there's a part of me that recognizes you | JENLISA

you came out of the blue like that

Lisa's drunk and shows up at a stranger's house at three in the morning because there was a dog and she likes dogs very much. And Jennie just happens to be that stranger.

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Jennie wakes up suddenly to her dog, Kuma, barking. She rubs the sleep out of her eyes and glances at her phone. The numbers 3:16 shine on her face and she groans, knowing she has to leave for work in just two hours. She slowly swings herself out of bed and walks over to the window facing the backyard, hoping she could see what Kuma was going on about. Much to her surprise, Jennie notices a girl who seems to be around her age playing with the dog.

Jennie stares at the pair for a bit as if this whole experience is perfectly normal before it hits her that there is a stranger in her backyard with her dog. She immediately grabs a warm jacket and slips on the nearest shoes (which just happens to be a new pair of fur boots she had gotten yesterday from her best friend, Julie) and runs out her bedroom door and down the stairs (which she nearly falls on). She doesn’t stop her momentum until she steps outside onto the icy grass and spots the girl.

“Hello?” Jennie calls out cautiously.

The girl stops petting Kuma and looks up at the source of the voice.

Jennie approaches her carefully, not wanting to agitate her. “What are you doing in my yard?”

The stranger puts her hand on Jennie’s shoulder. “I like dogs,” she slurs. “I like your dog.”

Jennie lifts her hand off of her shoulder. “You’re drunk.”

“Am not.”

“Are t--,” she’s interrupted by an awful retching sound and the feeling of warmth on her shoes. “Great,” she mutters.

“Sorry,” the girl apologizes weakly.

Jennie sighs, feeling bad for the girl. “Let’s get ourselves cleaned up.”

She manages to lift the girl’s arm around her neck and they hobble to the door, Kuma following shortly behind. Jennie pauses for a moment to take off her now dirty boots before leading the girl inside. She gently lays her on the couch and lights a fire in hopes of warming the two of them up. By the time she turns around after finally getting a small flame started (it’s harder to build a fire than she thought,) the girl is asleep.

“Probably for the best,” Jennie says to herself and trudges off to the shower.

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By the time Jennie finishes her shower and gets dressed, there’s only an hour left until she’s supposed to go to work. She goes downstairs to check on the stranger, discovering she’s still fast asleep by the diminishing fire. Jennie doesn’t know how long this girl would be out for, and she doesn’t want to wake her; that’d be cruel. The only logical thing to do would be to take off work, really (she would do anything to get out of work.)

“Hey, Jisoo,” Jennie greets when she hears the other line pick up.

“Jennie? What’re you doing up so early?” Jisoo questions.

“Long story. Listen, is there any way I can not go into the office today? I can work from home and everything, but,” she pauses to look at the stranger lightly snoring on her couch. “I have a bit of a situation here.”

Jisoo doesn’t speak for a moment, presumably thinking. “That should be fine. We could reschedule that 8:00 meeting to 7:00 tomorrow, I guess. Does that work for you?”

Jennie lets out a sigh of relief. “Perfect. I promise I’ll finish all of the editing for tomorrow’s sports section and turn it into your inbox by tonight.”