[Author's note: this story falls in and out of narration, so just imagine it like someone is telling yoo the story in first person...i tried to make it easy for yoo guys to read...^.~ hope it worked...] ~*~ Love at First...Bite?? ~*~ When I think back at my times in high school, I feel like laughing and crying...I want to laugh because of the way I acted, and I want to cry because of all of the hard times I went through...but actually, now that I think about it, I am as happy as ever...why? Because of those memories and fun times that I remember so vividly during my years in high school... ~*~*~ "Oh my god! There he is! Aren't you feeling all nervous?" my best friend, YoonJu, asked me as we approached our table. "Gosh, shut up..." I whispered as we walked towards the two guys and a couple other people at the table. "Hi YoonJu! Wassup YooMi!" Fanny greeted as my best friend sat down next to him and gave him a light kiss. ~*~*~*~ Allow me to introduce them...Fanny had been going out with YoonJu since the end of our junior year...they hooked up right when summer started...his real name is Hwang YoonSuk, but I prefer Fanny...^^...anyways, he's best friends with Brian~ now let me tell you some things about Brian...he's not the typical kind of a guy...he's good-looking (VERY good-looking), friendly, smart, athletic...but the weird thing about him was that he hadn't had a girlfriend yet...I mean sure, half of the girls in the school would have killed to go out with him...but for some odd reason, he rejected ALL of the girls who hit on him...strange, huh? But I was very glad because I would have DIED if I saw him with another girl...because the truth was...I liked him~ A LOT!! But he didn't know...nobody knew, except for my trusty friend, YoonJu... ~*~*~*~ "Hi Brain," I greeted as I sat down. "Hey, sup..." he said as he took a bite out of his sandwich. 'He's so cute...' I thought as I observed his bleached/spiked hair and baby blue contacts. I just wanted to reach out and touch him, but I knew that I couldn't. "So how did that math test go?" I asked, trying to make conversation. "I aced it!" he said as he smiled cutely. "See...I told you not to worry..." I said as I smiled back. I opened my lunch bag and took out my little box of juice, suddenly feeling thirsty. "Hey, you wanna come kick it at my house today?" Fanny asked as he looked at me and Brian. "Aite..." Brian answered. "I'm always there anyways..." "How bout you?" YoonJu asked me. "Umm...well, I have this English thing to study for and--" "Aww, come on YooMi...we're seniors! Kick back a little and relax..." Fanny protested. "Yeah," YoonJu agreed like a parrot. After a few seconds, I gave in. "Fine...but I can only stay for a little while, okay?" "Kay." -----> After School at Fanny's House <----- "Which movie should we watch? IT or SCREAM 3?" Fanny asked as he held the two movies up. "Ugh...I hate clowns," YoonJu said as she scrunched her face. "Fine, we'll watch SCREAM," Fanny announced. "Is that okay with the two of you?" I nodded as Brian did the same. As the movie started, I just sat there by myself. Brian was on the love seat by himself and Fanny was cuddling with YoonJu on the other couch. I yawned. 'This is such a waste of time..' I thought. As I heard those knife slashing sound effects of the movie, I glanced over at Brian. He was sitting back in a comfortable position with a pillow between his knees; his eyes were glued to the t.v. screen as he watched with an expressionless face. I felt a longing inside of me, and I felt sad...because I knew that if I told him about my feelings for him, he wouldn't care. He would just shrug me off, just like all of the other girls. I sat pensively with my thumbnail between my teeth...there was no point in staying here; YoonJu and Fanny were holding each other and enjoying the movie, Brian was holding a pillow and enjoying the movie also, but as for me...I had other important things to do. As I was thinking of an excuse to tell as a reason to leave early, I heard the doorbell ring. I watched as Fanny got up to get the door, and in a few seconds, four other guys and three girls came into the room. I recognized them as my other friends whom I ate lunch with at the same table. "Hey guys!" I greeted as YoonJu and Brian did the same. One of the girls named Eugene squeeled and wiggled her butt into the small love seat next to Brian. "I didn't know you were going to be here," she said flirtatiously. ~*~*~*~ I remember thinking these exact same words...'Damn that Eugene~' she was one of those girls who tried really hard to get Brian's attention, and to my relief, her slutty efforts did not work... ~*~*~*~ I quickly stood up. "Umm, nice to see you guys here, but I gotta go..." YoonJu pouted. "YooMi!" "Hey, I said that I couldn't stay long, and I meant it," I said sternly. "Fine...I'll go with you," she said as she stood up. "Aww, you're going?" Fanny asked. YoonJu nodded. I turned around to say bye to everyone as Fanny reluctantly gave a goodbye kiss and hug to his girlfriend. I sighed when I stepped out of the house. YoonJu looked at me sympathetically as we made our way to her car. We drove in silence; I knew that she wasn't saying anything to me about Brian because she knew that I would become sad. When she pulled up to my house, she spoke. "Hey, grab your stuff and come study with me...I'll wait