"Jennie, stop." I tell her as I try my best to get past her. "Don't do this Jungkook. Don't tie yourself down to someone like her." She tells me making me look at her pissed. "Excuse me? Someone like her? What's that supposed to mean?" My eyebrows knit. "She told me she doesn't even like you." She says. I raise an eyebrow, "Since when do you talk to Lalisa? I've heard rumors that you don't even like her. So I don't think she would even care to talk to you." I tell her.

"Like I don't care to talk to you right now." She stands in front of me, "Where are you going anyways? Does your mother even know? Do I have to call her and tell her you're being sneaky?" She asks. "None of your business, that's where." She pops out a hip and sets her hand on her chest. "I'm hurt, I'm honestly hurt Jungkook. Hurt by the fact that you would even talk to me like that." She pushes her hair off her shoulder and raises an eyebrow. "See what you've learned from her?" She walks up to me, "She's taught you to talk to me like this?" She asks.

"No, you've taught me to talk to you like this." I tell her. "Oh really? How so? All my life I looked after you and cared for you, and now you treat me like this. I feel so betrayed." I let out a breath, "I guess that's too bad. I don't need you to look after me or care for me anymore. What about when I told you that I loved you? And you didn't care? Don't you think I felt betrayed and hurt then? Oh, but when it comes to you feeling this way, it's like a horrible sin. Or an abomination."

Her eyebrows knit, "I'm not that little close minded and helpless boy who loves you anymore, that little puppy dog who followed you everywhere and hoped for something more. You don't have to worry about me.", "But I do." She says quickly, as if she had ignored everything that I just said to her. Typical Jennie.. ignoring me. "Well, don't. Are you gonna cry to my mother about this too? Goodluck." I walk past her finally and make my way out to the back of the school.

**

I stare at the spot he once stood in, "You know... I really don't get you. You say you love me, and can't admit that you're in love with Jungkook too. Yet, here you are trying to rip Jungkook and Lalisa apart." I hear his voice, then I turn to him. "I don't love him, and I'm only doing this for his own good. Because I care for him like a little brother." I say. "Don't try to play me for a fool, I know what I see. I know for a fact that you don't like her because she's with Jungkook and she got all the attention when she first arrived, specially his attention." He tells me. "Taehyung, all of this is just in your head. I'm not in love with Jungkook." I completely ignore what he said about that dog.

"All in my head? Now are you trying to tell me that I'm delusional or something? So what was right in front of my face, was some sort of acted out skit. Or maybe..." the tone of his voice changes to sarcasm, he taps his chin and looks up at the ceiling of the hallway. "Maybe I'm not even here right now. Maybe I had fallen asleep in class and I'm dreaming that all of this is happening." He licks his lips and looks at me. "Cause I should know that my girlfriend would have more respect for me and would not do this to me. But I guess I was wrong to trust you."

I shake my head. "You don't love me Jennie. You don't.", "I do! I do! I really do, Taehyung. You don't understand how much I love you. I'd never love anyone else other than you. You're the one for me and we both know it. And I didn't mean that you're delusional. I'm sorry."

His face looks so serious and I'm not even going to lie, he looks unbelievably hot when he's serious. Though I shouldn't even be thinking about the way he looks right now, this is serious.. I can lose Taehyung, then I'll have nothing. "Prove it, prove that you love me by not talking to Jungkook in school." He says. "Fine." I say. "I'm tired of seeing you act different around him." My eyebrows knit, "Excuse me? I don't act different around him." I say. He raises an eyebrow. "You're getting all offensive about it." I roll my eyes. "No I'm not.", "Give me a reason to stay." He demands.

"A reason to stay?" I ask him. "I thought you had ears." I look at him shocked. "Taehyung, I would have never thought that you'd talk to me like this." I say. "So you're going to give me the same talk you gave Jungkook? Let's play guess who, then you can make up a person and we can see if they're the one who has influenced me to speak to you like this." I'm choked up.

"Then give me a damn reason, Jennie." He says. "I don't love Jungkook." I lie. "Say it one more time.", "I don't love Jungkook." He walks up to me and grabs my face, my hands clasping onto his forearm. "Don't give me a reason to hurt myself Jennie." He whispers dangerously low, only for our ears to hear. "Don't hurt yourself." I whisper.

