Chapter 1: Butterflies Are Attacking
On a typical Sunday morning in California, Yasmin walked into the Starbucks wearing pale purple mid-driffed shirt, white skinny jeans and suede purple platform pumps. Her hair was straight with her bangs falling to the right side of her face; she even got a few stares as she walked in. She was meeting Eitan and Cameron here to help study for their exams in English class next week. She went up to the counter to order three lattes, walked to one of the tables closer to window with highchairs and waited for the boys to come. She sees Cameron walk in first wearing his favorite floppy beanie and blue converse shoes.
"Hey, Yas," Cameron smiled. Cameron sat across the table from her.
"Oh hey, Cam. I got you a latte." Yasmin slid the coffee to him.
"Thanks." Cameron smiled. He took off his black ray ban wayfarer shades and hooked them to his grey long sleeved shirt that makes his muscles look bigger.
"Wow, I love those shades! Where'd you get 'em?" Yasmin asked.
"Oh, of course, the mall, where else?" Cameron shined his blue eyes at Yasmin. Yasmin's heart thudded a little.
"So how are you and Sasha?" Yasmin asked obliviously.
"Oh. Well we're actually planning on taking this to the next level, you know? And our anniversary is coming up for ten months. You know what, I'm sorry, this is something I would normally talk about with the guys." Cameron sighed.
"I understand." Yasmin said. Really Cameron? Ten month anniversaries? A guy like you does that stuff, you're joking. Yasmin thought. Eitan finally walked into the café.
"What's up, Amigos?" Eitan sitting next to Yasmin's left.
"Oh, just talking." Cameron said casually.
"Aha. Well, shall we start on our assignment?" Eitan asked.
"Yeah, oh, and I've got you a latte." Yasmin smiled.
"Thanks, Friend." Eitan quickly sipped the latte, taking huge gulps.
"So, where shall we start?" Yasmin said sort of sheepishly.
"Um…I need the extra help with the Ceaser literature by Shakespeare and then we need to go over some phases of literature and to finish off….learning the basics to the English 101 composition assignment." Cameron said discretely. Yasmin's eyes grew a bit bigger. She knew she had a lot of work to do with these guys, and it was going to agitate her for personal reasons.
Two hours later,
"Okay, William Shakespeare was a—"Yasmin started the question.
"A play writer who produced plays at this place called… um... the, what was it?" Eitan snapped his fingers trying to think.
"The Globe!" Cameron shouted.
"Correct!" Yasmin said enthusiastically. "Well, that should be all for studying today." Yasmin closed the English textbook and gave Cameron and Eitan their notes back.
"I know I'm gonna ace that damn exam, in Mr. Del Rio goddamn face." Cameron said. Yasmin chuckled. "So do you guys just want to hang here or what?" Cameron smiled.
"Actually, I can't, I have a shift at the Juice Bar in approximately 30 minutes, so, I'm just gonna get going." Eitan looked at his watch and stood up.
"Goodbye, Eitan." Yasmin said in that mousy voice.
"Goodbye, oh and thanks for the study session, you're the girl that really has the brains." Eitan complimented. Yasmin couldn't help but blush at the idea of him complementing her. He then finally walked out of the café.
"So, it's just you and me, Friend." Cameron winked and took the final swivel of his latte before throwing it away.
"Yeah." Yasmin smiled. A silence fell over them and Yasmin started to feel awkward, what was this feeling she was having? She had a jittery pain in the pit of her stomach and her pulse was raging, a trickle of perspiration was accumulating under her armpits. What was this feeling she was feeling? She glanced over Cameron's beautiful golden blonde hair, his sky blue colored eyes and his flawless tan skin was also beautiful. What was this feeling she was feeling?
"You're kind of quiet today, that's not normal for the Yasmin we all know and love." Cameron chuckled.
Pssh, love. "Oh, I was just—"Think of an attainable lie, Yasmin, c'mon! "Thinking about…stuff—"Ooh, that was an awesome lie.
"Oh? Stuff as in—? "Cameron waved his hand in an impatient manner.
"Nothing." Yasmin leaned forward and rested her head on the backs of her hands then let out a friendly smile.
Later that night, Yasmin felt so stupid. Really, really stupid. Yasmin threw herself on her twin sized bed and glared up at the ceiling. Looking at her bookshelf, she wanted to read a book to take her mind off of the issue of that feeling she was constantly feeling when she was around him. She lit a vanilla incent to set a calm mood in her burnt orange colored room. She then looked at her clock and noticed it was now 10:09 pm. She then went over to her bookshelf and grabbed her hardback purple plaid designed journal. She opened it to start writing an entry.
Dear Journal, I had a day that I couldn't even imply myself to say. I have feelings for this guy, but he has girlfriend of course and his girlfriend is my best friend. I just don't know how to react to the situation, It's just he's so cute, with his big blue eyes and golden blonde hair, his dimples and his most amazing trait, his personality. He has really good fashion sense for a guy, but that isn't what I'm attracted to. I've had butterflies for a good while and…god, how do I live with it? I'm crushing on my best friend's boyfriend who is also my friend too! And that is hell! All of these emotions are running right through me. Love is just so sacred. Ugh….if I only had those bad ass type traits. Not some shy girl. Well, I'll write to you later, Journal. Bye.
Yasmin closed the journal and threw it in front of her getting ready for a process of thinking. She couldn't help but daydream about him. She really needed some air. She left out of her room and went downstairs. She caught her mom, Allison sitting in the dark blue recliner watching television. "Hey, mommy." Yasmin chirped up a little.
