(A/N: trigger warning. Contains a tiny part about rape, assault)
"We're cutting the cake!" Ann yelled out loudly, making me, Chaeyoung and Lisa cringe. She was all the way across room but the sheer harshness of her squeaky ass voice reached us easily. The rest of the crowd, on the other hand, gave less of a shit than we did apparently.
"Who cuts cakes at a party like this?" Lisa wondered out loud, his arms around Chae's waist. At his words, my eyes took a quick scan at the crowd and literally nobody was giving a shit. Everybody was either busy dancing or passed out.
Cutting a cake halfway through a party with horny youngsters and free booze? Insanity.
"She just needs the attention." I mumbled, my eyes turning into slits as I saw her standing there, holding my Baby's hand.
It was difficult to watch the man who just destroyed my
insides, standing up there with some other bitch but I was keeping calm about it.
Shhh.... Breathe.. Breathe... Don't throw the beer can at her face just yyet..
"What?" Chaeyoung asked, snapping her head at me.
Oops. Said it out loud.
"Nothing. Planning murder." I replied back with a small smirk, my eyes glued to Ann. Chae laughed.
In another fifteen minutes, Chae and I were dancing amongst the crowd. "Dream girl" By Ir Sais was playing and Chae was grinding against me, making me crack up every now and then. The music was so sensual and slow, that it reminded me of Jisoo immediately. I looked up and searched for him. I spotted him in the far corner of the room, speaking on the phone secretly.
I would give him the best lap dance ever if his fine ass was here right now.
I caught Chae's hips lightly and danced with her, shutting my eyes and getting lost in the music. Some guy suddenly sneaked up behind me and started pushing himself on to my ass. He was moving my hips onto his dick and I stilled to tell him to stop. But he didn't.
Ugh.
I frowned uncomfortably as he started almost manhandling me. Chae soon discovered the source of my discomfort and was about to tap that guy on the head but I stopped her.
I pushed her off slightly, turned around and with all my force, stomped onto the guy's shoe with my stiletto. I watched as his dark skin soon lost its color and his mouth dropped open at the pain. "I can shove my stilleto up your ass too , if that's what you're into." I taunted him with a full blown smile.
Hurriedly, he pulled his foot back and limped away.
I turned around to see Chae wiping fake tears from her eyes. "That was beautiful."
I laughed and we got back to our dancing.
After another song, I noticed the crowd getting quieter and the music slightly fading. Both of us started looking around for the issue and saw a girl rolling in a huge three tiered cake which was on a table with wheels. I could literally feel the crowd rolling eyes.
"Now that I've got your attention, it's cake time!" Ann smiled at her guests, as if she was being the best host ever.
Hoe you look stupid.
Then, an awkward silence filled the air as she grabbed the knife. I was trying my hardest not to laugh at the situation and so was Chae. It was a treat really to see Ann embarrass herself like this.
When nobody started singing, her ginger head turned to Jisoo who was standing next to her with his hands behind his back.
I watched in amusement as Jisoo started awkwardly singing the song.
"Happy birthday to you..."
I grabbed on to Chaeyoung's hand and squeezed it to stop myself from laughing at his expression. Soon, everyone started singing too.
Chae and I started screaming the lyrics on the highest pitch of our voices.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR AAAAANNNNNAABELLLEEEE,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUUUUUU!"
Ann glared at us harshly from her spot but cut the cake
nevertheless. Jisoo was turning pink, trying to hold in the gags. After the song was over, Chae and I cheered on top of our lungs, pretty much making the whole crowd turn to us in amusement. What can I say, we were SO happy for Ann.
She fed Jisoo the first slice of cake, making me roll my eyes. Jisoo gave me an apologetic look over Ann's shoulder. Aww. I gave him a smile, signalling that it was fine. I could only imagine how desperate he must be feeling to get out of Anna's claws.
Ann then continued feeding cake to a few other people,
obviously not feeding us and I was happy. At this point, I
didn't even trust the damn cake. It could be poisoned. Just when I thought that her need of being the center of attention was fulfilled, she shouted "Everybody, settle down! We're going to watch a video about my journey since childhood!
*insert surprised emojis* Kidding.
She made a video of herself on her own birthday? Oh my
goooodddddd. I prepared myself to cringe all the way hell and back, making myself comfortable on one of the couches alongside Chaeyoung.
Everybody around me had also settled down. I could hear mutters and someone even said, "Bruh. I was about to get laid. What is this bullshit?"
I stifled a laugh at all the complaints.
Ann then switched on the TV. I sighed and realised that the strap of my Stiletto had come off loose. I bent down to tighten it.
Suddenly, moans filled the air.
My moans filled the air.
Chaeyoung placed a hand on my thigh, urging me to look up and I snapped my head to the TV. What I saw, made an icy chill run over my back. Goosebumps spread across my skin as I felt the pin-drop silence from the crowd. I could imagine everybody's mouths dropped open.
The same video Jisoo had showed me was now playing on the huge flat screen TV. Everybody around me was stunned. I trailed my eyes to Ann and saw her triumphant smile.
