I Hate U | Jenlisa

Chapter 5

Lisa was just running out of the secretariat when she was met by Rosé.
The look on her blonde friends face showed how worried the girl was.

"Was it about Jennie's punishment?",

she wanted to know, which is why Lisa just shook her head.
Obviously Rosé wasn't sure if that was good or bad.

"You didn't do anything else, did you?"

"It's nothing bad.",

she quickly explained, and briefly toyed with the idea of keeping her possible appearance at the charity event to herself.
Then she thought about how she might stay longer at school a few evenings to train, so it made sense to let Rosé know about it.

"I'm supposed to dance at the charity-concert.",

she added, and Rosé visibly relaxed.

"Really? That's cool. Then the event is finally worth it!"

"Huh? You wanted to go twice last year."

"Of course I wanted to go twice! The food was delicious!"

Lisa stared stupidly at Rosé.

"You seriously dragged me to that fucking concert twice, so you could eat?"

Rosé laughed softly and ran a little faster.

"Hurry up, mom is waiting.",

she explained before walking towards the parking lots.

"Yah. Park Chaeyoung!",

Lisa shouted after her friend before chasing her. Laughing, the blonde girl stopped at her mother's car and quickly sat down in the passenger seat.

"Hey Mom"

She kissed her mother on the cheek while Lisa sat down in the back seat and stuck her tongue out at Rosé.

"Hey sweeties. How was your day?"

Even before Clare drove, Rose examined her mother's bag for something edible, and triumphantly pulled out a few granola bars. Generously she threw one to Lisa.

"It was okay",

Was Lisa's very vague answer. It had indeed been a day that could be described as 'okay'. Yes, she was still tired, and yes, she was supposedly caught smoking, but she has had much worse school days.

"They caught Lisa smoking.",

Rosé said as if it were the most normal thing in the world, and stuffed the bar into her mouth.
Ms. Park looked at Lisa in surprise, worried at the same time.
Lisa raised her hands defensively.

"Well, I didn't smoke. I was just holding the cigarette!",

she emphasized.
Rosé's mother nodded, satisfied with the answer.

"You get into trouble all the time, Dear. You know you can talk to me at any time?"

Lisa nodded before lowering her eyes, feeling guilty.
She had already caused enough problems for Rosé and her family in the last two years, the Parks still remained friendly and helpful towards her.

"I know. Thank you."

"Before I forget. Alice is coming home over Easter to celebrate with us."

Lisa looked up.

"Ah. Should I sleep on the couch then?",

she asked, and immediately felt guilty again for occupying Alice's room. Rosé threw a second granola bar at her.

"No, Idiot! You can just sleep in my room! My bed is big enough for both of us."

Lisa smiled gratefully, especially when her mother agreed.