Meet Me When I'm Asleep

Chapter 28 - Spoilsport

Jennie's POV

"Did she drink last night?"

"She might be sick."

"She's been dozing off all day!"

I opened my eyes and saw Seulgi and Irene watching me from across the meeting table. "Oh, hey..."

"You do realize that you slept through the entire meeting behind your laptop?" Irene pointed out.

"I did?" I grimaced, covering my face with my notebook. "Oh god. My head's about to explode."

"Did you even sleep last night?" Seulgi asked.

I shook my head and slumped my shoulders. "Not even a bit."

"Wait, so you did go out with Lisa for the rest of the night?" Seulgi questioned in surprise.

"yeah..." I inquired, not that it was a bad thing. I would have told them instantly if I wasn't too caught up in the moment.

"Rosé left like two in the morning" Irene said as she tucked her files under her arms. "What did you guys actually do that you even sneaked on us?"

"Well, we went out," I proudly beamed despite feeling absolutely sick. "Like literally the entire night. I went home at eight in the morning to shower and have a bagel and that was pretty much it."

"The entire night?" Seulgi repeated. "Did you guys...?"

"No,not like that!" I shook my head and chuckled. I have to admit there was a tone of disappointment in my voice. "I showed her around Busan."

Seulgi raised her eyebrow and plopped her elbows on the table. "So she just agreed to do that with you and skip sleep, yeah?"

"She did and I've got absolutely no idea why," I answered, sounding quite dumbfounded myself. "As crazy as I sound, I think she believes me."

"Hold on," Irene sounded like she was stifling her laugh. "You actually told her that you've dreamt about her consecutive times before?"

"I did," I blushed in embarrassment. "She couldn't seem to get her mind around it, but I know she believes me. She wants me to help her with her story that's about us."

My phone started to beep and I saw Lisa's name in the lockscreen with the text message she just sent.

From Lisa: Good Morning, Jennie. Just realized I forgot to text you my address. It's  Yeonghae-gil, Cheongnyang-myeon, Ulju-gun, Ulsan.

I was about to reply to her message when another one came in the thread.

From Lisa: I am literally just waiting for you, not to put pressure on you or anything. Haha. The meal I prepared is the best thing you will ever try in your life.

I smiled to myself as I typed in my reply:

To Lisa: Haha. Just got off work. Will see you in a bit! Can't wait.

"So I'm assuming Lisa texted since you have that stupid smile on your face," Seulgi teased.

"And your assumption is correct," I grinned, pushing the phone back inside my pocket. I grabbed my laptop and the rest of my files before heading for the door.

"You still need to get more sleep!"Irene called after me.

"Oh unnie," I rolled my eyes. "Before I met Lisa in real life, all I wanted to do was sleep so I could see her. I think I've had enough."

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I stepped out of the taxi not knowing what to feel at all. I was in front of the building of Lisa's apartment and I didn't know if I wanted to cry, jump around, throw up, scream or maybe all of the above.