Let me help you[JENSOO]

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-You're leaving?- Jisoo frowned as she entered the room and saw her friend moving erratically around the room, throwing things into the open suitcase. Kim could hardly understand how Lisa had managed to pack it so quickly, considering that she had run home just a few minutes ago and had gone straight upstairs without explaining anything.- Lisa?- She tried again to get her friend's attention.

-I don't know!- Manoban shrieked, tossing aside the sweater she was trying to roll up and clutching her head with force.

-Hey, talk to me. - The brunette asked anxiously.

-I don't understand anything.- Lisa shook her head, taking a few convulsive breaths and feeling that it was getting harder and harder to maintain her inner state of absolute anger. All the emotions she'd been through all night wanted to come out, but she wouldn't let them. It was much easier to channel everything into rage and unleash it on Rose than to admit how much she was scared for her and that she'd never been so worried about anyone before.

-What happened?- Kim asked softly.

-She's such an idiot.- Lisa whispered, covering her eyes and seeing the picture of a dead pale Rose kneeling in the snow and then lying in her arms, barely conscious.- What if she had died?- She had to say it out loud, but her emotions broke her, causing her to bend in half, sobbing silently.

Jisoo, and her friend herself, became afraid, because it was not just tears, the girl literally could not breathe. Every attempt to take a deep breath turned into new uncontrollable sobs.

-Ella!- Kim shouted desperately, trying to keep Lisa on the floor in one position, because she was starting to convulse.

-What the...- Ella said, coming to a screeching halt, but immediately forgot all words, falling down beside Lisa and twisting her in her arms.- Just breathe. Calm down.- The woman murmured, rocking the girl slightly in her arms.

-She needs a little drink.- Jisoo didn't even notice when Belle entered the room with a glass in her hands until the woman tugged on her shoulder.

Lisa didn't resist while Jisoo was pouring the liquid into her mouth, because she wanted to stop her hysterics, but she couldn't cope with the excess of emotions. She took several large gulps and coughed, spitting some of it back out and frantically gulping air with her mouth.

-What's in the glass?- Ella turned to her mother, helping Lisa to a sitting position and patting her on the back.

-Alcohol, of course.- The woman answered as a matter of course, taking the glass back and finishing the few sips left in it.- The best sedative I know.- Belle shrugged.

-How is she?- Jisoo was up from her seat as soon as Belle came down from the second floor. The woman had spent almost an hour with Lisa, taking control of the situation and sending Jisoo and Ella downstairs, saying they would only be in the way.

-She is asleep.- Mrs. Kim replied, smiling encouragingly.- She has a fever and seems delirious, I have given her medicine, I think she will be better after she has rested.

Neither girl was surprised at what she heard, remembering how cold Lisa had gotten the night before while she was out with Rose.

-You gave her medicine after the alcohol?- Ella raised her eyebrows, pouring herself another cup of coffee, hoping it would quell the itchy urge to smoke.

-I always do. - The woman shrugged. - How do you think I cured your and your sister's colds so quickly when you were kids?

-That explains a lot. - Ella murmured faintly.