Jennie's pov:
Me and the girls all stand in a circle as we wait while coach talks with the announcers.
"This is pissing me off, I'm about to go up there and mess someone's face up." Suzy says from me across our little circle.
"As tempted as I am, we have to let coach talk to them first." Lisa says right next to me as she crosses her arms over her chest.
"I didn't even see one single person with drugs on our team." Seulgi says squinting her eyes and looking over at the rest of their team who where silently sitting in the stands watching eagerly as coach talks while throwing his hands up in the air.
It's been over twenty minutes and nothing has been clarified yet.
When the announcement was first made, the crowd cried out immediately.
"I didn't know a whole team could get disqualified because of one person." Ryujin says from beside me.
"Well, it depends. If it was a little tournament and it was for sure that it was only one person, then she would just not participate, get suspended, or get kicked off the team." Lisa says.
"But why is the whole team getting disqualified?" Ryujin asks.
"They don't know who exactly brought the drugs. In this case, they might think it was the whole entire team." Lisa says looking back at coach. She continues, "That's why coach is fighting back, we technically didn't get disqualified yet, they can't do that until they do a check."
"A check?" I question.
They all look at me, "That means they basically will be going through all our stuff trying to find any trace of drugs." Jisoo answers my question.
"Why do they even think someone brought drugs in the first place?" Seulgi asks, but Suzy didn't hesitate to answer.
"Because I bet they had something to do with it." Sh nods her head behind me and we all glance at the other team.
They were all huddled up in a group talking among one another in low whispers.
"Everyone please listen up!!" I hear the announcer speak out.
I watch as the whole crowd grows silent eagerly waiting for what he had to say.
"We will search each and everyone's bags," The announcer says, "including the other team. No one leaves here until this situation is handled properly."
Suddenly, the front door of the room slams open and four policeman walk in.
My eyes go wide as I watch as they bring with them two of those drug sniffing dogs.
I don't know why but I have always wanted to have one of them.
What?
Wouldn't it be so cool to have a police dog?
"Holy shit." Suzy mumbles under her breath watching as they make their way over to the row of bags lined up against the wall.
I feel a squeeze to my hand and I look over to see Lisa looking down at me.
I give her a questionable look but she doesn't say or do anything as she looks back up at them.
She's holding my hand.
I blush as I try not to make a big deal out of it.
Oh you know, just the girl I have feelings for is holding my hand.
Not freaking out or anything.
Nope.
Not at all.
"Uhm. I'm getting food." I say out of nowhere.
The girls look at me with amused faces, "Now?" Jisoo says laughing at my awful timing.
Okay, so not the best time.
They are looking for drugs and I am thinking about food.
But come on, I am like the worst stress eater on the planet.
I feel stress, I eat.
"I'll come with." Ryujin says.
Lisa lets go of my hand as me and Ryujin go up to the rather, longer line of people waiting to get food.
As we make our way to the back of the line, Ryujin lifts an eyebrow at me.
I tried to ignore it, but every time I would glance at her, she would do it again.
And again.
And again.
And again!!!
"What?!!"
"Hmm nothing." Ryujin says smiling to herself walking forward in the line.
"No tell me." I demand as I try to get her to look at me.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." She says still trying to hide her smile.
"Ryujin!!" I whine.
"I didn't want to point this out but, you like Lisa don't you?"
"Are you serious!" I cover my eyes with the back of my hand.
First Suzy now Ryujin?!
Ughh.
And I being that obvious??!
She laughs at my expression, which makes me remove the back of my hand from my eyes.
"How could you tell?"
She didn't hesitate to answer. "Well, I started to assume things on Tuesday."
Tuesday? But why Tuesday -..
Oh. My. Gosh.
The day after the dinner at my house where Lisa came into my room.
Where we almost kissed.
Ryujin, still laughing at my expression, pushes me a little forward in the line.
In attempt to distract myself from this embarrassing conversation, I look over at the policeman who were first inspecting the other teams.
"Can I tell you a secret?" Ryujin asks, her voice now serious.
I nod at her signaling her that she can.
"Lisa... well, she has always been there for me. And although it may seem that she just sees you as a friend, it's more than that. Jennie, she really cares about you a lot." She says.
I am at a loss of words. "A lot?" I ask.
"A lot." She says.
I look down at Lisa from the top of the stands where the concession was to see her already looking up at me.
I give her a small smile to which she grins back.
I feel a tap on my shoulder and I look up to see the cashier lady annoyingly looking at me while tapping her finger against the counter.
"May I help you?" She says in a bored tone.
I pause for a moment. "Can I have," I look over at Ryujin, "two bags of potato chips." She nods her head while I pay.
Once I get the two bags, I hand one to Ryujin.
Her hesitatingly takes it. "Are you sure? I can pay you back." But I shush her.
"Ryujin, please just eat it." I laugh out.
We start to head down to the girls but Ryujin stops me.
"Wait, follow me." She says.
I nod my head as she leads me to an empty spot in the stands.
It was right above where the other team was.
She puts a finger over her mouth signaling me to be quiet as we listen in on two girls talking to each other.
I couldn't make out all the words.
Only blue back.
What in the world is a blue back?
I give Ryujin a questionable look but she only shrugs her shoulders in response.
I look around the room but I don't see anything.
I once again meet eyes with Lisa from across the box and she mouths something.
I move my head to the side telling her I didn't understand what she was saying.
'What are you doing?' I see her mouth again slowly.
I shrug my shoulders at her like Ryujin previously did to me.
We start to walk back to the girls.
"Blue back?" Ryujin whispers to me.
