What If?

Hook Ups

~A Few Days After Skating: Mila's POV~

I run into the library and see all the girls sitting at a long table. Even Shaya and Gabbi are here. I take my seat next to Chai, and l lean close to her ear. "What are we talking about?", I whisper. She leans closer. "Meg and Hyunjin."

I clear my throat and nod. "It was...not something I wanna do again. As great as it was, it was a rebound...", Meg mutters. My eyes widen. "D-Did you two...?", I can't even finish my sentence. She nods and looks down at the table. "Woah...", I mumble quietly. "I'm certainly not gonna scold you about it...there'd be no point anyways, it already happened.", Chai sighs, rubbing her hands over her face. Rain begins tapping the table with her index finger. Meg looks up at her.

"What? Do you want to scold me?", Meg asks, defeated. I pout as Rain gives Meg a small smile. "Of course not. I guess I'm just...thinking.", she assures her. I bite the inside of my cheek. Chai rubs my knee. "Don't worry about it, Megan with be fine.", she whispers. I nod. "You guys don't have to worry about me...I just didn't want you guys to...be in the dark about it."

"Megan...", Zai mutters, grabbing onto her hand. "You never call me Megan...I must've really screwed up...", Meg sniffles. "No, no...it's just that...this is really out of character for you. So...I think I speak for all of us when I say that we're worried. And even if you tell us that we shouldn't be, we can't help it. I tend not to use nicknames when something is serious...", Zai rants. Chai reaches across the table and gently taps her hand, letting her know that she's about to go off on an unnecessary rant about nicknames. Zai just nods.

"Sorry...look, Meg...there's nothing wrong with what you did. But we wanna make sure that...", Zai stops talking, unable to find words. "We wanna make sure that this won't be some regular thing. And we don't mean with Hyunjin. We mean...like...with anybody. Like...", Rain tries to explain but fails. She looks at Chai. Chai sighs.

"Like strangers or something. You didn't know Hyunjin very well. And you two...got together. We don't want you to do anything like this again...it's not healthy.", Chai explains. Meg bites her lip. "I understand.", she says. "Are you trying to make her feel guilty for hooking up with him?", Gabbi asks. Rain and Zai's eyes widen as they both look at Chai. Shaya sinks down in her seat. I just lean against the table, wondering how far Gabi's gonna push.

"Of course, not. And nobody said she should feel bad, Gabs.", Chai says, "I was just explaining that if she wants to get over Hyunjin the healthy way, she shouldn't have any...relations...for a while."

Gabi points at Meg. "But what if it makes her feel better? Shouldn't she?", she questions. Chai furrows her brows. "And what if she doesn't even wanna get over him? Why can't they be together?"

"Nobody said they couldn't be together, Gabs. But Meg said that it won't happen again. So, of course we all just assume that, that means she doesn't want to be with him.", Shaya says, still small in her chair. Gabi looks at Shaya and then looks back at Chai. "All of you need to understand that we can be with whoever we damn well please. None of you have the right to tell is how to live our lives.", she snaps. I shake my head and look across the room. I freeze. Jeon Jungkook is over at the entrance, watching this...

Gabi rolls her eyes. "There's no point. I'm out of here."

~Shaya's POV~

Gabi storms out of the library. Of course I jump up and run after her, catching up to her in the hallway. "Gabi, what was that?", I ask. She ignores me and speeds up. Out of frustration I grab her wrist and pull her. "Hey! What the hell is going on?"

She jerks her arm away from me. "Shaya, you don't have to like the fact that Jungkook and I have feelings for each other, but don't go around pushing your crap on Meg and Hyunjin.", she spits. "What are you talking about?"