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Recipe of Love – Episodes 6 thru 8 December 7, 2009

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Temporary home for my summaries of Soot Sanae Ha as DaraThai is down for now…. sorry if its crappy writing style i’ve just been trying to catch up and i’ve only gotten to episode 8 so far, after i catch up i’ll clean it up some

Episode 6

Lin is about to leave the restaurant where Din works and runs in to Tha. Lin doesn’t remember Tha until she mentions Lin’s advise about selling the wedding ring. Tha admits to Lin that she has already sold the ring and says that she is here to see her friend who is a chef. Lin wonders if its Din, but forgets about it because the world could never be that small.

Tha comes to talk to Din about Khun Lek trying to take Poopey to live with him. Din says he will talk to Kom, since Kom is a lawyer. Tha tells Din about her worries because she knows Khun Lek can’t protect Poopey from his mom or his new wife.

Lin reads her diary about Khun Lek and begins to fantasize about her life with him. He dreams of a small house with his wife. He also likes to eat cakes and she dreams about baking with him. The last thing she reads is about how he wants to have kids and that he believes woman should be good mothers.

At the filming, Din brings 2 kids who are nothing like Poopey. The girl is honest and straight forward which pisses off Lin when she refuses to call her P’Lin. The little boy looks like he’s asleep and turns out to be a bratty boy. When the girl throws insult after insults at Lin, Din can’t hold back his laughter and Lin gets upset. Just as she’s telling Din that no one could like these two kids, they over hear Khun Lek talking to the kids and the two kids warm up to him. To try and get on Khun Lek’s good side, Lin tells Khun Lek that she loves little girl and can’t wait to have her own little girl.

Din gets upset with Lin and tells Lin that she should be saying anything like that. She doesn’t understand the big deal and then Din tells her that what if one day Khun Lek has a daughter what is she going to do? She has to do what she says. Lin says there is no way and that if she ever marries Khun Lek then she will make him get circumcised

They begin taping, but things do not go smoothly. The little girl tells Lin that her food is bland and she wouldn’t eat it while the little boy starts screaming wanting to eat pizza. Someone comes to get Din to move his car because it is in the way, so he is unable to help Lin. Rather than cutting, Khun Lek orders them to continue filming to see what will happen. Lin tries to save face and says that this is a scenario that is bound to happen with kids. So in order to save herself she turns the mics off and threatens the little girl that if she doesn’t eat it quietly and nicely she will make sure she is embarrassed at school. And that if she doesn’t get her brother to eat then she won’t get two new blyth dolls and that she will spank her brother. The little girl gets scared and agrees and the situation is solved when the two kids eat their foods and says that it tastes good.

Lin gets mad at Din because he left her, but Din says that its a good thing he left because she was able to handle the situation on her own and win over Khun Lek. Khun Lek comes to find Lin and Lin pushes Din out of the way. Khun Lek says that he admires the way she handled the situation and that he knows she loves kids. He then proceeds to tell her that he has something important to talk to her about and invites her out to lunch the next day, just the two of them.

In an attempt to find out what Lin said to the kids, Priew goes snooping around in hopes to find the kids. Instead she finds Lin’s diary and sees everything she wrote about Khun Lek. She then takes pictures of the diary and gives it to Mink.

Lin talks Kom into going to the lunch to take papparazzi pictures during the lunch, while Kom tries to talk her out of it Lin says that it is a common practice to get the news out there. As it turns out Khun Lek remembers that the next day is Poopey’s birthday. He stops by to bring her a present and Poopey invites Khun Lek to come eat with Tha and Din. Khun Lek asks who Din is and Tha replies that its her friend. Khun Lek questions Tha about Din pretending like he is concerned saying that he only wants to make sure that she finds someone good. Khun Lek then says that he can’t go eat with Poopey and leaves.

Prior to meeting with Khun Lek, Lin is setting up the shoot with Kom to make sure that she can get some good photos. When Khun Lek finally arrives, Lin puts on her flirty act and Kom begins taking pictures. As he is taking photos, Din calls and it turns out that Din is at the restaurant as well. When Kom asks what Din is doing there he said that he is bring Poopey and Tha to come celebrate her birthday at the restaurant. Kom tells Din that Lin is sitting over there eatting with Khun Lek and the two beginning to freak out. Din decides that he will go get Poopey and Tha from the bathroom and then bring them somewhere else. As the two are talking Lin walks over and interrupts. She gets angry because the two are gossiping instead and she tells Kom that when Khun Lek comes back from the bathroom he has to take more photos. When the two hear that he also went to the bathroom they panic and Kom decides that he will go out and try to get Tha before she shows up at the restaurant. Lin wants to know what is going on and when she interrupts them Din ends up kissing her on accident when he turns around. Din and Kom think its awkward but Lin doesn’t think twice about it.

Tha, Poopey and Khun Lek end up running into each other. Poopey begins to cry when Tha says that he isn’t there to eat with them. Khun Lek gives in and agrees to eat with them if they can go somewhere else.

As Din is refusing to take photos in Kom’s place, Tha and Khun Lek call Din and Lin. They both end up lying so that they can go out and eat on their own. Lin begins to blame Din for everything when a waiter runs into Lin and spills food all over her. As Din is trying to clean Lin up, the other patrons in the restaurant begin to take photos of the two in some very bad poses.

Back at Lin’s condo, Lin blames Din for her troubles because he came and bothered Kom while he was taking pictures. Instead of getting pictures with Khun Lek she gets bad photos with Din. When Kom decides to break up the fight, they both end up blaming him. However, Lin decides that it is both their faults and she will let them have it if she doesn’t find out what Khun Lek wanted to tell her.

Tha attempts to get Poopey out of the car, but Poopey insists on having Khun Lek bring her up to her bed. Khun Lek tries to compromise with Tha about Poopey’s living situation. But Tha refuses and tells him that if he really thinks hes a great father then he should go ahead and go to court.

Mink comes back to apologize to Lom’s family and Fah accepts her apology. Mink continues her act and says taht she will no longer cause any problems for the family. However, when she gets the chance she goes to Din’s house in an attempt to find a photo of him. She is able to grab a photo album before Din’s mom hears that there is someone in the house. When she gets back to the main house she finally finds a photo of Din with Kom and asks Lom about it. When Lom tries to get her to stop, she tells him to be quiet and says that she will make Lin regret this.

Lin goes to visit Khun Lek’s mom to bring some gifts and to attempt to find out what Khun Lek wanted to talk to her about. His mom then finds out that he lied about her being sick and left Lin during lunch instead of talking about the bsuiness deal.

As Khun Lek is doing a photo shoot for a magazine, his mom comes to find out why he lied to Lin. Khun Lek says that Tha has nothing to do with it and that he will get Lin’s money. His mom says that it has nothing to do with that and she wants him to stop messing with Tha.

Din comes to visit Poopey and asks how she feels, but Poopey says that she was never sick and Din finds out that the two of them went to go eat with Khun Lek. Tha tells Din that Khun Lek said that his business appointment was not important and that he could cancel to go eat with the two of them. This surprises Din, but he lets go of it. Tha says that she would rather stop seeing Khun Lek now so that at least she can hold on to some good memories.

Din calls Lin to ask if she knows what Khun Lek was going to talk to her about, but she says that she doesn’t know. She wonders why Din wants to know, but before he can answer Khun Lek calls. When she attempts to pick up the other line, it ends up she doesn’t know how and ends up back on the line with Din. Khun Lek calls Lin and asks if she can come to the office, but she says that she can’t make it because she has an opening ceremony to go to. He then says that he will call her the next day to see if they can go somewhere to talk.

At the opening ceremony, the media asks Lin about why she picked this role and isn’t she afraid about taking a mothers role? Lin says that as a good actress she can take any role. As they are asking her questions, Mink shows up and the media leaves Lin to go see Mink. It ends up that Mink is in a different drama that is doing the pening ceremony at the same time. Yong Koon, the crazy Korean fashion teenager who was also in competion for the talk show, is cast as Lin’s child in the drama.

