So this is a Juey story. No Jazmine/Caesar pairing. Also there is Cinsar and Rilmy. This is a really touchy subject this story is about so..bare with me.
"I'm sorry."
Caesar re-read the text from Jazmine twice and still didn't understand, What was she apologizing to him for?
"May I see Micheal Caesar in my office please?"The schools guidance counselor Mr. Peirello stuck his head inside Caesar's sixth period geometry class.
The sixteen year old rose from his seat and walked to the door ignoring the 'Ooohs and giggles 'from his classmates.
He stepped outside the door and followed the counselor to his office."Is something wrong Mr. P?"
Mr. Peirello made a little coughing noise."Well Micheal..." He opens his office door and there is Jazmine. His bestfriends girlfriend for the past year.
She sits on the counselors couch with her arms folded over her knees and her eyes are puffy.
She mouths "I'm sorry." and Caesar once again wonders why as he sits next to her.
Mr. Peirello sits in front of them in his leather chair and he makes a pyramid with his fingers as he tries to think about what to say.
Caesar then looks at Jazmine and wrinkles his eyebrow. She avoids his gaze. What the fuck?
Mr. Peirello clears his throat."Look Michael I'm just going to get straight to the point.."
Jazmine inhales a sharp breath and Caesar is waiting for an explosion.
"Jazmine here is pregnant." Mr Peirello exhales and adjusts in his seat. "...And she says it's by you." Caesar's eyes bulge and Jazmine begins crying.
Flashback
Three weeks ago.
Everyone stands outside the Freeman house. Everyone being Jazmine,Cindy,Emeryss,Riley,Hiro and ofcourse Huey Freeman.
Huey Freeman man of the hour. He has a college interview with Harvard that he's 'Oh so excited to attend.'
Right now everyone watches him and his grandfather pack up Huey's car for the weeklong trip.
Mr. Freeman will be leaving Dorothy in the care of Mr. DuBois. "Don't worry Robert Dorothy will be looking spick and span by the time you come back from your trip!" Tom proclaims from next to Yvonne.
Robert Freeman looks at his beloved car sadly as he gives off his keys. "Let's go boy."He says to Huey.
Huey who is currently trying to wrestle his way from a tearful Jazmine. "It's only a week. Jazmine get ahold of yourself." He says giving up and just letting his arms fall.
"B-but I'll just miss you so much."She whines. Huey whispers to her then Jazmine looks up at him.
"When I get back we can..watch that movie you like so much."He says trying not to stare into her glassy green eyes for they may cause him to stay here in woodcrest and miss his interview though he doesn't care to much anyway.
He doesn't even want to go to Harvard. Not now anyway. He still has another year in highschool and afterwards he probably won't want to leave his family or..his..Jazmine.
She's okay.
"Will you miss me Huey?"She asks. Her voice so small and shaken from her tears Huey bites his lip and looks away.
"Jazmine I'm sure I can survive a week."He says trying not to let the private Huey that Jazmine can only see seep out infront of everyone.
Jazmine smiles and bats her eyelashes at him."But will you miss me?"
Huey looks back at her."Yes. Jazmine I will miss you." He just wants her to unwrap him or else he'd be forced to hug back.
She sticks her chin up for a kiss and Huey rolls his eyes before meeting his face with hers. They seperate and Jazmine when Huey bends to pick up and his duffle bag Jazmine is wrapped back around him and crying again.
Eventually Cindy and Tom pry her off and Huey tells her goodbye and gives everyone else one final glare then gets inside the car.
Jazmine cries as she watches Huey's car disappear. Her cousin Emy rubs her hair."It's okay Jazzy. I'm going to be the same way when Riley goes to jail."The 13 year old red haired girl looks over to her boyfriend sadly then shrugs.
"Atleast he isn't doing 25 to life."The girl adds Jazmine looks up at her with wide wet eyes. Was that suppose to make her feel better?
Cindy comes up and yanks Emy's red hair by the plait and away from Jazmine."Why don't you go read a science book?"She says.
The younger girl only rubs her head. "I say we all get fucked up!"Riley announces."My granddad is gone so-
"Riley you have to stay with the DuBois's while yo geepops outta town. Why you think he locked the door?"Hiro asks.
Riley rolls his eyes."Nigga I gots like four bottles in my bag already."Riley holds up his heavy backpack.
"And if we want more..I gots the hooks up I can just call Ed and Rummy while-
"I can't drink Riley."Emy says"It'll mess up my allergy medication." she sniffs at the end of her sentence.
"And none of us are twenty one."Jazmine adds. Riley groans"Well yall two squares can stay here while we go turn up."Riley declares crossing his arms.
