JENNIE'S POV
"Two bacon and egg with waffles," Jisoo said.
"I'm on it!"
I put the bacon, along with the eggs in one frying pan while I place the waffle dough in the waffle maker. I checked them simultaneously making sure nothing gets burnt. Ofcourse we don't want to serve customers burnt food. After a couple of minutes, I went to the plate section and grabbed a plate where I placed the foods in an orderly fashion.
"Order's up!" I shouted and Yunyeong took the food from me and served it to the customer.
After a few minutes...
"One chicken pastel and one spaghetti," Jisoo once again told us the orders.
Spaghetti is easier to serve since the sauce was already prepared so I started making the chicken pastel. After adding the ingredients, I can't help but notice that my hands are slightly shaking.
Why? What time is it already?
As I looked at the clock, my stomach started making undesirable sounds.
It's already 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
Well, that explains why my stomach churns. I'm already hungry. But ofcourse, work first before anything else. I needed this so I should keep up with it. And besides we're running out of staff right now and there's still alot of customers.
"Order's up!"
Yunhyeong took the plates away from me and served it again to the customers.
This is my life.
A cycle of preparing the food for the customers. A cycle of making them happy with their orders. A never ending one.
I hope customers stop coming for awhile so that I can eat my lunch. I'm really hungry.
"Hey Jennie. You okay there?", Jisoo asked me in my mind.
Yes. You read it right. She asked me inside my head.
Jisoo had the power of telepathy. She can communicate with anyone using her mind.
"I'm okay. Just a bit hungry." I answered back to her using my mind.
To tell you honestly, I really can't communicate using my mind. It was made possible by Jisoo's power. Whenever she talks to you using telepathy, she opens a path (we call it telepath) in which you can answer back using your mind. But when she stops using her power, you can't mind communicate with her unless she opens her telepath.
"Me too. I'm so, so, so hungry. I want to eat chicken," she looked at me with a big frown in her face.
"I know. But there's still lots of people and we're out of staff. Let's eat when there's few people left."
"Okay. Fighting!" Jisoo gave me a thumbs up.
We served people for around one hour when Mr. Bang, our manager, approached me.
"Oh Jennie! Why are you still here? I thought both you and Jisoo's off should be at 12 o'clock. It's already 3 in the afternoon. Have you taken your lunch?"
"Um. Not yet. There are lots of customers so we thought we should lend a hand."
"Ow. You're both so hardworking. What will I expect with my best employees." He placed his hand on my shoulder and gave me a reassuring squeeze, "Thank you for helping. I will take it from here. Take your lunch inside."
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"Woah! Jisoo! Slow down. No one's gonna take your chicken from you." I can't help but laugh how fast she ate.
"I'm really hungry you know. It's way past our lunch time. No one's gonna stop me eating my fave."
I wiped the sauce that smeared on her cheeks. Aigoo! This girl really eats like a child. Even though she's older than me, I sometimes feel that I'm older than her when she acts like this. Nevertheless, I still love her. And by the way, have you noticed that I don't call Jisoo as unnie even though she's older? Well, she practically begged me not to call her unnie. She said she feels old when I call her that when we're just one year apart. According to her, it's okay for Lisa and Rose to call her that, but not me.
We're getting ready going home when Mr. Bang entered the room holding a bunch of envelopes.
"Oh! There you are girls. Here are your paychecks," he handed both of us an envelope with a smile on his face. "And by the way, I added half of your salary as your bonus. Consider it as an overtime pay for helping out everyday."
"Really?" Jisoo and I hugged him tightly.
"Thank you so much Mr. Bang!" we both exclaimed, jumping with joy.
I held Jisoo's hand, "Oh my God Jisoo! I think we did it."
"Yes Jennie! I can't wait to tell them the good news," she smiled so brightly like she's glowing.
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We slowly opened the door and greeted our other sisters.
"Lisa! Rose! We have good news....woah!" I immediately stepped to my side as a shard of ice was shot through the door.
"LISA! Give that back to me, you thief!"
"No Rose! Let me just take a look at it first!"
Me and Jisoo we're completely shocked at the scene before us.
Rose's pink snow globe is floating towards the ceiling while shards of ice can be found at the walls.
"Lisa! Show yourself to me you coward! Give me back my stuff!" Rose keeps on shooting daggers of ice around her.
"I just want to look at it. Why won't you let me see how ugly it is?" I heard Lisa's voice near the kitchen. I guess she made herself invisible again.
"Ugly?! Why you!" Rose shot another dagger of ice towards Lisa's direction. But instead of hitting Lisa, she knocked down one of the vases and it shattered to a hundred pieces.
"YOU TWO! STOP IT THIS INSTANT!" Jisoo screamed. Not with her voice. But with her mind.
Oh shit! My head started to ache. I touched my temple. I really hated it when she do that.
I opened my eyes and found everyone rooted in their spot. Rose is staring at Jisoo with fear in her eyes. I looked at her floating snow globe but I was shocked when I see it falling towards the ground.
"NO!" Rose shouted and we ran towards it but I know that we won't make it in time since it's far from us. I closed my eyes and was expecting a shattering sound when I didn't hear anything. I opened my eyes and found Lisa lying on the ground with the globe in her hands. She's visible now.