Mink comes to confront Lin, first by insulting Lin about her age. Lin shoots back that while it may be obvious who is the mother and who is the child, it is just like between her and Mink where it is obvious who is the good person and who is bad. Mink then tells Lin that she’s only a leading lady in the dramas and not in real life. Mink then sends Lin a photo of Din with Kom revealing that she knows the truth. Lin then asks what is wrong with the fact that she is rich and can hire a chef to be a driver. Mink then says if that doesn’t piss him off then maybe the pictures of Lin’s diary will make him mad. Mink then tells Lin that if she doesn’t quit the business she will spread the photos to the media. Lin ends up slapping Mink out of anger, but the media crew that is there only sees when Mink is slapping Lin. Lin leaves in anger and goes to see Din.

Din wonders how Mink got the photos and says that he will go check with his family to see. Lin wants Din to fix the problem, but Din says no that it’s her problem. Din says that he warned her already that if he continued to go to the sets then there will be a problem. Lin starts to cry because she sees her future falling apart. Lin explains that everything that she has built up is about to come crumbling down. Lin then reveals that shes embarrassed because everyone her age in the industry has already gotten married, some have already been divorced, others have been able to fight through mother in laws that hate them. But someone as perfect as her can’t even find a boyfriend. Lin then asks Din to go talk to his little brother and to try to convince him to talk to Mink to get her to stop. She says that if she is able to marry Khun Lek then she will leave the industry like Mink wants.

Din and Kom go to see Lom at his jewlery store, but Kom says he doesn’t really like the idea. He knows the relationship between him and Lom and that Din has no reason to put himself in this position for Lin. Din says that the reason he is doing this is for Kom because Kom is his life long friend.

Before Din and Kom get into the store, Lom is yelling at his accountant and fires her when he finds out that the store has lost 3 million baht. Din comes to ask Lom to talk to Mink and Lom tells Din that their fighting really isn’t a big deal and had it been anyone else he would have helped but since it’s Din, he won’t help. Lom then continues to insult Lin which makes Din mad and Kom steps in to defend Din.

Episode 7

Kom comes to tell Lin that Din was unsuccessful in talking to Lom. Lin wonders how Din is willing to let Lom talk down to him because he is the older brother he should be talking bad to Lom. When she is about to call Din to get mad at him, Kom intervens and says that she must deal with the situation with Mink on her own. Then he says that Lin must then go apologize to Din and to say thank you to him for even being willing to go talk to Lom in the first place. Kom then goes on to explain to Lin Din’s situation at home, being the son of a servant.

While Din is at work he thinks about what Lom said to him, but even though all he got from Lom was insults, he still feels bad about not being able to help Lin. Once Lin has heard Din’s story, she feels bad and compares it to a real life tv drama. Kom tells Lin that she must go to Din and apologize and say thank you and that she must be honest and sincere when doing so. Lin tells Kom that she can do it and that she is not a selfish person so it won’t be a problem, but secretly she questions herself.

Lin goes to Tha’s bakery to buy another cake. Lin asks for Tha for advice in apologizing, after Lin describes Din’s personality Tha says she has a friend just like that and that the only way to win him back is to be honest and sincere. After Lin leaves the bakery, Khun Ying Mae shows up to talk to Tha. Although Khun Ying Mae is insulting Tha, Tha attempts to be nice. However, Khun Ying Mae tells Tha to stop messing with her son and that no matter how many kids she has she will never get Khun Lek. Tha stands up for herself and says that she has never tried to have a baby to keep Khun Lek and that she doesn’t even want anything to do with him anymore. She also tells her to give her a son a message which is to leave her alone. This makes the mother mad because she dare insult her and her son. Khun Ying Mae then orders her thugs to mess up the restaurant.

Lin goes to see Din at the school and says that she is sorry and tells Din that he shouldn’t be sad about his fate. She also says that in the dramas the ones who have a bad fate usually become the leading man and that Din might one day might become a leading man. Din tells Lin that he’s not sad about his fate but wants to know what Lin is apologizing for. He asks for a simple honest answer to the question that if she knew what trouble she would get him in would she still ask again? At first Lin wants to lie, but then she ends up telling the truth and Din says everything is cool.

Lin says that she will tell Khun Lek the truth because she would rather it come from her than from Mink. Din asks if shes worried that once Khun Lek finds out that he will hate her. Lin then tells Din that theres no way anyone could hate a cute girl like herself, however Din disagrees. Lin then prays to her three aunts hoping that they will help her keep Khun Lek and that she won’t lose this “perfect man”

While waiting to meet Khun Lek, Lin practices her speech when he walks in. Rather than tell the truth, Lin lies and says that she is practicing for a role. Khun Lek then asks Lin to talk about his important business. He tells her that it is time that they move forward in their relationship. Due to her shock, Lin ends up spitting out all her water into his face. Lin gets all excited and thinks in her head that he will ask her to be his girlfriend, but he bursts her bubble and asks her to be his business partner. He also gives her the option of sending people to investigate the business to make sure it is a clean and honest business, but Lin doesn’t need that option because she quickly agrees to be the business partner.

Lin goes to see Kom to tell him that she will be investing in the business, Kom questions her and says that Khun Lek will only be more upset with her once he finds out. Kom then finally figures out that Lin’s plan is to use this as a way to get closer because once she is a business partner Khun Lek can’t do anything to her. She then tells Kom that she is investing 10 million baht which gives Kom a shock. She also tells Kom that she doesn’t have a reason to tell Khun Lek the truth anymore.

When Khun Lek returns home his mom comes and is really happy with the work he did with Lin. When Khun Lek says that he will bring Poopey to live with him, his mom says that its fine but how does he know that Tha is willing to give Poopey up.

Din comes to see Tha and sees that he sees a sign saying that the bakery is closed for period of time. Tha then shows Din that she has had cameras up since the last time someone came to take photos of her. Tha says that she will use the video any way she can to get Khun Lek and his mother out of her life.

Before heading out to the office, Lin hatchs a plan to take care of Mink. At the office, Priew is bad mouthing Lin and showing the photos of the diary to the other coworkers. As she is talking Lin comes in and takes Priew into a room to have it out with her. While Priew is putting on an act and apologizing, Lin tells her to be quiet because this act that shes putting on she used it a number of times before. Lin then lets Priew know that shes going to be a business partner now and then threatens Priew that if she doesn’t behave she may end up losing her job. Now scared, Priew goes out to her coworkers and clears the news about Lin that she was bad mouthing Lin before. Afterwards, Lin calls Kom to tell her that she has taken care of Priew and for him to go ahead and take care of buying the photos from when Mink and Lin slapped each other. Kom then sends the photos to Mink with a note from Lin saying that if she doesn’t leave her alone the everyone will see the photos of Mink slapping her.

Lom tells the Nam, Mek and Ie about how Din is teaching Lin how to cook. Ie then reveals to the rest of the family how rich Lin actually is which peaks Lom’s interests since he is in financial trouble.

Back at Lin’s condo, she wants Kom to deliver a check to Khun Lek but Kom talks her out of it and says that they should sign the papers first. He also tells her that she must go to her father to tell him about her plans to invest money and to become a business partner. Lin then devises another plan to shoot two birds with one stone. Lin then goes to her father and tells him her plans to bring Khun Lek and his mother to their home to sign the papers. Her father questions whether or not a Khun Ying would like a place like this.

When Khun Lek and his mother show up, his mother complains about the distance and why they have to be in some jungle. But when Lin comes dressed in a white, they both put on their best faces. While setting up the table to sign the papers, Kom and her father start to realize that she has set it up to look like a signing papers for a wedding.

Back at the condo, Lin shows the photos to Din and he says that the photos look like they are wedding photos. Lin pretends to get all embarrassed by it. Din then asks if her plan is to post these photos on the internet so that people will think that they quietly wed. Lin says yes and Din tells her not to do it because the second she does that everyone will know that she become a host to get to the guy. Lin agrees and says that she can’t let anyone see the photos especially Mink. Din then asks if shes sure that Mink won’t say anything anymore and Lin says shes positive.

However, one of the guys who sold the slapping photos to Kom comes to talk to Mink thinking that it was her lawyer. He then asks if Mink knows anything about Lin, but Mink says that she can’t say anything. The reporter then says that he has some photos of Lin but doesn’t have a story to print with it and so Mink asks to see them and when she sees that it’s photos with Din, she tells the reporter that she knows who it is and will give a story.

