The only exception

Part THREE

PARTH THREE

At the age of twenty, my friendship with Kim Jisoo has deepened.

Just when I thought it was only just a phase, it turns out that it wasn't. Days that turned to weeks, then to year and more time to come, I hope. Jisoo was constantly there, and the more she was there, hanging out with me, the more I felt joy invading my system.

"Can I ask something?" Jennie said.

Squatting myself on the floor, I try to glance at my best friend as I tap my fingers to reply back to Jisoo's message about what kind of bread I like. When Jisoo replied with something funny, I could not help but giggle.

"Rosie," I hear Jennie.

"Rosie." I knew I should say something back, but my attention was on choosing Jisoo.

"Park Roseanne!"

"What?" I asked, stifling a laugh at my best friend. When I saw how serious she was, I faked a cough and decided to ignore Jisoo for a while. I cleared my throat once again before speaking.

"What?"

"Who got you smiling like that?" She inquired, raising an eyebrow at me as she shifted in her seat to check my phone.

"Nothing!" I say, trying to bite back the smile escaping, and turn off my phone.

Of course, it wasn't nothing. But Jisoo wasn't nothing, and I also could not let Jennie find out about the reasons why I was ditching her these past weeks.

She raised her eyebrow at me, studying me for a second. I know my best friend really well, so I wore my best-nothing-look face to convince her. It seems it didn't work, because the next thing she said just proved how well Jennie Kim knew my behavior.

"That doesn't sound nothing," She said, and I bit my lip. "Anyway, back to my question! Swear you're going to answer it honestly?"

"Depends." I said, and she rolled her eyes. "But okay."

"What's going on with you and my sister?"

"What do you mean?"

"You know what I mean." She said, shooting me a look I'm clearly familiar with, still.

"I don't know what you mean."

She arched her eyebrows, as if she was challenged. "Don't make me say it, Chae."

"I really don'-"

"I know you're ditching me for my sister," She said, and I know I'm caught red-handed. "So let me ask again, what's going on with you and my sister?"

"Nothing, Jen... We're just friends,"

"So, you guys are like mega bestfriends right now, because you just ditched me a million times for her?"

"I ditched you like six times, and that was all because you were exchanging saliva with Lisa."

"You ditched me," I heard something in her voice that I couldn't place."For Jisoo."

"Six times and that was all because you were exchang-"

"You've never done that to me before." She said, and I could see she was now frowning.

"Yes, I did. One time, I ditched a quiz bee fo-"

"That was different. You were excused, so apparently you didn't ditch it for me. However, in my sister's case, you ditched her for me. Do things for me that you haven't done for me. It's... It's like you're shining more and I want to know if-"