The next day, Tiffany woke up alone in Jessica’s bed. At first, she was freaking out because the last time she checked, she was sitting in the sofa with Jessica’s head on her lap. She rubbed her eyes cutely while yawning, realizing that she was in her princess’ room she smiled widely taking in every inch of the place. It was a beautiful room, classy and elegant just like Jessica. She decided to get ready as the smell of what seemed to be pancakes filled the room, making her hungry.

When she reached the kitchen everything was a chaos. Irene and Heechul were fighting over Seohyun’s pancakes, Seohyun was on the edge of smacking the hell out of them (Fany was sure of it seeing how the woman’s nostrils were flaring), Taecyeon was laughing while leaning on the kitchen counter, and Jessica…where was Jessica?!

Tiffany looked around trying to find the girl but she wasn’t there. She asked Taec and received only an “Idk” as his answer making the girl pout.

She decided to wait for her until she received a call from her father. “Hi, daddy. Good Morning! Merry Christmas. How are you?”

“Morning, Stephanie. I’m good. You see, your cousin Sulli called me because she said that she has been knocking on your door for about 20 minutes now. So, she asked me to call you to let her in.” The voice on the other side was dry of any emotion, it sounded tired.

Fany’s eyes almost popped out. “Sulli? What’s she doing here?” That sentence made everyone shut their traps and listen to the girl.

“I told her mom that I wasn’t going to be able to be there with you for Christmas. Because of that, Sulli decided to come and spend these days with you,  but her flight got delayed and she couldn’t make it on time. Now, please go and open the door. I got to go.” The call ended and Fany started going crazy until Heechul offered to drive her back home.

The drive was quiet but comfortable. Heechul eyed the girl from time to time, noticing the frown on her face, it didn’t take too much time for him to realize the reason.

“Jessica had to go and do some errands for us, but I’ll tell her that you had to take care of some urgent matters.” He smiled brightly at her making the girl return the smile. “The way you look at her amazes me.” Her confused face made him laugh so hard that the girl frowned once again. He cleared his throat. “When you see Sooyeon, is like your eyes shine even brighter. I like to pay attention to things and I noticed that you look at her in a really amazing way.” Tiffany’s face was blushing madly. “I think you need to know that she’s easy but hard to love at the same time.” Before she could answer back the car stopped and she realized that they were already in front of her house. She could see her cousin hugging herself while playing with the snow under her feet. “You should go or else she’ll freeze to death.” He smiled and she nodded thanking him for the ride.

He saw the girl run towards her cousin and embraced her happily. He sighed while making a call.

-Hey, Heechul.

-Hello, Seororo. How’s Sooyeon?

-She’s okay now but we need more blood. Taec is giving her some right now but we still need 4 more packs just in case.

-Okay, I’ll go and get some more. I need to pick up Eun Bi as well, see you later.

He hung up and noticed that the two figures weren’t there anymore. He smiled one more time before driving away.

Tiffany was happy to see her cousin. She told her almost all about Jessica “the new student”, and how that girl was like an angel to her. Obviously, Sulli would often giggle at her excitement when talking about her Jessi. Fany explained to her how absentminded the other girl could be, to the point of not realizing all the signs she was sending her about her feelings.

Sulli saw the way her cousin’s face fell and that’s why she suggested her to be more direct and to use the pool party to show her what she was missing out.

Tiffany suddenly felt relieved, her cousin was right, she needed to show Jessica what she had. Of course, she knew that she was undeniably beautiful but her body was more than perfect and she was going to make sure that Jessica’s jaw fell all the way to the floor. Speaking of her, she had not heard anything about her since Christmas but Taec assured her that she was fine and that she was going to the party as well.

Irene had been busy doing some ultimate check ups on Sooyeon. She had to make sure that the next day there will not be complications for her. She had told Taec to keep an eye open because anything could happen and she could be found out.

The girl was sitting down on the foam bed while Irene finished up evaluating her condition. Sooyeon was bored, the past few days she had been doing countless examinations for Irene and Heechul.

“We’re almost done Sooyeon.” Irene spoke without stealing a glance to the girl. She was too busy finishing writing her report for Heechul in her computer. Sooyeon nodded seeing how the foam would turn back to its original form after she pinched it.