Later that evening Din goes to the grocery store with Tha and Poopey, they go their own way while shopping. While Din is strolling through the store everyone is staring at him and he wonders if there is something wrong with his face. Meanwhile, Poopey finds the magazine with Khun Lek’s cover and begs her mother to buy it. While standing at the magazine stand Tha spots a gossip magazine with photos of Din and Lin that were taken when they were in the restaurant. Din hurries to find Tha after feeling really awkward and she shows him the magazine.

Khun Ying brings the magazine to Khun Lek and he tells her that it is her driver. She orders him to go and clear the situation with Lin and says that while she thought the photos inside where bad the story inside is even worse.

Back at Lin’s condo, Lin is reading the magazine with Kom and practically everything that she is reading can’t even be said on air. Lin wants Kom to go find out who wrote the story, but instead Kom says they need to take action now because Din will lose his reputation. As Lin wonders why Din would lose sleep over this, Din shows up at the condo and says that she must clear it before his mother has a heartattack. Din’s brothers and sisters call his mother in to question her, but she says that she doesn’t know anything about it. Fah then questions Nam whether it has anything to do with Mink.

Lin knows that it was Mink because she is the only one who knows who Din is. When she is going to call Mink, Kom stops her and Din threatens her saying that if she doesn’t tell the truth then he will say it himself. When Lin goes to talk to Khun Lek, he tells her that he believes what Lin says. However, Din won’t let her leave until she tells Khun Lek the complete truth and tells the public the truth. Since Lin won’t say the truth, Din blurts out that he’s not a driver but a chef and a teacher. Lin then turns on the waterworks in order to explain the whole situation to Khun Lek. Lin doesn’t tell the entire truth to Khun Lek, she tells him that she lied about everything for her work and not to try and win him over. Khun Lek accepts Lin’s explanation and Lin hopes that it will end, but Din says that he doesn’t care what Khun Lek thinks he cares about what his family thinks. In order to solve this problem, Lin decides to hold a press conference since it also happens to be the first day their show will air.

While waiting for the press conference, Din gets nervous and tells Lin to take care of it all herself and that he wants nothing to do with the press conference. With all the media there, Lin announces two pieces of news, the first news that Lin announces in the press conference is that she will become a business partner. As for the second news, Lin explains the whole entire situation about Din and the photos. While Lin is giving her interview, Din tries to run away because he doesn’t want to have to go in front of the cameras but Kom stops him. When put into the spot light, Din is visably nervous and even ends up falling out of his chair. While it was embarrassing, the media ends up falling in love with Din. They throw a bunch of questions at him and Din explains the situation and that he doesn’t want to be famous.

While everyone is celebrating the success of the press conference, Din is leaving to go home. Lin runs after him and tells him that he did a good job and that the media is in love with him now. While Lin is making fun of him, he gets a call from Tha and says that he will go see her first. This makes Lin jealous and curious because he is running off to see someone else instead of going home. She starts questions Kom and Kom says there is no way that Din has a girlfriend.

Din goes to see Tha and she says he doesn’t need to apologize because he did nothing wrong. Tha asks Din if Lin is the new girl and Din says yes. She then says that Lin is a really sweet girl and that she came and bought some treats twice. Din then realizes that the treats she bought him were from Tha. Tha says that she’s ok with it because Lin seems like a nice girl. Din then says that if Khun Lek knew the real Lin he might not like her anymore and Tha says that he is talking like he knows her. Din then says that he knows her maybe even better than Lin knows herself. When Tha asks if Khun Lek isn’t sutible for Lin then who would be, Din says he doesn’t know but it has to be someone who understands and knows her. Tha then asks “like you?” Din says that shes crazy and that Lin needs someone who is really prefect, with two underlines underneath it. Tha says that if they end up together it will be good because then she and Khun Lek can finally be over. Khun Lek came over to the bakery and sees Tha talking to a guy and takes photos of them but he can’t see who Din is.

Episode 8

Din’s mother is looking at the newspaper with Din, Lin, and Khun Lek on the front page and reveals that she is Lin’s fanclub. Fah says that she is happy that Din cleared the issue quickly, but Nam says that it was probably Lin who spread the pictures in the picture. When Mek defends Lin, Nam says that no one is stupid enough to set this up for someone else which rubs Lom the wrong way. Lom gets angry and says that Lin is just a wash up actress and that no matter what Din is just a servants kid. Mink also gets mad because Lin was able clear the issue. Also no happy with the news is Khun Ying Mae who invites Lin over for lunch and says to bring Din along with her.

With the good feed back, the owner of the restaurant that Din works on wants photos of Din to promote at the front of the restaurant. Din is embarrassed by it, but for his job he’s willing to do it. Lin comes to visit Din at the restaurant to invite him to lunch, when she sees that his pictures are up in front of the restaurant she decides to mess with him by asking for his authograph a calling him “the hottest chef.” When Din asks why Lin came so late she says that she misses him. When he says that shes lying she says no, but that she also wants to invite him to lunch. Din questions her motives, but she says that she has no other motive than wanting to bring him to lunch.

Khun Lek comes to confront Tha about the photos he took the other night. He says that he doesn’t the guy but that he doesn’t trust him because he is worried about his daughter. Khun Lek then continues to threaten Tha saying that he still wants to take Poopey, but if she is going to force him to court that she will most likely lose due to her money problems and possibly having a new husband. Tha answers back with photos and videos of his mother and her thugs messing up her bakery.

When Din realizes that Lin is bringing him to eat with Khun Ying Mae he gets mad and gets out of the car. Lin goes after him and begs him to go. Din only agrees when Lin says that as long as she is around no one can do any harm to him. When they finally make into the house, Khun Ying Mae gives Din evil unappreciative looks. Lin has to tell Din how to respond because he feels out of place and doesn’t really want to be there. Khun Ying Mae asks Lin to leave and check on the food so that she can have some time alone with Din. She questions Din about how long she has known Lin and when he talks back in an unflattering way, she insults him. Din then tells her to just be straightforward because he doesn’t want to waste time with her going around in circles. She then confronts him about his roots and says that Lin wouldn’t be able to accept it. Lin walks back in and interrupts and says that she’s able to accept it. Lin puts on a smile and talks back to Khun Ying Mae and defends Din. This of course upsets Khun Ying Mae, but she must pretend to be ok with it. When Lin and Din go back to Lin’s condo, he asks her doesn’t it scare her to talk back to Khun Ying Mae like that? She says yes but she promised to take care of him so she had to say it.

Before he is going to leave he remembers that his mother wants an autograph. Rather than sign the crumpled up photo that Din gave her, Lin goes to find a large framed photo of herself to sign and give to his mom. Din says sarcastically that the photo is to small, then Lin teases him that he wants his own and she offers him a wallpaper version of herself. When he is about to leave, Lin asks him to make dinner for her and he says that she will do it as a thank you for the photo. Lin ends up falling asleep on the sofa while Din is making her a salad to eat, but rather than wake her up he ends up putting a blanket on her and leaving her a note that her dinner is in the fridge. While driving home, Din thinks back to all the things that Lin says and is really happy about how she says he was an important person.

Khun Lek shows the video to Khun Ying Mae and she says that she doesn’t care about what Tha could do because she can ask her political friends to ask. Khun Lek says that you can’t do things under the table as easy as you can before. Khun Ying Mae then warns him that he needs to watch out or else he will be left with no one and gives him background on Din that she had an investigator find out.

The next morning Din’s mother sees the photo that Lin gave, she is really happy. She and their servant tell Din that he should invite Lin to come to the house and she will teach her how to cook and to eat. While his mother and servant are going crazy over Lin he excuses himself to go meet up with Kom and then to go teach. Lin wakes up and wonders how she fell asleep on the sofa, she calls out for Din but when she can’t find him she finds his note on the fridge and then eats the salad that he prepared.

While Din is going to go teach, Kom is trying to talk Din into taking offers to be the face for a number of different brands. Din tells Kom that he doesn’t want any of that and just wants to be a teacher. When he goes into the classroom his students go crazy and everyone is asking for his photos.

When Lin shows up at the set, Yong Koon comes running up to Lin calling her mother. This makes Lin mad and she says that if Yong Koon doesn’t quit calling her mom then she might get to into her role and think that Yong Koon’s father is really her husband. This finally gets Yong Koon to quit calling her mother outside of the drama. As it turns out, Yong Koon was coming after Lin because she is interested in Din and wants to have Din teach her how to cook and tells Lin how she thinks Din is cute. Out of jealousy Lin attempts to talk her out of it by asking if she knows Din’s age, but Yong Koon says that she likes older men. Lin then says that Din doesn’t like kids and that he doesn’t teach anyone personally except for her. However, the biggest lie that Lin tells Yong Koon is that Din is gay.