"Oops. My bad. Wrong video." She laughed carelessly but didn't make a move to change it.
Just as I stood up to go and place a punch on Ann's face,
Jisoo walked up to the TV, carrying a baseball bat in his hand. His face was red with fuming rage. His movements were dominant and angry.
To everybody's shock, Jisoo slammed the bat onto the TV screen with such high intensity and force, that it cracked immediately. I watched as he continued to hit the TV with the weapon, until the whole screen was cracked and broken.
Babe, you could've just pulled out the cable.
I understood his reaction though. He was angry and beyond done. He wasn't expecting this to happen tonight. The one thing that he feared the most had almost happened. He didn't want anyone seeing me like that and it had already happened. Hopefully, that stupid bitch didn't send it to people. He was showing Ann just how much she had messed up.
I walked up to him and pulled him back.
"Jisoo.... It's fine. Calm down. Relax" I murmured to him.
His movements stopped and he dropped his weapon, turning to face Ann. Tension surrounded them as Jisoo clenched his fists, probably resisting the urge to give her an uppercut. As much as l'd love to see him do that, I held him back. I knew hitting a girl was something he'd probably regret and mope about later.
"YOU FUCKING BITCH!" Jisoo yelled at her, his deep,
lilted voice bouncing off the walls of the room. I swear the floor beneath me shook a little.
"Whores like you deserve this." Ann smiled at me like the
maniac she was.
I kept quiet as a small tear slipped from my eye. I could feel everybody's eyes on me. When I told Jisoo l was okay with the video getting leaked, I obviously hadn't thought it through. No, I wasn't okay with it. I suddenly felt incredibly tiny in the room, everybody's judgemental stares weighing down on me. I could hear the whispers. I wasn't okay with everyone seeing me like that. I wasn't. I thought it wouldn't be a big deal, but now that this room had seen the video, I felt like shit. I started feeling worthless. I suddenly got flashbacks to my teenage self trembling in my room, sitting on stained sheets
and hating herself. I got the same feeling back. The feeling of being cheap, easy, worthless. How I felt after the rape.
As if Jisoo could hear my thoughts, he wrapped a hand around my waist. I looked up at him to see him glaring at every single person in the room until the judgmental whispers died down completely.
There was no point in crying about it now. This wasn't my fault. I was having sex with the man I love. I was not doing anything wrong. I had no reason to feel like this. I was done blaming myself and losing respect for myself.
"You must be feeling real proud of yourself, right?" I asked Ann, trying my best not to let the smirk on her face get to me. I couldn't let her win. I would never let her win.
She nodded.
"Everybody here knows that I'm a whore now, right?" I asked again, feeling braver.
Her smile wavered. She could sense that I was going to say something to ruin her. But she continued to smile in the same crazy way.
"Then I guess, to make it equal, everyone here should know that you're a rapist, who almost blackmailed Jisoo into sleeping with you and being with you, right?" I shouted, shocking everybody.
Gasps echoed around us.
Ann seemed shocked for sometime. A number of emotions crossed her face. I saw shock, anger, nervousness and fear. I looked around at the crowd.
Nobody moved. Nobody uttered a word. Everybody just
seemed shocked, that's it. I clenched my fists, my blood
boiling after seeing the silent reaction.
"What? Just because the roles are reversed and she's a girl means that she shouldn't be bashed how a guy would've been if he did the same thing?!"
There was silence for some more time. Every one was
contemplating their next move. Chae stood up from her seat and walked up to Ann first. She raised her hand and slapped Ann through and through. The sound of the slap seemed to wake everyone's conscience up. A group of girls who I had seen dancing around us then joined Chae, shouting profanities. Ann cowered back.
"I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING! JISOO WANTED TO BE WITH ME!"
"YOU THINK THE PEOPLE HERE ARE STUPID? DO YOU THINK ALL OF US DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF A PERSON YOU ARE?!" Lisa shouted from his seat. "SHE'S LYING."
Satisfaction filled me as I watched everybody standing up to her. Half the girls there were the ones she had fights with her before and now they were all taking revenge.
Jisoo grabbed my hand and squeezed. The small action was enough to calm me down and make the previous discomfort lessen.
Ann was finally getting what was coming for her. She deserved this.
Just then we heard the front door open and close. Jisoo and I looked in the direction to see Hanbin enter along with a very worried and anxious Hannah. Her ginger hair was down and she seemed a lot older than the last time l'd see her. I saw wrinkles, fine lines and tiredness in her face. A psychotic daughter does that to you I guess.
Hanbin gave Jisoo a firm nod. What the fuck is happening. Was this all planned? How did Hanbin know about the plan? How come Hannah suddenly changed her mind?
"EVERYBODY STOP!" Jisoo shouted out loud, capturing
everyone's attention and seizing the noise immediately.
Ann's tear stained face brightened instantly upon seeing her mother enter the room. She scrambled away from the crowd and ran to hannah, throwing her arms around her mother in relief.
