LISA's POV
One moment everything's normal, next minute everything's weird, can't say which one I prefer. What's making my head spin are the transitions. I know everything is 'getting-weird' and 'getting-confusing' for a reason, but there are days it feels like my brain cells have been randomized and about to dysfunction.
Just like last night, I remember how I, Dad and Sydney talking about my new job in normal conversation, then suddenly Sydney acting weird, it's as if she was a paranoid woman in every suspense thriller film who were followed by a killer, then Dad starts acting weirder when he called me in their room and after that, he sprayed a perfume and I became unconscious.
I thought all of what happen last night was the weirdest thing that happened to me but no, shit no! Especially when I'm seeing a goddess inside my room, sitting pretty on the couch with legs crossed, book in her hands, specs sitting on the bridge of her nose and a cup of coffee beside her. The sunlight seeping on my window glass stroking her paled white skin and if I'm not hallucinating, she's sparkling, her smooth and delicate skin is shining against the sun rays.
I blink my eyes rapidly and shook my head, maybe I am really hallucinating but no, Jennie Ruby Jane fucking Zee is really sitting inside my room. Her gaze tear away from the book to mine, meeting my eyes. Her brown chocolate orbs pierce on mine and both corner of her lips slowly curving to form a smile that makes my heart beat frantically and the sight of her was enough to melt me.
"Good morning Mcklein." She greets, closing the book and removing the spec. "Breakfast?"
"Am I dreaming?" I asked astonished.
"I know I looked like an angel that you will only see in every mortal's dream but no, you're not dreaming." She answers cockily and heaved herself up from the couch and pad towards me. "Get ready, we still have class today." She said before making her way out of my room.
The moment she shut the door behind her, I slap myself hard. "Aw!" I exclaimed when I felt the stinging pain that caused of that hard slap. "What.the.fuck." I was really staggered seeing Jennie early in the morning inside my room, in a silky black nightgown, greeting me like we were doing that for a long time and what made me more shocked than ever was her genuine smile that I had never seen on her. I brushed my face using my palm and sigh exasperatedly.
I rolled out of the bed, took a shower and get dressed for school. Grab my keypad phone and shove inside my pocket, clung the strap of my bag on my shoulder and took a deep sigh before twisting the knob of my door. When I open the door, my breathe hitches because the goddess standing behind the door, already dressed, wearing a crop top Chanel blouse, black fitted ripped jeans, white sneakers. Don't tell me she also brought her own clothes?
"I thought you don't have plans getting out of your room."
"What–."
"Let's go, we're getting late." She cut me off and turn her heels to descend on the stairs.
I don't know what's happening to me, I don't know what sorcery is happening right now, I don't even know why my parents are nowhere to be found, I don't know why I can't see Sydney waiting for me in the living room, I don't know why Jennie Ruby Jane fucking Zee is here and acting like she was my girlfriend who fetched me up?! My three remaining braincells was about to dysfunction if I hadn't ask her what the hell is going on.
But on the other hand, I couldn't will my lips to ask her, as if I was a servant who was just obeying all of her orders, from preparing myself for school to follow her inside her car, she have a car? I've never seen her driving a car before.
I was sitting speechless in the passenger seat, mouth pursed but slightly open and hung, eyes dilated and brain short circuiting.
"Do you want to eat at the caf or you want to drop by at the coffee shop?"
"I want to know why are you doing this? What are you doing inside my room wearing your sleeping clothes, did you sleep with me? Did we do something? What the fuck is happe–."
"Calm yo tits Lisa." She cut me off from bombarding her a lot of questions. "First of all, I'm not going to answer all of your question, so please shut the fuck up." She hisses.
There, the real Jennie is back. But still what the fuck? She doesn't have any plan to answer my question? What the hell? She's doing all of this without even explaining? How am I supposed to act around her?
"At least answer one of my question." I defeatedly said and slumped. She took a quick glance at me and nod her head. "Did something happen between us?"
She burst out laughing upon hearing my question and I swear to God! I could drink her laugh for how good it was to be heard instead of getting offended. I've never heard her laugh and I've never seen her smile. If I was only really dreaming? Hoping nobody will wake me up or I'm beating the hell out of them.
"Do you really think that I will let that happen? Am I an opportunist to you Lisa?" She asked still laughing.
"N-no, I mean. You're inside my room, I was unconscious and you cannot blame me to think that way."
"Then the answer is no." She replied while wiping the edge of her eyes. "There's nothing happened last night."
"Then why are you–."
"You said only one, now stop asking and get off of the car so we can eat." She cut me off again before unbuckling her seatbelt and climbed out of the car.
I sigh and weakly climbed out of her car to follow her inside the coffee shop. I hate myself for obeying her every orders, it's as if I was getting abuse because I don't have the will to talk back. I've never wished for Sydney to be here and drag me away, until now.
Jennie orders food for us and when the waiter walked away she looked at me with arms crossed and brows knitted. "From now on, I will do this everyday."