At the jewlery store, Lom is handed a bill for the rent and his accountant says that he has to pay in cash. Lom gets angry, but pretends like its not an issue. He goes to Mink to ask for money but she says that she doesn’t have any money to give to him. When he says that its only 200,000 baht, Mink shoots back saying that if she adds up everything that he owes its almost a million. Lom leaves and goes to ask Fah for money. Fah says that shes willing to give him 300,000 baht but only on the condition that Lom stops calling Din the son of a servant. Lom and Nam question her motives and Fah asks them how they would feel if she called them the kids of a 2nd wife. Lom finally agrees but says that if he ever pays Fah back then he will go back to calling Din the son of a servant.

At the next meeting, Lin finds out that the sponsors want to have the kids from the previous episode back and that the menu must be pizza like how she introduced it in the previous episode. Lin is uncomfortable with it, but she must agree. Khun Lek comes running after Lin after the meeting and doesn’t like that Lin is going to see Din but can’t say anything about it because she says she will go talk to him about the menu. When Lin tells Din, he says that her worries should be about the pizza not the kids. She says that she has nothing to worry about because he will be there to save her. When Din says that he won’t go to the set anymore she gets upset and says that if she ever gets married to Khun Lek then she won’t need him anymore. A bit upset by this, Din tells Lin that he will bring her to learn how to make pizza at his friends bakery, the one that she had Kom investigate.

Din comes to tell Tha his plans of bring Lin to come learn at her bakery. Tha wonders if its a good idea, but Din says that it is better for Lin to know Tha as Din’s friend rather than as Khun Lek’s ex wife. He also doesn’t want Lin to know about Tha from Khun Ying Mae because he knows it will all be lies.

Back at the main house Lom overhears Mek and Ie talking about how Lin is investing 10 million into the business. They also talk about how Din is lucky and would be even luckier if he was more than just her teacher. Ie also says that Lin is much better than Mink and if Lom brought Lin home then Fah would probably like Lom more. Lom then decides to hatch a plan to meet Lin and become close to her.

Din brings Lin to Tha’s restaurant and is pretending to be mean so that Lin and Tha will get along. Lin questions Tha about her friendship with Din and she finds out the two of them have known each other for about 10 years. While preparing to make the pizza, Din is extra mean to Lin making her upset. Tha stands off to the side and tries to help Lin out, meanwhile Din is trying to hold back his smile because his plan is working. After spending a long time kneeding the dough, Lin finds out that Din already had some prepared and that he was just messing with her when he made her kneed the dough for so long. Lin attempts to get back at him by pounding the dough really hard in a pile of powder but Din catches on and blocks his face, Lin however ends up getting all the powder in her face and eyes. Lin starts to go hysterical about the powder in her eyes, but Din thinks that she is just playing. When he realizes that Lin is not pretending he becomes worried and takes great care in trying to help her. Tha walks in and sees how Din is caring for Lin and begins to suspect that Din likes Lin.

After the pizzas are done, Din tells Tha not to trust Lin’s abilities because Lin is good at making things look good. Tha steps up to defend Lin and when faced with the two of them Din gives up and tells Lin that she must prove her abilities. He takes them to an outdoor market to sell the pizzas. Din then tells Lin that if she can’t sell the pizzas then that means her cooking skills are no good. When given this dare, Lin rents a microphone and becomes a success selling the pizza. After selling the pizzas Lin has a good time taking photos with her fans, Din looks on happy to see that Lin is happy. Back at the bakery, lin says that she is giving Din a bonus because she had such a good time today. Din says that he’s teaching her for free because hes glad that she had a good time. Lin then tells him that she will bring him to eat, but Din refuses saying that he doesn’t want to be tricked into eatting with someone who will bad mouth him again. Lin tells him that she wants to pay him back for the good memories and bringing her to meet his nice friend. Tha watches and sees how happy Din is and she tells Din that she has never seen anyone make Din as happy as Lin has. Din lies and says that there are others, but Tha just doesn’t know it he then runs out of the bakery saying that he has to go pick up Poopey.

Lom talks Mink into bringing him to a set claiming that he wants to find new customers for his shop. Mink finally agrees, but says that if he has any other reason than business she will kill him.

Khun Lek thinks about what his mom said about Lin and Din and decides to call Priew to find out Din’s phone number. Priew then calls Kom saying that there is an emergency and that she needs to contact Din.

Din gets a call from Lin in the early morning and it turns out that Lin has lost her voice due to yelling at the market. Lin thinks her voice is gone completely, but Din tells her that he thinks its because of the yelling. Lin then tells Din that he must go buy the medicine for her and bring it to the set and that she refuses to speak to anyone until her voice is back.

Feeling guilty about what his mother did to Tha’s restaurant, Khun Lek goes to Tha to give her money. She tells him that she can’t take the money because it won’t solve anything. When Khun Lek asks if she is talking about her other guy, Tha says that she means Lin. She also says that she will keep quiet about their story for as long as she can. Khun Lek says that he is greatful for that and Tha says that if what she does has any meaning then he will leave Poopey alone.

 

The Other Me Part 1 January 31, 2009

Filed under: The Other Me — FanIce_USA @ 8:48 am

“…taken?”

 

“huh?” replied Riew while removing her headphones.

 

“is this seat taken? do you mind if I sit here?”

 

Riew turned around to see who it was that wanted to come sit in the back corner table she had claimed for herself since the
beginning of the year. no one had ever ventured over to try and sit with her, one because no one particularily wanted to and two because she always sat with her back to the rest of the world as if it would shut them out. at first she didn’t recognize who the guy was but then after a few seconds she realized it was the new guy who had just transfered into the school and was in her morning math class.

 

“um, no.. its not taken but…”

 

“ok good, thanks” said Win as he threw his books down on the table and took a seat across from her. Riew looked at him a bit confused, but didn’t say anything because he too seemed to want to separate himself from the rest of the world. Win pulled out his headphones looked over at her, gave her a smile and put his headphones on and went to work on his assignments.

 

Riew continued to stare at him, trying to figure him out when he looked up at her. embarrassed she quickly put her headphones back on and went back to reading her book, but it was too late.

 

“you’re Riew right?”

 

Riew looked up to find Win staring at her. once again she took out her headphones and replied “yea, we have math class together right? sorry I didn’t catch your name.”

 

“Win, it’s Win or I guess you can just call me the new guy like everyone else seems to be doing.” he said with a faint smile as he fiddled with his headphones.

 

Riew looked around and she could tell people were staring at them. “you know if you want to fit in around here, it’s probably better that you don’t sit here. not that i mind, but you know being new and having no friends that kind of sucks.”

 

“yea i know, but i’m just kind of tired of the whole trying to fit in thing. moving around kind of gets you use to that. but whats wrong with sitting here?”

 

“um… simply? me.”

 

“you? what is that suppose to mean?”

 

Riew didn’t say a word and just looked at Win with a weak smile. she closed up her booked and stood up “i have to get to class now, if you stick around long enough you’ll know what I mean. but it was nice meeting you. bye!”

 

with that Win watched her walk away and he realized that people were turning their heads as if they hadn’t been watching. what was the big deal he thought, but decided to forget about it and went back to doing his homework during his free period.

1/30/09

 

The Other Me Part 2 January 30, 2009

Filed under: The Other Me — FanIce_USA @ 10:32 am

it was the 2nd day of classes for the 3rd quarter of the year and Riew was already exhausted. she felt like she hadn’t had a break in months, but there was no slowing down now. she had to concentrate and focus since her classes were getting harder and harder as the year progressed. she settled into her seat in the last seat in the middle of the class. as usual a few of the seats around her were empty and people would stare and whisper when they saw her. she had become accustom to it and had learned to ignore it by focusing on her studies.

 

“hey Riew” the voice once again gave her a scare. she looked up and saw Win putting his books down on the desk next to her. “i guess we have at least two classes together now.”

 

“yea I guess so” she replied. “how’s it going?”