"Thank god you're here! Mom they were about to beat me up. On my birthday... I didn't do anything.... They're bullying me. All of them. That bitch there," Ann pointed to me, a face going wild with emotions. "-she's putting false accusations on me. She called me a rapist, mother. She called me, your own daughter, a rapist. You know I would never do such a thing.. You know me, right mother? I've been tricked here and-"
"That's enough, Annabelle." Hannah stated, her tone strict and firm.
Ann was stunned at the interruption and shook her mother's arm roughly, "What are you talking about? Let's go! I want to leave! These jerks called me a damn rapist and blackmailer and you're okay with that?"
"They never lied. I'm about done with your behavior. Your dad and I have entertained this for way too long.'
Ann's mouth dropped open and she grabbed her arms tightly, once again shaking her. "DO YOU EVEN HEAR YOURSELF? I'M YOUR DAUGHTER! I'M BEING FALSELY ACCUSED! SERIOUSLY, WHAT KIND OF A FUCKING MOTHER AR-'
PAK!
The sound of the slap landing on Ann's cheek was so loud and sharp that it made most of us raise our eyebrows in appreciation.
Lisa shouted "WOOH", making everyone turn their heads to him. He raised his hands, with a sheepish look on his face and apologized.
"I'm a mother who should've slapped you a long damn time ago, Annabelle. Your actions are unacceptable and disgusting.
Do you realise what you're doing? Do you have any sense in your head? You absolutely disgust me. You have single
handedly turned every person in this room against you. You expect me to believe whatever bullshit you spew?
Ann was still clutching her cheek, her face twisting in anger.
"You need professional help. And you need time behind bars." Hannah stated, crossing her arms across her chest.
Ann lost it. "NO! NO FUCKING WAY AM I GOING TO PSYCH
WARD OR GOING TO JAIL! T DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG! 'IM PERFECTLY NORMAL!"
She then walked up to a girl, held her and shouted "Tell me, DO I FUCKING LOOK INSANE TO YOU?" Her eyes were wide and I shivered at the maniacal look on her face.
She pushed her face away and started having a breakdown.
She started knocking things to the floor and shattering them. A beautiful vase I had seen when I entered, now laid there in pieces. Everyone watched as she went about screaming and shouting
"YOU!" Ann turned, her finger pointing to me.
I stood there with a calm expression as she made her way towards me in heavy steps, her delicate white heels clanking against the wooden flooring. "IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU! ALL BECAUSE OF YOU! I WOULD'VE HAD EVERY THING I WANTED IF YOU HADN'T ENTERED MY FUCKING LIFE."
"Think about everything you've done when you're in jail, Ann. Even after everything you've done to me, I hope you get help. You need it. I hope you learn your lesson and become a better person." I replied to her screams calmly. "Just stay the fuck away from all of us even after you're better. We truly don't want to see your face again."
She stared at me, her eyes glassy, her mascara running and her hair a complete mess. She looked a sight.
"Or... Like... Die.. " Chae suggested with a careless shrug of her shoulders.
"Ann, the authorities are here. You're leaving." Hanbin informed.
"NO! I'M STAYING RIGHT FUCKING HERE! I'M NOT LEAVING! YOU BITCHES CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT! I'M NOT CRAZY AND I KNOW IT!" She shouted, stomping her foot like a child. I was getting second hand embarrassment for her.
"Ann, leave. Now. You need help. And a long time in jail." Jisoo said.
"Do you have any idea what you've done? ANY CLUE? I'm
going ruin your precious Jennie's life, Jisoo! I'm going to
FUCKING ruin it!"
Jisoo remained neutral, "How? I've deleted all the video
copies you had from every single device you own. The only copy remaining is the pendrive which you just used. And it's right here." He held up a small black pendrive.
Ann stared at the pendrive, shocked and stunned into
silence. She took her time to register what Jisoo had said and immediately lunged for the device.
Jisoo raised his hand, keeping the object away from her reach.
I pushed Ann off of Jisoo roughly.
"How did you-"
"Hacking. Heard of it?" Jisoo smiled, dimple and all.
"Wasn't ever good at it but let's just say I developed a new hobby in the past few days."
Ann fell down to her knees, letting out a loud cry. Soon, she was sobbing her lungs out. Just then, I saw two lady cops enter the room and walk up to Ann. They grabbed her frail body from the floor and hurled her up. Ann started screaming and kicking, fighting against their hold. She obviously wasn't strong enough and was soon being shoved outside. "YOU'RE FORGETTING SOMETHING! HOPE YOU HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN THE OTHER PERSON WITH THE COPY!" Her voice faded
slowly as she was moved out. Hannah and Hanbin followed them out.
Silence prevailed the room. I had many questions. Ann's
warning hung in the air. It instilled all sorts of fears in me.
Jisoo leisurely walked up to a certain golden haired boy
sitting on the couch and crouched down to his level, holding his hand out. The guy's usual pink face lost it's colour immediately. His eyes turned wide, scared and shocked.
"That won't be a problem, Yes Taehyung? Phone. Now.
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