Bullies with benefits - Chaelisa (converted)

PART 34

  "Howdy there, stranger." Husks the adult as I feel my eyes widening and my cheeks blushing—what the heck? Chaeyoung does not blush on the first meet. But there's something about this—woman. 

Clearing my throat, I swear I hear Joy laughing inside the half-closed window as I try to hide the things on my hands, which are obviously impossible to do. "Err—hello." I decided to reply, shrugging my shoulders up because I have no free hands. 

The woman leans on the open door and chunks her booted foot down on the stone pavement. "Can I help y'er with something, honey?" she chides, winking at me as I scrunch my face together. 

Nodding my head, I tell myself to just push away all these damn insecurities with this woman and force a smile—which is too much for my liking. "Yes, Is Bro—Lisa inside?" I hit myself in the head mentally when the damn nickname almost left my lips again.

Remember Chaeyoung, she hates it. 

Tipping her head back, she arches an eyebrow at me. "Lili never mentioned having a hot fine ass as I friend before." She quips, causing my jaw to drop at her bluntness. "Oh sorry, I'm Lili's mom, nice to meet you." she grins, waving a salute to me as I narrow my eyes on her again, thoroughly amused. 

"Uh—"

"Mom, I'm off to Jisoo's hou—" the familiar sweet voice stops our conversation as we both turn our heads to Lisa and I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding. She's wearing her usual sweater attire that never fails to make me ask the heavens how she could work out a sweater and her hair is tied up in a tight bun. I didn't even know I was smiling 'till I saw Mrs. Manoban's wicked look on her face as she eyes us both with an eat-shitting smirk.

  "—se" Lisa ends, sucking her lips in as she turns to her mom, eyebrows furrowing. "Wha—Who is she?" she dumbly asks her mom as I feel my jaw slacking. 

Mrs. Manoban's eyebrows shoot up in amusement as a snicker comes out of the same lips Lisa has.

"I don't know, you tell me honey." She replies, crossing her legs while leaning on the doorframe. "Do' tell, darling." 

There comes the accent again—why doesn't Lisa have that Texas accent?

Lisa rolls her eyes and huffs, stepping forward to close the door as her mom jumps to the side to avoid getting hit. "Woah there tiger."

"So I'm off to Jisoo's , I'll call you." she mumbles, frowning at me as her mom continues to study us with a glint in her eye. I open my mouth to say something but Lisa's already walking past me, and to the stones of her house. Sighing, I smile at her mom who gives me a salute again before disappearing back inside her house as I quickly spin on the balls of my feet and chase her just as she nearly collides with Joy's car.

"Lisa—wait up!" I call out to her, flexing my fingers as my arms start to numb with the heavy baggage.
"Can you stop—" 

She turns to me, and growls lowly. "Stop following me Chaeyoung, I don't want to hear it." She grunts, shaking her head as she watches me take the last few steps to stand right in front of her, not missing the way her eyes cast down to the objects on my hands. 

Frowning, she chuckles sarcastically. "Is that for me?" she asks, tilting her head to the side as I nod furiously. "Thanks but no thanks." She sighs, scratching her head with a frustrated expression.

"Chaeyoung, let's do all of us a favor and not try anymore? I mean, it's better this way—I stay a nerd and you stay head cheerleader, it's never going to work out."

In the corner of my eye, I see Joy watching us intensely through the half-open window which I'm grateful that Lisa hasn't noticed about yet, I don't know if she'd be pissed if I brought along someone with me or something. I just needed Joy to be here. Alice wanted to help but college got in the way.