 

“not bad, not bad… it’s a little early for me but otherwise its cool.” Riew heard the words Win was saying but she was also looking around the room and she could see the other girls in the class whispering even louder, all were looking at Win. she looked at him as he settled in to his seat. she could see why they were all looking, Win definitely was cute. he was tall and slim, his black hair slightly buzzed on the side and spikey in the front, his glasses were slightly nerdy but definitely looked good on him. and that smile of his…

 

“Riew? Riew, did you hear me?”

 

“oh um… sorry what?” she replied as she was thinking ‘oh my god what just happen? i hope it wasn’t that obvious that i was checking him out’… “what was it that you wanted?”

 

“i just was wondering if you wanted to get together after class to work on that math assignment. i was working on it yesterday but i had some problems with one of them. sid you do it yet?”

 

“oh um… sure. i guess that’s not a problem. i did most of it already just have to finish it up a bit.”

 

“ok great.” he replied as he turned back to face the front of the class. the teacher was about ready to start the class and was waiting for everyone to settle down

“homework will be posted on the website tonight, it will be dude next week in class.” the teachers voice began to trail off as the students were packing their things getting ready to leave.

 

“ready?” Win asked.

 

“do you mind if I stop by the bathroom first?” “oh sure no problem, i’ll wait outside.” “ok, be back in a bit.”

 

Riew was in the stall of the bathroom when she heard two voices talking as they came into the bathroom.

 

“i don’t know what that new guy wants with Riew.” said one girl.

 

“seriously, i can’t believe her, miss popular… i bet she thinks shes so cool and hot and that the new guy just went straight for her” said the girl’s friend. “i wonder whats going to happen when he finds out about her, how she really is.”

 

the first girl looked in the mirror and fixed her hair and had a big smile on her face “oh i hope he figures it out soon, hes too cute to be wasting his time with her. i’ll definitely be ready to be his study buddy.”

 

she heard the two girls giggling, Riew leaned against the door of the stall and let out a sigh as she prepared herself to step out. she never thought that her school life would turn out like this, she thought coming to a smaller school might be better for her. she could have a more secluded life where people wouldn’t care too much about her, but it turned out to be quite the opposite. everyone was interested in her, but none were willing to admit it rather they all turned against her and made their decision about her based on the things they heard instead of giving her a chance. finally Riew grabbed her purse and jacket off the hook of the door and walked out, instantly the laughter stopped as the girls caught sight of her in the mirror. Riew quietly washed her hands and looked in the mirror before heading out catching their eyes as they watched her and she smiled slightly before leaving.

 

when she walked out of the bathroom she looked around for Win and saw him staring at her off in the corner. there was someone talking to him, but his back was to her and she could see Win’s mouth moving but his eyes were on her not on the guy talking to him. the guy must have noticed and quickly looked back and saw Riew, at which point Riew could only guess that he said his goodbye and took leave of Win before Riew reached the two of them.

 

“ready?” she asked when she was a few steps from him. she could see that he was thinking about something as if he wanted to ask but didn’t dare.

 

“um, yea lets go.”

 

“if you don’t want to anymore, i understand. everyone always backs off once they know, that guy he probably already told…”

 

“he didn’t tell me anything really” he interrupted her “he just said that i should be careful of you. that if i wanted to have any friends around here i should keep my distance.” he looked at Riew and could see her expression change, that she had a saddness to her that he hadn’t noticed earlier. “Riew, i know we just met but i’m not really one to be beat around the bush. sorry for being so blunt.”

 

“no no, thats ok. its kind of nice actually, no one around here has ever really been honest to me. it’s really just a bunch of whispering here and there, they pretend like they don’t want me to hear and i pretend like i don’t.”

 

“what is it all about?”

 

“do you really want to know?”

 

“yea, kind of. i mean if your some kind of psycho manic i’d like to know now that way i can at least protect myself, who knows what effects math may have on you.” he said with a smile

 

“well when you put it like that, math does have a scary effect on me” she said with a laugh. “but if you want to know what all that is about” she said with a nod towards a crowd of people looking at them “i’m sure you’ll find out eventually, but i don’t really feel like talking about it right now.”

 

“then what do you feel like talking about?”

 

“what do i feel like talking about? umm…. math? what can i say, i’m a nerd.” she said with a laugh as she began walking towards her usual table. Win was still curious but decided to drop the subject, Riew seemed like a nice enough of a girl and what harm could possibly come from her anyways? the reason Win had decided to go sit at her table in the first place was because she seemed like a girl who was focused on school than having a social life which was what Win needed at the moment, someone to help him focus.

1/31/09

 

The Other Me Part 3 January 29, 2009

Filed under: The Other Me — FanIce_USA @ 11:07 pm

“oh wow, i can’t believe it’s almost 6 already.” Riew said as she silenced her phone after it had rung.

 

“really? you weren’t kidding when you said you were a nerd. i don’t think i ever sat for so long doing math and not wanted to rip my hair out.” Win said as he closed his book.  they had finally finished the assignment due next week and Win finally felt confident that he was actually understanding the subject. Win watched Riew put away her stuff and he began to feel a bit nervous, it was a strange feeling he had never felt before.

 

“um, Riew… do you want to go grab something to eat? my treat…” Riew stop putting her books away and looked at Win. Win stumbled for words as he tried to continue, “i mean, like um, just as a thank you… yea just as a thank you for putting up with me and basically tutoring me.”

 

“it’s not a problem, i don’t mind at all. it gives me a chance to review the material too. but i really can’t i have to be somewhere at 7″

 

“oh” he said. Riew saw Win’s face crinkle up a bit as he lowered his head to hid his embarrassment. she couldn’t believe what she was thinking. should she invite him? but what would he think? would he turn out like all the others? no, he couldn’t there’s no way she thought. they had spent the whole day together going over math, talking casually about this and that in between, she hadn’t felt this at ease with anyone in a long time. she made up her mind, it was better that he find out from her than from anyone else anyways. and oh that smile of his…

 

Riew stood up and scribbled something on a piece of paper and tore it out of her notebook and folded it up. “Win, i really have to go now. but if you really want to thank me then here if your free tomorrow night.” she handed the piece of paper to him and took a few steps away before turning around to say “call me if you get lost k or if you can’t make then its alright i understand. see you!” and she ran off in the direction of the parking lot.

 

‘what just happened here?’ he thought to himself. Win unfolded the piece of paper to see what she had written zodiac, 9pm 912-2501

 

‘zodiac? why zodiac? of all places…’ Win thought. was his impression of Riew wrong? was she not the nerdy school girl he thought she was? why would she be inviting him to a club of all places? and why zodiac? all these thoughts where racing through his mind. the place was over an hour away, he didn’t think there was any way she would have known. she after all was just another small town girl, why would she care about what happen in the big city? but then again she was the one to invite him there. should he go? he did want to see her again, there was nothing glamourous about her but she was awfully cute.

Win sat on the couch of his living room staring at the clock above his tv. it was almost 7:45 pm friday night. he sat there tapping his fingers on the armrest of his couch. he was still debating on whether or not he wanted to go. it had been a few years since he had gone to zodiac, he heard the place had changed but he still couldn’t bring himself to go there. his memories of the place where ones he wanted to forget, but Riew he wanted to see her.

 

Win got up and walked over to the hallway table and was about the grab his keys before he stopped. instead he grabbed on to the table and put leaned over his head now resting on the mirror hanging on the wall. “what’s wrong with me??” he said out loud. he had never been so nervous so unsure of himself before.

 

“Win, dude are you ok?” Win looked up and saw his roomate walking into the kitchen. “yea man, im cool. just going to head out” he replied. “alright cool man, just take it easy k you look out of it.”

 

Win looked at himself in the mirror, he had been dressed for the past 2 hours ready to go out. why was he so nervous? what was it about Riew that made him feel this way? Win grabbed his keys and headed out the door before he changed his mind again.

it was 8:50 pm when Win pulled up into the parking lot of zodiac. the place looked different from the 18+ club he and his friends use to hang out at. there was a large crowd outside waiting to get into the place, so Win decided to go out and take a look to see if he could find Riew in the crowd. he walked to the front of the line but didn’t see her so he decided to give her a call but there was no answer. he began to worry, was she not going to show up? then he told himself to calm down it was just one call she didn’t answer maybe she was driving. he decided to walk back to the front to see what was going on and why there was so many people. he saw a poster hanging on the side of the building.

