JENNIE
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Rosé and I both sighed as we walked up to the front door of my parents' house.
"Thanks for coming." I offered her a weak smile. "You really didn't have to."
"It's fine. I wanted to be able to support you today." She took a deep breath. "Plus who cares what Hanbin or Lisa have to say. We're here because your parents requested you. You're not here for them or even stupid Jisoo."
"Let's do this." I opened the front door and we walked into the house. Everyone was there, including Haruto and Lisa. And I just stood there with a fake smile on my face. I wasn't going to act like I cared that she hadn't called me in the last two weeks. I didn't care that I hadn't heard from her since the bookstore. She could do what she wanted to do. She meant nothing to me. If she could forget me that easily, I could do the same. "Hey everyone."
"Hey sis." Tae jumped up and gave me a hug and then he turned to Rosé and gave her a kiss on the cheek. I noticed Hanbin glaring at them and wondered exactly what had gone down between him and Rosé as she still hadn't told me.
"So what's so important that we had to come this weekend?" I looked at Jisoo and she gave me an evil smile.
"I'm home." She smiled. "That's what's so important."
"What?" My jaw dropped. "I had to come home just because you're here."
"Yes." She grinned. "Isn't life grand, but just in case anyone wanted to hang out with me later today, I'm going out with a few girlfriends."
"Okay." I rolled my eyes.
"We're celebrating my upcoming wedding."
"Okay." I looked at Lisa and she gave me a short smile. I turned away and looked at Tae. "So what plans do you have this weekend?"
"Whatever you want to do." He grinned and I smiled at him gratefully.
Ding Dong.
"Who's that?" Hanbin jumped up with a frown. "Is anyone expecting anyone?"
"Not me." I shook my head and noticed that Rosé was blushing. "Chaeng?" I asked her softly.
"Uhm, yes." She squeaked out.
"Who?" I frowned.
"Don't kill me." She mouthed and I scratched my head. What was she talking about?
"Jen." Hanbin's voice sound stiff and angry as he walked back into the living room.
"Yes?" I snapped at him and frowned at the two burly guys behind him. "What?"
"These guys are here for you and Rosé." He looked at her with a cold mask. "They said they're here to join you for the weekend."
"What?" I was confused.
"Brock and Jock, there you are." Rosé ran to one of the big burly guys and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "We're so glad you made it, aren't we Jen?" She gave me a look and I nodded slowly.
"Uh yeah, sure." I walked over to her with a questioning look and she turned to everyone. "Brock and Jock are two guys we've been dating and we wanted everyone to meet them."
"Oh yeah, haha." I laughed and faked a wide smile. "So glad you made it Brock." I kissed the other guy on the cheek and he stared at me like a robot.
"I'm Jock." He said stiffly.
"I know that, I was just teasing you honey." I linked my arm through his and looked over at Lisa who was glaring at me.
"Brock and Jock?" Jisoo asked with a laugh. "Nice names."
"We're brothers." Jock said and I wished I could tell him to keep his mouth shut. Where had Rosé picked these guys up from?
"And we love to double-date, don't we?" Rosé said with a wide smile. "And have sleepovers." She said and giggled and I could see Hanbin looking even angrier as he walked away from us.
"Good for you." Jisoo flipped her hair. "I'm glad you two losers have found guys that can put up with you."
"Shut up, Chu." I shouted at her and she looked at me with a raised eyebrow.
"Or what?" She said sweetly.
"Ugh." I groaned. "Nothing."
"That's what I thought." She laughed and then leaned down and gave Lisa a kiss on the cheek. "I'm going out. See you later, okay baby?"
"See you, Jisoo." She said, but her eyes never left my face. "Jen can we talk?"
"No." I shook my head. "Let's go out Jock and Brock. We'll be back later."
"You just got here." Tae said with a frown.
"Well we're going out now." I snapped and grabbed Jock's hand. "Let's go guys."
We all hurried out of the front door and I turned to Rosé. "What were you thinking?"
"I was thinking we'd have two hot guys here to make us feel better and make those two fools jealous."
"And the best you could do were Brock and Jock?" I said quietly. "They look like mountain men."
"They're strippers." She giggled. "They were the best I could do."
"Oh Rosé." I groaned. "What should we do?"
"Tell them to go home and go to the mall and then go and get a drink?"
"That sounds like a good idea to me." I nodded in agreement. We gave the two brothers 40 dollars and then hopped into my car and drove to the local mall.
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"I love retail therapy." I grinned happily as we made our way into the wine bar with our hands full of bags.
"So do I." She nodded. "Though my credit card doesn't agree."
"Neither does mine." I laughed. "But that's a worry for next month when the bill arrives."
"You speak the truth." She said and we ordered a bottle of Chardonnay. "Until the bill arrives then we are fine."
"Exactly."
