By My Side [JENLISA FF]

Part 3

"Hey," Jennie greeted Lisa the next day, when she waited for her in front of the jail. As they had hoped the judge had set her free on bail just two hours ago. She was relieved to see only Lisa in the court and none of her friends or her parents. She was just not ready to deal with them. It had been difficult in jail, but now that she was free there were no restricted visiting times, nothing that could protect her from their questions or their eyes.

Her lawyer, Mr. Whyte had provided the money for her release which without any doubt came from Hongjun. Another thing that would add to her guilt and one more reason to keep them away from her as far as possible.

Lisa smiled at her: "You look different," she stated.

"I bet," Jennie grinned now. "It's quite a change to wear my own clothes again."

Lisa just raised her eyebrows but didn't comment her words. There weren't really clothes, she thought. She was wearing a micro-mini skirt, and a tiny tank-top, which did cover up almost nothing. Jennie saw her look: "I am sorry if you don't approve of my choice of clothing." Her voice was sounding angry, but mostly because she didn't feel well in them herself. What changed? she asked herself. Only two weeks ago she thought them perfectly fine, they suited the cause. Why would she care if this ... this ... girl liked them or not? Why would she care about her at all?

Lisa raised a hand in defense: "Hey, I didn't say anything. It is hardly my place to critizise you. I am only here to help you, we're not friends or something."

"Exactly," Jennie snapped, but could not help to feel a pang of disappointment at her words. Hell, what is the matter with you, why are you interested in the things that girl is saying to you. She watched her in silence while they were walking over to her car. Lisa was moving with the grace of a big cat. Her body was obviously well trained because she could see the muscles under her trousers, although she seemed to like clothes that were hanging loose on her. How might her abs look, she wondered. Bad, Jennie, bad thoughts. Stop it. When they reached the car, she opened the door for her and slipped on the passenger's seat, while she closed the door again and jumped in on the other side. It was a BMW convertible.

"Nice car. You seem to run your business well," she commented.

"Thanks. And yeah, we manage to help some people," was her short reply.

She sighed, not liking the sudden tension: "Look, I am sorry I snapped at you. It's just, I am a little bit cranky."

Lisa smiled while starting the ignition: "That's okay. I am sure, prison wasn't exactly a holiday camp."

"No," she shook her head. "You can say that. Lots of weird people in there and it means something if I say that, because I've met lots of weird people throughout the last years."

"How did you meet GD?" When Lisa saw her astonished look, she added: "I am sorry, if I have to ask you that, but if I am going to help you I have to know some things. Your father already told me your story, you should know that. But I'd like to hear it from you. Parents usually see things a little bit different." she gave her a half-smile and Jennie again felt she was able to trust her. She seemed to know what she was talking about.

"I was sixteen, well almost," she began. "He was the guy all girls wanted to date. You know, good looking, cool, all the other guys were afraid of him, and I was fascinated. I couldn't sleep, I couldn't study, I could only think about him. My grades were going down and I changed. Hongjun tried some heart-to-heart with me, but I was too obsessed with GD to listen to him." She paused for a moment and searched her purse for a cigarette. Lightning it she continued: "he was in a gang, they were called 'the sharks'," she gave Lisa a look and grinned. "Pretty lame name, don't you think? But I thought he was so cool. First he was a nice guy, he was caring and he was treating me like something precious, when we ... I mean he was my first ... you know," she paused again and blushed a little bit.