Chapter 7

"Good morning, Mia and Isabella!" Jennifer greeted her besties as she entered their class.

"G'morning!"

"Good morning!" The two greeted back in unison.

"Looks like someone's in a good mood." Mia snorted when she saw the cat greeted some other students who waved back at her.

Jennifer reached her sit and turned to the two who then emerged her space, studying her curiously.

"What?"

"Did something happen?" Isabella asked whispering.

"What do you mean?" Jennifer tilted.

"Did yo- OH MY GOD DID YOU KICK LILY OUT I SWEAR TO GOD JEN-" The satan's eyes were bulging.

"OH MY GO-" There goes the chipmunk's expressions again.

"YAH!" Jennifer motioned them to calm down when some of their classmates eyed them. "Calm down! I didn't!" She whispered a little too loudly.

The two then heaved out sighs of relief, dropping their shoulders as Jennifer had her hands under Isabella's table and was about to flip it. She slapped her hands away.

"Then?" The satan rubbed her hand as she raise a brow to the cat.

"Ahh it's nothing. Lily has a been very good bear lately." Jennifer smiled.

"Okay, so?" The chipmunk demanded more.

"Well.. that's it?" Jennifer was unsure about what her besties was trying to dig in. She just shrugged.

"I thought the bear was a good kid from the start." Mia pouted as she recalled their last interactions with each other.

"Of course she is a good kid! But y'know.. She's a bit- No! A lot dense! And too literal about our world." Her besties looked at each other before mouthing an 'O'.

"But she's been very obedient lately! She listens to me well now." Jennifer continued with a smile.

"Hmm. Speaking of the bear, what did she do anyway? How is she?" Mia leaned back on her chair.

"She's fine.. She just asked a lot."

"Duh. I mean what happened after we left? Have you fell in love with her or something?" What the satan said caught Isabella's attention as she wiggled her eyebrows while smirking at Jennifer. She blushed.

"Wha- What are you talking about??? Me?? Pshh, please." Jennifer tried to deny them, waving her hands vigorously in front of them.

"Righttttt." The two smirked while throwing gaze at each other before burst out laughing.

Before Jennifer could protest, The teacher had already step into their class based on all the rushing they heard inside the class, indicating their lesson is about to start.

"Idiots, why are you guys even my friends.." She grunted after turning her chair back to the front. The two giggled. "We love you too!"

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Jennifer was right. Lily has been behaving very well for the past few days.

She didn't run nor bleed her nose. Cause she knows it'll make her precious master upset.

Lily is getting more and more used to her surroundings now. Well, except for the outside world. Jennifer wouldn't allow the bear to step out of the house. Poor little thing. But Lily has come to know that Jennifer was just doing so for her safety.

Lily didn't mind.

Plus, she has all the entertainment provided at the house. For example, a sketchbook and a pencil that Emma bought for her.

Emma had notice, everytime Lily walked pass the painted canvas on the wall, she would stare on it for a good 5 minutes while tracing it with her fingers, before walking to the empty wall next to it to hug it.

So, without Jennifer knowing, Emma has bought her with the said items.

With the help of "Drawing For Toddlers." On Youtube, Emma had to at least put a little effort for the bear. She can't just draw random lines across the pages.

When Lily had learn how to draw a bear with a body of a stickman, she got excited. Too thrilled, to the point that she ran to Jennifer when she just got home from the library, tripped herself again over nothing on her way and accidently slapped the sketchbook on the cat's face.

Her next entertainment on list is the great television.

Everytime Jennifer wanted to head out, she would just turn on to some cartoons and Lily would get off the wall immediately and sit herself right in front of the box. All her attentions would emerge the colourful characters, but of course, not after explaining what cartoon means to the bear.

Jennifer also taught her how to read. It was hell at first until her heroine came and smacked her on the back of her neck. "JUST SHOW HER SOME VIDS ABOUT ABCs, FOR GOD'S SAKE."

"Oh."

And that's when "Reading for Dummies." came to her mind.

Ever since then, Lily would read everything that she sees in the form of words or sentences in the house, not caring what they mean because- "I'll buy you more chocolate milk if you're determined!"

She'll sometimes read the back packets of their instant ramyeons too.

But right now, due to out of sketch pages, Lily's just switching channels on the television while drinking her choco milk.

"Aaaaahhhh what is this empty feeling?" She whined.

She gave up and stopped switching the channels as there are no more cartoons airing. She crawled to the tv and held its side. "Bring back Spongebob!!!" She whined louder.

