A few weeks later, it seemed that for Lalisa, everything was falling into place. Nothing was a disaster, besides the continuous harassment from Jennie at school. Her parents adored Jungkook, and they always asked about him. Her father seemed to be getting his health back, her mother was taking more time off of work. Her parents even invited Jungkook to their family trip they planned in a few days. Jungkook's mother approved because she got along with Lalisa's parents. Not to forget the fact that Jungkook's mother never stopped asking for Lalisa.

In the mix of all this, it was easy for people to see the change. Jungkook was always out after studying, both him and Lalisa were actually job hunting together. When she said that she was looking for jobs, he said he wanted to work too. Completely trimming around the bush, the fact was, Lalisa wasn't his official girlfriend. They hadn't locked lips since the field trip. He figured she wanted to wait until they were officially together.

He just wanted to be closer to her, and strangely enough. Every night after he was with Lalisa, he had a dream about Jennie. Most of the time, the dreams would remind Jungkook about Jennie. It was quite a magical thing, how Lalisa caused Jungkook's heart to drop Jennie so quickly. Jungkook had always thought that he wouldn't be able to get over Jennie, but he did. It took the right girl, at the right time, while making the right moves.

The school trip would have ended differently if certain moments didn't take place. Jungkook would still be in love with Jennie and Lalisa would still be confused about her feelings for him. If it doesn't seem like things have fallen into place yet, they will soon enough.

**

•A month after upperclassman trip•

"Jungkookie, are you going to see Lalisa?" My mother asks me. "Why?" I ask. "Jungkooooook, I asked you a question to give me the right response, not answer my question with a question." She crosses her arms over her chest. I'm slipping on my timberlands. "I could smell your cologne from a while away." She says. "Yes, I'm going to go see her." I finally say. "Jennie and her mother are coming over for dinner, be back before." She tells me, I bite my lip. I literally haven't thought about Jennie once.

"Okay." I say simply. "Haven't you talked to Jennie?" She asks, my jaw clinching at the sound of her name. "No Eomma, I always tell you that she's not my friend and she's too busy with her boyfriend and theatre." I explain. "Okay, well tonight is going to change. You're going to be her friend again, you hear me?" She asks. "Yes Eomma." I answer. "Good, now get on out of here lover boy. Tell her parents I said hi and give the cutie a hug for me." She says. I quickly nod, walking up to give her a hug and a kiss before I leave the house.

I smile and look up at the sky, the light blue color camouflaging the fluffy white clouds. What a great day, no, it's always a great day to be with Lalisa. I'm going to do it today, I'm going to ask her to be my- "Jungkook?" I freeze to the sound of her voice. I slowly turn my head and face her, haven't done it in a while. It makes me thankful that I just see her as Jennie now, nothing more. "Ah, I thought it was you." She grins. I slowly nod. Who else would it be, walking out of MY house?

"My mother told me that we're coming over to have dinner.", "Yup." I answer. She slowly pulls her hair behind her ear. My phone then beeps, I look down at it, smiling.

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Lalisa💝-
Jungkook!!! I got hired at the ice cream shop!

Me-
That's so great! I hope I get a call back from some of the jobs I applied at.

Lalisa💝-
I'm sure you will! Don't worry. Still up for ice cream?

Me-
Yes! I'll be right there. :)

Lalisa💝-
Okay. :)
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My phone then rings and it's an unknown number. "I have to go." I say, not letting her answer, before continuing my walk down the sidewalk. I answer the call. "Hello?", "Hi, is this Jeon Jungkook?" I slowly smile, could this be? "Yes, this is Jeon Jungkook, who am I speaking to?" I ask, "This is the manager of the GoGo Bakery, Kim Namjoon. I wanted to inform you that you were one of the applicants that really caught our attention for the open position at our shop. I wanted to know if you were still interested? If you are, you got the job." 

"Yes, I'm still interested. When would I be able to come in?" I ask, "Oh, next week would be perfect.", "Okay, I'll be there. Thank you for the call." The manager then hangs up the call and I can't stop smiling. I walk faster to Lalisa's house, I can't wait to tell her the news! She was right about me getting called back. My mind then wanders to Jennie, why was she acting all nice to me all of a sudden? Not that she's never nice to me, it's just that she's confusing. I don't understand her.

When I make it to Lalisa's house, she's barely walking out the front door. She smiles wide. "Guess what?" I ask her. "What?" She asks locking the house, her parents are at work. "Right after you texted me the manager from the bakery, just across the street from the ice cream shop, called me telling me that I got the job." Her jaw drops and she shrieks. "Wow! What are the odds!? This is great! Now we really have to have ice cream, we have to celebrate." She nods.

