"Couldn't you have chosen a different one?"
"Nope. You said I could choose!"
"Yeah, but not 'The Vow'!" She crossed her arms and fell against the backrest. "I mean... why?"
"Because it's a good movie!"
"It's sappy."
Jennie sank down next to Lisa and raised her eyebrows. "It's romantic."
Lisa squinted at her, thought for a moment and then said, "Might be. But it's unrealistically romantic."
The previews were running on the TV already, but neither of the women paid attention, nor did Jennie think about fast forwarding. "It's... it's not unrealistic." She craftily looked at Lisa. "Actually, this movie is based on a true story. So there. What do you say now, huh?"
"Just play the damn movie," she mumbled with a smirk and turned her attention to the TV, watching as Jennie skipped a couple of previews and finally pressed play. When the movie faded in, Jennie tucked her legs under her and got comfortable, reaching into the bowl of popcorn standing between her and Lisa.
"I really can't believe this movie," Lisa scoffed as the couple on screen began kissing in a car, just before a truck came crashing into them. "Why on earth would you stop in the middle of the road like that? Because of that stupid stop sign? There's not one single other car there, he could have stopped for a moment, then kept driving."
Jennie quirked an eyebrow and turned her head towards Lisa, only to see her staring at the screen with an expression of utter incredulity. "And how stupid is that chick? Can't she wait until they're at home? Or if she really wants to do it in the car so badly, if she just can't control herself, just tell him to pull over somewhere and not keep standing in the middle of the road!"
"Lisa, it's just a movie." Jennie laughed, shaking her head at her companion. At Jennie's words, Lisa snapped her head towards her. "Didn't you say it's based on a true story?"
"Well... yeah, but... you know what, just watch the movie." She dismissed quickly and turned back to the screen, hearing Lisa utter a quiet 'Fine.' Before silence wrapped around them once again. But Jennie knew it wouldn't last long, having already watched a couple of movies in the past with her, therefore she knew that Lisa liked to comment on every bit that confused or irritated her.
A short while later, Jennie found herself proven right. "How stupid is she, just going out on her own like that? She should have thought about that for a second." Jennie stifled a laugh as Lisa made her voice suddenly go higher. "'Oh, wait. I can't remember what happened in the last five years. I can't remember my husband, I can't remember that I live here. Well, fuck that. I'm going to go out, in a neighborhood I can't remember I live in.'"
It carried on throughout the entire movie and while other people might have found it very annoying to hear Lisa's voice interrupting every five seconds, Jennie found herself more entertained by Lisa than the actual movie.
"Why are they all looking so uncomfortable when he says that she's his family? He's her husband, it's not like it's not true."
"She's such an insensitive bitch. Poor Leo."
"Oh well, now he's an insensitive asshole."
"I would've punched him too."
"I hope one day I can love the way you love me,"; "You figured it out once. You'll do it again."
"Seriously Jennie, are you crying?"
"Why do they always choose blondes to be the slut someone cheated with?" she wondered at one point, "It's kinda discriminating."
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Find a Light (JenLisa Adaptation)
Fanfiction'Maybe there will be a light again. Maybe, someday, someone will step into her life and shove all the darkness away again, show her what life had to offer, other than pain and heartbreak. But until that happens, she would stay where she is. Safe fro...
