Chapter XXVII

The Old and The New

A/N: Double update!!!

 

 

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"Lisa! Lisa!"

 

"What did you do?!"

 

"She fainted!"

 

"Of course she would faint! She thought you died!"

 

"Can you help me here?! She's not getting lighter!"

 

Jisoo was holding on to the unconscious Lisa. The poor lady fainted instantly the moment their eyes met. It was probably too much for Lisa to handle.

 

Lisa saw Chaeyoung in the wheelchair; she was crying. Nayeon was crying too. She didn't like the look of this. Her steps were getting heavier. Seulgi and Irene were facing them; they too were crying their eyes out.

 

"What's going on? Please don't tell me they found Jisoo's body?"

 

Lisa couldn't stop guessing. She suddenly felt afraid to come nearer. She came to a halt when she realized her feet just refused to move anymore. Just then, Chaeyoung turned and saw Lisa. She cried out her name.

 

"LISA!"

 

Chaeyoung quickly wheeled herself towards Lisa. Lisa went down on her knees and stared into Chaeyoung's eyes. Chaeyoung's eyes were extremely red. Lisa couldn't bear to hear the news. She just hugged Chaeyoung tighter.

 

"Please don't tell me she's gone, Chaeng."

 

"I'm sorry, Lisa."

 

"She's really gone, Chaeng?"

 

Lisa whispered with her shaky voice. She just couldn't believe it. She was hoping that Jisoo was alive but now the reality has sunken in. Jisoo's really gone.

 

"I'm sorry, Lisa. Please be strong."

 

Lisa broke down immediately. She cried bitterly; her heart ached so much.

 

"I love her, Chaeyoung. I love her so much. I regret not telling her the truth about my heart. I thought I could live without her but now, I don't know if I could anymore."

 

"I'm sorry, Lisa. But I'll be here."

 

Lisa's tears wouldn't stop flowing. She clenched her fists tightly. She really wanted Jisoo back in her life. She didn't care if it was just friends; she just wanted Jisoo back in her life; in her world.

 

"Lisa, I'll leave you alone for awhile?"

 

"Okay, I need that. Thanks Chaeyoung."

 

Chaeyoung left Lisa alone. Lisa went to the playground and climbed to the top of the slide. Her mind was clouded with memories of Jisoo – just her and Jisoo. Jisoo was easy to love. She didn't make life difficult for Lisa either when this dumb fool initiated a break up. Jisoo just let her go and Lisa regretted it so much.

 

With her knees bended, she pulled them closer as she rested her chin on them. She felt like her heart was wrenching so much. She wished this was just a dream instead.

 

"Jisoo, I miss you."

 

Suddenly someone knelt down behind her and held Lisa's shoulders. Lisa thought it was Seulgi. She didn't bother to turn around.

 

"Seulgi, I'll be fine. You don't have to worry about me."

 

"Lisa..."

 

Lisa was stunned. She slowly turned behind to find Jisoo smiling at her. She fainted immediately.

 

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"Lisa?"

 

Lisa was slowly waking up. Her head was spinning like mad but the moment her eyes opened, she saw her "dead" ex-girlfriend peering into her with concern.

 

"ARGHHHHHHHHHHH!"

 

"Hey! Relax!"

 

"You're supposed to be dead!"

 

Lisa's finger was pointing weakly at Jisoo. The younger lady looked on and then sighed.

 

"Lisa, I'm still alive."

 

"But..."

 

"I didn't get on the plane."

 

"Huh?"

 

"It's going to be a lonnnnggg story but you need to calm down."

 

Lisa turned to look at Seulgi, Chaeyoung, Nayeon and Irene. They were peering over Jisoo's shoulders.

 

"Aren't you supposed to be in a shock?"

 

"We just did; a while ago. She's taking turn to scare the of everybody."

 

Lisa was frowning away.

 

"Lisa ah, this is Jisoo. She's not dead yet."

 

"Chaeng, I'm not dreaming right?"

 

Chaeyoung pinched her arm. Lisa flinched with a painful expression on her face.

 

"Jisoo, is that really you?"

 

"Yes, it's really me! Do you want to touch my face?"

 

Lisa gradually lifted her hands up and cupped around Jisoo's cheeks. They were warm and Jisoo's eyes were already b with tears. Lisa's eyes were already watering.

 

"Jisoo, it's really you! You're still breathing!"

