The Marrying Type || Jensoo & Chaelisa

Chapter 10

Jennie slept the rest of the day and through the night, leaving Jisoo alone to with little to do to ease her boredom. She tried to entertain herself by drawing, but found she could only think and draw of Jennie. She tried to distract herself with reading, but found herself wondering about the book she'd brought to Jennie and whether she could borrow it. Watching TV shows was impossible because the wi-fi was practically inexistent, eliminating any functional way for her to tune out her mind and her heart.

She headed out into the woods for a short morning walk the next day, following a trail Jennie had told her about with her camera in hand. Even then, she found herself imagining Jennie on the same trail, walking ahead of her on the path and showing her the best views and prettiest trees and pointing out the squirrels in the trees and the birds that flew overhead.

Maybe someday.

Not far up the trail she came to a steep uphill, and at it's top she found herself on a cliff far above the treetops, looking down at the valley in which Polis resided. The sun was barely up, it's rays stretching over the green forests and blue lakes in a lazy fashion, and Jisoo understood then why Jennie loved the trail so much.

"It's like I was on top of the world," she told Jennie when she returned, "I could feel the wind pushing at me and I was almost scared I'd fall off. It was so beautiful, I regret not bringing my sketchbook with me."

"There's always tomorrow." Jennie commented from her spot on the couch. She was reading again, but this was a new book. Jisoo leaned over the back of the couch to see better, perhaps bringing her face too close to Jennie's but she didn't care and Jennie didn't appear phased.

"What're you reading?"

"Sophie's world."

"What's it about?"

"A girl named Sophie starts receiving letters which teach her about philosophy."

"Sounds boring."

"It's not. It's really good."

Jisoo now noticed that the binding of the book was worn and that the pages were yellowed. "It's one of your favorites, isn't it?"

"How did you know?"

"Your book has seen better days."

Jennie set the book down in her lap and looked at it carefully. "I suppose."

"Can I borrow it sometime?"

Jennie shut her book and threw her a quizzical look. "Didn't you just say it sounds boring?"

"Well you're not boring and if it's one of your favorites then perhaps I judged it too harshly." Jisoo quipped with a shining smile.

Just then, the doorbell rang. Jisoo jumped in surprise, having not realized there could even be a doorbell to ring in the first place. She then looked at Jennie and saw her entire face had gone white as a sheet.

"What's wrong?"

"I just...for a moment I thought it'd be my parents. But it can't be...can it?"

Jisoo glanced at the clock. "It's probably Lisa."

The doorbell rang again. And again. And then it was just a continuous repeat of the ring, demanding and incredibly annoying.

"It's definitely Lisa," Jisoo sighed, rolling her eyes. "I'm gonna go before she breaks your doorbell."

Sure enough, Jisoo found an incredibly annoyed Lisa behind the massive oaken door, carrying a bottle of vodka in one hand and a duffel bag in another.