December 22, 12:30 AM, NY State Court Room.

Jisoo had no right to be angry with Jennie, no right at all. She had done just as worse with Haein then Jennie had done with Kai. She had kissed him, she had touched him, she had-

"Jennie Ruby Jane, are you alright?"

Jennie forced herself to focus on what was going on in front of her. She didn't hear the bailiff shout for them to stand up, didn't even pay attention to Judge Taeyeon as she called for Jennie's attention.

With a start, Jennie looked around, and noticed she was the only one sitting down with all eyes, including the judges, on her, she quickly stood up.

"I apologize, your honor," Jennie mumbled, her mind far away from the court room at the moment.

Jisoo had ignored Jennie the rest of that night, and even slept on the couch that night so that she wouldn't have to even talk to Jennie about her getting the bed or couch.

And not by any chance did it seem like Jisoo would break that cycle anytime soon, which Jennie did not find fair in any sense of the word.

Jennie knew she was in the right. Jisoo had not only flirted with Haein, but she had kissed him! She had grabbed him, embraced him, allowed herself to be embraced by her partner and best friend . Why was it fair that Jisoo got to act like that around her? Even if Jennie had told her parents they were dating. A simple hand hold, maybe a little peck on the cheek would have sufficed, but not to the extent they had gone to, his tongue down her throat, holding her as close as he could against him, inhaling her sweet smell, running his hands through her soft brown hair... It made Jennie cringe in disgust just at the mere memory of it, what right did Jisoo have to get mad over her flirting with Kai?

So what was an innocent touch on the back or an arm around the soldiers? Who cared if he had looked her up and down? She and Haein had done a lot worse that day, and Jisoo had no right to become upset at Jennie, and she certainly had no right to give her the silent treatment.

"We're dismissing, one hour for lunch," Taeyeon told her, unsure if she had been paying attention to her earlier, a look of concern on her face.

Jennie forced a fake smile on her face, knowing it didn't cover up the fatigue.

"Thank you, your honor."

Taeyeon looked at her for a moment more, and Jennie wished she would just leave her alone.

"See me in my chambers, Miss. Jane Kim."

Jennie withheld a groan and nodded."Right away, your honor."

As the rest filed out of the courtroom, Jennie turned around, her eyes instantly landing on Jisoo, who turned away from her to look at the man sitting next to her.

"Lets go, Haein."

Jisoo stood up in a hurry and all but ran from the room, not even a glance backwards.

Haein looked from Jennie to the retreating form of Jisoo, the tiny voice in his head telling him to stay and comfort Jennie.

He said screw that to the tiny voice, gave a supportive smile to Jennie and walked after Jisoo.

Jennie bit her bottom lip to keep from falling, and made her way to Taeyeon's chambers.

She knocked once on the door.

"Come in," Taeyeon called out.

Jennie took a deep breath, wiped her face with her sleeve, and walked in.

"You wanted to see me, your honor?" Jennie asked, almost cringing at the voice she had used; stuffy and full of tears.

Taeyeon raised one eyebrow and motioned to the chair in front of her large desk.

"This isn't a formal, matter," Taeyeon assured Jennie with a rare smile. "This is simply a chat between two friends."

Jennie nodded and took a rather shaky breath, even more tears spilling down her face.

"You look like hell, you've been crying, and you were distracted during the entire trial. What's wrong, Jennie Ruby Jane?"

Jennie wiped the ears away from her face, not caring that her mentor was seeing her in this state. "It's nothing, your honor, I'll be fine. It's just been a bit rough these last few days. Stress, the holidays, family... just the usual stuff."

"Don't lie to me. I've never seen you so stressed out that you've almost started crying in court, with Namjoon serving as defense attorney as well."

"I wasn't crying, and I'm not lying about anything," Jennie lied, her anger shining through a smudge. "I'm just stressed, your honor, that's it. Nothing is wrong with me."

Taeyeon nodded, not believing her one bit, switching to a different tactic to get her favorite lawyer to talk to her. "Are you having drug problems, Jennie Ruby Jane?"

"What? No!"

"Alcohol?"

"No."

"Sickness?"

"No."

"Guy trouble?"

After a long pause, Taeyeon allowed herself a tiny smile, knowing she hit the nail on the blond head. "Jennie Ruby Jane, I've been around almost sixty years, I've heard it all. Tell me what's on your mind."