 

"Of course I am, silly girl."

 

Lisa's tears fell immediately the moment she realized that Jisoo hasn't left her yet. She was in her arms right now and it felt so surreal. She pulled Jisoo closer and hugged her tightly. Jisoo responded to her hug and even planted a soft kiss on Lisa's forehead.

 

"Jisoo.."

 

"Hey Lisa, I'm fine now okay?"

 

"You don't have any idea how my world just collapsed when I thought you perished in that crash. I thought I've lost you forever. I cannot lose you, Jisoo."

 

Jisoo's heart softened. She never knew how much she means to Lisa until now. Lisa buried her face in her neck and cried bitterly. The pain she felt was tremendously overwhelming. Her soul almost faded and it was draining her energy after some time. But upon seeing Jisoo in a flesh, Lisa could feel her heart beating properly all over again.

 

Chaeyoung looked on; she felt a little green with jealousy but she knew Lisa was releasing her anger and heartache at the same time. Jisoo looked up. She saw Chaeyoung staring at them.

 

"Lisa, I'm sorry I made you worry. But I promise you, I'll never leave your side."

 

"You better not. I'll kill you."

 

"But someone else would love to stay by your side as well."

 

Lisa was frowning away.

 

"Who are you talking about?"

 

Jisoo turned slightly and went on her knees. Lisa followed through. Seulgi knew who Jisoo was referring to so she pushed Chaeyoung's wheelchair closer to them.

 

Jisoo smiled widely.

 

"Chaeyoung cares about you. I'm sure she has been by your side all the time when you thought I'd died. Hasn't she?"

 

Lisa slowly turned to look at Chaeyoung who was looking away. She remembered that first night when they found out about the plane crash. Chaeyoung found her at the playground and promised to be by her side no matter what.

 

"She loves you. I bet she loves you more than I ever did."

 

Chaeyoung snapped her head immediately to Jisoo's direction.

 

"You two belong to each other. You love each other so deeply that even after going round one cycle, you still ended up together."

 

"Jisoo.."

 

"I'm glad I gave you up to Chaeyoung. She's the one for you."

 

Jisoo then turned to Chaeyoung and pulled out her hand.

 

"You remember your promise to me?"

 

Chaeyoung nodded.

 

"I'm returning Lisa to you now. Love her well and take good care of her. I'll always be by your side; both of you so please love each other well."

 

Jisoo placed Lisa's hand above Chaeyoung's and Lisa took the opportunity to grip on it tightly.

 

"Chaeyoung, I've never given up on you. I promised you once and I'll promise you again. I will love you for the rest of my life."

 

"I love you too, Lisa. I'm going to focus my all on you. Please don't give up on me yet."

 

"I've never done that and I'll never do that."

 

Chaeyoung pulled Lisa closer and hugged her tightly. Seulgi, Irene and Nayeon looked on with a smile while Jisoo chuckled to herself. She felt great putting her ex and her gf's ex together. Now the only person left was Jennie Kim.

 

It was time to play a trick on her.

 

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"WHAT?!"

 

Lisa had the most shocking reaction when Jisoo wanted to play a trick on Jennie.

 

"Are you not agreeing to this?"

 

"She's going to kill you."

 

"You know, you're the 3rd person telling me that."

 

"Are you insane, Jisoo? You forgot the reason why she pushed you away?"

 

"No, I didn't forget. But I would like to see her reaction. It's only fair. Technically, she broke her heart."

 

"But her heart already died when you were supposed to be dead."

 

Jisoo rolled her eyes.

 

"Stop cursing me."

 

"Lisa ah, I don't think it will hurt."

 

"Chaeng, you agree to this? She's going to play a trick on your ex-girlfriend!"

 

Chaeyoung grinned.

 

"Jennie is a stubborn woman who needs to be shaken to understand what she might have lost because she acted like she didn't care."

 

Lisa narrowed her eyes.

 

"Don't worry, Lisa. Jennie will never kill us. Maybe she would to Jisoo."

 

"Thanks for cursing me again. My life has been shortened by 50% with all the cursing."

 

"Can we get into action now?"

 

Everybody turned to Nayeon.

 

"What? Chaeyoung's right. Jennie Kim is a stubborn woman. It won't hurt to see her in despair right?"

 

Everybody concluded the most evil person in the group was Im Nayeon.

