The Christmas Party

Underneath The Mistletoe

I woke up in an unfamiliar room, in an unfamiliar bed, with a familiar headache. In
slow motion, the night came back to me and I remembered that I'd gotten drunk off hot
toddies and wine while baking with Taehyung. I couldn't drive home. I'd had to sleep with
Taehyung.

Taehyung had one request: that I didn't cuddle up to him, but we both knew that was never going to happen; it was a core personality trait of mine. I was wrapped around his body, head comfortably tucked between his shoulder and head and arm around his waist.

I looked around the room. I looked at Taehyung's pajamas. Wait . . . This wasn't Taehyung's room. I was also fairly certain it wasn't Taehyung was I cuddled up to. I looked next to me; that most assuredly was not Taehyung. I stared at Jennie for a few moments while the gears in my brain turned and reminded me I'd crawled into Jennie's bed to test it out and promptly fallen asleep.

Oh my God she was going to kill me.

I had no idea how I was supposed to dislodge myself from her. I always knew cuddling was one of my strengths, but last night I'd betrayed myself. Our legs were tangled together and her head was resting against mine. I didn't think the CIA could safely extract me without denotating this bomb.

My heart hammered so loudly in my chest I was surprised that didn't wake her up.

Okay, okay. Focus, Jis, I told myself. You can totally do this. Slow and steady.

I needed to get up. I needed to get up right now and slip out of here like I'd done many times before and pretend this never happened. Then I needed to practice my confused face. I did what? Queue confused laugh. Oh my God I'm so sorry I don't remember a thing.

Jennie would see right through me.

Try as I might, I was reluctant; my body didn't want to move. I was so warm and comfortable pressed against Jennie and the thought of being cold crumbled any resolve I had of slipping out of this bed. I really did have to ask her where she got her bed and comforter.

I refocused and tried to move slowly, tried to move without disturbing Jennie. I started with the legs, pulling my leg out inch by inch. Unfortunately, Jennie was a light sleeper and her eyes fluttered opened.

I had no idea what to say so I let out an awkward laugh.

"Hi," I whispered.

"Hi," she said.

"I'm sorry I fell asleep in your bed," I said immediately. "But in my defense it's a lot more comfortable than Taehyung's."

"I know it is."

Jennie looked at me, then down at my body tangled into hers and I felt myself beginning to blush.

"Also, sorry about the cuddling." I finished extracting my leg and pulled myself away. "I get cold."

Jennie smiled. "I know."

"Your bed just looked really soft last night and I wanted to lay down for like a second and test it out and then I felt your comforter and it was also really soft and warm and then I guess I just wanted to close my eyes for a second but I fell asleep in your bed and you were probably super annoyed with me last night and I'm really sorry I fell asleep you could have totally just moved me or told me to leave and I-"

"Take a breath," Jennie commanded. I did.

"Sorry," I said again.

"It's fine," Jennie said. "I'll admit I was a little surprised when I came to bed but it's fine. The bed is big enough for two."

"Okay good... I'm gonna go home and change and I'll be back with Starbucks."

I didn't wait for Jennie to respond, I hopped out of bed, gathered my clothes from the bathroom and hurried out of Jennie's room.