Jennie sighed, closing her eyes and rubbing her temples, trying to get rid of the oncoming headache, deciding that it would be lot less of a headache to just tell then to lie. "My boyfriend is meeting my parents for the first time and my mother hates every single thing about him. She doesn't even know we're dating, she thinks we're just roommates. I've had to lie about everything that makes him who he is, and tell my parents he's dating someone from his work, and now I'm kicking myself for even suggesting that because every time my mother sees them, they start making out like high schoolers, but when I flirt with some other guy to appease my mother, he's getting annoyed at me, and he's not talking to me anymore."

Tears began to appear in her eyes once more. This time, she didn't even bother to wipe them away. "I'm just afraid that I'm going to make him angry enough at me so that he finally gets fed up with the lies and leaves me, and I don't know what I would do without him."

After a long moment, Taeyeon nodded, leaning back in her chair. "I think, first off, that you need to stop referring to Kim Jisoo as a he, as I'm sure she wouldn't really appreciate that."

Jennie's eyes widened to twice their normal size. "How di-, I mean wha-, who-."

Taeyeon shrugged before chucking softly. "I've seen the little doodles with Jisoo's name encased in a little heart in the garbage bin next to your chair."

Jennie looked down at the floor, her face red hot.

"Don't be embarrassed, Jennie Ruby Jane," Taeyeon said patting her hand tenderly. "Namjoon has done much, much, much more inappropriate doodles involving Detective Jisoo then just her name in a heart. God, the things he can do with a pencil and paper... if he paid attention a bit more during trials, he may actually win one once in a while."

Jennie's head shot up, narrowing so tight, Taeyeon thought they were closed. "He what?"

"He draws explicit doodles of Detective Jisoo. I have some here in my desk if you'd like to see them. Very talented artist, if I say so myself."

"No I do not want to see them!"

Jennie stood up, grabbing her briefcase, wondering if it would be more beneficial to chop off both of his hands, or just one of his heads.

"Jennie Ruby Jane, wait!"

Jennie turned bak to her, visibly itching to go and find Namjoon.

"Can't this wait, your honor?" she growled.

Taeyeon smirked at her, crossing her arms with an air of smugness. "There you go. Right there is why you won't leave her, and why she won't leave you."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Jennie snapped, all courtroom etiquette thrown out the window.

"Just the mere thought of someone like Namjoon disrespecting her like that is enough to make you want to kill him. There's no way that you're going to allow yourself to drive her that far away. You love her too much, and you're going to beg for her forgiveness, she's going to give it to you because you love one another, Jennie Ruby Jane. There's no way that you would continue the charade of lies when she's about to leave. You love her too much to care about what other people think. You may not think that right now, but soon enough, I promise you'll see it."

Jennie stood silent for a moment, letting the Judges words sink in before she gave her a sad attempt at a smile, wishing she wasn't so unbelievably pissed off and unable to show her full gratitude.

"Thank you, your honor. If you excuse me, I have a defense attorney to murder."

Taeyeon stood up, reaching in her drawer and pulling out several crumpled up legal pad papers. "Before you go and commit first degree murder, you should actually take a look at the doodles."

Jennie took a deep breath, and slowly walked back over to her desk, preparing herself for the absolute, exploit, disgusting, horrid, vile pictures Namjoon had drew.

She picked the first page up and couldn't help herself but laugh at the drawings done by one of her arch nemesis.

"For a few months, I actually thought she would go for the defense attorney rather then the prosecutor, shake things up a little. Guess I was wrong," Taeyeon said rather thoughtful as Jennie looked over the image she herself had drawn at least a hundred times in court.

Jisoo's name encased inside a little heart.

"You lied to me," Jennie said with a slight breath of relief, knowing there was no way she would be able to take down Namjoon in a fight.

"Yeah but it proved my point, didn't it?"

Jennie let out a short laugh and nodded, putting the paper down on Taeyeon's desk and giving her a true, genuine smile. "Thank you, your honor. You've been a big help."

With a final smile of gratitude, Jennie left he small office, for the fist time in three days, feeling absolutely fine.

"You're being a baby."

"No I'm not.""Yes you are."

"No I'm not!"

"Yes you are. And will at least try not to look as miserable as you are right now?"

