman dropped out."

    I was shocked. He was shocked. Everyone was shocked. I thought he was here because he was a plus-one for Serina Lopez.

    He walked up the opposite side of stairs. I could see his eyes going down my body, making me shiver.

    "Are you okay?" Kimmy asked.

    I nodded and forced a smile. "Yeah. I'm okay. Don't worry about me..."

    We stood on the stage for a few more minutes as Amelia was talking about what would take place if something happened and such. I rushed down the stairs and ran back to my friends. Well, at least tried to.

    Just as I was leaving the short flight of stairs, someone grabbed my hand. I turned around and stared at them. "What do you want, Jaehyung?"

    "Ren, can we please just talk? It's important."

    I glared at him and he stared at me. "Go on. Make it quick. I don't have time to talk to you like this. I have people waiting."

    He ran a hand through his hair and gave a frustrated sigh. "Listen, what you think happened 6 years ago actually didn't happen-"

    "Ren! What are you doing here? Kimmy and Lewis invited us to sit at their private table!" Victoria squealed, distracting me from this conversation.

    Thank you, I mouthed. She winked at me and held my hand, dragging me away from the opposite direction of Jaehyung. Thank god.

    "What the **** was that all about, huh? Why are you talking with Jaehyung? Aren't you scared of what will happen if you get involved with him again?" Jade scolded.

    I sighed. "I know, but-"

    "There are no buts. I know you're working with him now, so you'll have to get along, but please. Don't be afraid to tell me what happens between you guys."

    "Yeah yeah. Whatever," I mutter.

    Throughout the night, all I could think about was Jaehyung. Whenever he caught me looking at him I always looked away, like I did during high school. Definitely brought back those happy memories... But when he's talking to other women, that bad memory comes back into my mind.

    My vision was so blurry after one hour. I slurred when I opened my mouth, I drank more, I had fun, but Jaehyung was the only thing on my mind.

    Ethan, the one person out of all my friends who was sober, told everyone to stop drinking. But when you're drunk and having the best time at your life at a party, do you think you can stop? That's right. Nope.

    "Ethan! Come dance with me!" Victoria slurred. "Rihanna's playing!"

    I squealed drunkenly at the name Rihanna and we stumbled our way onto the dance floor with other drunk people. We stole the spotlight as I took off part of my suit and threw it into the crowd. I saw Ethan in the distance, making out with Jade. I was surprised to see my sister there with Mikey. I went over to her and begged her to drink with me.

    "Oh come on! It's just one drink," I begged.

    She glared at me and glanced over at someone behind me. I turned around and greeted them with a big smile. "Oh hi, Jaehyung! Perfect timing! Let's go dance!"

    Jaehyung looked back at Erin and mouthed "Is he okay?"

    She responded with the shaking of her head and shouted to him to take care of me.

    Me and Jaehyung danced the night away. He was still so sober. I was definitely the opposite. I was grinding on him, touching his body, leaning toward his face...

    "Oh shit. What time is it?!" I exclaimed. I sat straight up in bed and turned to look for my phone. Holy shit. Jaehyung was laying in bed next to me, *****.

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