Chapter Fifteen

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Since the Fourth of July, something seemed to have shifted in the air between Jennie and Lisa. Long gone is the apprehension of what is or isn't appropriate for their friendship. Now, they are honest, sometimes brutally honest with one another. They never shy away from the truth that needs to be spoken, but they both understand it's for their best interest to heal and move forward.

Still, not a day has gone by where they haven't been texting or calling one another. Their conversations flowed so easily, never a moment of questioning on what they could possibly talk about next. They shared every detail of every day, nothing too pointless or meaningless to divulge with one another.

Lisa's parents, well, mostly her mother, expressed her concern regarding how much time she was spending with Jennie. Which has steadily been increasing week by week, but Lisa always brushes off the worry, reminding her mother that she sees Rosie just as often. Well, she used to. Her mother also voiced her opinion about the cuddling, yet Lisa was quick to deflect, using Rosie once again as a defense. Her mother has walked in on Rosie cuddling against Lisa thousands of times and never once did Chittip flinch. Her mother was quick with her rebuttal though, claiming that Rosie has been Lisa's best friend since kindergarten and there was never any attraction between them.

Lisa usually tries to bullshit her way after that before she runs away to hide.

Rosie is almost as bad as Chittip, constantly asking who Lisa is texting and poking at her blushing cheeks whenever Jennie's name is said out loud. Her best friend also likes to point out that even Jieun didn't make Lisa swoon like Jennie. She has tried on several occasions to vocalize her concerns as well, assuming Jennie is still mourning and probably thinks of her husband when with Lisa.

And Lisa usually shuts down that conversation rather quickly and Rosie almost always backs down from how feisty Lisa becomes over Jennie.

It's not like Lisa spends every waking moment with the woman. Actually, she has been busy as of lately, thanks to Dahyun and Sana showing off her photographs. It's summertime, which means it's prime time for weddings and special events and Lisa has been hot on everyone's list. So, her weekends have been completely booked with work, which is fantastic.

During the week, she focuses on her group meetings with other transplant patients, she continues to maintain a balance with her exercise and is also working hard on getting herself noticed by a gallery. She spends a lot of her free time snapping pictures, because lately, she feels more inspired than ever before with a certain brunette muse by her side. Sometimes, those pictures are just for her, but there are times that she does share and post them to her Instagram. And Lisa's Instagram seems to blow up every time she posts a picture of her favorite model.

So really, she only sees Jennie maybe three times a week. Sometimes, she will call and ask Jennie to meet her for dinner. Other times, when Jennie's mind is ecstatic about her little project, that she still won't tell Lisa about, she will wake up extra early and call Lisa to meet for breakfast. They have also visited the drive-in another two more times. Some nights, Lisa will call and ask about a movie night and little by little they are ticking some popular titles off the must-see-list. So, it's not that much.

All of that went on through July.

When August hit, Jennie started to see a therapist about her nightmares, because calling Lisa every night when she woke up in a cold sweat or hoping Lisa could stay the night to chase those demons away, it just wasn't working anymore. She had to face her past head on and so, she finally relented.

She sees Dr. Ji Won Kim twice a week and he is helping her cope. She still has nightmares of the accident, more and more pieces of the night slowly coming back to her. Sometimes, she also dreams of a time that Dr. Kim believes is from when she was in the coma. Luckily, they aren't nearly as frequent as they once were.

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