"I am pleasant, damn it! And I'm not going to forgive her! Not after what she yelled at me about, and not after she blamed me for just doing what she wanted me to do! She should be the one forgiving me!"

Jisoo and Haein sat at the small cafeteria inside the court house, Jisoo with a small salad in front of her, Haein with a double cheeseburger with extra bacon.

Haein sighed, putting down his french fry and looked over at her.

"You love her. You're going to ask her to get married. So what if she flirted with some guy to make her mother happy. You kissed me to make your girlfriend happy. I would say you owe her something."

"I kissed you because she lied to her parents about us. I didn't want to, she forced us into that position."

"And Chaerin pushed Jennie into her position. Trust me, Chu, Jennie wanted nothing more to do with that guy. She loves you."

Jisoo scoffed, rolling her eyes to the heavens. "Sure seems like a funny way of showing it. Lies about me, makes me lie about me, doesn't even tell her parents that we're dating. Oh yeah, I can feel the love."

She took a long drink of her ice tea before casting her eyes to the ground, her mood saddened completley. "I just... I just don't want to feel like I'm embarrassing to her."

Haein looked at her with complete and utter confusion. "Embarrassment? Jisoo, where the hell is this coming from? No one, man or woman, straight or gay, would be embarrassed to be with you. You're smart, funny, you have a smoking body for a 35-"

"34, and you wonder why Inna left you," Jisoo muttered, but Haein ignored the jibe for the time being.

"Okay, 34, going to be 35 in a month, year old woman. You're gorgeous, Chu, and if you were straight, I would do you in a second."

"I'm sorry, what unit do we work in again?"

Haein once again ignored the bite. "Why would she be embarrassed to be with you?"

"Look at her" Jisoo said, her voice no louder then a whisper.

"She's beautiful."

"So are you."

"No I'm not."

"Jisoo, trust me. As a straight male, I can promise you, you are just as beautiful."

Tears filled Jisoo's eyes.. "Then why is she so ashamed to say she's with me? Why doesn't she want her parents to meet he real me? Why does she keep on lying about me?"

Haein at once abandoned his sandwich and moved his chair to sit next to her, pulling her into his arms.

"It has nothing to do with how you look," he whispered, gently stroking her hair as she silently cried into his shoulder. "She's afraid to come out, Jisoo. She's not as comfortable as it with you, it's not... as common in her line of work for females to be gay. But, Jisoo, she loves you, you love her, why can't you just forget this entire week, suck it up, and forgive her, and live out the rest of your lives in complete and utter bliss and happiness?"

Jisoo chuckled before she pulled away from Haein's grasp.

She managed a weak smile, tears still glistening in her chocolate colored eyes. "Because life isn't a fairytale."

Several hours and one rapist in prison later, Jennie pulled into her garage, wanting nothing more then to go to her apartment, take a hot shower, order a large pizza with extra cheese and pepperoni, and spend the rest of the night in Jisoo's arms watching old Mel Brook movies, enjoying her girlfriends laugh more then anything.

Jisoo pulled into the garage after Jennie, neither having had a chance to talk to one another.

The moment they stepped out of their cars, Jisoo walked over to Jennie and took a deep breath.

"Jennie, look. I may have over reacted-"

But Jisoo's words were cut off as Jennie grabbed her by the back of the head and crashed their lips together.

Jennie pushed her up against the car, pressing her body up against the detectives, lavishing her in hot and passionate kisses.

When Jennie finally pulled away, the two women breathless, she spoke.

"I'm sorry," she whispered, moving the hair from her eyes. "Jisoo, I'm so sorry. I never meant to hurt you like this, I never meant for all the lies. I'm going to tell them... after Christmas, I swear to god, Chu, I'll tell them everything. You have my word. I know that doesn't mean much coming from the woman whose lied god knows how many times over the last few days, but I promise you I will tell them."

Jisoo, still trying to wrap her mind around why her girlfriend had kissed her like that in their garage could only think of three words to say to her lover. "I'm sorry, what?"

Jennie chuckled and kissed her once more. "I love you, Jisoo. I'm going to tell them everything after Christmas, I promise."

A large breathtaking smile lit up Jisoo's face. "Really? You swear you'll tell them about me?"

Jennie nodded. "Everything."

