The next morning, Jasmine felt a little uneasy about seeing Kendall again since his attempt to kiss her the night before wasn't successful. She arrived on set ready to start the day with the hopes of making herself too busy for any small talk. She got the clipboard for the day and ran through the different scenes being shot. Figuring she had to go brief the boys again, she walked over to the make-up area where only Logan was.
Logan looked up from his iPad, "Hey, Jas!"
Jasmine smiled and sat down next to him, "Hey Logie."
Logan smiled, "It's so good to hear you call me that. Since you left for London, no one else calls me that."
Jasmine didn't respond but fiddled around with the papers stuck onto the clipboard.
"You okay?" Logan asked
"Hmm? Yeah… I'm fine…" Jasmine replied
Logan shook his head, "No, you're not. Talk to me."
Jasmine sighed and looked at Logan, "I don't know if coming back was the right thing to do…"
"Is this about Kendall? Did he do something to you? Cause if he did, I would so beat him up for you." Logan said
Jasmine chuckled and shook her head, "No, Logie… It's just… Seeing Kendall's bringing a lot of suppressed memories back."
"I wanna say that I know what you're going through but I can't. Kendall was really a jerk. He shouldn't have done what he did to you… Right in front of everyone… He was an asshole." Logan said
"Yeah, well… At least you guys came after me." Jasmine said
Logan sat up straight and said, "How could we not? You're as much of a best friend to us as Kendall is. What he did to you was uncalled for and till now, I seriously don't know why he did that."
"I guess we'll never know, right?" Jasmine said
"Maybe… So, you're planning on just avoiding Kendall as much as you can?" Logan asked
"I don't really have a choice. I know how I am, Logie. And I think you guys know too. If I don't avoid him, I'll just end up falling in love with him all over again. But, I don't want that. One heartache is more than I can handle. I moved all the way to London because of it! I just don't want history to repeat itself." Jasmine replied
Logan nodded, "I understand. As your other-best-friend-besides-the-British-kid, I'll do my best to help you avoid him."
Jasmine smiled and hugged Logan, "Thank you."
Filming went by smoothly without any interruptions or delays. Jasmine was thankful that she didn't have to be alone with Kendall, thanks to Logan who was making an effort to accompany her whenever he could. But, it was partly Kendall's actions too, with him leaving as soon as he finished his scene. As Jasmine was packing up to leave with the boys for dinner, Sarah stopped her.
"Jasmine? Could I see you for a second?" Sarah asked
"Sure." Jasmine replied
The boys signaled to her that they'll wait for her outside while she went to talk to Sarah.
"Jasmine… I need you to do me a favor." Sarah said, "Could you do overtime today?"
"Uh… You mean now?" Jasmine asked
"Yes. You see… Scott was saying that he needed a pre-run through of the upcoming episodes to see if there are any changes. And, he seems to trust you the most… So… I need you to help me with these." Sarah replied, handing Jasmine a thick file filled with scripts.
Jasmine looked at the file with her mouth slightly open in shock.
"Can you do it?" Sarah asked
Jasmine sighed to herself and said, "Sure… I'll get this done tonight."
Sarah smiled, "That's why you're the best."
Jasmine nodded and watched as Sarah walked away, presumably back to her car while Jasmine walked out to meet the boys and tell them the bad news.
"Hey! So, ready to go?" Carlos asked
"Sorry guys… Gotta bail tonight." Jasmine replied
"Why? What did fucking Sarah do this time?" James asked
Jasmine pat the thick file in her hands and said, "Overtime."
"Seriously? You're not a slave! Sarah can be such a fucking bitch." Carlos said
"Guys! Watch the language! I can't say no cause I do work for her. You guys go ahead and enjoy your dinner. I promise to make it up to you tomorrow!" Jasmine said
"Do you want us to get you anything?" Logan asked
"Maybe a sandwich later? I'll call you." Jasmine replied
"No problem." Logan said
"Here's what I think you should do, Jas. Pretend you read through them and then leave." James said
Jasmine laughed and said, "I'll do that when I'm bored. But, for now, I'll just stick to reading them."
The boys exchanged hugs with Jasmine before getting into James' car and bidding Jasmine good-bye. She walked back into the studio and walked over to the Palm Woods set where she sat down and started to read the scripts.
She must have gone through about half of them when she realized that it was close to 10pm. She dug through her bag and pulled out her cellphone to see Logan's missed calls. She was about to call when she heard a loud bang within the studio, not too far from where she was seated. Jasmine put the scripts aside and stood up.
"Hello?" Jasmine called out
But, there was no answer. She thought that it must have been her imagination and was about to go back and sit down when she heard it again. This time, instead of calling out, Jasmine picked up her cellphone and put in the numbers 911, just in case she needed it. She walked over to where the sound was getting louder. Jasmine turned the corner and found the person responsible for the sound.
Kendall.
Seeing him lying by the boxes of equipment in an unconscious state worried Jasmine. She walked closer to him to see that he had a bruised cheek and a busted lip.
She kneeled down next to him and lightly touched his face, "Kendall?"
Jasmine was about to call for a second time when he suddenly grabbed her hand and held it to his chest.
"Don't leave me, Jasmine… Don't leave me." Kendall mumbled, his words coming out a bit of a slur.
Knowing she can't handle this alone, she called Logan and within 10 minutes, he arrived to find Jasmine sitting by Kendall's side, since he was holding onto her hand and she couldn't get it out of his grip.
"Logie! You're here!" Jasmine said
"Yeah. I came as soon as you said Kendall might be drunk. I thought he quit drinking already." Logan said
"You mean he's been drinking?" Jasmine asked
Logan nodded, "It started ever since he broke up with you."
Jasmine looked at Kendall, who seemed to be knocked out and suddenly felt her heart ache. When she was dating him, she had never seen him drink so much before. It really broke her heart to imagine him getting himself into a drunken stupor for the past year.
She looked at Logan, "Let's get him home."
Logan nodded and they both helped Kendall up, each of them holding an arm each as they helped him over to Logan's car. Packing up her things, Jasmine rushed out to get into the car.
