Joey

=__//**Everything will be OK when you make a mistake**//__=



Mai, Nam and Thuong are students of the Economic University of Sai Gon. They are best friends and all from the same hometown – An Giang. They rent a small house near the school so it will be easy to go to school and the library. After living in Ho Chi Minh City for one year, Mai starts to hang out with a guy name Tuan: rich, cool and handsome. They only know each other about three or four months before Mai starts to change. She goes clubbing, comes home late at night, drunk or hanging out with Tuan overnight and come back in the next day, skipping class and failing the exams. The other girls are very worried about Mai, she is picking the wrong way to go, the girls have a meeting at home and give Mai advice but: "No need to care about me, Tuan is great and he loves me!" Mai said with a happy voice in front of her three angry and worried friends. Two months later, when Nam goes to eat diner with customers from her part time job, she sees Tuan – Mai’s boyfriend - kissing and hugging a girl, who is not Mai. That night, Nam looks at Mai and thinks, should she tell Mai? Or Let Mai know it by herself but how can she know when he is cheating on her in silent? So Nam told Mai about what she saw in the restaurant. In the first time Mai didn’t care about it then she said that he could have female customers, and it’s okay with her. "No, it's not OK because they were kissing and hugging", Nam said. "How can she be a customer when they were kissing and hugging". Mai said maybe it was someone who looked like Tuan. Inside Mai was starting to feel curious about what Nam said. So she phones Tuan but he doesn’t pick it up or deny her call. She started to think about why doesn’t he answer her call? One day, Mai started feeling sick, her face is green sick, Thuong tells her to go and meet the doctor, Mai book an appointment and see the doctor. - Congratulation, you have baby, you are not sick. – the doctor said it in a joyful voice. - Are you kidding? Check it again …- Mai starting to panic and speaking quickly. She walking out of the doctor’s office, she walking like she’s dying, slowly, without soul taking every heavy step out of the hospital, tears on her face running down on her cheeks, taking out the phone and calling Tuan. She need to see him. She sits in the coffee shop and waits for him, Tuan's walking in with an annoying face, like she is a burden. - What!? You are pregnant!? – A voice echoes about of the coffee shop – Are you kidding me? Are you using that to keep me always must be beside you? - Honey, it will be okay, just make a wedding then we will be fine,we can be a happy family – She quietly whispered what she's thinking but things only get worse. - Are you nuts? A wedding? – he's sneering at Mai – In your dreams, go to have abortion, I will pay, I’m not gonna keep that burden, same like you, we are breaking up. The tears in the time are overflowing. Her heart is dying with what Tuan just said, she trusted him, believing him and she thought he will be happy with the news, she cries and fall down on the floor.

- Now you want to cry, how pain is that huh, slut? Oh, is the baby mine or someone else’s? – pleased with what he just said, pull out the money from his wallet and throw them on the table like alms for Mai. - So it’s true, you are with another girl, that’s why you don’t want me anymore, what kind of human that you are? You killed everything around you, now you killing your own child! She runs away, walking on the street like she is dying, yes it is, her heart is dying, all of her dreams now are like dirt in the air- nothing stays with her for a long time they always left her behind. She stand on the bridge and looking down to the river, she think about the time that they been through, the time they had fun but now it’s over like dust on the road, like water in the river.Nothing.