 

mini concert and autograph signing for the debut of Harmony’s debut album

 

Harmony? Riew was into rock music? she definitely didn’t seem like the type, but then again he didn’t really know much about the band. he had spend most of his time in the country side that he had only heard their songs on the radio. when he finally moved back to the city he heard more and more about them but didn’t pay much attention to it. they were suppose to be the next up and coming band with hit songs before their album even released. but now all he could think was this the kind of scene Riew was into? this wasn’t what he needed right now, not when he wanted to get his life back together. he looked at his watch it was already 9:15, he decided to give her another call, still no answer.

1/31/09

 

The Other Me Part 4 January 29, 2009

Filed under: The Other Me — FanIce_USA @ 11:09 am

Win walked back to his car wondering what he should do. was he crazy? should he leave? should he stay? he leaned against his car when his phone rang, he received a text message. when he checked it, it was from Riew.

 

sorry i didnt answer! go ahead and go on in, i put your name on the vip list glad you came. hurry up and go in and get a good spot k? ill find you the show starts at 10 see you then. ~ riew

 

vip? 10pm? good spot? what was this… Win began to question his thoughts about Riew, maybe she wasn’t the quiet nice girl he thought she was. maybe this is why all the other students avoided her and tried to warn him. was she always late like this? was she just using him? but how could she put him on the vip list?

 

“screw it” he said out loud, “what could one night do? i haven’t been out much as it is and what harm is one concert? i’ll just leave if its lame.”

 

Win walked to the front of the line and found the vip enterance and gave the guard his name. the guard looked him up and down and asked for his hand and proceeded to put a yellow band around his wrist. “there’s vip standing room in the front or you can sit in the back, free drinks just show them your band, enjoy the show” the guard said as he opened the door and ushered him in.

 

Win walked to the front of the club and looked around and looked at all the changes that were made to the place he once frequented. it was no longer a club but rather it was gutted out and turned into a place more suitable for concerts and such than anything else. it was 9:40 and the place was beginning to fill up, still no sign of Riew but he stood in the vip area in what he thought was a good spot.

 

“Win, Win is that you?” he heard a girl’s voice calling out his name, he thought it was Riew and at that moment he couldn’t decide if he was still annoyed with her or happy that she was finally here. but when he turned around he saw a group of his classmates and felt a little disappointed.

 

“hey guys, didn’t know you guys were coming here.” he said.

 

“yea yea, we wouldnt miss this. we had to see if the hype was for real.” said one of the guys as the others looked at each other and laughed.

 

“hype what hype?” Win was confused when he heard one of the girls say to another “he still doesn’t know” as they giggled. “hey how’d you get vip?” one of the other guys asked.

 

“um, Riew actually. i’m suppose to meet her here but she hasn’t showed up yet. i dont know really she invited me here.” he said. Win was trying to read the thoughts in his classmates minds. he saw the expression on their faces change as he spoke. what was it about Riew that made everyone go quiet at the mention of her name?

 

“oh, well then… i guess we should get going. who needs to be vip anyways” one of the girls said with a hint of jealousy and they made their way through the club which was now completely filled. he watched them walk away as the lights began to dim, his eyes darted around the vip area in hopes to find Riew… ‘where was she?’ he thought. he looked at his phone it was 10 pm on the dot when the sound of the drums rumbled through the club. Win turn towards the stage to see a lone light shining on the drummer.

 

a second spot light turned on to reveal the lead singer mai mee won tee tur ja hen kwam deeeeeee…. Win continued to look around but still he didn’t see Riew he was beginning to get upset. he drove all the way out here and here she was making him wait for over an hour now. he turned back to the stage, at least the band seem decent definitely different. ja ek naan suk kaa nai gwa tur ja roo wah chun pen kon nai fun kong tur…

 

at that moment the last two lights turned on to reveal the final 2 members of the band, the guitarist and the bassist. he was surprised to see that the band consisted of 3 guys and 1 girl as the bassist. she had a hoodie on which was pulled up over her head covering most of what could be seen of her face with her head down. her long curly hair was swaying back and forth as she rocked her head to the music she was playing. he couldn’t even see her face but there was something about her that captivated Win. he stood there staring at her when someone bumped into him. “Riew?” he looked around after all this time he was still hoping that she would show up but it wasn’t her just some guy that seemed a little drunk. he looked around and still no sight of her, he turned his attention back to the stage. what was it about her? he thought…

 

midway through the beginning of the song she stepped up to a microphone of her own but her head was still down, the hoodie still securely covering her face. mue rai taam dai mai wah mue rai tur ja roo suk teeeeee… the lead singer took a step back from his microphone and the bassist lifted her head and with one hand pulled back her hoodie to reveal her face, and the crowd cheered, chun nun rooo roo wah tur kue krai taa kor suk nit kor suk noi kor waylaa hai chun tum jai tung tua mai…

 

Win couldn’t believe his eyes or ears, her voice was strong but beautiful which wasn’t much of a surprise. what surprised him more than anything was how familar she was, was his eyes playing tricks on him?

1/31/09

 

The Other Me Part 5 January 28, 2009

Filed under: The Other Me — FanIce_USA @ 12:12 am

Riew’s mind was racing as she performed, it always gave her such a rush and being on stage in front of a couple hundred people was a pretty amazing feeling. their opening number was one of their slower ballads so it gave her a chance to scan the audience, there was only one person she was looking for. Lek, the lead, came over to her microphone when she was close to finishing her solo line and he put his arm around her as they began to sing together <Lek>kong ja mee suk wonnnn <Riew> chue tur wah ja mee suk wonnnn <Together> ja mee won kong rao tee rao ja yoo duay gun ja ruk gun muen tee kuey fun aow waiii… 

 

Win could only watch in amazement as he realized that he wasn’t seeing things. that the girl he had spend the day with before, who had her hair pulled back in a tight bun dressed in a tee and jeans wearing flipflops was the same girl who was on stage. the girl that was rocking her bass in a pair of high heel knee length boots and a knee length jean skirt and an unzipped hoodie that showed off her 3 or 4 layers of tank tops and necklaces. the make up she wore turn the cute girl next door into the beautiful girl you could only dream of. was this really the girl who had just tutored him in one of the hardest math classes that was offered at school? he couldn’t stop staring, as the crowd around him grooved to the music he stood still amazed at what he was seeing.

 

as the song was coming to an end Riew finally spotted Win, he was standing in the back of the vip section his eyes on her. she looked at him and smiled and gave a little wave. Win was finally able to get over his shock when he saw her wave at him. when Riew saw that gorgeous smile of his she felt at ease, looked over at her bandmates and thought about how great it felt to be living a dream.

 

as the song ended the crowd began to cheer and the bandmates looked at one another and gave each other a nod. Riew and Kong, the guitarist, took to the front of the stage and began a battle of sorts and the crowd cheered wildly as the two came together at the center of the stage and the Thom, the drummer, began his set leading into one of their most popular songs. Lek took to his microphone and the band played their half hour set of songs to an intense crowd that was feeling every note they played every word they sung.

 

at the final song the stage lights went black and the crowd cheered. a dim light came on at the center of the stage and all that could be seen was the shadow of the band members. The voice of the MC from the DJ booth took over the entire place as he announced the band.

 

“Let’s hear it for Harmonnyyyyyyy….” and the crowd cheered as the four friends stepped out into the bright spotlight at the front of the stage.  “Lead Vocalist… Lek, on drums… Thom, guitarist… Kong, and our lovely bassist….”

 

**crash**

 

Riew didn’t know what hit her, all she could feel was the splatter of something cold on her face. she looked down and all she could see was a shattered bottle with its remaining liquid spreading itself out along the stage. she took a step back into the darkness as the guys surrounded her. she couldnt understand a word they were saying, but the next thing she knew was that she was sitting in their dressing room. she wiped her head with her hand and she felt the stickiness of the liquid smear across her face “am i bleeding?” she thought but when she looked at her hand there was no blood, nothing but the stench of alcohol.

