Chapter Twelve

The group sits around in the den watching the unconscious Jessica and waiting for the meeting to end. The doors open and out steps all the girl’s fathers along with Taeyeon. “Girls why is there a girl lying unconscious on my couch?” asks Mr. Kim.

“Ask Taeyeon,” states Hyoyeon while crossing her arms and looking at her sister.

“Taeyeon?”

“Uh…that’s my girl friend,” lies Taeyeon, “and she’s not unconscious she’s just sleeping. She likes to sleep a lot.” Mr. Kim gives her a questioning look before walking out of the room with the rest of the males. Taeyeon turns and looks at Hyoyeon.

“So how’d it go?” asks Yuri.

“Boring as ever,” answers Taeyeon as she kneels down in front of Jessica, “I was in there for at least an hour probably even more. And she’s still unconscious?”

“Well she did wake up and tried to scream. Didn’t you hear that sound?" Taeyeon shakes her head no, "Well anyways Hyoyeon disarmed her again,” answers Yoona. Taeyeon shot a look in Hyoyeon’s direction. “So what are we going to do with her?”

“I vote for dumping her on the door step of her house letting Tiffany handle her. And we go back to normal,” states Sooyoung seriously.

“Yeah you remember last time right? When Sunny figured things out,” states Yuri.

“So all in favor of dumping Jung on her front porch raise your hand,” states Hyoyeon. Taeyeon looks around to see everybody raising their hands.

“We just can’t dump her-“

“Why not? Father does it all the time.” Taeyeon could only groan as she watches Sooyoung and Yoona lift Jessica off the couch. “We’re taking Taeyeon’s car.”

*****

“Now that I think about it, maybe this isn’t such a good idea right?” asks Yuri while looking around to make sure there was no witnesses.

“Don’t be a coward now Yul,” hisses Yoona as she examines the house making sure no one was in the front and could see them.

“I’m not being a coward. But I scored a date with her sister and if we throw her on the porch I’ll probably lose the date.”

“We’re not going to throw this heavy thing,” groans Sooyoung as she begins pulling Jessica out of the back seat. “More like set her down and drive off. And then tomorrow we all return to school and work like nothing ever happened. Taeyeon can return to being a perverted stalker. You go back to being a pathetic flirt. Me running away from Sunny and Yoong too shy to speak to Seohyun,” pulls Jessica out of the car and hands her over to Yoona.

“Now set her on the doorstep. Ring the bell and run back to the car. Got it?” orders Hyoyeon as she revs the car. Yoona nods her head and makes her way to the door step setting Jessica down. She watches as Sooyoung and Yuri climb into the back seat before pressing the door bell and running to the car. Climbing in and shutting the door, the car takes off as the door opens revealing Krystal.

“Tiffany!” shouts Krystal as she kneels down to Jessica. Tiffany appears and looks at Jessica. “I think she got drunk again.”

*****

Jessica awakens in a dark room. She screams while looking around before accidently falling off the bed with a loud thud. The door to the room bust open as she unravels herself from the blanket that she pull had pulled down. The light cuts on. She looks up to see her family staring at her with a worried expression. “Jessica is everything alright?” asks Mr. Hwang while eyeing his step daughter.

“She probably had another cucumber nightmare,” laughs Krystal.

“Sooyeon?” questions her mother.

“I’m fine. No nightmare. I just woke up and panicked because everything was dark,” states Jessica as she stands up and puts her blanks back on her bed.

“Alright, everyone back to sleep,” states Mr. Hwang as Tiffany enters the bedroom, “Miyoung?”

“I’m going to crash with Jessi tonight,” states Tiffany while smiling. Mr. Hwang nods his head and closes the door leaving the two oldest girls alone.

“How’d I end up here?” asks Jessica confused.

“Why? Where were you last?” asks Tiffany while making herself comfortable. She watches Jessica walk to the dresser that was in the corner before sliding under the covers and covering her eyes.

“I was with Taeyeon and-“

“You said her name!” shouts Tiffany excitedly while pulling the covers down catching Jessica in the middle of changing. She quickly pulls the covers back over her face blushing like madly as Jessica throws a pair of rolled up socks at her. “Hey!”

“Keep it down,” hisses Jessica.

“Okay, keep going.”

“I was with Hyoyeon and Taeyeon when I blacked out. Woke up in this luxury manor and blacked out again to wake up in my room.”

“Oh well you’re lucky you woke up here. Me and Krystal found you on the front porch and thought that you were drunk.”

“I was where?!” Tiffany smiles and pulls the covers down to find the room dark as she feels a dip on opposite side of the bed. Jessica slides in beside her before turning her back to the younger girl muttering some words. In which the only ones she could catch was: stab, midget, bury and backyard.