"W-what?" I asked in stunned surprised.
"I'll fetch you up everyday and we need to know each other, you're not allowed to talk to any other girls and you're not allowed to go outside of your house without my permission, give me your phone." She demands and held her hand in front of me.
I blink my eyes rapidly to process what she had said. Trying to sink in all of her words, I stared at her for 30 seconds before sucked for an air and shook my head furiously.
"You're crazy." I said before standing on my feet and was about to walk out but I felt a weird and dark aura emits on her body when she crossed her arms and look at me with her intimidating cat-like eye. Its stopping me to move on my spot and as if her heavy gaze alone, pulling me back to my seat. "W-what–."
"Go back to your seat, Lisa." She orders, her voice went deep and husky from cute and tiny that sends chills down to my spine.
I immediately obliged her and slumped my butt down on my chair, breathing audibly as if I came from 100 meter run. My eyes dilated and sweats dripping on me. What the fuck is she doing to me? I look up to her to meet her burning gaze that pierced on mine.
"Give me your phone." She demands for the second time. I quickly fished out my phone from my pocket with my shaking hands and give it to her. "Who would use a keypad phone nowadays?" She said when she saw my phone. She removed the back case of it and took out the simcard before calling a waiter. "Can you please throw this away?"
"H-hey wait!" I was about to complain but she snapped her head at me, I quickly retreat and sulk on my chair. Oh my God! She's scary and I'm scared for my life right now.
"I'll buy you a new one." She said after the waiter went away. "Will you stand up?" She demands again and I was like a kid who immediately obey everything she'd asked me to do. She scan me from head to toe and she flicked her tongue. "We're not going to school for today, I'll call Jisoo to excuse you to our professors."
"W-what? No! I can't cut classes, my dad will–."
"Ok then, we'll go after our class. Now go eat your food."
"I think I need to use the bathroom." I said, she put me under her gaze before nodding off. As soon as I shut the door behind me, I sigh loudly and ran my finger on my hair multiple times, audible breathing, ragged and shallow. "What is going on?" I asked myself through the mirror reflection.
"You okay?" I looked over my shoulder when I heard a woman speaks coming out from the cubicle. She was looking at me worriedly, maybe because of how frustrated I am as of this moment. Who wouldn't be? Jennie is acting weird! First, she'll act like she hates me, my existence and she even hate me for breathing the same air with her, but now. She's acting like she's my girlfriend, telling me what to do and what's not.
"I-i'm fine." I replied shyly and bow my head at her.
"You seem so frustrated, are you sure your fine?" She made sure.
"Y-yeah, I was j-just uhm." I was struggling for my words when I feel the same dark aura from before, I don't know why do I feel that. But I surely knows that weird feelings doesn't want me to have this conversation with a woman. "Sorry." I mumbles and walked out of the bathroom with my head hung low.
When I got back to our table, Jennie was smirking while sipping on her coffee. I sigh for the nth time and just took my own coffee to sip on it and we became silent.
"I know you're confused right now." I looked up to her as if I was telling her 'isn't it obvious'. She nod her head and put down the coffee cup. "But as I've said earlier, I will do this everyday until we know each other well."
"May I ask why me?"
"I have my reasons, but I'm not going to tell you." She said and smiled at me. "Let's go." She rose from her seat and made her way out. I, then again follow her outside still astounded from what's everything happens right now.
The only moment I got my shit back together is, when we arrived at the campus and Sydney was waiting for me at the parking lot. As if she already knows that I'm with Jennie, her left brow raising at the brunette, silently asking her if what the hell is happening and why am I with her. She was with the other three girls, with a teasing smile dancing on their lips.
"So how is it?" Sydney then asked when I pad near her.
"Worst." I replied and rest my forehead on her shoulder. "I'm confused as fuck." Sydney patted my head and wrapped her arm on my shoulder before dragging me away from them.
"Let's talk about it later." She said as we both walked towards our room.
When we got inside the classroom, eyes are all on me. I don't know why, but it makes me feel uncomfortable. I tried to ignore all of them but the anxiety starts seeping through my skin.
"What the hell was that?" Sydney asked while looking at the white board. My gaze went up to it and my eyes widened. There's a big note on the board saying 'I like you Lisa Mcklein'. I immediately looked over my shoulder to see the woman behind me who was looking back at me– no, more like glaring at me. She mouthed 'it's-not-me' while stroking me death glares.
I look back on the front when I felt a presence someone was standing in front of me, I look up to see Aira with a single stem of red rose in her hands. "Hi Lisa this is for you."
"H-hey, what–." My words were cut off when I heard Sydney snickered beside me but I ignore her and took the rose from Aira. "T-thank you." I said shyly.
"Uhm I know, this is so sudden, but I really like you Lisa since the first moment I saw you and.." She trails off and tuck some strand of her hair behind her ear shyly and smile at me. "..can I ask you out?"
