Fucking Perfect GxG (Jenlisa Adoption)

Chapter 41

"Why are you just standing there? Come sit with us!"

Jisoo stood up and walked over to pull Lisa to seat next to them. She initially tried to sit Lisa down in the desk directly beside Jennie's, but the tall girl diverted at the last second and opted to claim the seat on the other side of Jisoo. Jennie couldn't deny feeling a little hurt at the action.

The other kids in the class simply watched the commotion, and Jennie could pick up the sound of hushed conversations behind them.

Dammit, Jisoo.

Regardless, Jennie was shocked by the coincidence of all three of them being in the same class. It wasn't new for the honour student to share a course with Jisoo - after all, they were still in the same homeroom.

But Lisa, who was enrolled in normal classes while Jennie was in honours, was typically unlikely to become her classmate.

And yet, here they were.

The awkwardness was palpable as Lisa and Jennie exchanged glances around Jisoo. Being this close to her ex-lover after weeks of not seeing her was re- conjuring some...uncomfortable feelings. Anger, hurt, sadness, longing...attraction.

I mean, you can't blame Jennie! She wouldn't have dated Lisa if she wasn't into her in the first place!

Even so, this amalgamation of emotions was causing Jennie's stomach to turn.

"You guys, I'm so excited that we're gonna be together all semester," Jisoo said, clapping her hands.

"I don't understand why you keep acting like my friend, Jisoo," Jennie snapped, annoyed. What with Jisoo being smarter than she looked, Jennie was sure that the blonde knew how awkward this situation was. She was just eating up the drama.

"Oh, come on, Jennie," Jisoo replied with a shit-eating grin, "You'd be all alone in this class if it weren't for us."

"That'd be preferable." Jisoo ignored her, leaning over to latch onto Lisa's arm. Lisa uncharacteristically flinched at the action, and Jennie felt her eye twitch.

"Didn't you miss me and Jennie over the break, Lisa?" the perfumed blonde asked, looking up at the taller girl through her fake eyelashes.

Lisa swallowed, pausing as if she didn't know how to answer. She still seemed to be perplexed by this whole situation. Jennie couldn't really blame her - she felt the same way.

"Uh...sure," Lisa replied carefully, glancing at Jennie for a split second before looking away

Yeah, right.

Jennie couldn't help but think that, and the idea caused a pain to well up in her chest. With how much they argued and avoided each other right before break, Jennie wondered if Lisa had moved on from her.

Maybe she figured it was better off this way...maybe she even found another girl to crush on. Lisa was attractive and outgoing - it wouldn't be difficult for her to find a new girlfriend right away.

The thought started to devour Jennie's mind, causing her to feel a bit ill. But before she could continue too far down the mental spiral, she shook her head, trying to get a grip.

I can't be feeling like this. I broke up with her after all. It's been almost a month since we broke up...it's time to start getting over it.

And Jennie had expected to be over the relationship in a week, but it was still sometimes the first thing she thought about when she woke up or went to sleep.

When she saw her ex-girlfriend, she couldn't help but want to reach out and touch her, deep in the back of her mind.

It was starting to weigh on Jennie, and she was definitely getting embarrassed about how much she was affected by a break-up than she initiated.

And it definitely wasn't going to help that they would be in the same class all semester.

The bell rang, forcing Jennie out of her anxious thoughts.

The young teacher stood up, clearing his throat and pushing his thick glasses up the brim of his nose.

"Alright, everyone, quiet down," he said, and the chatter in the small class faded away. "My name's Mr. Morrison and I'll be your Sociology teacher. I just started this semester, so that's why you might not have seen me around before."

Although Mr. Morrison originally came off to Jennie as the nerdy and shy type, he was rather confident in front of the class. He seemed so comfortable at the front of the classroom that Jennie found it surprising that this was his first semester. He definitely seemed young enough to be fresh out of residency.

Jennie didn't really like young teachers, so it made her a bit nervous about this class (on top of, of course, other reasons). Inexperienced teachers needed time to perfect their teaching style, and sometimes this was at the expense of the students being able to soak up the coursework.

"We're mostly going to go over the syllabus today," he said, reaching for a stack of papers on his desk. "I know it's boring, but you guys know the deal."

He began passing out a stack to the front of each row for the students to send backwards down the line.

When Jennie received her syllabus, she immediately began scanning it. This was in contrast to Lisa and Jisoo who left theirs on their desks and engaged in whispered chatter.

The closeness gave Jennie a familiar sense of irritation. Jisoo always pretended to be everyone's friend - but only if she got something out of it. And here she was, clinging to Lisa once again.

Why should I even care? What she does with Lisa is none of my business.

Jennie repeated the logical mantra in her head, but she also had a sneaking thought of "She also has a boyfriend" that popped up in the back of her mind.

Not that it mattered.

Finding herself preoccupied with what the two blondes were doing, Jennie stopped paying attention to the syllabus until Mr. Morrison started verbally going over it. Even then, the honour student was mostly lost in her thoughts. That was, until he started going over the grading criteria - that was something she always paid attention to.

"The grading's nothing crazy," the young teacher began.

"20% of your grade will depend on homework and in-class assignments, 60% on exams, and another 20% on the group project. You won't be presenting the group project until the last week of school, but you'll be working on it all semester, so I'll tell you guys more about it in the next week or so."

"Ugh...I hate group projects," Jennie thought. No one ever took assignments as seriously as her, and she seemed to get paired with the laziest people.

Jennie felt a nudge at her side and looked over irritably at Jisoo.

"Hear that? A group project!" she said. "We've already got a little group right here, huh?"

Both Jennie and Lisa exchanged an uncomfortable glance.

"Hell no! You guys'll get me an F."

Lisa's expression soured a bit. "Yeah, and I'm not up for someone getting on my ass about the project the rest of the semester."

Jisoo sighed, resting her chin in her hand.

"You guys are no fun."