“Good night Jessi,” states Tiffany.

*****

Taeyeon and Yuri laugh at some joke as Taeyeon cleans the counter before looking up to see both Tiffany and Jessica making their way over to them. Taeyeon becomes quiet as she looks down while Yuri looks at the ice cream flavors. “Hi Yuri,” states Tiffany while standing next to the taller girl.

“H-hey, Tiffany,” responds Yuri still not taking her eyes off of the ice cream. Jessica leans forward and stares at Taeyeon. “Hi Jessica.”

“Hello Idiot,” answers Jessica as she continues staring at Taeyeon.

“Are you guys working today?” asks Yuri trying to start up a conversation to ease the awkward atmosphere.

“Nope day off,” answers Tiffany, “so we decided to do some shopping.” Yuri nods her head. “What happened last night?”

“Huh?” asks Yuri confused.

“You were supposed to take me out to eat.”

“Oh…yeah. Sorry something came up.”

“Well…you can today…if you’re free,” states Tiffany while looking away from Yuri.

“I…uh…”

“It’s okay. Forget I as-“

“Sure when I get off work we can go and get something to eat since my lunch is almost over.” Tiffany smiles before turning to see her sister glaring daggers at the short person on the opposite side of the counter. “Jessi,” whispers Tiffany.

“Taeyeon,” states Jessica. Taeyeon looks up at the younger girl.

“Yes Jessica?!” pipes Taeyeon as she fidgets a little.

“What happened yesterday?” questions Jessica.

“Well you see. You passed out and me and Hyoyeon thought that we would drop you off at home,” answers Taeyeon.

“On the front porch?!”

“We rung the door bell,” counters Taeyeon, “and we didn’t leave the block until you were let in the house.”

“But I didn’t see any-“ Yuri covers Tiffany’s mouth while frowning at Taeyeon.

“My car was at the end of the block.”

“How’d you get your car?” interrogates Jessica even more. “You’re sister was with us. And Yuri had no car.”

“Sooyoung and Yoona had it,” answers Taeyeon.

“Why’d I wake up in this large den?”

“I have no clue what you’re talking about. It’s probably some dream.”

“Why didn’t you stick around?”

“Because…”

“We had to help her father with some yard work,” states Yuri as she releases Tiffany who was pouting.

“I wasn’t talking to you,” states Jessica.

“Well we did.”

“I thought you didn’t like your dad?”

“I never said I didn’t like him. I don’t like his profession. Besides I couldn’t let him clean the whole yard on his own.”

“I think you’re hiding something,” huffs Jessica as she straightens out crossing her arms.

“Really? Like what?”

“Like something,” responds Jessica.

“Oh…I just think that you’re paranoid and think that I’m dating some one.”

“Why would I be paranoid about that?” remarks Jessica.

“Because deep down you want to be my girl friend but is to much of a coward to admit it.” Jessica face falters and Taeyeon catches it. She smiles triumphantly to herself as she turns her back to the group and pretends to be working waiting for Jessica’s response. Tiffany looks at her older sister with a curious expression as Yuri shakes her head.

Jessica blinks for a few seconds before picking up the cup that held the spoons and throwing it at Taeyeon. “Ow!” Taeyeon grabs the back of her head and turns to look at Jessica. A smile crosses her face again, “So you do want to be my girl friend?”

“What gave you that idea?”

“You threw a cup of spoons at me in defense to my comment. If it wasn’t true you wouldn’t have thrown it.”

Jessica groans. “Jessi…just tell her you like her,” states Tiffany. Jessica freezes and turns to look at her younger sister. “What?”

“You like me?!” asks Taeyeon happily as she jumps around behind the counter.

“Excuse me can some of us get ice cream?” Jessica looks behind her to see a crowd forming.

“Wait…I’m discussing something important,” demands Jessica turning back to Taeyeon.

“What could you possibly find important?” asks the female standing behind her.

“She’s denying the idea of wanting to be the shorter girl’s girl friend,” states another person in line.

“Well I can make things easier for you.” She pushes Jessica out of the way and pulls a pen out of her purse grabbing Taeyeon’s hand and scribbling something on the hand. She finishes with a smile, “I’ll be you’re girl-“

“Go find your own girl friend,” hisses Jessica as she turns to Taeyeon, “You owe me a date.”

“Okay,” states Taeyeon happily. Jessica glares at the girl before storming off.

“I’ll see you later Yuri,” states Tiffany happily, “bye Taeyeon.” She turns around and takes after Jessica.

“But my offer still stands,” states the customer looking at Taeyeon.

“No thank you. But what flavor can I get you?”