My jaw literally dropped on the floor, mouth hung open and eyes wide. The air inside me seems to stutter, making me to gasped for an air, blinking my eyes rapidly while looking for an arm to hold and when I felt a hand beside me, I grabbed it and hold onto it tightly.
Aira's gaze shifted to my hand and to the one I'm holding before frowning. My brows knits and follow her gaze, my eyes slowly looking up from the hand up to the owner of the hand and my eyes almost bulge out from its socket when I saw Jennie. I quickly let go her arm and took step backward.
"I- I'm s-sorry, I thought it w-was Sydney's arm." I stutter.
"Are you really that shameless to asked a girl for a date in front of your classmates?" Jennie ignores me and asked Aira instead.
Wow, just wow! Says the one who acts like she was my girlfriend without explaining to me why she was doing those weird stuff.
"What's wrong with that? It's 2020 and you're expecting me to wait and do nothing about my feelings for her?" Aira said, left brow raising. "And may I ask what's your concern?"
"Lisa is not allowed to date anyone else but me."
All of the students inside our room gasped exaggeratedly, yeah, I'm with them, I think I'm the loudest. Because why not?
Who said that I'm going to date anyone?
"Lucky bastard." Sydney snickered, I stroke her a dagger look before shifting at the two girls.
"H-hey, calm down. I–."
"Shut the fuck up." My mouth immediately shut when Jennie told me so, but I regain myself conscious and shook my head furiously.
"No Jen, you shut– yeah, I mean, I'll shut up." I retreated when she look at me, there's nothing wrong with the way she look at me. But that was enough for me to shut my mouth off and retreat.
"You heard me, she's not going to date you, anyone of you but me." Jennie said and roam her eyes all over the room. As if someone is interested in me except this Aira and I don't know about her, she's confusing me. "Now get the fuck out in front of me."
"Who are you to decide if Lisa will date anyone except you? Are you her girlfriend?"
"No/Yes!"
"What?" I asked Jennie shockingly from what I heard.
"What? Did you hear me answer her question?" She asked back.
"Then who answered yes?"
"Me, sorry Lisa. I just think it was cool to say yes." Sana admit on my back while giggling.
"Oh." All I could only say before looking back to Jennie.
"So what now?" Aira pressed while smirking at Jennie.
"I'm not her girlfriend but that doesn't give you the rights to date her, it's already enough that you confessed your feelings for her because I'm telling you, if you insist of dating her, I'm not gonna hesitate to kil–."
"Whoa whoa whoa, calm down girls." Sydney chimes in and stand in the middle of the two girls. "Aira, right? Well, yeah. Lisa is glad about your feelings towards her and she's going to think about the date you're offering."
"Really?" Aira's eyes lit up and shifted to me. "I'm willing to wait Lisa!" She said and smile widely but when her gaze went back to Jennie, she rolled her eyes before turning her heels.
"Oh now, you're her speaker huh?" Jennie remarks at Sydney and crossed her arms.
"And for you ms. Zee, stop normalizing threatening mortal's life will you?"
"People, that is how you call them Sydney." I corrected her but she ignores me.
Jennie snapped her head at me abruptly and I jump a little when she unclasped her arms, I thought she's going to hurt me. Thanks to the trauma she gave to me because of that pinch.
"Date her or I'll kill you, it's your choice." She threatens before walking back to her seat along with her friends who are keep giggling.
Sydney grimaced and shook her head. "She's unbelievably crazy."
"Hoo, I want to wake up from this nightmare." I said chuckling as if I was gone crazy before taking my seat. "This is not fun anymore."
"Well, sorry to burst your bubble Lis, but you're not dreaming because you're in reality where everything is going to be complicated." Sydney said sympathetically and patted my head.
The class came to its end and I was in distraught, I didn't understand anything as my brain dysfunctional from what happen earlier. If it wasn't for Sydney who tapped my shoulder, I would've not noticed that it's already lunch time.
I released a lungful sigh before picking up my things and shoving all of it inside my bag. As I stood up and clung the strap on my shoulder, I nearly had a heart attack when I saw Jennie standing beside me.
"What the hell?!" I exclaimed while clutching my chest. "Stop doing that!"
"You're eating with me."
"No! I'm going to eat with whoever I want because you're not the boss of me!"
"Ok, let's eat together with whoever you want." She said nonchalantly and turn.
"No! I mean, Jennie wait!" I called when she starts walking away. "Urgh! Fuck!" I groaned and ran after her. "Yah Ruby Jane!"
She halted her step and look back to me. "What?"
"Where are you going?"
"I'll ask Aira if she wants to join us."
"Wait–what? Are you fucking out of your mind?" I asked in disbelief.
"Might as well to invite her on my own because you're not allowed to talk to other girls." She said before continuing her way out.
I pulled my hair in frustration, I think I might explode, I take a deep breath. I want to shout, have a tantrum and beat my hands on the ground like a toddler. I want to vent, let it out, but I don't want to appear like a mad person in front of the students as I already am inside me.
"Oh God! I'm going crazy because of a fucking goddess!"
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