Better Off

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Third Person's POV

Lisa and Jennie are currently at their penthouse since it's Sunday. They were both busy the day they came back from Finland that they can barely see each other. Lisa will just pick up Jennie if the other girl told her to but recently it's kinda hard for Lisa to do everything while she's also busy with work and trying to talk with her attorney all the time. Even Jennie's dad reached out to Lisa about the criminals escaping and to be honest Lisa's just really anxious about it not knowing if the criminals will get back to her sooner or later.

Jennie already finished her work so she have nothing to do but to feed her dog and Lisa's cats. Lisa's on the couch facing her laptop. She was working earlier but after she finished it she immediately started talking to her attorney again she's even doing some research about the possible hide out of the criminals since she used to go to their hide out a lot back then to pay for the so called debt 

"Lisayah are you not hungry yet?" Jennie asks standing at the doorway towards the kitchen as she finished feeding the cats and dog

"No, I'm good" Lisa said, she haven't eaten her lunch yet and lately she has no appetite or even time to eat that much which just worries Jennie a lot more. Jennie walk towards the kitchen and grab a drink for Lisa so she won't get dehydrated. Jennie walks back to the couch and told Lisa to drink some water time to time and she keep herself busy by binge watching series since Lisa's quite busy

After a couple of hours Lisa's still on her  laptop. Jennie sit up straight and lean down to hug Lisa which the other girl didn't mind as long as Jennie's not disturbing her

"Lisayah " Jennie calls out starting to get bored by the series she's watching "Lisayah.." Jennie calls out again. Lisa just raise her brows to let Jennie continue while she's typing something down "can we go out? Like let's have a dinner or let's go to a theme park" Jennie suggested while looking at Lisa's face

"I'm busy right now" she said in a calm tone

"You've been busy since we got back from Finland " Jennie complains pulling her arms off of Lisa. She's just compeltely worried at how drastically Lisa changed after the news of the criminals escaping. She's worried about Lisa the most and she doesn't want anything to happen to her as well

"And you know why I'm busy" Lisa said looking at Jennie this time

"Yes and it's not like you can catch them by staying on your laptop the whole day while talking to your lawyer who can't do anything unless they're caught by the authorities" Jennie said slightly raising her voice from irritation

"Do you expect me to just sit here and do nothing?" Lisa said furrowing her brows

"I'm not saying that.. what I'm trying to say is atleast make some time for your girlfriend. We barely have time for each other and lately I feel like I'm the only one who's making an effort in our relationship "

"Jennie we're basically grown ups now and I'm expecting you to understand me without complaining about how much time we're spending with each other " Lisa said her attention completely taken from what she was doing

"And I'm expecting you to know better. I am also busy with my company but I'm trying to make some time for you. I could be busy right now at the company but I chose to stay here since it's Sunday which means we can have each other for atleast a day" Jennie replied

"Do you think I wanted this to happen Jennie? Was I happy that those criminals are out there and I can't spend more time with you? "

"Look Lisa you're just making this argument bigger than it should be. All I'm trying to say is you're putting so much of your time there knowing that you can put yourself at risk by dealing with murderers"

"Then do you want other people to go through the same thing that happened to my parents?"

"As long as it's not you Lisayah.. that's all I care about " Jennie said in a more soft tone

"That sounds so selfish Jennie-"

"I am selfish! I will always be selfish if it is your safety we're talking about.. if it is you who I can loose in a blink of an eye" she said looking at Lisa worriedly "Lisayah please..." Jennie said pleadingly as she look down to grab Lisa's hand. "What if they're gonna go after you?"

"I'm doing this for myself and for you Jennie. You were once their target and the same thing can happen again if I won't do anything " she said seriously while Jennie shakes her head

"I don't want you to get hurt just cause you're trying to protect me Lisayah!" She said in the midst of crying "I don't want you to get hurt" Lisa sighs and looks away making her scoff at what Jennie said. Her eyes roam around the wall of the penthouse before looking down at Jennie again as her emotions are visible through her eyes. The anxiety, pain and madness inside her.

"Do you think I will get hurt if I face them?" Lisa said in almost a whisper while furrowing her brows "Jennie I'm already hurting." A single tear flows down from her right eye while looking directly on Jennie's eyes "I'm hurt knowing that those people who killed my parents are out there roaming around freely. I'm hurt that they're causing me too much pain. I'm hurt cause they can easily hurt you too." Lisa said

"But you're with me" Jennie said "you're beside me.. they can't hurt me"

"I can't always be by your side"

"Just let the authorities go after them Lisa please... it's like pulling the trigger right on your head if you'll keep on doing this. Please.. do it for me" Jennie said pleadingly afraid that Lisa will put herself in danger by doing all of these. Lisa kept her eyes on Jennie for a long time before letting out a shaky breath and nodding her head even though it really hurts her inside"thank you... let's not let them ruin our normal lives and the authorities are doing their best to catch them okay?" Lisa nodded once more as Jennie pull her in for a hug. This is honestly so hard for Lisa to keep going with her daily life knowing the danger hanging around but she don't want to upset Jennie much more because of this. Jennie's right anyway.. a lot of people are trying to help them catch the criminal but Lisa wants it to be as soon as possible