"I swear on my life, I'll hate myself if I lose you. I'll probably do something that I'll regret." I shake my head. "Yes." He says. "No." I tell him. "You're mine, Jennie." He says. I nod quickly. "I know." I answer. "Not his.", "I'm not." He clashes his lips with mine and I kiss him back. Why can't I stop myself from loving Jungkook? He was always the annoying fly on my butt. He was too quiet for me and did everything I told him to.

Maybe it's just the physical things I think I like about him. When really, Jungkook isn't really anything to me. Okay.. I'll pretend that I believe that.

**

So this is how it feels to have the girl you're in love with, lie to you. Why am I okay with this? Because I don't want to be alone. I'm always alone.

**

I shake off what happened a few minutes ago with Jennie. I wouldn't want to have a bad attitude when I'm around Lalisa and everyone else. I don't believe Jennie anyways, so I'm not going to put too much thought into it. I run up to the baseball field near the track. I see Jimin and Chae waiting for me. Luckily they were able to save me a spot, it looks pretty packed. "Aye! What took you so long?" Jimin asks me.

"Just an incident that means nothing." I say as I take the seat next to Jimin, which I already regret letting out into the open because now I know he's going to guess correctly. "Was it Jenn-", "It really doesn't matter now, and I don't really care. That's why I said it meant nothing." They both stare at me for a while and I just stare out to the field where both teams are warming up and I see Lalisa. "Lalisa looks cute in her uniform, don't you think?" I say, trying to change the subject.

They just continue to stare at me, waiting for me to say something. Fine, I'll ask something that will really catch their attention. "How do I French kiss? I want to know so I can do it." I say. I hear Chae screeching like crazy and she smacks Jimin's arm which only makes him look at me with wiggly eyebrows. "It's easier if you just build up to it. Small kisses, then more where you're opening your mouth a lot, before you stick your tongue in her mouth." Well, that got them off the topic quickly.

"And it's not like you wrap your tongue around hers. Maybe a little bit, but most of it you're just massaging hers with yours.", "Okay, so what else should I do?" I ask Jimin as we wait for the game to start. "Be gentle, don't pull so hard.", "Make sure to run your fingers through her hair, girls like that." Chaeyoung tells me. Yeah, they're really giving me tips on French kissing. And I thought that they would just tell me to look up videos to learn about how to French kiss.

They're a very open couple, explains why they can just eat eachothers face at the table during lunch in front of others. "Do it somewhere away from everyone." Jimin says. "Let her learn from you." Chaeyoung adds. "Don't be so stiff or it won't work as good." He straightens his back for emphasis. I nod. "So when do you think you'll do it?" Chaeyoung asks quickly. "I don't know." I whisper as I blush really hard.

Jimin and I were already talking about technique at lunch, I'm serious about this new kiss. I want to impress Lalisa and also show her I really love her with a passionate kiss. I've even been practicing tongue flexes. "The game is starting!" Chaeyoung exclaims. "Here, for later." Jimin hands me a piece of gum. "Thanks." I whisper a bit nervous, and I shove it in my mouth. "Hopefully that won't be the only thing in your mouth today." Jimin says making me blush. "Jimin, you shouldn't be saying those things right now." I say, trying to hide the fact that I'm nervous. Lalisa's tongue in my mouth!?

Ha! It's pretty hot today. Was that a bird? Oh! I just saw a lizard.

"Oh shush Jungkook, you're the one who brought it up. So I know that you want to talk about it." Jimin says. "Hmmmmmmm." I whine as I touch my face with my hands. I quickly pull out my phone and record for my mother. "First up to bat is number 10, Kim Jaeun.", "BAAAAAATTER UP! Batter up batter up batter uuuuuuuuuuuup!" Our team sings. I hear banging on the floor and the gate shaking from the dugout. The pitcher throws our team a glare for being obnoxious, before she throws a pitch and Jaeun hits it as hard as she could. That ball goes flying and she makes it to first base. A couple more girls go up, we get a couple runs before we get two outs and bases are currently loaded.

"Next up, number 03, Lalisa Manoban." Jimin, Chae and I scream as loud as we can. My throat hurts from screaming so hard. She looks so good in her uniform. She stays outside of the box and fixed her cap. Tapped the bottom of each shoe with the head of the bat before she stepped into the batting box. She raises her bat and her feet shift side to side and she waits for the pitch. When the pitcher gets ready, our team starts to yell. "ooooooh!!!! ooooooooH!! OOOOOOOOH!!" The longer she waits, they gradually get louder.

