The boy next door

Chapter 55

"Okay, so tell me. What did Soojung say to explain herself?", Isabel asked after we left the cute cafe where we had coffee after college.

We kind of ended up talking solely about the difficult statistics lecture from today and didn't get to talk about my love life drama.

I let my gaze wander over the alley we were walking down on the sidewalk. Fall has already arrived and the leaves on the branches were beginning to turn red, brown and yellow.

Only the sound of the fast cars rushing past disturbed the peaceful scenery.

The multicolored leaves were always a sign for me that my birthday was approaching. Thinking of my birthday last year, so many things have happened since then.

But to be honest, I'm kind of happy with the place that I am in right now and proud of the person I became. I learned a lot and it pays off.

Maybe I lost a few friends on the way - one to be exact - and had to go through a few heartbreaks, but it was worth it.

Time is a great healer, believe it or not.

I sighed and turned my attention back to the conversation with Isabel.

"She said she was drunk and upset. She kissed him first and it meant nothing to both of them, just a stupid mistake", I told her.

And I actually believed what I said. I really believed that those words were true and that Soojung was indeed sorry for what happened.

I might take some more time but in the future I'm ready to forgive her. I don't want to lose another friend, not over something so trivial that happened almost a year ago and had no meaning anymore.

"Huh, that sounds like a lame excuse", Isabel remarked, "do you believe her?"

"Yea, I do. I'm hurt, of course, but it happens. People make mistakes and that's okay. I'm not perfect either. I hurt people too and they forgave me", I explained to her and an easy smile curled the corners of my lips.

I felt like finally the things were going the right way.

"You'll forgive her?", she asked sounding surprised, if not even horrified,"and Jungkook? What did he say?"

"The same. He was really sorry that he didn't tell me the truth sooner but he only kept their kiss as secret because he was scared to lose me... again", I tried explaining to her but the shocked expression on her face didn't go away, "he has changed a lot. I know he means what he says."

"So you guys are still together?", she asked bewilderedly.

"Yes, we are", I said smiling proudly. My eyes widened and my smile grew even bigger when I saw him approaching at the end of the street with flowers in his right hand and waving with the other.

"Look there he is", I said giggling and pointed at him in the distance, "he's coming to pick me up for our date today. He's honestly the cutest-"

"How did you not break up with him?", Isabel cut me off earning a surprised look from me because of her harsh and sort of angry tone.

"As I said, people make mistakes. People change", I repeated what I said more slowly trying to understand why she was so upset about it, "and also, I don't want to waist another second of my life being without him. He's been nothing but a great boyfriend to me. He gives me heaven on earth every day."

"But what about the video?", she asked now standing in front of me blocking my view of Jungkook, "you saw the proof. You saw how he went inside his house with Eun. He slept with her!"