Too Little, Too Late

Jasmine's POV

I say goodbye to David then get on the bus, finding my seat next Lindy. I make eye contact with Logan as I situate myself in the uncomfortable bus seat. He slowly looks away from me.

It's been 3 days since he and I last talked. Of course we were still hanging around each other because of the group but we haven't actually talked since our little spout in the hallway the other day.

I feel really bad because it's making Lindy, Delia, and Garrett feel uncomfortable but Logan was the one being rude to me. I'm not going to talk to him unless he apologizes to me first. If he's upset with me for something, he just needs to come right out and tell me because I have no idea what I did! He's being very childish and confusing.

"So...tonight's the big night!" Lindy said, bringing me out of my thoughts.

I smiled suddenly remembering the fact that it's Friday.

It's been on my mind all day, that was probably the first time I'd stopped thinking about it.

"I know." I felt my chest tighten. "I'm nervous."

"You? Jasmine Kang? Nervous? How is that possible?!" she teased.

"I don't know! I guess I just really want it to go well. I've never crushed on a guy this hard. Lindy, he's literally perfect." I gushed.

"I have a pretty good feeling he feels the same about you. It'll be fine Jas, just be yourself. You're one of the coolest girls I know, he's gonna fall head over heels for you tonight if he hasn't already." she nudged me.

"Thanks Linds." I said, grateful to have a best friend like her.

"So what movie are you guys going to see?"

"I don't know. We're probably just gonna randomly pick when we get there." I shrugged.

"I can't believe he can drive. And has a car!" she scoffed.

"I know right! The perfection in this guy is unreal! I have yet to discover a flaw." I shake my head in disbelief.

"Have you decided what you're gonna wear?" the most alarming question I've been asked all day.

What am I gonna wear?!

"Jas? Jasmine! Jasmine breath!" Lindy comforted me, clearly seeing my panic.

"I have no idea what I'm wearing! That's so unlike me! What am I gonna wear Lindy?!" I freaked out.

The rest of the bus ride, we talked about the date and what could happen and to be honest I started panicking even more. Here's this amazing guy, interested in me, thinking he's found this perfect girl but I'm not perfect at all. I'm not good enough for him and he'll realize!

"Stop overthinking, Jasmine." Lindy scolded as we got off of the bus. "You're a great girl, he'd be crazy not to like you. He already has a crush on you, why wouldn't he like you?" we started on our walk to our houses. Garrett and Logan following close behind us as Delia caught up with us.

"Jasmine I've never seen you like this." Delia said. "I never pinned you as the type to freak out over dates."

"I never pinned me as the type to freak out over dates." I sighed.

"You're gonna be fine. Just don't be a weirdo. You'll definitely freak him out if you start acting weird. Just be normal." she nodded.

"I'm always normal..."

"Do you really think that?" Delia squinted at me.

I was about to retaliate when Logan suddenly spoke up.

"Uh...hey Jas?" he cleared his throat. "Can I talk to you for a sec?"

Finally.

"Sure." I slowed down so he could catch up to me. The group sped up, thankfully, giving us our privacy.

Logan's POV

I stared at the ground, thinking about how to start. I was forced into this. Garrett and I were arguing about it while the girls were talking about her stupid date with David, and I eventually agreed it was time to get over it. I just don't know how to explain it. Just I tell her the full truth? Or just keep going along with the lie?

"There's not a lot of talking happening..." Jasmine said, bringing me from my thoughts.

"I'm sorry." I shook my head apologizing for my lack of words. Then I realized that's all I wanted to say in the first place. "I...I'm just sorry. I'm sorry for being so rude to you, I'm sorry for yelling at you, I'm sorry for ignoring you, I'm just...sorry. You didn't deserve any of that and I shouldn't have taken my frustration out on you." I looked down, ashamed.

"It's okay Logan. That's all I wanted. An apology. Can I ask why you were acting like that?"

"Because..." I hesitated.

Lie. It's better off if she doesn't know.

"I just wanted Erin to love me back. It really hurt me when she didn't say it back. All my sadness just turned into anger. And I'm sorry, there's no excuse for the way I talked to you." I shook my head.

"Logan it's fine. I was just a little offended and confused. Now it makes sense." she smiled. "Thank you for apologizing." she stopped walking and opened her arms for a hug.