 

-

 

"No, Jisoo! No!!!!!!!!!!"

 

Jennie screamed and sat up immediately. She was panting hard as beads of perspiration rolled down from her sweaty forehead. She had a nightmare. She dreamt of Jisoo saying goodbye to her. She was relieved to realize it was just a dream but reality sank in quickly. Her heart was aching so badly. Jisoo was still missing.

 

"Jisoo, where are you, baby? Please don't say goodbye to me. I'm not ready to live my life without you."

 

Jennie was mumbling to herself. Just then her phone rang and she took a peek at the phone. Yeri's name was blinking. She answered immediately.

 

"Hello?"

 

"Oh great, you're awake! Can you please open the door?"

 

"Huh?"

 

"I've been here for the last hour. Didn't you check your phone? You probably have a hundred missed calls and a million messages!"

 

"Are you being sarcastic, Kim Yerim?"

 

"No, I'm dead worried! I was wondering if you're still alive!"

 

Jennie frowned. She thought Lisa or Chaeyoung was around.

 

"Are you going to open up or not?"

 

"Okay, I'm coming out now."

 

Jennie put her phone aside and went into the living room. It was empty. Jennie was puzzled but nevertheless opened the door. Her sister ran towards her and hugged her tightly. Sooyoung was hiding behind her.

 

"Unnie!"

 

"What are you doing?"

 

"I saw your message yesterday."

 

"Oh."

 

Jennie sent a message to Yeri yesterday. She told her she wanted to die because Jisoo's plane crashed into the sea.

 

"I saw the news. At first I thought you were crazy but Sooyoung the news and I saw it. I quickly rushed here. I was worried about you."

 

Jennie didn't answer. She just broke down all over again. Yeri hugged her tightly.

 

"Yerim, it's my fault. It's my fault! I shouldn't be mean to her. I shouldn't push her away! Now she's gone, Yerim-ah! She's gone! What am I going to do?"

 

"Hush unnie, maybe she's still alive somewhere."

 

"The plane crashed into the sea, Yeri! How could there be survivors?"

 

"You'll never know about that, unnie."

 

Jennie cried her heart out in her sister's arms.

 

-

 

"How long is this prank going to last?"

 

Lisa was forced to be involved.

 

"It won't last that long. We just need to make Jennie lose hope in finding Jisoo alive."

 

"You're evil. You're evil too. All of you are evil."

 

Lisa was pointing at everyone.

 

"Hey, I was dragged in too!"

 

Seulgi protested.

 

"Well, you were evil to me."

 

Seulgi rolled her eyes. She used to yell at Lisa because she left Jisoo.

 

"Baby, but you're pro in this. You are good in controlling your emotions. So you're the best choice to break the news of Jisoo's "death" to Jennie."

 

"Chaeng, this is an awful lie! What if she finds out?"

 

"Well, you can just conveniently push the blame to Jisoo."

 

Jisoo rolled her eyes as Lisa grinned.

 

"Park Chaeyoung, you're evil but a genius evil."

 

"Of course I am."

 

Lisa ended up kissing Chaeyoung and Jisoo was smacking Lisa's forehead.

 

"Okay, there's no need to show public display of affection to each other. Let's just continue with this prank first."

 

"But if anything goes wrong, we'll blame you!"

 

Everyone agreed with Lisa's decision.

 

Jisoo rolled her eyes.

 

Her friends were already betraying her even before her plan was executed.

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Jskim8
#1
Updateee plisss
Sicasicachu_ #2
Chapter 29: Awww
imlivingnotknowinwtd #3
Chapter 29: What a disaster?
markaxel
#4
Chapter 29: Thanks for the double updates! :)
Jskim8
#5
We are waiting for the update :-((
nishichan
#6
Chapter 26: I'm worried about this joke ... can Jennie handle it ??
bittersweetlover #7
Chapter 27: i don't think it's a good idea coz i'm afraid of how Jennie would react after she finds out that she was being pranked... but, okay, i'll play along with you, authornim... afterall, it was Jennie who pushed Jisoo away in the first place... so, i'll conspire with you on this... (wink)

P.S. oh yes, i'm back authornim!!! :) just gotten busy the past days... i missed this story... :)
imlivingnotknowinwtd #8
Chapter 27: ?
Ch1M3nD6
#9
Chapter 27: hahaha. You'll are evil Ehee!