deep in the sea (I give you my heart) // jenlisa

Chapter 7: Dance with Me

A/N: Super long chapter to make it up to you guys for the delay! Enjoy and thanks for reading and voting!

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Lisa wandered around the halls, completely lost. She was well aware that she was late, despite having woken up in time to meet Jennie down at the stables. She thought she could feel her way through the castle back down to the stables, but that turned out to be false.

For over an hour now Lisa meandered, trying to find something she recognized, or even a person she could ask. The only person she did see was a member of Jennie's crew, who openly laughed in Lisa's face when she asked for help finding the stables. It only put her in a worse mood.

Everything looked the exact same- save for the paintings and occasional statues that were too spread around to memorize –and the more she walked the deeper into the depths of the castle she got. Lisa could feel her panic starting to rise, realizing that the longer she made Jennie wait the angrier the Pirate Queen would get.

Finally, Lisa was able to find a window in what looked like a guest bedroom, but when she looked out it she couldn't see the stables. She must have been on the wrong side of the building, to her dismay. The sun was steadily rising into the sky, mocking Lisa for her lateness.

She was just about to give up all hope and just try to find her way to an area she could hunker down in hopes that Jennie would never find her when finally, she saw a familiar face.

Jisoo was walking down the corridor, speaking to a man who had papers waving around in his hands. They were speaking passionately about something, but when Jisoo spotted her and her pleading face she stopped talking.

"Aren't you supposed to be with Athena?" Jisoo asked, tilting her head. She walked closer to Lisa, stopping a few feet in front of her.

"I got lost," Lisa admitted, blushing deeply, "and no one's been around to help me."

Jisoo hummed in a mixture of amusement and understanding. "It's a big castle with not very many people to live inside of it... Here, I'll take you down to her; do you know where she should be?"

Lisa explained that she was supposed to meet her at the stables an hour and a half ago.

Leading the way, Jisoo took her down a set of stairs that had been hidden behind a large tapestry. Lisa was bemused, looking around the dark, narrow staircase with a puzzled look. Jisoo glanced back, smiling at her confusion.

"When you don't have a lot to do on the slower days, you tend to wander around and find what secrets the previous owners put in the castle. This just happened to be one of them; a former servants passage that leads to all the main areas." Jisoo spoke casually, veering off into an open hallway again.

They made it outside, Lisa trying to hint that she could find her way to Jennie by thanking Jisoo multiple times. Sam didn't leave, instead taking her all the way to the stables. Lisa anxiously frowned, fidgeting with the hem of her shirt as she noticed Jennie waiting outside.

Her hair was pulled up into a tight bun, gloved hands holding a small pocket book. She was leaning casually against the barn door frame, a foot propped up against the wood casually. Despite the fact that see seemed to be reading, Jennie looked annoyed.

She looked up at the sound of people walking towards her, emerald brown feline eyes locking onto Lisa. She dropped her foot and closed the book with a sharp snap. "I thought I said an hour after sunrise, not almost two." Jennie ignored Jisoo, only paying attention to Lisa.

"She got lost, Athena. Give the girl some slack, it's her first day," Jisoo offered her help. Lisa would have given her a grateful look had she not been afraid of looking away from Jennie's stern look.