Jisoo let out a cry of joy before she hugged her, holding her closer then before. "Thank you," she whispered, a hint of tears in her voice. "Thank you, Jennie. You have no idea what this means to me."

Jennie chuckled softly and buried her head in Jisoo's shoulder. "You don't have to thank me for this."

Jennie pulled away and smiled at Jisoo for a moment before she turned towards the door leading into the house and groaned.

"Do we have to go in?"

"Well it's either that or stay here in the garage all night, and Fluffys around here somewhere, so..."

With a sigh, Jennie nodded and she and Jisoo both walked into the house.

"Jennie Ruby Jane!" Chaerin's shrill voice met their ears the moment they walked in. "Jennie Ruby Jane, come in the kitchen now!"

Jennie groaned loudly before she and Jisoo made their way into the kitchen where Chaerin was looking over a list in total and complete disgrace.

She walked over them, the piece of paper clenched firmly in her hand.

"Do you two have no- oh good lord, Miss. Jisoo, is that what you wore in court today? No wonder you win a majority of your cases, Jennie Ruby Jane, the jury doesn't want their eyes burned from that outfit anymore then they have to."

Jisoo looked from Jennie to Chaerin, looking up and down her own outfit which consisted of black slacks and a white button up shirt with a black vest over it. "What's wrong with it?"

"You look like Aladdin. Maybe you could ask your genie to actually give you some clothes with fabric that doesn't burn the skin of wealthy, fashion forward individuals instead of... what on earth is that made of? Polyester cotton blend?"

Jisoo smiled as sweet as she could manage to her. "Or maybe you could just bite me and my outfit."

"If it got you a new wardrobe that didn't come from the Wal-Mart clearance rack, I'd be glad to."

"If it got you to shut up, I'd be glad for you to do it as well."

Jennie groaned before she got in front of Jisoo, blocking Chaerin's view from her. "What was the matter when we came in, mom?" she asked, nudging Jisoo in the ribs when she began muttering.

Chaerin straightened out and held out the list for her.

"Like I was saying... do you two have no shame?" she shouted looking from Jisoo to Jennie.

"Mom, what are you talking about?" Jennie said looking down at the paper which was a long list of food ingredients.

Chaerin scoffed and motioned around the kitchen as if that made it obvious. "Are you serious, Jennie Ruby Jane? You have no food in this house! How can you expect me to plan a Christmas diner when you don't even have seasoned imported cranberries from the gardens of Eastern Europe!"

Jennie and Jisoo looked at one another before they turned back to Chaerin who took a deep breath before she continued, in a much more calming voice.

"I'm going shopping, and I need to know how much to buy. I already know what, I just need to know how much. Miss. Jisoo, how many people are you bringing, or does the friendly people at the Salvation Army hand deliver your Turkey substance every year?"

Jisoo sighed and rubbed her temples, already feeling a mother of a headache coming on.

"No one from my side."

"Good lord, that's quite miserable and depressing. What about your co workers?"

"They all eat at Haein's."

"What about family? Mother, father, sisters, brothers? Though I dare say, I have had all the Jisoo I could stand in a lifetime," she muttered just loud enough for them all to hear.

Jisoo growled at her before Jennie shot her a warning look, pleading with her not to get into it now.

"No one," Jisoo repeated.

Chaerin looked up from her list and cocked an eyebrow in confusion. "Everyone dines with family on Christmas."

Jisoo shook her head. "Not everyone. My mother died ten years ago, and my brother goes to his fiancees family for Christmas."

"What about your mothers family? Aunts uncles, cousins?"

"We... we don't really keep in touch," she muttered, looking down at the floor.

"Okay, how about your father then? Surly you must spend time with him?"

"Mom, don't!" Jennie scolded, gaining an odd look form Chaerin.

"Why not?"

"Just don't, okay?"

Chaerin looked from Jisoo who was staring at the ground looking utterly embarrassed who prayed that Chaerin would let the subject drop before turning back to an annoyed looking Jennie. "What's going on?"

Jisoo took a deep breath before she looked backup at Chaerin, deciding the truth would be better then the lie, knowing it would come out eventually. "I never knew my father."

Chaerin nodded, and then to Jennie's horror, a look of concern came over Chaerin's face.

"You never knew your father? Oh god heavens, Miss. Jisoo, why didn't you say anything?"

Jisoo shrugged, "it's fine."