I leaned in to hug her as if we were magnets attaching to each other. I held on to her so tight, it was like my life depended on it. She smells amazing. Her hugs are so warm. How is it possible for a girl to cause so much delight in one hug?

She pulled away and we started walking again, "Have you and Erin talked about it yet?"

"Talked about wha...oh...yeah. She uh..." I made up a quick lie, "She said it back. We're fine now."

"Oh." she looked down. "Did she at least give you a reason why she didn't say it back at first?"

"She uh..said she didn't realize she loved me until now. So we're all good." I lied again. I should get an award for lying.

"Well good." she smiled at me. I could tell it was fake. We both stopped at the bottom of the steps to her house. I didn't even realize we were on her street. "I'm happy for you."

"And I'm happy for you. I think David is good for you and I hope you have a great time on your date." I forced a smile. "Your an amazing girl Jasmine. He'd be crazy not to fall for you."

"Thank you Logan." she beamed. I hadn't realized how long we were staring at each other until I heard Garrett yelling for me to hurry up.

"Okay well...have fun." I started walking away.

"Thanks." she began to go up her stairs. I watched her as she unlocked the door to her house and walked in. I sighed before running to catch up with the group.

That was probably the hardest conversation I've ever had with Jasmine.

Jasmine's POV

My room was a disaster. It looked like a hurricane came into it and blew all of my clothes out of my closet.

I still don't know what I'm gonna wear!

It's been almost 3 hours since I got home. David will be here in an hour and a half and I haven't even picked out what socks I want to wear!

What do you wear to a movie date? You can't look too classy but you can't look too casual. Well...you actually can look casual. But I don't do casual. So what do I do?!

I plopped on my bed just about ready to give up when I see grey fabric coming from under my bed. Did I look at that already?

I reached under my bed and pulled out what appeared to be that grey dress I bought just last week with the exposing sides. It still had the tag on it.

It's perfect!

But too plain.

I need to jazz it up a bit.

Ha...jazz it up. Because I'm Jasmine. Haha.

Sometimes I'm embarrassed for my own self.

I put the dress on and thought hard about how I can accessorize it. My black lace vest! "Okay...black lace vest! Where is my black lace vest black lace-there you are!" I grabbed it and threw it on.

Perrrrrrrfeeeeect!

What color can I use to compliment gray and black? Purple? No that's too dark. Green? Ew gross.

Oh my goodness! GOLD.

I rushed over to my mini jewelry closet and searched for one of my favorite gold necklaces. Once I had it on, I found some cute gold earrings and two beautiful bracelets.

I'm almost finished!

All that's left is shoes.

I walked over to my shoe rack and analyzed it.

It would have to either be gold or black. I could wear my gold wedges? No, too fancy. Or my black stilettos? Nah, save those for another time.

I'd been searching for almost 15 minutes before I came across a long Jimmy Choo box, indicating it must be boots.

I opened the box and a miracle happened. I had black stiletto boots that stopped halfway up my calves. They were laced with gold holes for the laces to go through.

I could cry right now.

I slipped them on quickly then got up to check myself out.

I look great! (check my profile if you want to see what the outfit looks like)

Now, on to my hair and makeup. It took me all of 45 minutes to curl my hair into the wavy style I wanted and put on some light makeup.

He'll be here in 15 minutes.

After giving myself a pep talk in the mirror, I pick up my black purse and head downstairs. My mom is cooking dinner and my dad is reading a book on the couch. It's quiet as usual.

"Hey mom." I say as I walk into the kitchen. I grab a glass from the cabinet and pour some water from the refrigerator.

"Hi sweetie." she looked up from the stove. "Ooo, you look nice. Is that the necklace your 'halmeoni' gave you?"

"Yes." I nodded. The reason why this necklace is one of my favorites is because it's the necklace my grandmother gave me before she passed. She told me it was a lucky necklace that only worked for certain occasions.

Hopefully a first date is one of them.

"Oh, you must really like this boy." my mom smirked at me. I blushed a little, hating the fact that even my mom could tell.

"Jasmine." I heard my dad call from the living room. I walked over to him.

"Yes?"

"What exactly are you doing on this date with this David?" he bookmarked his book and got up to look at me.

Oh boy.

