Journals [Chaelisa]

chapter 9

Days after their kiss, Lisa was still reliving it. It was only about five seconds, but it was probably the best five seconds of her entire life. No exaggerations there at all. She'd ranked it higher than seeing Demi Lovato in concert, meeting Ed Sheeran, and getting Camila Cabello to follow her on twitter. It easily surpassed her entire relationship with Alex. She was even willing to bet that kissing Chaeyoung was better than bananas. Maybe not. Maybe it was a close second. No, it was definitely better.

Chaeyoung had given her journal back, and Lisa had spent hours that night describing their kiss with ridiculous cliches. She'd compared it to things that didn't even make sense. She'd scrawled nearly eight pages about the kiss alone. And she wasn't even halfway finished yet.

When Monday rolled back around, she entered the school with a glow. Jisoo took notice of the way she couldn't stop smiling on the bus. She was usually groggy in the mornings or staring at Chaeyoung. She was so creepy sometimes. But as she looked over at her, Jisoo saw that Lisa was doing no such thing. She was smiling dumbly, looking straight ahead. Jisoo looked over at Chaeyoung and saw that she was curled up listening to music. Chaeyoung slept in the morning most times too. Lisa wasn't looking at Chaeyoung, yet she was still smiling like an idiot.

Her smile didn't falter the rest of the bus ride. Jisoo didn't have the energy to ask her about it now, but she would later. It hadn't faded in the slightest, even as they were getting off of the bus. Jisoo trailed behind Lisa with a smirk, waiting for her to share. But Lisa kept it to herself the entire way to her locker. She sensed Jisoo's gaze on her and turned around.

"What?" Lisa laughed as she began to put in her locker combination.

"You tell me," Jisoo responded as she put in hers as well.

"Tell you what?" Lisa played coy.

"Girl, please. I know something's up. That dumb smile hasn't left your face since you got on the bus," Jisoo shared. "Oh my god... You got some didn't you? Oh shit, Lisa!" she jested playfully.

"No, Jisoo.. Ew, shut up," she laughed.

"Who was it? Was it Sam? Alex?" Jisoo continued.

"I'm gonna slap you," Lisa warned as she got her necessary books.

"Seriously though, why are you so smiley?" she asked as she jabbed Lisa in the ribs.

"You wouldn't believe me even if I told you..." Lisa grinned once more at the thought of what had happened three days ago.

"Try me," Jisoo challenged.

"I kissed Chaeyoung," Lisa shared. Then her stomach flipped. It always did that whenever she recalled the event. She was almost getting used to the sensation.

"For real, what?" Jisoo dismissed her statement.

"I just told you..." Lisa lowered her voice to a whisper. "I kissed Chaeyoung."

"You did?" Jisoo asked incredulously. She was so hesitant to take her seriously. Lisa often mixed up her delusions with reality and spewed bullshit to Jisoo all the time. Was now any different? Or was she kidding?

"Yeah..." Lisa nodded vigorously. Then she rested her head against the locker and squealed involuntarily. It was an inhuman noise.

With that, whatever it was... Jisoo believed her. "What the hell did I miss..."

"I have a lot to tell you," Lisa began. Then she disclosed all of the details. She shared every moment and recapped the confrontation accurately. Then she made Jisoo endure her fangirling session because she couldn't quite contain herself just yet. She still needed a second or two to scream after almost every admission. Jisoo listened patiently, assuming how hard it was to talk about something she was so excited about.