"Hi sweetie." Her mom looked up at her. The good thing about her mom is that she doesn't hover a lot, yes, she is always focused on Yasmin's education and health, but as a teenager, she does need a little space.
"Um…is it okay I can go chill with the girls tonight?" Yasmin asked.
"Sure, honey…but its kind of late, don't you think?" Allison asked narrowing her eyebrows.
"We're just hanging at Jade's place." Yasmin said.
"Well, I guess, I'll be fine with that, but I'm just going to call every now and then to check on you." Allison said.
"Yes, ma'am" Yasmin said.
At Jade's,
"….Okay, there I was demanded to clean my cousin's rooms and they beat me with all of these freaking toys. And that's how I got this bruise." Cloe ranted.
"Wow, Cloe…what an amazing fairytale." Yasmin chuckled.
"It gets even worst, after getting fired from my family oriented babysitting job—"Cloe was stopped when the door opened to Jade's room. The girls were all silent and frozen as the being stepped into the room.
"Cameron!" Sasha jumped up and gave Cameron a tight bear hug and kissed his lips, practically sucking them up to a crisp, and turned to the girls.
"Hey, ladies." Cameron waved quickly sticking his hands in his pockets.
"Hi." They all said in unison.
"I've missed you all fucking day where were you?" Sasha exclaimed.
"Oh, your best friend here was tutoring me, Yasmin, thank you so much for the lesson." Cameron held his hands together.
Yasmin's face suddenly grew hotter by the second and she felt that feeling again. You can't like him he's Sasha's boyfriend and you are her friend."You are very welcome, Cam." You're making it sound like you're welcoming him into you for eternity or something.
"What a great friend, Yasmin." Sasha said giving her a hug.
"I know right." Yasmin wanted to brag, but felt cheesy. "Haha." Yasmin just let out chuckle.
"Well, I just came to give you your gift." Cameron held out a satin box. Yasmin felt sentimental now with her heart racing.
"Wow! For what?" Sasha asked.
"….Our 10 month anniversary." Cameron smiled. Wow, Cameron does those? Yasmin thought.
"Aaaaawwww!" Jade and Cloe screamed.
"Wow! That's so sweet of you of do that Cameron." Yasmin simply acknowledged.
"Honestly, Cameron, I so forgot." Sasha said in disbelief.
"That's cool," Cameron shrugged.
"Its like you and Cameron are getting married or something." Jade teased. Yasmin and Cloe chuckled.
"I wish." Sasha laughed looking into Cameron's eyes. They leaned in for a kiss and then parted before they got too carried away.
"Well, if you want you can hang at my place until my parents get back." Cameron offered.
"Oooohhh!" The girls said.
"There's sex involved?" Jade asked with a smirk on her face.
"Well—"Cameron scratched the back of his head.
"Hey, hey now Cameron doesn't have to say so much about his personal life, so…." Yasmin said.
"I agree." Sasha said.
"Well, what the hell are you waiting for? Open the damn box!" Cloe exclaimed.
Sasha took off the ribbon and opened the red satin box. There, a necklace with a huge emerald and the matching earrings. The gift was very beautiful.
"You like?" Cameron smiled. Sasha was speechless.
"I love it." Sasha said. Yasmin was wide eyed. Whoa, Cam!
Yasmin wanted to run away and not let herself be seen. She felt as though she done something bad. But she didn't, even though she was thinking about Cameron so much. Yasmin glanced down to her iPhone and seen that I was 12:57 am.
"Hey guys, I have to go, my mom wants me up at school tomorrow." Yasmin shrugged and smiled.
"Aw, I wished you could stay longer." Jade said.
"Yeah, but tonight, I'm not feeling like a late nighter tonight so—" Yasmin sighed.
"We understand." Cloe said.
"Well, Night." Yasmin waved to her friends.
"Night." They all said I unison.
"Hey you know it's late so, I could drive you home maybe?" Cameron offered. I really don't want to face that feeling again.
"Sure." Yasmin smiled.
"So where are your parents exactly?" Sasha asked.
"Some honeymoon, they'll be back tomorrow." Cameron said.
"Well, I'm sort of…you know, baby. Horny." Sasha whispered as she traced her fingers on Cameron's chest. Cameron suddenly felt jittery.
"Okay…Bye Cloe and Jade." Cameron waved as the two girls headed out of the room and Cameron shut the door behind them.
"I wonder what they're gonna do." Jade asks.
"Uh duh, sex!" Cloe chimed.
"But they have Yasmin." Jade said glumly, "Threesome maybe?"
"You are so negative minded at times." Cloe sighed.
Meanwhile in Cameron's car, there sat an awkward silence between the friends. No one said a word until Yasmin was finally dropped off her house first. "Thanks for the ride, Cameron." Yasmin said getting out of the car.
"No prob, anything for my tutor." Cameron said. "Good night."
"Night." Yasmin said in her mousy voice. Cameron then drove off and swooped around the curb. Yasmin quickly went inside and hurried upstairs. I feel so…bad…if that's the right phrase for it. Yasmin thought. Getting a breather didn't help her at all, based on these feelings she's quickly developing for Cameron made her queasy. Tomorrow will be different hopefully. Yasmin thought.
Okay, so that's my first chapter, I hope you all liked it and I will update a.s.a.p. Please Review.
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