The Oasis and The Island

Chapter 4 - The Old and the New

The last thing Jennie wanted was to see Sowon again only 2 days after their official split. But she needed her clothes (she could not bear to wear the same pair of suits and skirts in front of her clients) and other things from her apartment. So she texted Sowon over the Saturday, to discuss what to do next with their belongings. Sowon would be out the whole Sunday, so Jennie called Rosé to help her to gather her things.

On Sunday morning, after Jennie was sure Sowon was already out, she took out all of the excess things in her car (she usually carried all kinds of last minutes things for weddings in her trunk, it saved her ass uncountable times) and her and Rosé drove to her (now) old apartment. It was sad to look at those walls again, knowing she would not see them anymore.

"So, what are we going to get?" said Rosé in full move gear mode. She was wearing a blue jeans overall, a red plaid flannel shirt, her curly hair up in a bun and a red bandana.

"Everything that is mine." Jennie replied. She was wearing her old gray Doctor Who T-shirt, ripped jeans and also a red bandana in her hair. "Sowon said she would keep the furniture and pay me my half, and also of course, everything else she owes me for the last 5 years."

"She still keeps tabs on everything?" Rosé made her classic annoyed look.

"The force is strong on that one." Jennie started to grab her things on the living room, taking her collection of pop and soundtracks CDs in the middle of Sowon's country and world music. She was not sure who would take custody of Taylor Swift, though.

Rosé was a little lost, not sure what she was supposed to take, so she just mounted the carbon boxes to fill with the things. Jennie went for the TV set and her heart felt a tug at the sight of hers and Sowon's pictures in frames. In one of them, Sowon was taking Jennie in a piggyback ride, they both smiling like two goofies in love. In another one, Sowon was giving Jennie a tight hug, the kind one Jennie loved. It was getting too much for Jennie, so she turned all the pictures to face the wall. She noticed Rosé a little lost in what she was supposed to take or not.

"Chaeng, you can take my clothes from the closet. It will be easier, you know all of them."

"Alright" Rosé went inside the bedroom, but came back after a few moments. "Jennie, hmm..." she said unease.

"Yes, Rosé?" Jennie's attention was almost entire on her DVD collection.

"It's safe for me to dig into your things, in the bedroom?" Rosé made a concern face to Jennie, who was not aware of her friend face expression.

"Sure, Rosé."

"Ah, there is no risk, you know, for me to find anything too personal?"

"What do you mean?"

"You know, like a toy?"

Jennie finally looked with an annoyed face to her friend "No, Rosé. Nothing like that, you're fine." 'I wished it was the case.' Jennie thought to herself.

"Alright then." Satisfied, Rosé went back to the bedroom, much more relieved.

After hours, the place was a mess. Jennie took half of the kitchen appliances (pots, pans and cutlery – half of them were geek themed, she would never left them behind) one of the rugs, a couple of candlesticks, a huge stack of DVDs and CDS, her entire collection of books and memorabilia. Her clothes and shoes were all over the place, even though Rosé was trying her best to keep everything in place, but Jennie had to double check if they weren't taking Sowon's things by chance, she didn't want to face her girlfriend again to retrieve something. It was getting late, and they still had a lot of work to do.