Yeah, so, not that many reviews, but hell. I still love HueyxJazmine. And there aren't that many Boondocks fans out there writing as there should be…

So anyways. Thanks to the people who did review! They were all very sweet and very appreciated! Thanks to Secrets4theunderground, MyWorldIsAnime, and fulltimereviewer (who is also a Total Drama fan!... That is so cool).

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I t s C o m p l i c a t e d

"That's all I ever hear you say. If I could get you to tell me something new, something real, we'd be together. Just tell me that I'm not the only one who's in love here." Huey/Jazmine

Chapter Two: It's A Complicated Partnership

When Cindy McPhearson had first spoken to Jazmine Dubois, it was not a pretty sight.

Jazmine had always seen Cindy playing basketball and what not, but she had never talked to her before. She was only ten, as was Cindy, but… anyone could tell there was something different about the two girls.

Jazmine had been following Huey around, as she did a lot, and they had somehow made their way to the basketball courts. "What are we doing here?" She had asked, her voice bright, sipping the juice bottle she had saved in her lunch box from school.

Huey shook his afro, rolling his eyes. "Riley's playing some ball. Just wanted to see how the game's going." Now, even Jazmine knew the truth. Although Huey couldn't stand his brothers personality, she knew he still worried about his younger sibling. It was only natural, but Jazmine didn't want to say it out loud. She was afraid Huey would get angry.

They walk inside the fenced courts, sitting on the bench as Riley played with a few other guys- who were about twenty years old. Jazmine understood Huey now- as much as Riley thought he could take care of himself, there was always the fact that he was only 8, and Huey still, as Jazmine liked to believe, loved him, or at least wanted his brother to not be crushed by huge thugs.

She asked Huey, "Do you like basketball?" She sucked down the last of her juice bottle and threw it in the trash can sitting beside the bench.

Huey shrugged. "I've played a few times. I think it's a bit stereotypical-"

He was cut off by a rather loud and obnoxious voice that rang through the court. "Ready to get your ass whooped, Freeman?" Jazmine and Huey's heads turned and Riley, well, he just groaned. "What you groaning about, nigga? Your sorry ass gonna pay!"

Now, of course, this was not Jazmine's first time hearing these quite crude words uttered. What made her mouth drop was who was saying it.

Cindy was adorable. Jazmine just knew that she must get her cheeks pinched just as she herself did, that she must want a pony, and that she did not enjoy being in the old ruined Adidas basketball shorts and torn wife beater. Jazmine smiled at her nonetheless, sure that she must have heard her wrong.

Cindy looked at Jazmine oddly. "What you looking at, hoe? I'm straight, so don't be making no googely eyes at me."

Jazmine's smile fell instantly, and she felt her lower lip start to tremble. Not here, she thought, sucking in a shaky breath. Not when Huey's here. Jazmine hated crying in front of Huey. He never tried to comfort her; he just gave her a look that said she needed to realize this was only the beginning.

"She doesn't know any better." Huey said to Cindy. He didn't look at Jazmine. He only sat with a bland look on his face. Jazmine thought maybe he might say something else in her defense, but that was all she got.

Jazmine thought for a second that Cindy was going to say something back to Huey, but Riley threw the ball at her and said, "You going down bitch nigga." Cindy grinned and followed him onto the court, shouting curses and crude remarks at each other every chance they got.

Jazmine sighed and looked to Huey. "Thanks." He grunted, but she knew that Huey must have had some reason for defending Jazmine, if only in the smallest way possible. She moved closer to him, sliding her eyes over to look at him.

She couldn't help but let her heart flutter violently as his shoulder brushed against her own.

P R E S E N T D A Y

Maybe she was just being over dramatic.

"Or maybe that bitch is being a little shit."

Jazmine's opinion was one much different than Cindy's opinion.

Jazmine had openly came to Cindy with another 'Why's he such an asshole' theory, and Cindy had of course eaten it up. Sometimes Jazmine thought the only reason they could relate was due to boy troubles, but that was fine with her. That was all they ever talked about anyway.

Cindy had scared Jazmine at first, but sooner or later she opened up to the idea of having another girl around, especially a girl who could beat up the entire school. Jazmine was still a good girl, but that didn't mean she couldn't enjoy Cindy's crude mouth.

They were playing spades at a picnic table at the local swimming pool- a rather crappy and always crowded place. But Cindy had been right when she had said it was the most private place in the world. No one paid any mind to you there. You could curse them and push them, but they still wouldn't get out of the pool. "You might call it ignorance, but I call it a gift from god. Ignorance is mother fucking bliss. Or something like that, who gives a shit."

