Stupid Choices and Second Chances

Chapter 49

Lisa watched as Eun-woo wandered through the living room of their house, clutching a blanket in his small hands and grabbing the quilt from the couch, tossing them into a pile on the floor. He kept giving Bambam a look, unsure why he got to crash his party tonight when he couldn't come on Bambam's, but the look instead of the talking led her to assume that Jennie had a stern conversation before hand, as the sleepover with Lisa and Rosé turned into a sleepover with Lisa, Rosé, Suk-ku and Bambam. Lisa told Eun-woo at dinner that the more the merrier. But he still seemed pretty skeptical.

"Buddy - I think we have enough blankets to build a fort."

He gave Lisa a look, borderline scowling, looking so much like Jennie when Lisa would annoy her. "Mama, we had enough blankets for you and Auntie Rosé and me. Now there's more people so now we're going to need extra blankets."

"Okay buddy. Sound like an excellent plan," Lisa said. She figure any kind of positive reinforcement was better that him getting himself knee deep into trouble, which would then impede on their night of fun. "And you know - Bambam has never made a blanket fort before, so he's actually kind of excited about tonight." She gave Bambam a look.

Eun-woo looked bewildered as he stared at a frowning Bambam. "You've never builts a blanket fort before? Like ever?"

Bambam shook his head. "Never."

"Did you do anything fun when you were little like me?" The boy asked.

Bambam saw Lisa subtly shake her head. "Not really - I didn't have a fun Mommy and Mama like yours."

Lisa looked over at Rosé with a smirk, as they could see Eun-woo's hostility towards Bambam and the weekend he wasn't allowed to attend slowly deteriorating. Suk-ku helped the little boy with the blankets, the two of them talking about how tall the fort had to be.

The sound of Jennie's voice going down the stairs made them all turn and saw Jennie, Jisoo and Wendy and Alison walk through the foyer and into the living room. Jennie was donning a 'bachelorette' sash that Wendy picked up at shop (ignoring Jennie's whining as she put it around her friend). "Nice shoes," Lisa said, walking towards her a bit.

"Where the hell is the rest of your dress?" Rosé exclaimed, looking at Jisoo.

"Dollar!" Eun-woo squealed in delight.

"There is no rest of the dress," Jisoo replied as Rosé dug deep in her pocket for a dollar, giving it to the little boy as she gawked at her. "But if you're lucky tonight, I might let you see what's under the dress." She told Rosé with a smirk.

Suk-ku clapped his hands over Eun-woo's ears as Jisoo spoke. "Child in the room, Kim. Child in the room."

"Mommy, you looks super pretty." Eun-woo spoke, barely above a whisper as he pulled away from Suk-ku. "It looks super nice with your new haircut."

Jennie squatted down, her knees pressed tightly together and gave her son a kiss. "Thank you buddy. Now - you're going to be good for Mama tonight, right?"

The little boy nodded, still clutching his dollar. "Super good."

Standing back up she gave Lisa a kiss, lightly brushing her lips against hers. "Have fun tonight - and please don't fall asleep in the fort. Make sure he sleeps in his actual bed - he'll never get a good night's sleep and I won't have the tolerance to deal with it in the morning."

"Yes babe," Lisa said with a mock salute.

Bambam cleared his throat a bit awkwardly as he nodded towards Wendy. "You, uhm, look really good Wendy."

Wendy smiled at Bambam. "Thanks Bam. I just got the dress the other day."

"It's very you." Bambam replied, a bit bashfully.