for you." "No, don't wait...I might take a while so I'll just go to your house later, kay?" YoonJu nodded and drove away. -----> Later <----- After I had gathered my books and materials, I left my house and walked the few houses down to YoonJu's house. "Oh my gosh! I have the perfect answer to your problem!" she said as soon as she saw me. "Well, hello to you too," I said a bit sarcastically. But she just ignored me and pulled me into her house eagerly. "Just a question, but what problem are you talking about?" I asked. "You! You and Brian! I know how to get him to like you!" she answered happily. I raised my eyebrows in interest, but I knew that my friend was thinking of something silly. I watched as she crammed her hand into her bag and fished out a wrinkly piece of paper. "Behold, the ultimate recipe for instant love..." YoonJu said in a deep voice. "Okay, no...I'm not into witch craft or voodoo or any other hocus-pocus stuff so just forget it..." I said immediately. "Do you like Brian or not?" I bit my lip. "I do, but I don't want to use any freaky stuff to force him to like me...it wouldn't feel right knowing that he likes me because of some magic...that's not real love...and besides, whatever you are holding in your hand probably won't work anyways...what is it, a chain letter?" "You talk as if you know what's written in this little piece of paper...no it's not a chain letter, it's something way better..." YoonJu said as she carefully unraveled the paper and handed it to me. I sighed and looked down to read: :+:~ Love Tincture ~:+: In order to snag the guy you want, you must follow these exact instructions: 1. Pick 40 fresh white rose petals, and 20 fresh red rose petals... 2. Put the petals in a saucepot and add one drop of white wine along with one drop of red wine... 3. Turn on the heat to low; stir 100 times and 100 times only, as you say his name with every stir... 4. When the petals have cooked down, drain the liquid from them and pour into a small bottle for ready use... This potion will only work if it is ingested by your crush. You yourself must squeeze three drops of this tincture into his food or water, and he will be yours forever... A shiver went up my spine after I read this. "Just do it for fun!" YoonJu said as she grabbed the piece of paper back from me and led me to her backyard. "You're in luck girl, cuz I have plenty of roses in my backyard..." I shook my head in doubt. "This is so gay...this is so not gonna work..." I said skeptically. "Just try it! You'll never know until you take some action!" YoonJu convinced as she snapped the head of a rose off from its stem. I rolled my eyes and helped do the tedious work for this love potion. After picking, cooking, and draining the rose petals, YoonJu put it in a small vial. "Now all you have to do is put three drops of this into his food or something and he'll be yours in a jiffy!" "I really doubt that this is gonna work...but whatever," I said in a bitchy way. I knew that YoonJu was just trying to help, but I didn't want to get my hopes up high for nothing...beacause I knew that this whole thing was ridiculous. -----> The Next Day at Lunch <----- Before entering the cafeteria, YoonJu turned to me and smiled. "You're gonna go through with this right?" she asked excitedly. I just shrugged. "If I get a chance to, I will..." We both walked in and spotted Fanny and Brian at our usual table along with our other friends. YoonJu sat next to Brian so that she could be across from Fanny, as I took a seat across from Brian. We just sat, eating quietly, and I knew that I would not have a chance to give Brian my love potion if he didn't leave his food. I guess YoonJu was thinking the same thing because she grabbed her bottle of cranberry juice and slyly spilled some onto Brian's shirt..."accidentally". "Oops! Oh my god, Brian I'm so sorry!" she apologized as she gasped fakely. I shook my head in embarrassment. "Aww, shit...I just washed this too..." Brian complained as he got up. "I didn't mean to Brian, I'm really sorry..." YoonJu continued to apologize. "Sall good...I'll just have to go try to wash this stain out..." he said as he frowned and walked away to the bathroom. I gave my friend a piercing look as she stared back and subtly motioned for me to put the potion into the food. I felt Fanny's eyes on me, so I turned and looked at him with an angelic face. "Uh, Fanny baby...you wanna see some old pictures of me?" YoonJu asked, trying to distract Fanny from looking my way. I felt so ridiculous...but I also felt desperate at the moment, so I took out the little vial from my bag and lifted the peice of bread from Brian's sandwich. Quickly and nervously, I squirted three drops of the tincture onto the sandwich and placed the piece of bread back on. I just sat nervously, shaking a bit from what I had just done. YoonJu made eye contact with me, as I gave her an assuring nod. In a few minutes, Brian came back with a wet spot on his shirt, minus the red juice stain. He sat down to finish his lunch. "I hope you got the stain out Brian..." YoonJu said as she smiled at me. "Yeah, most of it came out...don't worry about it..." he answered reassuringly. I watched as Brian picked up his sandwich and began to eat it again, and I couldn't help but to feel guilty. 