"We're just going to see a movie dad."

"What movie?"

"I don't know yet, probably a comedy or sci-fi movie." I said as my mom walked in and sat on the couch.

"How do you know him?"

"We just met earlier this week."

"And you know him well enough to be going on a date with him?"

"Yes dad. This is what first dates are for. To get to know someone."

"How are you getting there and back?"

"He has a car."

"A car? At 15?" he sounded shocked.

"He has an early birthday so he's 16. Can we stop with the questions dad?" I pleaded.

"Yes, honey give her a break." my mom agreed.

"Okay. I just wanted to make sure you weren't going out with some weirdo kid with no future."

"You know I'm smarter than that dad." I shook my head at him.

"I do." he smiled and kissed me on my forehead. "You look beautiful sweetheart."

"Thank you dad." I smiled back.

The doorbell rang. My heart literally stopped.

"I'll get it!" my dad rushed to the door before I could even take a step. I looked at my mom in disbelief, gesturing towards his madness. She just smiled at me graciously.

"Uh, hello sir. You must be Mr. Kang. I'm David." I watched them shake hands. I walked over to the door.

"Hello Davi-"

"Hi David!" I said, opening the door wider. "Ready to go?"

I wanted to get out of there before he could say anything to embarrass me.

"Yeah. No need to worry sir, your daughter's in good hands. I'll have her home no later than 10 o'clock. I promise to keep her out of any trouble or harm." he nodded confidently.

Wow, he knows how to make a good first impression.

"That's good to know son." my dad smirked.

"And make sure she has a good time." my mom suddenly appeared at the door. My dad put his arm around her as she put her hand on his chest.

"I'll definitely try my best." he scoffed. "And I can see where she gets her beauty from." he smiled at my mom.

I wouldn't be surprised if charming was his middle name.

"Thank you." my mom smiled.

"You ready?" he looked over at me.

"Yep." I said, happy we were finally leaving. "Bye guys." I kissed them both on their cheeks and followed behind David to his car.

It was a really nice car, holy moly.

He sweetly opened the passenger seat for me, "Thank you." I smiled cheekily.

He closed the door, walked around to his side and got in.

"I didn't want to seem like a pig and check you out in front of your parents, but you look absolutely stunning." he said, his eyes quickly wandered up and down my body.

"Thank you." I blushed. He started his car and the radio came on so loudly it scared me.

"Sorry, I like to blast my music." he quickly turned the volume down.

"No, it's fine. It just scared me a little."

"A little? That was a pretty serious jump." he teased. He began to pull off.

"Shut up." I rolled my eyes.

He chuckled. "It was cute, though."

I looked at him, smiling, I rolled my eyes again and looked out the window.

After moment, I tuned in to the radio.

"Back to the hits! Carly Rae Jepsen. 'I Really Like You'."

"I love this song!" David and I both said at the same time. We looked at each other and laughed.

"You're into pop music?" I asked, a little surprised.

"I'm into everything." he shrugged.

"Well I mean, some guys don't really claim to like pop music because it's girly." I mocked one of my ex boyfriends.

"No, I love pop music. It's actually one of my favorite kinds of music aside from rock and classical."

"That's really cool." I smiled.

"Late night watching television, but how we get in this position?" David belted loudly, looking at me. I looked at him like he was crazy. "It's way too soon I know this isn't looooove! Come you know it!"

"But I need to tell ya somethin'" I joined.

"I really really really really really really like you! And I want you. Do you want me? Do you want me too?" we both sang to each other. We sang most of the rest of the song joking and laughing. He's hilarious.

"So be aware I like to belt out every song that comes on the radio in the car...if I know it." he said.

"That's perfectly fine, you only sound terrible." I said, teasing him. He looked at me and chuckled.

And this is where I melt.

"So I looked up movie theaters around your street and there's one like 5 minutes away. I'm getting to know the city already."

"Yeah, I probably should've told you that but I wanted to see what you would find on your own. But I'd be happy to give you a tour of the city sometime." I said.

"I'd like that." he smirked at me. We pulled up to the cinema parking lot. "Wow this is nice."

"Yeah I know, this is one of my favorite theaters." I agreed. He pulled into a parking space and got out. I was about to open the door but he beat me to it. "Y'know I'm capable of opening my own door?" I said while getting out of the car.