Irene got her work done and looked towards the girl who was lost in her own world. She stood up and grabbed a tiny bottle that she had on top of her bookshelf. She walked towards Sooyeon and pinched her cheek making the latter look up towards her. “This is a cream made by Heechul’s team, it’ll help you hide your scars even when you are exposed to water for a long time.” She said while caressing the scar in the girl’s chest that got exposed thanks to her v-neck shirt. “But, you must be careful. It will not last if something else comes in contact with it after it gets soaked for a while.” Seeing the confusion in her face she sighed and sat down beside her. “What I mean is, that if it gets rubbed against something it’ll wipe it off easily as the water weakens its effect. Let it be a towel, your own hands, someone accidently bumping into you or touching you is going to make everything visible. That’s why I suggest you that as soon as you get out of the water you go somewhere, dry yourself well and apply more cream. But keep in mind that is more preferable if you don’t stay to much in the water.” She said looking at the girl staring up front.

“I won’t get inside the pool. You know that I’m not a fan of it. I’m just going because of the others.” She took the bottle and stared at it. “I already told you that I don’t feel bad about them, but I know that if they see them they’re going to get worried. So, don’t worry, I´ll be extremely careful.” She finished and stood up. She turned around when she heard Irene laughing. “What’s funny?” She mumbled totally confused.

“Well, tomorrow you’re going to the pool party and I know that you´ll look good in anything you wear…but!” She held her hand while having Sooyeon’s eyes on her. “We’re getting you a new swimsuit for tomorrow and we’ll see my favorite hairstylist in Korea!” Jessica was about to refuse when Irene started pulling her out of the room. “Shut it! I’ll make sure that you’re the most beautiful one in that party. To hell if you aren’t, you’ll be begging for those thirsty boys to back off and I’ll be like a proud mother.”

Ngh! Oh, no…- Jessica thought while being dragged by the smaller girl.

The day finally arrived, everyone was doing their best to look stunning for the party. All of them were feeling pretty confident even though it was cloudy. Tiffany and Sulli, were picked up by Yuri, Yoona, Tae, Sunny and Taec. Her cousin decided to stay until New Years to give her some moral support and to try to give the girl a push; she was determined to either make Tiffy take the step or to force Jessica to be the one to take it. But those weren't the only reasons for her stay, the truth was that she had seen the awkward relationship that her uncle and Tiffy had. For that reason, she decided that her presence will smooth things between them, at least for the time being.

Taec was driving his dad’s van, everyone was telling what they did during those days away while Fany opted for staying quiet. Suddenly, a question raised in all of them when they asked the guy about Jessica; he answered that she was busy at the moment but that she was arriving at the place later. He smiled brightly and looked towards Fany for a little before taking out his phone to text someone. They decided to let things go but Taeyeon and Tiffany were secretly disappointed. As for Yuri, she was taking this as a chance to make the girl fall in love with her.

A man was sitting by the dinning room reading the newspaper.

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He raised his head and waited for a little staring at the close door.

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He raised his eyebrow, standing up slowly while folding the newspaper and then setting it on top of the table. He headed towards the door and opened it.

“Oh, hello. Good morning.” He said while stealing a glance at his watch. 11:45 am. It was indeed still morning.

“Good morning, Mr. Hwang.” The girl took a step forward to the man who was standing there holding the door with one hand. “I’m Jessica, Tiffany's friend.”

The man was astonished; the girl in front of him was beautiful but her cold and empty eyes were mesmerizing. What amazed him the most was that she wasn’t using a coat even though the weather was freezing cold. He was almost shivering just from exposing himself to the weather. “O-oh, I see. I'm sorry to tell you this but my daughter left a while ago and she won’t be back until night, I believe.”

The girl remained there. She took another step towards him closing the distance, making the man a little startled and flustered. “I’m not looking for her. There are some things that I must discuss with you. So, I’m sorry for this Mr. Hwang.” Before he could speak, the girl covered his mouth and pushed him inside a little too harsh. She then closed the door,  the only thing that could be heard after that was the strong and wild wind hitting against the house. 