She finally throws the ball and I've never seen someone swing so fast. I wouldn't be surprised if the bat had a dent in it. One thing to say, the ball was gone! G-O-N-E. Over the gate it went and everyone is screaming their heads off. It's only the first inning and that just happened. Lalisa gently tosses the bat on the grass near the dugout and jogs all three bases. 7-0 is the score now thanks to Lalisa. When she makes it to home plate the whole team is there to cheer for her and they're all shoving her, patting her on the back and telling her she did such a great job.

She has the biggest smile on her face and she's laughing as her teammates hug her. She looks out to the crowd and I shoot up and wave at her. She smiles as she waves at me before she's pulled into the dugout. I smile to myself as I slowly sit down. "Waaachuu!" I hear Jimin. And what this means is Jimin is telling me that I'm whipped. My smile instantly goes away and I look at him quickly. "Waachuu!" I say back at him, he laughs and nods. "True." Is all he said before he sits up straight and pulls Chae under his arm.

She hugs on him and I stare forward. The girl that was just up got striked out and our team goes out to the field. Lalisa is put on first base and Kim Jaeun is pitcher. It is already a quick end to the inning when every hit was being caught by outfielders and shortstops. And it's quickly the second inning, this is going to be fast game.

By the sixth inning the other team had gotten some runs in and the score was 19-9. The other team is up, just then they get a hit and another run. I see Jaeun shaking her hand and she looks at the coach, giving her a sign that she's done. "Switch the pitcher!" Is yelled in the stands on our side. The coach calls a timeout and the catcher and pitcher run over. We all wait patiently for the next pitcher to be announced.

Lalisa is then called out towards them and then it's quickly decided that Lalisa will finish the last two innings strong. Everyone cheers for Jaeun who has brought our team to victory for as long as she could. Lalisa runs out to the mount and they let her throw a couple of practice pitches and they're obviously amazing. Our side cheers for her and then the game continues with every batter that steps up to the plate getting striked out.

**

"Great job today Lalisa!" People kept telling her as left the field to meet up with us. I look down at my phone and check the videos I have for my mother to watch when I get home. "Thank you!" She'd bow and thank those who congratulated her. She finally walks up to us and she smiles wide. "25-10." I say. "You were so great." Chae told her. "I agree." Jimin nods. "Wow, I came here to be surprised and taken away by your skills and that's what happened." I tell her. She walks up to me and JiYoung step back to give us some space.

"Thank you for coming and watching me." She says. "Of course I'm going to support my girl." And I see her face turn pink. I've never said that before. Oh gosh! It felt so nice. "Thank you for supporting me." She smiles as she looks up at me and her hat seems to cover eyes a bit. "We're gonna to get going, Chae's mother is making dinner and she invited me." Jimin says. "Okay, Bye." I say, we all exchange farewells and they walk away. Lalisa's face seems pinker than ever. Chae must have said something to her.

"Lalisa.. before I walk you home.. can I take you somewhere?" I ask. She nods and I take her hand. I pull her away from everyone. I find a perfect spot. It was in the back of the school and it had a nice view of the setting sun. "Lalisa.." I whisper as she presses herself against the wall. She looks up at me, her face is pink like she knows what I'm going to do. Just go for it Jungkook!

I set my hand on her baseball bag and pull it off her shoulder, setting it on the floor. I also gently take off her hat and she quickly fixes her bangs. I gently hold her face and she waits patiently for me to make a move. I slowly lean into her soft face and press my lips against hers. Her arms wrap around me, and I wait for the right time. Slowly building up to it like Jimin said to, taking it slow like Chaeyoung suggested.

She follows my lead, I step closer to her. My heart pounding in my chest so hard I can't help but put all the emotion I can into the kiss that I'm sharing with her right now. Her hands lightly gripping the back of my shirt. I feel like the time is right, come on Jungkook. Don't mess it up now, calm down. When her lips part, I gently push my tongue into her mouth. Her hands grip my shirt tighter and I hear her gasp. I straighten my back and I try to think of all the things Jimin told me. I feel like I'm doing well, I nearly want to faint when she does it back to me and my heart wants to burst like a balloon.

The kiss doesn't last long and we slowly disconnect our lips. But we leave our faces close to each other. "Lalisa.. I'm in love with you." I say, the blood in my veins pounding along with my heart. "You are?" She asks. A smile slowly works up on my lips and I look at her finally. "Yes... I am, very much." I tell her. "How do you know that you are?" She asks. I slightly pull away from her. "Well... when I see you, my heart instantly begins to beat really weird." She slowly lets out a breath, as if she's agreeing with me.

