The Promised [Jenlisa FF]

Part 5

Five Years Later

Graduation Day. It's amazing how much more it seems to mean when you're in college than in high school. She, Jennie Ruby Jane Kim, was now a college graduate. It had been a really long four years and she was ready for it to be over. But she wasn't sure what it meant for real life to begin. Nervous and excited, she was up before the crack of dawn.

Running downstairs, Jennie filled the coffee pot and hit the on button. Today was going to be a long day. First was the graduation ceremony, and then her mom was using the gallery for her party. It was a catered affair complete with a buffet dinner and an open bar. Everyone they had ever met would be there, or at least was invited. In all the stress of her finals, she never got a chance to see who had accepted. She knew Yoongi would be there because he was her current *boyfriend*, as well as her friends, though she couldn't help but wonder if *she* would be there. She hadn't seen her since that disastrous and wonderful night when she was seventeen. Even to this day, just thinking about that night made her blush at her stupidity and glow at the same time.

Through the contact with her mom Jennie knew she wasn't married. Of course, she had dated lots of women from what she knew. But no one important. And her company was a huge success. Still based in Seoul only because she wanted it to be, they were one of the only firms specializing in building or refurbishing a building to a chosen time period. And that was her specialty. She had a minor in world history, with a major in interior design. While Lisa worked on the building itself, she wanted to work on those same buildings from the inside. Making sure the decor fit the time period that was intended.

Grabbing a coffee cup out of the cabinet, Jennie filled it and sat down at the counter. It seemed to her like she had been thinking of Lisa her whole life. As far back as she could remember, when she thought of her future Lisa's face was always there. She may be naïve but not enough to believe in ever after. Well, at least not ever after with Lisa. After all, she was older and much more experienced than her. There was no way she could compete with the kind of women she was used to dating. According to her mom, her latest girl was a model. As in the New York, runways, lots of money kind of model.

But as insecure as that made her feel, she just knew that Lisa was meant to be someone important in her life. It could just be childhood fantasies that kept that dream alive, but Jennie wasn't going to let them go without a fight. She had waited a long time, and if she got the opportunity, she was going to go for it. She was going to have Lisa even if it was only once. Damn her age, damn her girlfriend, and damn her virginity. Now that she wasn't tied down by her classes, she would find the time to see her. Accidentally of course, unless she came tonight. Tonight, would be the perfect opportunity, one Jennie didn't plan to blow given the chance.

Jennie was startled from her thoughts by her mom's entrance into the kitchen. Flinching, she almost spilled her coffee. "Oh, mom, you scared me to death. I guess I wasn't paying attention."

Laughing, her mom went to get her a coffee cup from the cabinet. "I noticed. What in the world were you thinking about?"

Blushing, Jennie got up to refill her cup, trying to avoid her mom's eyes. "Oh, nothing important. Just thinking about the big day." Regaining her composure, she sat back down in her chair, hugging her cup, blowing on it to help cool it down.

Taehee poured herself a cup and sat down across from her. "Well, you could have fooled me. You might have been sitting here, but your mind was miles away. Thinking about Yoongi, maybe?"

Jennie smirked. "Mom, you know I like Yoongi. he's very nice. But it's just not like that between us. I just don't feel that way about him."

Reaching over, she touched Jennie's hand with her own. "he's such a nice man, Jennie. I think, if you let yourself, you could feel that way about him. I know he loves you."