Cindy bites her lip nodding along but trying not to be too excited since her best friend is so distraught.
"Well count me out I have a game tomorrow and I don't need to be hungover. So thanks but no thanks."Caesar says bouncing his soccer ball on his knee.
Riley rolls his eyes"So that just leaves Me,Chopstick and C-Murph. Cool then nigga more for us."He shrugs and recieves a nudge on his shoulder for calling Hiro chopstick.
Then the three head to the tree to 'Turn up' Cindy turns back around."Don't trip Jazzy,When I'm back we can talk all about how you miss Huey."She assures Jazmine."I need liquor to do that anyway."
Jazmine tries to glower but nods anyway. While the three head down the block leaving Caesar to bounce his ball and Emy and Jazmine to stare at their retreating forms.
Emy shakes her head knowing that she's going to have to follow them so that she can keep an eye on Riley. "He know he can't handle his liquor." Emy mutters before following the other three.
Jazmine then watches her cousin trot down the street and feels a little sorry for her because she's going to have to babysit three drunken idiots.
But Jazmine doesn't ponder that long. She has other things to worry about. She's the idiot.
Jazmine goes and sits on the Freeman steps and puts her face on her folded arms across her knees and cries. This can not be happening.
This can not be happening.
Test after test after test after test. They all said the same thing. Positive.
She is positively pregnant. Jazmine DuBois is pregnant.
She's sixteen years old and she's pregnant. How cliché. Granted she has a birthday in a few months but she'll be celebrating it with a pregnant belly.
This is terrible, Awful. She still has to tell her daddy and her mommy and what about school? She can't wobble through the halls during her senior year.
But most of all. What about-
"It's only a week."Caesar's voice cuts through her thoughts. She looked up at her dreadlocked friend."What?"
Caesar sits next to her on the porch. "In a week Huey will be back..then you can stop all this crying."
Caesar made a mental note to stay away from her during this time because Jazmine was a total cryer and not just sniffles and tears but stomping and snot nose loud crying that made the inner parts of your ears ring.
There she goes again..Crying. Caesar thinks. He shakes his head and goes to stand. How Huey dealt with this was a question to Caesar.
"Wait Caesar."Jazmine says sniffing and looking up at him. Caesar turns around and silently prays she doesn't want a hug. He heard people end up with bruises after a Jazmine hug.
"Yeah Jay?"He asks bracing himself. He waits but no hug comes. Nothing happens. After a minute he opens his eyes and Jazmine is just sitting there looking at the ground and silently hiccupping.
She looks pitiful. Her hair kind of sweated out from the late August weather and over excited tears. Her big green eyes were staring into the ground-hard and it was like she was waiting on something.
He was. He was waiting on her to say what it is she had to say. He has a game tomorrow and-
"I'm pregnant."Jazmine says. Caesar has to pause and rehear."You're..what?" He asks
Passionate? Perturbed? Present?
It had to be one of those words. Because she did not say pregnant. There is no way she said pregnant.
"I'm pregnant."She whispers out. He voice cracks and she wipes a tear away. "I'm pregnant."
Caesar stares in befuddlement. "Uh damn Jay..I uh...have you told Huey?"He asks knowing that she probably didn't because Huey would still be here.
"No..I can't tell him."She says. Caesar suddenly does not want to be apart of this conversation.
"Why not?"He asks"It's his right?" He has to ask because his loyalty to Huey and he didn't even know those two were...doing that.
Jazmine looks like she could snap his neck right now. "Yes. It's Huey's." she grits out.
"So why can't you tell him?"
Jazmine begins to cry again. Caesar suddenly doesn't feel so upset with her for being sad. She has a reason to be sad. This is deep.
"Why can't you tell him Jazmine?"He asks sitting next to her now again.
Jazmine lifts her head and her face is red and pink and pale. How is that even possible?
"Because..I..just don't want to-"She cries again and lies her head back down. Caesar feels bad for her. He can't imagine going through something like this.
"It'll be okay."He says reaching over and placing a hand on her back. Jazmine cries and cries and cries and cries.
Eventually he walks her home,when they get across the street Jazmine turns to Caesar while they stand at the door to her home.
"Caesar..I don't want you to tell Huey."She says looking at the ground.
Good. He doesn't want to tell Huey.
"That's not my place Jay."He says putting his hands in his pockets."Just know that whatever happens..Big Caez gotcha back."
He smiles and Jazmine gives him a half one before turning to open her door to her home.
On the inside her father and his girlfriend just think that she's still sad about Huey leaving but if only they knew.
He says goodbye and walks home.
