Warm On a Cold Night ★ JENLISA

Chapter 15

It's odd how Thanksgiving sneaks up on her.

Wholly consumed with her trial and the aftermath, and the day spent recuperating on Lisa's couch, she almost forgot about it.

She wakes up on Thursday morning with a bushy head of chestnut hair in her face and a warm weight on her stomach. Lisa stirs and they both resituate their bodies not willing to fully wake up yet.

Jennie hears her phone vibrating on the nightstand and wonders if that's what woke them up in the first place. She lets it go only for it to start again.

Lisa groans and flips over, curling herself around her pillow and getting as far away from the offending noise as possible. Jennie reaches over and grabs the phone, noticing the three missed calls from Jisoo.

When it rings again, she answers.

"It isn't even eight yet, what the fuck could you possibly want, Kim?"

"I need you to pick some stuff up at the store before you come over. I just got the turkey in the oven."

"Okay, can you maybe text me that though? Some of us enjoy sleeping in when we can."

"Yeah, whatever. Listen, I don't want this to be a repeat of last year. I'm fucking stressed the fuck out!"

"How much coffee have you had?"

"Three cups."

"Ok, switch to herbal tea. I'll let you know when I'm leaving. Everything is gonna be great."

"Don't forget the-" Jisoo's voice cuts out as Jennie hangs up and sighs loudly.

When she sets her phone down she folds herself around Lisa's sleep warm skin, arm around her waist pulling her close.

"Morning," Lisa mumbles quietly, still sleepy.

"Morning. I'm sorry about that." Jennie drops a kiss on her shoulder.

Lisa shrugs and Jennie scoots closer, pulls tighter.

"What are you up to today?"

"Jiyong closed the restaurant. We're going there, he's cooking a feast."

"Okay, now I'm jealous."

"Hmm," she hums and wiggles her hips into Jennie's. "And you?"

"Jisoo is attempting to cook a turkey. Hyeri and I go over and make sides. A bunch of us all gather and eat. Last year we burned it all to shit and ended up ordering Chinese. Jackson yells about football. It's great."

"Hmm, I think I like mine better."

"I think I like yours better, too."

Xx

As much as Jisoo tries to stop it, the turkey ends up ruined. The sides never cook. And Jennie gets depressed after talking to her mother on the phone.

Has been depressed since the conclusion of her trial but, it's even worse now.

Not to mention the teasing and barbs she had to duck and deflect about Lisa the whole morning while she and Jisoo and Hyeri were in the small cramped kitchen.

When the food is delivered everyone in Jisoo's small living room cheers loudly. even Jackson who'd been too focused on the Lions game to do anything helpful.

Jennie's mood gets considerably worse when Hyeri leaves, jaunts out the door more like, to meet up with Peniel at Jiyong' fancy dinner. She itches to tag along but doesn't know how that will be received and instead, commits even more fully to becoming one with the couch in her state.