"Yeah but you remind me of a princess. Princesses shouldn't have to lift a finger." he shut the door.

Seriously, where did this guy come from? Are guys really just this amazing in Michigan?

"You're probably the sweetest guy I've ever met." I blushed.

"I'm glad you think that. I'm just saying the first thing that comes to my head and hoping it's the right thing to say." he opened the cinema doors for me too.

"You haven't said the wrong thing since we met." I smiled.

"Good." he breathed. We went over to the movie ticket stand. "So what would you like to see tonight?"

I looked at the list of movies on the TV hanging from the ceiling. There were a lot of good movies out right now. "I'm kinda feeling a comedy."

"So am I." he laughed. "How about 'Ben's Big Break'?"

"Oh that Will Ferrell movie?" I beamed. "Yeah let's see that."

"Alright, two tickets to Ben's Big Break at 7:45." he said to the woman.

"Your total is $23.98." she said. He handed her the money as I was taking out mine.

"I can pay for myself." I offer.

"I know you can. But I want to pay for you." he smiled at me.

"Okay." I blushed.

The lady glanced at us a few times as she tapped at the computer screen and printed out our tickets.

"Your total is $6.02. Enjoy your movie!" she chirped. "You both make an adorable couple."

"Thanks." he said and stared at me in a way I don't think I've ever been looked at before. I feel like I'm on cloud 9. "What would you like to eat?" he asked as we got in the line for food.

"I appreciate you buying my ticket but for me buying my food is too much." I felt bad.

Going to the movies nowadays costs you like 100 bucks.

"Jasmine I don't want you to feel bad. I'm paying for you because I want to not because I feel obligated to. Remember, you're a princess in my eyes." he winked.

"Thank you." I smiled.

"No problem. So what do you want?"

"I'll just have popcorn and gummy worms." I said lowly. "Are you sure it's not a hassle?"

"Not at all." he smiled. "Do you want your own or do you wanna share with me?"

"Share with you." I said quickly. I knew it would be cheaper.

"Hi, can I get a large popcorn, two medium drinks, gummy worms, and some mini butterfingers?"

"Sure. Your total is 22.58."

He gave us our popcorn, drinks, and candy. I carried the candy and my drink while he held the popcorn and his drink. Soon we were sitting in the middle of the movie theatre watching trailers.

This was the best first date I've ever had. He was sweet and considerate and just amazing in every way. I've always been a little self-conscious about my laugh but he turned to me during the movie and called it "adorable". He would whisper funny things to me here and there and just make it more comfortable for me to be with him. This was the most relaxed I've ever felt on a first date. I think at some point I laid my head on his shoulder at a cute part in the movie and he leaned closer to me. The butterflies I got when we touched was amazing...I can't even describe it.

It was just wonderful.

After the movie, we had about 20 minutes to kill before I had to be back home, so we walked around the busy sidewalks surrounding the cinema. I grabbed his arm and we just...talked. Talked about our lives, our dreams, our aspirations, our families, it was great. It was a little cold so he took off his jacket and let me wear it.

I was so sad when he pulled up outside of my house.

"I had an amazing time." I said. "Thank you." I smiled.

"No, thank you. I've never enjoyed being with a girl so much. You're such a phenomenal girl Jasmine Kang. I really like you." I said breathed. It almost sounded like he was nervous to say that.

How cute!

"I really like you too." I said, just as nervous.

"Here, I'll walk you up to your door." He got out of the car and opened my door for me again. I thanked him and we started up to my doorstep.

"So, I kinda wanna take you up on that tour of the city. Do you think we could do that tomorrow? As like, I a second date?" he asked.

"Of course." I beam. I turn to unlock the door, but I don't open it. "Is 3 an okay time for you to come get me?"

"Yeah, that's perfect." he nodded.

"Oh, and here's your-"

"Keep it. I'll get it from you later." he stopped me from taking it off by grabbing my hand. We stared at each other for a couple seconds before I smiled, took a step closer to him, and kissed him on the cheek.

"Goodnight David." I said before turning to open the door and walking in.

"Goodnight Jasmine." he replied softly. I waved gently as I closed the door.

Wowza. That was incredible.

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P.S. Who else's heart broke watching the end of Falling For Who? I was a mess!