"Bec! Make it quick! I have to go now!" Joel was yelling from the car. "Can't you be a bit more patient? Geez..." Bec replied as he was putting on his shoes. "I've no time to be patient! U have work in half an hour and I STILL have to send you to your college. FASTER!" Joel was shouting at the top of his lungs. "You don't have to be that angry." Bec just muttered. "WHAT?!" Joel asked. "Nothing. Just drive" Bec replied as he closed the car door. 'You maybe 3 minutes older than me but it feels like 30 years. So grumpy!' Bec was thinking.

Joel dropped Bec off in front of AdamLambert College and sped off to work. He gave a sigh of relief as he needn't put up with his brother's annoying acts for the rest of the day. 'I wonder when will I see her again...?' Joel thought, but he shook the thought off.

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While Jay was walking out of the school, Leanne caught up with her. "Hey, Jay! Where are you going? I don't see your car around." Leanne exclaimed. "Ha ha! I'm going to dad's shop today" Jay replied cheerily. "Erm...Jay, you do know that your dad's company is not just a single store but a chain of it, right? Its nationwide!" Leanne said. "Oh, really? Well, isn't that amazing! Ha ha!" Jay said politely. 'Weird person' Leanne thought jokingly. "You know, Jay, I think I'm in love!" Leanne confessed to Jay while they were in the bus on the way to the city. "Huh? What?" Jay was snapped back form her memories of the dream. "I said, I think I'm in love!" Leanne repeated excitedly. "Oh, I see. Who is the lucky guy?" Jay asked. "You know the guy you met the other day in your dad's store?" Leanne said. "Yeah. Why? Is he the one you're on love with?" Jay asked back. "Yeah! He is so good looking! I've been there several times just to see him! I hope he doesn't think of me as a stalker though!" Leanne suddenly went into panic mode. "I'm sure he doesn't think of you like that!" Jay said with a firm yet gentle way. Leanne was convinced immediately. "Yeah. You're right! What about you, Jay? Anyone you're interested with? He he!" Leanne asked with a grin on her face. 'How the heck am I supposed to say I'm interested with a guy whom I've no idea of his identity?! I was supposed to find out today anyways.' Jay was freaking out a little bit but calmed down and replied "No. No one at all"

When they arrived in front of the store, Leanne took a deep breath. "Here I go!" She said as she stepped in. The entrance to the store gave a mellow buzz sound. "How may I help you?" A girl popped up from their backs. Leanne was a bit disappointed because it wasn't Joel who came. Jay could tell Leanne felt a little upset, so she distracted the girl. "Can you show me around? Only me." Jay said. The sales girl felt a little bit on an awkwardness in the air so she quickly said yes and started showing Jay around. Leanne wondered on her own. 'I wonder where he went' Leanne thought as she glanced through some of the speakers on display.

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'I wonder when will she come?' Joel was sitting behind the store's counter. It was quite slow in business today, so he didn't have much work to do. "Joel Cleon. Come to my office, please." Joel's heart skipped a beat. 'Did I do something wrong?!' Joel was panicking. The manager was seated behind his desk. His face was serious and fierce. "Do you know why I called you in, Joel?" the manager asked. 'Man, this feels like being in a principal's office!' Joel thought. "I'm not sure, sir." Joel replied. "Well, you're being promoted to the manager. Congratulations." The manager said a matter of fact-ly. "What? You mean, I'm taking over your position?" Joel asked, baffled. "Yes, I'm transferring to another branch in Hokkaido, and there's no one more suitable for this job than you. Please accept this offer." "GLADLY! Thank you sir!" Joel said, obviously hyped up about the new position. "You start today, Joel, the manager!" The, no ex-manager said with a proud smile. 'She'll be the first person I'm gonna tell this good news to!'

'I wonder where is she?' Joel asked no one in particular. That was when he saw the girl of his dreams standing by the computers. 'My angel!'

The Begining

She quietly read the Bible in her room. "-Genesis chapter one, verse one; At the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth.- No, I think God created time before the Heavens and the Earth. 'Beginning' symbolizes time. And time was created first before anything else." She was whispering to herself, then went deep into thoughts. In the end, she went online in Windows Live Messenger (MSN) and Facebook (FB). She looked through her list of people online. Mayne were just school mates. She was searching for one specific name. She repeated the name 'Same' as she scrolled through. "Ah! There you are!" she exclaimed when she found Same's name in the online list. She started a simple chat with him.

Jay:Hey~How was your day?

Same:As usual. School troubles, love troubles and puberty troubles.

Jay:LOL. What? PUBERTY? Are you serious?

Same: Lolz, yeah. Pimples are popping out quite badly lately.

Jay: Did you drink enough water? Wash your face properly and have a proper diet?

Same: yeah, I drank enough water. I was my face when ever I feel like its getting oily but...yeah, the diet...

Jay: Can't eat too much oily food, ok!

Same: OK! So how was your day?

Jay: Sucks...

Jay told Same about the problem with Larcon and her dad's foolish agreement. After telling the whole story, the only thing Same could say was "Rich people's problems are way more complicated". Jay just wished he had helped a bit more than a pointless comment. After chatting about the latest Japanese comics and cartoons- or as the Japanese would call it 'manga' and 'anime'- they both logged off and went to bed. The only thing that was running through Jay's head was the really cute worker in her dad's electronics store. Joel. "I wonder what is his full name. Which church does he attend? Does he have FB? But with a name like 'Joel' is too common. There must be millions of people out there named 'Joel'" In the end, Jay dozed off with the last thought in her mind was Joel.

Jay found herself standing on the beach with two guys in front of her. Their backs were facing her. She was very curious about them. She reached her hand out but before she could touch them, they turned towards her. She recognized one of them as Joel and the one next to him looked almost the same as Joel. Except, he had glasses on with a big goofy smile. She felt her heart skipped a beat. Who is that? Joel's brother? A twin maybe? Joel looked at Jay with the eyes of pain and suffering. She felt so heart broken by his expression. He was definitely the opposite of the one with glasses -who was still wearing that goofy smile.

Jay woke up from her dream and could feel both nervous and upset. She felt nervous because of the guy in glasses and upset because of Joel's painful expression. She don't know what to do, but she is sure she has to talk to Joel. "Tomorrow, I shall visit him" She sighed and went back to sleep.

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Joel was in his room. He was positioned on his bed with his guitar on his lap and a notepad and a pen in his hands. "What should I write next?". Bec stepped into the room with a skeptical look on his face. "Oi! What are you doing?". "Get lost! I'm busy" Joe replied in an annoyed tone. "Writing about a girl?" Bec inquired further. Joel just ignored him. 'How can I have such an annoying person as my brother?!' All of a sudden, they both sneezed three times in a row in unison. When they have regained their composure, they stared st each other skeptically. "What the heck was that?" Bec asked. Joel just shrugged it off and continued writing in his notepad. 'Somebody must be thinking of us. Ha ha!' Joel thought jokingly.