 

Riew grabbed the wet towel that Lek had put on her dresser table and wiped her face. she looked in the mirror and it took a few seconds before she could focus.  she saw the guys standing in the back of the room arguing, she couldn’t hear anything but she knew what they were saying. ever since they were little the guys were always very protective of her, even when she had proven that she could stand on her own. she knew that Thom probably wanted to go out and start a fight with someone even though he had no idea who threw the bottle. she knew that Kong would demand to know if she was having problems with anyone and that Lek would pretend like he wasn’t angry at anyone just to make things ok. she stared at her friends through the mirror for what seemed like an eternity before they realized that she was looking at them. as Lek was about to walk over to her there was a knock on the door.

 

the guys huddled at the door talking to the security guard and the dj who had been mc’ing the event. she could tell they had an idea of who threw the bottle by the look of Kong’s face when he turned to look at her. she didn’t need to hear it, she was sure she knew who had done it too.

 

Riew grabbed her purse and headed for the back door. she could hear Lek tell Thom to leave her alone as she closed the door behind her and the night’s cold air hit her face.

4/19/09

 

The Other Me Part 6 January 27, 2009

Filed under: The Other Me — FanIce_USA @ 6:50 am

Riew removed her earphones to hear her phone singing haak trong nun mee krai suk kon… she hit the volume button and she was surrounded by silence. another message, who was it from this time? Lek? Thom? Kong? they had been messaging her ever since she walked out asking where she was, if she was alright. she flipped open her phone and was surprised to see that the message was from Win.

 

mind if i join you?

 

before she could even comprehend what she was reading she heard the sound of someone stepping on the stones behind her. she turned to look and there was Win standing with his hand in the pocket of his jacket.

 

“hey”

 

“hey” she replied “um.. i don’t mind. if you want too you can.” she turned back around to face the water as Win walked over to the wall she was sitting on. he sat down next to her keeping his distance, Win wasn’t sure what he was doing here. he hardly knew Riew, but he knew that he wanted to be here with her. he knew that he wanted to try and understand what exactly was going on so that he could in someway help her deal with it. the two sat in silence for awhile watching the waves hit the shore of the beach that was not too far below them before Win spoke.

 

“the guys… they are worried about you. they said you didn’t have a car so i figured you couldn’t have gone far so i just started walking and then i saw…”

 

“the guys? you mean you talked to them?” Riew asked “but they don’t know you… why would they talk to you about me?”

 

Win let out a little laugh “yea you got yourself some good bodyguards. they didnt believe me at first when i said that i knew you and then i explained to them that you invited me and then they asked what my name was…”

 

“oh man, now i am never going to hear the end of it”

 

“yea, i realized that after they started laughing… im sorry i should have realized thats how guys are.”

 

Riew turned back to face the water “it’s alright, they were bugging me about you anyways they wanted to know who you were. but what a bunch of lazy bums they’ve been messaging me all night and all they had to do was walk down the street.”

 

neither of them said anything until they heard the blasting of a car horn over some really loud music and the sound of people screaming and yelling. they turned to look and saw a convertible racing down the street.

 

“what a bunch of drunks” Riew said as she turned away and she caught Win looking at her.

 

“you know, that person… they… they were drunk too right?” Win didn’t know how to tell her that he had overheard the group of students from their school laughing about how they threw the bottle at her on stage.

 

“you know who it is?” she asked.

 

“well i overheard something, and i told the guard but they couldn’t really do anything about it. but i think they went to tell you guys right?”

 

“yea, but no one told me anything.”

 

“so you don’t know..”

 

“i know… i have an idea and i can tell by the look on your face that i’m right. i never should have went back to school, i never should have went back for this semester..”

 

“Riew they were drunk, they don’t know anything…”

 

“Kong warn me, he said it would only get worse and he was right. my stubborness, if i wasn’t so stubborn, if i didn’t just want to go to school and do something else that i loved. this never would have happened, they never would have ruined toni…”

 

Win saw Riew’s eyes flooding with tears and her voice was shaking, he didn’t know what to say there was only one thing he could think of doing and before he knew it had grabbed a hold of her and pulled her close. her face was buried in his shoulder as she cried and it wasn’t long before he felt her arms wrap around him.

 

As he brushed Riew’s hair away from her face, Win looked down at her and he couldn’t remember the last time he had really cared about someone like this. “this is crazy” he thought to himself “i hardly even know her.” but having her close to him, there was something right about it that he couldn’t explain.

 

there were so many thoughts running through Riew’s mind as she was crying when she sudden realized how tightly she had been holding on to Win. embarrassed, she quickly let go and moved away and wiping away her tears she said “sorry, Win… i’m sorry i don’t know what came over me…”

 

“it’s ok, your going through a lot right now and…” should he say something about how he was feeling? would it be too much? what the heck why not just go for it “i… i don’t really mind being here for you. ever since the first time i saw you, i just had this really weird feeling that i can’t really explain. i guess what i’m trying to say is i think i like you… no i mean yea i mean i like you.”

 

Riew couldn’t believe what she was hearing and she didn’t know what to say all she could do was look at him.

 

“oh gawd, what did i just say?” he thought to himself “damn it, it was too much. i shouldn’t have said anything. i should have kept my mouth shut. what do i do now?” he looked over at Riew and she was just staring at him with her red puffy eyes. her eye makeup had smudged from the tears but she still looked beautiful.

 

“i… i mean um… sorry. nows probably not the right time to be telling you this. you have so many other things to think about the last thing you need is someone blabbering away about his feelings. i should be here listening to you not the other way around…”

 

“Win”

 

he looked up to find her looking at him and she had a slight smile on her face “yea?” he replied.

 

at this point in the night Riew didn’t really care about anything anymore, so she put her hand on Win’s and leaned in close to him and said thank you before she gave him a kiss on the cheek and whispered “i think i like you too..” as she leaned back to see that smile she had fallen in love with come across Win’s face.

 

the two sat hand in hand, each with an earphone in their ear listening to Riew’s mp3 player. music had always made Riew feel better and now she was sharing that with someone who didn’t seem to need words to understand her. she had been afraid about how he would react when he found out about her other life, but now she realized that to him it didn’t matter.

Riew felt her phone vibrating before hearing her ringer go off. it was another message from Thom…

 

its late stop playing footsies tell him to take you home already and get some rest

 

“and here we go..” she said with a laugh.

 

“what? everything ok?” Win asked as he removed the ear piece.

 

Riew let out a big sigh and looked back behind her as she saw her friends standing near the road waving to her before walking back to their car. she looked at Win and replied “yea… everythings fine. it’s late do you mind giving me a ride home? the guys are leaving me.” she gave a nod back and Win turn and saw the three guys walking away. “i’d love to.”

4/20/09

 

childhood dreams part 1 May 4, 2008

Filed under: Childhood Dreams — FanIce_USA @ 12:55 am

Rin lowered her head as she walked down the street. she pushed up her sunglasses and combed her fingers through her hair and let it fall down in front of her face.

 

Wee pulled down his cap and adjusting his sweatshirt. he walked slowly as he pulled out his phone which took over his attention.

 

for either it wasn’t an attempt to hide from the sun or the rest of the crowd, but rather an attempt to hide from each other. as their paths crossed Rin sharply turned to join the crowd waiting for a bus, Wee walked off towards a magazine stand still emersed in his phone. both dying of curiosity but also not daring enough to turn and look.

 

could it be? after 10 years that their paths would cross in such a way?…

— 

“don’t do it! don’t come over! i’ll get you if you do!” yelled Rin as she watched Wee climb over the wall that separated their homes. both were only childs, both only had each other to play with. Wee was the only one Rin dared to try and get the best of, while Rin was the only one Wee was willing to protect.

 

“you can’t do anything to me! im older than you, im bigger than you” Wee replied as he continued to find his way over the wall.

 

“just you wait” and with that Rin disappeared around the side of the house. “where are you going?” Wee asked getting no reply.

 

He made it over the wall, satisfied with his accomplishment he brushed the dirt off his hands. but as he did that he felt the splash of cold water on his back and the sound of laughter. he turned around to see 6 year old Rin laughing with all her heart holding a bucket dripping with water. between the laugher Rin managed to say “i said i would get you!!”

