Start from Scratch (JenLisa Adaptation)

Epilogue

'Home Is Where the Heart Is'

Jennie's POV

It's been just over four months since that night Lisa and I finally admitted our love for each other. It was a long time in coming and to get to that point, each of us had to go through so much. But neither would been able to even get there, without the other.

We're a happy couple, most of the time at least. We, like all the couples out there, have our off days, our fights and whatnot. I also still have my trauma's which I'm still contending with. I hate to say it, but this is something I will have to deal with for years to come. Only Lisa's love and devotion has helped me even begin to start getting past it.

I still have nightmares, but now when I wake from them, Lisa is always there to soothe me back to sleep.

Our careers, once pretty much dead, have returned to life. About 2 months ago, Lisa got a gig singing lead in a 80s cover band. Okay, and 80s cover band is sort of lame, but their previous lead singer got knocked up and they needed an abrupt replacement. The band's drummer was a friend of Jisoo and when Jisoo mentioned her good friend was a singer, they asked her to audition.

They loved her and now she's the lead singer. Granted some of the songs are rather old and cheesy, but Lisa loves to sing and when on stage, she looks truly happy. I love seeing the delight in her eyes as she gets to sing for a crowd. The gig with the band doesn't have to be forever and the money has allowed her to quit her job at The Playpen. Something I'm happy about as the thought of all those drunk creeps groping and eyeing her never sat right with me.

4 months ago, I finally landed an acting gig. It was an episode of a crime television show, really gritty stuff. I play a bank teller who gets blasted in the chest with a shotgun during a bank robbery. It was first on screen death and something I'm quite proud of.

There's been another development with my career, but I'll get back to that in a minute.

Our relationship has grown stronger and we've grown very close. Lisa's exercises to deepen our intimacy did the trick as about a month after we told each other we loved each other for the first time, we also made love for the first time.

I had finally felt comfortable enough with her, and close enough to her to take our relationship to the next level.

I'd like to say it was beautiful and perfect. While it was beautiful and special, it wasn't quite perfect. Not totally used to each other in bed, we in the throes of passion accidently bumped heads. We each saw stars for a moment, put some ice on our heads, laughed and after a few minutes, resumed love-making. The accident, in a way made the night even more special, not to mention made us a bit more cautious.

As a joke, Lisa bought me a football helmet, the next day. To remind me of that special night, it sits on my night stand up to this day.

We now have a good sex life, but my past sometimes gets in the way. For usually a day or so after a nightmare, I won't be able to do it. Lisa instead gives me lots of cuddles and keeps telling me how wonderful I am. When I'm not being a gank that is.

But as I said, there was another development with my career and it was a big one. After having a numerous auditions being sabotaged and my confidence undermined by a nameless person, I finally got a serious part. Yeah, the bank teller bit was nice, but it was 2 whole lines and I get blasted in the chest. I spent the rest of the scene, having to lie motionless in a pool of fake blood. Not much acting skill required for that one.

One of the auditions I went to was for this big HBO TV miniseries based on the life of the Roman Emperor, Augustus. It's pretty serious stuff with a big budget. I honestly didn't think I'd have a shot, but I tried out for a bit part of the wife of a roman senator.