I'm getting flashbacks of when we were at the upperclassmen trip and I told her that I liked her, only now I'm telling her that I love her. And it's so much more special. Especially because of the kiss we just shared.

"And it's like everything is in slow motion when you smile." Her cheeks become rosy and I can tell that she's trying not to smile. "When I kiss you, I feel like I'm on a cloud." She's not even blinking now, she's just staring at me. "When I'm with you I feel so alive and like my true self." I raise my hand and touch her soft hair, "I only feel this with you Lalisa... I don't feel this with anyone else." I search her face.

"Wow Jungkook.. you really know how to make my heart pound." She smiles as she presses her forehead against my chest. I feel her hug me tighter. "I'm in love with you too, Jungkook." She looks up at me, her face pink. "The way you make me feel.. I've never felt for someone before, that's why I know that you're special." She meets my eyes. It's like we stare at each other for a few seconds, wow... someone is in love with me? This is unbelievable.

"Lalisa, back at the upperclassmen field trip I heard you say that you loved me." I had to tell her. I hear her gasp lightly as her hand went over her mouth. "But when I heard you, it cleared everything up with my feelings. I guess if I would have never heard you that day, I would have still been hooked on Jennie and I wouldn't be with you right now." Her face is pinker than ever. Is she embarrassed?

"That's so embarrassing, oh my gosh." She whispers as she holds her face. "No, I think that it's really sweet." I tell her. She looks at me with those eyes. "I can't believe you knew all this time.", "It was kind of a little guilty pleasure of mine." Now she's really red. "Besides the fact that you had admitted it while crying, made me want to be around you and all I wanted to do was hug you.", "Everything adds up now.." She whispers. "Yeah, I'm too obvious." She chuckles and drops her hands.

I grab her hands in mine. She smiles wide. "Jungkook." She starts, her face now becoming serious, "Yes." I say a bit nervous. What if she changed her mind about loving me? What if she really doesn't and I'm about to get my heart broken again. "I want to tell you what happened with BamBam, but I want to wait." I let out a breath of relief. "Okay, that's fine. Don't even worry about it, there's no rush." I tell her. She lets out a breath of relief as well. "Let me walk you home." I tell her. "Okay." She says. "You really surprised me today, you're really great." I tell her.

"Thank you, I love playing." She tells me. I smile, "Can I just say it again?" I ask. She chuckles and before she can answer me, I pull her close her lift her up a bit making her hug my neck and she looks down at me as she smiles wide and laughs. "I love you." I tell her. She pecks my lips, "I'm so in love with you." I whisper for only our ears to hear. She kisses me a little longer. The butterflies in my stomach are exploding left and right and I just want to take off like a rocket into the sky.

She lifts her head before she presses her lips against my ear. "You have my heart Jungkook." She whispers. I shut my eyes tight and press my face in her neck. I let out a breath as I smile and I listen to my heart as I slowly set her on the floor again.

**

I don't know what to say or feel at this moment. Jungkook just told me that he loves me and I love him back. I really do and everything that happened today before lunch, just drifted away. Everything just washed away like dirt on my feet. I feel so much better about how I feel about Jungkook and how he feels about me.

Also with the fact that whatever Jennie tells me after this point about how she thinks Jungkook is, isn't accurate at all. In the back of my mind from now on, I'm going to know that Jungkook loves me for the time being. "I'm so excited about the trip." He tells me. "Me too." I tell him as I hold his arm as we walk off campus. "I've got to learn your skills with how amazing you are, seriously." I hear him say. I chuckle, "Nooo." I say. "You don't mind if I call you my girl, do you?" He asks. My face heats up.

"If you'd like." I say. I chuckle to myself as I find it so funny about how he jumps around on different topics. I'm very discouraged when it's only been a couple of minutes before we have already made it to the front of my house. He walks me up to my porch. I stand on one step so that I'm taller than him. "Jungkook.. I just want to thank you again for everything. It really means a lot that all you've done for me after the incident with..." I can't find myself to say it. "There's really no need to thank me. I'd do anything for you." He says.

I smile and set my hands on his face. "I'm just so happy that you're okay." He nods. "Lalisa! You're home? Did you win the game?" I hear my mother and he grins as he peeks his head out from in front me. "AH! Jungkookie! My darling!" She exclaims making me face her now. "Lalisa was amazing, you should watch her play some day." My mother smiles wide, "We definitely will." She says. I smile slowly as I continue to stare at Jungkook.

How did I get so lucky?

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