A/N: So I was really heart broken after Lindy Nose Best (because Jogan has been my OTP from episode 1), but while the episode crushed my soul, it did get my creative juices flowing, so here is my continuation of the episode! It takes place about three weeks past the end of the episode.
I was okay...or that's what I told everyone, and forcing myself to believe something so far from the truth just wasn't happening. Crushing on your best friend who has a girlfriend cannot be easy for anyone.
"Jasmine!" exclaimed a familiar voice, I recognized as Lindy's. "Where have you been? I've been so worried about you after you didn't show up at Rumble Juice yesterday!" she exclaimed, almost in relief.
"I'm fine, Lindy." I said putting on the best fake smile I could manage. "I just had a lot of homework yesterday." I lied. In truth I had spent most of the afternoon curled up in a blanket eating mint chip ice cream and watching reruns of America's Next Top Model and Project Runway, and occasionally letting out a few tears. It was my only alternative to hanging out with the gang and Jenna.
"Really, because I found last night's homework to be pretty easy..." she replied with a lifted eyebrow.
"Well not everything is easy for everyone!" I snapped at her, and with that I turned on my heel and left her standing there shocked. I did feel pretty bad for snapping at her, but I've just not been in the mood to deal with anything lately. I'd apologize to her later, when I was in a better mood. Honestly, I didn't even know why I was getting so moody...who was I kidding, of course I knew why I was upset. My heart was broken.
As I walked through the halls quietly, Jenna waved to me, "Hey Jasmine! I love you're jacket! It's so cute." she said with a bright and sincere smile. Her compliment was like another stab to my heart. It would have been so much easier if she was mean...I mean Jenna's pretty, smart, sweet, and sincere and I could see why Logan raved about her so often, but it certainly didn't make my situation any better. How am I supposed to live up to that?
I managed to say a quick 'thanks' but I didn't think I had ever ran to history that fast. After history droned on, my least favorite part of the day came- lunch with Logan. I got to the lunch line late, leaving me with a few strands of spaghetti, and a bruised apple. It wasn't much, but I grabbed what I and sat down at our table, in between Garrett and Lindy.
As soon as I sat down I said, "Lindy, I am so sorry about this morning-" The guilt had been killing me all day, and I hated fighting with any of my friends.
"Who's the boy?" she cut me off with.
"What?" I asked, confused by the question.
She looked at me as if I was crazy, "It's so obvious Jaz. You are clearly having boy troubles. You've been quieter, moodier, and frankly been listening to too much Adele, so tell me, who's the boy who's been giving you all this heart ache?"
I looked back at her, a little stunned. If Lindy was anything, she was extremely perceptive. Looking at Logan, then back to her, I realized that the last three weeks had been hard enough. Not telling anybody about my crush was driving me mad. "I'll tell you later." I whispered to her, only about 50 percent honest. I wasn't sure whether my crush's sister was the right person to tell about my crush...
Out of no where, Logan finally separated himself from Jenna, and sat down at our table. He looked at my plate, "Seriously, Jaz? Is that all you're eating? Please tell me you are not on another one of those dieting crazes!"
"I got stuck at the tail end of the line." I explained to him. Typically around guys I liked I got nervous and jittery, but around Logan, nothing had really changed. As long as I didn't think about everything else, I could still talk to him as easily as before.
"Awww! I hate it when that happens!" Garrett exclaimed. "Just thinking about all those hands touching my food makes me sick!"
We all looked at him, "What? You know I HATE germs!"
"Anyways Jaz, why don't we just go to Rumble Juice after school and I'll buy you something to eat." Logan said, causing all of us to do a double take.
"You...buying something for someone else? Which alien replaced you?" Delia asked.
"No alien replaced me." Logan replied. "Jenna's brother owns Rumble Juice, and she gets me tons of discounts! I get an "employee discount", and whatever is left in the blender at the end of the day for free!" he said proudly.
And we are back to Jenna. "Wow, that's so nice of her." I said borderline, sarcastically. Luckily, nobody noticed the sarcasm in my voice. "And, it's okay, I don't need anything from Jenna." I muttered under my breath so no one could hear.
"You know, I better get going. Fifth period starts soon..." I said as I got up. I could have sworn my cheeks were a bright red as I power walked towards English. Then, out of no where, I found myself crashing straight into another person. We both fell to the ground and his papers went flying everywhere.
"Whoa there!" he exclaimed. "You do realize the bell hasn't rang yet..."
"Uhhh, yeah...sorry about that." I said as I swooped down to help him pick up the papers he had dropped.
"It's okay." he replied, flashing me a bright smile. "Hey, you're Jasmine, right? I think we have AP English together."
I looked at him and immediately recognized him. He was Eric Keegan, only one of the most popular and cutest boys in our whole school. "Uhhh, yeah. Eric, right?" I asked.
"Yep, so can I walk you to English?" he asked, "If you keep looking at the floor all day, you are really going to need someone to walk you around so you don't crash into things. Plus, I'm headed there anyways."
I wasn't sure why he was being so nice to me, but I took him up on his offer. Talking to him was a nice distraction from everything else that was going on. When we finally got to our class, he said, "It was really nice talking to you Jasmine, do you maybe want to hang out at the diner on Saturday?"
"Like a date?" I asked, a little shocked.
"Exactly." he replied, confidently.
"Uhhh..."
A/N: So what do you think? What is Jasmine going to say? How will Logan feel about someone crushing on Jaz? More to come soon. Review! Review! Review!
