54 Her Story: Part VI (1/2)

When Ha Eun woke the next day, she turned on her phone and noticed it was 14:30pm. She had slept all morning. She then noticed she had 40 missed calls, half where from Mr. Oh, 2 were from the school and the rest were from Woo Yeon.

Ha Eun threw her phone on the bed, took the pillow and started to hit it. She wanted to hit something but nothing in the room and she didn't want to ruin the phone. She went downstairs to the bar and saw all the guys where there in their school uniforms. They were all sitting in a table talking. When they noticed her, they all got up.

”Would you like to go somewhere with us?” the bartender asked, with a saddened expression. Ha Eun had nothing better to do so she nodded.

They walked for a while down alleyways, up stairs and down cliffs. The homes they passed, started to look more and more deteriorated and the roads became more and more desolate.

”Are you guys going to murder me?” Ha Eun asked. They all laughed.

”Come on. We're close” one of them said. They walked down an alley, and once through, they arrived at a big pond. There were chairs, beer cans, a radio and board games.

”This is our secret hang out. When we're tired of the restaurant bar, we come here” one of the guys said. Ha Eun thought this place was beautiful. For an abandoned place. It was extremely well kept.

”Also, the water is really clean. We sometimes swim in it” another one said. Ha Eun smiled. She hasn't gone swimming in a long time.

”Bong Soon found it” the bartender said. Ha Eun's smile faded. She hasn't heard that name in a long time ”This is the best place to let out some steam” he added. Ha Eun didn't understand. He got closer to the water and suddenly let out a loud scream, which made Ha Eun jump.

He turned to look at Ha Eun and smiled ”Go ahead” the bartender told her. The others urged her forward. She shyly let out a scream, but the guys booed her ”Louder and put more feeling into it” he said.

She screamed louder but it still wasn't good enough for them. They wanted it to be louder. Suddenly memories of how her new life has been, being bullied by her new family, being bullied at school, and the guy she liked turned everyone against her. She still couldn't wrap her head around that. Why would he do that? Why would he make people hate her?

Her eyes started to water. The guys knew she had so much pent up sadness and anger within her. That morning, they heard her from downstairs, hitting something. Her expression when she got downstairs was pretty obvious as well.

”Scream!” all of the guys yelled.

Tears started to roll down Ha Eun's eyes and she quickly let out a loud scream. Louder than she's ever screamed before. The guys all cheered her on as she yelled even louder. Once she was out of air she fell to the ground. The guys sat beside her.

”I needed that” Ha Eun said with a smile.

”You're free to come here whenever you like” the bartender said. Ha Eun thanked all of them. One of the guys had a sister Ha Eun's age so he stole some of her clothes to give to Ha Eun and she was taken to the bartender's home where she took a quick shower.

The next morning, Ha Eun had even more missed calls and messages. She thought that if Mr. Oh really cared about her, he might have called the police by now and they might even be on their way right now. Once downstairs at the restaurant. She saw the guys huddled up.