The bear didn't even realized where she stopped switching when it landed on a French drama. She can hear people yelling. She slowly crawled back to her last position while gazing on the screen.

"What is this?" She stares as a man in the drama yelled at a woman, but she can't understand a thing, because it's in French.

The woman yelled back something to the man with a finger pointed out at him that's shuts the man immediately. Then, the woman turned around, crossing her arm with an upset look on her face.

Lily tilted her head as the scene reminded her of something. "Oh!" She snapped her fingers.

"This is like when Jennifer got angry with Lily and Emma." She said gaping at the scene.

"That's Jennifer.." She pointed at the woman, "And that's Lily and Emma!" She dragged her finger across the glass, exclaiming to her imaginary friend.

"Did you bleed your nose too?.." Lily's voice trailed off with a frown when she sees the man's looks of regret.

The man placed his hand on the woman's shoulder, trying to turn her around but the woman only shrugged his hand off, rather roughly. He then tried to turn her again, but forcefully this time and finally succeeded.

Lily had her eyes widen when the man crashed his lips on the woman's and the woman stopped resisting immediately. Lily just stared at the liplocking session by the two before she dropped her gaze on her choco milk.

"Oh?" She scratched her nape.

"So all Lillian have to do to stop making Jennifer angry is to kiss her?"

She turned the device off.

"It is that easy?" She stood up, suddenly spawning an aura around her.

"THEN I MUST TRY!!!"

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It's recess time and Isabella once again choked on her drink as Jennifer was telling her and Mia about what happened over the weekend.

"WHAT-" Mia had her hands under the usual table they always settled down on in the canteen, ready to flip it anytime soon. The cat just slapped her hands off.

"SHE CHASED A CHOCO-" Isabella couldn't finish her question as she coughed hard. "I swear to God, I'm gonna cough out my kidney if Lily keeps up." She hits her chest.

"Please don't tell me she crashed." The satan palmed her face.

"Uhm.." Jennifer bit her lips.

"What?" Mia raised a brow before widening her eyes when she dissolved everything.

The satan slammed her knees under the table again. It has become a habit, Jennifer thought and just rolled her eyes.

"But she crashed on bundle of towels! No worries!" Feeling some attentions coming from other students around them, Jennifer quickly exclaimed.

"Is she okay? She didn't bleed her nose, right?" Isabella asked after calming down, worriedly.

"No.." Jennifer sighed

"Ok good.. Did you scold her after what she did? That kind of scene she caused.." The satan snorted.

"I did, but I didn't overdo it. I just scold them after we got out of the place and muted afterwards." She frowned a bit.

"Poor baby bear.. You shouldn't do that. You know she's innocent in this kind of situation." The chipmunk stated, which is true.

"I know..."

"Oh what's with the frown, jen? You look uglier." Just then, a pair of arms smacked their table causing the trio to shoot up. Their eyes landed on the last two people they wanted to see at school since forever.

"Got rejected by someone again?" The owner of the arms smirked as she rest her chin on her palms before pouting sympathetically to Jennifer.

"No Mooncalf, or was it you? Is that why you're talking to us?" Isabella threw her glare, standing up but only to be stopped by Jennifer.

"Shut it. I'm not talking to you. Get lost." isla scoffed, holding her palm out in front of Isabella's face.

"What do you want, isla?" Jennifer groaned as she lazily drink her banana milk.

"Oh nothing, just came by to check how your dwarf friend here is doing."

"SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME AND THE NEXT THING YOU'LL REMEMBER IS BEING DRAGGED DOWN BY 712178 SATANS UNDER HADES' MATTRESS." Mia stood up. Even the satan herself is caring enough to protect those who are loyal to her. Her glare made her two friends shivered.

"Pftt. Whatever. Do you even realize you're one yourself?" isla retorted.

"Oh you have no idea." The satan smiled innocently.

"Stop it, Mia. Let's just go." Jennifer stood up and pulled Mia away.

Iaabella stood up to but not before she eyed isla who's gazing at her as if she's expecting something.

"Can you like...not bother Jennifer?" Isabella simply asked but there were no signs of threat in her expression. isla just scoffed and walked away, followed by Scarlett who's just being quiet all the time.

Isabella sighed as she ran to

catch up with her besties.

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"I swear in the name of Gods of all chicken dishes, I want choke her so hard." Mia tempted as she was choking an imaginary neck in front of her while gritting her teeth.

