Jennie
"Jennie," she says, her tone warning and a tad strained. "You're making this very hard for me."
I mumble a quick apology and scoot forward again. At least I solved my little mystery, which is all I'd really set out to do in the first place.
"Christ," she mutters under her breath. "Are you trying to do me in?"
"I was just trying to get more comfortable," I lie in my innocent voice. Her hands start kneading again.
"Mmm. That feels really good."
"Sure you don't want to take your shirt off?" she playfully prods.
"Yes, Manoban , I'm sure." I roll my eyes even though she can't see them.
"Hmm...I'm starting to like it when you call me Manoban."
"You do?" Surprised, I twist around to face her. She's smirking, her eyes alive with humour.
"Well that's good, because I didn't plan on stopping."
"I know, Jennie," she acknowledges, pushing my shoulders so that I'll face the other way again. Lost has gone off, the main screen replaying over and over.
Her hands work their way over my shoulder blades, down my spine, and dangerously close to my ticklish sides - I squirm away like I've been bitten, and she hasn't even done anything. "What's wrong?" she asks innocently. Too innocently.
"Don't you dare try to start something again, Lisa, or I swear you'll regret it."
"I have no idea what you're talking about, Kim. I'm just giving you the best back massage of your life over here..."
"Your arrogance covers all areas, yes?" I squirm from between her legs and back to my side of the couch. I can only take very small increments of this person touching my body before I really will combust.
"What's that supposed to mean? I'm not arrogant," she says. She looks offended. I don't care in the slightest - someone needs to deflate her ego a bit. It doesn't seem as if anyone else is up to the task.
"You were arrogant enough to think I would sleep with you on the - oh, let's see - third date," I challenge.
"That's not unreasonable," she quickly argues.
"Bullshit!"
"I happen to know that your friend Jisoo slept with Hae-in before they even went on a date."
Shit! How does he know about that? Damn Jisoo and her easy ways.
"Did Hae-in tell you that?" I ask, aghast.
"He didn't have to. She was with him all day, and they never left his house."
I cross my arms and huff. "That doesn't mean anything."
"Have you asked her?"
"That's girl talk - also known as none of your concern."
She just smirks at me, the little devil! "I told you." I scowl.
"Well I happen to be a little more traditional. And Sunday shouldn't even count as a date, seeing as how most of it was spent in the E.R."
"Correction - in that case, Sunday should count as two dates."
"Why am I even having this conversation with you?"
"Because you called me arrogant."
"Well, you are arrogant."
"Would you like to start the conversation over?"
We look at each other seriously, both of us practically squaring off right here on my sofa. Then, simultaneously, we burst into laughter. It's equally screwed up and hilarious. When we recover I offer to start another episode of Lost but Lisa politely declines.
