Hate You, Love You. | Jenlisa

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Lisa

The keys to the contemporary-styled mansion jiggle as I place the master key into the keyhole. Today was a rush. I never knew how much I missed being on the streets till I beat Hanbin's ass again.

I won the match fair and square this time and he didn't scratch my Veyron nor did he try to swerve me off the road. It was a sweet victory in the dead of night and the look on his face was something I'd pay a million dollars to see. He was a solid 5 minutes behind me so it took him forever to get to the Jaguar.

Even after 8 months, I still got it.

The highlight of my day was seeing her face once I won. It was something I could get used to seeing everyday. Her eyes lit up like the fucking moon as she ran to hug me, ignoring Taehyung's comments to hold on. I loved it.

Her scent. smile, laugh... everything is so perfect and I can't believe she's mine. I dropped her off by 10:30pm on the dot, acknowledging her mother's trust in me and headed to the base to fill out a few paperwork.

A new delivery of revolvers are coming in from Italy and they have to be distributed to the appropriate mafias.

The fluorescent lights are still on as I proceed inside. Placing my keys on the nearby table, I head towards the kitchen to grab a bottle of water. I'm tired. It's 12am right now and I need sleep if I'm going to be able to function properly tomorrow. Speaking of school, I still have homework that I haven't done.

It's funny how these teachers still give us homework when the SATs are 2 months away. Though I'm not as smart as Jennie, I still read and try my best to do homework.

Coach doesn't play when it comes to being serious in academics. If your grades drop, he drops you and you can say goodbye to your budding basketball career. I'm the captain and the district's Basketball State Champion, I can't for the life of me not take schoolwork seriously.

"You're home late." I see my sister coming down from the spiral stairs in her night robe.

"Are they home?"

She shakes her head. "No, they're not. They left when you were out."

I nod once. "Oh." Our parents not being home is nothing novel to me. When one is a well-known lawyer and the other owns a popular cosmetics brand, it becomes really hard to balance work life and personal life.

Before, I used to resent them, especially my mom, because she wasn't always an absent parent.

Growing up, it was always just the two of us. Even when we lived in motels and run down trailers, she still made the time to be there for me.

When she married Marco, my step father, things changed. He gave her the capital to start her brand, invested in the company and it is what it is today. I guess she just needed the extra push to realize her dreams and she got that.

I would admit though, part of the reasons why I formed a gang was because I wanted to be rebellious. I wanted to do the exact opposite of what they'd expect me to do.

I was an angry teenager with a lot of issues; I lost my parents to their careers, I lost my baby to Nancy's decision and I lost myself due to everything happening in my life. I slacked off a bit in school and stopped attending basketball practice till coach threatened to cut my dick off with a knife if I didn't get my shit together.

Needless to say, I was a mess and mom saw it too but it was too late for her to start playing parent.

Now, I've made peace with the situation. I'm 18 going on 19 and I don't need their attention or love. We live in the same house, but they're clueless as to what my sister and I do. That's our dynamic and I'm okay with that.