THE BEGINNING

'Aera, get ready for school ' said Mrs. Park. 'Sure mom, I'll come down' Aera said from her room. She came down and went straight to the kitchen. 'Hey mom' she said and gave Mrs. Park a hug. Mrs. Park gave Aera her breakfast. 'Today you get your results right? For the term end exam?' Mr. Park asked. Aera nodded. 'Don't worry it's ok if you haven't scored good marks. Not everyone's perfect.' Mr. Park said. Mr. Park dropped Aera at school. She was walking through the hallway and suddenly someone screamed at her ear, she flinched but she knew who it was. It was her best friend, Kim Jiha. She smiled at Aera. Aera smiled at her and gave her a hug. 'So are you excited for today? Term end results?' she asked jumping up and down. She's a very clever girl and she's brilliant. She's always the top student in her class. Aera and Jiha learn together at the same class. 'First, stop jumping up and down. Calm your self and no I'm not excited at all. You know that of course.' Aera said. Jiha stopped jumping and looked at her best friend. She punched Aera. 'Oh come on! Why are you always like this. You are one of the smartest, cutest and the most talented girl I've ever seen. Why aren't you confident huh?' Jiha asked in a very blaming tone. Aera looked at her and said 'Smart? Really?' 'Yeah, Smart. Why don't you just get it? You are very bright. You just don't care about it Aera.' she replied in a very angry tone. Aera just kept walking. While they were walking towards their class, they saw some senior girls bullying two junior kids. Aera went towards the seniors and asked them to stop.'ohh look here, their hero. What's your problem kid?' a senior girl asked. 'First of all, I'm not a kid. I'm also a senior just like you. Tell me what right do you have to bully them and who gave them huh?' Aera asked in a very serious tone. Jiha pulled Aera back. One of the girls who were bullying the juniors came infront of Aera.' You think you are some big senior huh? Rights? Who gave me rights, you asked. Jimin. Park Jimin. A senior. What you gonna do huh? ' She asked. 'I'll do what I have in mind to do' Aera said. She looked at the two girls who were being bullied. 'Go to your class. Both of you now.' said Aera and started walking towards finding Jimin. 'Hey hey Aera, stop. Jimin is dangerous. He's like a Mafia. Are you insane?' Jiha asked. 'What? These girls are getting hurt. I'm not gonna keep my mouth shut and I don't care about what kind of person he is.' Aera replied. There were some senior guys standing and Aera went towards them. 'Who's Jimin here?' Aera asked. A guy came in front of her. 'Me. Why?' Jimin said. 'oh you? Stop bullying kids. Are you insane huh? Don't you know how they feel? Just cuz you are a senior it doesn't mean you can bully people whenever you want. Stop this or I'll get you expelled.' Aera said. Jiha was so surprised because Aera wasn't scared at all. Jimin came so close to Aera.' how? ' he asked.' I will speak to the principal. He's my uncle 'Aera said coolly. Jimin stepped back. He was a bit nervous. Then he promised that he won't bully anyone. Aera gave a glimpse and went away back to class with Jiha. Jiha was so proud of her. Finally they were in class. They got their results and Jiha was so happy but Aera was not. She was so sad. She didn't get the results she expected but she didn't care at all. She just put that inside her bag. While they were going out of the class, the girls who Aera saved came to her. 'Eonni, I'm Yuna and this is Jisoo. Thank you so much for helping us.' Yuna said. Aera smiled at them and patted their head. She gave them hugs and kept walking with Jiha. She wanted to go home but a part of her said no because she didn't know what kind of a reaction they would give. But she just stayed calm. She went home and gave the results. What she expected from her parents didn't happen. Something else happened that made her wanna go away and pursue her dreams.