Sunny felt like dying the whole ride. Yuri was being clingy as hell and Taeyeon was smiling from ear to ear in a very disturbing way. There was something really fishy, they all seemed so excited to get there. It was a 40 minutes ride to get to the meeting point. To be honest, it looked like an abandoned building from the outside, which gave the girls the chills until Baek and his friends came out and helped them get everything inside.

As soon as they stepped in, they were astonished. There was a huge pool surrounded by sand. It was like an artificial beach; with comfy small beds on one side of it, a huge brand new grill and there were a lot of things just nicely arranged on different spots in the place, from floaters to beach balls, it was truly like a little paradise. And on top of that, it was really warm. 

“Thank you for coming girls! This is my cousin’s. He just finished building it 2 months ago and he let me be the first one to use it.” Baekhyun greeted them brightly with his ‘ohsochildish’ smile that made all of them smile back. Behind him, Kai, Chen, Xiumin and Kyung-soo were saying hi to everyone. Chen’s eyes move frantically looking for the missing one. “Oh, so Jessica couldn’t make it.” Baek asked sensing his friend’s predicament.

“She said she’ll arrive later, she had something to do but she’s coming.” Taec said noticing the relief in Chen’s face. “Why don’t we get everything ready before we change our clothes? We brought some meat and vegetables for the BBQ!” All the boys were really excited; they were actually waiting for them to come so they still had their normal clothes.

Everyone was helping, it took them about an hour and a half to get everything done. The only thing left was to start grilling and eating. There was also a mini bar; Taec was the one in charge of making the drinks so the girls were more comfortable with it.

They couldn’t deny that Tiffany’s cousin was attractive; she was tall, slim and had the same eye smile as hers. She was funny and easygoing, which was totally a plus.

There were two big rooms by the entrance; one for the girls and one for the guys. Each room was divided into little changing rooms. The boys changed quickly and decided to wait for the girls outside.

The door to their room opened and their breaths were blown away. The first one to come out was Yoona, wearing a beautiful yellow two-piece swim suit that exposed her slim figure, her hair was loose and her cleavage was a glorious sight (if we totally dismiss the fact that her legs were so alluring.) The second one was Sunny, OhDearLord! They gasped loudly when she came out walking in a sensual way using a bright pink two-piece swimsuit, her milky white skin was amazing; looking smooth making them notice that she had a queenlike body! What the hell Sunny! Why did you keep hiding it?! Even Taec felt like suffocated, she looked beautiful, cute and y!

They were trying to compose themselves until Tae walked out in a cute and y white two-piece swimsuit; her milky white skin was just like Sunny’s, she tied her hair in a bun exposing her beautiful neck. There was a perfect contrast with her y body and her innocent face. Baekhyun couldn’t help but gag at her, eyeing the girl over and over again while his face was red as a tomato.

Xiumin was about to laugh at his friend when Yuri and Tiffany walked out. Yuri was using a black and revealing two-piece swimsuit; her figure was no joke, she was y and her abs were outstanding with her tanned skin. She had her hair tied in a pony tail letting her y and perfect neck out, resulting in everyone ogling at her. Tiffany’s two-piece swimsuit was bright red, not as revealing as Yuri but she still looked y. Her hair was loose and they couldn’t help but feel as if they were suddenly in a sauna,  Fany’s body was captivating them.

They were lost in their own worlds until a cough woke them up. The last one was Sulli, she had a cute green apple one-piece swimsuit. She looked amazing.

“U-uh, wow! You all look really beautiful girls.” Taec spoke first, the other ones followed him showering them with compliments. The thing was that today the boys weren't going to be all over them, they wanted the girls to enjoy instead of feeling pressured about them. 

Tiffany liked the attention but she only wanted Jessica to act that way, just like that, Taeyeon was thinking the same. All the girls couldn’t deny that the guys were looking good with their tight shorts exposing their muscular bodies, too bad that they weren’t what they wanted to see.

They decided to start cooking everything when the door opened. The girls got excited thinking that it was Jessica, until a slim guy came in carrying two backpacks in his hands.

“Suho!” Baek yelled, welcoming the handsome guy. He was like taken out of a movie; his skin was fair, with a perfect face and perfect body. He was smiling brightly making his eyes turn into crescents just like Fany’s.

“Hi, baby Bee!” He greeted the guy. “How’s my favorite cousin? I see that you’re alrea