"I have no idea what that means." I whisper back to her.
I look back at the rival team who were all engaged in conversation.
Except one.
She was staring off to somewhere opposite from us in the stands.
I follow her gaze to an older guy in the stands.
But there was something odd about him.
Sitting next to him was a cane and a bright blue bag.
Wait.
The girl didn't say blue back.. she said..
"Ryujin, blue bag. She didn't say blue back, she said blue bag." I whisper loudly to her.
Ryujin's eyes go wide as I point to the older man with the blue bag right beside him.
Instead of walking over to the girls, me and Ryujin change direction walking over to the older man.
When I am a little closer, I realize that the bag has a symbol of the other teams logo.
It wasn't just a bag, it was a boxing bag.
"Excuse me." I say walking up to the older man.
His eyes go wide.
Guilty, definitely guilty.
Ryujin starts talking, "I believe you have one of the boxing bags, it's going to need checked." She says attempting to grab the bag.
But the older man pushes it away out of his reach.
"This isn't yours young lady." He says holding the bag with both of his arms.
"If you don't hand over the bag, we won't hesitate to report you." Ryujin says crossing her arms over her chest.
This was the first time I have ever seen her like this.
She wasn't the shy kid right now, she wasn't letting anyone, especially this old man drag her down.
The old man hesitatingly hands over the bag, but I watch as he secretly tries to open a zipper near the front.
But he didn't get to finish because Ryujin ripped the bag away from him.
We run down to where the investigations were happening.
I look over to see the rival team staring at the bag wide eyed.
Coach walks up to me, "Where did you get this? All the other teams bags were checked." He asks.
"We think that they were trying to hide this bag." Ryujin says.
A police man walks over and takes the bag out of my arms.
He brings one of the dogs over.
The whole crowd grows even more silent as we wait for the dog to sniff out the bag.
Not a second later.. the dog started making a loud barking sound.
The police man digs in the bag and pulls out a small bag of steroids.
The whole crowd starts talking all at once.
Coach nods at me and Ryujin and smiles.
But the moment was short lived because the second dog started barking also.
We look over to the row of bags to see that the dog was barking at one of the girls on Lisa's teams bag.
Another police officer walks over and pulls out another bag of steroids.
It wasn't just their team, someone on Lisa's team brought steroids also.
But it couldn't be, the bags looked identical... too identical.
I feel a presence behind me and I look over to see Lisa looking at the bag with anger.
I look over at coach as he picks up the bag and inspects it.
"This isn't our bag." Coach says. He hands it over to the announcer.
"What does he mean?" I whisper to Lisa.
"Every team member has a bag with their logo on it. They can only bring these bags into the arena if the label is on it." She says.
I nod my head.
Then how did it get here in the first place?
"It seems that the home team is not being disqualified, for the other team has been using steroids." The announcer says.
He than looks at the bag in coaches hand. His eyes squint and he walks over to the bag.
It was just a smile black bag, except one little key difference.
It had a blue string attached to it.
It was almost like a piece of hair, hardly detectable.
The announcer picks it up. It was the same exact color as the other teams uniform.
"Not only is the other team getting disqualified for the use of drugs, but also for fraud." He says.
Our whole side of the arena stands up and cheers.
I look over at the girls to see them all smiling and laughing as they race over to the trophy sitting on the table.
I was happy.
Well, again.
I smile and gather my things together.
I start to walk up the stairs to leave but I feel someone grab my arm.
I turn around to face Lisa with a confused look on her face.
"Where are you going?" She asks.
"Uh, home?" I say, well more as a question.
"Do you have a ride?"
"I was just going to call my mom -.. " but next thing I know, my phone is being swiped out of my hand.
I look over at Lisa with a glare.
"What was that for?" I ask trying to grab my phone back from her.
She only holds it farther and farther away the closer I get.
"Nope, you said that I'm stuck with you, so guess who's driving you home?" She says with a smirk on her face.
I groan. "I knew you would use that against me." I say closing my eyes.
Her smirk grows wider. "Well, I want food, so wait here and let me get my stuff." She says.
I just stand there shocked as she throws me my phone and jogs over to her bag.
Once she gets everything, we say bye to the girls and we head into her car.
I just sit there silently as she takes us somewhere.
"Where are we going?" I ask.
"You'll find out soon. Be patient." She says keeping her eyes on the road.
I lean back in my seat and stare out the window.
"You know, it was pretty cool what you did back there." I hear Lisa say.
"Did what?" I ask.
"You know, find out the other team were the ones who had the drugs all along."
"No, that was all Ryujin. You know, she's a great kid."
"Yeah she is."
"I just hope she doesn't turn out like you." I say in horror.
"What is that suppose to mean!!" Lisa says looking at me at a red light.
I try to look away from her.
"Uh.. oh.. look at that.. grass."
"Mhm, I'm not that bad." Lisa says keeping her eyes on me.
I only laugh in response. "If you say so... " I smile as she glares at me.
"Please, coming from the one who rolled across her bedroom floor. Or did you forget?" Lisa says smiling at me.
I only blush in response. "Please don't bring that up." I cringe covering my face with my hands.
"Or the time when -.. " she starts to say but I quickly cover my hand over her mouth.
"Don't you dare finish that sentence."
"Only if you say please." She mumbles under my hand.
"No."
"Yes." She says removing my hand.
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"I am not doing this again." I say to Lisa who was smiling.
The green light comes on and she looks back at the road ahead.
"You know you missed me." She says throwing me a wink.
I quickly turn towards the window.
Because she was right, I did miss her.
A lot.