Jennifer just laughed at her bestie's antic and messed her hair. Just then, they felt a bump on their back and an arm circling their neck. It was Isabella .

"HELLO ASSES WHAT DID I MISS?" She grinned at her besties.

"Y'know Isa, that ex-girlfriend of yours is so fucking annoying, can't you just slap her on the face with your almighty arm?" Mia turned her head to the said girl.

"Ah but I can't! Right? Jen?" She eyed Jennifer who only nodded proudly.

"You guys are lame."

isla Lucas, the captain of the softball team, (or the captain of all expired banana milk, as Mia would like to call her) who possess the body of a Goddess and a smile that can melt every soul, as they would say. At least, that's how all of the and boys who fell for her (fake) angelic gaze and (annoying) chuckles, there are even girls.

You must be wondering, yes, Isabella used to date isla, and Isabella wasn't as she used to be now. Back in the time when she was dating isla, her grades went downhill as she always asked her out. Being the nice half she is, she obeyed everything.

Isabella's friends also left her because isla didn't like to see her hanging out with other people. She missed a lot of her lessons and even break some rules when isla asked her to. She was blinded, yes.

But that was until isla found this random girl named Scarlett who no one knows where and why she suddenly showed up. Isabella was isolated. When she asked isla out, she would decline saying that she's busy but she was caught red-handed when Isabella saw her walking hand in hand with the new girl.

She confronted the both of them once and isla kept denying about her relationship with Scarlett.

"She's not my new girlfriend, so would you just stop!?" Isabella still remembered those words clearly, how could she forget? isla shouted at her while Scarlett's hand was in her? That's when she realized that isla was taking advantage of her denseness. She was kept as a toy.

She cried. She wasn't able to smile. Until Jennifer and Mia realized about her condition and decided to approach her.

"Are you okay?" Jennifer spoke to her for the first time.

"Yeah man, you look dead- OUCH!" Jennifer smacked Mia's head before she could finish. It somehow made Isabella smiled. The first smile she was able to lift after a month suffering.

Isabella as thankful. No one has ever dared to approach her after she dated isla. She grew fond of the two and had told her stories to her two 'new friends'. She was expecting them both to run after she lifted her head. But they didn't. Mia only playfully choke slammed her while Jennifer smiled and patted her on the head, telling her everything will be alright.

Isabella as very thankful.

From that moment on, she has become a part of them, or they had replaced the biggest missing piece in her life. Her studies are stable too now. Jennifer also taught her to not break any more rules.

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"What is that?" Jennifer asked as she was walking home with Emma when she had a bag in her hand.

"What do you mean 'What is that?' of course it's a paper bag!" Emma turned to her sister.

"Well, yeah, DUH, but what's in it?"

"You really sound like Lily now, you know?" Emma stated before showing opening the bag slightly to show her sister.

"Crayons? What the heck Emma? I thought you dislike art." Her sister grimaced at her.

"It's for Lily!" The squirtle frowned, "She must be bored with just black medium, so I thought."

"Mmmkay." Jennifer laughed and ruffled the younger's head before knocking on the door of their home.

After a few seconds, the door opened and their sight was welcomed by a frowning bear.

"Hello, baby bear!" Emma chirped as she entered their house, making her way to the kitchen.

"What's wrong?" Jennifer asked as she placed a hand on Lily's shoulder.

"Uh..Lillian..."

"What?" She frowned as she saw Lily fidgeting her fingers. Something bad must've happened.

"Lillian.. Went outside a bit when Jennifer and Emma are at school." She bit her lips.

"WHAT??!" The cat widen her eyes "Lily! I told you not to come out! You might hurt yourself!" Jennifer said out loud, shaking her slightly.

"master, are you angry?" Lily studied her carefully.

"YES I'M ANGRY! WHY DIDN'T YOU LIST-"

Jennifer's tomping stopped as Lily pulled her in a kiss. They stayed like that for a few moments as Lily pulled her closer. Jennifer didn't fought back, nor move a muscle (she doesn't even know why she didn't) which made the bear smile.

"By the way, Lily I bought yo-" Emma popped her head and the paper bag out from the kitchen but only to drop it when she witnessed what was going on. "WHAT THE HECK-"

Lily pulled back first, seriousness was plastered all over her face when she eyed Jennifer.

Jennifer only stared her back eyes widen, still occupied by their last scene. She couldn't speak.

Lily's at expression turned into a broad grin of delight. "I'm just kidding." She whispered. She let go of Jennifer's figure and burst away to the living room.

"IT WORKED!!!"

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