"I know, I was so excited when I got the call. And I was kind of hoping it would be from the ice cream shop but the bakery is still cool." I nod as she walks quickly down the doorsteps from her house and up to me on the sidewalk. She hugs me and I hug her back. "I can talk to my new manager Mr. Min." She says. "Oh no, it's okay. I feel that the first job offer is meant to be. And plus, I'll get too distracted if I work with you." I start as I walk down the sidewalk.

She's frozen at first, then runs after me, "What!? I wouldn't distract you." She rebuttals. "Oh, yes you would." I nod. She frowns and I smile, "How?" She asks, "With those beautiful brown eyes of yours." Her eyes widen before her face turns pink. I lightly chuckle to myself. "They wouldn't distract you.." She whispers. "Oooh, I think they would." I nod. "Then I won't look at you." She says. "Oh really? You won't look at me?" I ask her. She smiles wide, "Yup." She laughs. I stop in my tracks and look at her. "You're looking at me now." I say. She quickly looks away from me.

"YOU LITTLE!" She screeches and runs down the sidewalk, I run after her. "NO JUNGKOOK! Please!!" She laughs as I'm catching up to her. When I'm close enough I wrap my arms around her and gently push my fingers into her sides. "Jungkook!!" She cries as she's laughing hysterically. I finally stop tickling her and I turn her around to face me but she turns her head in a opposite direction. "Lalisaaaaa." I whine like an idiot, this girl will make me act in ways I didn't think I would. "Look at meeee." I laugh, only causing her to laugh harder.

I wrap my arms tighter around her, she sets her hands on my shoulders. "Look at me." I whisper in her ear, it's really quiet now. I pull my head back and she slowly looks at me, gosh... those beautiful eyes. I smile. "You know... I've been meaning to ask you out on a date." I finally say. Her eyes seem to light up, she lightly pushes my arms off of her. "You'll have to ask the old man." She laughs, a nervous laugh? "Oh, I don't have a problem with that." I say. She raises an eyebrow, "Okay, what ever you say." She smiles before taking my hand and dragging me the rest of the way to the ice cream shop.

I already have a lot of confidence with her parents, they love me. We make it to the ice cream shop and I order our ice cream we always share. Vanilla, mint and chocolate with sprinkles. We sit at our usual spot. "So yes?" I ask out of no where, I'm kind of impatient. "Yes." She smiles looking at me. I feel joy roar inside me. "I'll ask your parents today when I take you home." I say right away. She shrugs, still with that smile on her face, looking down at the ice cream. "Okay." I watch her for a second before getting ice cream on my spoon as well.

**

This is really happening, JEON JUNGKOOK JUST ASKED ME OUT!

Is this a dream? Can someone please pinch me or slap me really hard cause this is unreal to believe. "Oh, so how's your mothers new job going?" I ask, looking up at him before eating the ice cream off my spoon. "She's less stressed out, and she'll be even less stressed now that I have a job." He smiles. "Oh, that's good. I was hoping she'd get out of that warehouse job, they were pushing her too hard." He nods in agreement as he eats his ice cream. "Yes, I agree. She really did need this job." He nods.

"And she called you a cutie today." He adds, I chuckle. "That's new." I say. He shakes his head. "No, she's called you that before." He says. "Oh, I wouldn't know." I laugh. "You never tell me when she calls me a name." I add. He shrugs, "I'll tell you more often then.", "Okay then." I say quickly. He laughs. "Stop.", "Okay then." I say quicker and in a deeper voice. "Weirdo." He laughs. I smack his shoulder making him laugh more. "I'm not a weirdo." I rebuttal.

"Okay, believe that all you want." He says. I roll my eyes and smile. "Ewe, don't do that." Did he just say Ewe!? My jaw drops. "Don't do what?" I ask. "Roll your eyes." He says. "Why?" I ask, crossing my arms. "It doesn't look pretty." He says. I stare at him. I guess he's right. "But don't say Ewe." I laugh. He blushes, "It slipped out, I didn't mean it like you're ugly or anything." I lean forward and ruffle his hair, his face softens. "I'm just kidding Kookie." I tell him. He just nods.

I then use my fingers to squish his cheeks, before I go back to eating my ice cream. He stays looking at me. "What?" I chuckle getting more ice cream with my spoon. "Nothing." He smiles. "Mmhmm." I hum. He slowly lets out a breath and eats some more ice cream. "How's your father? Better?" He asks. I quickly nod, "He's doing great, much healthier.", "That's great." I nod. "So.. um." I look up at him as he struggles to say something. "Jennie and her mother are coming over to dinner tonight, and my mother said I have to be her friend again." He finally says.

