Find a Light (JenLisa Adaptation)

18

Thursday,

August 29th, 2019

­-"So, he still isn't over you?"

"Of course he is." With great difficulty, Jennie clamped the phone between her shoulder and ear while she tried to keep the water from over boiling. After turning the heat down a notch and making sure that the blubbering of the water calmed down, Jennie grabbed the pack of uncooked noodles from the counter.

"I don't know what he wants but I can't imagine him flying out here just because he misses me. I mean, we didn't see each other for two whole years and not once did he even send me as much as a text message. Not that I wanted him to, but still."

-"But what else could he want if not to get back together with you?"

"I don't know." She had thought about it a lot but just couldn't figure out a reasonable explanation for his sudden appearance. But what he said to her – and that he obviously wanted her to believe that he was still in love with her – seemed too ridiculous to Jennie, even if it did end up being true.

-"Maybe he really did realize how great you are and that he made a mistake by sleeping with that slut."

"Claudia!"

­-"What? She is a slut. I may not know her but... still."

"Well," Jennie sighed, ripping open the bag of ramen before letting them tumble into the pot of hot water, "Whatever he wants, I don't care. He kept calling me the past week, left voicemails, but I ignored everything. I'm definitely not going to start anything with him again."

-"Yeah, I hope so." Claudia warned in a sharp tone, "Because otherwise I would see myself forced to decapitate you. I've never like that sleazy scumbag."

"I know. Sometimes I wonder what I even saw in him."

-"Yeah, you and me both."

"You know, you of all people shouldn't be so judgmental. It's not like your boyfriends were all amazing."

An irritated sigh sounded from her sister and Jennie smirked in satisfaction, her left hand grabbing the phone from between her shoulder and head to hold it against her ear and her right hand bracing on the edge of the kitchen counter.

-"If you're going to be like that. Fine. I mean, we don't have to worry about you getting a crappy boyfriend anymore, do we? How's your crush doing? Lisa was her name, right?"

The smirk had abruptly left Jennie's face. Jennie imagined Claudia carried one of her own right now. "She's not my crush." Jennie amended sharply but Claudia merely laughed. –"What is she then? Your one true loooove?"

"She's my friend."

-"A friend with really pretty face, wasn't that right, Jennie?"

"Okay, that's enough. I'm hanging up now."

Claudia's laugh came through the telephone one last time before Jennie disconnected the call with an angry grumble, then she got back to making her dinner.

~

Friday,

August 30th, 2019

When she got home from work the next day, someone was already waiting for her.