In the hopeless time, she's living in her own sadness space, Mai found Triet, a nice guy, who care for her, who loves her and who accept the way she is. Triet is Thuong’s boss and she likes Triet, she wants him to be with her, she tried many ways to own his heart but unexpected that Triet falls for Mai at the first time they meet. - What are you doing? Miss? – A man, about 30 years old, businessman of course, handsome a bit, tall and a good nature person, he wouldn’t harm anyone asking. - Do I know you? Leave me alone – Mai answered She walked out of that place, walking fast, that man jumped into his car and drive follow Mai. It was seem like annoying but for good, because he guessed something bad will happen. Mai didn’t know so she step out to the bridge and tried to jump, he jump out and dragged her hand and pull her back, suddenly Mai faint – a reaction of a pregnant women when she got something happening unexperted then mixed with the shock that Tuan just gave her and crying made she feeling tired. Mai woke up in Triet’s car and then she panic and scare, Triet see Mai is panic when he is smiling. - Don’t try to do it again, miss, I won’t hurt you but it was very foolish when you trying to killing yourself. - Why you have to care? I’m not your daughter; you don’t have to teach me how to live a good life because now I don’t even have a life. – She keep saying but look down to her tummy at the same time. - Worry about the baby? It’s fine – Triet said, Mai surprised. - How can you know? Are you a doctor? - I was but not now, now I’m doing some business- he said, while Mai is looking around his fancy car, luxury things that she haven’t seen before. He stop talking and look at her face- what happened? Why did you try to suicide when you are pregnant? Your husband… - Why you have to care??? My problem, my life not yours, now STOP the car! I don’t have a husband, it’s a burden not a baby. He look at her with a sorry look, he can guess what happened? But he want Mai tells him about it, to let it flow away but now she's starting to yell then crying because she is hurt, she is shocking. He asked where she lives so he will drive her home. He gave Mai his number, if she feeling not well or she wants to talk about her confidence just call him. Thương saw Triet drive Mai home and started to feel curious and jealous. The next day when everyone in the house know about the baby and Nam was very uncomfortable with that news, tried to find Tuan but she couldn’t. Thuong was very pleased with that news, it made she thinks Triet will left Mai because she is just a slut with a baby that the father doesn’t want to keep it. - She said we don’t need to care about her, why that you have to help her, huh? Nam, she is irresponsibility with her self and her life, let she face with her trouble, why you have to care? – Thuong said with a mean voice, seem like jealous made she throught her friendship to the bin. Nam was not happy with what Thuong said, Nam felt like Thuong is not herself anymore when she acting so mean – "How could you say that? She is your friend, who are you? What happened with our Thuong?". While Nam and Thuong are argument, Mai heard what Thuong said and tears are flowing on her face cause she knows she is losing Thuong. Thuong is not herself anymore, it is one thing but she acting like Mai is a burden, it makes Mai feel more hurt. Thuong left for school and just only Nam and Mai at home, Nam takes care of Mai, from eating to walking, talking with Mai to make she feel better after the shock Tuan gave to her. Triet misses Mai and go to her house, asking to see Mai but she doesn’t want to see him. Triet tried every way to make Mai smile and open her heart to him. After a long time, made she felt better, made she felt happy and made she loves him. He knows about her past, about the baby and he accept it even its not his baby. Nam is happy for her friend that finally Mai found a great guy to trust, to believe but Thuong get more jealous, makes she just want to get Mai out of her life. One day, when Mai step into the house, Thuong was walking behind Mai and suddenly she pushed Mai. Mai fell down and faint. Nam saw it, she ran out and bring Mai to the hospital. Mai alive but the baby died, Triet slept in the hospital for whole week to taking care of Mai, protecting her and made sure she is fine. Mai cried about the news that she lost her baby, even with somebody it’s a burden but with Mai it was her baby, her baby. Thuong knows Mai is not dead, she was so angry and making another plan to get Mai out of her way. Triet lives with his mom - Mrs.Than and his father died 5 years ago. Mrs. Thân is very fastidious when she's choosing a daugther is law. She want a hard working, virginity and smart daughter in law. Thuong got all of that, Mai lost one point - her virginity. In a party of Triet's house, when Mrs. Than knows both of the girls, who loves Triet, and Triet loves only Mai. Mai scare Mrs. Than will know about her past so Mai was very shy when she was talking with Mrs. But Thuong always talk about her personality and her responsibility when she has a family, made Mai felt self-pity and speechless. When they sat down on the dining table together with near relative, Thuong asked Mai. - How are you now? Do you still need medicine? – Thuong asked with a loud voice to made everybody in the dining room hear it. - I’m not sick, why do I need medicine for? – Mai surprised answer Thuong’s question while everyone in the room staring at Mai with curious eyes. - Oh, I though, "WOMEN" after miscarry a baby that need medicine to feel better – Thuong said it loudly for everybody know. Mai felt so ashamed when her story just like a song, singing out for everyone to know that she lost her virginity and she is not worthy with Triet. She ran out of the house then Triet tried to run follow her while Mrs. Than was shocking with the story that Thuong told her after Mai ran out and Thuong was happy at what she just did. Triet drag Mai back and says he loves her, and he will try to convince his mother, she is a good girl, the best thing ever happened to him, he can’t live without her. She cried and they hugging each other. Mai need to calm down, and get over the shock that Thuong – her friend just gave to her. It was a long time to convince Mrs. Than, to get Thuong out of his house. He didn't forget to made Mai feel better, helping her to get closer with Mrs. Than Mrs. Than in the first time she was very shock and angry when she knows about Mai lost her virginity and miscarry one time. She said she can not accept a naughty girl steps into her house, what will happen with her grandchild when they know about it, will they follow the dirty step that their mother took… Triet tried to explain every way but hopeless, she want Triet to marry Thuong. "She is a great girl, hard working, smart and especially she still have virginity". Triet left home, separated from his mother, cause he can not take it anymore. When Mai cried and asked Triet to break up with her, he hugged her tide, as hard as he could to made sure she knows how much he loves her. Day after day,months after months, Thuong realized she is nothing with Triet, she was hurt and left the country to somewhere that nobody know. When Mrs. Than started to come closer with Mai and she accept Mai to be her daughter in law.