"You better listen to your mother Jungkook." I tease. "I know.. but it's just that.. I don't want to be her friend again." He says. I stare at his face for a few seconds before my gazes falls behind him on the pink and mint colored wall. "She's your childhood friend Jungkook, you can't just forget about her. She's like your family." I tell him. It's the advice a true friend would give.. or I'm just in denial. I don't want him to be her friend again, what if she tries to woe him and he realizes his feelings for me are a lie?

That's what I'm afraid of, that he'll see her with the same eyes again. That he'll forget all about me and all that I've been feeling for him will be a waste. "Yeah, but I kind of want nothing to do with her. I always get this bad feeling about her." He says. I stare at the ice cream bowl, it's almost gone. "Do you feel uneasy around her?" He asks making me stiffen up. "Of course not, why would I be uneasy around her?" I ask. He shrugs, "At the field trip you-", "Look.. that was because she was my tent buddy and I didn't know her at the time." I say.

"Lalisa, you need to tell me if something is wrong." He says. "Jungkook, there's nothing wrong." I tell him. He barely even blinks, "Okay." He whispers before we both put our spoon in the bowl, they touch. Well, they always touch but it was different now. I always feel that after the field trip he's been trying to make moves to kiss me.. or I'm wrong. I just don't know how to read things sometimes and I think that he doesn't want to kiss me or if he does. I basically kiss him every time I put my spoon in my mouth, sharing ice cream is swapping spit.

It's quiet for a while, I hate that I can't just rat Jennie out and tell Jungkook that she's been harassing me nonstop. I couldn't do that, I really can't. I've never been bullied before so I don't know how to react to this than stay quiet. I take a deep breath and stand up, picking up my chair and placing it right next to his. He looks at me and I sit down, our thighs touching. Then I look back at the bowl and finish the ice cream.

As I slowly savor the ice cream on my spoon, I lean against him and press my head on his shoulder. My breathing becoming irregular. I stare ahead as I lick my spoon clean. I set my spoon in the bowl and look at him, my chin on his shoulder. His big brown eyes look at me, I chuckle and use my thumb to clean the ice cream from the corner of his lip. His face turns pink, "It's just ice cream." I tease. Sitting up straight and pressing the thumb I cleaned the ice cream with, against my lips. I can feel his gaze, why did I do that!? I was trying to be cool!? Gosh!!

I stand up and throw the ice cream away, when I turn around Jungkook is right against me. My heart nearly popped. "J-Jungkook, you scared me." I chuckle nervously, he's getting really close. "I'm sorry." He whispers. I fall back against the trash can, he follows. I shake my head, "I-It's fine." Stop stuttering! "You okay?" He asks. "You're stuttering quite a lot." He adds. "I Uh.. I'm great." I smile wide. He slowly nods, a grin on those lips. "That's great." He still doesn't back off of me.

"Oh yeah, it's great, I'm great, you're great, we're all great. The day is great, the ice cream was great." I'm just blabbering now, great. ENOUGH WITH THE GREAT! He chuckles, the tips of his fingers pulling hair behind my ear. "Why are you nervous.. Lalisa?" He asks. Oh please, you know what you're doing Jungkook. He chuckles catching me off guard, "Excuse me? What am I doing?" I smack my hand over my mouth. NO! I said that out loud!?

**

"Why are you nervous.. Lalisa?" I ask her. "Oh please you know what you're doing Jungkook." She says. I chuckle. "Excuse me? What am I doing?" She smacks her hand over her mouth, I'm guessing I wasn't supposed to know about that? "Oooh my gosh. That was supposed to be in my head." She whispers. I gently move her hand away, I don't know what's wrong with me. I've been craving her lips, I've become addicted. "Ice cream shop is closing early today." Is said from the front counter. Dang it.

"Okay, we'll be on our way out." I take a step back from her. We walk out of the shop, I'm extremely disappointed, why didn't I just kiss her!? When we're walking out onto the sidewalk I feel a force yank my hand. She sets her hands on my chest to hold me in place, she's leaning against the side of the ice cream shop. I stare down at her, she wants to kiss me too.. doesn't she? I respectfully place my hands on her back. Her eyes stare at my lips and I lean in, she meets me half way.

My heart might explode. Okay, Lalisa would think I'm the weirdest kid in the world if I told her I looked up videos on YouTube to improve my kissing. Oh gosh, I feel so embarrassed saying it in my head. I'm such a milk dud. Let me just say, practicing on the back of my hand really isn't helpful. She's so sweet, the taste of the ice cream and her lip balm is enough to give me a tooth ache.. a cavity even.