"Phew! That was close!" Lisa said, holding onto the globe like her life depends on it.
Rose took the snow globe away from Lisa, "Did you dropped it Lisa? You did, didn't you!"
"Ofcourse not! It was Jisoo unnie's fault. She shouted inside my mind which made me distracted. That's why I accidentally let it go."
"Next time you do this again, Lisa. I swear I'll make you into a human popsicle!" she stormed out of the living room and went inside her room, banging the door.
With tears brimming her eyes, Lisa stared at Rose's door, "I'm sorry Rose."
Jisoo tapped my shoulder, "I'll take care of Lisa, you go to Rose." I nodded and went to her room.
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"Rose?" I knocked at her door.
"Not now Lisa!"
"It's me, Jennie."
"Oh! Come in unnie."
I entered her room and found her sitting on the bed.
I sat beside her. "Hey. How are you feeling?"
"I'm pissed at Lisa. But the truth is I feel more horrible than pissed. I shouldn't have shouted at her," she looked down at her hands and I can see sadness in her eyes.
I guess it's time to do my part.
I put my hand above hers and I closed my eyes. I can feel the energy seeping from my heart flowing to my hands, towards Rose's hands. I opened my eyes and found her frown changed to a beautiful smile.
"Thank you Nini. Thanks for making me feel good. I really like your power, you know."
"Controlling other people's emotions? Nah! Yours is better. You can shoot daggers of ice. Hell! If Jisoo didn't stop you, you could have turned our house into an ice palace."
Me and Rose looked at each other and started laughing.
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Me and Rose decided to go down and talk it out with Lisa. When we reached the last step of the stairs, I saw Lisa running towards Rose, hugging her tight.
"I'm sorry Rose. I didn't mean to make you mad, I just want to look at it. I won't take it away anymore." I can hear quiet sobs from her. She must be crying.
This is our Lisa. She may be playful and mischievous at times but we know that she loves us dearly. She's the youngest and our ray of sunshine. As you've witnessed earlier, she can turn herself invisible and has the ability of telekenesis. She can move things with her mind.
"It's okay Lisa. Just never do that again," Rose hugged her tight. "And please stop making yourself invisible. I might touch your non-existent boobs you know."
"Yah!" Lisa lightly punched Rose's shoulder and Rose can't help but laugh out loud.
This is the Rose that I know. There may be times that she and Lisa fight with one another but I know that she loves us deeply, especially Lisa. Whenever she gets angry with her, she easily forgives her as if nothing happened. Even though she possess the power of ice, she's still a softie deep inside. Our ice princess.
"Hey! Why are we not included in that hug?" Jisoo went close to them and engulf them into a group hug. They laughed with one another and stared at me.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" I looked into them, not knowing what to do.
"Come join us Nini" Rose spread her arms wide, as if inviting me.
"No way. That's too cheesy for me." I stick my tongue out and ran the opposite direction.
"Hey Jendeukie! Come to mama Chichu!" Jisoo screamed running to my direction.
All three of them chased after me and when they reached me, they engulfed me in the clingiest group hug ever.
After our clingy session, we decided to hangout and watch movies in the living room. I'm sitting beside Jisoo while Lisa sat on my right, clinging to my arm. Rose sat at the left of Jisoo, her head on top of Jisoo's lap. Jisoo absently played with Rose's hair.
"Oh. Before I forget. Jisoo and I have great news for the both of you."
"Right! I almost forget about that..."
"What is it unnie?" Lisa exclaimed, like a kid waiting for her candy.
"Well, you both know that me and jennie have been working non-stop at Mr. Bang's diner, right?"
"Yes. And that's the reason why we can still keep this house." Rose stated, still looking at Jisoo.
"That's not the only reason that's why we're working so hard." Jisoo looked me, trying to contain her smile.
I continued, "We did that in order to save money for something you both want."
"And that is?" The two girls looked at us with great curiosity.
"You're both going to Majestic University next week!" Jisoo screamed at the top of her lungs with joy in her face.
Rose's eyes grew big upon the revelation. "Really? Is that true unnie?" she looked at me with hope in her eyes.
"Yes! It's true, Rose. You're going to the best university there is."
"Oh yes! We're going to be college girls Rose!" Lisa hugged Rose and they were now jumping with joy.
I can't help but smile at the scene in front of me. They really like going to that school.
Lisa stopped jumping and stared at both Jisoo and I. "But wait. How about you two? Are you joining us there?"
Jisoo looked at Lisa with sadness in her eyes. "Well, to tell you the truth, our money is not enough for the 4 of us to go to college. It's just enough for the two of you."
"Yes. And besides me and Jisoo are already one year delayed in college so it wouldn't be a big deal. What's more important is that the both of you will study on track." I smiled to Rose and Lisa, reassuring them that it's fine.
Jisoo smiled to both the youngsters, "Don't you two worry. Me and Jennie will follow you both next year when we saved enough. So don't be sad."
"Okay. But unnie, thank you very much! It's like a dream come true." Rose hugged me and Jisoo and I can't help but tear up seeing how happy they are.
"Majestic University, here we go!" Lisa exclaimed full of joy waving her hands in the air.
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