"Oh my God." She groaned and I frowned.
"What?"
"You won't believe who's here?" She sighed.
"Who?" My face paled. "Please don't say Jisoo and Lisa?"
"No, well, you're half right. Jisoo is here with a bunch of girls."
"Oh great." I made a face and then watched as Rosé frowned.
"Okay, this is weird, but she's drinking wine, I think." Her eyes narrowed and she gasped. "She is definitely drinking wine."
"What the fuck?" I turned around. "She can't drink alcohol! She's pregnant."
"What's she doing?" Rosé frowned. "She's such a selfish bitch."
"I'm going to go and tell her off." I jumped up, furious with Jisoo. What the fuck was she playing at? "What do you think you're doing?" I screamed as I approached a giggling Jisoo.
"Oh hi, Jen." She grinned. "I'm showing Somi my ring."
"I don't care what you're showing her?" I shouted at her again and picked up her glass and sniffed. "This is wine. Why are you drinking?"
"What?" She frowned.
"You can't drink Chu."
"What?" She grabbed her glass and sipped some wine in front of me. "Says who?"
"What about the baby?" I said softly. "How can you do this to the baby?"
"I'm not pregnant." She laughed and sat back.
"What?" My jaw dropped. "What about Lisa and Haruto and the baby and the engagement? What do you mean you're not pregnant?"
"Oh Jen." She shook her head. "You don't get it do you?" She sipped some more wine.
"Get what?"
"Mino and I had a relationship. Well, we had sex." She grinned. "Don't tell Rosé, but it started when they were dating."
"Oh my God." My eyes widened. "What?"
"Yeah, he's pretty good in bed." She grinned. "Who was I to say no?"
"Oh Jisoo." I shook my head.
"Well then he met that bitch Irene." She got angry. "And instead of being with me, he dumped Rosé and started dating Irene."
"I'm sorry."
"Don't be." She shrugged. "We still fucked. And I had hoped he would come to his senses."
"But then, what about Haruto?" I asked softly.
"Oh, he was Mino's friend. I met him one night and tried to make Mino jealous." She shrugged. "He was okay. I didn't care about him."
"Why did you lie about the baby?"
"I wanted to make Mino call off the wedding." Her face grew sad. "I thought he'd call it off to marry me if he thought I was pregnant with his baby."
"Oh."
"But stupid Haruto told him we fucked and somehow they ended up thinking it was his. And well, next thing I know Lisa is offering me money to marry her as long as she and Haruto can be in the baby's life."
"And you let them believe there was still a baby."
"She gave me this huge rock and promised me a lot of cash." She shrugged. "Who was I to say no?"
"But there's no baby, Jisoo. You can't just lie and think that's okay."
"What do you care?" She drank some more wine.
"I can't believe you did that. I thought you were pregnant. Everyone thinks you're having Haruto's baby."
"I'm not stupid, Jen. I'm on the pill." She tossed her hair. "Do you really think I'd have unsafe sex and risk having a baby and ruining my perfect figure right now?"
"You're a selfish bitch."
"Thank you." She grinned and drank some more wine. "And salute to you too."
"Whatever." I shook my head and walked away from her, my head thudding as I joined Rosé again.
"What's going on?" She asked softly as I sat down with her. "What did she say?"
"She's not pregnant." I said in a daze. "She's not pregnant, Rosé."
"No way." She looked at me with a shocked expression. "So she lied."
"Yes, she lied to all of us." I rubbed my forehead and closed my eyes for a second.
"Are you okay, Jen?" Rosé grabbed my hands and I opened my eyes slowly and nodded.
"Yeah, I'm okay."
"You don't look fine."
"It's just something she said, it got me thinking."
"What's that?"
"I'm not on the pill."
"So?" Rosé shrugged. "Does that matter?"
"I had sex with Lisa."
"So? She used condoms right?"
"Not the last couple of times." I shook my head and buried my face in my hands and groaned. "How could I be such an idiot Rosé? She came in me several times." I whined and then looked up at her. "Jisoo's not pregnant, but what if I am?"
"What do you want to do?"
"Let's go home."
"To your parents' house?"
"No, let's go to the apartment."
"Don't you want to tell Lisa what you found out?"
"No." I shook my head and stood up. "She made her decision. She can deal with the mess that her business transaction makes. That's her problem."
"Oh Jen." Rosé sighed. "Promise me one thing though."
"What?"
"Take a pregnancy test."
"I'll get one this week." I nodded and we left some cash on the table and then walked out of the restaurant to the sound of Jisoo and her friends laughing. I didn't know what to think or feel. A part of me wanted to be pregnant and the other part of me was scared stiff that I was. I wanted to tell Lisa the truth so badly, but I didn't want to be the one that told her. I didn't want to be the girl that was chasing her and forcing her to be with me. That was no way to start a relationship. No way at all.
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