She slowly pulls her head back and looks at me, "I'm sorry.. I-" I instantly shake my head. "I wanted to.. I've been wanting to for the past few months." Her cheeks heat up. "Wh-What?" She asks. "Ever since our several kisses on that field trip, I've been wanting to kiss you again." Wow! What's this courage!? Pat myself on the back, nice! She smiles, biting her bottom lip. "Glad to hear you feel that way." I smile. "Yeah..." I whisper. A phone rings and we both pull them out of our pockets. I look down at my phone. I get the idea that it's her phone, not mine. I say. "It's my mother." She says.

"What'd she say?" I ask, being nosey. "I have to go home.." she frowns. "I'll walk you." I tell her. I grab her hand and we start on our walk back to her house. We talk about little things, but sadly it didn't take long for us to make it to her house. I walk her to the door and it opens right away, I slowly let go of her hand. "Ah, Jungkook. It's always a pleasure to see you." Her father says to me. I smile and nod my head to him, bowing. "Its a pleasure to see you too Mr Manoban." I say.

"Did you two have a great day?" He asks. "Of course, everyday I spend with your daughter is a great day." He smiles at my words. "Can you come in for a second?" He asks, "Yes, of course." I tell him. He moves aside and Lalisa and I walk in together. He closes the door behind us. "Why don't you come with me, son?" He says. I follow him into, what seems to be, his office. "It has come to my attention that you really like being around my daughter." He says, "Yes Sir, I do." I answer him.

"It has also come to my attention that there is a.. how can I put it?" He taps his chin. "There are feelings going around between the both of you. That's very clear to me." He says. "Yes sir, there are." He raises an eyebrow, is he surprised that I'm answering him and that I'm not scared? "What are you trying to pull with my daughter here?... Jungkook." He says. "All my intentions have nothing to do with hurting your daughter sir, I like your daughter very much. I was actually going to ask you and your wife for permission, about me taking your daughter out on a date." I say as calmly as I could, my heart is pounding like crazy.

I might faint, honestly.

Surprisingly he smiles, "Is that so? You both haven't gone on a date before?" He asks. "No sir, of course not, not without permission." I say. "So what have you both been doing for the past few months?" He asks. "We're best friends sir, but now I want to be something more if you'd allow me.", "Your father really raised a fine young man, I'd ought to meet him one day." I bite my tongue. "My mother." I kindly correct him. "Where's your father? He works too much?" I'm guessing Lalisa's mother never told him about my parental situation.

"My father ran out on my mother and I when I was nine sir. So my mother is the one responsible for my impressive behavior, my mother is my everything." I get choked up. He stares at me for a while, and it's like he's judging me. "Well she raised you the right way." He'd kill me if he knew I already kissed his daughter several times. "Yes sir." I nod. "Yes, I approve you dating my daughter." I can't help but smile. "Thank you sir." I bow to him. "And your wife?" I ask. "Oh, she's been bugging me about you, I already know she approves." He says.

My heart leaps with joy. "Would you like to stay for dinner?" He asks. My heart stops, oh no. Dinner. "Thank you for the offer, but my mother is expecting me for dinner, maybe another night?" He nods, "Definitely, thank you for walking her home." He walks me out of his office and to the front door of the house. "Of course, I'd never let her walk alone." He opens the door for me to leave and I step out onto the porch. "La-" she runs out and gives me a hug.

"Bye Jungkook." She says. "Bye." I whisper, hugging her back. "Be safe." She pulls away from me. I wave goodbye before heading back to my house. My phone beeps and I look down at it smiling.

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Lalisa💝-
You seemed to have made my father really happy, what'd you tell him? Haha

Me-
Oh? He's happy? Haha, I just asked for permission to take you on a date and he approved. That's all.

Lalisa💝-
Oh :)

Me-
Tomorrow work for you?

Lalisa💝-
For what?

Me-
Our date silly.

Lalisa💝-
Tomorrow? Wow, you want to go out with me so quickly?

Me-
Yes. You have a problem with that? 🤣

Lalisa💝-
No ☺️

Me-
Good haha.
Ugh, wish me luck with the dinner.

Lalisa💝-
You'll be fine 😂 just look forward to the end of it.

Me-
Okay, I'll try. I'll text you after dinner. ❤

Lalisa 💝-
Okay 😊
-

I look up and smile to myself, my smile instantly drops when I see Jennie and her mother walking out from their front gate. Jennie's mother looks at me and smiles, I return a smile. "Jungkookie!" She waves at me. "Hi auntie." I say walking up to her, she pulls me into a hug and kisses my cheek. "Where are you coming from my precious boy?" She asks. "I was-", "You were with your girlfriend? Your mother told me." She laughs. Of course she did.

I was about to correct her when I smile wide, "Yes, I was with my girlfriend." I say. She screeches. "Oooooh! Jungkookie you're all grown up!" She hugs me again. I feel Jennie's gaze burn into my skin. Oh well, tough.

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