Why her? [CHAENNIE]

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By late afternoon, Jennie was cheerful again, and Ella was a great help. They decided to bake some pancakes and eat them with maple syrup and hot cocoa, despite the fact that they were full of junk food. They were still talking about Rose, but in a lighter way, and Jennie was sharing more of how she felt around the blonde. How they get along, how they communicate, and how sometimes they understand each other without words. Ella smiles imagining that, and how Jennie can really be happy around someone who can break her heart at the snap of her fingers.

Toward evening, when the sun went down, the girls decided to cozy up and dive under the blanket and watch something uplifting. Having already prepared a movie to watch, Jennie suddenly receives an incoming message:

Rose: Are you asleep?

Her heart skipped a mighty beat just from the mere message from the blonde. Ella, noticing this, leveled back and looked up at her sister as she sat on the bed.

-She?- Ella smiles contentedly, peering into Jennie's phone.

Jennie just read the message on the notification bar and hesitated to open it, feeling her heart race. So much so that her hands felt cold.

She only mumbled in response, feeling her mouth dry.

-Come on, reply to the message.- Ella lightly pushes her sister's shoulder with her own, prompting her to take decisive action.

Jennie: No.

-Without emoji?- Ella said indignantly, seeming more worried about Rose than her sister.

-I don't think she has time for this.- Jennie clicked her tongue, feeling a tingle in her fingertips as she saw that the blonde had read the message.

Rose: I have something I want to give you

Rose: You can come down or I can come up to you)

Ella is happier about the message from the blonde than Jennie is, though the younger one sees her sister barely contain her smile as she bites her lip.

Jennie: Better come up to me, I'm already in my pajamas)

Rose likes the message and Jennie realizes the blonde is about to come up here.

-God, don't be nervous.- Ella waved her hands as she watched her sister jump off the bed and start pacing the room.

Jennie feels panic and excitement building and can't fully understand why this is happening to her right now. She's seen the blonde hundreds of times, but now that it's happening on her turf, it feels like something personal. More intimate and important than when they see each other at the office or the coffee shop.

The girl takes in a lungful of air and leaves the room, approaching the front door. She hears the distant sounds of the elevator doors closing and realizes that Rose will be here now.

-I can hear your heart beating from right here.- Her sister yells from the room and Jennie rolls her eyes.

The girl swallows and presses the doorknob, opening it, and immediately meets the blonde's eyes.

-Hi.- The smile on her lips is warm and so familiar already, it's hard for Jennie not to smile back, looking at her.

-Hi.- Jennie says on an exhale and notices that Rose immediately runs her gaze over her.

Rose feels a familiar feeling somewhere in her lower abdomen as her gaze travels down Jennie's body lower, examining it. Perhaps for the first time, the blonde sees the girl not in shapeless clothes that hide her beautiful body, but in light, homemade ones. She notices the barely visible belly under the short T-shirt, the slender legs.