 

Wee looked at her and Rin stopped laughing she could tell the 7 year old wasn’t amused. after a moment he started to go after her. Rin let out a small scream and began to run. the two chased each other throughout the yard and around the house. Rin turned around and laughed everytime she saw Wee falling behind not knowing that he would slow down whenever he came close. they ended up falling down to the grass with their face to the sun laughing the day away…

Rin lowered her sunglasses, she pushed back her hair and held it back with one hand. she turned around as if she was looking around aimlessly, but then she saw what she had been looking for. Wee quickly pulled his hood over his head and turned his back to her. he put back the magazine he had been holding to hide the fact that he had been watching her. she stood there waiting for him to turn around, he stood with his back to her not wanting to turn around to find her gone.

 

their childhood flashed before them as the rest of world seem to speed past them. time stood still for them and for them alone. but then in the same instance they remembered, they remembered why they went their separate ways never to see each other again until this very moment. and in that instance they parted ways once again, Rin continued her walk staring into the setting sun as Wee walked into the darkness with his head lowered to the ground.

 

childhood dreams part 2 May 4, 2008

Filed under: Childhood Dreams — FanIce_USA @ 12:50 am

three days had passed but Rin still could not forget about seeing Wee. Rin felt tired and worn out, she had not been able to sleep ever since. everytime she closed her eyes memories of her childhood would return and she wondered if the Wee she saw was still the same Wee she knew from before.

 —

“i don’t need you to walk me home, i can get home myself.”

 

“Rin its dangerous, your going home really late. i’ll stay and wait for you”

 

“No, i’ll be fine.” now 14 years old, Rin felt like she had something to prove. what drove her need to be more independent was the fact that Wee was beginning to show his rebellious side befriending those others looked down on. Rin could tell that Wee was upset, but she knew this was something she had to do. Wee was about to say something but before he could utter another word Rin turned and walked away.

 

Rin continued to look at the clock on the library wall, the sound of thunder was the only thing that silenced the ticking of the secondhand. it was almost 9pm and it was dark out but Rin only had a little more to go. She needed to finish the project before tomorrow morning. determined she went back to work and before she knew it, it was past 10 and the storm seemed to be coming closer.

 

Rin gathered her stuff and walked home. the rain started to fall, she held her bag over her head and started to walk with a fast pace but as the rain grew harder she began to run a little faster. Rin was relieved when she only had a couple of blocks to go and stopped in a phonebooth to take a breather. once she caught her breath she stepped out only to find out that she wasn’t alone.

 

“hey pretty girl, whatcha doing out so late?” it was a boy from her school, someone who looked so familar but she was too tired to remember where he was from.

 

“i’m going home, excuse me” Rin replied as she tried to walk passed another boy. the two let her through but a third stepped out from behind the booth and got in her way. the rain began to fall even harder.

 

“so soon? it’s still early, why don’t you stay out with us?” the third boy said with a smirk on his face. Rin looked him in the eyes without a reply and stepped to side to try and get passed him but he grabbed her arm. as he tried to pull her close she swung her bag and hit him over the head.

 

he yelled out in pain as Rin began to run, but the other boys caught up with her. she picked up a stick from the side of the road and held her ground. “leave me alone or i’ll hurt all of you!” she yelled. the boys laughed and moved closer ignoring her threat. she swung as hard as she could and hit one of the boys on his arm and he grabbed it in pain. the other boy grabbed the end of the stick and pulled it closer. they were now face to face, the boy with a develish look, Rin with fear in her eyes. He moved his face closer but before he could do anything she kicked him as hard as she could and he let go. she stepped back but before she could get away one of the boys grabbed her leg and she fell to the ground.

 

“I TOLD YOU NEVER TO MESS WITH HER” a familar voice screamed out. the boys looked up to see who the voice had come from.  Rin lifted her head from the ground to see a familar pair of shoes and when she looked up she could tell that it was Wee. He had been waiting in the rain for her at the end of their block, when she saw Wee she realized where she knew these boys from. they were the ones he had begun to hang out with, the ones that made him a different person.

 

Wee looked down at Rin and she could see the anger in his eyes. he walked passed her and grabbed the stick and stood over the boys. the boys scrambled to get up and ran off into the night.

 

Rin sat up in the middle of road and stared at Wee as he gathered up her stuff, they could both see that her project was ruined. even through the rain Wee could see the tears running down her cheeks. he picked her up and carried her the rest of the way home.

 

her dad put her to bed as her mom prepared her medicine. they thanked Wee for bringing her home, but he didn’t hear a word of it. all he could do was look at Rin as she laid there in her bed still shaking from the cold. still holding on to Rin’s project he turned to walk out of the room, her dad stopped him and told him to stay at their house tonight. although never talked about, everyone was fully aware that Wee’s parents would hardly ever be home.

Rin moved some boxes in her closet and pulled out a little box, it was old and dusty but well taken care of. she opened it to find her school project completed with the ink of the A she had received fading with time. she smiled as she remembered how she had woken up the next morning to find that Wee had fallen asleep on the ground of the spare bedroom. lying next to him was her ruined project, as she walked over to him she noticed something on the table. it was a duplicate of her project completed to perfection just as it had been when she left the library.

 

childhood dreams part 3 May 4, 2008

Filed under: Childhood Dreams — FanIce_USA @ 12:47 am

If anyone had paid any attention to Wee, they would have thought he was watching the world pass by him. but his mind wasnt on the people carrying on with their lives, nor was his eyes watching any one carrying on their business. both his mind and his eyes were focused on one thing, on the rain drops falling down the glass. he had been sitting there all morning, his hot chocolate in hand now turning cold.

Wee leaned against the wall and kicked a rock and watched it disappear into the night. he looked at his watch it was almost 10 and still no sign of Rin. as the rain started to fall, Wee began to get angry at himself for letting his stubborness get the better of him. she said she didnt need him. she walked away from him. but he let her go, he left her alone.

 

some time had passed and he heard the yelling. he could tell it was Rin, he could tell she was in trouble. he ran as hard and as fast as he could and then he saw it. two boys laying on the floor and Rin face to face with another. his anger grew and he ran even faster, by the time he got to her, Rin had fallen to the floor. he saw who the boys were, they were his other group of friends. the ones no one could accept. he had warn them before never to touch Rin, but they didn’t listen. for him, tonight was the end of that other life, the life others had grown to hate him for.

 

Wee couldn’t bring himself to look at Rin, but he could feel her staring at him. he gathered up her stuff and finally turned around to look at her. he saw the tears through the rain and they looked at each other in silence. he went over and bent down to wipe away the rain from her face and the tears from her eyes, but she pulled away. Wee pulled back his hand, never before had Rin moved away from him so deliberately. he knew that he had messed up and that he hurt her.

 

“i’m sorry” he said but Rin just stared at him.

 

“no more, i’ll change, i’m sorry.” Rin continued to look into his eyes without saying a word. she could see it in his eyes that this time he meant it. Wee attempted to move her hair out of her face and Rin didnt move away. He picked her up and she leaned her head against him and he carried her home.

 

her mother was upset with him, he knew it was his fault and that she had no reason to forgive him or believe in him anymore. but her father was more understanding. he knew that Wee felt lost without his parents now that they had gone their separate ways.

 

it wasn’t the first time that Rin’s father had allowed Wee to spend the night, but it was the first time Wee accepted. rather than sleep, Wee carefully looked over Rin’s project and stayed up all night reconstructing it. the sun was coming up when Wee finally finished and fell asleep on the floor never before had he put so much effort into anything related to school.

 

Wee finally woke up and it took him a few moments to realize where he was. as he was sitting up he noticed there was a piece of paper next to him.

 

“thank you. eat your food and get some rest or else it will be to easy for me to catch you. ^_^”

Wee smiled as he remembered how he found a cup of hot chocolate and some toast sitting in the same place he had put Rin’s project. he took one last sip of his hot chocolate before he got up to leave. he gathered up his stuff and made his way back to the front of the coffee shop. he hadn’t slept for 3 days and needed another cup.

 

Wee fiddled with his mp3 player while he waited in line, oblivious that the line had moved forward he felt a tap on his shoulder and it was then that he realized someone had been talking to him.

 

“mister, its your turn.” Wee looked up and saw the cashier waiting to take his order and he turned around to apologize to the person behind him. but rather than being able to say sorry Wee was speechless. standing there before him was Rin, she herself just as shocked as he.

 

“sir, can i help you? what would you like to drink?” confused Wee turned his back on Rin and stuttered “um… no… its ok… i change my mind.” and quickly turned away and ran out the door.