Man is Huey going to be in for a surprise when he comes back. Caesar wonders how Jazmine is going to tell him and why hasn't she told him. He wonders how his friend will react.
Damn Huey is about to be a dad and Jazmine a mom. This crazy. He's just glad it isn't him though.
He wishes his friends the best but he certainly wouldn't want to be in that predicament. He shakes his head and just because of thought he stops at the pharmacy before heading home and buys condoms.
No slip ups for this guy.
Jazmine lies in bed and thinks about what she knows. She's pregnant and she finally told that truth to someone.
She thinks about Huey and how he will react. She thinks about what Huey will be sacrificing by having a baby.
He's possibly going to Harvard for pete's sake. He's so smart and talented. And he can change the world.
A baby would just..slow him down. Hold him back. But one thing had to be done.
She had to announce her pregnancy.
She walked downstairs where her father sat at the kitchen table reading a newspaper and Yvonne was cooking at the stove.
"Hey pumpkin, are you feeling better?"Tom asks folding his paper down. Jazmine sighs and sucks up her fear.
"Daddy..we have to talk."She says.
Mr Peirello leaves his office for whatever reason and Caesar turns to Jazmine. "..What?!"
Is all he says. Jazmine flinches and stands"I didn't know what else to do!"
Caesar palm slaps his forehead. "Here's an idea:TELL THE TRUTH." he says Jazmine bites her lip.
"I-I tried! But nothing came out!"She says Caesar stands"Oh something came out alright..a lie."
Jazmine nods and runs a hand through her hair."I know but he said I needed to give him a name or he'd call Huey and-
"Good."Caesar says"You guys need to work this out. Why did you say my name of all people?"
"Because you know the situation."Jazmine whines."And because..you're nice."
Caesar scoffs"Ohh because I'm nice. Okay I get it. Ruin a nice guys life." He laughs bitterly.
"I wonder how nice Huey going to think I am."Caesar says."Maybe he'll think I'll make a nice floor rug..or a nice display to hang above the fireplace."
He turns around to see Jazmine silently crying. Thinking about what Huey will do is sort of terrifying.
But she shouldn't have dragged him into this..
"I'll tell them it wasn't you."She says. Caesar sighs relieved."Good I'll just go get Mr-
He looks back at Jazmine and sees how little she looks. How afraid and alone she must be feeling now.
Caesar curses the half of him that makes him let go of the doorknob and turn back to Jazmine. His bestfriends girl. His bestfriend pregnant girl.
"Are you going to tell Huey?"He asks. Jazmine looks up. Maybe she expected him to be gone by now.
"I'll make sure he doesn't think it's you. I'll just tell Mr Peirello I panicked and I'm not ready to say who the father is."
Caesar thinks that's a good plan but if they contact Huey about Jazmine being pregnant then he'll know it's his and technically she won't have to tell him.
He tells her this but Jazmine only shakes her head."Telling him isn't the part I don't want to do."
"Well what's the problem?"Caesar asks. Jazmine goes to flop back on the couch.
"Huey is the problem."She says crying again."Huey has such a bright future and I don't want to..I don't want to ruin it..with this stupid baby!"
She breaks down again and Caesar's heart breaks. She thinks she'll ruin his life by being pregnant. He ignores that fact that apparently she thinks he's not going to amount to anything so she tries to put it on him.
Rude.
Caesar inhales."If you are not going to tell Huey the baby is his...don't clear my name."
"What?"Jazmine sticks her red nose in the air at him. Caesar doesn't even know what he said.
"I uh..I said.."He swallows and tries to ignore the image of Huey kicking out his teeth when he gets back from his visit to Chicago with his grandfather. "If you won't tell the whole truth then..don't clear my name."
He knows he's risking so much by telling this to Jazmine. But deep down he'd hate for her to go through this alone and if his plan works out and she sees how upset Huey will be she'll have no choice but to tell Huey the truth.
"Thank you Caesar..but you don't have to do this."She whispers. Caesar shrugs"I know..but I already decided."
Jazmine stares and Caesar sighs. He'll just have to take the asskicking(s).
"Oh thank you Caesar."She hugs him and Caesar awkwardly pats Jazmine's back. Mr Peirello walks back inside.
"So are you two ready to discuss your...situation?"He asks. Jazmine and Caesar both exchange a look and realize they have to come up with a lie.
A good enough lie to convince everyone that they slept together and Jazmine is pregnant by him.
And most of all Jazmine is going to have to let Huey think she's been cheating on him with his bestfriend.
This is going to suck.
A/n So...Huey will be back next chapter..Oh shit. Are you guys interested in this? If so read and review. Bye!