'It's probably not gonna work anyways,' I thought dumbly as I slouched in my seat. ~*~*~*~ And what I thought to myself was absolutely right...the love potion did not work. What was I thinking? It's impossible for those kinds of things to work...I waited for something to happen..minutes turned into hours, hours turned into days, and days turned into weeks...but I still remained as friends with Brian. Soon, I got tired of waiting, and slowly began to move on with my life...I didn't want to waste my time on something that was never gonna happen. I don't know when, but I actually began to pay less attention to him, and let me tell you...I had so much fun during my senior year without worrying about him...of course we were still friends, except I didn't have the same feelings for him as before. I was thrilled to know that my high school career was coming to an end and I was looking forward to it...and I was especially looking forward to prom... ~*~*~*~ "Brian!! Are you gonna take me to the prom?" Eugene nagged for the millionth time. Feeling irritated and annoyed, Brian finally answered. "Okay, fine...I'll take you to the prom..." he said as he finally gave in. 'Damn this girl is annoying,' he thought silently. YoonJu crossed her arms as I sat calmly next to her, listening to the conversation. 'Damn that Eugene...' I thought to myself. I no longer had feelings for Brian, but I didn't want him to deal with her on Prom night...'Oh well...it doesn't matter to me cuz Jason asked me already...as a friend.' -----> Prom Night <----- I laughed as I saw my date, Jason, dancing like a maniac. I danced with him, but not so crazily. I glanced over at YoonJu, and she was having a blast with Fanny also; and then my eyes wandered over to Brian and Eugene...she was having fun, but it was obvious that Brian wasn't. The fast song ended as a slow song came on as the couples paired up and danced to the soft music. I automatically went into Jason's arms as he put his arms around my waist. Feeling relaxed and comfortable, I rested my head on his shoulder. Fanny and YoonJu were holding onto each other tightly, and Eugene was holding onto Brian's neck tightly...but it seemed as if Brian was trying to keep some space in between them. Unexpectedly, Brian looked up and caught my gaze; I smiled as I felt my heart beating faster. He smiled back and we just stared at each other like that until the song ended. Feeling flustered and hot by the crowded dance floor, I went to seek the punch bowl. After grabbing a drink, I headed outside to get some fresh air. Brian's face popped into my head as I just wandered about along the grassy areas. I realized how much I used to like him...all of those crazy thoughts and feelings I used to get whenever I saw him... "YooMi?" Brian's voice called out. 'See, now I'm hearing things...' I scolded myself. "Uh, can we talk?" Brain asked as his voice got louder. Startled and surprised, I turned around. "Oh, hey Brian..." I greeted stupidly. He smiled and came closer and closer. "Can you believe that high school is almost over for us?" he asked as he sighed and looked up at the starry sky. I nodded and smiled. "I know...pretty crazy..." "Too bad we didn't get to spend a lot of time together," he said as he looked at me and smiled. I thought about his comment...if I wasn't mistaken, I would've thought that he meant that in a more-than-friendly way; but I immediately crossed the thought out of my head...it was impossible. I looked up at the dark sky...it had so many stars in it...thousands and thousands of them. "Yeah, too bad..." I said after a while. "Hey...pick the brightest star and make a wish," I said a bit absent-mindedly. But when I saw Brian look up to search for his star, I looked up to find mine too. When I spotted it, I wished for the impossible: 'I wish...I wish that the love potion had worked...' I turned to Brian after a moment of silence and studied his face: such a milky white complexion, and those soft eyes of a baby...I suddenly felt that longing inside of me again. "What did you wish for?" I asked curiously. He turned to me and smiled. "Close your eyes..." he said softly. His voice was so gentle and soft...I closed my eyes and felt the breeze of the night's air on my face. I didn't know what to expect, but the moment was so pleasurable and comforting. I gasped a little when I felt something soft on my lips, and it didn't take a very long time to realize what it was...I opened my eyes slightly and saw Brian against my face, kissing me tenderly. I felt so warm inside as I deepened the kiss by putting my arms around his neck and pulling him closer to me...it was something that I longed to do for a long time. When I felt that I couldn't breathe, I pulled away gently and looked into his eyes...his soft, heavenly eyes...he gazed into mine as I smiled. "Is that what you wished for?" I asked quietly. He nodded and smiled. "What did you wish for?" he asked curiously. "Don't ask," I teased, as I pulled him in for another lasting kiss... ~*~*~*~ This moment was the highlight of my life...now I am out of high school and STILL with Brian. I am so glad of the way things happened...I don't know if it was the love potion that did the trick...was it really love at first bite? ^^ I don't know...but all I do know is that I love Brian with all my heart...and these memories of him and I will be cherished forever.... Moral of the story: NOTHING is impossible........^.~