Cindy, if Jazmine admitted it to herself, was her best friend- excluding Huey, of course, but at the moment, friendly was the last thing Jazmine was feeling towards him.

Thankfully, the pool was not as crowded due to the water being almost as hot and thick as the air itself. The few people in the pool kept moving around, as to not soak in the lukewarm water.

Cindy wrote on the score paper- which happened to be the back of a history report due two weeks ago- "Oh well," Cindy had giggled. "I'mma bet eight books on this one, baby gurl. How much you planning on shittin' out?"

Jazmine held her head in her hands, an ultimate pout spread across her face. "I mean, I feel like I just keep pushing him. And I hate it, because I feel desperate. So I ignore him, but then I come back because… I don't know, and he acts like nothing ever happened." She adjusted her bikini, fiddling with the beads hanging down. It was hot, and she had resorted to her last stand- walking around in her swim wear and a pair of shorts.

Cindy had thrown on some shorts and a basketball jersey. "Aren't you hot?" Jazmine had said earlier before they left for the pool, sweating like crazy.

"No," Cindy had said, rolling her eyes. "You guys all be acting like it's the freaking end of the world. To tell you the truth, yeah, it's warm, but I ain't gonna walk around acting like I'm 'bout to die. Cause I ain't! Bitches be acting that way, even Riley! What a bunch of pussies." Jazmine had dropped the subject.

Now, Cindy was staring at Jazmine wildly. "Are you really here to play the game, gurl, or to talk 'bout your love life?" She dropped her hand of cards, dipping a finger in the pool, swirling it around to make a small whirl in the water.

Jazmine huffed, chewing her lip. "Well, it's hard to play when I have so much on my mind." She had too much on her mind. Everything went so much faster in her head, as she replayed things over and over again, trying to gain more insight with each try. But things didn't work like that. Sadly, when you look at something the first time, a second look can change a lot, but after a fourth look, and a fourteenth look, well, things start looking the same.

Cindy yawned, but put a faint smile on her face. "We have time to kill. It's summer. Go ahead. Talk." Usually Cindy wasn't this generous, but she owed Jazmine more than a few favors, with school stuff and with her normal troubles.

Looking at her feet, Jazmine sighed. "Well, it's like I said. It's a push and pull thing. I pull. And he pushes away. It's not fair! It's not like he hasn't shown any interest in me before, but…" Jazmine then noticed the weird look on Cindy face.

"In English, please."

Jazmine sighed. "OK, we'll look at it like this." She tried to think of something Cindy would understand. "So me and my partner in crime are always getting in trouble, but instead of being together, I'm always taking the fall and getting caught. And you know, my partner does like doing crime with me, but I'm the one always getting thrown in jail, and he's just acting like I'm the only one who's doing the crime!"

Gasping, Cindy's face went ridged. "No way nigga! You should give his ass an ultimatum!" Cindy pounded her fist together. Jazmine flinched as she cracked each knuckle, one by one.

"An ultimatum?" She questioned. Cindy was actually starting to make a good point. "What do you mean, exactly?" Jazmine urged her own.

Cindy picked something out of her teeth. "You tell that motha fuckin' bitch that if he don't start takin' the fall with you, you gonna start doing crime with some different nigga! And don't go running back to his ass, like you always do!" Although Cindy was speaking like a crime boss, Jazmine was sure that she now understand exactly who they were talking about and what.

Jazmine smiled. "OK." She felt a lot better after venting, although she was a bit shaky about the whole ultimatum deal. How was she going to say anything like that to him? Huey was unfazed by a lot of things. So how would he ever be fazed by her if every other time has always been some big bluff?

Pushing that thought out of her mind, she couldn't help but chuckled at Cindy. "And I hope you know, bitch ass hoe, that as long as we talking about crime, I'm your partner."

I t s C o m p l i c a t e d

As Jazmine sat in her bed at night (again, she was sleeping naked) she thought of Huey. An ultimatum was the last thing she wanted to give him. She wanted to kiss him and hold him, not tell him it was over if he didn't hurry up and start wanting her back.

But then again, it wasn't just something she didn't want to do. It was, really, the only thing to do. Her worst fear was that maybe she might have to start looking for someone else. All she had ever known was Huey. And well, when it came to thinking about leaving him… It was complicated.

A/N: So yeah… I think I'm going to keep up with this. Next chapter, I promise there will be much more Huey! Thanks for the reviews again! And thanks for reading! :D